DRAKE'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION a.d. 



1579- 

 which weighed 4000. ducats Spanish ; we tooke the silver, 

 and left the man. 



Not farre from hence going on land for fresh water, 

 we met with a Spaniard and an Indian boy driving 8. 

 Llamas or sheepe of Peru which are as big as asses ; every 

 of which sheepe had on his backe 2. bags of leather, each 

 bagge conteining 50. li. weight of fine silver : so that 

 bringing both the sheepe and their burthen to the ships, 

 we found in all the bags 800. weight of silver. 



Here hence we sailed to a place called Arica, and ^rka in 18. 

 being entred the port, we found there three small barkes ^^S- 3°- ^^^• 

 which we rifled, and found in one of them 57 wedges of 

 silver, each of them weighing about 20 pound weight, and 

 every of these wedges were of the fashion and bignesse 

 of a brickbat. In all these 3. barkes we found not one 

 person : for they mistrusting no strangers, were all gone 

 aland to the Towne, which consisteth of about twentie 

 houses, which we would have ransacked if our company 

 had bene better and more in number. But our Generall 

 contented with the spoyle of the ships, left the Towne 

 and put off againe to sea and set sayle for Lima, and by 

 the way met with a small barke, which he boorded, and 

 found in her good store of linnen cloth, whereof taking 

 some quantitie, he let her goe. 



To Lima we came the 13. day of February, and being Lima in 11. 

 entred the haven, we found there about twelve sayle of ^'^f* 5°- 

 ships lying fast moored at an anker, having all their sayles 

 caried on shore ; for the masters and marchants were 

 here most secure, having never bene assaulted by enemies, 

 and at this time feared the approch of none such as we 

 were. Our generall rifled these ships, and found in one 

 of them a chest full of royals of plate, and good store of 

 silkes and linnen cloth, and tooke the chest into his owne 

 ship, and good store of the silkes and linnen. In which 

 ship hee had newes of another ship called the Cacafuego 

 which was gone towards Paita, and that the same shippe 

 was laden with treasure : whereupon we staied no longer 

 here, but cutting all the cables of the shippes in the 



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