A.D. 



1597' 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



bound for the straights of Magellan & China, to wit, 

 The Beare, The Whelpe, and The Benjamin : who told 

 us that there was no good to be done in the river Doro. 



Cape Blanco, Whereupon we stood along with them for Cape Blanco, 

 unto which we came upon Sunday night next following. 

 And upon Munday morning the first of Februarie, we 

 saw two ships in a sandie bay : so wee stirred in with 

 them, which were Frenchmen bound for the West 

 Indies, and put all into the bay, where wee refreshed 

 our selves with fish, in which there was infinite store, 

 and stayed there untill Thursday the 5. at which time 

 wee stood up with the Cape againe, where rode the 

 Frenchman and his pinnesse, who put foorth right 

 afore us, and another Frenchman and his caravel well 

 manned : So all we 5. English came to an anker by 

 them, where after kinde greeting with many shots out 

 of every ship both English and French, all our cap- 

 taines were invited to a feast aboord the French 

 admirall : where after great cheere and kinde entertain- 

 ment, it was concluded on all handes to take the Isle 

 of Fogo, if God would give us leave. 



The same day we all weyed and stoode along for the 



The Island Isle of Sal, unto which we came the 8. of Februarie, 



^ and ankered altogether at a bay in the West part 



thereof: in which Island wee had good store of goates 

 and fresh fish. There is no man dwelling upon the 

 Island that we could see. Wee could finde no fresh 

 water upon it, but one standing puddle of bad water : 

 it hath foure great mountaines upon the 4. corners 

 of it. Here the Frenchmen (as it seemeth being over- 

 come with drinke, having bene aboord our Generall 

 at a feast) being on shoare, one of the gentlemen of 

 their companie was slaine, and their chiefe captaine 

 sorely wounded : by reason whereof, and of the setting 

 together of a pinnesse which they were about, the French 

 admiral and the caravel stayed behind. So wee in 

 the Watte, and the other 6. ships weyed the 10. of 



[III. 693.] Februarie, and stood away for the isle of Maio. This 



