ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1567. 



All these together came bearing with us being in our 

 Admirall, and one of the great Caravels came to lay us 

 aboorde (as we judged) for they had prepared their false 

 nettings, and all things for that purpose, so that the 

 Gallias came up in our larboord side, and the Caravell 

 in our starboord side. 



Our Captaine and Master perceiving their pretence, 

 caused our gunners to make all our ordinance readie 

 with crossebarres, chaineshotte and haileshot : so the ship 

 and Caravell came up, and as soone as they were right in 

 our sides, they shotte at us as much ordinance as they 

 could, thinking to have layde us presently aboord : where- 

 upon we gave them such a heate with both our sides, 

 that they were both glad to fall asterne of us, & so 

 paused the space of two or three houres being a very 

 small gale of winde. 



Then came up the other five and shot all at us, 

 and so fell all asterne of us, & then went to counsell 

 together. 



Then our small barke named the George came to us, 

 and wee conferred together a great space. And as the 

 Portugall shippes and Caravels were comming to us 

 againe, our barke minding to fall asterne of us and so to 

 come up againe, fell quickly upon the lee, and by reason 

 of the litle winde, it was so long before she could fill her 

 sailes againe, that both the shippe and Caravels were 

 come up to us, and she falling in among them made 

 reasonable shift with them, but they got a head of her, so 

 that she could not fetch us : then 5 of the Caravels 

 followed her, but we saw she defended her selfe against 

 them all. 



Then came the great shippe and the Caravell to us, 

 and fought with us all that day with their ordinance. 



The May-floure our other consort being very good by 

 the winde, tooke the benefite thereof and halde all that 

 day close by the winde, but could not come neere us. 

 So when night againe was come, they gave over their 

 fight and followed us all the night. 



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