WILLIAM TOWERSON a.d. 



*577- 

 they in no case would come to us. When we saw that, 

 we tooke twelve goats and fourteene hennes, which we 

 found in the towne, and went aboord without doing any 

 further hurt to the towne : and when I came aboord, I 

 found our pinnesse come from Cormatin, which had taken Cormatin. 

 there two pound & five ounces of golde. Then after 

 much ado with the froward Mariners, we went thither- 

 wards with our ship, and the Christopher went to Mowre. 



The 25 day the Master of the Christopher sent his 

 boat to the shore for balast, and the Negros would have A fight with 

 beaten the company from the shore, whereupon the tie e ® 05 ' 

 company resisted them, and slew and hurt divers of 

 them, and having put them to flight, burned their towne, 

 and brake all their boats. 



The 26 day our pinnesse came to us from Cormatin, 

 and had taken two pound & eleven ounces of golde : and 

 John Shirife tolde us that the Negros of that place were 

 very desirous to have a ship come backe againe to their 

 towne. 



The 27 we wayed and went to Cormatin. 



The 28 the Christopher came to us from Mowre, and 

 traffiqued there two dayes. 



The second day of June the Tyger came to us from 

 Egrand, and the pinnesse from Weamba, and they two 

 had taken about fifty pound of golde since they departed 

 from us. 



The 4 day we departed from Cormatin to plie up to 

 Shamma, being not able to tary any longer upon the 

 coast for lacke of victuals, and specially of drinke. 



The 7 day we had sight of five of the king of Portugals 

 ships, which came to an ancre besides the castle. 



The 8 day George and Binny came to us, and brought 

 with them about two pound of golde. 



The 10 day in the morning I tooke our small pinnesse, 

 and the Captaine of the Christopher with me, and 

 manned her well, and went to the castle to view the 

 Portugals ships, and there we found one ship of about 

 300 tunne, and foure caravels : when we had well viewed 



245 



