AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



The cape of S. The 1 4 of October we fell with the cape of S. Lucar, 



Lucar on the ^j^|^j^ j^ j-j^^ ^j^^ Needles at the isle of Wight ; 



point of Call- -i • ^^ ^ ^ ' ^ • , ii i i ° i 



fof„ja. ^^" within the said cape is a great bay called by the 



Aguada Spaniards Aguada Segura : into which bay falleth a faire 



Zegura. fresh river, about which many Indians use to keepe : 



wee watered in the river and lay off and on from the 



saide cape of S. Lucar untill the fourth of November, 



and had the windes hanging still Westerly. 



The 4 of November the Desire and the Content, 

 wherein were the number of Englishmen 



onely living, beating up and downe upon the headland 

 CaUfornia in of California, which standeth in 23 degrees and f to 

 ]lt^irV^^ the Northward, betwene seven and 8 of the clocke in 

 the morning one of the company of our Admirall 

 which was the trumpeter of the ship going up into 

 the top espied a sayle bearing in from the sea with 

 the cape, whereupon hee cryed out with no small joy 

 to himselfe and the whole company, A sayle, A sayle, 

 with which cheerefull word the master of the ship and 

 divers others of the company went also up into the 

 maine top, who perceiving the speech to be very true 

 gave information unto our General! of these happy newes, 

 who was no lesse glad then the cause required : where- 

 upon he gave in charge presently unto the whole com- 

 pany to put all things in readines, which being performed 

 we gave them chase some 3 or 4 houres, standing with 

 The fight our best advantage and working for the winde. In the 

 hetweene the afternoone we gat up unto them, giving them the broad 

 %nd us ^'^ ^^^^ vi\th. our great ordinance and a volee of small shot, 

 and presently layed the ship aboord, whereof the king 

 of Spaine was owner, which was Admiral of the south 

 sea, called the S. Anna, & thought to be 700 tunnes 

 in burthen. Now as we were ready on their ships side 

 to enter her, being not past 50 or 60 men at the utter- 

 most in our ship, we perceived that the Captaine of the 

 said ship had made fights fore and after, and layd their 

 sailes close on their poope, their mid ship, with their 

 fore castle, and having not one man to be seene, stood 



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