A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1583. 



Towreson with letters, after dined at M. Blaccollers, and 

 made many salutations with divers gentlemen. 

 1583. The 31. I wrought abord all day, and put our ship, and 



things in order: Afternoone I having pitie of some poore 

 men of Milbrooke, which were robbed the night before 

 by a pirate named Purser, which rid in Cawson bay, I 

 consented to goe out with the Edward in company of a 

 small shippe which they had furnished to bee their 

 Master, so about five of the clocke in the afternoone, 

 came a hundreth men of theirs abord of mee : About 

 twelve a clocke wee set saile, and by three afore day wee 

 were gotten to the windwards of him, then hee set saile, 

 and went hence to the Eastwards, and outsailed us, 

 because our consort would not come neere him : after a 

 small chase which we gave him to no effect, wee returned 

 into our old road, and there moared the ship about nine 

 of the clocke in the forenoone, and hence went all the 

 Milbrooke men againe ashore from mee. And thus I 

 ended a troublesome voyage. 



[III. 769.] The voyage set out by the right honourable the 

 Earle of Cumberland, in the yere 1586. in- 

 tended for The South sea, but performed no 

 farther then the latitude of 44. degrees to the 

 South of the Equinoctial, Written by M. John 

 Sarracoll marchant in the same voyage. 



He 26. day of June, in the yeere 1586. 



and in the 28. yeere of the Queenes 



majesties raigne, wee departed from 



Gravesend in two ships ; the Admirall 



called The red dragon, and the other 



The barke Clifford, the one of the 



burden of 260. tunnes, with 130. men, 



and the other of the burden of 130. tunnes, with 70. 



men: the Captaine of the Admirall was M. Robert 



Withrington, Of the vice-admirall M. Christopher Lister, 



both being furnished out at the costs and charges of the 



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