HENRY MAY ad. 



1593- 

 so long with him, and having little refreshing, our com- 

 pany began to be in a mutiny, and made report that the 

 captaine & I went aboord the Frenchman but to make 

 good cheere, and had not any care of them : but I protest 

 before God, that our care was to get victuals wherby 

 we might have bene gone from him. But in the meane 

 time a great part of our company had conspired to take 

 away the Frenchmans pinnesse, and with her to boord 

 the man of warre. While these things were in com- 

 plotting, one of their consorts went aboord the French- 

 man, and certified him of all the conspiracy. Whereupon 

 the captaine of the French ship sent for our captaine 

 and me to come aboord to dinner : and we stayed with 

 him all the afternoone, being invited unto supper : and 

 being at supper, he himselfe would not a great while 

 come to us : but at length hee came. At his comming 

 wee asked of him what newes. Who answered us, that 

 either we must depart from him, or els he must goe 

 seeke some other harborow. Whereupon I tolde captaine 

 Lancaster; who prayed me to tell him that rather then 

 we would be any hindrance unto him, we would be gone. 

 But in the mean time, while we were thus talking 

 together, the Frenchman weyed & set saile : which we 

 perceived, and asked him what he meant by it. He 

 replied to the captaine & me, that he kept us for his 

 security, and that our men had purposed as is aforesayd. 

 When he came thwart our shippe, it blew a prety gaile 

 of winde : the boat being asterne of them, having in her 

 two Moores & two men of Pegu, which we had given 

 them, brake away. Then was the Frenchman worse then 

 before, & did threaten us very sore that we should pay 

 his voyage. In the meane time the Edward seeing us 

 past, weyed and set saile to go for England : and they 

 did share among them all the captaines victuals & mine, 

 when they saw the Frenchman keepe us as prisoners. 

 So the next morning we went to seeke out the French- 

 mans pinnesse : which being at Laguna we shot off a 

 piece, & so she came to us, having in her three more of 



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