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which when he awaked and had espied three shippes which 

 were come into the Bay, before wee could get on shore, 

 he had caught an horse which was feeding by, and rode 

 his way as fast as ever hee might : and our Generall with 

 30. shot with him went on shore. He had not bene 

 on land one houre, but there came 3. horsemen with 

 bright swords towards us so hard as they might ride, 

 until they came within some twentie or thirtie score of us, 

 and so stayed, and would come no neerer unto us : so our 

 Generall sent unto them a couple of our men with their 

 shotte, and one Fernando, which was the Spaniard that 

 wee had taken up at the mouth of the Streights, which 

 was one of the 400. that were sterved there. But the 

 Spaniards would not suffer our men to come neere 

 with their shot, but made signes that one of our men 

 should come alone unto them : so the said Fernando 

 the Spaniard went unto them, and our two men stood 

 not farre from them. They had great conference, and 

 in the end Fernando came backe from them, and told 

 our Generall that he had parled with them for some 

 victuals, who had promised as much as we would have. 

 Our General sent him backe againe with another 

 message and another shotte with him : and being come 

 neere unto them, they would not suffer any more than 

 one to approch them, whereupon our men let the 

 Spaniard goe unto them alone himselfe : who being 

 some good distance from them, they stayed but a 

 Thepcrjurieof small time together, but that the said Fernando leaped 

 a Spaniard. ^p behind one of them and rid away with them, for 

 all his deepe and damnable othes which hee had made 

 continually to our general and all his company never 

 to forsake him, but to die on his side before he 

 would be false. Our Generall seeing how he was 

 dealt withall, filled water all that day with good watch, 

 and caried it aboord : and night being come, he deter- 

 mined the next day to send into the countrey to find 

 their towne, and to have taken the spoyle of it, and 

 to have fired it if they could have found it. 



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