LAST VOYAGE OF DRAKE AND HAWKINS ad. 



^595. 

 being all fled except some 100 Spaniards, which kept the 



Fort, and played upon us, having in the fort some 3 or 4 



small pieces of ordinance, and one of them brake in 



discharging at us. They gave us also a voley of small 



shot : but seeing our resolution in running upon them 



they all fled and tooke the woods. 



The towne was bigge, having large streetes, houses 

 very hie, all built of timber, but one Church very faire 

 and large wrought all of timber likewise. Nothing was 

 left in the towne of value : there was a shew in their 

 shops of great store of marchandises that had bene there. 

 There was a mill above the towne, and upon the toppe 

 of another hill in the woods stood a little watch-house, 

 where we tooke twentie sowes of silver, two barres of 

 gold, some money in coyne, besides other pillage. 



The towne was situated in a waterie soile, and subject 

 much to raine, very unhealthy as any place in the Indies, 

 having great store of Orenges, plantans, cassavy-roots, 

 & such other fruits ; but very dangerous to be eaten for 

 breeding of diseases. To the Eastwarde of the towne 

 within the bay runneth out a fresh river of excellent good 

 water, with houses, and all about it gardens : halfe a 

 league from hence due East into the countrey was an 

 Indian towne, whither as we marched a little before 

 our comming away with an hundred men they had 

 broken downe a bridge to hinder our passage, where 

 they lay in ambush with some twentie or thirtie small 

 shot, and bowes and arrowes, set upon us, and killed 

 Lieutenant Jones, hurt three or foure and so fled into 

 the woods, ranne before us and fired their owne towne, Jn Indian 

 and then fled farther into the woods : our men fired iowne fired. 

 diverse other houses in pursuing them, and so returned 

 againe : our Generall with Sir Thomas being in the 

 Rivers mouth with thirtie or fortie men filling water 

 about some myle from us. 



The road of Nombre de Dios is a faire road : but 

 on each side, as you come to ride before the towne, lyeth 

 a ledge of rockes, but there is no danger because they 



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