DRAKE'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION a.d. 



1578. 

 our boate, one of our men leaping over rashly ashore, 

 and offering friendly to imbrace them, they set violent 

 hands on him, offering a dagger to his throte if hee 

 had made any resistance, and so laying him on a horse, 

 caried him away : so that a man cannot be too circum- 

 spect and warie of himselfe among such miscreants. 



Our pinnesse being finished, wee departed from this 

 place the 30. and last day of December, and coasting [III. 731.] 

 along the shore, wee did descrie, not contrary to our 

 expectation, certaine Canters which were Spanish fisher- 

 men, to whom we gave chase and tooke three of 

 them, and proceeding further we met with 3. Caravels 

 and tooke them also. 



The 17. day of January we arrived at Cape Blanco, Januane. 

 where we found a ship riding at anchor, within the 

 Cape, and but two simple Mariners in her, which ship 

 we tooke and caried her further into the harbour, 

 where we remained 4. dayes, and in that space our 

 General mustered, and trayned his men on land in 

 warlike maner, to make them fit for all occasions. 



In this place we tooke of the Fishermen such ne- 

 cessaries as wee wanted, and they could yeeld us, and 

 leaving heere one of our litle barkes called the Benedict, 

 wee tooke with us one of theirs which they called Canters, 

 being of the burden of 40. tunnes or thereabouts. 



All these things being finished, wee departed this 

 harbour the 22. of Januarie, carying along with us 

 one of the Portugall Caravels which was bound to the 

 Islands of Cape Verde for salt, whereof good store is 

 made in one of those Islands. 



The m.aster or Pilot of that Caravel did advertise 

 our Generall that upon one of those Islands called Mayo, The hk of 

 there was great store of dryed Cabritos, which a few ^^y°- 

 inhabitants there dwelling did yeerely make ready for 

 such of the kings Ships as did there touch, beeing 

 bound for his countrey of Brasile or elsewhere. Wee 

 fell with this Island the 27. of January, but the 

 Inhabitants would in no case traffique with us, being 



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