ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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worke of his men the ship fel aboord of us, and with her 

 sheare-hooks cut our maine saile, and her boat being 

 betwixt us was broken and suncke, with certaine mar- 

 chandise in her, and the ships wales were broken with her 

 outleger : yet in the ende we cleared her without any 

 more hurt, but she was in hazzard to be broken downe 

 to the water. 



The second day we had sight of the Christopher, and 

 were neere unto her, so that I tooke our boat and went 

 to her. And when I came thither, they shewed me, that 

 after the Portugals had left us, they went all roome with 

 him, and about twelve a clocke at night met him, and 

 shot at him, and hee at them, and they shot him thorow 

 the sailes in divers places, and did no other great hurt. 

 And when we had understood that they had beene with 

 him as well as with us, we agreed altogether to seeke 

 them (if wee might finde them) and keepe a weather 

 our places of traffique. 



The third day we ran all day to the Southwestwards to 

 seeke the Portugals, but could have no sight of them, 

 and hailed into the shore. 



The fourth day, when we had sight of land, we found 

 that the currant had set us thirty leagues to the East- 

 wards of our reckoning, which we woondered at : for the 

 Lagua. first land we made was Lagua. Then I caused our boat 

 to be manned, and the Christophers also, and went to the 

 shore and tooke our Negro with us. And on shore we 

 learned that there were foure French ships upon the 

 Perinnen. coast ; one at Perinnen, which is six leagues to the 

 Weamba. Westward of Laguoa: another at Weamba, which is 

 foure leagues to the Estward of Laguoa : a third at 

 Perecow. Perecow, which is foure leagues to the Eastward of 

 Egrand. Weamba: and the fourth at Egrand, which is foure 

 leagues to the Eastward of Perecow. 



When we had intelligence of these newes we agreed to 

 go to the Eastwards with the French men to put them 

 from their traffique, and shot off two or three pieces in 

 our boats to cause the ships to way : and having bene 



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