A.i>. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 

 Jguiitulco hi men in the plnnesse, and rowed to Aguatulco, which is 

 \'^Hegyee$nnd ^^|. ^.^q leagues from the aforesayd river; and standeth 

 40 m//;«/^/ . dec^rees 40 minutes to the Northward of the 



Equinoctial line. 



The 27 in the morning by the breake of day wee came 



Jbarkeburnt. into the roade of Aguatulco, where wee found a barke of 



50 tunnes, which was come from Sonsonate laden with 



JniU. cacaos and anile which they had there landed: and the 



Cacoas. ^^^^^ \\^rc all fled on shoare. Wee landed there, and 



toojne of \oo burnt their towne, with the church and custome-house 



houses burnt, which was very faire and large : in which house were 600 



bags of anile to dye cloth ; every bag whereof was worth 



40 crownes, and 400 bags of cacaos : every bag whereof 



Cacacs gpe for- is worth ten crownes. These cacaos goe among them for 



money in meate and money. For 1 50 of them are in value one rial of 



ueva plate in ready payment. They are very like unto an almond, 



but are nothing so pleasant in taste : they eate them, and 



make drinke of them. This the owner of the shippe tolde 



us. I found in this towne before wee burnt it, a flasket 



full of boxes of balme. After we had spoyled and burnt 



the towne, wherein there were some hundred houses, the 



owner of the shippe came downe out of the hilles with 



a flag of truce unto us, which before with the rest of 



all the townesmen was run away at our first comming; 



and at length came abourd our pinnesse upon Captaine 



Havers worde of safe returne. We carried him to the 



river of Copalita where our shippes rode : and when hee 



came to our Generall, hee caused him to bee set on shoare 



in safetie the same night, because hee came upon the 



captaines word. 



The 28 day we set saile from Copalita, because the 



sea was so great there, that wee could not fill water, and 



ran the same night into the roade of Aguatulco. 



Our General! The 29 our Generall landed and went on shoare 



^mUerlntothe ^^^^ thirtie men two miles into the woods, where wee 



ma'ine land ^oo^e a Mestizo, whose name was Michael de Truxillo, 



unth -ifO men. who was customer of that towne, and wee found with 



him two chambers full of his stufi^e: wee brought him 



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