THE EARL OF CUMBERLAND a.d. 



1589. 



to have manned them without endangering our selves. 

 So about 6. of the clocke in the afternoone (when our 

 other prize had overtaken us) wee set saile for England. 

 But our prizes not being able to beare us company 

 without sparing them many of our sailes, which caused 

 our ship to rowle and wallow, in such sort that it was 

 not onely very troublesome to us, but, as it was thought, 

 would also have put the maine Maste in danger of 

 falling overboord : having acquainted them with these 

 inconveniences, we gave them direction to keepe their 

 courses together, folowing us, and so to come to Ports- 

 mouth. We tooke this last prize in the latitude of 

 39. degrees, and about 46. leagues to the Westwards 

 from The Rocke. 



She was one of those 16. ships which we saw going 

 into the haven at Angra in Tercera, October 8. Some 

 of the men that we tooke out of her tolde us, that 

 whilest wee were plying up and downe before that haven, 

 as before was shewed, expecting the comming foorth of 

 those shippes, three of the greatest and best of them, 

 at the appointment of the Governour of Tercera, were 

 unloden of their treasure and marchandize. And in 

 every of them were put three hundred Souldiers, which 

 were appointed to have come to lay the Victory aboord 

 in the night, and take her : but when this should have 

 bene done the Victory was gone out of their sight. 



Now we went meerily before the winde with all the 

 sailes we could beare, insomuch that in the space of 

 24. houres, we sailed neere 47. leagues, that is seven- 

 score English miles, betwixt Friday at noone and 

 Saturday at noone (notwithstanding the shippe was very 

 foule, and much growne with long being at Sea) which 

 caused some of our company to make accompt they 

 would see what running at Tilt there should bee at 

 Whitehall upon the Queenes day. Others were imagin- 

 ing what a Christmas they would keepe in England with 

 their shares of the prizes we had taken. But so it befell, 

 that we kept a colde Christmas with the Bishop and 



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