LOPEZ VAZ A.D. 



1572-87. 

 the Englishmen did take, and in pursuing them he met 

 with the two prizes taken by the Englishmen, which tolde 

 him that they were gone up the river. But when he was 

 come to the enterance of the river, he knew not which 

 way to take, because the river ranne into the sea by three 

 mouthes, and not all at one. Therefore being determined 

 with himselfe to passe up the greatest of the three, he saw 

 comming downe with the streame many feathers of hens 

 out of one of the lesser mouthes : which mouth he entered, 

 and sayling foure dayes up the same, hee descryed the 

 Englishmens pinnesse lying upon the sand, and comming 

 to boord her, they found in her no more but sixe English- 

 men, of which they killed one, and the other 5 fled, & 

 having thoroughly ransacked the said pinnesse, they could 

 finde nought in her, but victuals. The Spaniards seeing 

 this, determined to seeke out the Englishmen by land, and 

 leaving about twentie men to keepe their barks they 

 marched with eightie shot up into the countrey, and halfe 

 a league from the river they found a little house made 

 with boughes, where the Englishmen had left all their 

 treasure ; which the Spaniards tooke and carried backe to 

 their barkes, meaning not to follow the Englishmen any 

 further; but the English captaine with all his men, and 

 above 200 Negros followed the Spaniards unto the rivers 

 side, and set upon them with great fury : howbeit the 

 Spaniards lying behind the bushes did easily put the 

 English to flight, and they tooke seven of them alive, and 

 slewe eleven and five Negros : so the Spaniards returned 

 with the losse of two men and five or sixe hurt. Then 

 they asked those Englishmen which they had taken pri- 

 soners, why they departed not with their treasure, having 

 fifteene dayes libertie ? They answered, that their captaine 

 had commanded them to carry all that golde and silver 

 unto the place where their ship was, and they were agreed 

 to carry it, although they made three or foure journeys, 

 for he promised to give them part of the treasure beside 

 their wages, but the mariners would needes have it by and 

 by : whereat the captaine being angry because they put so 



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