A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



One of the Portugals which wee caried along with us 

 in our shippe seemed to bee a man of experience, and 

 I entred into speach with him concerning the state of 

 Buenos Ayes, the River: hee tolde mee that the towne of Buenos 

 Ayres is from the Greene yland about seventie leagues, 

 standing on the Southside of the River, and from thence 

 Santa Fee. to Santa Fee is 100. leagues, standing on the same side 

 also. At which towne their shippes doe discharge all 

 their goods into small Barkes, which rowe and towe 

 up the River to another towne called Ascension, which 

 [III. 772.] is from Santa Fee 150. leagues, where the boats dis- 

 charge on shoare, and so passe all the goods by carts 

 and horses to Tucaman, which is in Peru. 



The towne of Ascension stands in a very fertile place, 

 reaping corne twise in the yeere, with abundance of wine, 

 cattell, and fruits. In the townes of Ascension and 

 Tucaman a rapier of 20. rials of plate is worth 30. 

 duckats, a boxe of Marmalade 20. duckats; a looking 

 glasse a foote over is worth 30. li. pictures in tables 

 of 14. inches, 30. and 40. li. a piece. 



The 16. day wee went from Greene yland to the 

 watering place, which is about a league to the West- 

 ward, where wee tooke in about 18. tunnes of water, 

 and the 22. day came againe to Seale yland to make 

 provision of Seales, where a storme arose, which put 

 us in some danger, by the breaking of our anckers and 

 cables, and the winde blew so colde, that wee much 

 marveiled at it, considering the height of the place. 

 I must needes in this place finde fault with our selves 

 and the whole company, that riding in this River 16. 

 dayes, the chanell was not sounded, nor the way 

 made perfect. 



The 29. day wee tooke into our ship one Miles 

 Philips, which was left in the West Indies by M. 

 Hawkins. 



The first of February I tooke the Sunne in 38. 

 degrees. And the 3. day of February I tooke it againe 

 and found it to be in 41. degrees. 



