A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Upon the East side of this citie there are your 

 majesties royall houses builded upon a rocke joyning 

 hard to the Sea side, and they idoe aswell leane towards 

 the sea as the land. The royall audience or chancerie 

 is kept here in these houses, and likewise the prison. 

 And in this place all your majesties treasure is kept. 

 There dwelleth in these houses your majesties Treasurer, 

 the Lord President, and 3. Judges, and master Atturney. 

 All these doe dwell in these houses, and the rest of your 

 majesties officers : which are sixe houses besides those 

 of the Lord President, the which are all dwelling houses, 

 and all adjoyning together one by another along upon 

 the rockes. And they are builded all of timber and 

 bourdes, as the other houses are. So where the prison 

 standeth and the great hall, these two places may bee 

 very well fortified, because they serve so fitly for the 

 purpose, by reason they are builded towardes the sea, 

 and that there lye certaine small rocks, which at a lowe 

 water are all discovered and drie, and some of them are 

 An Island in scene at a high water. Right over these houses to the 

 the harbour of Eastwardes there lyeth an Island about five hundred 

 yardes from these houses, and the Island is in forme 

 of a halfe moone ; and in this order it runneth all alongst 

 very neere the maine land : so over against these houses 

 [III. 555.] there lyeth the harbour where all the shippes doe use 

 to ride at an anker, after that they have discharged and 

 unladen their marchandize. For when they have their 

 lading aboord, there can come in none but small Barkes, 

 and at a lowe water the shippes are all aground and drie, 

 and so is all the space some thirtie yardes from those 

 houses. Right over against them standeth the citie. 



When newes were brought to this citie of those 

 Pirates which were come upon this coast, the Lord 

 President and Judges commanded that there should a 

 sconce bee made, and trenched round about, made all of 

 timber for the defence of this citie against the enemie, 

 Places good to and to keepe your majesties treasure. So your officers 

 land in. caused Venta de Cruzes to be fortified, and likewise 



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