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certaine of the souldiers in the ships shot divers harque- 

 bush shot about the ship, and over the flagge : and at 

 the same time there came certeine gentlemen aboord 

 our ship to see her : to whom I sayd, that if they would 

 not cause those their men to leave shooting, I would 

 shoot the best ordinance I had thorow their sides. And 

 when they perceived that I was offended, they departed, 

 and caused their men of warre and souldiers to shoot 

 no more, and afterwards they came to me againe, and 

 tolde me that they had punished their men. That done, 

 I shewed them the ship, and made them such cheere 

 as I could, which they received very thankfully : and the 

 day following they sent for mee to dine with them, and 

 sent me word that their General was very sory that any 



[II. ii. 46.] man should require me to furle my flagge, and that it 

 was without his consent : and therefore he requested 

 me not to thinke any ungentlenesse to be in him, 

 promising that no man of his should misdemeane 

 himselfe. 



The 17 day we set saile in the road of Grand Canarie, 

 and proceeded on our voyage. 



The 20 in the morning we had sight of the coast 

 of Barbarie, and running along the shore we had sight 



Rio del Oro. of Rio del Oro, which lieth almost under the tropike 

 of Cancer. 



The 21 day we found ourselves to be in 20 degrees 

 and a halfe, which is the heigth of Cape Blank. 



The 25 we had sight of the land in the bay to the 

 Northward of Cape Verde. 



Francis The 26 I tooke Francisco and Francis Castelin with 



Castehn. me ^ anc j wen f- \ n ± the pinnesse, and so went to the 

 Tyger which was neerer the shore then the other ships, 

 and went aboord her, and with her and the other ships 

 we ranne West and by South, and West-southwest, 

 untill about foure of the clocke, at which time we were 



Cape verde. hard aboord the Cape, and then we ran in Southwest, 

 and beyond the Cape about foure leagues we found a 



Foure Hands, faire Hand, and besides that two or three Hands, which 



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