EDWARD FENTON ad. 



1583. 

 our ship of courtesie, and to have traffique. About 

 noone, having the winde at South, we bare in Northwest, 

 and so to the Northeast, as the chanell trended : but 

 comming into seven fadome water, we ankered, untill our 

 boats had sounded the barre. During which time, I 

 went aboord the admiral!, to conferre with him about our 

 proceedings. 



After I had stayed a while aboord the admirall, the 

 generall came aboord with me, where we published unto 

 all my company very good rules for their behaviour and 

 profit, to their great satisfaction : after he went downe into 

 my cabbin, where with all his assistants he conferred of 

 divers particulars of our voyage : by which time the boat 

 being returned from sounding, we departed, and set saile, 

 following our skifFes and with our ships got within 

 the barre into seven fadome : then being becalmed, we 

 ankered againe before a sandy bay, wherein stands a castle A castle. 

 and houses : we rid within musket shot of it : and ankered 

 about foure a clocke afternoone. 



Then went I forwards with my skiffe unto a further 

 point, sounding along. Before my returne, the generall 

 had sent for me to supper ; and thither I went : but being 

 ready to sit downe, there came out to us a canoa, wherein ^ cama zvith 

 were ten Indians and two Christians ; the one an ancient ^^^^ Indians 

 Genouois, the other a Portugall : who came aboord, and ^chruLrs 

 there received a small banket, declaring their comming zuhereo/one 

 was to understand our intents, and what we sought : who ^'^^ ^« old 

 being satisfied, departed with a farewell of three great ^^^°^^'^^- 

 pieces from ech ship. 



The 21 day about three a clocke afternoone, came 

 a canoa, with the old Genouois named Joseph Dory, a -^^^^^ Whithall 

 Fleming named Paul Badeves, and Steven Repose a ^^ English- 

 Portugall, and brought a letter from the governor, and ^Z!eUeth^at 

 withall, answere of feare and doubts of us, &c. After Santos, hath 

 many speeches and requests, a banket was made them, and married this 

 the generall in his pinnesse with his musicke, & trumpets ; -^^^^P^ Dories 

 and I in my skiffe with trumpets, drum and fife, and tabor ^^^ ^^^' 

 and pipe, accompanied them a mile up the river : at going 



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