%i)c^patitatos!nio?eaftaiDetl)en|)ttce. rsy 
and fiue 0 ? fire mo?e,bcpt about l bofe 3 lands 
The 99. Chapter. 
Of ccrtaine notable and memorable acci# 
dents that happened during myeonti# 
nuance in Terccra. 
^efecotib of October An. 
1 s 89 -at the tolune of Vil# 
la dan Praya , in the BllanD 
Of T erccra,ttoQ men being 
in a field barb toithouttbe 
tote tee hilled Unth 
lightning. 
€he ninth of tbe fame month thete am- 
med in Terccra fourtanc fljippes, that came 
from the ^panflb Judies, laben toith © 0 - 
chentle, pdes, ©olde, £>iluer, pearles,anif 
other riche Snares. Chep Sucre fiftic in com# 
panic, tohen thep departed out oftbejland 
ofHauana.tohereof, in their tomming out 
of the Channell, elcauen funbetotbefame 
Chanwell bpfoule Sneatber, the reft bp a 
fto?me Sucre fcattereb and fcperateb one from 
. the other. “Che nert bap there came an other 
Chip of the fame compante, thatfaplcb clofe 
fcnber tbe 3 !land, foto get into the Hoabet 
Cohere the met toith an ©ngltiblbtppe,tbat 
hab not abone tb?a calf paces,anb the ^pa# 
Mtparditoclue. SDhep fought a long time to# 
gethcr, tohich toe being in the 3UnnD might 
If anb anb beboldttobereupon the ©ouernour 
of Tercera font ttoo Boates of spufhetiers 
to help the thippe - but befoje thep toulb come 
at her, the Cngltlh fhfppe hab (hot her bnber 
Snater, anb toee fain her finhe into tbe&ea, 
Ixiith all her faples bp, anb not anp thing fan 
of her aboue the toater. CheCngliihmeh 
toitb their USoate faueb the Captaine arid a# 
bout fhirtie others toith him, but not one pc- 
itie too?th of tbe gads, anb pet in the (bippe 
there Suas at the leaff to the balue oftloo 
hunbjeb thoufanb Ducats in ©olde, ^tluer, 
andpearles, the reft of the men Sucre d?oto# 
iteb, tohich might bee about fiftie perfons, a# 
mong the tohich Suere fome jf rpers and tod - 
men, tohich the ©nglifijmen tooulb not (aue. 
SEbofe that thep hab faueb thep fet on land: 
anb then thep fapleb atoap.Dbc ttoentie fca# 
uenth of the fame month, the faibe fourtane 
thips hauing refrelheb themfelues in the 31# 
lanbjbeparteb from T ere era totoarbs Siuil, 
anbcommirig bpon the coaff of £>paine, thep 
Suere taken bp the englitb lbtps, that lape 
there to Snatch fo: them, ttoo onelp ercepteb 
tohich efcapeb atoap, f the relf Suere tohollp 
carried info Cnglanb. 
^boutthc Tame time the Carle of Cum# 
bcriand^ suith one Of the states typpe^ 
Xbd f. bookc,; 
anb came oftentimes fo clofe bnber the p 
larid, anb to the Hoad of Angra^that the peo- 
pic on lanb might eafilp tell all his men that 
heehababojb, anb lutein fuchastoalbedon 
tije patches: thep of the Jlande not once 
fbrating at them, although thep might eafilp 
bane bone it, fo? tbeptoeretoithtnspisfkct 
fljottebotbof the tolune and #o?t. Jn thefe 
places he continued fo? the fpace of ttori Qto* 
neths, anb fapleb round about the 3 Itands, 
anb lanbeb in Gratiofa,anb Fayad,as in the 
befeription of thofcjlanbs 3 haue alreabie be# 
clareb.l^crc he itcohc diners fhippes anb Car# 
ucls,Suhich be fent into ©ngland:fo that thole 
ofthe^lanb, burttnot once put foo?th their 
beads, at the fame time about th?<eo?foure 
bales after the Carle of Cumberland hab 
banc in tbe 3 lanb of Fay ael } and Suas depar# 
teb from thence, there arriued in tbe faibe 3 * 
lanb of Fayaei fire 3ndtan (hips, inbofe ©e# 
nerail fflas one Iuan Doryues * $ there tbep 
eifebargeb in the 3 lanb 4 o.mplli 9 ns of ©do 
anb g>iluer.$nd hauing totth all fpab refreCh# 
cb their fhippes, fearing the camming of tbe 
Cngliffjmen, thep fet faple, anb arriued fafe# 
Ip in £>aint Lucas 3 not mating toith thecne* 
mie, to the great gcob luche of the Spaniards 
anb barb fo?tune of the ©nglifijmen: fo? that 
toithin lefife then ttoo bates, after the ©olde 
anb ^iluet Suas laben agairie into the ^pa- 
niflh fhippes,the Carle of Cumberland/ap# 
lebagainebpthat 3 lanb: fo thatitappeareo 
that ©ob tooulb not let them^aue it, fo? if 
thep hab once hab fight thereof, teithont 
bonbt it hab banc theirs, as the £>paniarbes 
themfelues confefieD. 
Blnthe a3oneth of ^ouember, there arri# 
ueb in Terccra ttoo great fijips,tohich Suere 
the ^bmirall anb tSiceabmirall of the if late 
laben toith Milner, toho toith tto?mie toea# 
thet toef e feperatcb from the if late, anb hab 
bane in great tojment anb bittreffe, anb rea# 
bte to finbe: to? tbep Suere fo?ceb tobfeall 
their pumps: fo that tbep toiOjeb a thoufanb 
times to haue met toith the ©ngiifhmen to 
tohom thep tooulb toilliUglp haue gtuen their 
Mucr, anb all that eucr thep b?ought toith 
fhem,one!p to faue their liues. 0 nb although 
the ©arle of Cumberland, lapftill aboute 
thofe^lanbs, pet thep met not toith him To 
that after much pame anb labour tbep got in# 
totbe&oab befo?e Angra , Suhere toith all 
fpab thep bnlabeb, anblifehargeb aboue fine 
mpUions of ^ilucr, all in paces of 8 , anb 1 a 
pounb great: fo that the tohole IKape lap co# 
uereb toith plates anb ©hefts of £>iluer, full 
of Kpales of eight,mofttoonderful to behold?. 
eaehmpllton being x o.hnhb?ebtbouran 6 SDK" 
cats,hefibes pearles,©olb,anb other ftonc 0 3 
n 4 Mich 
