AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1594. 



gentleman, admirall of the fleet, M. Edmund Barker of 

 London, viceadmirall, and M. John Audely of Poplar 

 neere London, rereadmirall, having in their sayd ships 

 to the number of 275 men and boyes. 



Being fully furnished with all needfull provision, wee 

 departed from Blackwall in October following, keeping 

 our owne coast, untill we came into the West countrey, 

 where we met with such gusts and stormes, that the 

 Salomon spending her mast at the Range of Dartmouth, 

 put into harbour ; but by the earnest care and industry of 

 the generall and others having charge, she was shortly 

 againe provided. Which done, having a pleasant gale 

 for our purpose, we put foorth from Dartmouth the 

 last of November following. But contrary to our 

 expectation, not fifty leagues from our owne coast, we 

 lost the Salomon and the Virgin, by a storme of contrary 

 winde that fell upon us : yet being alone, in hope to 

 meet them about the Canaries or Cape Blank, we kept 

 on our course to the Canaries, but could heare no 

 tidings of our consorts ; which greatly grieved us. 



Thence we went, bearing for the isle of Tenerif, where 



in the morning early we had sight of a saile, which being 



becalmed under the shore, was towing with their boat a 



head, having one other at her sterne. For this saile 



we manned our boat, appointing our men wel for fight, 



if need should require. The Spaniards seeing our boat 



come, entred theirs, and leaving the ship, sought to 



save themselves by flight : but our men pursued them 



so fast, that they boorded them, and brought them with 



A shippe with their shippe to our Generall. This ship was laden with 



80 tunnes oj go tunnes of Canary-wine, which came not unto us 



before it was welcome. We kept and manned it, plying 



that day, and the next night thereabout. The very next 



morning we had sight of one other ; to whome in like 



maner wee sent our boat : but their gunner made a shot 



Anoth ■ t' ^^ ^^^' ^"^^ strooke off a propper yoong mans arme ; yet 



with 40 tuns w^ inforced her to yeeld, and found 40 tunnes of wine in 



of wine taken, her. The Spaniards having their free passage, and an 



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