AMIAS PRESTON AND GEORGE SOMMERS ad. 



1595. 

 too and againe in the sound all the forenoone, but could 



not get up so farre as the towne. These 2 sailes came 



roome to us, after they saw that we were at an anker, & 



came somewhat neere us, and sent their skyphs abord 



our admiral. They were 2 flieboats of Middleburgh Two fiieboats 



which traded there, & had secretly advertised the ^f^l'^f^- 

 (. ^ . 1-1 burgh for e- 



country or our comming, to our great hmderance : .^oame the 



but we knew it not at our first arrivall. Here they Spaniards of 

 of Cumana perceiving that we would land, came to parle °^^ comming. 

 with us, and tolde us, if we would land, we might easily 

 take the towne, for they ment not to withstand us, but 

 that they had caried all their goods into the mountaines, 

 but, if we would not land to burne and spoile the towne, 

 they would give us some reasonable ransome, and any 

 victuals that we wanted. So our general agreed with The tozvne of 

 them, received their ransome, and departed without ^^^^J^^ ^^^- 

 landing. But at our first arrival in this bay, our generals 

 Ions: boat was sent forth wel manned, and tooke 7 Three Cara- 

 Caravels, but found litle or nothing of value in them : ^ • 



saving in one were some sides of bacon, and some maiz 

 and Guiny-wheat. Here we staied til the 23 of May, 

 & in the evening we set saile, and departed from 

 thence. And the 26 of the same we thought to have 

 landed at a fort that standeth by the sea-coast in the 

 Caracos, as you go for S. lago. This is a marveilous 

 high land, as high as the pike of Tenerif. We 

 could not land here over night, by reason of the 

 roughnes of the sea, which goeth in that place, 

 & there is but one litle creeke against the fort, 

 to come in with your boat. So, we perceiving no fit 

 place to land, by reason of the sea, stood away some 

 league to the West-ward, about a litle head-land, there 

 we ankered al night: and the 27 in the morning we all 

 landed in safety, none resisting us. Then we presently 

 set our selves in aray, and marched toward the fort, & Afortnere 

 tooke it without any resistance. Here we remained al ^^^ Caracos 

 the rest of this day until the 28, about three of the clock [ni. cSo.l 

 in the afternoone. We found nothing in this fort but a 



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