ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1594- 



the Admirall came up, the May-flower, and the Samp- 

 son never left by turnes to ply her with their great 

 ordinance ; but then captaine Cave wished us to stay 

 till morning, at what time each one of us should give 

 her three bouts with our great ordinance, & so should 

 clap her a boord : but indeed it was long lingered in the 

 morning untill 10 of the clocke before wee attempted to 

 boord her. The Admirall laid her a boord in the mid 

 ship : the May-flower comming up in the quarter, as it 

 should seeme, to lie at the sterne of the Admirall on the 

 larboord side. The captaine of the sayd May-flower was 

 slaine at the first comming up : whereby the ship fell to 

 [II. ii. 200.] the sterne of the out-licar of the Carack, which (being a 

 piece of timber) so wounded her foresaile, that they sayd 

 they could come no more to fight, I am sure they did not, 

 but kept aloofe from us. The Sampson went aboord on 

 the bow, but having not rome enough, our quarter lay 

 on the Exchanges bow, and our bowe on the Caracks 

 bowe. The Exchange also at the first comming had her 

 captaine M. Cave shot into both the legs, the one whereof 

 he never recovered, so he for that present was not able 

 to doe his office, and in his absence he had not any 

 that would undertake to lead out his company to enter 

 upon the enemie. My friend captaine Grant did lead 

 my men on the Caracks side, which being not manfully 

 backed by the Exchanges men, his forces being smal, 

 made the enemie bolder then he would have bene, where- 

 by I had sixe men presently slaine and many more hurt, 

 which made them that remained unhurt to returne 

 aboord, and would never more give the assault. I say 

 not but some of the Exchanges men did very well, and 

 many more (no doubt) would have done the like, if there 

 had bene any principall man to have put them forward, 

 and to have brought all the company to the fight, and 

 not to have run into corners themselves. But 1 must 

 needs say, that their ship was as well provided for 

 defence, as any that I have seene. And the Portugals 

 peradventure encouraged by our slacke working, plaied 



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