A.D. 



1592. 



[III. 848.] 



This Santos 

 standeth upon 

 the coast of 

 Peru in 9 deg. 

 of Southerly 

 latitude. 



They enter the 

 South sea the 

 third time. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



bestow his mercy upon us. Then the master began in 

 these speeches : Captain, your request is very reasonable, 

 & I referre to your judgment my honest care, & great 

 pains taken in the generals service, my love towards 

 him, & in what sort I have discharged my duety, from 

 the first day to this houre. I was commanded by the 

 general to follow your directions, which hitherto I 

 have performed. You all knowe, that when I was ex- 

 treamely sicke, the General was lost in my mates watch, 

 as you have well examined : sithens which time, in what 

 anguish and griefe of minde I have lived, God onely 

 knoweth, and you are in some part a witnesse. And 

 nowe if you thinke good to returne, I will not gainesay 

 it : but this I assure you, if life may be preserved by 

 any meanes, it is in proceeding. For at the Isle of 

 Santa Maria I doe assure you of wheate, porke, and 

 rootes enough. Also I will bring you to an Isle, where 

 Pelicans bee in great abundance, and at Santos wee 

 shall have meale in great plenty, besides all our possibilitie 

 of intercepting some shippes upon the coast of Chili and 

 Peru. But if wee returne there is nothing but death 

 to be hoped for : therefore doe as you like, I am ready, 

 but my desire is to proceede. These his speeches being 

 confirmed by others that were in the former voyage, 

 there was a generall consent of proceeding; and so the 

 second of October we put into the South sea, and were 

 free of all land. This night the winde began to blowe 

 very much at Westnorthwest, and still increased in fury, 

 so that wee were in great doubt what course to take : 

 to put into the Streights wee durst not for lacke of 

 ground tackle : to beare sayle wee doubted, the tempest 

 was so furious, and our sayles so bad. The pinnesse 

 come roome with us, and tolde us that shee had received 

 many grievous Seas, and that her ropes did every houre 

 fayle her, so as they could not tell what shift to make : 

 wee being unable in any sort to helpe them, stood under 

 our coarses in view of the lee-shore, still expecting our 

 ruinous end. 



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