A.D. 

 1591. 



Cape de 

 Buona Spe?-- 

 ama doubled. 

 Cape dos 

 Corrientes. 

 Here they are 

 severed from 

 the Penelope. 



Foure men 

 slaine zvith a 

 clap of thunder. 

 [II. ii. 104.] 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



us. Here are also great store of over-growen monkeis. 

 As touching our proceeding upon our voyage, it was 

 thought good rather to proceed with two ships wel 

 manned, then with three evill manned : for here wee 

 had of sound and whole men but 198, of which there 

 went in the Penelope with the Admiral 101, and in the 

 Edward with the worshipfull M. captaine Lancaster 97. 

 We left behind 50 men with the Roiall marchant, where- 

 of there were many pretily well recovered, of which ship 

 was master and governour Abraham Kendal, which for 

 many reasons we thought good to send home. The 

 disease that hath consumed our men hath bene the 

 skurvie. Our souldiers which have not bene used to the 

 Sea, have best held out, but our mariners dropt away, 

 which (in my judgement) proceedeth of their evill diet 

 at home. 



Sixe dayes after our sending backe for England of the 

 Marchant Roiall from Agoada de Saldanha, our Admirall 

 M. captaine Raimond in the Penelope, and M. James 

 Lancaster in the Edward Bonaventure, set forward to 

 double the Cape of Buona esperansa, which they did very 

 speedily. But being passed as far as Cape dos Corrientes, 

 the 14 of September we were encountred with a mighty 

 storme and extreeme gusts of wind, wherein we lost our 

 Generals companie, and could never heare of him nor his 

 ship any more, though we did our best endevour to seeke 

 him up and downe a long while, and staied for him 

 certaine dayes at the Hand of Comoro, where we appointed 

 to stay one for another. Foure dayes after this uncom- 

 fortable seperation in the morning toward ten of the 

 clocke we had a terrible clap of thunder, which slew foure 

 of our men outright, their necks being wrung in sonder 

 without speaking any word, and of 94 men there was not 

 one untouched, whereof some were striken blind, others 

 were bruised in their legs & armes, and others in their 

 brests, so that they voided blood two dayes after, others 

 were drawen out at length as though they had bene 

 racked. But (God be thanked) they all recovered saving 



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