A.D. 

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THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



The 17 day we set saile from Cape Blanke, directing 

 our course South and by East, & South among, and so 

 fell into a Baie to the Eastward of Cape Verde, about 

 16 leagues, and about sixe leagues from the shore. The 

 sayd land seemed unto us as if it had bene a great 

 number of shippes under saile, being in deed nothing 

 els but the land which was full of Hammoks, some 

 high some lowe, with high trees on them. We bare with 

 the said land till we were within 3 leagues of the shore, 

 and then we sounded, and found 28 fadome water, blacke 

 oase. This day we saw much fish in sundry sculs swim- 

 ming with their noses with the brim of the water. 



Passing along this coast we might see two small round 

 hils, seeming to us about a league one from the other, 

 which is the Cape, and betweene them are great store 

 of trees, and in all our dayes sailing we saw no land so 

 high as the said two hils. 



The 19 day we came to an anker at the Cape, in a 

 roade fast by the Westermost side of two hils in 10 

 fadome of water where you may ride in five or sixe 

 fadome, for the ground is faire, and alwayes you shall 

 have the winde off the shore. And as soone as we were 

 all at an anker, our Generall came aboord us, and with 

 him the master of the Admirall, whose name was William 

 Bats, and with them the captaine of the Viceadmirall, 

 whose name was master Edward Fenner, and Robert 

 Curtise the master, and dined aboord of us being in 

 the George, wherein was Captaine John Heiwood, and 

 John Smith of Hampton master, and there we concluded 

 to goe aland, which was halfe a mile from us: and by 

 the counsell of William Bats both Captaine and mar- 

 chants and divers of the companie went without armour : 

 for he sayd, that although the people were blacke and 

 naked, yet they were civill : so that hee would needs 

 give the venter without the consent of the rest to go 

 without weapon. Thus they rowed to shore, where, we 

 being in the shippe might see a great companie of Negros 

 naked, walking to and fro by the sea side where the 



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