ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1557- 



him, he fell a sterne and could not fetch him, and after 

 he fell a sterne of two caravels more and could fetch none 

 The French f them, but fell to Leeward of them all : and when he 

 forsake our was tQ L eewarc i ) ne kept about to the shoreward, and 

 left us, and then we put out our topsailes and gave them 

 chase, and both the other Frenchmen kept the wind, and 

 would not come neere us, and our owne ship was a sterne 

 so that she could not come to us : and after we had 

 folowed them about two houres to the seaward, they kept 

 about againe towards the shore, thinking to pay us as 

 they went along by, and to have the wind of the French 

 Admirall which before ran in towards the shore, and we 

 kept about with them, and kept still the wind of them 

 thinking that our Viceadmiral and the other would have 

 folowed us as wee willed them to do : but after that the 

 Portugall was past by them, and every one had shot at 

 us and our Viceadmirall, both our Viceadmirall and the 

 two Frenchmen, & our owne pinnasse left us in the laps, 

 and ran to seaward, and we ran still along, and kept the 

 wind of them to succour the French Admirall, who was 

 under all of their Lees, and when they met with him, 

 every one went roome with him, and gave him the broad 

 side, and after they cast about againe, and durst not boord 

 him, because they sawe us in the weather of them, or els 

 without doubt they had taken or sunke them, for three 

 of them which were the smallest, went so fast that it 

 was not possible for a ship to boord them, and caried 

 such ordinance that if they had had the weather of us, 

 they would have troubled 3 of the best ships that we 

 had, and as for their Admirall and Viceadmirall they were 

 both notablie appointed. 



When the Frenchman was cleare of them, hee laie as 

 neere the winde as hee could, and wee followed them 

 still towardes the shore, and then the Admirall ranne to 

 Sea after the rest, and left us all alone : and when the 

 Portugals perceived that we were alone, and gave them 

 chase, they kept about with us and we with them, to 

 keepe the wind of them, and we ranne still within base 



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