LOPEZ VAZ AD. 



1572-87. 



day, before the newes of him was brought to Lima, and 

 found the men in the ships without suspicion. And 

 as hee entred into the port, there came in also a ship from 

 Panama laden with merchandize, and hee sent his pinnesse 

 to take her : but the men forsaking the ship betooke them 

 to their boate, and went on shore: and as the Englishmen 

 followed the boat, a Spaniard that was therein shot a piece, 

 and slew one of captaine Drakes men in the pinnesse. 

 Wherefore hee followed the boat no farther, but went 

 with his pinnesse into the harbour among fourteene saile 

 of ships that lay there, in all which ships there was not a 

 man that had so much as a sword or a piece to molest 

 him, wherefore hee did with lesse feare go from ship to 

 ship, asking them if there were any ships gone for Panama; 

 for he knew wel, that the ships which goe for Panama carie 

 both silver & gold, neither sought he for any thing else, 

 for there were marchandize enough for him in those ships, 

 if hee had bene desirous to have had the same. So they 

 told him that three dayes past there was a ship gone for 

 Panama v/hich caried all the merchants silver thither. 

 Whereupon he presently set saile towards Panama ; for 

 when hee came into this port it was about midnight, so 

 that the Spaniards could not see what ships he had. At 

 last the newes came to Lima unto the Viceroy of Peru, 

 that there were enemies in the harbor, but they knew not 

 what they were. Wherefore the Viceroy & all the 

 people were in great f^are, lest some Spaniards had 

 made a mutinie, and put themselves in armes : and so 

 the next morning himselfe accompanied with 2000 horse- 

 men & footmen came from the citie down to the waters 

 side, and finding some of the Englishmens arrowes that 

 were shot at the boat, out of which their man was slain, 

 they knew them to be Englishmen : and then they were 

 al in quiet, seeing it was but one ship, for as yet the ship 

 lay becalmed 3 dayes before the towne. Whereupon they 

 forthwith provided 2 ships with 200 men in them, to 

 boord captain Drake or els to burne his ship ; and after 

 the ships went 2 small pinnesses, because that if any of the 



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