386 tiMEHRl. 



and other things, but when her boate was neere the shore 

 while they on the land were in parle with Cap: GILES 

 who had charge of the boat, the Spaniards gave them a 

 volley of some 20 musketts at 40 paces distant, and yet 

 hurt never a man, as our bote putt of they called our 

 men theeves and traytors with all manner of opprobrious 

 speeches.* 



That of Januarie we sent back the Viceadmirall 



Cap : Penington to pun6lo Gallo to attend the returne 

 of our companies in Orenoke. 



The 29 of Jan: we lost one of Sir Jo : FeRN'S men 

 who being ashore boyling of the country pich, was shot 

 by a Spaniard who lay in the woods all night with five 

 other Spaniards, our shipps tak'ng the alarm we waied 

 out our boates, I tooke my barge with six shott, Capt : 

 Chudley tooke his skiff, and Sir W. Sentleger his, 

 wee pursued them with all hast possible and forst them 

 to forsacke their canoas and run into the thick woods, 

 le3ving behinde them their cloakes, and all other their im- 

 plements but their arms. Ther were of Sir J : pERN'Smen 

 three, and one boy, one of them was slay ne, one swam abord, 

 and third hidd himself in the woods till my barge came 

 ashore, the boy we suppose was carried with them alive. 



* Fray Simon; in his ' Noticias historiales,' asserts that Ralegh 

 intended to disembark his men for the purpose of assaulting St. Joseph. 

 Lieutenant Benito de Baena, informed of his projeft, posted his people 

 so advantageously at Port of Spain, that the attack of the English was 

 repulsed with the loss of several men, one being taken prisoner, who 

 informed De Baena of the departure of a part cf the fleet for the Orinoco. 

 Ralegh's simple account of this affair is more probable; the prisoner of 

 whom Be Baena speaks was douDtless the boy lost during the affair of 

 the 29th of January. — Schomburgk's Note. 



I A similar blank in the vT\g\ni.\. — Schomburgk's Note. 



