A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1582. 



After dinner captaine Parker, with my boat, and 



company, went a land, and there placed pipes, and 



H' eh made by made three wels. In the meane time, I accompanied 



our men. ^j^j^ y^ Hawkins, M. Maddox, M. Cotton, and divers 



of mine owne people, landed farther within the bay, 



and found two rivers of fresh water, and a good fishing 



place. Presently I sent aboord for my net, with which 



An exceeding at one draught we drew 600 great mullets, and 5 great 



&'^''^^ fraught basses ; the like draught was never scene with so small 



* a net : with which we went aboord, giving to the 



admirall 240, to the Francis 80, and the rest our 



company spent, and gave almighty God thanks for his 



great goodnesse. 



The woods set All this while was captaine Parker and others gone 



on fire by our '^^^^ ^j^^ j^^^ ^^^ ^^.^j ^^e woods ; which burned 



men. , 



extremely. 



The third day in the morning our carpenter calked 

 without boord, and the master and others tooke up all 

 the merchandize in the stearne sheets to the keele, and 

 there put downe a boats loding of stone : and seeing 

 the merchandize well conditioned, stowed the same 

 againe. In the meane time, my selfe, and others in 

 our boats, scraped off the wormes, and washed the 

 rudder, and part of one side of our ship. 



After dinner, the master, pilot, and I, went ashore, 

 and observed the Sunne at noone, which being past, 

 with our net we drew plenty of divers sorts of fishes, 

 and went from that bay to the watering place : from 

 thence, aboord the generall, which had taken physicke, 

 and gave them and the Francis fish for their companies, 

 and so went aboord, where our company had romaged 

 aforemast : so that this afternoone we tooke in two 

 boats more lading of stones afore mast. 

 A sa'ile seene The sixt day in the morning, before sixe of the 

 an ta en. clocke, we saw a saile which went towards the South- 

 wards, the admirall not having knowledge thereof. I 

 went aboord, and certified him ; who appointed me 

 to goe and bring her in, and to take captaine Parker 



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