a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1591. 



whereas Sir Richard had alleaged that the Spaniards 

 should never glory to have taken one shippe of her 

 Majestie, seeing they had so long and so notably 

 defended themselves; they answered, that the shippe 

 had sixe foote water in holde, three shot under water, 

 which were so weakely stopped, as with the first working 

 of the sea, she must needs sinke, and was besides so 

 crusht and brused, as shee could never be removed out 

 of the place. 



And as the matter was thus in dispute, and Sir Richard 

 refusing to hearken to any of those reasons : the Master 

 of the Revenge (while the Captaine wanne unto him the 

 greater party) was convoyd aboord the Generall Don 

 Alfonso Bacan. Who (finding none over hastie to enter 

 the Revenge againe, doubting least Sir Richard would 

 have blowne them up and himselfe, and perceiving by 

 the report of th Master of the Revenge his dangerous 

 disposition) yeelded that all their lives should be saved, 

 the company sent for England, & the better sort to 

 pay such reasonable ransome as their estate would 

 beare, and in the meane season to be free from Gaily 

 or imprisonment. To this he so much the rather con- 

 descended as wel, as I have said, for feare of further 

 losse and mischiefe to themselves, as also for the desire 

 he had to recover Sir Richard Greenvil ; whom for his 

 notable valure he seemed greatly to honour and 

 admire. 



When this answere was returned, and that safetie of 

 life was promised, the common sort being now at the 

 ende of their perill, the most drew backe from Sir 

 Richard and the Master gunner, being no hard matter 

 to disswade men from death to life. The Master gunner 

 finding himselfe and Sir Richard thus prevented and 

 mastered by the greater number, would have slaine him- 

 selfe with a sword, had he not bene by force with-held 

 and locked into his Cabben. Then the Generall sent 

 many boates aboord the Revenge, and divers of our men 

 fearing Sir Richards disposition, stole away aboord the 



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