GEORGE FENNER a.d. 



1567. 



number and all armed, and therefore with a flagge of 

 truce sent to them to knowe their pleasure : and they 

 answered him with many faire promises and othes, that 

 their pretence was all true, and that they meant like 

 Gentlemen and Marchantes to trafike with him, declaring 

 also that their Captaine was comming to speake with him, 

 and therefore desired our Generall to come and speake 

 with him himselfe. 



With this answere the boate returned, and then our 

 Generall caused his pinnesse to rowe to them, and as he 

 came neere the shoare they came in a great companie with 

 much obeysance, opening their hands and armes abroade, 

 bowing themselves with their bonnets off, with as much 

 humble salutations outwardly as they might: earnestly 

 desiring our Generall and Marchants to come on lande 

 to them, whereunto he would not agree without sufficient 

 gages of Gentlemen and Marchants. At length they 

 promised to sende two gages to our Generals content- 

 ment, promising fresh water, victuall, money, or Negroes 

 for ware, if it were such as they liked : and therefore 

 desired our Generall and Marchants to sende them a 

 shoare in writing the quantitie of their wares, and the 

 names of them : all which our Generall departed to per- 

 forme, looking for their answere the morrowe following. 

 And being gone a litle from the shoare, he caused his 

 bases, curriers, and harquebusses to be shot off, and our 

 ships in like case shot off five or sixe pieces of great 

 ordinance, and so came aboord to prepare the note. The 

 Portugales most of them departed, saving those that were 

 left to watch and to receive the note, which about foure 

 or five a clocke in the afternoone was sent, and it was 

 received. But all the purposes of the Portugals were ^ he treason of 

 villainously to betray us (as. shal appeare hereafter) ^ jS** 

 although we meant in truth and honestie, friendly to mr mn% 

 trafike with them. 



There was to the Westwards of us and about two 

 leagues from us, a towne behinde a point fast by the sea 

 side, where they had certaine Caravels, or shippes and 



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