ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1577- 



leeward of our place, we left the chase, and kept about 



againe to go with the shore. 



Fifty pound The 7 day I sent for the captaine, marchants & Masters 



of golde taken Q f fa e other ships, and when they came we weighed 



prise t ^ ie g°ld e which we had from the Frenchmen, which 



weighed fifty pound and five ounces of golde : this done, 



we agreed to put men out of every ship into the prise to 



keepe her. 



The 12 day we came to the further place of the Mina 

 called Egrand, and being come to an ancre, discharged all 

 the marchants goods out of the prise, and would have 

 sold the ship with the victuals to the Frenchmen, but 

 because she was leake they would not take her, but 

 desired us to save their lives in taking them into our 

 owne ships : then we agreed to take out the victuals and 

 sinke the ship, and divide the men among our ships. 



The 15 at night we made an end of discharging the 

 prise, and divided all the Frenchmen except foure which 

 were sicke and not able to helpe themselves ; which foure 

 both the Christopher and the Tyger refused to take, 

 leaving them in their ship alone in the night, so that 

 about midnight I was forced to fetch them into our 

 ship. 



The 15 of April, mooving our company for the 



Benin. voyage to Benin, the most part of them all refused it. 



The 16, seeing the unwillingnesse of the company to 



goe thither, we determined to spend as much time upon 



the coast as we could, to the end we might make our 



voyage, and agreed to leave the Minion here at Egrand, 



the Tyger to go to Pericow which is foure leagues off", 



and the Christopher to goe to Weamba, which is ten 



leagues to the weatherward of this place : and if any of 



them both should have sight of more sailes then they 



thought good to meddle withall, to come roome with 



their fellowes : to wit, first the Christopher to come with 



the Tyger, and then both they to come with us. 



Our men die We remained in this place called Egrand, untill the 



of stcknesse. j ast ^ Q f April, in which time many of our men fell 



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