A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1579. 

 A ship with a And while wee were here, we espied a shippe, and 

 go^'^rmurfor g^^ g^jj^ after her, and tooke her, and found in her 

 Fhilippinas ^^^ Pilots, and a Spanish Governour, going for the 

 Islands of the Philippinas : wee searched the shippe, 

 and tooke some of her marchandizes, and so let her 

 goe. Our Generall at this place and time, thinking 

 himselfe both in respect of his private injuries received 

 from the Spaniards, as also of their contempts and 

 indignities offered to our countrey and Prince in 

 generall, sufficiently satisfied, and revenged : and suppos- 

 ing that her Majestie at his returne would rest contented 

 with this service, purposed to continue no longer upon 

 the Spanish coasts, but began to consider and to consult 

 of the best way for his Countrey. 



He thought it not good to returne by the Streights, 

 for two speciall causes : the one, lest the Spaniards 

 should there waite, and attend for him in great number 

 and strength, whose hands, hee being left but one ship, 

 could not possibly escape. The other cause was the 

 dangerous situation of the mouth of the streights in 

 the South sea, where continuall stormes reigning and 

 blustering, as he found by experience, besides the shoalds 

 and sands upon the coast, he thought it not a good 

 course to adventure that way : he resolved therefore to 

 avoyde these hazards, to goe forward to the Islandes of 

 the Malucos, and therehence to saile the course of the 

 Portugals by the Cape of Buena Esperanza. 



Upon this resolution, hee beganne to thinke of his 



[III. 737.] best way to the Malucos, and finding himselfe where 



he now was becalmed, he saw that of necessitie hee 



must be forced to take a Spanish course, namely to 



sayle somewhat Northerly to get a winde. Wee there- 



5ir Francis ^*^^^ ^^^ saile, and sayled 600. leagues at the least for 



Drake say led a good winde, and thus much we sailed from the 16. 



on the backside of April, till the 3. of June. 



of America to yj^^ ^^ ^^^ q£ June, being in 43. degrees towards 

 Northerh ^ ^^^ P^^^ Arctike, we found the ayre so colde, that our 

 latitude. men being grievously pinched with the same, complained 



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