CANDISH'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION ad. 



1587. 

 close under their fights, with lances, javelings, rapiers, 

 & targets, & an innumerable sort of great stones, which 

 they threw overboord upon our heads and into our 

 ship so fast and being so many of them, that they put 

 us off the shippe againe, with the losse of 2 of our 

 men which were slaine, & with the hurting of 4 or 5. 

 But for all this we new trimmed our sailes, and fitted T'he second 

 every man his furniture, and gave them a fresh encounter ^^'^°^^^^^- 

 with our great ordinance and also with our small shot, 

 raking them through and through, to the killing and 

 maiming of many of their men. Their Captaine still 

 like a valiant man with his company stood very stoutely 

 unto his close fights, not yeelding as yet : Our General ^^^ ^^^^^ 

 encouraging his men a fresh with the whole noyse of ^'^^^^^^^^• 

 trumpets gave them the third encounter with our great 

 ordinance and all our small shot to the great discom- 

 forting of our enemies raking them through in divers 

 places, killing and spoiling many of their men. They 

 being thus discomforted and spoiled, and their shippe 

 being in hazard of sinking by reason of the great shot 

 which were made, wherof some were under water, within 

 5 or 6 houres fight set out a flagge of truce and ^^^ S^^^^ ^^ 

 parled for mercy, desiring our Generall to save their ^^^n^^^^'^^^- 

 lives and to take their goods, and that they would pre- 

 sently yeeld. Our Generall of his goodnes promised 

 them mercy, and willed them to strike their sayles, and 

 to hoyse out their boate and to come aboord : which 

 newes they were ful glad to heare of, and presently 

 strooke their sailes, hoysed their boat out, and one of 

 their cheife marchants came aboord unto our Generall: 

 and falling downe upon his knees, offered to have kissed 

 our Generals feete, and craved mercie : our General most 

 graciously pardoned both him and the rest upon promise 

 of their true dealing with him and his company con- 

 cerning such riches as were in the shippe : and sent for 

 the Captaine and their Pilote, who at their comming 

 used the like duetie and reverence as the former did. 

 The Generall of his great mercy & humanitie, promised 



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