WILLIAM TOWERSON ad. 



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 and found two small townes, but no boates at them, 

 neither any traffique to be had. At these places our 

 Negros did understand them well, and one of them 

 went a shore at all the places and was well received of 

 them. This night we ankred at the Cape de Tres 

 puntas. 



The 15 day I tooke our boat and went along the 

 shore, & about 3 leagues beyond the Eastermost part 

 of the Cape we found a faire Bay where we ran in, and 

 found a smal towne and certaine boates which belonged 

 to the same towne, but the Negros in a long time 

 would not come to us, but at the last by the perswasion 

 of our owne Negros, one boat came to us, and with 

 him we sent George our Negro a shore, and after he 

 had talked with them, they came aboord our boates 

 without feare, and I gave to their captaine a bason, 

 and two strings of Margarets, and they shewed us about 

 5 duckats weight of gold, but they required so much 

 for it that wee would not take it, because the Frenchmen 

 and we had agreed to make price of our goods all in 

 one boat, and the price being made then every man to 

 sell in his owne boat, and no man to give more then 

 the price which should be set by us al. This place is 

 called Bulle, and here the Negros were very glad of Bulk. 

 our Negros, and shewed them all the friendship they 

 could, when they had told them that they were the men 

 that were taken away being now againe brought by us. 



The Negros here shewed us that a moneth since there 

 were 3 ships that fought together, & the two shippes 

 put the other to flight : and before that at the castle of 

 Mina there were 4 ships of the Portugals which met 

 with one Frenchman, which Frenchman caused them all 

 to flee, which shippe we tooke to be the Roebarge : for 

 the Frenchmen of our company judged her to be there- 

 about that time with her pinnasse also. And further, 

 that after her went a shippe of twelve score named the 

 Shaudet all alone, and after her a ship of fourescore, 

 and both for the Mina. And there were two others also 



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