THE SECOND VOYAGE TO BARBARY ad. 



1552. 



found a French ship, which not knowing whether it were 

 warre or peace betweene England and France, drewe her 

 selfe as neere under the towne wals as she could possible, 

 craving aide of the towne for her defence, if need were, 

 which in deed seeing us draw neere, shot at us a piece 

 from the wals, which came over the Lion our Admirall, 

 between the maine mast & her foremast. Whereupon 

 we comming to an anker, presently came a pinnes aboord 

 us to know what we were, who understanding that we 

 had bene there the yere before, & came with the good The English 

 leave of their king in marchant wise, were fully satisfied, ™ reat J> anta 

 and gave us good leave to bring our goods peaceably yeer ~ ' i e f ore 

 on shore, where the Viceroy, whose name was Sibill being \$$\. 

 Manache, within short time after came to visite us, and 

 used us with all curtesie. But by divers occasions we 

 spent here very neere three moneths before we could 

 get in our lading, which was Sugar, Dates, Almonds, 

 and Malassos or sugar Syrrope. And for all our being 

 here in the heate of the Sommer, yet none of our com- 

 pany perished by sicknesse. Our ships being laden, wee 

 drew into the Sea for a Westerne wind for England. 

 But being at sea, a great leake fell upon the Lion, so 

 that we were driven to Lancerota, and Forteventura, 

 where, betweene the two Hands, we came to a road, 

 whence wee put on land out of our sayd ship 70. chestes 

 of Sugar upon Lancerota, with some dozen or sixteene 

 of our company, where the inhabitants supposing we 

 had made a wrongfull prize of our caravell, suddenly 

 came with force upon our people, among whom I my 

 selfe was one, tooke us prisoners, and spoiled the sugars : 

 which thing being perceived from our ships, they manned [II. ii. 9.] 

 out three boates, thinking to rescue us, and drave the 

 Spaniards to flight, whereof they slew eighteene, and 

 tooke their governour of the Hand prisoner, who was 

 a very aged gentleman about 70. yeeres of age. But 

 chasing the enemie so farre, for our recoverie, as pouder 

 and arrowes wanted, the Spaniardes perceiving this, re- 

 turned, and in our mens retire they slew sixe of them. 



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