AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



in their purging house 1000 pots of sugar, some halfe 

 purged, some a quarter, and some newly put into the 

 pots : so that every man tooke his pot of sugar for 

 their provision, and set all the rest on fire. 



The 17 day wee all weyed to goe to another Ingenio, 

 to see if wee could find there better sugar, and in the 

 way we met with a prize, which was a caravel, which 

 wee found driving with the weather, and entred her, 

 and had in her onely three Faulcons of yron, which our 

 pinnesse brought away, and set the ship on fire. 

 Dalamor in the small prize ran so farre in, that hee 

 brought his ship on ground, where shee lay three or 

 foure houres, till such time as there came from the 

 towne five caravels full of men, which being perceived 

 of us, our captaine with our men went to him to ayde 

 him. The caravels came within Faulcon shot of us, 

 but durst come no neerer, lest they might have tasted 

 of the like banket, that they received the last time. 

 About halfe flood came the galley againe, and three 

 caravels more, but before they came, the barke was a 

 floate, and set sayle : and then they all went to gard 

 their Ingenios, which we had purposed to visit : but the 

 night comming on, perswaded us to the contrary. 

 They return The 1 9 day we set sayle to goe into the roade of 

 again to Bayn. g^ya againe, with our pinnesses, and a flag of truce, to 

 see if we could recover our foure men, which remained 

 alive of those ten, that perished in our boate, of whom 

 we spake before, which foure were unfortunately fallen 

 into their hands : but they at our approching neere the 

 towne, shot at us, and wee as ready as they, gave them 

 in all 27 shot, and so ankored a little from the towne, 

 to see what they would doe. 



The 20 day riding still before the towne, our Admirall 

 sent a Negro ashore, with letters from the Portugals, 

 that wee had prisoners aboord : the effect of which 

 letters was, that if we might have our men released 

 and delivered us, they should have theirs from our 

 ships. 



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