AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1586. 



roade, which is about a league from the poynt, borrowing 

 alwayes on the South side untill you come up to the 

 watering place, in which Baye is the best roade ; but you 

 must ride farre into the Baye, because there run mar- 

 veilous great tydes in the offin, and it floweth into the 

 road next of any thing at a Southeast and by East 

 moone. 



It is out of England to this place 930. leagues : which 

 wee ranne from the 21. of July to the 26. of this moneth 

 of August. 



On Saturday being the 27. day there came 2. Negros 

 aboord our Admiral from the shore, and made signes unto 

 our Generall that there was a Portugal ship up within 

 the harborough ; so the Hugh Gallant beeing the Rere- 

 admirall went up 3. or 4. leagues, but for want of a Pilot 

 they sought no farther : for the harborough runneth 3. 

 or 4. leagues up more, and is of a marveilous bredth 

 and very dangerous, as we learned afterward by a 

 Portugal. 



On Sunday the 28. the Generall sent some of his 

 company on shore, and there as they played and daunced 

 all the forenoone among the Negros, to the end to 

 have heard some good newes of the Portugal ship, 

 A Portugal toward their comming aboord they espied a Portugal 

 taken. which lay hid among the bushes, whom we tooke and 



brought away with us the same night : and he tolde us 

 it was very dangerous going up with our boates for 

 to seeke the ship that was at the towne. Whereupon wee 

 went not to seeke her, because we knew he told us the 

 trueth : for we bound him and made him fast, and so 

 examined him. Also he told us that his ship was there cast 

 away, and that there were two more of his company among 

 the Negros : the Portugals name was Emmanuel, and was 

 by his occupation a Calker, belonging to the Port of 

 Portugal. 



On Munday morning being the 29. day, our Generall 



[III. 804.] landed with 70. men or thereabout, and went up to their 



towne, where we burnt 2. or 3. houses, and tooke what 



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