a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



ing home, and in the morning being a very dead calme, 

 in the dawning thereof, fell in the winde of our fleet, 

 in the uttermost part whereof they assailed one stragling 

 barke of Plimmouth, of the which Captaine Caverley 

 being Captaine of the land company, with his Lieutenant, 

 the Master, and some of the Mariners abandoned the 

 ship, and betooke them to the ship-boats, whereof one, 

 in which the Master and the Captaine were, was over- 

 runne with the gallies, and they drowned. There were 

 also two hulks stragled farre from the strength of the 

 other ships, which were so calmed, as neither they could 

 get to us, nor we to them, though all the great shippes 

 towed with their boats to have relieved them, but could 

 not be recovered ; in one of which was Captaine Min- 

 shaw with his company, who fought with them to the 

 last, yea after his ship was on fire, which whether it was 

 fired by himselfe or by them we could not wel discerne, 

 but might easily judge by his long and good fight, that 

 the enemy could not but sustaine much losse : who 

 setting also upon one other hulke wherein was but a 

 Lieutenant, and he very sicke, were by the valour of the 

 Lieutenant put off, although they had first beaten her 

 with their artillery, and attempted to boord her. And 

 seeing also one other hulke a league off, a sterne off us, 

 they made towards her : but finding that she made ready 

 to fight with them, they durst not further attempt her : 

 whereby it seemed, their losse being great in the other 

 fights, they were loth to proceed any further. 

 [II. ii. 150.] From that day till the 19 of June, our direction from 

 the Generall was, that if the wind were Northerly, we 

 should plie for the Acores ; but if Southerly, for the lies 

 of Bayon. We lay with contrary windes about that place 

 and the Rocke, till the Southerly winde prevailing carried 

 us to Bayon : part of our ships to the number of 25, in 

 a great winde which was two dayes before, having lost 

 the Admirals and fleet, according to their direction, fell 

 in the morning of that day with Bayon, among whom 

 was Sir Henry Norris in the Ayde ; who had in purpose 



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