ANDREW BARKER a.d. 



1576. 



which treasure at that instant was committed to the 



keeping of our captaine Andrew Barker. From thence 



we passed to Nombre de dios, and so foorth to the Sombre de 



mouth of the river of Chagre 18 leagues distant from 



Nombre de dios towards the Northwest. There wee 



landed 10 of our men, who travelled up into the 



woods three or foure daies to seeke the Simerons, ^i^^row/ 



fwhich are certaine valiant Ne^ros fled from their cruel o^ "! , 

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masters the Spaniards, and are become mortall enemies, 



ready to joyne with the English and French against 



them) but in their search they could find none of 



them. And though our men returned all free from 



peril of the enemie, yet the most part of the sayd ten 



persons presently fell sicke, and divers other of our 



company : so that within 14 dayes 8 or 9 of our men 



died of a disease called there the Calentura, which is 



a bote and vehement fever. And passing betweene 



Chagre and Veragua, we tooke a Frigat, and some Feragua. 



quantity of golde wee found therein. In this Frigat 



were 23 Spaniards whom wee set on shore, and two 



Flemings, them wee brought into England with us : 



wee had therein also foure cast pieces of Ordinance, 3 



harquebuzes on crocke, 16 Spanish calivers, and a 



booke of Navigation : and in this Frigat some of our 



company came homeward into England. Thus passing 



forward in our course, we came to Veragua, where 



captaine Barker, & Philip Roche his Master, fought 



upon the foresayd quarel, in which combat the captaine 



was hurt a little in the cheeke. Here we sanke our 



Admirall the Ragged staffe, because of her great 



leakage, and imbarked part of our company in the 



Spanish Frigat, which immediately before we had 



surprised. From hence (by the direction of certain 



Indians) we sayled into the gulfe of the Honduras : The bay of 



there we tooke a barke wherin were rials of plate, to fi°^^^^^^' 



the value of 100 pound, Maiz or Indian wheat, hennes, 



beefe and other small things. In this barke also were 



certaine Spaniards, whereof one was the Scrivano or 



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