ANDREW BARKER ad. 



1576. 



which towne they surprised, and had therein wine and 

 oyle as much as they would, and divers other good 

 things, but no gold nor silver, nor any other treasure 

 which they would confesse. But before they could 

 returne to their company, those that were in the barkes 

 were had in chase by men of warre, whereby they were 

 inforced every man to shift for himselfe : so for haste 

 they left those that were in the skiffe (being 8 persons) 

 in the bay of Honduras : what became of them after- 

 ward God knoweth. Hereupon we determined to saile 

 for England, and being in the maine sea homeward 

 bound, about 60 . leagues from the Isle of S. Francisco, 

 the Frigat wherein was the treasure for the adventurers, 

 and that which pertained to the captaine to the value of 

 2000 pound, being overset with sayle, with a flaw of 

 wind was overthrowen, and all the goods therein 

 perished : therein also were 14 persons drowned, and 

 nine saved, whereof William Coxe and William Gillam 

 were two. After this Philip Roche, Master of the T'he death of 

 Admirall called the Ragged stafFe, died. And thus at ^J'f,^''^^' 

 length, (by the helpe of God) we arrived in the Isle jiamd staffe 

 of Silly neere Cornwall where we left our Frigat which Their arrival 

 we built new upon the shore of the Honduras, having in the Isle of 

 in her at our landing ten botisios of oyle, and the foure ^^^^^^^ 

 cast Peeces that were in John Oxnams Frigat (which 

 the yeere before was taken in the streit of Dariene) 

 three harquebuzes on crocke, certaine calivers, and ^^^^^^^^ 

 certaine treasure : Where William Cox and Andrew jlj^n^Q^mm 

 Browne devided the treasure amongst their company, recovered 

 delivering to some five pound, to some sixe pound, to from the 

 some seven pound, to some more, as every man was Spaniards, 

 thought to have deserved. The barke and the rest of 

 the Ordinance was left in the Island, to the use of 

 Andrew Browne. Divers of our company, upon our 

 arrivall at Plimmouth were committed to prison at the 

 suite of M. John Barker of Bristol, brother unto our 

 Captaine M. Andrew Barker, as accessaries to our 

 captains death, and betrayers of him unto the enemie. 



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