LAST VOYAGE OF THOMAS CANDISH ad. 



1592. 



The testimonial! of the companie of The Desire 

 touching their losing of their Generall, which 

 appeareth to have beene utterly against their 

 meanings. 



THe 26 of August 1 59 1 wee whose names bee here 

 under written, with divers others departed from 

 Plimmouth under M. Thomas Candish our Generall, 

 with 4 ships of his, to wit. The Galeon, The Robuck, 

 The Desire, and The Black pinnesse, for the performance 

 of a voyage into The South sea. The 19 of November 

 we fell with the bay of Salvador in Brasil. The 16. of 

 December we tooke the towne of Santos, hoping there 

 to revictuall our selves, but it fell not out to our content- 

 ment. The 24 of January we set saile from Santos, 

 shaping our course for The Streights of Magellan. The 

 8 of Februarie by violent stormes the sayde fleete was 

 parted : The Robuck and The Desire arrived in Porte 

 Desire the 6 of March. The 16 of March The Black 

 pinnesse arrived there also : and the 18 of the same 

 our admirall came into the roade ; with whom we de- 

 parted the 20 of March in poore and weake estate. The 

 8 of Aprill 1592 we entred The Streights of Magellan. 

 The 2 1 of Aprill wee ankered beyond Cape Froward, within 

 40 leagues of The South sea, where wee rode untill the 

 1 5 of May. In which time wee had great store of snowe, 

 with some gustie weather,, the wind continuing still at 

 Westnorthwest against us. In this time wee were inforced 

 for the preserving of our victuals, to live the most part 

 upon muskles, our provision was so slender ; so that 

 many of our men died in this hard extremitie. Then our 

 General returned for Brasil there to winter, & to procure 

 victuals for this voyage against the next yeere. So we 

 departed The Streights the 15 of May. The 21 being 

 thwart of Port Desire 30 leagues off the shoare, the 

 wind then at Northeast and by North, at five of the 

 clock at night lying Northeast, wee suddenly cast about 



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