CAESAR FREDERICK a.d. 



1563-81. 



the divine power, there came a great wave of the Sea, 

 which drave us beyonde the should. And when wee 

 felt the shippe aflote, we rose up as men revived, because ^ manifest 

 the Sea was calme and smooth water, and then sounding ^^'j.^ °^^^^ 

 we found twelve fadome water, and within a while after flQ^i^a in 

 wee had but sixe fadome, and then presently we came those Coun- 

 to anker with a small anker that was left us at the ^^^i^- 

 Sterne, for all our other were lost in the storme : and 

 by and by the shippe strooke a ground, and then wee 

 did prop her that she should not overthrow. 



When it was day the shippe was all dry, and wee 

 found her a good mile from the Sea on drie land. This 

 Touffon being ended, we discovered an Island not farre This Island is 

 from us, and we went from the shippe on the sands to '^l^^^^^^^^"^^' 

 see what Island it was : and wee found it a place 

 inhabited, and, to my judgement, the fertilest Island in 

 all the world, the which is divided into two parts by a 

 chanell which passeth betweene it, & with great trouble 

 we brought our ship into the same chanel, which 

 parteth the Island at flowing water, and there we deter- 

 mined to stay 40. dayes to refresh us. And when the 

 people of the Island saw the ship, and that we were 

 comming a land : presently they made a place of bazar 

 or a market, with shops right over against the ship 

 with all maner of provision of victuals to eate, which 

 they brought downe in great abundance, and sold it so 

 good cheape, that we were amazed at the cheapenesse 

 thereof. I bought many salted kine there, for the 

 provision of the ship, for halfe a Larine a piece, which 

 Larine may be 12. shillings sixe pence, being very good 

 and fat ; and 4. wilde hogges ready dressed for a 

 Larine ; great fat hennes for a Bizze a piece, which is 

 at the most a pennie : and the people told us that we 

 were deceived the halfe of our money, because we bought 

 things so deare. Also a sacke of fine rice for a thing 

 of nothing, and consequently all other things for 

 humaine sustenance were there in such aboundance, that 

 it is a thing incredible but to them that have seene it. 



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