n o *A M E %I C A. Chap. VII. 



up to the Admiral , who fired eight Guns, whileft his Men got afliore : Heln ap- 

 proaching the Gallioon, faw no way to get up, till at laft one of his Men fpying a 

 Rope, climb'd up the fame, and made faft other Ropes for his Companions to gee 

 up by , the Spaniards (landing ftill gaping upon him, as if their feet and hands had 

 been ty'd , which made Peter Hem grant them their Lives ; which the other Gal- 

 lions feeing, furrender'd themfelves upon promife of Quarter 5 by which the Spa- 

 m(b Crown loft , befides the Musk, Bezoar, Ambergreece , and the Cargo of two 

 Gallioons and a rich Prize, above One hundred and fifty Tun of Gold, 



The Night fucccedingthis great Victory being fomewhat Tempeftuous, drove 

 the Gallioons from the Bank on which they ftuckthe Day before, into deeper Wa- 

 ter : Five Days they fpent in unlading of the taken VeiTels, after which Peter Hem 

 fet Sayl with four Gallioons, zncwSpanijh Merchant-Man, and his own Fleet, out 

 of the Bay of Matanca, on the Seventh of September, jinno 1628. for Holland , where 

 in a fliort time he fafely arrived. 

 T>e Expcdi; The Tyger Frigat fent from Zealand,znd Commanded by Lucas Pol, Anchored be- 

 tionof luc* j^ (ftUnca, where he brought away above five hundred Goats : This Ifland which 

 is fix Leagues in circumference, hath on the Weft a Sandy Inlet, fit for great Ships 

 to Ride at Anchor; Moreover, it is fteep and Rocky , in the Valleys the Grafs 

 grows above half a Mans length. The Woods are overgrown with Thorns ; the 

 Soyl alfo would produce much more fruit, did not the Rats, Legumes, Hedge-hogs,, 

 and other Animals, devour and fpoil the Plants. 



Pol leaving this Ifland ran to Tortuga,& low Ifle, except on the Weft fide ; it pro- 

 duces Guaiacum, or Pock-wood, in great abundance, and nourifhes great Flocks of 

 Goats, and hath an eminent SaluPan ; in all which things it is paralleled with the 

 Ifland Orcbilla, known by its high Mountains on the Eaft and Weft j the other part 

 thereof not being above fix Foot above the Water : Pol Landing here, carry'd off 

 above two hundred Goats near the Weftcrn Shore , whofe bryny Soil produces 

 neither Grain, nor Grafs, The Trees which are on the fame are fo dry and weak, 

 that they may be puftitdown with one hand ; Neither are there anv Birds to be 

 found here, except Owls ; nor Beads, except Goats and great Hedgehogs. Pol 

 fayling from hence, fteer'd by the nine Wooddy Ifles call'd %pcc*s, and the three 

 call'd Aves, to fBondire , a pretty large rifing Ifle , which on the North-Weft hath 

 a convenient Road, a frefli Water-lpring, ftoreof Sheep, on which the Spaniards 

 live 5 Pock-wood, and Cotton Trees : Then fleering to the Ifle Mona, he found 

 the fame to be furrounded with Rocks, and full of Horned Cattcl difficult to be 

 catch'd becaufe of the thick Woods, in which grow exceeding good Oranges. Pol 

 leaving this Ifle, fet fayl and fteer'd for Fluflnng, where he fafely arriv'd without ha- 

 ving perform'd any remarkable Exploits. 

 £ r Exedi-' r Mean while the WeJl*India Company fitted out twelve Sayl more , under the 

 tion - Command of Adrian Johnson Pater, who fet fayl in the middle of Augujl, and Crui- 



fed in vain about the Flemmifi Ifles for Spanijh Ships : About the beginning of the 

 Year 1629. he fent away three Ships under the Command of Martin Landrode, from 

 the Ifland of St. Vincent , whileft he himfelf ran with the reft of the Fleet into the 

 Inlet Todos los Santlos , within a League from the City Salvador, where there lay 

 onely feven Barques near the Shore , which he judging not worth the while to ha- 

 zard his Ships and Men for, fteer'd to Pemambuco, took a rich Laden Barque in his 

 Voyage, and was inform'd by a Brafilian that came aboard of him on floating Pie- 

 ces of Timber, that three Sayl of Ships full of Goods were return'd to %ecijfa, fo 

 foon as they heard of the Dutch Fleet : But Pater judging no good to be done there, 

 return'd back to the CaribbeeJJlands , where near Granada he found three EutcbVcf- 



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