ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1589-91. 



England : so that those of the Island durst not once 

 put foorth their heads. At the same time about three or 

 foure dayes after the Earle of Cumberland had beene in 

 the Island of Fayal, and was departed from thence, there 

 arrived in the said Island of Fayal sixe Indian shippes, 

 whose Generall was one Juan Dorives : and there they dis- 

 charged in the Hand 4 millions of golde and silver. And 

 having with all speede refreshed their ships, fearing the 

 comming of the Englishmen they set sayle, and arrived 

 safely in S. Lucar, not meeting with the enemie, to the 

 great good lucke of the Spaniards and hard fortune of 

 the Englishmen : for that within lesse then two dayes 

 after the gold and silver was laden againe into the Spanish 

 ships, the Erie of Cumberland sayled againe by that 

 Island : so that it appeared that God would not let them 

 have it, for if they had once had sight thereof, without 

 doubt it had bene theirs, as the Spaniards themselves 

 confessed. 



In the moneth of November there arrived in Tercera 

 two great shippes, which were the Admirall and Vice- 

 admirall of the Fleete laden with silver, who with stormie 

 weather were separated from the Fleete, and had beene 

 in great torment and distresse, and readie to sinke : for 

 they were forced to use all their Pumps : so that they 

 wished a thousand times to have met with the Englishmen 

 to whom they would willingly have given their silver and 

 all that ever they brought with them, onely to save their 

 lives. And although the Erie of Cumberland lay still 

 I. ii. 181.] about those Islands, yet they met not with him, so that 

 after much paine and labour they got into the Road before 

 Angra, where with all speede they unladed and discharged 

 above five millions of silver, all in pieces of 8 or 10 

 pound great : so that the whole Kay lay covered with 

 plates and chests of silver, full of Ryales of eight, most 

 wonderfull to behold, (each million being ten hundred 

 thousand duckats,) besides pearles, gold, and other stones, 

 which were not registred. The Admirall and chiefe 

 commaunder of those ships and Fleete called Alvaro 



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