jit for Angola. 



THE FIRING OF THE FIVE WOUNDS' ad. 



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The 27 day in the morning we descried the May- 

 flower and the litle Pinnasse with a Prise that they had 

 taken, being of Viana in Portugall, and bound for Angola 

 in Africa. This Barke was of 28 tunnes, having some 

 17 persons in the same. There were in her some 12 Commodities 

 Buts of Galicia wine, whereof we tooke into every shippe 

 a like part, with some Ruske in chests and barrels, with 

 5 buts of blew course cloth, and certaine course linnen- 

 cloth for Negros shirts, which goods were divided among 

 our fleet. 



The 4 of May we had sight of our Pinnasse, and the 

 Admirals Shallop which had taken three Portugall 

 Caravels, whereof they had sent two away and kept the 

 third. 



The second of June we had sight of S. Michael. The 

 third day in the morning wee sent our small pinnasse, 

 which was of some 24 tunnes, with the small Caravell 

 which we had taken at the Burlings to range the road 

 of all the Hands, to see if they could get any thing in the 

 same: appointing them to meet us W. S. W. 12 leagues 

 from Faiall. Their going from us was to no purpose. 

 They missed comming to us when we appointed, as also 

 we missed them, when we had great cause to have used 

 them. 



The 1 3 of June we met with a mightie Carack of the 

 East Indies, called Las cinque Llagas, or The five wounds. 

 The May-flower was in fight with her before night. I, 

 in the Sampson, fetched her up in the evening, and as I 

 commanded to give her the broad side, as we terme it, 

 while I stood very needfully prying to discover her 

 strength : and where I might give counsel to boord her 

 in the night when the Admirall came up to us, and as 

 I remember at the very first shot she discharged at us, I 

 was shot in a litle above the belly, whereby I was made 

 unserviceable for a good while after, without touching 

 any other for that night. Yet by meanes of an honest 

 truehearted man which I had with me, one captaine 

 Grant, nothing was neglected : untill midnight when 



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