NUNO DA SILVA 



The third day being out of sight of the land, they 

 beganne to search the ship, and to lade the goods out of 

 her into their ship, which was a thousand three hundred 

 barres or peeces of silver, and foureteene chestes with 

 ryals of eight, and with gold: but what quantitie it was 

 I know not, onely the passengers sayd that there was 

 great store, and that three hundred barres of the silver 

 belonged to the king, the rest belonged to certaine mer- 

 chants. That done, they let the ship with the men saile 

 on their course, putting the three pilots in her that they 

 brought with them, so that as then they had none but 

 their owne men aboord, being the sixt of March, and 

 from thence they held their course towards the land of 

 Nicaragua. 



The thirteenth of March, either the day before or 

 after, in the morning they descried land, not being very 

 high, being a small Island two leagues from the firme 

 land, and there they found a small Bay, wherein they 

 ankered at five fathome deepe close by the land, and 

 there they stayed till the twentie day. Upon the which 

 day there passed a Frigate close by the Island, which 

 with their pinnesse they followed, and taking her, brought 

 her to the English ship, which frigat was laden with 

 Salsaperilla, and Botijas or pots with butter and hony, 

 and with other things. The English Captaine went on 

 boord, and cast the Salsaperilla on the land, leaving all 

 the rest of the wares in the frigate, and then he put all 

 his peeces into the frigate, that so he might lay his ship 

 on shore, 'to new calke and trimme her, which continued 

 till the three and twentie or foure and twentie of March. 

 Which done, and having made provision of wood and 

 fresh water, they held on their course along by the coast, 

 sayling Westward, taking the sayd frigate and her men 

 with them, and having sailed two dayes, they tooke their 

 men out of her, and set them in the pinnesse, among the 

 which were foure sailers, that meant to sayle to Panama, 

 and from thence to China, whereof one they tooke, with 

 the letters and patents that hee had about him, among 

 XI 145 K 



A.D. 



1579- 



Nicaragua 



The Island of 

 Canno. 



The first sight 



ofNueva 



Espanna. 



They calke 

 and trimme 

 their ship at 

 the lie of 

 Canno over 

 against 

 Nicaragua, 



