ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1557- 



to lose us, being offended that I tolde him of his owne 



folly. 

 Two small The 27 day we fell in sight of two small Hands, which 



I lands by j* e ^ our rec k on i n g sixe leagues off the headland of 

 terra eona. g- erra L eona . anc [ before we came in sight of the same 

 Hands, we made our reckoning to be forty or thirty 

 leagues at the least off them. Therefore all they that 

 Note. saile this way are to regard the currents which set North- 



northwest, or els they may be much deceived. 



The 14 of Aprill we met with two great ships of 

 Portugall, which although they were in the weather of 

 us, yet came not roome with us, whereby we judged 

 that they were bound for Calicut. 



The 18 day we were in the heigth of Cape verde. 



The 24 we were directly under the tropike of Cancer. 



The first day of May Henry Wilson our Steward 



died : and the next day died John Underwood. 



The fift day we were in the heigth of S. Michael. 



A French The 23 we had sight of a shippe in the weather of 



bravado. us ^ w j 1 j c j 1 i was a Frenchman of 90 tunne, who came with 



us as stoutly and as desperately as might be, and 



comming neere us perceived that we had bene upon a 



long voyage, and judging us to be weake, as in deed we 



were, came neerer us, and thought to have layed us 



aboord, & there stept up some of his men in armour, 



and commanded us to strike saile : whereupon we sent 



them some of our stuffe, crossebarres, and chaineshot, 



and arrowes, so thicke, that it made the upper worke 



of their shippe flie about their eares, and we spoiled him 



with all his men, and toare his shippe miserably with 



our great ordinance, and then he began to fall a sterne 



of us, and to packe on his sailes, and get away : and we 



seeing that, gave him foure or five good pieces more 



for his farewell; and thus we were rid of this French 



man, who did us no harme at all. We had aboord us 



a French man a Trumpetter, who being sicke, and 



lying in his bed, tooke his trumpet notwithstanding, 



and sounded till he could sound no more, and so died. 



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