A VOYAGE TO THE AZORES ad. 



1586. 

 what nation we were, wee displayed a white silke ensigne 

 in our maine toppe, which they seeing, made accompt 

 that we had bene some of the king of Spaines Armadas, 

 lying in wait for English men of war : but when we 

 came within shot of her, we tooke downe our white 

 flagge, and spread abroad the Crosse of S. George, 

 which when they saw, it made them to flie as fast as 

 they might, but all their haste was in vaine, for our 

 shippes were swifter of saile then they, which they 

 fearing, did presently cast their ordinance and small 

 shot with many letters, and the draft of the Straights 

 of Magelan into the Sea, and thereupon immediatly we 

 tooke her, wherein wee also tooke a gentleman of 

 Spaine, named Pedro Sarmiento, governour of the Pedro Sarmi- 

 Straights of Magelan, which saide Pedro we brought ™tothegover- 

 into England with us, and presented him to our sove- n ^.JL ts f 

 raigne Lady the Queene. Magelan 



After this, lying off and about the Islands, wee de- taken prisoner. 

 scried another saile, and bearing after her, we spent the 

 maine maste of our Admirall, but yet in the night our 

 Viceadmirall tooke her, being laden with fish from Cape A ship laden 

 Blanke, the which shippe wee let goe againe for want with fish taken 

 of men to bring her home. The next day we discried and % released 

 two other sailes, the one a shippe and the other a 

 Caravel, to whom we gave chase, which they seeing, 

 with all speede made in under the Isle of Graciosa, to 

 a certaine Fort there for their succour, where they came 

 to an anker, and having the winde of us we could not 

 hurt them with our ships, but we having a small boate, 

 which we called a light horseman, wherein my selfe was, 

 being a Musqueter, and foure more with Calivers, and 

 foure that rowed, came neere unto the shore against 

 the winde, which when they saw us come towards them 

 they caried a great part of their marchandise on land, 

 whither also the men of both vessels went and landed, 

 and as soone as we came within Musquet shot, they 

 began to shoote at us with great ordinance and small 

 shot, and we likewise at them, and in the ende we 



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