A.D. 

 1552. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



The second voyage to Barbary in the yeere 1552. 

 Set foorth by the right worshipfull Sir John 

 Yorke, Sir William Gerard, Sir Thomas Wroth, 

 Master Frances Lambert, Master Cole, and 

 others ; Written by the relation of Master 

 James Thomas then Page to Master Thomas 

 Windham chiefe Captaine of this voyage. 



He shippes that went on this voyage were 

 three, whereof two were of the River of 

 Thames, That is to say, the Lyon of 

 London, whereof Master Thomas Wind- 

 ham was Captaine and part owner, of 

 about an hundred & fiftie tunnes : The 

 other was the Buttolfe about fourescore 



tunnes, and a Portugall Caravel bought of certaine Portu- 

 gals in Newport in Wales, and fraighted for this voyage, 

 of summe sixtie tunnes. The number of men in the 

 Fleete were an hundred and twentie. The Master of 

 the Lyon was one John Kerry of Mynhed in Somerset- 

 shire, his Mate was David Landman. The chiefe 

 Captaine of this small Fleete was Master Thomas 

 Windham a Norffolke gentleman borne, but dwelling 

 at Marshfield-parke in Somerset shire. This Fleete 

 departed out of King-rode neere Bristoll about the be- 

 ginning of May 1552. being on a Munday in the 

 morning : and the Munday fortnight next ensuing in 

 the evening came to an ancker at their first port in the 



Asafi. roade of Zafia, or Asafi on the coast of Barbarie, stand- 



ing in 32. degrees of latitude, and there put on land 

 part of our marchandise to be conveied by land to the 

 citie of Marocco : which being done, and having re- 

 freshed our selves with victuals and water, we went to 



Santa Cruz, the second port callecl Santa Cruz, where we discharged 

 the rest of our goods, being good quantitie of linnen 

 and woollen cloth, corall, amber, Jet, and divers other 

 things well accepted by the Moores. In which road we 



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