AMIAS PRESTON AND GEORGE SOMMERS ad 



1595. 

 go into a mighty great bay, to a towne called Laguna : The bay of 

 but the bay was so deepe and should withall, that we Laguna. 

 returned backe againe, after wee had stood in two daies 

 & a night. So we sayled over toward the Isle of 

 Hispaniola the sixteenth of June : and the twentieth day Hispaniola, 

 we saw it. The 21 we ankored under Cape Tiburon. 

 Here we watered, and stayed untill the 25 of the same. 

 After our departure out of the bay of Laguna, a great 

 sicknes fell among our fleete, and there died about 

 eighty men of the same. This sicknesse was the fluxe 

 of the bellie, which is a common disease in that countrey. 

 We rem.ayned about this Island untill the eight and 

 twentieth of this moneth. Then we departed from 

 thence, and the second of July arrived at the Island of Jamaica. 

 Jamaica. Before our comming hither, the three ships 

 of Hampton had forsaken us, and left our company. 

 And the Derling wherein was captaine Jones, was sent The death of 

 to discover some other secret matter, in which dis- captaine J ones. 

 covery the valiant gentleman ended his life. So our 

 whole fleete was now but our generall, with captaine 

 Sommers, and a small pinnesse. We stayed at this 

 Isle of Jamaica until the sixt of July, in which meane 

 time we landed to see if we could kill any beeves, but 

 we could not, they were so wild : here is great store 

 of them, and great plenty of fresh-fish. We departed 

 hence the 6 of July, and passed by the Islands, 

 called Caimanes, and the Isle de Pinos, and the 12 of 

 the said moneth by Cape de Corrientes where we Cape de Cor- 

 watered, and the same night, wee set saile towards the rientes. 

 cape of S. Anthony, being the westermost part of the 

 Isle of Cuba. The 13 day in the morning we were 

 under this cape, and the same day we met with the 

 honourable knight. Sir Walter Ralegh, returning from 

 his paineful, and happie discovery of Guiana, and his 

 surprise of the Isle of Trinidad. So with glad hearts, 

 wee kept him and his fleete of three ships company 

 till the twentieth day at night, what time we lost them. 

 In all which time nothing of moment fell out, save 

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