a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1585. 



but a small companie of them, neither is it knowen as 

 yet how many of them were slaine or drowned, onely 

 one English man was then slaine, whose name was John 

 Tristram, and sixe other hurt. It was great pitie to 

 behold how the Spaniards lay swimming in the sea, and 

 were not able to save their lives. Foure of them taking 

 holde of the shippe were for pities sake taken up againe 

 by Maister Foster and his men, not knowing what they 

 were : all the Spaniards bosomes were stuft with paper, 

 to defend them from the shot, and these foure having 

 some wounds were drest by the surgion of the shippe. 

 One of them was the Corrigidor himselfe, who is gover- 

 nour of a hundred Townes and Cities in Spaine, his 

 living by his office being better then sixe hundred 

 pound yerely. This skirmish happened in the evening 

 about sixe of the clocke, after they had laden twentie 

 Tunne of goods and better out of the sayd ship : 

 which goods were delivered by two of the same ship, 

 whose names were John Burrell, and John Brod- 

 banke, who being on shore were apprehended and 

 stayed. 

 The Cor- After this valiant enterprise of eight and twentie 



rigidor of ' Btl- jr n gii sn me n against 97 Spaniardes, they saw it was in 

 brought to vaine for them to stay and therefore set up sayles, and by 

 London. Gods providence avoyded all danger, brought home the 



rest of their goods, and came thence with all expedition : 

 and (God be thanked) arrived safely in England neere 

 London on Wednesday being the 8 day of June, 1585. 

 In which their returne to England the Spaniards that 

 they brought with them offered five hundred crownes to 

 be set on shore in any place : which, seeing the Maister 

 would not doe, they were content to be ruled by him 

 and his companie, and craved mercie at their hands. 

 And after Master Foster demaunded why they came in 

 such sort to betray and destroy them, the Corrigidor 

 answered, that it was not done onely of themselves, but 

 by the commandement of the king himselfe ; and calling 

 for his hose which were wet, did plucke foorth the kings 



416 



