STEPHEN HARE a.d. 



1581. 

 of Santos, and were there well received and intertained of T'hey arrive 

 the Captaine, the kings officers, and all the people. at ^antoi. 



The fourth day we tooke into our ship a beefe alive, 

 which served for the victualling of the ship, and the 

 refreshing of our men, and to make us the merrier at 

 Shrovetide. 



The eight day we delivered to M. John Whithali a 

 bedstead with the appurtenances, which were sent to him 

 from our merchants of London. 



The 18. day the captaine of Santos came abord our 

 ship, by whom we had knowledge of foure great French 

 ships of warre, that had bene at the river of Jenero, which 

 there tooke three Canoas, but were driven from thence 

 by their castles & forts, and were looked for here at 

 Santos. Whereupon the Captaine requested us to lend 

 them some armour and artillery, and we lent them 

 twentie calivers, and two barrels of powder. 



The 19. day our skiffe which we had sent to Alcat- The yk of 

 rarzas, and had bene away sixe dayes, came againe, and 

 brought good store of great and good fish, and tolde us 

 that there was good store of fish to be taken there by 

 the hooke, and as much wood as we could have of the 

 Palmito-tree. 



The 20. day at night Nicholas Gale, one of our 

 company, fell over our shippes side, and was drowned 

 in the port of Santos before the towne, where our ship 

 rode at anker. 



The 22. day two of the Canoas which the Frenchmen 

 tooke in the river of Jenero, returned to Santos, and 

 reported that the foure French ships were past to the 

 southwards, as they thought, for the Straights of 

 Magellan, and so into the South sea. 



The 23. day the aforesaide Nicholas Gale, who fell 

 overbord two dayes before, was found againe, and taken 

 up three miles from our ship, and our company went 

 to his buriall in the Church at Santos. 



This day the Captaine and Justices of Santos wished 

 us to tary in their road till the last of April, for they 



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Alcatrarzai 

 or Pelicanes. 



