A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1583. 

 rhe Spaniards a Boarespeare or a Caliver, the Captaine John Gray 

 come to the sea being one of them, and our boat lying by very warely 

 ^ithth^^^cat- ^^P^ ^^^^ ready. For then wee began to suspect, 

 \ame. ^ because the place was more frequented with men then 



it was woont. The men on horsebacke were in doubt 

 to come neere, because hee came so well weaponed. 

 But they bade him welcome, and gave him great 

 salutations in words as their maner is : and demanded 

 why he came so strong, for they sayd he needed not 

 to feare any man in the Hand. Answere was made, 

 that it was the maner of English Captaines to goe with 

 their guard in strange places. Then they tolde our 

 [II. i. 167.] Ambassador (thinking him to be the Captaine) that 

 they were sent from the Viceroy to know what they 

 did lacke, for they promised him beefe or mutton, or 

 any thing that was in the Hand to be had, but their 

 purpose was to have gotten more of our men if they 

 could, and they sayde that wee should have our men 

 againe the next day : with such prety delusions they 

 fed us still. Then our Ambassadour did write a letter 

 to the Viceroy in her Majesties name, and in our Cap- 

 taine John Grayes name, and not in his owne, and 

 sent it by them, desiring him to send his men, and 

 not to trouble him in his voyage, for he had given 

 him no such cause, nor any of his. So these men 

 departed with great courtesie in words on both parts. 

 And in all this time we did see men on horsebacke 

 and on foot in the woods and trees more then they 

 were accustomed to be, but we could perceive nothing 

 thereby. The next day, or the second, came either 

 foure or sixe of the best of them as wee thought (the 

 Viceroy excepted) and very many men besides in the 

 fieldes, both on foot and on horse, but came not neere 

 The Spaniards the water side. And those in like order desired to 

 come againc to speake with the Captaine, and that when he came on 

 ^^^ ^' land the trumpets might sound : but then the Ambas- 



sadour, whom they thought to be Captaine, would not 

 goe, nor suffer the trumpets to be sounded (for that 



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