SIR JOHN HAWKINS ad. 



1568. 



partly by the Spaniards desire of Negros, and partly 



by friendship of the Treasurer, we obtained a secret 



trade : whereupon the Spaniards resorted to us by night, 



and bought of us to the number of 200 Negros : in 



all other places where we traded the Spaniards inhabitants 



were glad of us and traded willingly. 



At Cartagena the last towne we thought to have Cartagena. 



seene on the coast, we could by no meanes obtaine to 



deale with any Spaniard, the governour was so straight, 



and because our trade was so neere finished we thought 



not good either to adventure any landing, or to detract 



further time, but in peace departed from thence the 



24 of July, hoping to have escaped the time of their 



stormes which then soone after began to reigne, the 



which they call Furicanos, but passing by the West Furkams. 



end of Cuba, towards the coast of Florida there happened 



to us the 12 day of August an extreme storme which 



continued by the space of foure dayes, which so beat 



the Jesus, that we cut downe all her higher buildings, 



her rudder also was sore shaken, and withall was in so 



extreme a leake that we were rather upon the point 



to leave her then to keepe her any longer, yet hoping 



to bring all to good passe, we sought the coast of 



Florida, where we found no place nor Haven for our 



ships, because of the shalownesse of the coast : thus 



being in greater dispaire, and taken with a newe storme Stome. 



which continued other 3 dayes, we were inforced to 



take for our succour the Port which serveth the citie 



of Mexico called Saint John de UUua, which standeth 



in 1 9 degrees : in seeking of which Port we tooke in 



our way 3 ships which carried passengers to the number 



of an hundred, which passengers we hoped should be 



a meane to us the better to obtaine victuals for our 



money, & a quiet place for the repairing of our fleete. 



Shortly after this the 16 of September we entered the i™- 5^3-] 

 T^ r c- ■ Ti IT Til J- *. ' ^-L^ Satnt John de 



Port of Samt John de Ullua and m our entrie the jj^^^ ^ p^^.^ 



Spaniardes thinking us to be the fleete of Spaine, the 



chiefe officers of the Countrey came aboord us, which 



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