WILLIAM TOWERSON ad. 



1577- 



The 21 wee came to the river de Potos, where some [II. ii. 47.] 

 of our boats went in for water, and I went in with Rt0 de Potos - 

 our cocke, and tooke 12 small Elephants teeth. 



The 23. day, after we had taken as many teeth as we 

 could get, about nine of the clocke we set saile to go 

 towards the Mina. 



The 31 we came to Hanta, and made sale of certaine 

 Manillios. 



The first Aprill we had sight of five saile of Portugals, They descrie 

 whereupon we set saile and went off to sea to get the fi ve j™ °J . 

 winde of them, which wee should have had if the winde 

 had kept his ordinary course, which is all the day at the 

 Southwest, and West-southwest : but this day with a flaw 

 it kept all the day at the East, and East-southeast, so 

 that the Portugals had the winde of us, and came roome 

 with the Tyger and us untill night, and brought them- 

 selves all save one, which sailed not so well as the rest, 

 within shot of us : then it fell calme, and the winde came 

 up to the Southwest, howbeit it was neere night, and the 

 Christopher, by meanes of her boat, was about foure 

 leagues to the leewards of us. We tacked and ranne 

 into the weather of the Admirall, and three more of his 

 company, and when we were neere him we spake to him, 

 but he would not answere. Then we cast about and lay The fight. 

 in the weather of him ; and casting about he shot at us, 

 and then wee shot at him, and shot him foure or five 

 times thorow. They shot divers times thorow our sailes, 

 but hurt no man. The Tyger and the pinnesse, because 

 it was night, kept out their sailes, & would not meddle 

 with them. After we had thus fought together 2 houres 

 or more, and would not lay him aboord because it was 

 night, we left shooting one at the other, and kept still 

 the weather of them. Then the Tyger and the pinnesse 

 kept about and came to us, and afterward being neere 

 the shore, wee three kept about and lay to the sea, and 

 shot off a piece to give warning to the Christopher. 



This night about 12 of the clocke, being very litle 

 winde, and the Master of the Tyger asleepe, by the ill 



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