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= A Trne and Exait Hiftory 
| Voyage, (carrying Horfes and Cattle with us) which we were totake 
in there; he Commanded the Mafter, by the power he had over him, } 
to fend a fhorealltheempty Cask he had aboard ; with intent to 
detain.them; and fo make us comply,by little and little, te his ends. 
But the Mafter abfolutely denied the Landing our great Cask , but 
told him he would fend our quarter Casks, inour Long boat, and 
fo by making often returns, to fill our Pipes and Buts. But finding 
himfelfata lofs in this defigh, thought good to keep us from any water 
at all and fo appointed our men to dig in the valley under the Padres 
houfe,where he was well aflured no Springs of water were té be found. 
But fome of ourmen, who fpoke good Spanifh , by their enquiries 
heard, That there was a very good well on the other fide of the hill, 
under the Caftle, and were brotight to thefight of it by fome of the 
Gountry people; Which when he perceiv'd we had knowledge of, 
he wasmuch out of Countenance,and ufed his beft eloquence to make 
us believe he had never heard of that Well. : 7 Bees 
So finding that this practice would not ferve his turn, he tryed ano- 
ther : and that wasto command our Mafter, to catty a {hore that part 
of the Cargofoon that was confign’d forthat place, which was Cloath, 
Bayes, Stuffs of feveral kinds, Linnen Cloath, Hats with broad brims,' 
fich as Spaniards ufe to wear, and were madé in London purpofely 
to put off there ; and thefe goods being valued... when-they were re- |" 
ceiv'dat Land, there fhould bea return made, in Horfes, and Cattle. 
But as we had Caufe to fufpect him for the Cask , fo we had for the 
Cargo, and fo return’d him this anfwer, that we would not land any 
of our goods, without receiving the like value in Cattle ; and {fo by } 
parcels to: receive theone, and deliver the other. 
On which meflage, wefent the Purlér ofdur‘thip, that poke good 
Spanifh5 But Bernardo, being vextto the height that his Plot was dif- | 
‘covered, kept him prifoner.” We fent another to demand him,which. 
was hkewife detained; then we ent three or four more,and fome of the 
Soldiers of the Caftle gave fire upon them.So that we tefolv’d to weigh 
Anchorand put to Sea fora. week or ten dayes, and return inthe night 
(the weather being dark and fit for xpole | furprife the Pa:, 
‘dres houfe with 50 Musquettiers, which we could mufter very well of 
the Gentlemenand other paflengerts in the fhip,and fone of the Saylers, | _ 
anid take the Padre Vagaco, and Bernardo Mendes'de Sonfa, and carry |- 
them to the Barbadoes. Butthe Padre not kiiowing of this defign in 
Bernardo, {ent tous avery kind meflage, inviting hitifelfaboatd our 
thip, receiving hoftages frém us, and {o upon treaty with him aboard, 
fettleda trade, and gotour prifoners releas’d’3 whereupon we were 
invited to his houfe; or tather his Rock,for it was moft part of it form’d 
ina Rock, witha fteep and Very high precipice © : 
~ But [am mifled into this digreffion by this witked Porthgal, whofe 
unlucky Countenance before we came to the Ilandgave me the occa- 
ffonto fay formewhat of hitn, and his mifcarriage in the Ifand, Before! 
came atite  ¢) aw Fi = A 
~ But whenwe came within fight of it, it appedred to us full of high 
_ and fteep Redcks; (the higheft of whicli ofetesdieke hon wictiouege | 
foyl at all ) and they of {6 great a height, as we feldom faw the 
tops, whilftwe lay before it; beinginterpofed by mifts, and Clouds,| 
eo gs darken thesky in the time of thie Tirnado. a ce 
he ae nets 
