LAST VOYAGE OF DRAKE AND HAWKINS ad. 



1595- 

 is nothing upon these Islands but wood. We came to 

 the Southeast side of Guadalupe and there ankered hard 

 aboord the shore : the Southwest side of the Island is 

 deepe water and good ankorage : where that day sir 

 John Hawkins came to us againe standing up from the 

 South side of Dominica. There we watered, washed 

 our ships, set up our pinnesses, and refreshed our 

 souldiers on shore. 



The 30 captaine Wignol in the Francis, a barke of 35 

 tunnes, being the sternmost of sir John Hawkins fleete 

 was chased by five of the king of Spaines frigats or 

 Zabras being ships of 200 tunnes a piece, which came 

 of purpose with 3. other Zabras for the treasure of S. 

 Juan de Puerto rico : The Francis going roome with 

 them, supposing they had bene our owne fleete, was 

 by them taken in sight of our caravel. They left the 

 Francis driving in the sea with 3 or 4 hurt and sicke 

 men, and tooke the rest of our men into their ships, 

 as the prisoners which wee tooke at S. Juan de Puerto 

 rico told us. 



The 4 of November we began to unlade the Richard, 

 one of our victuallers, which was by the next day un- 

 laden, unrigged and then sunken. Then we stood 

 Northwest & by North : and the next morning saw 

 the Hands of Monserrata, Redonda, Estazia, S. Chris- 

 topher and Saba. The biggest of these Islands is not 

 past 8 leagues long. There is good ankorage in 8, 7, 

 and 5 fadomes water faire white sand. Then we stood 

 away Southwest, and on the 8 in the morning being 

 Saturday came to an anker some 7 or 8 leagues off 

 within certain broken Hands called Las Virgines, which 

 have bene accounted dangerous : but we found there a 

 very good rode, had it bene for a 1000 sails of ships 

 in 14, 12, and 8 fadomes faire sand and good ankorage, 

 high Islands on either side, but no fresh water that we 

 could find : here is much fish to be taken with hookes 

 and nets : also we stayed on shore and fowled. Here 

 sir John Hawkins was extreme sicke ; which his sicknes 



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