A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1596. 



his heire to all his lands, except one manor which he 

 gave to captaine Bodenham. 

 Puerto Bella. The same day we ankored at Puerto Bello, being the 

 best harbour we found al along the maine both for great 

 ships and small. There standeth a saker shot off the 

 shore at the Easterne point a little Hand : and there is 

 betwixt the maine & that 5 or 6 fadomes : but the best 

 comming in is the open mouth betwixt that Hand & 

 another Hand that lyeth to the westward with a range 

 of rocks. 



In Puerto Bello were but 8 or 10 houses, besides a 

 great new house which they were in building for the 

 Governour that should have bene for that place : there 

 was also a very strong Fort all to the waters side with 

 flankers of great trees and stones filled with earth 

 betweene : and had not our comming disappointed their 

 pretence, they would have made it one of the strongest 

 places in all the maine. There they ment to have builded 

 a great towne. We found there three pieces of brasse 

 ordinance sunke in the sea, which we weighed up, all 

 the people were fled and their goods carried away. 



Up within this bay there was a little village but of no 

 force, where we found a great fresh river, our men 

 rowing up some two leagues found pillage, as wine and 

 oyle, and some small quantitie of yron. After our 

 comming hither to anker, and the solemne buriall of our 

 Generall sir Francis in the sea : Sir Thomas Baskervill 

 being aboord the Defiance, where M. Bride made a 

 sermon, having to his audience all the captaines in the 

 fleete, sir Thomas commanded all aboord the Garland, 

 with whom he held a Councell, & there shewing his 

 Commission was accepted for General, & captain Boden- 

 ham made captaine of the Defiance, & M. Savill captaine 

 of ye Adventure. 



The 27 died captaine Josias of the Delight, and 



captaine Egerton a Gentleman of the Foresight, and 



James Wood chiefe chirurgion of the fleete out of 



the Garland. 



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