A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1578. 



[III. 743.] January in the yeere of our Lord 1578. And lying 

 there, there came sixe ships, which seemed to be English- 

 men, whereof the Admirall boorded his ship, and by force 

 with his men tooke him out of his ship, bringing him in 

 the boate aboord the Admirals shippe, leaving some of 

 his best men aboord his ship : and although the fortresse 

 of the Island shot foure or five times at them, yet they 

 hurt not the Englishmen : who having done, set saile 

 from thence to the Island of Brava, taking with them 

 the ship of the sayd Nuno da Silva : being there, they 

 filled certaine vessels with fresh water : from thence hold- 

 ing their course inward to sea, having first with a boat 

 set the men of Nuno da Silvas ship on land, onely 

 keeping Nuno da Silva in his ship, as also his ship with 

 the wines that were therein. And Nuno da Silva saith, 

 the cause why they kept him on boord was, because 

 they knew him to bee a pilot for the coast of Brasilia, 

 that hee might bring them to such places in those coun- 

 treys as had fresh water. 



Being put off from the Island of Brava, they helde 

 their course to the land of Brasilia, which they descried 

 upon the first of Aprill, under the height of thirtie 

 degrees : and without landing or taking in fresh water, 



Rio de Plata, they helde on their course to Rio de la Plata, that is, The 

 river of silver, lying under five and thirtie degrees, 

 little more or lesse : where they went on land, and pro- 

 vided themselves of fresh water. 



From thence they helde on their course till they came 

 under nine and thirtie degrees, where they ankered : 

 and beeing there they left two of their sixe shippes 

 behinde them, and sailed but foure in companie (that of 

 Nuno da Silva being one) till they came to the Bay called 



Bay de las Baya de las Islas, that is. The Bay of the Hands, lying 

 under nine and fortie degrees, where it is sayde, that 

 Magellan lay and wintered there with his shippe, when 

 hee first discovered the Streight, which now holdeth his 

 name. Into this Bay the twentieth of June they entred, 

 and there ankered so close to the land, that they might 



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