AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1564. 



in our ship, by their perswasions came away with us : 

 but his entertainement amongst them was such, that he 

 desired it not : but through the importunate request 

 of his Countreymen, consented at the last. Here we 

 stayed but one night, and part of the day : for the 

 7 of December wee came away, in that pretending to 

 have taken Negros there perforce, the Mynions men 

 gave them there to understand of our comming, and 

 our pretence, wherefore they did avoyde the snares we 

 had layd for them. 



The 8 of December wee ankered by a small Island 



Akatrarses or called Alcatrarsa, wherein at our going a shore, we found 



ijanets. nothing but sea-birds, as we call them Ganets, but by 



the Portugals, called Akatrarses, who for that cause 

 gave the said Island the same name. Herein halfe 

 of our boates were laden with yong and olde fowle, 

 who not being used to the sight of men, flew so 

 about us, that we stroke them downe with poles. In 

 this place the two shippes riding, the two Barkes, with 



The Sapies. their boates, went into an Island of the Sapies, called 

 La Formio, to see if they could take any of them, 

 and there landed to the number of 80 in armour, and 

 espying certaine made to them, but they fled in such 

 order into the woods, that it booted them not to 

 follow : so going on their way forward till they came 

 to a river, which they could not passe over, they espied 

 on the otherside two men, who with their bowes and 

 arrowes shot terribly at them. Whereupon we discharged 

 certaine harquebuzes to them againe, but the ignorant 

 people wayed it not, because they knewe not the danger 

 thereof: but used a marveilous crying in their fight 

 with leaping and turning their tayles, that it was 

 most strange to see, and gave us great pleasure to 



[III. 504.] beholde them. At the last, one being hurt with a 

 harquebuz upon the thigh, looked upon his wound 

 and wist not howe it came, because hee could not see 

 the pellet. Here Master Hawkins perceiving no 

 good to be done amongst them, because we could not 



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