HENRY MAY a.d. 



1593- 

 and like for to die) would not stay, but would needs go 

 home. 



The 8 of December 1592 we set saile homeward, but 

 some 1 5 dayes before we had sight of the cape of Good 

 hope, we were forced to share our bread, by reason we had 

 certeine flies in our ship, which devoured most part of our 

 bread before we were aware : so that when we came to 

 sharing, we had but 31 pound of bread a man to cary us 

 into England, with a small quantity of rice a day. 



The last of March icq^ we doubled the cape of Bona ^j'^y ^^^^/^ 

 c> -^^^ ^ the cape of 



Speranza._ _ _ BovAper- 



In April next ensuing we came to anker at the island an^^a. 

 of S. Helena, whereas we found an English man a tailer, The Isle of 

 which had bene there 14 moneths before we came thither : '^' -'^^^'^»^- 

 so we sending our boat on shore with some ten men, they 

 found this English man in the chapell ; who by reason of 

 the heat of the climat was inforced to keepe himselfe out 

 of the Sun. Our company hearing one sing in the 

 chapell, supposing it had bene some Portugall, thrust 

 open the doore, and went in unto him : but the poore 

 man seeing so many come in upon him on the sudden, 

 and thinking them to be Portugals, was first in such 

 a feare, not having scene any man in 14 moneths before, ^.^^ ^K^^f, 

 and afterwards knowing them to be Englishmen, and fl^^l/J^^ 

 some of them of his acquaintance, in such joy, that what sudden joy. 

 betweene excessive sudden feare & joy, he became dis- 

 tracted of his wits, to our great sorowes. Here we 

 found of his drying some 40 goats. The party had made 

 him for want of apparell two sutes of goats skinnes with 

 the hairy side outwards, like unto the Savages of Canada. 

 Here we stayed all this moneth. This man lived untill 

 we came to the West Indies, and then he died. 



In the moneth of June 1593 we arrived at the island of J|^f ^!^^ °f 

 Trinidad in the West Indies, hoping there to finde ^H^^l^^ ^^ 

 refreshing: but we could not get any, by reason that Indies. 

 the Spanyards had taken it. Here we were imbayed 

 betweene the island and the maine ; and for want of 

 victuals the company would have forsaken the ship : 



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