CANDISH'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION ad. 



1587- 



This ended, our Generall discharged the Captaine, 

 gave him a royall reward, with provision for his defence 

 against the Indians and his company, both of swords, 

 targets, pieces, shot and powder to his great content- 

 ment : but before his departure, he tooke out of this 

 great shippe two yong lads borne in Japon, which ^^'^ ^oy^^ of 

 could both Wright and reade their owne language, the ^^P^^- 

 eldest being about 20 yeers olde was named Christopher, 

 the other was called Cosmus, about 17 yeeres of age, 

 both of very good capacitie. He tooke also with him 

 out of their ship, 3 boy es borne in the isles of Manilla, Three hyes of 

 the one about 15, the other about 13, and the yongest ''^^'^^^'^'^• 

 about 9 yeeres old. The name of the eldest was 

 Alphonso, the second Anthony de Dasi, the third re- 

 maineth with the right honourable the Countesse of 

 Essex. He also tooke from them, one Nicholas Roderigo ^i^olas Rod- 

 a Portugall, who hath not onely bene in Canton and ^^^^^J ^ '^^~ 

 other parts of China, but also in the islands of Japon 

 being a countrey most rich in silver mynes, and hath 

 also bene in the Philippinas. 



Hee tooke also from them a Spaniard whose name ^, Spanish 



was Thomas de Ersola, which was a very good Pilote ^^^^* 



from Acapulco and the coast of Nueva Espanna unto ^<^^p^l<^o ^^ 



the islands of Ladrones, where the Spaniardes doe put ' f ^^^f, 



1- 1 A 1 1 1 -Tn -v whence they 



in to water, sayhng betweene Acapulco and the Philip- set forth to 



pinas: in which isles of Ladrones, they finde fresh the Phi Hp- 



water, plantans, and potato rootes : howbeit the people P^^^^^- 



be very rude and heathens. The 19 day of November ^°° '^'^^^^'^S 



aforesaid, about 3 of the clock in the afternoone, our ^j-ones. 



Generall caused the kings shippe to be set on fire, 



which having to the quantitie of 500 tunnes of goods 



in her we saw burnt unto the water, and then gave ^h -'' d 



them a piece of ordinance and set sayle joyfully home- Eastnortheast. 



wardes towardes England with a fayre winde, which by The Content 



this time was come about to Eastnortheast : and night "^'hereof 



growing neere, we left the Content a sterne of us, ^^^"^^^ ^^^^ 

 o c> ' ' zvas TKdster 



which was not as yet come out of the road. And here /^^ behind in 



thinking she would have overtaken us, we lost her the road. 



327 



