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boord, and spoiled them so much, that of very pity we 

 gave them a compasse, a running glasse, a lead and a 

 line, certaine bread and candles, and what apparell of 

 theirs we could finde in their ship, we gave them againe, 

 and some money also of that which William Crompton 

 tooke for the ransome of a poore Frenchman, who being 

 their Pilot downe the River of Bordeux, they were not 

 able to set him a shore againe, by reason of the foule 

 weather. 



The Tyger also tooke out of the smaller hulke sixe 

 or seven tunnes of wine, one hogshead of Aquavitae, and 

 certeine rozzen, and two bases he tooke out of the 

 great hulke. 



The first day of February in the morning we all came 

 together againe saving W. Crompton who sent us word 

 that he was contented to agree to that order which we 

 should take. 



Now Edward Selman was of this opinion, that it was 

 not best to let the ships depart, but put men into them 

 to cary them into England, which thing neither we nor 

 our Master would agree unto, because we thought it 

 not good to unman our ships going outward, considering 

 how dangerous the time was : so that in fine we agreed 

 to let them depart, and give them the rest of the wine 

 which they had in their ships of the Frenchmens for 

 the fraight of that which we had taken, and for their 

 ordinance, rozzen, aquavitae, chesnuts, and other things 

 which the company had taken from them. So we 

 received a bill of their handes, that they confessed how 

 much Frenchmens goods they had, and then we let them 

 depart. 



The 10 day we reckoned our selves to be 25 leagues 

 from the Grand Canarie, and this day about nine of 

 the clocke our pinnesse brake her rudder, so that we 

 were forced to towe her at the sterne of the Minion, 

 which we were able to doe, and yet kept company with 

 the rest of our ships. About eleven of the clocke this 

 day we had sight of the Grand Canarie. 



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