a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1556. 



calievers at them, but hurt no man, and then the 

 shippe perceiving it, shot off the two peeces aforesayde 

 among them. Hereupon we layde bases in both the 

 boates, and in the Skiffe and manned them well, and 

 went a shoare againe, but because of the winde we 

 could not land, but lay off in the sea about ten score 

 and shot at them, but the hill succoured them, and 

 they from the rockes and from the hilles shotte at us 

 with their halfe hakes, and the Negroes more for feare 

 then for love stoode by them to helpe them, and when 

 we saw that the Negroes were in such subjection unto 

 them that they durst not sell us any thing for feare 

 of them we went aboord, and that night the winde 

 kept at the East, so that we could not with our ship 

 fetch the Hinde, but I tooke the boate in the night 

 and went aboord the barke to see what was there to 

 be done, and in the morning we perceived the towne 

 to be in like case layde with Portugales, so we wayed 

 The towne of and went along the coast. This towne of John de 

 Don John de y iso stan( } et h upon an hill like the towne of Don 

 John, but it hath beene burned, so that there are not 

 passing sixe houses in it : the most part of the golde 

 that comes thither comes out of the countrey, and no 

 doubt if the people durst for feare of the Portugals 

 bring forth their gold, there would be had good store : 

 but they dare not sell any thing, their subjection is so 

 great to the Portugales. The 1 1 day running by the 

 shoare we had sight of a litle towne foure leagues 

 from the last towne that we came from, and about 

 halfe a league from that, of another towne upon a hill, 

 and halfe a league from that also of another great 

 towne upon the shoare : whither we went to see what 

 could there be done : if we could doe nothing, then to 

 returne to the other towne, because we thought that the 

 Portugales would leave the towne upon our departure. 

 Along from the castle unto this place are very high 

 hilles which may be seene above all other hilles, but they 

 are full of wood, and great red cliffes by the sea side. 



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