RAINOLDS AND DASSEL ad 



1591. 



commodities be hides, waxe, elephants teeth, rice, and 

 some golde : and many Spaniards and Portugals are 

 there. 



9 Gambra river : The commodities are rice, waxe, 

 hides, elephants teeth, and golde. 



The Frenchmen of Diepe and New-haven have traded 0ur tra(ie 

 thither above thirty yeres : and commonly with foure or htth ? r '*?&*** 

 five ships a yere, whereof two small barks go into the 

 river of Senega. The other were woont (untill within 

 these foure yeres, that our ships came thither) to ride 

 with their ships in the road of Porto d'Ally and so sent 

 their small shaloups of sixe or eight tunnes to some 

 of these places on the Sea coast before repeated. Where 

 in all places generally they were well beloved and as 

 courteously entertained of the Negros, as if they had 

 bene naturally borne in the countrey. And very often 

 the Negros come into France and returne againe, which is 

 a further increasing of mutuall love and amity. Since 

 our comming to ijiat coast the Frenchmen ride with their 

 shippes at Refisca Viejo, and suffer us to ancre with 

 our shippes at Porto d'Ally. The Frenchmen never use 

 to go into the river of Gambra : which is a river of secret Gambia a 

 trade and riches concealed by the Portugals. For long ^^{^f 

 since one Frenchman entred the river with a small barke concealed. 

 which was betrayed, surprised, and taken by two gallies 

 of the Portugals. 



In our second voyage and second yeere there were by Tfo second 



vile trecherous meanes of the Portugals and the king CY W- 



of the Negros consent in Porto dAlly and Joala about 



forty Englishmen cruelly slaine and captived, and most Fori y En S !isk 



or all of their goods confiscated : whereof there returned men , irait f r ~ 

 1 i-i 1 1 a t 1 1 ous b s ' atne 



onely two, which were the marchants. And also by pro- and captived, 



curement of Pedro Gonsalves, one of Don Antonio the 



kings servants, Thomas Dassel and others had bene 



betrayed, if it had not pleased almighty God to reveale 



the same, whereby it was prevented. 



From the South side of Senega river on the Sea coast 



unto about Palmerin is all one kingdome of Negros. 



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