GEORGE FENNER ad. 



1566. 



an Hand called The grand Canarie which was 6 or 

 7 leagues from us. 



The 29 day the May Flower for that she could not 

 fet into ye road where we were at an anker, by reason 

 the wind was off the shore, & because she bare more 

 roomer from the land then we did, in the morning came 

 bearing in with the towne of Santa Cruz, thinking to 

 come to an anker in the road against the towne, and 

 before she came within the reach of any of their ordinance, 

 they shot at her foure pieces which caused her to come 

 roome with us, and came at last to an anker by us. And 

 about one of the clocke in the afternoone, the forenamed 

 captaine of the May Flower wrote a letter a shore, 

 directing it to the head officer of the towne of Santa 

 Cruz, to the intent to understand the pretense of the 

 shooting off the said ordinance. 



The letter being written, Robert Courtise master of the 

 May Flower, and Walter Wren were appointed to deliver 

 the same a land at 3 or 4 houses to bee conveid to the 

 foresayd towne, and so went with six men in the boate, 

 and rowed to the shore as neere as they might, for 

 setting the boat on ground, for the sea went cruelly 

 at the shore. 



The people stood in number 30 persons with such 

 armour as they had : the foresayd Wren called to them 

 in Spanish, declaring to them that they had a letter 

 which they would very gladly have conveid unto the 

 towne, shewing that they would traffique with them as 

 marchants, desiring their helpe for the conveiance of the 

 same letter. With that one of the Spaniards willed us 

 to come on land, and we should be welcome, but 

 doubting the worst, the said Walter answered them that 

 they would not come on land, until they had answere 

 of their letter which they had brought. 



Whereupon one of the Spaniards unraied himselfe, and 

 lept into the water, and swam to the boat, whom we 

 received. And he saluted us, and demaunded what our 

 request was : we made him answere, that by misfortune 



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