a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1567. 



demanded of them what ware they had, and whither 

 they were bound, and they made answere that their 

 lading was sugar and cotton. Then our Captaine and 

 Marchants shewed them five Negroes that we had, and 

 asked them whether they would buy them, which they 

 were very desirous to doe, and agreed to give for them 

 40 chests of sugar, which chests were small having not 

 above 26 loaves in a piece: so they with their boate 

 did fetch five of the chestes and delivered them and 

 went for more, and when they had laden their boate 

 and were come againe, we might see bearing with us 

 A Portugall a great ship and a small, which our Captaine supposed 



^tLdin^dt t0 be mCn ° f WarrC ° r RoverS > and then willed the 



their viknies) Fortugales to carie their sugar to their ship againe, 



defended by purposing to make our selves readie for our defence. 



our men from But the Portugales earnestly intreated our Captaine not 



Rovers. so to f orsa ke them, and promised him (if he would 



safegard them) to give him above the bargaine ten 



chests of sugar : whereupon our Captaine was content, 



and the Portugall not being good of sayle, we spared 



our topsayles for her : so at last the foresaid ship bare 



with us, and (seeing that we did not feare them) gave 



us over. And the next morning came two others 



bearing with us, and seeing us not about to flie a jot 



from them forsooke us also. 



The 5 day of June we had sight of the Stert, and 

 about noone we were thwart of the bay of Lime, and 

 so sounded and had 35 fadom water. 



The sixt day we came in at the Needles and so 

 came to an anker under the Isle of Wight at a place 

 called Meadhole, and from thence sayled to South- 

 hampton where we made an ende of this voyage. 



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