A.D. 



l 577- 



Cabo de 

 Monte. 



The river de 

 Sestos. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



him : then we asked them when any ship had bene there ; 

 and some of them sayd not in eight moneths, others, in 

 sixe moneths, and others in foure, and that they were 

 Frenchmen. 



Then we perceiving the Christopher not willing to 

 tary, departed from them, & set saile with the pinnesse 

 and went aboord the Tyger. 



The 10 day of March we fell with the coast of Guinea, 

 five leagues to the Eastward of Cape de Monte, beside a 

 river called Rio das Palmas. 



The 1 1 we went to the shore, and found one man 

 that could speake some Portuguise, who tolde us that 

 there were three French ships passed by ; one of them 

 two moneths past, and the other one moneth past. At 

 this place I received nineteene Elephants teeth, and two 

 ounces and halfe a quarter of golde. 



The 12 we set saile to go to the river de Sestos. 



The 13 at night we fell with the same river. 



The 14 day we sent in our boats to take water, and 

 romaged our shippes, and delivered such wares to the 

 Christopher and Tyger, as they had need of. 



The 15 we came together, and agreed to send the 

 Tyger to another river to take in her water, and to 

 see what she could do for graines. After that we tooke 

 marchandise with us, and went into the river, and there 

 we found a Negro which was borne in Lisbone, left there 

 by a ship of Portugal which was burned the last yere at 

 this river in fighting with three Frenchmen ; and he told 

 us further, that two moneths past there were three 

 Frenchmen at this place ; and sixe weeks past there 

 were two French ships at the river ; and fifteene dayes 

 past there was one. All which ships were gone towards 

 the Mina. This day we tooke but few graines. 



The 1 9 day considering that the Frenchmen were gone 

 before us, and that by reason of the unholesome aires of 

 this place foureteene of our men in the Minion were fallen 

 sicke, wee determined to depart, and with all speed to 

 go to the Mina. 



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