AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1583. 



five hundred men on both sides of the harbour as we 



thought. And when we came out with our shippe as 



The ship f^j. ^g their ordinance, our Ambassadour and the Captaine 



usanpie- bgingr J^ their armour, the Master commanding: of the 

 paretj! to de- & , . . ' ^ , -i 1 -rk-i ° i- 



fend herselfe. company, and trimmmg or the sailes, the r'llot standing 



on the poope, attending to his charge, with other very 

 well furnished, and every man in order about their 

 businesse very ready, they on land on the contrary part 

 having a very faire piece mounted on the North side 

 openly in all our sights, as the shippe passed by, they 

 traversed that piece right with the maine mast or after- 

 quarter of the shippe, and a Gunner standing by, with a 

 lint-stocke in his hand, about foureteene or fifteene foot 

 long, being (as we thought) ready to give fire. Our 

 whole noise of trumpets were sounding on the poope 

 with drumme and flute, and a Minion of brasse on the 

 summer decke, with two or three other pieces, alwayes by 

 our Gunners traversed mouth to mouth with theirs on 

 land, still looking when they on land should shoot, for to 

 answere them againe. The Pilot standing on the poope, 

 seeing this readinesse, and the shippe going very softly, 

 because of the calmenesse of the winde, he called to them 

 on the South side, where the Viceroy was, and sayd unto 

 him : Have you warres with us ? If you have, it is more 

 then we know ; but by your provision it seemeth so : if 

 you have, shoot in Gods name, and spare not, but they 

 held all fast and shot not. Then the Viceroy himselfe 

 held up a paper, and sayd he had a letter for our Cap- 

 taine, and desired us to stay for it. Then we answered 

 and sayd we would not, but willed him to send it by the 

 Marseilians boat, and our men also. All this while, 

 our trumpets, drum and flute sounded, and so we passed 

 out in the face of them all. When they perceived that 

 they could lay no holde on us, they presently sent to the 

 The effect of Towne for our men, whom within lesse then three houres 

 the Viceroys ^^^^j. ^^^ ^^^^ aboord with the sayd letter, wherein he 

 Captahieof <^^sired our Captaine and his company not to take it in ill 

 the Susan. part, for he meant them no harme, but would have seene 



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