LAURENCE KEYMIS a.d. 



1596. 

 away in so short a time, against the winde, may suffi- 

 ciently proove, that the chanell is very large, good, and T^he chanel 

 likely to second our hopes in all that wee can desire. ^/^^^^^^^^ or 

 Without the mouth of this River, our Pinnesse, the Dis- ^ ^^ ^ 

 coverer, whome wee lost neere the coast of England, goo/^. They 

 came unto us. Shee fell with this land somewhat to meete with 

 the South warde of Cape Cecyl, and had spent three ^^^^^ Pinnesse. 

 weekes and odde dayes in ranging alongst the coast, when 

 shee mette with us. William Downe the Master in- 

 formed mee that they entred, and searched these foure 

 rivers. In Wiapoco they sayled so farre, untill the rockes 

 stopped their passage. In Caiane they went up one dayes 

 journey. In Cunanama they found many inhabitantes. 

 Curitini was the last River they had beene in. Whence, 

 having no other meanes to finde Raleana, they were 

 inforced to borrow a Pilot against his will : whom after- 

 wardes I would have returned with reward to his content- 

 ment ; but he would not. 



Our English that to steale the first blessing of an 

 untraded place, will perhaps secretly hasten thither, may 

 bee beholding to mee for this caveat, if they take notice J good caveat. 

 thereof. They may bee assured, that this people, as 

 they no way sought our harme, but used our men with 

 all kindnesse : so are they impatient of such a wrong, 

 as to have any of their people perforce taken from them, 

 and will doubtlesse seeke revenge. The example of the 

 like practise upon the coast of Guinie, in the yeere 1566, 

 and againe at Dominica, where Alderman Wats his shippe 

 hardly escaped being taken, may serve for our warning 

 in like case to looke for no good, before they bee 

 satisfied for this injury. 



When wee had taken aboorde us such victuals as were 

 in the Pinnesse : wee set fire in her, (for her Rudder 

 could serve her to no longer use) and stopping the 

 fioodes, plyed to windwarde with the ebbe neere the 

 shoare, untill wee were sixteene leagues to the Eastwarde 

 of the Rivers mouth, and then standing off to Sea, wee 

 fell in twentie foure houres sayling with Punta de Galera 



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