AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1588. 



our course Northwest betweene the isle of Manilla, 

 The isle of and the isle of Masbat. 



Maibat. y^^ 2 8 day in the morning about 7 of the clocke, 



riding at an anker betwixt 2 islands, wee spied a Frigat 



under her two coarses, comming out betweene 2 other 



islands, which as we imagined came from Manilla, sayling 



The island of close aboord the shore along the maine island of Panama : 



fanama. ^^ chased this frigat along the shore, & gat very fast 



upon it, until in the end we came so neere that it stood 



[III. 820.] in to the shore close by a winde, untill shee was becalmed 



and was driven to stricke her sayle, and banked up with 



her oares : whereupon we came unto an anker with our 



ship, a league and an halfe from the place where the 



Frigate rowed in ; and manned our boat with halfe a 



dozen shot and as many men with swords, which did 



row the boat : thus we made after the Frigate which 



had hoysed saile and ran into a river, which we could 



not find. But as we rowed along the shore, our boate 



Markes of came into very shallow water, where many weares and 



shallow water. ^^^^\r^^ were set up in divers places in the sea, from 



whence 2 or 3 canoas came forth, whereof one made 



somewhat neere unto us, with 3 or 4 Indians in it : we 



called unto them, but they would not come neerer unto 



us, but rowed from us : whom wee durst not followe 



too farre from feare of bringing our selves to much to 



the leewarde of our ship. Here, as we looked about 



J Balsa is a us, we espied another Balsa or canoa of a great bignes 



great canoa. ^hich they which were in her, did set along as we do 



usually set a barge with long staves or poles, which was 



builded up with great canes, and below hard by the 



water made to row with oares ; wherein were about 5 



or 6 Indians and one Spaniard : nowe as wee were come 



almost at the Balsa, wee ran a ground with our boate ; 



but one or two of our men leaped over-boord and freed 



it againe presently, and keeping thwarte her head, we 



J Spaniard layed her aboord and tooke in to us the Spaniard, but 



of Manilla the Indians leaped into the sea and dived and rose farre 



taken. ^^ againe from us. Presently upon the taking of this 



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