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(els, which had like wife Cruis'd in vain before the Coaft of'Brafile. Moreover the 

 ?egafns, <%aven, and Hart Frigats, parted from the Fleet to Cruife about Monies, tou- 

 ching at <Blanca, they took above a thoufand Goats, and between the Cliffs of the 

 little Ifles Monges, abundance of Fifli . but defcrying no Spanijh Ships, they Sail'd to 

 the Ifiand De Vacca, which hath a brave Harbor, delightful Woods, pleafant Pa. 

 ftures, frefluwater Brooks, and abundance of wild Horfes, Hogs, and Lyons, of 

 which the Sea-men took an infinite number. Before the low Promontory Corientes i 

 overgrown with Trees, they got two Prizes laden with Qampecbe Wood. 



Thefe three forcmention'd Frigats, as alfo the Walcheren and Soutb.Jtar from 

 Zealand, joyn'd with Voter's Fleet, whenhe received Information, that a confidera. 

 ble number of Spanijh Ships were fuddenly expected from Campeche : Whereupon 

 faters divided his Fleet into three Squadrons, whereof the Forlorn confiftcd of 

 three Sail, the Referve of the like number, and the Admiral kept five under his 

 own Command: Thus divided, they flood to and again before Cape Corientes, 

 when Captain>/;w Stapcl brought three, and John Van Hoorn four Netberland Ships to 

 their afliftancc. 



Hoorn having fet Sail from the Texel about the latter end of April, was beaten off/w.E*; 

 from Granada with poyfon'd Arrows, and took a Prize before the Promontory ***** 

 St. Anthony, the Men whereof inform'd him, that the Governor Gabriel de Chaves 

 Oforio, an old Soldier, had great trouble in repairing the Walls, Forts and Houfes in 

 the City, which two years before had been blown down by a great Storm, and that 

 fix great Ships were lading to go for Carthagena with the Gallions for Spain, becaufe 

 they durft not Steer by Porto <J{jco for fear of the fytberlanders j moreover, that abun- 

 dance of Ginger was fpoyl'd for want of Veflels to carry it away . and that the 

 Citizens were in great want for SturTs,none having come in along time from Spain-, 

 in like manner there went none but Copper Coin, fo that nothing was to begot 

 there. The Silver and Gold-Mines were not look'd after, the Spaniards not 

 caring to work, and the old Natives were long fince cut off, infomuch that if the 

 Imperial Court was not kept in St. Domingo, to which belongd Cumana and Qoro, 

 that City and Ifland, and Htfpaniolah felf, would foon be leftdefolate. Hoorn there! 

 fore Sail'd by the Promontory St. Crui^, being alow Point overgrown with Trees, 

 into the Bay, twenty Leagues from the Mouth whereof lie the Ifles Jardin de la 

 0{eyna. Before Qorientes he took a Barque with three hundred and fix Guns, fenc 

 from Havana, the Men whereof inform'd him, That the Governor of Havana, call'd 

 Laurence de Qabrer a, having Intelligence of the Dutch Fleets approach, rais'd many 

 Men, and gave notice to the Ships in all the Harbors thereabouts ; after which he 

 took another rich Prize, and joyn'd at laft with Paters Fleet, which now confided 

 of twenty Sail, with which he Steer'd for the Soundings of Tortugajs, where the 

 Fleet met with a dreadful Tempeft, wherein a Thunderbolt fplitting the Main- 

 Yard of the Hunter Frigat, fell down by the Maft, and rowl'd out at one of the 

 Port-holes, kill'd the Purfer, and wounded two more in the Head : great fhow- 

 ers of Rain fell daily, when Samuel Lucas and Captain Outger Minne brought fevea 

 Sail of Ships more to the Eleet, with which faters put in for frefli Provifions into 

 the fpacious and fecure Haven De Cabannas, where feveral Ifles lie, formerly inha- 

 bited by Shepherds and Carpenters. 



From hence Waters Sail'd by Havana, mended the Portholes of his lotfrer Deck, 



and took off the Topgallant Marts, becaufe in September the ufual Storms begin 



here 5 and feeing that he could not do any Exploit with fo great a Fleet, he fent 



nine Ships home, and with the reft went to Barbados, where at that time there were 



about fifteen hundred Englijl? that Planted Tobacco* 



Pater 





