WILLIAM TOWERSON ad. 



1577. 



The 28 we conferred together, and agreed to go into 

 Severne, and so to Bristoll, but the same night we had 

 sight of the Lizard, and by reason of the winde, we were 

 not able to double the lands end to go into Severne, 

 but were forced to beare in with the Lizard. 



The 29 day, about nine of the clocke in the morning, 

 we arrived safely in Plimmouth, and praised God for 

 our good arrivall. 



The third and last voyage of M. William [n. ii. 4+-] 

 Towrson to the coast of Guinie, and the 

 Castle de Mina, in the yeere 1577. 



He thirtieth day of January, the yeere 

 abovesayd, we departed out of the sound 

 of Plimmouth, with three ships, and a 

 pinnesse, whereof the names are these : 



1 The Minion Admirall of the fleet. 



2 The Christopher Viceadmirall. 



3 The Tyger. 



4 A pinnesse called the Unicorne : being all bound 

 for the Canaries, and from thence, by the grace of God, 

 to the coast of Guinie. 



The next day, being the last of this moneth, we met It is to be 

 with two hulks of Dantzick, the one called the Rose, ^Tthis 

 a ship of foure hundred tunnes, and the other called time there was 

 the Unicorne, of an hundred and fifty tunnes, the Master warre betwixt 

 of the Rose was called Nicholas Masse, and the Master England and 

 of the Unicorne Melchior White, both laden at Bour- France - 

 deaux, and for the most part with wines. When we 

 came to them, we caused them to hoise foorth their 

 boats, and to come and speake with us, and we examined 

 every one of them apart, what French mens goods they 

 had in their shippes, and they sayd they had none : but 

 by the contrarieties of their tales, and by the suspicion 

 which we gathered of their false chartar-parties, we per- 

 ceived that they had French mens goods in them : we 

 therefore caused one of them to fetch up his bils of 



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