CANDISH'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION a.d. 



1587. 

 houses standing in a desert place and no resistance, and 

 that if hee found it not so, hee should hang him. 

 Againe being demaunded to speake upon his life what 

 hee thought these Balsas should bee, hee answered that 

 hee coulde not say from whence they should come, 

 except it were to bring 60 souldiers, which hee did 

 heare were to go to a place called Guaiaquil, which "^^^ ^°^^f ^f 

 was about 6 leagues from the saide yland, where two ^^^^^i^^^- 

 or three of the kings shippes were on the stocks in 

 building, where are continually an hundred souldiers in 

 garisons who had heard of us, and had sent for sixtie 

 more for feare of burning of the shippes and towne. 

 Our Generall not any whit discouraged either at the 

 sight of the balsas unlooked for, or for hearing of the 

 threescore souldiers not untill then spoken of, with a 

 brave courage animating his companie in the exployte, 

 went presently forward, being in the night in a most 

 desert path in the woods, untill such time as hee came 

 to the place; where, as it seemed, they had kept watch 

 either at the waters side, or at the houses, or else at 

 both, and were newly gone out of the houses, having 

 so short warning, that they left the meate both boyling 

 and rosting at the fire and were fledde with their trea- 

 sure with them, or else buried it where it could not bee 

 found, being also in the night. Our companie tooke 

 hennes and such things as wee thought good, and 

 came away. 



The 29 day of May our Generall went in the ship- A little Hand 

 boate into a little Hand there by, whereas the sayd Casique !f^''^ ^"^^ 

 which was the lord of Puna, had caused all the hang- 

 ings of his chambers, which were of cordovan leather all 

 guilded over, and painted very faire and rich, with all 

 his houshold stuffe, and all the ships tackling which 

 was riding in the road at our comming in, with great 

 store of nailes, spikes of yron, and very many other [m. 813.] 

 things to be conveyed : all which wee found, and 

 brought away what our Generall thought requisite for 

 the ships businesse. 



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