LAST VOYAGE OF THOMAS CANDISH a.d. 



1592. 



The seventh of February we had a very great storme, 

 and the eighth our Fleet was separated by the fury of the 

 tempest. Then our Captaine called unto him the Master 

 of our ship, whom hee found to be a very honest and 

 sufficient man, and conferring with him he concluded to 

 goe for Port Desire, which is in the Southerly latitude 

 of 48. degrees ; hoping that the Generall would come 

 thither, because that in his first voyage he had found 

 great reliefe there. For our Captaine could never get 

 any direction what course to take in any such extremities, 

 though many times hee had intreated for it, as often I 

 have heard him with griefe report. In sayling to this 

 port by good chance we met with Tlie Roe-bucke, wherein 

 master Cocke had endured great extremities, and had lost 

 his boate, and therefore desired our Captaine to keepe 

 him company, for hee was in very desperate case. Our 

 Captaine hoised out his boate, and went abord him to 

 know his estate, and returning tolde us the hardnesse [III. 843.] 

 thereof, and desired the Master and all the company to 

 be carefull in all their watches not to loose The Roe- 

 bucke, and so wee both arrived at Port Desire the sixth They arrive at 

 of March. Port Desire. 



The 16. of March The Blacke pinnesse came unto us, 

 but master Gilberts barke came not, but returned home ^- Adrian 

 to England, having their Captaine abord the Roe-bucke ^if^J'^^^^^^^^ 

 without any provision more then the apparell that hee England. 

 wore, who came from thence abord our ship to remaine 

 with our Captaine, by reason of the great friendship 

 betweene them. The 18. the Galeon came into the road, 

 and master Candish came into the harborough in a boat 

 which he had made at sea ; for his long boat and light- 

 horseman were lost at sea, as also a pinnesse which he had A pinnesse 

 built at Santos : and being abord The Desire he tolde our ^uilt at Santos. 

 Captaine of all his extremities, and spake most hardly of 

 his company, and of divers gen-tlemen that were with him, 

 purposing no more to goe abord his owne ship, but to 

 stay in The Desire. We all sorrowed to heare such hard 

 speaches of our good friends ; but having spoken with the 



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