GEORGE FENNER a.d. 



1567. 



made readie three pieces which we shot at them, but they 

 approched still so neere, that at last we might have shot 

 a sheafe arrowe to them. Whereupon we having a gale 

 of winde off the shoare hoysed our foresayle, and cut our 

 cable at the hawse, and went towarde our Admirall, and 

 they continued following and shooting at us, and some- 

 time at our Admirall, but our Admirall shotte one such 

 piece at them, that it made them to retire, and at length 

 to warpe away like traiterous villaines, and although they 

 thus suddenly shot all their shot at us, yet they hurt 

 neither man nor boy of ours, but what we did to them 

 we know not. 



But seeing the villanie of these men we thought it 

 best to stay there no longer, but immediatly set sayle 

 towards an Hand called Fuego, 1 2 leagues from the said The I*k °f 

 Island of S. Jago. At which Island of Fuego we came Fue S°- 

 to an anker the 1 1 day of this moneth, against a white 

 chappell in the West end of the sayd Island, within halfe 

 a league of a litle towne, and within a league or there- 

 about of the uttermost point of the said Island. 



In this Island is a marveilous high hill which doth 

 burne continually, and the inhabitants reported that 

 about three yeeres past the whole Island was like 

 to be burned with the abundance of fire that came out 

 of it. 



About a league from the said chappel to the Westward 

 is a goodly spring of fresh water, where we had as much 

 as we would. Wheate they have none growing here, but 

 a certaine seede that they call Mill, and certaine peason Mill. 

 like Guinie peason, which Mill maketh good breade, but 

 they have here good store of rother beasts and goates. 

 Their marchandize is cotton, which groweth there. Cotton in 



The inhabitants are Portugals which have commande- Fue i°- 

 ment from the king to trafike neither with Englishmen 

 nor Frenchmen for victuall or any other thing, except 

 they be forced so to doe. 



There lieth off this Island another called Ilha Brava, The Isle of 

 which is not passing two leagues over, it hath good store Brava - 



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