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other Prizes, the whole day was spent, and by this meanes 



we lost the oportunitie of that day, the weather fitly 



serving to boord the Portugall Prize, which was in great 



distresse, and made request to take them being readie to 



sinke, and, as we well perceived, they ceased not to pumpe 



day and night : the which ship to all our judgements the 



same night perished in the sea. 



The one and twentie day the Conception, whereof 

 Francisco Spinola was Captaine, being also in a leake, 

 and the same still increasing notwithstanding the con- 

 tinuall pumping, in such sort as not to be kept along 

 above water, I tooke and discharged out of her two and 

 forty chestes of Cochonillio and silkes, and so left her 

 with 1 1 foote water in holde, and her furniture and 4700 

 hides, unto the seas. 



The other Prize which we have brought into the 

 harborough is named Nostra Sennora de los remedios, 

 whereof Francisco Alvares is Captaine, laden with 16 

 chests of Cochonillio, certaine fardels of raw silke, and 

 about 4000 hides. Upon the discharge of the goods 

 your worships shall be particularly advertised thereof. 



In the boording of the Prizes the disorder of the 

 company was such, as that they letted not presently 

 besides the rifling of the Spaniards to breake open the 

 chests and to purloyne such money as was in them : 

 notwithstanding that it was ordered at convenient leasure 

 to have gone aboord my selfe, and there in the presence 

 of three or foure witnesses to have taken a just account 

 thereof, and the same to have put in safe keeping, 

 according to the effects of articles received in this behalfe. 



And whereas there were also certaine summes of money 

 [II. ii. 178.] taken from the company which they had thus purloyned 

 and embeseled, and the same with some other parcels 

 brought aboord my ship, amounting unto 2129 pezoes 

 & a halfe, the company as pillage due unto them de- 

 manded to have the same shared, which I refused, & 

 openly at the maine maste read the articles firmed by 

 my Lord Treasurer and my lord Admirall, whereby we 



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