SIR JOHN HAWKINS a.d. 



1565. 

 provided for us, then our deserving. In which state 

 of great miserie, wee were provoked to call upon him 

 by fervent prayer, which mooved him to heare us, so 

 that we had a prosperous winde, which did set us so 

 farre shot, as to be upon the banke of Newfound land, 

 on Saint Bartholomews eve, and we sounded therupon, 

 finding ground at an hundred and thirty fadoms, being 

 that day somewhat becalmed, and tooke a great 

 number of fresh codde-fish, which greatly relieved us : 

 and being very glad thereof, the next day we departed, 

 and had lingring little gales for the space of foure or 

 five dayes, at the ende of which we sawe a couple of 

 French shippes, and had of them so much fish as 

 would serve us plentifully for all the rest of the way, 

 the Captaine paying for the same both golde and silver, to 

 the just value thereof, unto the chiefe owners of the saide 

 shippes, but they not looking for any thing at all, were 

 glad in themselves to meete with such good intertainement 

 at sea, as they had at our hands. After which departure 

 from them, with a good large winde the twentieth of Sep- 

 tember we came to Padstow in Cornewall, God be thanked. Their arrivall 

 in safetie, with the losse of twentie persons in all the ^\ Padstow in 

 voyage, and with great profit to the venturers of the said s^ptg^f^^^ 

 voyage, as also to the whole realme, in bringing home 1565. 

 both golde, silver, pearles and other jewels great store. 

 His name therefore be praised for evermore. Amen. 



The names of certaine Gentlemen that were in this voyage. 



M. John Hawkins. 



M. John Chester, {sir William Chesters sonne. 

 M. Anthony Parkhurst. 

 M. Fitzwilliam. 

 M. Thomas Woorley. 

 ^ M. Edward Lacie, {with divers others. 



i The Register and true accounts of all 

 J herein expressed hath beene approoved by 

 J me John Sparke the younger, who went 

 ( upon the same voyage, and wrote the same. 



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