CANDISH'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION ad. 



1587. 



By this time wee had haled on ground our admirall, The second 

 and had made her cleane, burnt her keele, pitched and g^^f'^^gof 

 tarred her, and had haled her on flote againe. And in ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^' 

 the meane while continually kept watch and ward in the 

 great house both night and day. 



The second day of June in the morning, by and by 

 after breake of day, every one of the watch being gone 

 abroad to seeke to fetch in victuals, some one way, some 

 another, some for hennes, some for sheepe, some for 

 goats, upon the sudden there came down upon us an 

 hundred Spanish souldiers with muskets and an ensigne, 

 which were landed on the other side of the Hand that 

 night, and all the Indians of the Hand with them, every 

 one with weapons and their baggage after them : which 

 was by meanes of a Negro, whose name was Emmanuel, 

 which fled from us at our first landing there. Thus 

 being taken at advantage we had the worst: for our The first 

 companie was not past sixteene or twentie ; whereof they ^^'^^^^'^^h with 

 had slaine one or two before they were come to the ^ ^ ^P^^i^^as, 

 houses : yet we skirmished with them an houre and an 

 halfe : at the last being sore overcharged with multi- 

 tudes, we were driven down from the hill to the 

 waters side, and there kept them play a while, until in 

 the end Zacharie Saxie, v/ho with his halberd had kept Zachane 

 the way of the hill, and slaine a couple of them, as hee ^^^'^^ ^^^^^^ 

 breathed himselfe being somewhat tired, had an honour- ^^^^^^^y- 

 able death and a short: for a shot strooke him to the 

 heart : who feeling himselfe mortally wounded cryed to 

 God for mercie, and fell downe presently dead. But 

 soone after the enemie was driven somewhat to retire 

 from the bankes side to the greene : and in the ende 

 our boate came and carried as many of our men away 

 as could goe in her, which was in hazard of sinking 

 while they hastened into it : And one of our men whose 

 name was Robert Maddocke was shot through the head Robert Mad- 

 with his owne peece, being a snap-hance, as hee was hast- ^°^^ ^^^^^^ 

 ing into the boate. But foure of us were left behinde '''^^J'J'' '^^' 

 which the boate could not carrie: to wit, my selfe 



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