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32. On Aug. 14. the Fleet failed from the Ifland of 
Lima, taking with them their Prizes, which they fitted 
up for Service, and fleered for the Pifcadores , and an- 
chored the fame Evening in a Bay behind thofe Iflands. 
The Admiral immediately went on fhore, and made the 
neceflary Difpofitions for fecuring the Seamen while they 
filled Water there, which they found very good, and in 
which Defign they fucceeded •, and afterwards reimbarked 
their Troops, without meeting with any Oppofition, tho’ 
the Enemy was very near them. On the x6th, they con- 
tinued their Courfe from thence for the Ifland of Puna ; 
and, on the 24th, having Sight of the Ifland of Santa 
Clara , the Admiral detached three Shallops, to give the 
Indians notice of his Approach, to afliire them of his Pro- 
te&ion, and to gain what Intelligence they could of the 
Situation of Things at Guiaquil , which it was determined 
to vifit once more. 
33. On the 25th, about Noon, they anchored in the 
Road of the Ifland of Puna , where the Shallops had ar- 
rived about four Hours before, and had made themfelves 
Mailers of a little Bark, laden with Merchandize, which was 
to have been tranfported by Land from thence to Lima, but 
all the People, Spanijh and Indians , were fled to a Man ; 
fo that they could gain no fort of Intelligence of the Difpo- 
fition of the Enemy. On the 27th, they took out the 
great Guns and Ballaft out of their three largefl Ships, and 
drew them on fhore, in order to careen them. On the 
28 th, the Admiral received the melancholy News of the 
Mifcarriage of a fecond Attempt upon Guiaquil , where, 
through the Fault of fome of their Officers, their Troops 
had been defeated, and forced to re-embark with the Lofs 
of twenty-eight Men. This Diforder, according to the 
Report of the Officer who commanded them, fell out by 
one half of the Company, commanded by Captain Ever- 
fon , marching up the Hill without waiting for their Of- 
ficer, moving diredlly towards the Spaniards , out of pure 
Vanity, and a Defire of beating the Enemy without a Com- 
mander ; of which they thought themfelves fare, becaufe 
they faw fome Spaniards run away on their Approach : 
However, when they got to the Top, they found the Spa- 
niards well fecured in their Houfes, who, having firfl difi 
ordered them by a brisk Fire, fallied' out, and drove them 
down the Hill, together with another Company, that was 
marching to fupport them. A fecond Attempt was made, 
but the commanding Officer, being wounded, and perceiv- 
ing that his Men were difcouraged, thought it beft to make 
a timely Retreat : Captain Schutte received a Shot in this 
laft Action ; notwithflanding which, he continued to en- 
courage his Men to the laft. It was, fays the Author of 
the Voyage, very furprifing, that they fhould not be able 
to take Guiaquil, burnt, and without Intrenchments, with 
double the Number that had taken it, when well fortified, 
and defended by a good Garifon. But the prevailing 
Opinion in the Meet was, that the commanding Officer 
had. not Abilities equal to the Task ; and the Soldiers, be- 
lieving he wanted them, did not behave with their ufual 
Courage : Whatever the Reafon was, this Defeat made a 
great Impreffion on the whole Fleet. On September 1. 
the three largeft Ships being clean, they began to careen 
the reft. On the 2d, the Admiral polled feparate Guards 
at the two Wells he had caufed to be dug for Water, in 
order to prevent the Spaniards from poifoning them. On 
the 9th, after much Deliberation in Council, it was refolved 
not to proiecute their intended Voyage to Chili , but to bear 
away immediately for Acapulco, as their Inftruftions di- 
rected, in order to cruife for the J lanilla Ship, and, that 
Expedition once over, to return to the Coaft of Chili, if 
the Condition of the Fleet would permit. In purfuance 
oi this Refolution, they, on the nth of the fame Month, 
fet hire to the Town of Puna, and burnt down the Church. 
Lhe fame Evening, four linglifh and four Frenchmen cle- 
ferted : i hey had behaved very bravely in the laft Adtion, 
as well as very fbberly during the Voyage ; but they ima- 
gined, that Things began to go wrong-, and therefore the 
wifeft Step they could take, was to fhift for themfelves. 
34. On the 12th, they failed from Puna . On the 17th, 
they were in the Latitude of 3 0 South. On the 18th, 
they met with a South South-weft Wind, which blew 
pretty fcrong. On the 20th, they expected to have feen 
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the Gallapagos Hands; but, not finding them, they took it 
for granted they were Wx~ong laid down in the Maps. On 
October 20. they had Sight of the Coaft of New Spain , 
lying to the North-eaft. On the 28th, at Break of Day, 
they were within half a League of an Ifland, which lies 
before the Port of Acapulco \ and, in the Evening, they 
anchored within Sight of the Fort which had been rebuilt 
the Year before, on a Point running out into the Sea, in 
order to cover the Manilla Ships, which might ride fafely 
at Anchor under the Cannon of the Fortrefs. It was a 
regular Square, and each of its four Baftions mounted with 
ten or twelve Brafs Cannon. On the 29th, the Dutch Ad- 
miral thought of a Method, by which he hoped to gain 
fome Intelligence astotheTime when the Manilla Ship was 
expedted ; in purfuance of which, he fent a Meffage to the' 
Governor, importing, that he had made a great many 
Prizes in the South Seas, and in them had taken feveral 
Prifoners of Diftindtion, which, as he intended to proceed 
to the Eafi Indies, he was willing to fet at Liberty, in Con- 
flderation of a reafonable Ranfom ; and therefore defired, 
that an Officer might be fent on board his Fleet, and he 
was ready to fend another in his Head. The Governor 
fent him for Anfwer, That he would neither fend LIoiLges, 
nor receive them ; but that, if the Admiral had any fuch 
Prifoners, and would fend them afliore, he was readv to 
pay him a reafonable Ranfom. But, as the Admiral would 
not agree to that, the Negotiation ended. On November 1. 
the Ships failed out of Port, and the Fortrefs difeharged 
feveral Pieces of Cannon, but without doing them any 
Hurt. In the Evening, a great Detachment was fent, un- 
der the Command cf the Vice-admiral, to anchor twenty 
Leagues to the W ell of Acapulco, in order to look cut for 
the Galleon, to give her Chace ; and, it they could not 
come up with her, to force her into the Fleet. On the 
2d, the Admiral, and the Orange , remaining {fill before 
the Port, the reft of the Ships ipread along the Coaft, that 
they might be fure of meeting with the Veflel they ex- 
pected. On the 3d and 4th, the Shallops belonging to 
Admiral, and to the Orange, went to take in Yv ater at 
Porto del Marques , which is a League and a half from 
Acapulco. On the 7th, Captain de Witte being at the 
Watering-place with his Shallop, the Enemy attacked, his 
Men from an Ambufeade ; the Dutch immediately fled to 
their Veflel, and re-embarked ; a Soldier reached the Shore 
juft as the Boat had put off ; but Captain de Witte ordered 
them to row back, going himfelf on Shore to fave the 
poor Man, which coft him a Wound in the Side, of which, 
however, he happily recovered. 
35. On September 21. the Vice-admiral’s Squadron ap- 
peared in Sight *, and, on the 2 2d, they fent a Yacht to 
acquaint the Admiral, that fix of their Soldiers having de- 
ferted, they had feen 600 Spaniards the next Day, ad- 
vancing towards the Shore, who, they conceived, had a 
Defign to furprife their Men at the Watering-place ; but, 
by good Luck, they were all embarked. From the 24th 
to the 28th, the Fleet continued cruifing to the Weft ward, 
in Hopes of finding the Iflands called Ladrilleros, which, 
in a Spanifo Journal, were faid to lie 40 Leagues to the 
Weft of Acapulco and that they might there meet with 
Water, Fifh, and Potatoes, in Abundance. The Dutch , 
however, failed twice that Space without being able to 
find them, which, whether it was owing to any Miftake in 
the Spanijh Charts, or to the Ignorance of the Dutch Pi- 
lots, is uncertain. On the 29th, they burnt their two 
Yachts, the Greyhound and the Violence , becaufe they could 
hardly fwim any longer; and fo refolved to proceed with 
all the Diligence imaginable to the Eaji Indies. 
36. On January 15. 1625. they faw feme very low 
Land towards the Weft, over which the Sea broke with 
great Fury, which they took to be the Coaft of the Ifland 
of Galperico. On the 23d, the Scurvy had prevailed to 
fuch a Degree, that they had fcarce Men enough in Health 
to work the Ships, In the Evening of the 25th, they were 
on the Coaft of the Ifland of Guan, one of the Ladrones , 
the Inhabitants of which came two Leagues to meet them, 
with all forts of Refrefhments the Rand afforded, which 
they exchanged for old Iron. The next Morning there 
came off 1 50 Canoes, with Fruits and Garden-fluff. Oil 
the 27th, the Vice-admiral, with half the Soldiers, at- 
tempted 
