WITHRINGTON AND LISTER ad. 



1586. 

 right honourable the Erie of Cumberland, having for 

 their masters two brethren, the one John Anthonie, and 

 the other William Anthonie. 



The 24. of July wee came into the sound of Plim- 

 mouth, and being there constrained by Westerly winds, 

 to stay till the 17. of August, wee then departed with 

 another ship also for our Rear-admirall called the Roe, 

 whereof M. Hawes was Captaine, and a fine pinnesse 

 also called the Dorothie, which was sir Walter Raleghs. 

 We foure being out in the sea, met the 20. of August, 

 with 16. sailes of hulkes in the Sleeve, who named them- 

 selves to bee men of Hamborough, laden and come 

 from Lisbone. Our Admirall hailed their Admirall with 

 courteous wordes, willing him to strike his sailes, and 

 to come abord to him onely to know some newes of 

 the countrey, but hee refused to do so, onely stroke his 

 flag & tooke it in. The vice-admiral of the hulkes being 

 a head, would neither strike flagge nor saile, but passed 

 on without budging, whereupon our Admirall lent him 

 a piece of Ordinance, which they repayed double, so that 

 we grew to some little quarel, whereupon one of the 

 sternemost hulkes, being as I suppose more afraide then 

 hurt, stroke amaine, our Admirall being neere him, laid 

 him abord, and entred with certaine of his men, how 

 many I know not, for that we were giving chase to the 

 Windermost men, thinking our Admirall would have 

 come up againe to us, to have made them all to have 

 stroke : but the weather growing to be very thicke and 

 foggie, with small raine, he came not up but kept with 

 another of 'the hulkes which Captaine Hawes had horded 

 and kept all night, and tooke out of her some provision 

 that they best liked. They learned of the men that were 

 in the hulke, that there were 7. hulkes laden in Lisbone 

 with Spaniards goods, and because their lading was very 

 rich, they were determined to go about Ireland, and so 

 they let her goe againe like a goose with a broken wing. 



The next day after being the 21. day, wee espied 5. 

 sailes more, which lay along to the Eastwards, but by 



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