JOHN WINTER ad. 



1577- 

 a little Island called Mogador an English mile distant Mogador an 

 from the maine, we sent our boat to sound the depth, ^^^^^^ °^J^^ 



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and at the returne thereof we understood by our men 3^^../ 

 that the haven was without danger, having five fathomes 

 of water fast by the rocks entring in upon the poynt 

 of the Island : wherefore wee entred in with our whole 

 fleete the 27 of December. The Moores that were on 

 the maine seeing our ships ride there, came from the 

 mountaines to beholde us : whom our Generally M. 

 Francis Drake espying, shewed to them a white flagge 

 in token of friendship, and sent his boat to shore with 

 one of our men, which not long before had bene 

 captive in the countrey, and partly understoode their 

 language, to talke with them. When the boate came to 

 shore, the sayd man went on land to them : to whom 

 they shewed many tokens of friendship, casting up their 

 eyes to heaven, and after looking downe upon the 

 ground, as though they had sworne by heaven and 

 earth, promising peace. That done two of them came 

 aboord to our Generall, and our man stayed on shore 

 for a pledge. 



These two Moores, after they had made good cheere, 

 and received certaine gifts of our Generall went to 

 shore againe, and our man came aboord also. But the 

 craftie slaves having devised to betray us, came the next 

 day along the sea side with certain camels as though 

 they had brought some merchandize to traffique with 

 us : to whom our General sent certaine of our men in 

 the boat to learne what they had brought, giving charge 

 that none of them should goe on land. But the boate [III. 749.] 

 being neere the shore one of our men more hastie then 

 wise lept to shore ; whom the Moores immediatly 

 tooke by force, and setting him on horsebacke caried 

 him away into the mountaines, so that we saw him no 

 more after that time. In the meane time wee set up a 

 Pinnesse in the island, whereof wee brought 4 loose out ^".^''^ ^°°^^ 

 of England : which being finished, the last of December ^^^^^/^^ ^^^ ^y 

 wee weighed, and came out of the North part of the England. 



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