A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



if wee had bene together, our Generali with the companie 

 would resolutely have landed to take the towne, what- 

 soever had come of it. The cause why the Content 

 stayed behind was, that shee had found about 14 leagues 

 to the Southward of Arica, in a place where the Spaniards 

 Great store of had landed, a whole ships lading of botijas of wine of 

 wine found. Castillia, whereof the sayd Content tooke into her as many 

 as shee could conveniently carrie, and came after us into 

 the road of Arica the same day. By this time wee per- 

 ceived that the towne had gathered all their power to- 

 gether, and also conveyed all their treasure away, and 

 buried it before wee were come neere the towne : for they 

 had heard of us. Nowe because it was very populous 

 with the ayde of one or two places up in the land, our 

 Generali sawe there was no landing without losse of many 

 men : wherefore hee gave over that enterprise. While 

 wee rid in the road they shot at us, and our ships shot at 

 them againe for every shot two. Moreover, our pinnesse 

 went in hard almost to the shoare, and fetched out 

 Another barke another barke which rid there in despight of all their forts 

 taken in the though they shot Still at the pinnesse, which they could 

 never hit. After these things our Generali sent a boate 

 on shoare with a flag of truce to knowe if they would 

 redeeme their great shippe or no ; but they would not : 

 for they had received speciall commandement from the 

 viceroy from Lima, not to buy any shippe, nor to ran- 

 some any man upon paine of death. Our Generali did 

 this in hope to have redeemed some of our men, which 

 were taken prisoners on shoare by the horsemen at 

 Quintero, otherwise hee would have made them no ofl^er 

 of parley. 

 The fourth The 25 riding stil in the said road, we spied a saile 



barke taken, comming from the Southward, and our Generali sent 

 out his pinnesse to meete her, with all our boates ; but 

 the towne made such signes from the hill with fires 

 Awatchhouse. and tokens out of the watch-house, that before our 

 pinnesse could get to them, they ran the barke on shoare 

 two miles to the Southward of the towne ; but they 



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