ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1586. 



One of the boorded one shippe wherein was no man left, so we 



ships taken, cut her ca bles, hoysed her sailes, and sent her away 



and sent azv ay . , r J 111 r * 



with 2. per- Wltn two °* our men > anc * the other 7. or us passed 



sons. more neere unto the shoare, and boorded the Caravel, 



which did ride within a stones cast from the shoare, 

 and so neere the land that the people did cast stones 



The Caravel at us, but yet in despight of them all we tooke her. 



is taken. an j one one ]y N e g ro therein ; and cutting her cables 



in the hawse we hoysed her sailes and being becalmed 

 under the land, we were constrained to rowe her out 

 with our boate, the Fort still shooting at us, and the 

 people on land with Musquets and calivers, to the num- 

 ber of 1 50. or thereabout : and we answered them with 

 the small force wee had ; In the time of which our 

 shooting, the shot of my Musquet being a crossebarre- 



[II. ii. 121.] shot happened to strike the gunner of the fort to death, 

 even as he was giving levell to one of his great pieces, 

 and thus we parted from them without any losse or 

 hurt on our side. And now, having taken these five 

 sailes of shippes, we did as before, turne away the shippe 

 with the fish, without hurting them, and from one of 

 the other shippes wee tooke her maine Maste to serve 

 our Admirals turne, and so sent her away putting into 



The prises her all the Spaniards and Portugals, (saving that gentle- 



sent home. man p ec [ ro Sarmiento, with three other of the principal 

 men and two Negroes) leaving them all within sight 

 of land, with bread and water sufficient for 10. dayes 

 if neede were. 



Thus setting our course for England, being off the 

 Islands in the height of 41. degrees, or there about, one 

 of our men being in the toppe discried a saile, then 10. 

 saile, then 15. whereupon it was concluded to sende 

 home those prizes we had, and so left in both our 

 Pinasses not above 60. men. Thus wee returned againe 

 to the Fleete wee had discried, where wee found 24. 



1 wo La- sa -j e Q f s hipp eSj w hereof two of them were Caracks, the 



GaUions 12 one °^ I20 °- an d the other of a 1000. tunnes, and 10. 



small ships. Galions, the rest were small shippes and Caravels all 



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