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m other language, but CngliO) anonatme, 
lubicb Bartandano alfo coulD a little fpeake* 
%bz CngltCb Captain? got licence of tbe go 
uernour that bee migbt come on Ians toil!) 
bio Incapon bp bio fide, ant> teas in out lo&g* 
tng tottb tbe Cnglifbman tbat luas kept 
p;tfoner in tbe 3lans,being of tbat fljip luber** 
of tbe faplcrs got atnap,as 3 fais bcfoje.SCbe 
Ccnernour of Tercera bas him fo sinner 4 
fl&elnes bim great cuttcfic. 2Cbe spatter 
likelnifc luitb licence of Bartandano came 
on lans,ans toao in our lodging, ans bao at 
tbe leaft ten o; tinelue luoun&es, ao luell in 
bio beab 5 ao on btoboep, tobereof after tbat 
being at fea,betfofsne Lisbone $ tbe plants 
be sies,2£be Captaine tojote a letter,lnberc** 
in be declared all tbe manner of tbe fight, ans 
left it luitb tbe Cnglity sparebant tbat lap 
tn our tosging,f o feno it to tbe Ilo;s Stmiral 
ofCnglano. %W Cngliflj Captaine com= 
ming Unto Lisbone,l»as tbere luell receiueS, 
ans not anp hurt sonetmtobtm, but luitb 
g®s conuop fent to Sentuual, $ from tbence 
Caples into Cnglans * feritb all tbe reft of tbe 
Cnglttymen tbat lucre taken plotters. 
SCbe &pamOj armie ffaiesattbelflans 
of Como til tbe laft of September,to affem* 
ble tbe reff of tbe fleet together: lubicb in tbe 
sub lucre to tbe number of 140. fatle of ttjipcc 
partlp comming from India , ans partlp of 
tbe armp4 being altogether reasp bttfo fatle 
to Tercera in gooscompanp, there fo&aine* 
Ip rofe fo barb ans crnell a fto jme, tbat tbofe 
of the Ifianb bib affirme, tbat in mano me** 
ino;ie there luao ncuer anp fucb feen 0 ; bearb 
of before: fo; it femes the Tea luotilbbaue 
fluallolueb bp the 3flanss, tbe luater mourn 
ting higher than the Cite, tobiebarefo 
high tbat it amafetb a man to bebolbe them: 
ljuf tbe fea reaches aboue them, anb lining ft* 
ffes lucre tb;olnne bppon the lanb. ns 
tto;me continucb not onlp a bap 0 ; tluo loitb 
one In ms,but feauen 0 ; eight Sapes confinu- 
allp.tbe luinb turning rounb about,in all pla* 
cesoftbe compaffe, at tbe leaft ttuice 0 ; 
tbjiceburmg tbat time,anb all alike, luitb a 
contmuall ffo;me anb tempeftmoft terrible 
to behold, eaen to bo tbatluere onifeje, 
tnucbmo;e then to fucb as luere at fea: fo 
that onlp on tbe coattes anb Cite of tbe 3!** 
Ians of Tercera, there luereabouetluclue 
ftjips caft aluap,an& not onlp bppontbe one 
fiDe,but rounb about it in euerp co;ner:tuber* 
bp nothing els luas bears but complapning, 
crping,lamenting,ans telling here is a fljippe 
broken in peecce againft tbe Cite, $ there 
another,ans all the men b?obmeS: fo that fo; 
tbefpaccof 2 o.sapesaftcrtbc tto;me, tbep 
did nothing els but fifljfo; seas men, that 
continuallp came s;iuing on tbe $o;e. & 
The 1 i Booke. 
mong the reff luas the Cngltflj ffjfp called fb e 
R euenge 7 tbat luas caft aluap bpon a Cltffe 
ncre to tbe 3 Ians of T ercera, Inhere it b;ake 
in a bunsjes paces anb ftmke to tbe grouns, 
bauing in her 70. men Gallegos, ^tfcaines, 
anb otbers,luitb fome of tbe captiue Cnglilb^ 
men,lubereofbutoneb)as faueb that got bp 
bpon tbe Cite aline, anb bab bis bobp ans 
bca&aU.lnounSeS, anb bee being on ffjo;e 
b;ougbf bs fbenelnes,Sefiring to be ffjjiucn, 
$ tbcrbpon jnefcntlp died* Cbe Reuenge has 
in her biuers faire feafle ptoces,tbat lucre all 
funke in the fea, lubicb tbep of tbe 3flan9 
luere in goob hope to luaigb bp againe. SDbe 
nert fummer after among tbefe ftjtppes tbat 
luere caft aluap about T ercera , luas like** 
luife a jFlie boat, one of tbofe that bab bin a- 
refteS in Porringail to feme tbe king, called 
tbelubite SDoue. 2Hbe Rafter of her, luas 
one Cornelius Martenfon of Schiedam in 
Holland,anb there lucre in her one bufiD;e& 
foulbiers, as in enerie one of the reft there 
luas. ipe being oner rules bp tbe Captaine, 
that be coulb not be spatter of bis o!une,fap« 
ling here ans there at tbe mercie of CoS, as 
tbe ffo;rae b;oue bim,tn the enscame Initbin 
tbe ffgbt of tbe 3 flans of Tercera: babicb the 
gjpaniarss perceiuing,tbought al their fafetp 
onlp to confiff in putting into tbe roab, com* 
pelling tbe spatter ans fbe plot to make to- 
InarSstbe^flans, although tbe spatter refu¬ 
tes to soe itj faping, tbat tbep lucre moff fure 
there to be caff aluap , ans btterlp fpopleb: 
buttbeC-aptainecalleSbim s;unkars, ans 
Iperitickfe , ans ftriking him luitb affaffe, 
commahbeb bim to Do as be tuouls baue bim* 
lEbe gaffer feeing this, ans being compel** 
leS to Soe it faiD; toell then mp Rafters,feeing 
it is the bcflre of pou all to bee caft aluap, 31 
can but Iffife one life, ans tberluifb sefperate* 
Ipbcfaples foluarsstbe ft)o;e, ans luas oti 
that fise of tbe 3flans, lubere there luas no** 
thing els but bars ft ones ans rockes, as high 
as spountaines, moff terrible to bebols, 
lubere fome of the inbabitantes ftoS luitb 
long ropes ans co;kebounS at the enS tbere^ 
of,to tb;olu them soiune Into the men, that 
tbep migbt lap hols bpon them ans faue their 
lines* but felu of them got fo necre, moff of 
them being caft aluap, ans fmitten in pieces 
befo?e tbepcoulsgetto tbe luall. Che ft)ip 
fapling in this manner (as 3 fats befo;e) >tw 
luarss tbe 3IflanS,f app;ocbtng to tbe ft)o?ej 
the matter being an old man,anS ful of percs, 
called bis fonne that luas in the fljippe luttb 
bim, ans bauing imbtaccs one another, ans 
taken tbeir laft fareluel!,tbe goos ois father 
luilles hie fonne not to take care fo; bim, but 
ftoke fo faue bimfeife: fo; (faio be) fonne tbou 
art pong, ans map baue Somehow fo fans 
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