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rest came into Cadiz. But the king sent them word 

 that they should proceede : and so there went out on 

 the voyage i6 of the shippes, for two more of their 

 fleete were much spoyled by the storme which they 

 had. 



In these sixteene shippes Pedro Sarmiento was sent 

 to bee governour in the straites, and had assigned 

 unto him 500 men to stay 



A.D. 

 1582. 



there with him, and hee 



of Artificers to make him 



with great store of ordin- 



men to 

 carried with him all kinde 

 forts, and other necessaries, 

 ance and other munition. 



This fleete because it was late, did winter on the 

 coast of Brasil, in the river of Jenero : and from thence 

 they went when the winter was past, and about the 

 height of 42 degrees they had a sudden storme, so that 

 Diego Flores beat it up and downe 22 dayes, in which 

 time hee lost one of the best ships he had, which 

 had in her 300 men and 20 women, that went to 

 inhabit the Streits : and in this ship also was most part of 

 the munition which should have bene left in the Streits, 

 so in the end the storme grew to bee so great, that the 

 ships were not able to endure it any longer, but were put 

 backe unto an Island called Santa Catelina : and there he 

 found a barke wherein were some fryers going for the 

 river of Plate : which friers told him of two great 

 English ships, and a pinnesse, which had taken them, 

 but tooke nothing from them, nor did them any 

 harme, but onely asked them for the king of Spaines 

 ships. 



Hereupon Diego Flores knowing that these English 

 ships would goe for the Streits, determined to goe thither, 

 although it was in the moneth of Februarie, and choosing 

 10 ships of the 15 that were left, hee left two ships which 

 were not in case to goe to sea at the Island, and into the 

 other three ships which were old, and shaken with the 

 storme hee put all the women and sicke men in all the 

 fleete, and sent them to the river of Jenero, and he with 

 the other 10 returned again for the Streits. 



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This fieete 

 zointred in 

 the river of 

 Jenero. 



M. Fenton 

 took these 

 fryers. 



