A.D. 

 1576. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



The voyage of Master Andrew Barker of Bristol, 

 with two ships, the one called the Ragged 

 staffe, the other the Beare, to the coast of 

 Terra firma, and the Bay of Honduras in the 

 West Indies, in the yeere 1576. Wherein 

 the reasons are premised which mooved him 

 to set forth this voyage against the Spaniards : 

 collected out of certaine notes and examinations 

 touching this enterprise by M. Richard 

 Hakluyt. 



Irst of all Andrew Barker having abode 

 in one of the Canary Islands called 

 Tenerif for a certaine time, and returning 

 home left behind him Charles Chester 

 (the Sonne of Dominic Chester merchant 

 of Bristol) to learn the language. Now 

 the sayd Andrew Barker forthwith upon 

 his arrivall in England, in November, 1574, fraighted a 

 small ship (named the Speedwell of Bristol) to goe for 

 the Canaries with cloth and other merchandise of a great 

 value. He sent also one John Drue of Bastable as 

 his Factor to make sale and dispose of the said goods, 

 who when he arrived at Tenerif, landed the marchandize, 

 and sent home the barke with some small quantity of 

 wine, making account to sell the sayd wares to greater 

 advantage in providing wines and sugar for the lading 

 of another ship, which Andrew Barker had appointed 

 to send thither. Also according to this his purpose the 

 said Andrew in March following sent a ship called the 

 Christopher of Dartmouth, captaine whereof was one 

 Henry Roberts of Bristol : who when he had landed 

 in Tenerif, & was in good hope to find the lading of 

 his ship in a readines, contrary to his expectation, was 

 suddenly cast into prison : the Spaniards alleaging that 

 Andrew Barker was accused to the inquisition by Charles 



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