EDWARD FENTON ad. 



1583. 

 us, whom our admirals boat met, and brought him 

 aboord to the admirall. Hee tolde us that the Spaniards 

 had brought many dead men on land, and buried them, 

 and also landed many hurt men in their bay, and that 

 there were certeine Spaniards gone over thorow the 

 woods to looke after us. Then the Generall, captaine 

 Hawkins, and master Maddox came aboord of mee to 

 viewe my hurt men, and harmes of my shippe, both 

 men, shippe, and tackle ; and I also went aboord him 

 to peruse his hurts, who had but one man, a sailer, 

 slaine. 



The 28 day in the morning died Lancelot Ashe, of 

 a hurt ; who departed very godly. This day we stood 

 to the Northwards : and in getting in our ankers and 

 skifFe, we were put 3 leagues to leeward of Fiddle ile, 

 but the gallion rid still. 



The 29 day in the morning, seeing my selfe put to Where the 

 sea from the admirall, I assembled master Walker, master ,^J^^«^^^^^ 

 Shawe, master Jeffries, the master, the masters mate, and ^,^-nture zvere 

 the pilot, to whom T shewed that I was desirous to severed, and 

 goe backe to seeke our admirall, whereunto the master, never met 

 pilot, and masters mate answered directly, that wee could ^A^«'^^^- 

 not fetch the ile where wee left them, and to meete them [III. 767.] 

 in going backe it v/as very unlikely and to us danger- 

 ous many wayes, aswell for falling into the laps of the 

 Spaniards, as to be put on a lee shoare : whereupon all 

 the rest advised me to stand off into the sea, where- 

 unto I assented, remembring withal, that time spent con- 

 sumed victuall, and howe long wee had beaten up and 

 downe in' the same bay before, to get in with calmes 

 and contrary windes. 



Thus wee concluded that M. Walker should set downe 

 each mans opinion, and wee set to our handes, and 

 from hencefoorth hee to keepe a Register of all our 

 proceeding, as M. Maddox did abord the Admirall. 



The first day of February, wee went East by south, 

 and East southeast with a stoute gale : and went the 

 same course the 3. 4. and 5. dayes following. 



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