Chap. VII. *JME?C1CJ. >* ' 



Margareta and Cocbe, on which lad he took abundance of Goats, nob wichout the 

 lofs of forty fix Men, kili'd by the Spaniards and bidians. 



Mean while the Admiral Peter Heyn, in the beginning of June, Sail'd to the 

 Southward of ©a rbados, an Ifland pretty mountainous, as hath been formerly men- 

 rion'd, and full of Woods, and by Martinino, whofe Hills are very High arid over- 

 grown with Trees. Here Peter Heyn could get nothing elfe but fweet Water, and 

 a Fruit refembling a green Grape, which grew on a round Leav'd Tree, vyhofe 

 Juice cur'd the Scurvey. Sailing from hence, and Landing on Guadalupa, he found 

 a Canoo feven Fathom long and one broad, and cut out of one Tree, The Inhabi- 

 tants, a well timber'd People, went ftark naked, and defir'd to be excus'd, that they 

 could not furnifh the Hollanders with more Provifions, becaufe the French and Ent- 

 ity, Inhabitants of St. Chrijlophers , had pillag'd them. 



Near Mond the Fox Frigat joyn'd with the Fleet, with information, that he could 

 hear no tydings of Henrickfaon 5 wherefore Peter Heyn judg'd it convenient to Sail 

 along the South-Coad of Hifyaniola with a feparated Fleet, which was to joyn agn« j 

 near the great Caiman. Near Cape de Corientes thcDutch took a Sparitjk Ship laden with 

 Sarfaparilla ; after that another with Salt and Fifli, and on the Shelves before Coche 

 before the Promontory Antonio, a Fly-boat with Tallow and Hides, and at the 

 fame places two Veffels more with Ballad, the Men whereof inform'd him, that 

 the Fleet from Ts(ew Spain had about a Moneth before weigh'd Anchor from the 

 Haven Juan de Ulva, and fet Sail to Havana, fo that without doubt they were arri- 

 ved there . wherefore Peter Heyn deer'd towards Tortugos, in hopes, if he could, to 

 overtake fome of the heavy Sailers. Before the Promontory be Floridahc difco* 

 ver'd feven Sail, and coming up nearer, above thirty, which, had Henrkkfoon been 

 united with Peter Hejiw,had withoutdoubt fallen into the hands of the Netberlanders } 

 but it being judg'd amadnefs to fetupon fo great a Fleet with fo fmall a number of 

 Ships, they Sail'd away undifturb'd. Peter Heyn fteer'd his Courfe along Florida, 

 where he met three Canoos with ftrangeMen in them, who came aboard of him, 

 their Bodies being naked, were painted with feveral colours, onely Mats of Ruflies 

 about their Middle, and on their Backs long Taffels hanging down : their Mer- 

 chandife confided of a fort of Gum of little value. The Netherlander s in this Place 

 took alfoa Veffel with Sina Leaves, and fome pounds of Ambergrcece : but the 

 Scurvey incre^fing daily amongd them, they Tack'd about, and ran to an Anchor 

 at Sierra Leona, where they day'd till the latter end of January 1627. and then fet Sail 

 to Brafile, and overtook a Veffel from Madera laden with a hundred and fifty Pipes 

 of Wine, and other rich Goods, and ran into the Inlet Todoslos SanElos with undaun- 

 ted courage, not regarding the Guns that were fir'd from the Fort and Battlements 

 of the City Su Salvador, near which lay thirty Sail of Ships, to which he making up, g 

 fteer'd between the Portuzuefe Admiral and Rere- Admiral, whom finking, he fore'd x>«"*ag«nft 



o v ' r t* the Prtu- 



the Admiral to furrender, whiled the Hollandia and Geldria Frigats fell upon the reft,x*'> H** 

 which were forfaken by the Seamen, who leap'd over-board j then feveral Mann'd 

 Boats of the Hollanders (notwithdanding the Enemy's continual firing) went and , 

 fetch'd off twenty two Sail of the Portuguefe Veffels . all which they did in three 

 hours time, onely with the lofs of fifty Men, befides fome that were wounded, 

 amongd whom was the Admiral, being fiiot with a Bullet through the Arm, and 

 wounded in the Legs with a Splinter 5 his Ship alfo was, with the Gelria Frigat, 

 driven with the Spring-Tide on a Bank, whence, after the Gelria had recciv'd above 

 fixty Shot from the Enemy, they both got off at lad ; but the Admiral's Frigat be- 

 ing (hot in a manner to a Wreck,was fet on fire 5 which Misfortune ended not there, 

 for the Orange-tree Frigat blew up, with fixty Men, fourteen whereof, though mife- 



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