A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1595. 



began upon newes of the taking of the Francis. The 

 18 day wee weyed and stoode North and by East into 

 a lesser sound, which sir Francis in his barge discovered 

 the night before, and ankored in 13 fadoms, having 

 hie steepe hils on either side, some league distant from 

 our first riding. 



The 12 in the morning we weied and set sayle into 

 the sea due South through a small streit but without 

 danger, and then stode West and by North for S. Juan 

 de Puerto rico, and in the after noone left the 3 small 

 Islands called The passages to the Southward of us, 

 and that night came up to the Eastermost end of S. 

 The death of John, where sir John Hawkins departed this life : upon 

 sir John Haw- ^^qsc decease sir Thomas Baskervil presently went into 

 the Garland. At 2 of the clocke we came to anker at 

 the estermost side of the chiefe towne called Puerto 

 rico in a sandie bay 2 miles off : where we received 

 from their forts and places where they planted Ordinance 

 some 28 great shot, the last of which strake the admirall 

 through the misen, and the last but one strake through 

 her quarter into the sterage, the Generall being there 

 at supper, and strake the stoole from under him, but hurt 

 him not, but hurt at the same table sir Nicholas 

 Clifford, M. Browne, captaine Stratford, with one or 

 two more. Sir Nicholas Clifford and master Browne 

 died of their hurts. 



Then wee set sayle and stood to the Eastward, and 



at midnight tacked about to the West, and in the 



morning came to an anker before the point without the 



towne, a little to the Westwards by the 3 Islands. 



The fight at The 1 3 we rode still untill night, when in the be- 



5. Juan de ginning with twenty five pinnesses, boats and shallops 



Puerto nco. nianned and furnished with fire-workes and small shot 



wee went into the rode within the great castels, and in 



despite of them fired the five Zabras of frigats, all ships 



of two hundreth tunnes the piece or more, quite burning 



the Rereadmirall downe to the water, which was the 



greatest shippe of them all, and also mightily spoiled 



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