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j 589-91. 

 so that many ships chose rather one by one to adventure [II. ii. 184.] 

 themselves alone to get home, then to stay there : all 

 which fell into the Englishmens hands, wherof divers of Great havock 

 the men were brought into Tercera, for that a whole ^ * ai 

 day we could see nothing els, but spoiled men set on 

 shore, some out of one ship, some out of another, that 

 pitie it was to see all of them cursing the Englishmen & 

 their owne fortunes, with those that had bene the causes 

 to provoke the Englishmen to fight, and complaining 

 of the small remedie and order taken therein by the 

 king of Spaines officers. 



The 19 of the same moneth there came to Tercera a 

 Caravel of Lisbon, with one of the kings officers, 

 to cause the goods that were saved out of the ship 

 which came from Malacca (for ye which we staied 

 there) to be laden and sent to Lisbon. And at the same 

 time there put out of the Groine one Don Alonso de 

 Bacan, with 40 great ships of warre to come unto the 

 Hands, there to watch for the fleet of the Spanish & 

 Portugall Indies, and the goods of the Malacca ship 

 being laden, they were to convoy them all together into 

 the river of Lisbon : but being certaine daies at sea, 

 alwaies having a contrary wind, they could not get unto 

 the Hands, onely two of them that were scattred from the 

 fleet, arrived at Tercera, and not finding the fleet, they 

 presently returned to seeke them : in the meane time the 

 king changed his mind, & caused the fleet to stay in 

 India, as I said before : and therefore hee sent worde 

 unto Don Alonso de Bassan, that hee should returne 

 againe to the Groine, which he presently did (without 

 doing any thing, nor once approching neer the Hands, 

 saving onely the two foresayd ships, for he well knew 

 that the Englishmen lay by the Hand of Corvo, but he 

 would not visit them : and so he returned to the haven 

 the Groine, whereby our goods that came from Malacca 

 were yet to ship, and trussed up againe, and forced to 

 stay a more fortunate time with patience perforce. 



The 23 of October there arrived in Tercera a Caravel 



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