ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



we came to the aforesaid Cape Sacre, where we went on 

 [II. ii. 123.] land; and the better to enjoy the benefite of the place, 

 and to ride in harborow at our pleasure, we assailed the 

 same castle, and three other strong holds, which we 

 tooke some by force and some by surrender. 



Thence we came before the haven of Lisbon ankering 

 nere unto Cascais, where the Marques of Santa Cruz was 

 with his Gallies, who seeing us chase his ships a shoare, 

 & take and cary away his barks and Caravels, was content 

 to suffer us there quietly to tary, and likewise to depart, 

 and never charged us with one Canon-shot. And when 

 our Generall sent him worde that hee was there ready to 

 exchange certaine bullets with him, the marques refused 

 his chalenge, sending him word, that he was not then 

 ready for him, nor had any such Commission from his 

 King. 



Our Generall thus refused by the Marques, and seeing 

 no more good to be done in this place, thought it con- 

 venient to spend no longer time upon this coast : and 

 therefore with consent of the chiefe of his Company he 

 shaped his course toward the Isles of the Acores, and 

 passsing towards the Isle of Saint Michael, within 20. or 

 30. leagues thereof, it was his good fortune to meete 

 The Carack with a Portugale Carak called Sant Philip, being the 

 called the same shippe which in the voyage outward had caried the 

 taken 3* P r i nces of Japan, that were in Europe, into the Indies. 



This Carak without any great resistance hee tooke, be- 

 stowing the people thereof in certaine vessels well 

 furnished with victuals, and sending them courteously 

 home into their Countrey : and this was the first Carak 

 that ever was taken comming foorth of the East Indies ; 

 which the Portugals tooke for an evil signe, because the 

 ship bare the Kings owne name. 



The riches of this prize seemed so great unto the 

 whole Company (as in trueth it was) that they assured 

 themselves every man to have a sufficient reward for his 

 travel : and thereupon they all resolved to returne home 

 for England : which they happily did, and arrived in 



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