A.D. 



1566. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



[II. ii. 57.] The voyage of M. George Fenner to Guinie, and 

 the Islands of Cape Verde, in the yeere of 

 1566. with three ships, to wit, the Admirall 

 called the Castle of Comfort, the May Flower, 

 and the George, and a Pinnasse also: 



Written by Walter Wren. 



He 10 day of December, in the yeere 

 abovesayd, we departed from Plimmouth, 

 and the 12 day we were thwart of 

 Ushant. 



The 15 day in the morning being 



Sunday, wee had sight of Cape Finister, 



and the same night we lost the company 



of our Admirall, wherefore we sayled along the coast of 



Portugall, hoping that our Admirall had bene before us. 



The 1 8 day we met with a French ship of whom wee 



made inquirie for our Admirall, but he could not tell 



us newes of him : so we followed our course to the 



Hands of the Canaries. 



The 25 day in the morning we fell with a small Hand 

 called Porto Santo, & within 3 houres wee had sight of 

 another Hand called Madera which is 6 leagues from 

 Porto Santo. 



The said 25 day being the day of the Nativitie, we 

 hoised out our boat, and fet master Edward Fenner 

 captaine of the May Flower aboord us, being in the 

 George, with the master whose name was Robert Cortise 

 and others of the sayd shippe, and feasted them with 

 such cheere as God had sent us. 



The 28 day we fel with an Hand called Tenerif, which 

 is 27 leagues from the said Hand, and on the East side 

 thereof we came to an anker in 40 fadome water, within 

 a base shot of the shore, in a litle Baie wherein were 

 3 or 4 small houses : which Baie and houses were distant 

 from a litle towne called Santa Cruz, a league or there- 

 about, and as we rode in the said Baie, we might see 



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