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the people wonderous favourable to us, who being but 

 Moores and heathen people shewed us where to have 

 fresh water and al other necessaries for us. And there 

 we had such good intertainment, as if we had bene in 

 any place of England. 



The governour was one that favoured us greatly, whom 

 wee in respect of his great friendship presented with giftes 

 and such commodities as we had in our custodie, which 

 he wonderfully wel accepted of: and here we stayed 

 foure dayes. 



After the battell was ceased, which was on Easter 

 Tuesday, we stayed for want of winde before Gibraltar, 

 untill the next morning, where wee were becalmed, and 

 [II. ii. 168.] therefore looked every houre when they would have sent 

 foorth some fresh supply against us, but they were farre 

 unable to doe it, for all their Gallies were so sore 

 battered, that they durst not come foorth of the harbour, 

 by reason of our hot resistance which they so lately before 

 had received. Yet were they greatly urged thereunto by 

 the Governour of the said Towne of Gibraltar. 



At our being at Tition in Barbary, there we heard 

 report of the hurt that wee had done to the Gallies, for 

 at our comming from them wee could not well discerne 

 any thing at all by reason of the smoake which the 

 powder had made : there we heard that we had almost 

 spoiled those twelve Gallies by shooting them cleane 

 through, that two of them were ready to sinke, and that 

 wee had slaine of their men such great abundance, as that 

 they were not able to furnish forth any more Gallies at 

 all for that yeere. 



Thus after we came from Tition, we assayed to depart 

 the Straight three severall times, but could not passe, 

 yet, God be thanked, the fourth time wee came safely 

 away, and so sailed with a pleasant winde untill wee came 

 upon the coast of England, which was in the beginning 

 of the moneth of July 1590. 



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