CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT ad. 



1591- 

 night we could not get up, and they having discovered 

 us, baricadoed up their way, and conveyed all that they 

 had into the mountaines, leaving their houses onely bare 

 and naked, notwithstanding we landed, and with great 

 difficultie wee passed their baricados with the losse of two 

 men at both conflicts, entred their towne and fired it, 

 leaving not an house unburnt, being a towne of three 

 streetes having about 150. housholds. 



The same night wee passed with our boates to a small 

 village called Aguava, where we found excellent fruites 

 of the countrey, which by reason of their cowardly brags 

 wee also set on fire. 



Being thus frustrated of our pretended voyage, we 

 stoode for the bay of Honduras, and about the ninth of 

 May we discovered in the afternoone a saile thwart of the 

 bay of Truxillo, with whom we stoode, and having a 

 Spanish flagge out, they mistrusted us not, untill we had 

 almost fet them up : and then wee went off with our 

 boate, and tooke them within shot of the castle, and with 

 our boates wee went and fet three or foure frigats which ^■^O' ^^oug^i 

 rode afore the towne, the castle playingf upon us with ^^^ff^^^^ 

 their ordmance. _ ^ ^ y^.^^ s/>aine. 



Our captaine having understanding by the Spaniards, for so i^ey 

 that there were three shippes more at Puerto de Cavallos, expected. 

 stood along that night for that place, but it fell out to 

 bee so calme, that it was the fifteenth day of May or ever 

 wee came there, the shippes having peradventure dis- 

 covered us, stole alongst the shoare towards Truxillo, so 

 that being voyde of that hope, we landed ; the inhabitants 

 forsaking the towne, fled into the mountaines. Wee [IH- 569.] 

 remained in the towne all night, and the next day till 

 towards night : where we found 5. or 6. tuns of quick 

 silver, 16. tuns of old sacke, sheepe, young kids, great 

 store of poultrie, some store of money, & good linnen, 

 silkes, cotton-cloth, and such like ; we also tooke three 

 belles out of their church, and destroyed their images. 

 The towne is of 200 houses, and wealthy ; and that yere 

 there were foure rich ships laden from thence : but we 



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