WILLIAM PARKER ad. 



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 no effect, because of the huge highnes of the moun- 



taines, and the length of the way, being more then 

 was given out at the first. Then with much griefe we 

 returned out to Truxillo, where I departed from Sir 

 Anthony Sherley. 



After my departure from this worthy knight, I set my 

 course for Cape de Cotoche which lieth on the East part Cabo de 

 of Yucatan from whence I ranged al the North coast Cotoche. 

 of the said promontory of Yucatan, untill I came unto 

 Cape Desconoscido, where I put 56 of my men into a Cabo desconos- 

 Periago, or long Indian Canoa ; and leaving my ship 

 sixe leap^ues from the towne of Campeche at three of the 

 clocke in the morning* I landed hard by the monasterie ^" toaster 

 of San Francisco, and tooke the sayd towne of Cam- ^^he towne' of 

 peche, with the captaine and Alcalde, finding therein five Campeche 

 hundreth Spaniards, and in two townes close adjoyning taken. 

 to the same eight thousand Indians. The multitude 

 of the Spaniards which fled upon my first assault by ten 

 of the clocke in the morning assembling together renued 

 their strength, and set furiously upon me and my small 

 company. In which assault I lost some sixe of my men, 

 and my selfe was shot under the left brest with a bullet, 

 which bullet lieth still in the chine of my backe. Being 

 thus put unto our shifts wee devised on the sudden a 

 newe stratagem : for having divers of the townesmen J new 

 prisoners, we tied them arme in arme together, and ^^^^^^S^^- 

 placed them in stead of a baricado to defend us from 

 the fury of the enemies shot. And so with ensigne 

 displayed, taking with us our sixe dead men, wee re- 

 tired with more safetie to the haven, where we tooke 

 a frigat which rode ready fraught with the kings tribute 

 in silver and other good commodities,* which were *To the value 

 presently to bee transported to S. Juan de Ullua, and ?/ S^oo 

 brought the same and our Periago or Canoa to my ship, 

 which lay in two fadome water sixe leagues from the 

 town, being not able to come any neerer for the sholds 

 upon that coast. Over against the place where our ship ^ebo an Indian 

 rode, stoode a towne of 300 or 400 Indians called Sebo, towne taken. 



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