The voyage intended towards China
, wherein M. Edward
Fenton was appointed Generall: Written by M. Luke
Ward his Viceadmiral, and Captaine of the Edward
Bonaventure, begun Anno Dom. 1582.
THE second of April I departed with the Edward Bonaventure from Blackwall, and the 19 of the same arrived in
Nettle roade at Hampton
, where I found riding the
Gallion Leicester: and so remaining there till the first of
May, wee set saile thence in the forenoone, being of us in
the whole fleete foure saile.
1 The Gallion Leicester of 400 tunnes Admirall, whereof
was Generall Captaine Edward Fenton, and William
Hawkins the yonger lieutenant Generall in her, and
Christopher Hall, Master.
2 The Edward Bonaventure of 300 tunnes Viceadmirall,
whereof was Captaine Luke Ward, and Thomas Perrie
Master.
3 The Francis of fortie tunnes, whereof was Captaine
John Drake, and William Markam Master.
4 The Elizabeth of fiftie tunnes, whereof was Captaine
Thomas Skevington and Ralph Crane Master.
We spent by meanes partly of businesse, and partly of
contrary windes, the moneth of May upon the coast, and
then leaving the land wee put off to sea, and proceeded
on our voyage intended by the grace of God for China
:
untill the moneth of August following, nothing fell out
much worthy the knowledge of the worlde, which is not
common to all navigants, but about the beginning of
August aforesayd, being somewhat neere the coast of
Guinie, upon the shooting off a peece and the putting
out of a flag in the Admiral, I went on boord, and M.
Walker, M. Shaw, M. Geffreis, our Master & Pilot with
me, where the generall counsel was assembled to consider
of two points, viz.
The first, whether it were necessarie to water presently
or not, which was thought very needful of all men, and so
concluded.
The second, where the best and aptest place was to
water in, which was thought of the greater number to be
at Sierra leona on the coast of Guinie, which was also
concluded, and by the Master and Pilots agreed to goe
hence Southeast, which determined, wee returned aboord.
The 3 day wee went Southeast and Eastsoutheast, till
sixe a clocke at night that wee sawe the lande of Guinie,
which bare Northeast of us about 12 leagues off, which
seene, wee sounded, and had no ground: then went I and
our Master and Pilot aboord the Admirall, and after many
debatements concluded to run in Northeast by East, and
at eleven at night wee came aboord againe, and went all
night Northeast by East.
The 4 at eight a clocke in the forenoone wee were
within 2 leagues of the lande, which bare off us Northeast, which rose like a hill full of woods, and on each side
low land: wee being perswaded by our pilots that it was
the entrance into Sierra leona, went in Northeast untill we
were within an halfe league of the shoar, and had brought
the South point Southeast by east off us. At eleven a
clocke finding it a bay and not Sierra leona, wee brought
our tacks aboord, and stoode along West by North and
West larboord tacked.
In this time our Admirals pinnesse rowed in, and went
on land upon the South side of the bay, and the Elizabeths
boate with her. They found houses of boughes, and in
one of the houses the tongue of a beast, and a bullocks
tongue fresh killed; also a lake with plentie of fresh
water, and fresh-water-fish in it had by the sea side: they
found drie pomegranates, and pease like nuts, with other
unknowen fruites under the trees. The Elizabeth ranne
in, and brought the South point South by West of her,
and ankered within Faulcon shot of the shore in seven
fathom oaze, where they tooke fish with hookes, while hee
stayed for the boates.
The 4 all the afternoone wee ran along the coast (which
lyeth Northwest and by North, and Southeast by South)
West, and within a point one way or the other, seeing the
lande under our lee three or foure leagues off, and all night
likewise.
The 9 at three a clock in the morning our Admiral shot
off a peece, and at foure wee weyed and went hence
Northeast. At five in the morning wee saw the land
along, and the Island which wee saw the night before,
and divers other Islands about it, & so ran in Northeast
untill we had brought our selves thwart of the river, and
then ran in East about sixe at night, being a league within
the river. Our Admirall shot off a peece, and there wee
ankered in eight fathom sand. Being at anker, I manned
our boate and would have gone aboord the Admirall, but
could not, the flood was bent so strong, and she rode halfe
a mile beneath us in the tyde, but we had no tyde.
The 10 in the morning at five a clocke I sent our skiffe
with our pilot in her to find a roade, and a watring place:
in the meane time at sixe a clocke we set saile with our
ship, and being calme wee towed with our boat untill ten,
and then ankered a mile short of the watering place.
After dinner I went on land with my skiffe to finde timber
to fish our maste, and searching along the shoare we
found a good watring place: and further seeking in the
wood, which all the countrey is full of, and of divers sorts,
wee found Limmon trees full of fruits: also trees growing
by the water side with the stalkes hung full of oysters and
great periwinkles, and crabs amongst them: wee found
drie pomegranates with many other fruits unknowen to us.
In the meane time our Admirall and the Edward with the
barkes, having a gale at West, set saile, and ran up and
ankered in the rode before the accustomed watering place.
The 22 day certaine Portugals which had bene with us
before, came down and brought some other Portugals and
Negros with them in a shippe-boate, wherein they brought
us 80 mewes of rice, 500 and odde weight of Elephants
teeth, and a Negro
boy, which boy they gave the Generall,
and the rice and teeth for the Elizabeth, which wee solde
them, with all her tackle and sailes, having neede of the
rice, because our meale which wee brought out of England
was decayed and naught, whereof wee had into the Edward
30 bushels, which is a mewe and a halfe : the Francis had
5 bushels, and the Gallion had the rest. And wee had
200 weight of Elephants teeth, and the Gallion 300 and a
halfe, and sixe pound. During this time we sent our
skiffe with the Admiralls pinnesse up the river to meete
with a Gundall, which the Portugals had sent for fresh
victuals for us: who not finding her, returned at night:
All this day I with M. Walker remained aboord with the
Admirall, and after their dinner and supper wee ended our
businesse, and returned aboord, having had many good
speaches with the Portugals.
The 26 day being Sunday, Captaine Hawkins, M.
Maddox, M. Hall, M. Bannister, Captaine Drake, M.
Evans, M. Hoode, and others came aboord and heard the
Sermon, and dined with me: after dinner we went on
shoare to the lower point where we followed the footing
of an Elephant, but saw him not, and so spent the time to
and fro till supper time, and then came aboord, and
supped together, which done, each man departed to his
abode.
This night I was very sicke, (and so were all they that
were on shoare with mee,) with eating of a fruite in the
countrey, which wee found on trees, like nuts: whereof
some did eate foure, some five, some sixe, and more, but
wee vomited and scoured upon it without reason.
The 27 day in the afternoone the olde Greeke Francisco
came aboord to me, with request that hee might have the
Francis boate to goe up for his owne boate which was not
come downe, with whom I talked of this Countrey and
Countrey-people, untill five of the clocke at night that the
flood was come, and then I went aboorde to the Admirall,
and got his consent, and sent themselves in her: viz.
Ferdinando the Portugall Master, and his Negro
: In the
meane time I sent foure of my men to watch in the Elizabeth all night.
The 28 day in the morning at foure a clocke I sent my
skiffe with the Admirals pinnesse down to the west point
to fish, who came aboorde againe at one in the afternoone,
and brought as much fish as all our companies could eate.
During the time that our boates were a fishing, came
downe the river a canoa and the Portugals former boate,
with hennes, orenges, plantans, which they presented the
Generall and mee with: and also the rest of the rice due
to us for the payment of the Elizabeth. For the partitions
whereof I went aboord the Admirall, where I dined. After
dinner M. Evans began to barter away certaine of the
ships commodities with the Negros, without acquainting
the Generall or any other untill hee had done, whereof
grewe more wordes then profite, as by the bookes of
marchandise appeareth. Which done I came aboord, and
had two of the Portugals to supper with mee. About two
of the clocke in the morning we had a Ternado, and much
raine.
The 29 about 4 a clocke in the morning, I in my skiffe,
and Captaine Parker in his pinnesse, went downe to the
West point, and there wee landed with 11 men in all well
furnished, and searched the woods, plaines and plashes,
after an Elephant, finding the haunt, footing, and soyle of
many newly done, yet wee saw none of them. Wee saw
hogs, goates or fawnes, and divers sorts of fowles very
wilde: and having travailed about 2 leagues, about noone
wee returned to the point, where wee landed, and met our
boates which had beene at sea, and taken plentie of good
fish: there wee refreshed our selves with such victuals as
wee had, and came aboord our severall ships, where I
found the Portugals and Negros, who had dined, and after
supped aboord with mee.
The 2 of September we set saile at sixe of the clock
in the morning, & went out West betweene 7 and 10
fathom, with a pretie gale at East til 8, then it waxed
calme, wee being shot out of the harbour a league
and a halfe. It continued calme this day till one in the
afternoone, and then it blewe up at
Westsouthwest a good
gale, so wee stood off Northnorthwest, and Northwest till
5 in the afternoone, then wee ankered in 12 fathom, being
6 leagues off the point West by North.
The 3 day about eight a clocke in the forenoone, the
Generall came aboord to mee, complaining that his maine
crosse-trees were broken, and therefore determined to goe
into Sierra leona againe when the winde blewe: at 12 at
noone wee set saile, and went in
Eastsoutheast, and
Southeast, and Southsoutheast, being carried to the
Northward with the flood. And at 7 at night wee
ankered in eight fathom three leagues off the entrance,
Westnorthwest.
The 12 day came downe the river a boate with three
other Portugals, with whom the General bargained, to let
them have 3 barrels of salt for 5 barrels of rice, and after
that rate to exchange for 40 barrels, which hee acquainted
mee with: afterwards I dined among the Portugals with
him: after dinner I went on shoare to the oven, and to
the carpenters. After I had bene on shoare and seene the
worke there, I returned aboord, & there supped with mee
the Generall, M. Maddox, Captaine Hawkins, and seven
Portugals : after supper each man returned to his place.
The 13 in the afternoone, the Portugals came againe
aboord me, and brake their fast with me: after I sent by
them up the river in my skiffe 12 barrels of salt, and gave
them a bottell of wine for one of the savage Queenes.
The 15 after dinner, the Master, M. Walker, and I,
accompanied with 12 other travelled over a great deale
of ground to finde some cattell, but found none: and
comming home thorow the Oyster bay, I found of my
company and of the Admirals together rosting of oysters:
and going from them, Thomas Russell one of my com
panie sawe a strange fish named Utelif, which had fought
with a crocodile, and being hurt came neere the shoare,
where hee waded in, and by the taile drew him a lande,
and there slewe him, and sent the Generall the hinder
halfe of him: the head part I kept, in whose nose is a bone
of two foot long like a sword with three and twentie
pricks of a side, sharpe and strange: The bodie wee did
eate, and it was like a Sharke.
The 30 and last day of September the Francis cooke
came aboord about seven a clocke in the forenoone from
fishing with my net, and brought among other fish, a
Sea-calfe (as wee called it) with haire and lympits, and
barnacles upon him, being seven foote long, foure foote
nine inches about: which to see I sent for the Generall,
and such as pleased to come see it out of the Admirall,
who came and brought with him M. Maddox, Captaine
Hawkins, Captaine Parker, and most part of his companie, who having viewed the beast, which was ougly
being alive, it being flayed, opened, and dressed, prooved
an excellent, faire, and good meate, broyled, rosted, sodde
and baked, and sufficed all our companies for that day.
The first day of October in the morning, wee tooke in to
make up our full complement of rice twentie barrels for
the twelve barrels of salt, delivered the Portugall Lewis
Henriques before.
The 2 day about sixe a clocke in the morning, wee set
saile having little winde: the Captaine with the Master,
and other of their companie of the Portugals came aboord
me, complaining that the carsey by them received for the
foure Negros of the Generall, was not sufficient for their
payment, whereupon I gave them scarlet caps, and other
things to their content, who finding themselves well
pleased, departed away in the Gundall, and we having
little winde, got downe thwart of the fishing bay, and
there came to anker about nine a clocke the same forenoone.
The third day about two a clocke in the morning wee
set saile, and went hence Southwest by West till two in
the afternoone then being little wind: at five wee ankered
sixe leagues Eastsoutheast of the Southermost part of the
land in fifteene fathom, and there wee rode till eight a
clocke at night, and set saile with a stiffe gale at Northeast, which sometime blewe, and sometime was little
winde, and so continued all night.
The first day of November in the forenoone, wee tooke
in our maine saile to mend it: in the meane time, the
Admirall came up by us, and desiring mee with my Master,
and M. Blackcoller to come aboord to him about certaine
conference, hee sent his boate for us, where by him was
propounded, whether it were best for us to stand on with
the coast of Brasil
as wee did, or else to stand about starboord tacked to the Eastwards: whereupon divers of their
charts and reckonings were shewed: by some it appeared,
wee were a hundred and fifteene leagues, by some a
hundred and fiftie leagues, by some a hundred and fortie
leagues, and some a great deale further short of Brasil
,
next hand Northeast of us: but all agreed to bee within
twentie minutes of the line, some to the North, some to
the South of the line.
After many debatements, it was agreed by most consent
to stand on for the coast of Brasil
, except the wind
changed, and there to doe, as weather should compell us.
In this consultation, wee had speaches of courses, and
places of meeting, if by misfortune wee should bee
separated, wherein was no full order concluded, but that
we should speake every night with the Admirall, if wee
conveniently might, and so to appoint our course from
time to time, if wee lost companie, to stay fifteene dayes in
the river of Plate, and from thence to go for the streights,
and there to ride, and water, and trimme our ships.
The 12 in the afternoone M. Maddox, M. Hall, M.
Bannister, and others came aboord to visite M. Walker.
After a time of abode with him, they returned to the
gallion all againe, except M. Maddox who remained with
M. Walker here aboord.
This night M. Maddox and I, behelde many constellations in the firmament, and set downe certaine newe
starres raised to the Southwards. All day and night wee
went South, and South by East among.
The seventeenth day in the afternoone wee shot off three
peeces of ordinance in honour of our Queenes Majestic.
This day after dinner came master Maddox, and Captaine
Drake with others to take their leave of Master Walker,
as I with all my company had done before, supposing him
past hope of recoverie. At foure of the clocke, finding
our selves in nineteene degrees to the Southwards of the
line, and cleare of the shoalds called by us Powles, wee
went hence Southsouthwest all night following.
The 18 day being Sunday, after dinner the Generall,
M. Maddox, Captaine Parker, and many other came
aboord, and visited M. Walker: which done, they dranke,
and departed aboord againe. All this day and night, we
went our course Southwest by South, with a franke
gale.
The 19 day about noone, the Sun was in our Zenith,
being declined to the Southwards 21 degrees, and 33
minutes, where wee found the aire fresh and temperate,
as in England
in June, when a fresh gale of winde doeth
blow in the heate of the day, but the evening, the night,
and the morning are more fresh and colder here, then it is
in England
either in June or Julie.
The first of December, about sixe of the clocke in the
morning, wee sawe lande on the coast of Brasil
, in the
height of 28 degrees or there abouts, which bare Northwest, and was eight leagues from us very high land.
Wee stood in with it, being much winde, and comming
neere, found divers Islands: and seeing the Francis would
not come roome nor run ahead us, wee stood in with the
shore, and sounded in 30 fathom oaze three leagues off
the lande, bearing from the Westnorthwest to the Northnorthwest of us, and so stoode still till it shoalded orderly
into seven fathom, within a mile of a headland: then
perceiving a breach over our bowe, and no hope of a good
harbour, in that place, wee bare up roome, and our
Admirall after us, whom wee haled: then hee tolde us hee
would seeke harbour to leewards, requiring me to go
ahead. Then seeing the barke was asterne I hoised out
my skiffe, and set her maste and saile, taking her ging,
and Tobias one of my Masters mates with mee, and ranne
before the shippe, sounding in 15 fathom faire sand,
leaving a ledge of rockes asea-boord of us: so the ships
and the barke looffed up under a headland, and ankered in
eight fathom, halfe a mile off the lande, having brought
the headland which lyeth in 27 degrees 50 minutes Southsoutheast off them, and the North land Northeast off
them.
I stoode on with the skiffe, hoping to finde a better
harbour to leeward three leagues, but it prooved not so:
wherefore I returned, and in my way aboord I met with a
rocke in the sea, where we landed, and killed good store
of fowle, and after I went aboord the Admirall, where I
presented him with fowle, and returned aboord to supper.
In this time our boates had beene aland, and found
water, ballaste, and two decayed houses, as they told me,
and our men aboord hooked fresh-fish. This night wee
rode quietly.
The second, being Sunday, our masters moared our
ships further into the bay. We brought the South point
Southeast off us, and the North land Northeast: and so
rid.
After dinner captaine Parker, with my boat, and company, went a land, and there placed pipes, and made three
wels. In the meane time, I accompanied with M.
Hawkins, M. Maddox, M. Cotton, and divers of mine
owne people, landed farther within the bay, and found two
rivers of fresh water, and a good fishing place. Presently
I sent aboord for my net, with which at one draught we
drew 600 great mullets, and 5 great basses; the like
draught was never seene with so small a net: with which
we went aboord, giving to the admirall 240, to the Francis
80, and the rest our company spent, and gave almighty
God thanks for his great goodnesse.
All this while was captaine Parker and others gone into
the land, and fired the woods; which burned extremely.
The third day in the morning our carpenter calked
without boord, and the master and others tooke up all
the merchandize in the stearne sheets to the keele, and
there put downe a boats loding of stone: and seeing the
merchandize well conditioned, stowed the same againe.
In the meane time, my selfe, and others in our boats,
scraped off the wormes, and washed the rudder, and part
of one side of our ship.
After dinner, the master, pilot, and I, went ashore, and
observed the Sunne at noone, which being past, with our
net we drew plenty of divers sorts of fishes, and went
from that bay to the watering place: from thence, aboord
the generall, which had taken physicke, and gave them
and the Francis fish for their companies, and so went
aboord, where our company had romaged aforemast: so
that this afternoone we tooke in two boats more lading
of stones afore mast.
The sixt day in the morning, before sixe of the clocke,
we saw a saile which went towards the Southwards, the
admirall not having knowledge thereof. I went aboord,
and certified him; who appointed me to goe and bring her
in, and to take captaine Parker and some of the gallions
men into the Francis, and the admirals skiffe with us: so
we gave her chase, and tooke her sixe leagues to the leewards of the place we rode in. Then not being able to
fetch the rode againe, we ankered in the sea. I intending
to come away in the pinnesse, and leave the Francis, and
the prize together, being ready to depart, the winde blew
at South a stout gale, and raine; so that about sixe of the
clocke, we ankered in the rode, where our ships rid.
After we had taken them, and that captaine Parker and
I were aboord, we had much talke with them before they
came to the ships; and being ankered there, the chiefe
men were caried abord the general, which was a gentleman, named Don Francisco de Torre Vedra, nephew to
the governour of the river of Plate, named Don John de
Torre Vedra.
We found an Englishman, named Richard Carter borne
in Limehouse, who had bene out of England
foure and
twenty yeres, and hath bene nere twelve yeres dwelling
in the river of Plate, at a towne named Ascension, three
hundred leagues up in the river, whither they were now
determined to go & inhabit, having two women, and two
yong children, seven friers, the rest boyes, and sailers,
to the number of one and twenty persons.
The olde frier was had in great reverence among the
rest: insomuch that they called him the Holy father. He
was abiding in no place; but as visitour he went visiting
from monastery to monastery.
The substance of all the speeches was, that the Spanish
fleet was before the streights of Magellan, as they
thought; for they were departed sixe weeks past from
the river of Jenero, where they had beene seven moneths
to refresh and Winter, and that these were not of that
company, but came out of Spaine the 26 of May 1582 in
a barke of fourescore tun, and fourescore persons, of
purpose for the river of Plate. The friers being eighteene
in number, could not agree, and their barke was a ground
at
Spirito santo, like to be lost: therefore the old frier
bought this small barke of 46 tun, at a port named Spirito
santo, in
Brasill; and so divided themselves: and comming from thence, lost company at sea: but they thought
they were before at the river of Plate. After his speeches,
I went and appointed (by the generals order) men to
remaine aboord the prize with captaine Parker, and
brought one of the Portugals sailes away with me, and
came aboord, where I found that our men had filled water
all day.
The 7 day in the morning the generall sent for me;
where he shewed me and M. Maddox certeine articles
which the friers and mariners Spaniards were examined
of; which tended altogether to the knowledge of the
Spanish fleets intent, and of the meanes whereby we might
be discovered by the way of the river of Plate by land to
Peru
. In this time came the rest: after whose comming
it was debated, whether it were best to take the boat &
people with us or not. Which was not determined; but
referred till further examination.
Then was it determined to passe by the streights, notwithstanding the Spaniards were there, but not to set up
forge, nor to build pinnesse, but water, and so thorow.
The eight day afore noone M. Walker and I went
aboord the admirall to dinner, where was determined to
discharge the Spanish barke, named Our lady of pity,
and all the men, except Richard Carter the English man,
and John Pinto a Portugall, which dwelled at the river
of Plate. After dinner, the generall appointed mee and
captaine Hawkins to see them all set aboord their ship,
and to receive from them certeine necessaries, which willingly they imparted with us, and to leave them satisfied.
Which done, I returned aboord.
The 9. day, being Sunday, in the morning, I sent M.
Shaw and M. Geffries aboord the admirall, to peruse the
Spaniards letters: wherein they found the estate of the
fleet which was in the streights of Magellan, as by the
note thereof appeareth.
About ten of the clocke the generall, M. Maddox, captaine Hawkins, and captaine Parker, came aboord of
me. The generall began to reproove my quarter master
for grudging of victuall for the Francis. Which was
answered: and he well satisfied. Then sent I for the
olde frier and Don Francisco; who all dined with me:
and after dinner, the Spaniards having received the canoa,
which was suncke, aland, and stones to ballast them,
which my boat carted them, and all other things to their
liking and content, they departed from me. The generall
also departed, and his company, who being gone, I divided
the sugar and ginger among my people, which the
Spaniards gave us: and after spent the day in ordinary
businesse.
The 10 day in the morning, our skiffe went a fishing,
whereof we eat as much to supper as served the company: the rest we salted for store, and to prove if they
would take salt or not.
The 11 day, betimes in the morning, our skiffe went
againe to fish, and tooke great plentie. About seven of
the clocke I went aland, taking with me the master, and
others of our best men, to the number of 22 persons, &
travelled to the place where our people before had found
many great jars of earth, and decayed habitations of the
Indians, and trees, being dead and withered, of sweet
wood. From that place we saw over the tops of a narrow
wood, a faire plaine, which at the request of the master
and the rest, I went with them to see. We passed thorow
a thicke and perillous wood, before we came to the supposed plaine: and when we came to it, we found the
lowest part thereof higher then any of our heads, and so
mossy under foot, that we slipped to the knees many
steps, which so wearied us, that for my part, I was very
sicke, and so hasted aboord, leaving the master with 15
men, which cut a tree of sweet wood, and brought many
pieces thereof aboord.
About 3 afternoone, M. Walker and many of our men
being ashore, the winde came faire, and we layed out a
warpe to the Northeast, and began to winde ahead.
After we layed out another warpe with a bend, and
wound to the plat, and so rid by it with one anker all
night.
The 12 day about five a clocke in the morning, we set
saile, and as we ran out betwixt the ledge of rocks and
the maine, in eight fadom water, as we were catting our
anker, the catt-rope, stopper, and all brake; so that we
were glad to let slip all the cable, and cast off our boat
and skiffe to wey the same. After we had stood out a
good way, the admirall was under saile: then cast we
about and went roome with the admirall which weaved
us, who sent in his pinnesse and the Francis to helpe out
our boats; so by the helpe of the admirals pinnesse, with
her saile, we had our boat the sooner, and about 12 a
clocke at noone had taken in the anker, cable, our long
boat, skiffe, & all, and put out all our sailes bearing after
the admirall, which went hence South by east. About
sixe a clocke at night, being thicke weather, we lost sight
of the land, being foure leagues off or thereabout. All
night it was but little winde: yet went we our course
South by west.
The 13 day about seven afore noon, the wind blew at
Southsoutheast, & was very foggy; with which gale we
stood in larboord tacked West, till ten a clocke the same
forenoone. Then had we sight of the land ahead, all
along (for it waxed cleere weather) it sheweth a farre
off like white cliffes, but is all sandy hilles, and bayes
along the sea side. At one a clocke after noone we were
in 16 fadome water, and within halfe a league of the
shore, where we saw severall fires made by the Indians
to give warning to the other people within the land, as
we supposed. Then we cast about, and stood off Southeast by east till midnight, that the winde came large:
then went we our course South by west till next morning.
The 14 day we went our course South by west, having
sight of the land at sixe a clocke in the morning about
seven leagues off: and so went till sixe at night, that
wee saw land againe seven leagues off West, and the
winde shifted to the South. Then we cast about, and
stood off Eastsoutheast at seven at night for a while:
then came up the winde at Northwest, and blew agood.
The 15 day in the morning, the admirall was ahead,
as farre as we could almost see her, by whose default I
know not; and being little winde we could not get to her
till foure of the clocke after noone: then we hayled her,
and stood in betweene the Southsouthwest and the Southwest till sixe at night, that the winde was variable, and
foule weather. Then we cast about, and sounded in 23
fadome soft oaze, and stood off a while Northeast; and
presently cast about againe, and went South by East
larboord tacked, and Southsoutheast, among all night:
finding at foure in the morning 15 fadome sand.
The 20 day, about ten a clocke afore noone, we went
aboord the admirall; viz. M. Walker, the master, the
pilot, the two merchants, and my selfe, being directed so
to doe by the Generall. Upon our comming the generall
was going to dinner, where wee also dined with him.
Having dined, the generall called us his assistants into
his cabbin, and there delivered to us in writing two demands, to be by us considered upon, and he to have our
opinions therein.
The effects of the demands were these.
1 Whether it was best for us to adventure our selves
to passe the streights of Magellan or not; considering
the force of the enemy, which we knew to be there before
us: and also that our determination was there to set up
our pinnesse, make yron hoops, carene our ships, and do
all our necessary businesses for the full acomplishment of
our voyage.
2 If that course were not thought best, which way
were meetest for us to take.
To the first we were of opinion, that it were good to
heare the opinions of captaine Hawkins, captaine Drake,
and the two pilots, which had passed the streights and
knew the harbours, and likest places to be fortified, and
inhabited or not, who were called, & the three masters
with them. Their opinions were as divers as their names;
& as much differed, as before this time they were wont
usually to doe: onely they all agreed in this one point,
that it was impossible for us to passe the streights without
seeing, and incountring with the ships, although the fortification of the land did not annoy us: which being long
and thorowly debated, and their opinions with the three
masters demanded, which accorded not scant any one
with other, they were dismissed.
Then the generall received the opinions of us his assistants, beginning with the yoongest in authority first:
which when he had heard them all over, and being set
downe in writing under our hands, he tooke deliberation
till after supper to give his determination.
When we had all supped, then he sent for us downe
into his cabbin, and delivered in writing his determination,
(which was) to victuall, and furnish our selves on this
coast, before he proceeded any further; and named two
places, The river of Plate, or S. Vincent, to be chosen.
For the better deciphering of the river of Plate, & the
commodities thereof, was called before us, Richard Carter,
which doth dwell there; who could not assure us of any
wine, except we could stay foure moneths for it: but
other victuals plenty. The river is shoale and dangerous,
the road seven leagues from any towne, or place of commodity : which considered with the trechery that might
from thence be used, into the streights by sea, and into
Peru
by land, we all concluded to go to S. Vincent, which
place is inhabited by Portugals, and where in honest sort
we might conveniently have all our businesse done.
With this resolution we tooke our leaves about eight
a clocke at night, & being come aboord, presently bare
up, and went roome, having all the day before beat up
the winde larboord-tacked Eastsoutheast till at night:
after it was a little winde all night we went North next
hand.
The 21 day, after service, I declared unto my company
the intent of our returne to the port of S. Vincent, wherewith they were well satisfied, being before doubtfull that
we should not proceed, but returne without performance
of our voyage. It continued calme all day till six at
night, then we went Northwest by west till eight at night,
and then we cast about, and stood off Eastsoutheast, and
East by south all night with a good gale.
The 22 day in the morning we missed the Francis,
which by all presumption went roome in the beginning
of the night.
The 25 day, being Christmasse day, it was little winde
in the forenoone till ten a clocke; then it blew a fresh
gale, with which wee went our course Northnortheast.
In the afternoone it was lesse wind: yet went we our
course North by east, and Northnortheast, and North,
and North by west, till midnight. Then being in shoaled
water, wee cast about, and lay Southsoutheast, and Southeast by south, an houre; and seeing our admirall came
not after us, we cast about backe againe, and presently
met him : so we went both together next hand Southsoutheast all the rest of the night. This afternoone we
saw the skim of fishes so thicke in the sea, that it seemed
a water troubled with trampling of horses; which was
thicke, and slimy: for we had taken up some of it.
The 17 day of January, about seven a clocke, the
master, M. Blaccoller, and I went in our skiffe, and
rowed, and sounded round about an ile, and found 16
fadoms within a stones cast hard aboord the shore, and
faire ground: after we landed, and found nothing but
woods and bushes, and strange wormes: we saw a faulcon, and one other small bird, and therefore named it
Faulcon ile: it is a mile about, with a rocke on the East
side, which lieth close to it, and it is in sight without
danger. After we came aboord, and dined; at two a
clocke we set saile, with winde Southeast, and ran in
Northeast a while, till the winde scanted: then we went
in
Northnortheast, till we were in seven fadome and a
halfe of water, within a league of shore: then we cast
about, and stood off Southsoutheast all night, till sixe a
clocke the next morning.
The 18 day about three a clocke, afore day, we saw
our admirall againe, and kept her company till day.
The 19 day, being within a league of the Citron ile,
about eight a clocke afore noone, we went aboord the
general, viz. M. Walker, the master, the pilot, and my
selfe, rejoycing of our good meeting, who tolde me of
their evill road, where they lost an anker, a cable, and a
haulser, and how the day before, their pinnesse was
ashore on the same iland, and found fowle, and water
there, whither now they had sent their boat and pinnesse
for more water, where I know they had small store.
I also taking captaine Parker, the master, and M.
Wilks with me, went ashore, and travelled to the top of
the ile, which is wooded, and high grasse, but evill water,
and little on it, but yoong fowle plenty, and dangerous
comming to them. By this time (I having set the isles,
and headlands about in sight with a compasse) came a
small gale at
Southsoutheast; then our admirall shot off
a piece for the boats, and hence I went, and dined aboord
with him, and came after aboord, and went in
Northnortheast and Northeast till morning: at which time wee
were within a league of the isle, entring before S. Vincent,
but knew not how much water was upon the barre to
go out.
The 20 day in the morning, being calme, the generals
pinnesse came in to the shore, with intent to sound the
entrance, but seeing three canoas, with ech at the least
twenty men, whereof the greater part were naked Indians,
which rowed, the rest Portugals, they returned aboord
again. The canoas came with a flag of truce within,
calling of our ship, and we shewed them the like, asking
what we were, and of what nation: at length one Portugall went aboord the admirall, by whom the generallsent a letter to the governour, craving a pilot to bring
in our ship of courtesie, and to have traffique. About
noone, having the winde at South, we bare in Northwest,
and so to the Northeast, as the chanell trended: but
comming into seven fadome water, we ankered, untill
our boats had sounded the barre. During which time, I
went aboord the admirall, to conferre with him about our
proceedings.
After I had stayed a while aboord the admirall, the
generall came aboord with me, where we published unto
all my company very good rules for their behaviour and
profit, to their great satisfaction: after he went downe
into my cabbin, where with all his assistants he conferred
of divers particulars of our voyage: by which time the
boat being returned from sounding, we departed, and set
saile, following our skiffes and with our ships got within
the barre into seven fadome: then being becalmed, we
ankered againe before a sandy bay, wherein stands a
castle and houses: we rid within musket shot of it: and
ankered about foure a clocke afternoone.
Then went I forwards with my skiffe unto a further
point, sounding along. Before my returne, the generall
had sent for me to supper; and thither I went: but being
ready to sit downe, there came out to us a canoa, wherein
were ten Indians and two Christians; the one an ancient
Genouois, the other a Portugall: who came aboord, and
there received a small banket, declaring their comming
was to understand our intents, and what we sought: who
being satisfied, departed with a farewell of three great
pieces from ech ship.
The 21 day about three a clocke afternoone, came a
canoa, with the old Genouois named Joseph Dory, a
Fleming
named Paul Badeves, and Steven Repose a Portugall, and brought a letter from the governor, and
withall, answere of feare and doubts of us, &c. After
many speeches and requests, a banket was made them,
and the generall in his pinnesse with his musicke, &
trumpets; and I in my skiffe with trumpets, drum and
fife, and tabor and pipe, accompanied them a mile up the
river: at going off, we saluted them with a volley of
three great pieces out of ech ship: and after us came
captaine Parker with the admirals long boat, and certeine
shot in the same, to attend on the generall.
The 22 day betimes in the morning, I went aboord the
admirall to conferre about the sending of some token and
present to the governor, which was by all the assistants
determined to send him three yards of fine skarlet, &
three yards of fine murry-cloth; and to Joseph Dory the
old Genouois, Steven Repose the Portugall, and to Paul
Badeves the Fleming
, ech of them three yards of fine
blacke cloth, which our merchants went up to Santos
withall in the admirals skiffe, about nine a clocke aforenoone.
Also this forenoone, we being minded to goe up higher
with our ships into harbour, I advised them to goe view
the place, and sound the road before we went up; which
we did: where were found the place both unconvenient,
and the road woorse: and so we returned, and left the
first determination. This day we tooke downe our maintops, and top-mast, and all the shrowds.
About two a clocke after noone our merchants returned
with their presents, not having beene at the towne, because Steven Repose by the way met them on the river,
and advised them to stay untill there had beene word sent
to the governour, who was unwilling to speake with them
yet, but shortly would send their answere.
The rest of this forenoone we spent in communication
about the appointing of a purser for the Edward. Also
we signed an assent for comming to this place: about
which thing grew foule speeches betweene the generall
and his lieutenant, after the olde custome.
Then went wee to supper: and being at supper, certaine
Indians came aboord, and brought the generall a strange
crow, and potatos, and sugar canes, to whom he gave
looking glasses, great pinns, and biscuit: and so we departed, being late. Also this afternoone I ran over
towards S. Vincent, and sounded the bay a league over,
and found the chanell and flats, and returned aboord
againe within two houres, having a good gale of winde.
The 23 day our skiffe went ashore to fish, and tooke
prety store: we sent our main-top ashore to be mended,
and many of our men to wash their cloaths; also I went
my selfe with them aland, to take order that no man
should any wayes offend the Indians. In the meane time
the generall with all the rest of the chiefest gentlemen,
came ashore, and viewed the place, and appointed out
the fittest roome to set up our smithes forge, and ovens
to bake our biscuit, and place for our coopers to trim
our water caske.
The 24 day at foure of the clocke, before day, we heard
one call for a boat on the North shore, to whom I sent
my skiffe, who brought aboord one named John Whithall,
an English man, which is maried here in this place, and
with him two of his Indians; whom I enterteined untill
I sent word to the generall to prepare himselfe to receive
him: in which time he and I talked of many severall
particulars.
About sixe a clocke I conveyed him aboord the admirall: there he discovered unto us what had bene done
at the towne, as fortification, and sending their wives
away, &c. advising us to receive no more delayes, but to
come up presently before the towne with our ships.
About ten a clocke came a canoa, and brought downe
Joseph Dory and Steven Repose, who tolde us that on
Saturday the governour would meet our generall, and
talke with him, praying us in the meane time to use our
ordinary business of cooperage, carpenters worke, filling
water, fishing, and washing, &c. but not to set up forge,
nor oven, untill speech had with the governour. After
this answere, we dined together aboord the gallion: after
dinner we left the messengers sitting in the cabbin, and
went upon the poope; where the generall demanded the
advice of his assistants, whether it were not best to stay
these men while we had them or not, or whether it were
best to go up with our ships to the towne or no.
Whereunto ech man paused to make answere: wherefore I delivered my opinion; which was, that we were
forbidden to use violence to any nation for trade.
Secondly, I considered that divers of our nation, worshipfull merchants, and now adventurers in this voyage,
had set out the Minion hither, and begun a trade, which
with our forcible dealing might be spoiled, and our nation
brought in hatred.
Lastly, that with force we were not like to atteine so
much commodity, as we were in possibility to have with
courtesie.
Heereupon all was concluded, and they suffered to passe
away: to whom the generall gave the three cloake-clothes,
to Joseph Dory, to Paul Baudevese, and to Steven Repose,
to ech of them one, which were before cut out for them:
and so friendly we and they departed about two a clocke
after noone.
About foure of the clocke this afternoone we saw three
saile of ships come bearing in about the point, which
assoone as they saw us, ankered upon the barre, and put
themselves in readinesse, sending from one ship to another
with their boats, and blowing off their ordinance, meaning
to take us: and we before night, getting our men and
other necessaries from the shore, which were busie on
land, armed our ships to defend our selves. Then went
I aboord the admirall to know what he meant to do: who
determined to set his watch in warlike sort; and so he
did: for after the trumpets and drum had sounded, he
shot off a great piece, as they before had done; and
presently the viceadmirall shot at me, whom I answered
with another, and so ceased. We then set up our maintop, and top-mast, rigged before eleven of the clocke the
same night. In the meane while they let slip their ankers
and cables, and came driving and towing with their boats
in upon us, meaning to have boorded us: and being neere
our admirall, he halled them; who refused to tell of
whence they were, thinking by spending of time to get
aboord of him: to whom I called still to beware, and to
shoot at them in time. At length he let flie at them, yet
was glad to let an anker and cable slip to avoid them :
then came they all driving downe thwart my haulse, so
that I was faine to let slip an anker and cable to shun
the gallion. All this while the ordinance and small shot
plied of all parts, and I was faine to send the gallion
my skiffe with a haulser to ride by, for shee was loose,
and with the flood drave up within me. Then was the
viceadmirall on my broad side, who was well payed before,
yet I left not galling of him, til I thought our powder
spent in vaine to shoot at him, he was so torne, and
broken downe by us. About foure of the clocke it rained
so fast, that we could scant discerne one the other, the
Moone being gone downe, yet rid the admirall, and the
rereadmirall, but a little ahead of us: during which time,
we paused, and made ready all our munition.
The 25 day, by day-light, we saw the viceadmirall
sunke hard by us, so that his yards which were hoised
acrosse, and his tops, and that over head, was above
water: most of their men were gotten away in their boats,
saving about fourtie persons which hung in the shrowds,
and toppes, whom I advised our generall to send for
away, and had made ready, and well manned our pinnesses; but being upon the way going, the generall called
them backe, and would not suffer them to goe. There
were three of their boats also going for them from their
ships; at whom I shot, and made them to retire, and
leave them upon the shrowds. At length our generall
sent for two of the men away: which his pinnesse brought
to him; the one was heaved over boord, because he was
sore hurt, not like to live; and he was a Marsillian; the
other was a Greeke, borne in Zante
, boatswaine of the
viceadmirall: the rest of the men, some swam away upon
rafts, some were drowned, and some remained still hanging on her. By this time it was faire day-light, and I
called to our generall to wey, and drive downe to them,
who required mee to goe first and anker on their quarter,
and he would follow, and anker on their bowes. I weyed,
and went downe, and ankered by them; yet not so nere
as I meant, for the ebbe put me off to the Northwards.
There rid I alone, spending shot at them, and they both
at me, foure houres, before our admiralls anker would
come up; during which time I had some spoile done;
but when our admirall came, she had her part, and eased
me very well.
At length our admirall began to warpe away, and being
come without me, set saile, and began to stand out into
the sea: I went aboord of him to know his pleasure.
Who determined to get out of shot; but could not, because the winde scanted on them. The Edward before
she could get up her ankers, endured many more shot,
after the gallion was further off a good way then she,
and sometime the gallion had two or three. Thus we
ended about two of the clocke after noone: the rest of
this day and part of the night, we spent in mending,
fitting, and putting our ordinance and furniture in order
for the next morning, thinking they would have bene
with us.
The 26 day in the morning we could not see them,
because they were gone up the river: wee manned our
boats and pinnesses, and weyed two ankers and one cable,
that they let slip the night before: as our men were
weying the third anker, the bwoy-rope brake, and so we
lost that anker. Our admirall had an anker of twelve
hundred, and a good cable of eleven inches, and we had
an anker about sixe hundred, with a piece of a basse
cable, and bwoy-rope nothing worth.
After dinner I went aboord the admirall, to confer with
him, who determined to go off to sea, and thither I caried
Senor Pinto to interpret the Indian language, with an
Indian named Peter, which fled from the bay where we
rid in a canoa, and brought with him a Spaniards caliver,
flaske, and touch boxe, to goe with us, whom our admirals
boat met, and brought him aboord to the admirall. Hee
tolde us that the Spaniards had brought many dead men
on land, and buried them, and also landed many hurt men
in their bay. and that there were certeine Spaniards gone
over thorow the woods to looke after us. Then the
Generall, captaine Hawkins, and master Maddox came
aboord of mee to viewe my hurt men, and harmes of my
shippe, both men, shippe, and tackle; and I also went
aboord him to peruse his hurts, who had but one man, a
sailer, slaine.
The 28 day in the morning died Lancelot Ashe, of a
hurt; who departed very godly. This day we stood to
the Northwards: and in getting in our ankers and skiffe,
we were put 3 leagues to leeward of Fiddle ile, but the
gallion rid still.
The 29 day in the morning, seeing my selfe put to
sea from the admirall, I assembled master Walker, master
Shawe, master Jeffries, the master, the masters mate, and
the pilot, to whom I shewed that I was desirous to goe
backe to seeke our admirall, whereunto the master, pilot,
and masters mate answered directly, that wee could not
fetch the ile where wee left them, and to meete them in
going backe it was very unlikely and to us dangerous
many wayes, aswell for falling into the laps of the
Spaniards, as to be put on a lee shoare: whereupon all
the rest advised me to stand off into the sea, whereunto
I assented, remembring withal, that time spent consumed
victuall, and howe long wee had beaten up and downe
in the same bay before, to get in with calmes and contrary
windes.
Thus wee concluded that M. Walker should set downe
each mans opinion, and wee set to our handes, and from
hencefoorth hee to keepe a Register of all our proceeding,
as M. Maddox did abord the Admirall.
The first day of February, wee went East by south,
and East southeast with a stoute gale: and went the same
course the 3. 4. and 5. dayes following.
The 5. day about 10. a clocke in the forenoone M.
Walker died, who had bene weake and sicke of the bloodie
flixe 6. dayes, wee tooke a view of his things, and prised
them, and heaved him over bord, and shot a peece for
his knell.
The 14. day I called into my cabbin the two marchants,
the Master and the Pilot, shewing them our wants of
victuals and other necessaries: whereupon they and I concluded, that it was best for us to returne to our countrey,
with as litle losse of time and expense of victuals as might
be, being without hope of reliefe upon this coast, and
yet to keepe the coast of Brasil
to friend for feare of
extremitie.
The 17. day in the morning having much raine, wee
saved above two tunne of water, of which we were very
glad.
The 18. day I observed the variation of the compasse,
which varied one point, and a halfe to the Southwards, by
our ordinary compasse of London
.
The second day of March the Master, Pilot, & I agreed
to fetch the yle of Fernando Loronha.
From the 3. day to the 10. day we went West, and by
South, and ran in for the shoare.
The 10. day we saw the land, which was sandie hilles
with woods on it.
The 11. day seeking to goe a shoare, wee sawe foure
men, which weaved to us with a white shirt, and we
weaved to them with a flagge of truce: At length one of
them swamme to our boats side, and there lay in the Sea
talking with us, almost an houre: in the ende, being
partly perswaded by Pinto, who talked with them in the
Indian-tongue, and partly entised with such trifles as I
shewed him, hee came into our Skiffe, and called to his
companions on shoare, who came abord swimming: wee
delivered them certaine barricos to fetch us them full of
fresh water: after, there came downe 40. Indians, boyes,
women, and men, and with them a French boy, but the
former Indians deceived us of our barricos. Whereupon
Pinto and Russell
swamme a shoare to seeke water, but
found none.
The same day wee sailed to a place where boats might
land, & I went a land in my Skiffe, and found the Indians,
and Frenchman which were with mee the day before, and
they brought our three barricos full of fresh water: for
which I rewarded them with some trifles. In the meane
time our boat went ashoare, and our men with some of
the Indians brought us twentie barricos more of fresh
water, and I my selfe went to shoare and brought 23.
hennes of India
.
The 12. day betimes in the morning, wee manned our
boat and Skiffe, and tooke some trifling things to shoare,
and barricos : at our first arrivall the rude Indians flocked
together, wading to the Skiffe wherein I was, begging and
wondering about us: First I caused them to fetch 27.
barricos of water, whom I rewarded with small bells, &c.
In the meane time they brought hens to me, wading to the
Skiffe, for I kept my selfe alwayes afloat, and for their
hens I gave them a knife, and a smal looking glasse. All
this while M. Blackcoller our Pilot, Thomas Russel,
Marke Thawghts were still on shoare, and would not tarry
abord: In the ende, fearing some treacherie, because all
the Indians were slipped on shoare from mee, I called our
men away, and suddenly they layed handes on our men
ashoare, and with their bowes shot thicke at us in the
boats, and waded into the water to us, laying hands on
our Skiffe, yet God of his mercie delivered us from their
hands, with the losse of five men slaine, and others hurt.
Thus we got abord with 40. hens, ducks, turkies, and
parrats, and three hogsheads of water: and I caried a
Frenchman abord with mee, named Jaques Humfrey, who
was by chance in the boat with me when this fray began.
The 17. day we tooke three sharks in the morning.
From that day to the first of April, wee went our course,
sometime with raine, and sometime with variable windes,
& so til the 4. of April: which day we saw 4. birds with
long tailes, which hovered about the ship, and in the afternoone we saw and tooke up many weedes which drave
thicke in the sea, which we judged to be driven with the
East windes from the yles of Cape verde.
From this day till the 11. day we went our course sometime Northeast, sometime Northwest according to the
winds: upon this 11. day George Coxe one of our Carpenters, having the night before broken up the hold, and
stolne wine, and drunken himselfe drunke, being taken in
the roome, lept overbord out of the beake head and so
drowned himselfe.
The 12. day wee spied our foremast to be perished in
the hownes, and durst not beare our foretop saile upon it,
but went hence with our sailes, next hand, North all day
and night.
From hence to the 20. day we went Northeast and by
North. This day I observed the variation of the compasse: and I noted that the South point of the compasse
caried more then halfe a point to the Westwards.
The 25. day of May wee went betweene the East northeast, and the Northeast with a small gale till five a clocke
in the afternoone : then had we sight of land, which rose
ragged to the Northwards like broken land, we being
about five leagues off: that yle bare Northeast by North
of us, and the Northermost part bare North by East of us,
with a rocke a sea bord: we then sounded and had fiftie
and five fadome grey sand, and maze great store in it:
so wee stood in Northeast till eight a clocke, and then
behelde it againe being within foure leagues of it, bearing
as before, but wee coulde not make it, for some thought it
to bee the foreland of Fontenay, some judged it the yle of
Ussant: then we sounded againe in 55. fadome browne
sand, and little maze in it: at eight a clocke at night we
went about, and stoode off South southwest one watch,
then the wind shrinked to the Southwest, that we could
lye but South southwest sixe glasses, so that at three a
clocke wee cast about, and lay Northwest sixe glasses,
and North northwest a watch being then eight a clocke
the next day.
The 26. day wee lay as nigh as wee coulde betweene the
North and the North northeast, and saw the same land
againe, and made it to bee the foreland of Fontenay, and
the ragges to bee the Seames, which bare now East
Northeast of us: and wee stoode on till tenne a clocke,
then being within two leagues of the rockes and lesse, wee
cast about and stoode off Southwest, because wee could
not double the uttermost rockes: when we were about we
drave to the Southwards very faste, for the ebbe set us
West southwest, and being spring tides, it horsed us a
pace to leewards, for the space of one houre : then with the
flood which was come, we drave againe to windewards:
at twelve at noone it was calme till 6. afternoone, then wee
stoode about larbord tacked, South southwest one watch,
then at midnight wee cast about and stoode over North till
foure aforenoone.
The 27. day having brought the land East southeast of
us, we made it to be Sylly being before deceived, and went
hence East by North to double Grimsbie, leaving The
bishop and his clearks to the Southwestwards, which we
before tooke to be The Seames.
At 7. a clocke in the afternoone we sawe the lands end
of England
, which bare East by North off us, and is 7.
leagues off from Sylly.
The 29. day at sixe a clocke, beforenoone we had
brought the Ramhead North of us, and were within a
league of it, and went in Northeast next hand, being
thicke and foggie, and little winde: so that at eleven a
clocke we got in within the yland, and there by mistaking
of a sounding, our ship came aground betweene the yle
and the maine, and there sate till 4. a clocke in the afternoone that it was halfe flood.
The 30. day about 9. a clocke, with much adoe I
furnished away P. Jeffries, M. Symberbe, and William
Towreson with letters, after dined at M. Blaccollers, and
made many salutations with divers gentlemen.
The 31. I wrought abord all day, and put our ship, and
things in order: Afternoone I having pitie of some poore
men of Milbrooke, which were robbed the night before
by a pirate named Purser, which rid in
Cawson bay, I
consented to goe out with the Edward in company of
a small shippe which they had furnished to bee their
Master, so about five of the clocke in the afternoone, came
a hundreth men of theirs abord of mee: About twelve a
clocke wee set saile, and by three afore day wee were
gotten to the windwards of him, then hee set saile, and
went hence to the Eastwards, and outsailed us, because
our consort would not come neere him: after a small chase
which we gave him to no effect, wee returned into our old
road, and there moared the ship about nine of the clocke in
the forenoone, and hence went all the Milbrooke men
againe ashore from mee. And thus I ended a troublesome
voyage.
