JAMES LANCASTER a.d. 



1591. 



onely the foure which were slaine out right. Also with 

 the same thunder our maine maste was torne very 

 grievously from the head to the decke, and some of the 

 spikes that were ten inches into the timber, were melted 

 with the extreme heate theereof. From thence wee 

 shaped our course to the Northeast, and not long after 

 we fell upon the Northwest end of the mighty Hand of 

 S. Laurence : which one of our men espied by Gods The Moulds of 

 good blessing late in the evening by Moone light, who 5 * aum 

 seeing afarre off the breaking of the Sea, and calling to 

 certaine of his fellowes, asked them what it was : which 

 eftsoones told him that it was the breaking of the Sea 

 upon the Shoulds. Whereupon in very good time we 

 cast about to avoyd the danger which we were like to 

 have incurred. Thus passing on forward, it was our 

 lucke to over-shoote Mozambique, and to fall with a 

 place called Quitangone two leagues to the Northward QWitangone 

 of it, and we tooke three or foure Barkes of Moores, jff 

 which Barkes in their language they call Pangaias, laden 

 with Millio, hennes, and ducks, with one Portugall boy, 

 going for the provision of Mozambique. Within few 

 dayes following we came to an Hand an hundred leagues 

 to the Northeast of Mozambique called Comoro, which T ^ £ lle °f 

 we found exceeding full of people, which are Moores 

 of tawnie colour and good stature, but they be very 

 trecherous and diligently to be taken heed of. Here wee 

 desired to store our selves with water, whereof we stood 

 in great need, and sent sixteene of our men well armed 

 on shore in our boate : whom the people suffred quietly 

 to land and water, and divers of them with their king 

 came aboord our ship in a gowne of crimosine Sattin 

 pinked after the Moorish fashion downe to the knee, 

 whom we entertained in the best maner, and had some 

 conference with him of the state of the place and marchan- 

 dises, using our Portugall boy which we had taken before 

 for our interpreter, and in the end licensed the king and 

 his company to depart, and sent our men againe for more 

 water, who then also dispatched their businesse, & 



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