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had sent a barke of Santos to Baya at the kings charges, 

 to know whether we should have trade there or no, and 

 this barke could not returne before that time. 



About this time there arrived at Fernambuck a shippe 

 from Portugall, which brought newes that the Islands, 

 Indies, and Portugall it selfe was molested and troubled 

 by the Spaniards, and that the Portugales had both 

 English and Frenchmen to Lisbone to defend them 

 against Spaine. 



The 25. day wee sent two of our men, namely Thomas 

 Michael and Simon Thorne to Baya in a barke that went 

 thither from Santos. 



The two and twentie day of Aprill our Master and 

 Thomas Babington having some talke and conference with 

 the Padres of Santos, they (our men being ready to go to 

 the River of Jenero) tolde them, that they were sorry for 

 our banishment from the Church, and that the Minis- 

 trador had written from Rio de Jenero, that forasmuch 

 as these twentie yeres or more the English nation had 

 denied the Church of Rome and her proceedings, there- 

 fore the Ministrador commanded that none of us should 

 come to their Church : the Padres willed us herein to 

 have patience, and to take it in good part, and promised 

 to stand our friends in their word and writing, both to 

 the Ministrador and to the Bishop at Baya, and further 

 requested all our English company to have no ill 

 opinion of them. 

 Their lading The 28. of April we laded sugars into our ships. 

 of sugars. T\i^ 21. of May we tooke in fresh victuals from 



Santos. 



The 10, day of June wee gratified one losto Thorno, 

 dwelling in Santos, with some of our English victuals, and 

 intertained him in good sort in our ship, and this day 

 wee were promised to have a Pilot at Santos to cary 

 us to Baya. 



The 1 1 . day we went to fish, to make provision for 

 our ship and men, and from that time till the eighteenth 

 day wee fet water, and cut wood for our fire, and trimmed 



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