MICHELSON AND MACE ad. 



1589. 



dayes, pressed him so farre that he entreated a parle, by- 

 putting out a flagge of truce : the parle was granted, and 

 certaine of the Spaniards came aboord the English. 

 Where after conference about those matters that had 

 passed in the fight betwixt them, they received reason- 

 able intertainement and a quiet farewell. The Spanish, 

 as if they had ment to requite the English courtesie, 

 invited our men to their shippe, who perswading them- Spanish 

 selves of good meaning in the Spanish, went aboord: but ^''^'^^^^• 

 honest and friendly dealing was not their purpose, sud- 

 denly they assaulted our men, and one with a dagger 

 stabde Roger Kingsnod the English Pilote to the heart 

 and slewe him, and others were served with the like sauce, 

 onely William Mace the Master & others, notwith- 

 standing al the prepared trappes of the enemie, lept 

 overboord into the sea, and so came safe to their own 

 ship : and directing his course for England, arrived at 

 Plimouth the tenth day of September, 1589, laden with 

 wines, yron. Roans, which is a kinde of linnen cloth, and 

 other rich commodities, looking for the arrivall of the rest 

 of his consorts, whereof one and the principall hath not 

 long since obtained his Port. Thus much in generall 

 termes onely I have as yet learned, and received touching 

 this voyage, extracted out of letters sent from the afore- 

 said William Mace, to Master Edward Wilkinson of 

 Towre-hill in London. My principall intention by this 

 example is to admonish our nation of circumspection in 

 dealing with that subtill enemie, and never to trust the 

 Spanish further, then that their owne strength shall be 

 able to master them : for otherwise whosoever shall 

 through simplicitie trust their curtesie, shall by tryall 

 taste of their assured crueltie. 



[Certaine Spanish 

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