A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1565. 



The 18 of Januarie at night, wee departed from 

 Taggarin, being bound for the West Indies, before 

 which departure certaine of the Salomons men went 

 on shore to fill water in the night, and as they 

 came on shore with their boat being ready to leape 

 on land, one of them espied an Negro in a white 

 coate, standing upon a rocke, being ready to have 

 received them when they came on shore, having in 

 sight of his fellowes also eight or nine, some in one 

 place leaping out, and some in another, but they hid 

 themselves streight againe : whereupon our men doubt- 

 ing they had bene a great companie, and sought to 

 have taken them at more advantage, as God would, 

 departed to their ships, not thinking there had bene 

 such a mischiefe pretended toward them, as then was 

 in deede. Which the next day we understood of a 

 Portugal that came downe to us, who had trafficked 

 with the Negros, by whom hee understood, that the 

 king of Sierra Leona had made all the power hee 

 could, to take some of us, partly for the desire he 

 had to see what kinde of people we were, that had 

 spoiled his people at the Idols, whereof he had newes 

 before our comming, and as I judge also, upon other 



Tangomangos, occasions provoked by the Tangomangos, but sure we 

 were that the armie was come downe, by meanes that 

 in the evening wee saw such a monstrous fire, made 

 by the watring place, that before was not scene, which 

 fire is the only marke for the Tangomangos to know 

 where their armie is alwayes. If these men had come 

 downe in the evening, they had done us great 

 displeasure, for that wee were on shore filling water : 

 but God, who worketh all things for the best, would 

 not have it so, and by him we escaped without 

 danger, his name be praysed for it. 



[III. 507.] The 29 of this same moneth we departed with all 



our shippes from Sierra Leona, towardes the West 

 Indies, and for the space of eighteene dayes, we were 

 becalmed, having nowe and then contrary windes, and 



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