Don John. 



a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1556. 



and being past that people, the Master spied a place 

 which hee saide plainely was the towne of Don John : 

 and the night was come upon us, so that we could not 

 well discerne it, but we ankered as neere unto the 

 place as we could. 

 The towm of The fift day in the morning we perceived it to be 

 the same towne in deede, and we manned our boates 

 and went thither, and because that the last yeere the 

 Portugals at that place tooke away a man from them, 

 and after shot at them with great bases, and did beate 

 them from the place, we let fall our grapnel almost a 

 base shot off the shoare, and there we lay about two 

 houres, and no boats came to us. Then certaine of our 

 men with the Hindes boate went into the Bay which 

 lieth to the Eastward of the towne, and within that Bay 

 they found a goodly fresh river, and afterwards they 

 came and waved to us also to come in, because they 

 perceived the Negroes to come downe to that place, 

 which we did : and immediatly the Negroes came to us r 

 and made us signes that they had golde, but none of 

 them would come aboord our boates, neither could wee 

 perceive any boates that they had to come withall, so 

 that we judged that the Portugals had spoiled their 

 boates, because we saw halfe of their towne destroyed. 

 Wee having stayed there a good space, and seeing that 

 they would not come to us, thrust our boates heads a 

 shoare, being both well appointed, and then the Captaine 

 of the Towne came downe being a grave man : and he 

 came with his dart in his hand, and sixe tall men after 

 him, every one with his dart & his target, and their 

 darts were all of yron, faire and sharpe, and there came 

 another after them which caried the Captaines stoole : 

 wee saluted him, and put off our caps, and bowed our 

 selves, and hee like one that thought well of himselfe, 

 did not moove his cap, nor scant bowed his body, and 

 sate him downe very solemnly upon his stoole : but all 

 his men put off their caps to us, and bowed downe 

 themselves. 



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