A.D. 



*557- 



Hanta. 



[ii. ii. 39 .] 



Shamma. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



which they left, one at Cape Verde called the Leuriere 

 of Diepe, and another at the river De Sestos, besides 

 these 3 which all this time be in our company, whose 

 names be these : 



The Espoier of Hableneff which is the Admirall, whose 

 captaine is Denis Blundell. 



The Leuriere of Roan Viceadmirall, whose master is 

 Jerome Baudet. 



The other is of Hunfleur whose master is called John 

 de Orleans. 



The sixteenth day I went along the shore with two 

 pinnasses of the Frenchmen, and found a Baie and a 

 fresh river, and after that went to a towne called Hanta, 

 twelve leagues beyond the Cape. At this towne our 

 Negros were well knowen, and the men of the towne 

 wept for joy when they saw them, and demanded of 

 them where Anthonie and Binne had bene : and they 

 told them that they had bene at London in England, and 

 should bee brought home the next voyage. So after 

 this, our Negros came aboord with other Negros which 

 brought a weight with them, which was so small that wee 

 could not give them the halfe of that which they de- 

 maunded for it. 



The Negros here told us that there were five Portugall 

 shippes at the Castle and one pinnasse, and that the 

 Portugals did much harme to their Countrey, and that 

 they lived in feare of them, and we told them againe, 

 that we would defend them from the Portugals whereof 

 they were very glad. 



The 17 day we went a shore and the Frenchmen with 

 us, but did no great good, the Negros were so unreason- 

 able, we sold 80 Manellios for one ounce of gold. 



Then wee departed and went to Shamma, and went 

 into the river with five boates well appointed with men 

 and ordinance, and with our noises of trumpets and 

 drummes, for we thought here to have found some 

 Portugals but there were none : so wee sent our Negros 

 on shore, and after them went divers of us, and were 



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