CANDISH'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION ad. 



.587. 

 turned up for a place which is called Rio dolce, where 

 wee watered : at which place also wee sunke our rere- 

 admirall called The Hugh Gallant for want of men, T'he Hugh 

 being a barke of fortie tunnes. f^f^^V"^ 



The tenth day of the same m.oneth wee set the Indians tms\unke^. 

 on shoare, which we had taken before in a balsa as we 

 were comming into the road of Puna. 



The eleventh day wee departed from the sayd Rio Rio dolce. 

 dolce. 



The twelft of June wee doubled the Equinoctial line, 

 and continued our course Northwarde all that moneth. 



The first of Julie wee had sight of the coast of Nueva 

 Espanna, being foure leagues distant from land in the 

 latitude of ten degrees to the Northward of the line. 



The ninth of Julie wee tooke a new ship of the 

 burthen of 120 tunnes, wherein was one Michael Sancius, 

 whom our Generall tooke to serve his turne to water 

 along the coast : for hee was one of the best coasters 

 in the South sea. This Michael Sancius was a Pro- Michael 

 vensal, borne in Marseils, and was the first man that ^^^^i^\^ 

 tolde us newes of the great ship called The Santa ^^'^^^^^' 

 Anna, which wee afterward tooke comming from the 

 Philippinas. 



There were sixe men more in this new shippe : we ^ great new 

 tooke her sailes, her rapes, and firewood, to serve our ^^^^ burnt. 

 turnes, set her on fire, and kept the men. 



The tenth we tooke another barke which was going The second 



with advise of us and our ships all along the coast, ^^^^^^^ of advise 



as Michael Sancius tolde us : but all the companie that 



were in the barke were fledde on shoare. None of 



both these ships had any goods in them. For they 



came both from Sonsonate in the province of Guatimala ; Sonsonate in 



the new shippe, for feare we should have taken her in ^^ P^'^f-'^^^^ '^f 

 , 11111 • r 1 Lruattmala. 



the road, and the barke, to carne newes or us along 



the coast ; which barke also wee set on fire. Abarkebumt. 



The 26 day of July wee came to an anker at 10 



fathoms in the river of Copalita, where wee made account The river of 



to water. And the same night wee departed with 30 ^°P^^^^^- 



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