AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



of bread, bought both the ship and her lading, and 

 so thought to stay her in this creeke, till we were 

 gone off the coast : but it was our good hap to dis- 

 appoint their pretense, and to fetch her from thence, 

 where they thought her as safe as if she had bene at 

 Lisbon. 



The 28 day we devided the meale amongst us, 

 according to the want of every ship. 



The 30 day, 16 or 17 Dutchmen went with their 

 boate from the hulke to shoare, to fill water : and 

 upon a sudden they were assaulted with fifty or sixty 

 Portugals, and so many more Indians armed with shot 

 and other weapons, and they slew their Master and 

 Purser, and the rest were hurt, but yet escaped with 

 J good warn- their lives : a good warning for us to bee circumspect, 

 'bfdrcum'ct ^"^ carefull in our landing. 



in landing ^ ^^^ last day of May wee cast off one of our prizes, 



which wee called the George, and our Admirall and the 



hulke tooke the men and other necessaries out of her, 



into them. The same day the Portugals which had 



hurt the Dutchmen came to the shore, and dared us to 



come on land : whereupon wee went into our pinnesses 



with fortie shot : but the cowardly villanes ranne all 



away to the hils, from the water side : but master Lister 



with nine men followed them, and they fled still before 



them, and durst not stay their approch : so they came 



backe againe, and wee filled water quietly, and at our 



pleasure. 



June, The third day of June our captaine master Lister, 



having a great desire for the performance of this vovage, 



according to my Lords direction, went to our admirall, 



and requested him to give him sixe buts of wine, one 



barrell of oile, three or foure barrells of flesh, and to 



An offer of have Thomas Hood and seven or eight seamen for 



captaine Lister some of our landmen, and by Gods help he with the 



^lnfshi^\nel ^^^^^ Clifford, would alone proceede for the South sea: 



for the South ^^^ admirall mightily withstoode his motion, and would 



iea. grant no iote of his particular requests. 



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