A.D. 



1592. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



hundred men a day. And there with stones we might 

 kill turtle doves, wilde geese, & other good fowles at our 

 pleasures. Thence we came to Cape de Corrientes on 

 Cuba to water, and from thence to Cape S. Antonio, and 

 so went over for the Tortugas, without taking of any new 

 prize : and thence cut over to Rio de puercos on the 

 Preserving of coast of Cuba. There we tooke a small barke of twenty 

 hogs-flesh. tunnes, with foure men and forty live hogs, with certeine 

 dried porke cut like leather jerkins along, and dried hogs 

 tongues and neats tongues, and 20 oxe hides. Then 

 passing thence, within foure dayes we tooke a ship of 80 

 tunnes laden with hides, indico, & salsa perilla. North of 

 an headland called Corugna : thence the current set us to 

 the East to the old chanel. There we tooke a frigat of 

 20 tunnes, having certeine pieces of Spanish broad cloth 

 & other small pillage : there continuing off the Matan9as 

 1 2 dayes, with the winde so Westerly that we could hardly 

 recover Havana in the moneth of May. Here we tooke 

 two boats laden with tortoises, which we sunke, saving 

 some of the tortoises, & setting the men on shore. Then 

 at length we recovered up to Havana, where we came so 

 neere to the forts, that for one houres fight they over- 

 reached us with their long ordinance. Then came out 

 the two gallies, having 27 banks on a side, and fought 

 with us another houre ; which for that time left us by 

 reason of the increasing of the winde. Then passing 

 alongst nine leagues to the Westward we found out an 

 The excellent excellent harbour, having three fadome water at the flood, 

 haven of ^^j^ within to receive a thousand saile, where we found 

 hog-houses, which they terme coralles, and tooke away 

 certeine hogs and pigs. As we came out of this harbour, 

 the weather being calme, we were incountered by the 

 gallies, which had followed us, and fought with them 

 three houres, oftentimes within caliver shot : but wee 

 made such spoile of their men and oares, that they beganne 

 to be weary, and gave us over, with their great losse. 

 Here within foure dayes after, as we lay to the Northward 

 sixe leagues off this harbour of Cavannas, we met with 



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