WITHRINGTON AND LISTER a.d. 



1587. 



The 10 day of March, it fell out so unfortunately, March. 

 that Samuel Teller our masters mate, fell overboord, and 

 so perished, we being not able by any meanes to recover 

 him. 



The eight and twentieth day being in the height of 

 one and twenty degrees, wee espied a saile, which wee 

 judged came out of the Streights, and had rich lading, 

 but the night being at hand, we lost her very unluckily, [III. 774.] 

 and the next day could have no sight of her. 



The fift day of K^xA we fel with the land of Brasilia, 

 in the height, as I judge, of sixteen degrees and a tierce, 

 and our Captaine went then aboord the Admirall, 

 where they concluded to sende the pinnesse and our 

 boate on shore for fresh water, because wee stoode in 

 neede of it, which did so with eighteene good men, 

 and three or foure tunne of water caske. They were from 

 us till the eighth day in the morning, at which time 

 we espied them againe, and that day we came all together 

 into the roade of Camana, where there came a Canoa T'he rode of 

 aboord us, and one of the chiefest Portugals that belonged ^^''^^'^'^• 

 to the place. Here wee tooke in beefes, hogs, water 

 and wood at our pleasure, having almost no man able 

 to resist us, but some of our Portugals stole from us 

 in the Canoa. 



The 1 1 day wee entred into the haven of Baya, where T^hey come 

 wee were received at the point comming in, with two great ^^^^^^^ ^^"^^^ 

 pieces of Ordinance, which discharged bullets at us five 

 times a piece, but they lost shot and powder, and did us 

 no harme. After wee had passed the point, wee hailed in 

 for the roade as close as the wind would permit us, 

 but could not come so neere as we desired, and therefore 

 we came to an ankor a faire birth off the towne, not with- 

 out great store of shotte from thence, but yet our harme 

 was none at all for ought they could doe. 



At our comming in, wee found in the road eight ships 

 and one caravel, of the which one was a hulke or double 

 flie boat of the burden of two hundred and fifty tunnes, 

 having in her 24 pieces of good Ordinance : shee with the 



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