WILLIAM TOWERSON a.d. 



1557- 

 shot of them, but they shot not at us, because we had 

 the weather of them, and sawe that they could do us 

 no hurt : and thus we folowed one another until night, 

 and in the night we lost them, but as for all the rest of 

 our ships, they packed on all the sailes that they could 

 and ranne to sea, and as they themselves confesse, they 

 praied for us, but as for helpe at their hands we could 

 have none. 



The 28 day we met with our Viceadmirall, our pin- 

 nasse, and two of the Frenchmen, and the third was fled 

 which was a ship of fourscore tunne, and belonged to 

 Roan : and when I had the sight of the rest of our ships, 

 I tooke our skiffe and went to them to know why they 

 lost us in such a case, and John Kire made me answere 

 that his ship would neither reare nor steere, and as for 

 the pinnasse, John Davis made me answere that she 

 would doe nothing, and that he could cary her no further, 

 for her rudder was broken, so that the Hart was glad to 

 towe her. Then I went to the French Admirall, and 

 found himselfe to be a man of good stomacke, but the 

 one halfe of his men were sicke and dead : and then I 

 talked with the smaller Frenchman, and he made mee 

 answere that he could doe nothing, saying, that his ship 

 would beare no saile, and had 16 of his men dead and 

 sicke, so he made us plaine answere that he was able to 

 doe nothing. After this the Frenchmen durst not anker 

 for feare of the Portugales. 



The 29 day the master of the pinnasse came to us and 

 sayd that they were not able to keepe her any longer, 

 and then wee viewed her and seeing there was no 

 remedie, her rudder with all the iron worke being broken 

 both aloft and belowe, wee agreed to breake her up 

 and to put the men into the Hart. So we tooke out [II. ii. 41.] 

 of her foure bases, one anker, and certaine fire wood, 

 and set her on fire, and afterwards ran along the 

 coast. 



The thirtie day we went in to the shore, and spake 

 with certaine Negros, who told us that some French 



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