A.D. 

 1592. 



Santa Cruz a 

 village in the 

 lie of Flore s. 



Nezves of the 

 East Indian 

 caraks. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



gence for his affaires could be understood. Arriving 

 before Flores upon Thursday the 21 of June, towards 

 evening, accompanied onely with captaine Caufield and 

 the Master of his shippe, the rest not being yet arrived, 

 he made towards the shore with his boat, finding all the 

 people of Santa Cruz, a village of that Hand, in armes, 

 rearing their landing, and ready marshalled to defend 

 their towne from spoile. Sir John contrariwise made 

 signes of amity unto them by advancing a white flagge, a 

 common token of peace, which was answered againe of 

 them with the like : whereupon ensued entercourses of 

 good friendship ; and pledges were taken on both sides, 

 the captaine of the towne for them, and captaine Caufield 

 for ours : so that whatsoever our men wanted, which 

 that place could supply either in fresh water, victuals, or 

 the like, was very willingly granted by the inhabitants : 

 and good leave had they to refresh themselves on shore 

 as much and as oft as they would without restraint. At 

 this Santa Cruz sir John Burrough was informed, that 

 indeed there was among them no expectation of any 

 fleet to come from the West, but from the East, that no 

 longer since then three dayes before his arrivall a carak 

 was passed by for Lisbon, and that there were foure 

 caraks more behinde, of one consort. Sir John being 

 very glad of this newes, stayed no longer on shore, but 

 presently imbarqued himselfe, having onely in company 

 a small barke of threescore tunnes belonging to one M. 

 Hopkins of Bristoll. In the meane while that these 

 things thus passed at Flores, part of the rest of the 

 English fleet, which sir John Burrough had left upon 

 the coast of Spaine, drew also towards the Acores : and 

 whereas he quickly at sea had discovered one of the 

 caraks, the same evening he might descry two or three 

 of the Earle of Cumberlands ships (whereof one M. 

 Norton was captaine) which having in like sort kenned 

 the carak, pursued her by that course which they saw her 

 to runne towards the Hands. But on no side was there 

 any way made by reason of a great calme which yeelded 



