WILLIAM TOWERSON a.d. 



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came to an anker to seaward of us all, and would not 

 come at us. All this night the boats continued on 

 shore. 



The first day of January our boats came to us againe 

 and had found no river. Whereupon we weighed and 

 set saile, and ankred againe at another river. 



The 2 day we went into the river and bargained, and 

 tooke 5 small Elephants teeth. 



The 3 day we tooke 5 more. 



The fourth day the French Admirall and we tooke 4n assault 

 fifteene small teeth. This day wee tooke thirtie men u P on 

 with us and went to seeke Elephants, our men being ^ ' 

 all well armed with harquebusses, pikes, long bowes, 

 crossebowes, partizans, long swordes, and swordes and 

 bucklers : wee found two Elephants which wee stroke 

 divers times with harquebusses and long bowes, but they 

 went away from us and hurt one of our men. The fift 

 day we set saile and ranne along the coast. 



The 6 day we fell with the river de S. Andre, at Rt0 de s - 

 which place the land is somewhat high to the Westward fe ' 

 of the river, and a faire Baie also to the Westward of 

 it : but to the Eastward of it it is lowe land. 



The 7 day we went into the River and found no 

 village, but certaine wild Negros not accustomed to 

 trade. It is a very great river and 7 fadome water in 

 some places at the entring. Here we filled water, and 

 after set saile. 



The 8 day we sailed along the shore and came to 

 the Red cliffes, and went forward in sailing the 9 day 

 also. 



The 10 day we came together to confer with captaine Captaine 

 Blundel Admiral of the French ships, Jerom Baudet his f™f h lthe 

 vice admiral, and John de Orleans master of a ship of ^mirall. 

 70 tunne, and with their marchants, and agreed that 

 when God should send us to any place where wee might 

 make sale, that we should be of one accord and not 

 one of us hurt the market of the other, but certaine of 

 our boates to make the price for all the rest, and then 



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