LOPEZ VAZ AD. 



1572-87. 

 Espirito Santo, where they had victuals for their mer- Espirito Santo. 

 chandize : and so they returned home to England without 

 doing any harme in the countrey. The cause why these 

 English captaines went not to the streights I know not : 

 some say, that they were put backe by foule weather, 

 others suppose that it was for feare of the kings ships : 

 but the plnnesse that belonged to these shippes wherein 

 John Drake went as captaine, departed from them: the 

 cause why hee did so, is unknowen : but this pinnesse John Drake, 

 entred the river of Plate, and within five leagues of Seale- 

 island, not farre from the place where the Erie of Cum- 

 berlands ships tooke in fresh water, it was cast away 

 upon a ledge of rockes ; but the men were all saved in 

 the boate. Who being eighteene in number went on 

 shore upon the Northside of the Island, and passing 

 tenne dayes journey up into the lande, they met with 

 certaine Salvage people, which are no man-eaters, but take 

 all the Christians that they can get, and make them their 

 slaves : howbeit the Englishmen fought with them, and 

 being too fewe in number, five of them were slaine, and 

 the other thirteene taken prisoners, who remained with 

 the Salvages about fifteene moneths. 



But the Master of the pinnesse called Richard Faire- 

 weather, being loath any longer to indure that miserie 

 wherein hee was, and having knowledge of a towne of 

 Christians on the other side of the river, called on a night 

 John Drake, and another yoong man which was with 

 them, and tooke a Canoa being very little, and having 

 but two oares, and passed therewith on the other side 

 of the river, which is full nine leagues broade ; and 

 being three dayes before they could get over, they were 

 much pined for lacke of meate. But comming to land, 

 they hit upon an high way that went towards the 

 Christians : and spying the footing of horses, they 

 followed it, and at last came to an house, neere unto [HI. 795.] 

 the which corne was sowed. And there they met with 

 Indians that were servants to the Spaniards, who gave 

 them foode, and clothes to cover them withall, for they 



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