%h t ana mmt* t $9 
i j* Sp.to faplc fo? £>patne ant) ^ojtingall, 
thereluere not aboue fourtrtneo?fift£eneof 
tbcmarriued there in fafette, all the reft be* 
ing either ototuned, burlt o? taken. 
Bin the fame sponeth of Hanuarie, there 
arrtued in Tercera 15 0$ 1 6 fhippes that 
came from Siuilia, tubieb lucre rnoff jfflic* 
boatcs of the loiue countries, anD fome H 5 ?i* 
tons that lucre arrcffcd in Spain: thefecame 
full of foldiers, ana iuell appointed iuftb mm 
mttomto lace the filuer-tbat lap in T erccra, 
and to fetch A 1 uar es dc Flores bp the kings 
commandcmcnt into Spain.^nd becaufc that 
tpme of the peace there is altoaies ffo?mes 
about thofe 31 landcs,therefore thep durff not 
enter into the road of Tercera, fo? that as 
tbentfblelufo great a {tonne, that fome of 
their fhippes that had ankcred,tuere forced 
to cut doiunefbeir maftes, and lucre in dan¬ 
ger to be loft: and among the reft a Ihippe of 
Bifcay ranne againft the land, and iuas ftrt# 
ben in prtces, but al the men faued thcfelues* 
Che other fhippes lucre forced tobeepethe 
fea,andfeparate themfclues one from tbeo# 
ther, inhere iutnd and iueatber toould d?iue 
them, bntilltbe 17 of Pareto fo?that in all 
that time thep could nothaue one dap of faire 
iueather to anker in, inherebp thep induced 
much miferie, curftng both the filuer and the 
31 land. Chisftcjmc being paft,thep chanced 
tomeetiuilhafmall Cnglifh fhip of about 
<40 tunnes in btgncs, iuhifh bp reafon of the 
great inind could not beare allberfaplcs: fa 
thep fet bpon her, and tooke her, and inith 
fbeCnghflj flagge in their iidmtralles ffern 
thep came as p?oudlp into thchauen, as if 
thep had conquered all the &ealmc of Eng¬ 
land : but as the ^Otnirall that bare the Cm 
glifh flagge hpon herfterne, iuas entering 
into the road,tbere came bp chance tiuo Cn* 
gliftj fhippes bp.the 3!land, that papd her fo 
iuell fo? her papnes, that thep lucre fojeed to 
crp Mifencoi dia,andiuithout all doubt had 
tahen her, if Ihe had bene but a mple further 
in the fea: but bccaufe fhe gpt hnder the ifo?* 
treffe, iuhich alfo began to apt at the Cm 
glifhmen, thep iuerc forced to leaue her,and 
to pnt further info the fea, hautng flapne s • 
0? 6,of the ^paniardcs , Che Cnglifh men 
that lucre taken tn the fmall fhippe luere put 
hnder hatches, and coupled in boltes, and af¬ 
ter thep had beene pjtfonets ttoee ojfoure 
dapes,there iuas a £>pantfb Cnfigne-bearer 
in the fhippe, that had a toother flapne fn the 
fleet that earned (England, ioho as then, 
mpndtng to reuenge bis death, and luithal to 
fheli) his manhood totbeCnglifh captiues, 
that luere in the Cnglifb fhippe, iuhich thep 
had taken, as is afojefapd, tooke a potnpard 
fn his hand, and inent dohme hnder the bat# 
The 1.Books- 
ches, Inhere finding the poo?c Cngliffinteii 
fitting in boltes, iuith thefame poinpard bee 
ffabbed fire of them to the heart - iuhich tine* 
others of them pcrccputng,clafpco each other 
about the middle, becaufe thep inould not bee 
murtbered bp him, ttoein themfclues into , * 
the fea,gnd there lucre djoluned. Chts art * 
Iuas of all the ^pamardcs much difliked and 
bene ill takemfo that thep carped the Spani¬ 
ard p?ifoner brtto Lisbon, Inhere brttng art# 
ued, the iKing of Spaine intllcd he Qjouldbee 
fent into England , that the Cueene of Eng# 
land might bfebtm asfliee thought good: 
iuhich fentence his friends bp tntreafp got to 
be rcuerfeO,nottoitbttandtng he commanded 
he fljould luithout all fauo? be beheaded: but 
bpon a good if jpdap, the Cardmall going to 
spafle, all the Captatnes and Commanders 
made fo great intreatp fo? him that in the end 
thep got bis pardon.Chid 31 thought good to 
note, that men might bnderffand the bloodte 
and hoiteft minors of the ^pantardes,luhen 
thep haue men hnder their fubiertion. 
'Che fame tlno Cngltfh ihippes, iuhich 
follolnea the ^pantih aomirall, tillhebad 
got hnder the if o?t of Tercera, as 3! faia be# 
fo?e,put into the fca,tnhere thep met iuith an 
other £>pantfb fbip,beeing of the fame iflat* 
that had liheluife bene fcatered bp the ftojme 
and iuas onlie miffing, fo? the reft lap in the 
road:this fmall Ihippe the Cnglilhmcn tcoke, 
and fent all the men on fi?o?e, not hurting a- 
npof them: butiftbepbadknotone, luhaf 
had beenedone hnto tbefmefatoCngltfb cap# 
f ines ,31 beleeue thep tuoula finite haue reucm 
ged themfclues, as afterfuaros manic an in¬ 
nocent foule paped fo? it . Chts fhip thus ta# 
ken bp the Cngltfh men, iuas the fame that 
iuas kept and cofifcatcd in the aland of Ter# 
cera,bp the Cnglifb men that got out of the 
31 lano in a fifber boate(as 31 fapd bcfo?e) and 
iuas fold hnto the §>paniaroes, that as then 
came from the In dies, iubereinttb thep fap# 
led to S.Lucas,iuhere it iuas alfo arrcffcd bp 
the Cuke, and appointed to goc in companp 
to fetch the filuer in Tereera, becaufe it iuas 
a fhippe that fapled iuell: but among the fpa- 
niardes fleet it iuas the meaneff of the com# 
panp.Bp this meanes it iuas taken from the 
Spaniards, and carped info England* and 
the oiuners had it againe, iuheit thep leaf! 
thought of it. 
2Ebe 19 ofsparchc,theafo?efatdff)ippe^ 
being 1 9 in nutor/et faple, hautng laden the 
Icings filuer, and recetued in Aluato Flores 
de ^uinione?, iuith hiS COmpanp,and gffld 
p?outfionofneceffaries, muniftonand foist# 
ers, that lucre fullierefolucd (asthepmade 
fbetue)to fight haliantlp to the laff mmi , be# 
fo?e thep tuould peeld 0? lofe their riches: and 
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