370 TlMEHRI. 



Casique or Lord of people called Cantyman, who had 

 the yeare before beene with Captaine Whiddon, and 

 was of his acquaintance, By this Cantyman wee vnder- 

 stood what strength the Spaniardes had, how farre it 

 was to their Citie, and of Don Anthonio de Berred^ the 

 gouernour, who was said to be slaine in his second 

 attempt of Guiana, but was not. 



" While we remained at Puerto de los Hispanioles 

 some Spaniardes came abord vs to buy lynnen of the 

 company, and such other thinges as they wanted, and 

 also to view our shippes and company, all which I enter- 

 tained kindly and feasted after our manner: by meanes 

 whereof I learned of one and another as much of the 

 estate of Guiana as I could, or as they knew, for those 

 poore souldiers hauing beene many yeares without wine, 

 a fewe draughtes made them merry, in which moode 

 they vaunted of Guiana and of the riches therof, and 

 all what they knew of the waies and passages, my selfe 

 seeming to purpose nothing lesse then the enterance or 

 discouerie thereof, but bred in them an opinion that I 

 was bound onely for the reliefe of those english, which, 

 I had planted in Virginia^ ^ whereof the brute was come 

 among them, which I had performed in my returne if 

 extremity of weather had not forst me from the said 

 coast. 



* Don Antonio de Berreo y Oruna, who figures so conspicuously in 

 Raleigh's voyage, was governor of Trinidad. 



t The conduft of Raleigh, who was charged with a callous abandon- 

 ment of the poor settlers in Virginia, has been much censured. This 

 passage is one proof among many which we possess, that although he 

 had given up his patent to a company of merchants, he continued to 

 take a strong interest in the fate of the first adventurers in Virginia. — 

 Schomburgk s, Note. 



