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a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1592. 



so for him, as we quitted our selves of him, and he 

 boorded his fellow : by which meanes they both fell 

 from us. Then presently we kept our loofe, hoised our 

 top-sailes, and weathered them, and came hard aboord 

 [II. ii. 194.] the flieboat with our ordinance prepared, and gave her 

 our whole broad side, with the which we slew divers 

 of their men ; so as we might see the blood run out at 

 the scupper holes. After that we cast about, and new 

 charged all our ordinance, and came upon them againe, 

 willing them to yeeld, or els we would sinke them : 

 wherupon the one would have yeelded, which was shot 

 betweene winde and water ; but the other called him 

 traitor. Unto whom we made answere, that if he would 

 not yeeld presently also, we would sinke him first. And 

 thereupon he understanding our determination, presently 

 put out a white flag, and yeelded, and yet refused to 

 strike their own sailes, for that they were sworne never 

 to strike to any Englishman. We then commanded 

 their captaines and masters to come aboord us ; which 

 they did. And after examination & stowing them, we 

 sent certaine of our owne men aboord them, and strook 

 their sailes, and manned their ships : finding in them 

 both 126 persons living, & 8 dead, besides those which 

 they themselves had cast overboord. So it pleased God 

 to give us the victory being but 42 men and a boy, 

 whereof 2 were killed and 3 wounded : for the which 

 good successe we give God the only praise. These two 

 rich prizes laden with 1400 chests of quicksilver with 

 the armes of Castile and Leon fastened upon them, and 

 with a great quantity of bulles or indulgences, and 

 guilded Missals or Service books, with an hundred tunnes 

 of excellent wines, we brought shortly after into the river 

 of Thames up to Blacke-wall. 



By the taking of this quicksilver, about 1400 chests, 

 the king of Spaine loseth for every quintall of the same 

 a quintall of silver, that should have beene delivered him 

 by the masters of the mines there, which amounteth to 

 600000 pounds. 



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