WILLIAM TOWERSON a.d. 



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 the accord which he had made with the Portugals, and I 

 seeing that departed peaceably from him. 



The 21 I put such things as we had into our small 

 pinnesse, and tooke one marchant of our ship, and 

 another of the Tyger, and sent her to Hanta, to attempt, 

 if she could doe any thing there. That night they 

 could do nothing but were promised to have golde the 

 next day. 



The next day (which was the 22) being come, we sent 

 our pinnesse to Hanta againe, but there neither the 

 captaine nor the Negros durst traffike with us, but intised 

 us from place to place, and all to no purpose. 



This day we put away our pinnesse, with five and They put the 

 twentv Frenchmen in her, and gave them such victuals Fr f nchnien 



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as we could spare, putting nrteene or them to the ransome - tnt0 the 

 of sixe crownes a man. pinnesse. 



The 23 of June our pinnesse came to us from Hanta, 

 and tolde us that the Negros had dealt very ill with 

 them, and would not traffike with them to any purpose. 



The 24 we tooke our boat and pinnesse and manned 

 them well, and went to the towne of Shamma, and Skamma burnt 

 because the Captaine thereof was become subject to the h theEn g hsn < 

 Portugals we burned the towne, and our men seeking 

 the spoile of such trifles as were there found a Portugals 

 chest, wherein was some of his apparell, and his weights, 

 and one letter sent to him from the castle, whereby we 

 gathered that the Portugall had bene there of a long 

 time. 



The 2 c day, about three of the clocke at afternoone, Their returne 

 we set saile, and put into the sea, for our returne to meward - 

 England. 



The last day of this moneth we fell with the shore 

 againe, and made our reckoning to be eighteene leagues 

 to the weatherward of the place where we set off. When 

 we came to make the land, we found our selves to be 

 eighteene leagues to the leeward of the place, where we 

 set off, which came to passe, by reason of the extreame 

 currant that runneth to the Eastward : when we perceived The currant. 



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