A.D. 

 1564. 



Portugals not 

 to he trusted. 

 Want of cir- 

 cumspection in 

 our men. 



[III. 506.] 



M. Field 

 Captaine of 

 the Salomon 

 shine. 



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number of fortie men well appointed, having to their 

 guides certaine Portugals, in a boat, who brought some 

 of them to their death : wee landing boat after boat, 

 and divers of our men scattering themselves, contrary 

 to the Captaines will, by one or two in a company, for 

 the hope that they had to finde golde in their houses, 

 ransacking the same, in the meane time the Negros came 

 upon them, and hurte many being thus scattered, whereas 

 if five or sixe had bene together, they had bene able, 

 as their companions did, to give the overthrow to 40 

 of them, and being driven downe to take their boates, 

 were followed so hardly by a route of Negros, who by 

 that tooke courage to pursue them to their boates, that 

 not onely some of them, but others standing on shore, 

 not looking for any such matter by meanes that the 

 Negros did flee at the first, and our companie remained 

 in the towne, were suddenly so set upon that some 

 with great hurt recovered their boates; othersome not 

 able to recover the same, tooke the water, and perished 

 by meanes of the oaze. While this was doing, the 

 Captaine who with a dosen men, went through the 

 towne, returned, finding 200 Negros at the waters side, 

 shooting at them in the boates, and cutting them in 

 pieces which were drowned in the water, at whose 

 comming, they ranne all away : so he entred his boates, 

 and before he could put off from the shore, they returned 

 againe, and shot very fiercely and hurt divers of them. 

 Thus wee returned backe some what discomforted, 

 although the Captaine in a singular wise maner caried 

 himselfe, with countenance very cheerefull outwardly, 

 as though hee did litle weigh the death of his men, 

 nor yet the great hurt of the rest, although his heart 

 inwardly was broken in pieces for it ; done to this ende, 

 that the Portugals being with him, should not presume 

 to resist against him, nor take occasion to put him to 

 further displeasure or hinderance for the death of our 

 men : having gotten by our going ten Negros, and 

 lost seven of our best men, whereof M. Field Captaine 



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