AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1594. 



met with the Salomon with no small joy to us all ; 



Foure ^' and there she had taken of Spaniards and Portugals 



twenty sat/a ^^ g^jj^ ^^ ships and caravels, fisher-men, and had taken 



caravels taken ^^^ °^ them such necessaries as she had need of. Of 



by the these ships our captaine tooke foure along with him, 



Salomon. with another that he had taken himselfe, meaning to 



imploy them as occasion should serve. At this place 



he understood of one of the pilots of those ships, that 



one of the caracks that came out of the East Indies, 



was cast away in the rode of Fernambuc, and that all 



her goods were layd upon the Arrazife which is the 



lower towne. Of these newes we were all glad, and 



rejoyced much ; for our hopes were very good, seeing 



such a booty before us. 



Of this good company and happy successe we were all 



joyful, and had great hope of the blessing of God in 



performance of our intended voyage, and so after some 



parle & making frolike for joy of our meeting one with 



Maio. the other (praising God for all) we plied for Maio : 



where comming to anker, our generall & the rest of 



the captaines went ashore to view the place where we 



A gally-frigat might in best safety set our gally-frigat together ; which 



earned out of fj-^me wee brought from England of purpose to land 



pie^eT ^^ "^^^ ^^ ^^^ country of Brasil. Here we discharged our 



great prize of wine, and set her on fire : but before 



our comming thither, you shall understand we had sight 



of foure sailes, which was captaine Venner in his ship 



the Peregrine, and a proper Biskaine which he tooke at 



Cape Blank, the Welcome of Plymmouth & her pin- 



nesse : all which stood with us. But they seeing our 



flags, not expecting such good fellowes as we, did beare 



from us all they might; which our people tooke very 



unkindly, that being all friends they would neither 



enquire, nor tell us any newes of our friends, but 



without making any shew of kindnes would so depart. 



As before I have said, the choice being made for the 



The gaily- place to build the gally-frigat, ashore it was brought, 



frigat set up. ^here the carpenters applied their worke, still cheered 



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