a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



put in execution : and that it would please you alwayes 

 to favour our said Agent and to hold him in good 

 credite, as you have done hitherto, not suffering your 

 selfe to be changed in your opinion, for all the false 

 reports which they may raise against him, nor to doubt 

 that wee will not accomplish at large all that he shall 

 promise you on our behalfe. Our Lord keepe and 

 preserve your right high and mightie person. Written 

 in our royall Court at Greenwich the 20. of July 1587. 



A voyage to the Azores with two pinases, the 

 one called the Serpent, and the other the 

 Mary Sparke of Plimouth, both of them 

 belonging to Sir Walter Ralegh, written by 

 John Evesham Gentleman, wherein were taken 

 the governour, of the Isle of Sainct Michael, 

 and Pedro Sarmiento governour of the Straits 

 of Magalanes, in the yeere 1586. 



He 10. of June 1586. we departed from 



Plimouth with two Pinases, the one 



named the Serpent, of the burden of 



2$. Tunnes, and the other the Mary 



Sparke of Plimouth of the burthen of 



50. Tuns, both of them belonging to 



sir Walter Ralegh knight ; and directing 



our course towards the coast of Spaine, & from thence 



towards the Isles of the Azores, we tooke a small 



barke laden with Sumacke and other commodities, 



The governor wherein was the governour of S. Michaels Island, 



ofS. Michael De } n g a Portugal, having other Portugals and Spaniards 



taken prisoner, . « & , . * 1 /■ 1 m j , *.i t 1 j 



with him. And from thence we sailed to the Island 



of Graciosa, to the Westward of the Island of Tercera, 

 where we discried a saile, and bearing with her wee 

 found her to be a Spaniard : But at the first not 

 greatly respecting whom we tooke, so that we might 

 have enriched our selves, which was the cause of this 

 our travaile, and for that we would not bee knowen of 



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