JAMES LANCASTER a.d. 



1595. 

 was both the horse and his rider slaine both with one 

 of these shot. Our men followed them some five or 

 sixe score, but no further. We lost in this conflict 

 but onely one man, but had divers hurt. What was 

 lost of their part, we could not tell, for they had 

 before day, after our retreat, caried away all their dead. 

 Within three or foure dayes after our comming in 

 appeared before the harborow 3 ships & 2 pinnesses, 

 the pinnesses being somewhat nere, discried our flags, 

 and one of them came in, which was a French pinnesse, 

 declaring all the rest to be French bottoms ; which our 

 admirall willed should come in : and so they did. 

 These were Frenchmen of war, and came thither for 

 purchase. The captaines came aland, and were wel- 

 comed ; amongst whom was one captaine John Noyer 

 of Diepe, that the yere before had taken in our admirall 

 at the iland of Mona in the West Indies, where his 

 ship was cast away, comming out of the East Indies. 

 To this man our admirall ofl^ered great kindnes, and 

 performed it, & was not ungratefull for his former [III. 712.] 

 benefit shewed unto him. This captaine desired of 

 our admirall to bestow upon him his ships lading of 

 Fernambuc-wood, which he granted him, and also his 

 pinnesse, and more, gave him a caravel of about 50 

 tuns, & bid him lade her with wood also ; which with 

 other benefits he gratefully received. To the other two 

 captaines he granted their ladings of wood, the one 

 captaine being of Diepe, the other of Rochel. The 

 captain of Diepe confessed that he met Abraham Cocke Abraham 

 certein moneths before, & being distressed for want of Cocke going 

 i. u- Q i.-i.uL'^ ^ ' for the river 



water, gave him some, & went with him to a watering ofpiat. met 



place where he had water enough, and so departed from withalL 

 him, saying that his men were very weake. The 

 comming in of these ships did much strengthen us ; 

 for our admiral appointed both these French and the 

 Flemings to keepe watch upon the river by night with 

 their boats, every boat having in her 12 men at the 

 least, and the boats well provided. This was for feare 



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