LINSCHOTEN'S LARGE TESTIMONY a.d. 



1589.91. 



the 12 Apostles, whose captaine was called Bartandono, 

 that had bin General of the Biscains in the fleet that went 

 for England. He seeing us called us up into the gallery, 

 where with great curtesie he received us, being as then 

 set at dinner with the English captaine that sate by him, 

 and had on a sute of blacke velvet, but he could not 

 tell us any thing, for that he could speake no other 

 language but English and Latine, which Bartandono also 

 could a litle speake. The English captaine got licence 

 of the governour that he might come on land with his 

 weapon by his side, and was in our lodging with the 

 Englishman that was kept prisoner in the Hand, being of 

 that ship whereof the sailers got away, as I said before. 

 The governour of Tercera bade him to dinner, and 

 shewed him great curtesie. The master likewise with 

 licence of Bartandono came on land and was in our 

 lodging, and had at the least 10 or 12 wounds, as well 

 in his head as on his body, whereof after that being at # 

 sea between Lisbon & the Hands he died. The captaine 

 wrote a letter, wherein he declared all the maner of the 

 fight, and left it with the English marchant that lay in 

 our lodging, to send it to the lord Admiral of England. 

 This English captaine comming unto Lisbon, was there 

 wel received and not any hurt done unto him, but with 

 good convoy sent to Setuval, and from thence sailed into 

 England with all the rest of the Englishmen that were 

 taken prisoners. 



The Spanish armie staied at the Hand of Corvo til 

 the last of September, to assemble the rest of the fleet 

 together, which in the ende were to the number of 140 

 sailes of ships partly comming from India, and partly of 

 the army, and being altogether ready to saile to Tercera 

 in good company, there suddenly rose so hard & cruell 

 a storme, that those of the Hands did affirme, that in 

 mans memorie there was never any such seen or heard 

 off before : for it seemed the sea would have swalowed 

 up the Hands, the water mounting higher then the cliffs, 

 which are so high that it amaseth a man to behold them : 



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