Complaints of master Thomas Candish Folio 14 Of master George Raymond ibid Company sicke 38. dismayed Folio 84 Losse of the Edward Cotton Folio 33. Clothes made in Coquimbo Folio 107 Crabby Cove Folio 84 Care of Currants Folio 33 D DEparture from Lyma Folio 103 Devises in sudden accidents Folio 76. Directions to be secret Folio 130 Discipline of the Spanish Folio 67 Cause of their prosperities ibid Discipline neglected by the English Folio 8 Pried into by the Spaniards Folio 134 And by them imitated ibid Vse of Discoueries Folio 1 Discouery on the coast to be avoyded Folio 100 The Dolphin Folio 42 Sir Francis Drake vpon the sothermost part of the world Folio 9â— Providence of the Dutch â—7 Ducks Folio 74 E ELizabeths Bay  Disvse of Engines of Antiquitie Folio 143 The English carry vp their flag Folio 20 English Authours of Sea Disâ—ipline Folio 8 Carelesnesse of the English Folio 127 Exchange of trifles Folio 98 Of sheepe ibid Exercise alwayes necessary Folio 26 F Ed Fenton Folio 85 Iuan Fernandes Folio 100 Danger of Fier 39. By heating of Pitch ibid. By taking Tobacco ibid. By Candle light ibid. By hooping and scutling Folio 40 By nature of waters ibid Strange tree in Fiero Folio 25 Beginning of the Spanish Fight 126. Their intertainment Folio 122 The English 75. The Spanish 130 ibid. pay deere for their rashnes 135. Take a new resolution Folio 1â—6 Flying fishes Folio 44 French and English salute Folio 20 French surprised Folio 57 To know wholsome fruits Folio 55 Fuego Folio 29 End of Fugitiues Folio 135 G GAnnetts Folio 54 God propitions Folio 84 Therefore praised ibid One Shippe and some Gold taken Folio 101 Euery shower a shower of Gold ibid. S R Greenfild at Flores Folio 10 Guls. Folio 73 Deceit of the Gunner Folio 127 H MAster Thomas Hampton Folio 20 Annoyances in Harbours Folio 51 Vse of Havas purgativas Folio 55 Master Wil Hawkins Folio 86 Hawkins Mayden-â—and Folio 70 Helm-man Folio 54 I SAint Iago 29. sacked ibid S. Iames Ilands Folio 54 The Iesus of Lubeck Folio 3 Ienero Folio 77.59 Vnwholsome Ilands 27 Their heat ibid. The breze ibid. The best remedie Folio 28 Inconvenience of Imprests Folio 15 Their true vse Folio 16 Indians howsing 63. and manner of sleeping ibid Indians apparrell Folio 98 Indians poligamy Folio 63 Indians trechery Folio 97 Indians foresight Folio 81 Indians industry 57. dismissed 123. led by a Mulato Folio 124 Consequence of Instructions Folio 17 Isla Graund Folio 60 Planting of Iuca Folio 62 By women ibid L VNknowne Land Folio 69 Care of approch ibid New devise for stopping Leakes without Bourd Folio 104 Best time to paâ—se the Lyne Folio 48 M Madera Folio 24 Who to be accounted a Mariner Folio 128 His knowledge ibid. and materials ibid. for navigation ibid The Mariners revenge Folio 43 Wilfulnesse of Mariners Folio 100 S. Maries Folio 100 Care of the Master Folio 53 Vnskilfulnesse of the Masters Mate Folio 52 Fittest places of meeting Folio 17 Mocha Folio 96 Monkies Parrots Folio 31 Influence of the Moone Folio 28 Mutinies how to be winked at Folio 94 Vnadvisednesse of the multitude Folio 126 O OBiections resolved Folio 141 Office of a Master Folio 129 Of a Pilot. ibid Of the Boteswaine ibid Of the Steward ibid Of the Carpenter ibid Of the Gunner Folio 130 Lawes of Oloron Folio 111 Vertue of Oranges Folio 52 Beds of Oreweed Folio 70 P MOdestie of Sir Hen Palmer Folio 8 Patience of the Earle of Nottingham Folio 93 Parts requisite in a Comâ—â—nder at Sea Folio 8 The Palmito Folio 29.55 Palmito Iland Folio 59 Pearles Folio 88 Iland of Pengwins Folio 72 Described ibid Hunting of Pengwins Folio 73 Kept for store ibid Care of the Pentagones Folio 63 King Philips comming into England Folio 21 Pilats Fishes Folio 44 Challenging of pillage Folio 110 Prevention of vndue pillage Folio 113 What to be reputed pillage Folio 112 Placentia Folio 30 The Plaintaiâ— Folio 30 Dutie of Pynaces Folio 24 Pynace lost Folio 13 Porke good foure yeare old Folio 96 Danger of open Ports Folio 5 Providence of God Folio 53 Corrupt or scantie ProvisioÌ„s Folio 109 Provisions better provided at Pliâ—â—â—outh Folio 5 Puerto Viejo Folio 122 Puma Folio 121 Purgatiues Folio 5â— Purflain Folio 55 Q. BAy of Quintera Folio 105 R. PRevention of Ratts Folio 89 Calamities they bring ibid Long Reach Folio 81 The Repentance Folio 3 Reasons of returne dangerous Folio 87 The Revenge Folio 2 Spare Râ—dders Folio 105 Runnawayes Folio 68 S SAbboth reserved for holy exercises Folio 27 Sailes of Cotton cloth Folio 102 Ilands of Salomon Folio 1â—0 Arrivall at Santos Folio 49 Forbidden to trade Folio 50 Pedro Sarmiento Folio 71 The Scurvy 35. The signes ibid The causes ibid Seething Meat in Salt water Folio 36 Corruption of Victuall ibid Vapours of the Sea ibid The remedies By Dyet ibid By Shift ibid By labour ibid By early eating and drinking ibid. By sower Oranges and Lemmons ibid By Doctor Stevens water ibid By oyle of â—itry ibid By ayre of the Land ibid Abuses of Sea-faring men Folio 14 Seales Folio 75 Setting the Ship vpon a Rocke 83. diligence to free it ibid Shething of Ships Folio 78 In Spaine and Portingall Folio 79 With double Plankes ibid. With Canvas ibidem With burnt Planks ibid With Varnish in Chiâ—â— ibid In England Folio 80 Best manner of Shething Folio 80 The Sharke Folio 43 What requisit in Shipping Folio 2 The honour of his Maiesties Ships Folio 20 Ships of trade Folio 138 The Prince his Ships ibid All Ships of warre are not to be low built Folio 139 Foure Ships taken Folio 10â— Dutie of a small Ship against a greater Folio 141 Shooting at Sea 19. Mischances therevpon ensuing ibid Sloth cause of fancies Folio 82 Care of sounding Folio 32 Spanish discipline Folio 132.133.134 Spanish officers Folio 134 Spanish Admirall commeth to Leeward Folio 131 Spaniards parley Folio 134 Inexperience of the Spaniards Folio 126. Weaknesse of the Spaniards Folio 9 Vain-glory of the Spaniards Folio 142 Severitie of Spaine Folio 144 Care of Steerage Folio 53 Exquisite in the Spaniards and Portingals ibid The Straights Folio 70 Second peopling of the Straights Folio 76. South part of the Straights Ilands Folio 95 Effects of courage in Stormes Folio 10 A cruell Storme Folio 99 Birds like Swans 68. how caught good refreshment Folio 69 Swearing remedied Folio 41 T DEscription of Tenerif Folio 25 The Thunderbolt of London Folio 3. Tobias Cove Folio 83 Concealement hindereth Trading Folio 113 Point Tremontame Folio 70 Entertainment of Time Folio 88 V CAptaine Vavisor Folio 10 Importance of a small Vessell Folio 100. Place of Vice-admirall Folio 9 Considerations for Voyages Folio 4 Voyages overthrowne by pretences Folio 95 Overthrow of the Voyage Folio 66 The cause ibid Infidelitie ibid W ORder of the Flemish Wafters Folio 8. Deteyning of Wages Folio 110 Warehouses sacked Folio 101 Obiection of wast Folio 78 answered ibid
Company were in an vproare for that hee would not shoote presently at them before they saw their intention wherein had beene committed three great faults the first and principall the breach of Amitie betwixâ— the Princes and Kingdomes the second the neglect of common curtesie in shooting before hee had spoken with them and the third in shooting first being to lee-wards of the other Besides there was no losse of reputation because the French Kings Fleete was in his owne Sea and therfore for it to come to winde-ward or the other to goe to lee-ward was but that which in reason was required the Kingdomes being in peace and Amitie For every Prince is to bee acknowledged and respected in his iurisdiction and where hee pretendeth it to be his The French Generall likewise seemed well to vnderstand what hee had in hand for though he were farre superiour in forces yet vsed hee the termes which were required and comming within speech hayled them and asked if there were peace or warre betwixt England and France whereunto answere being made that they knew of no other but peace they saluted each other after the maner of the Sea and then came to an Anchor all together as and friends visited each other in their ships One thing the French suffered vpon what occasion or ground I know not that the English alwayes carried their flag displayed which in all other partes and Kingdomes is not permitted at least in our Seas if a Stranger Fleete meete with any of his Maiesties ships the forraigners are bound to take in their flags or his Maiesties ships to force them to it though thereof follow the breach of peace or whatsoever discommodity And whosoever should not be iealous in this point hee is not worthy to haue the commaund of a Cock-boat committed vnto him yea no stranger ought to open his flag in any Port of England where there is any shipp or Fort of his Maiesties vpon penaltie to loose his flagg and to pay for the powder and shott spend vpon him Yea such is the respect to his Maiesties Shippes in all places of his Dominions that no English Ship displayeth the Flagge in their presence but runneth the like daunger except they be in his Maiesties service and then they are in predicament of the Kings Ships Which good discipline in other Kingdomes is not in that regard as it ought but sometimeâ— through ignorance sometimes of malice neglect is made of that dutie and acknowledgement which is required to the cost and shame of the ignorant and malicious In Queene Maries Raigne King Philip of Spaine comming to marry with the Queene and meeting with the Royall Navie of England the Lord William Haward High Admirall of England would not consent that the King in the narrow Seas should carrie his Flagge displayed vntill he came into the Harbour of Plimouth I being of tender yeares there came a Fleete of Spaniards of aboue fiftie sayle of Shippes bound for Flaunders to fetch the Queene Dona Anna de Austria last wife to Philip the â—econd of Spaine which entred betwixt the Iland and the Maine without vayling their Top-sayles or taking in of their Flags which my Father Sir Iohn Hawkins Admirall of a Fleete of her Maiesties Shippes then ryding in Catt-water perceiving commanded his Gunner to shoot at the flagge of the Admirall that they might thereby see their error which notwithstanding they persevered arrogantly to keepe displayed wherevpon the Gunner at the next shott lact the Admirall through and through whereby the Spaniards finding that the matter beganne to grow to earnest tooke in their Flags and Top-sayles and so ranne to an Anchor The Generall presently sent his Boat with a principall personage to expostulate the cause and reason of that proceeding But my Father would not permit him to come into his Ship nor to heare his Message but by another Gentleman commanded him to returne and to tell his Generall That in as much as in the Queenes Port and Chamber he had neglected to doe the acknowledgment and reverence which all owe vnto her Maiestie especially her Ships being present and comming with so great a Navie he could not but giue suspition by such proceeding of malicious intention and therefore required him that within twelue houres he should depart the Port vpon paine to be held as a common enemy and to proceed against him with force Which answere the Generall vnderstanding presently imbarked himselfe in the same Boat and came to the Iesus of Lubecke and craved licence to speake with my Father which at the first was denyed him but vpon the second intreatie was admitted to enter the Ship and to parley The Spanish Generall began to demand if there were Warres betwixt England and Spaine who was answered that his arrogant manner of proceeding vsurping the Queene his Mistresses right as much as in him lay had given sufficient cause for breach of the Peace And that he purposed presently to giue notice thereof to the Queene and her Counsell and in the meane time that he might depart Wherevnto the Spanish Generall replyed that he knew not any offence he had committed and that he would be glad to know wherein he had mis-behaved himselfe My Father seeing he pretended to escape by ignorance beganne to put him in mind of the custome of Spaine and Fraunce and many other parts and that he could by no meanes be ignorant of that which was common Right to all Princes in their Kingdomes Demanding if a Fleete of England should come into any Port of Spaine the Kings Maiesties Ships being present if the English should carry their Flags in the toppe whether the Spanish would not shoot them downe and if they persevered if they would not beate them out of their Port. The Spanish Generall confessed his fault pleaded ignorance not malice and submitted himselfe to the penaltie my Father would impose but intreated that their Princes through them might not come to haue any jarre My Father a while as though offended made himselfe hard to be intreated but in the end all was shut vp by his acknowledgement and the auncient amitie renewed by feasting each other aboord and ashore The selfe same Fleete at their returne from Flaunders meeting with her Maiesties Shippes in the Channell though sent to accompany the aforesaid Queene was constrained during the time that they were with the English to vayle their Flagges and to acknowledge that which all must doe that passe through the English Seas But to our Voyage SECT XI COmming within the hayling of the Hulke wee demanded whence shee was Whether shee was bound and what her loading Shee answered that shee was of Denmarke comming from Spaine loaden with Salt we willed her to strike her Top-sayles which shee did and shewed vs her Charter-parties and Dilles of loading and then saluted vs as is the manner of the Sea and so departed SECT XII THe next day the wind became Southerly and somewhat too much and my
When comming about to bee decked entring the river of Thames her old Leake breaking vpon her had like to haue drowned all those which were in her In Anno 1591. with a storme of wind and weather riding at her Moorings in the river of Rochester nothing but her bare Maâ—ts over head shee was turned topse-turvie her Kele vppermost And the cost and losse shee wrought I haue too good cause to remember in her last Voyage in which shee was lost when shee gaue England and Spaine iust cause to remember her For the Spaniards themselues confesse that three of their Ships sunke by her side and was the death of aboue 1500. of their men with the losse of a great part of their fleete by a storme which suddainly tooke them the next day What English died in her many liuing are witnesses Amongst which was Sir Richard Greenfeild a noble and valiant Gentleman Vice-admirall in her of her Maiesties Fleete So that well considered shee was even a Ship loaden and full fraught with ill successe The like wee might behold in the Thunderbolt of London who in one Voyage as I remember had her Mast cleft with a Thunderbolt vpon the Coast of â—arbary After in Dartmouth going for Admirall of the Whaftage and guard of the Fleete for the River of Bourdieux had also all her Poope blowne vp with fire sodainly and vntill this day never could be knowne the cause or manner how And lastly shee was burned with her whole Companie in the River of Bourdieux and Master Edward Wilson Generall in her slaine by his enemies having escaped the fire The successe of the Iesus of Lubecke in Saint Iohn de Vlua in the Nona Spania infamous to the Spaniardes with my Repentance in the South Sea taken by force hath vtterly impoverished and overthrowne our house The Iourney of Spaine pretended for England Anno 1587. called the Iourney of Revenge left the principall of their men and Ships on the Rockes of Cape Finister and the rest made a lamentable end for the most part in the Groyne No more for this poynt but to our purpose SECT II. THe REPENTANCE being put in perfection and riding at Detford the Queenes Maiestie passing by her to her Pallace of Greenwych commanded her Bargemen to Row round about her and viewing her from Post to Stemme disliked nothing but her Name and said that shee would Christen her a new and that thenceforth shee should be called the Daintie which name shee brooked as well for her proportion and grace as for the many happie Voyages shee made in her Maiesties services Having taken for her Maiestie a great Bysten of fiue hundred Tunnes loaden with Iron and other Commodities vnder the conduct of Sir Martin Furbusher A Caracke bound for the East Inâ—ies vnder my Fathers charge and the principall cause of taking the great Caracke brought to Dartmouth by Sir Iohn Borrow and the Earle of Cumberlands Shippes Anno 1592. with others of moment in her other Voyages To vs shee never brought but cost trouble and care Therefore my Father resolved to sell her though with some losse which he imparted with me and for that I had ever a particular loue vnto her and a desire shee should continue ours I offered to case him of the charge and care of her and to take her with all her Furniture at the price he had before taken her of me with resolution to put in execution the Voyage for which shee was first builded Although it lay six moneths and more in suspence partly vpon the pretended Voyage for Nombrededios and Panama which then was fresh a foote and partly vpon the Caracke at Dartmouth in which I was imployed as a Commiâ—sioner but this Businesse being ended and the other pretence waxing colde the fift of March I resolved and beganne to goe forward with the iourney so often talked of and so much desired And having made an estimate of the charge of Victualls Munition Imprests Sea-store and necessaries for the sayd Ship consorting another of an hundred Tunnes which I waited for daily from the Straites of Giberalter with a Pynace of sixtie Tunnes all mine owne And for a competent number of Men for them as also of all sorts of Marchandises for trade and traffique in all places where wee should come I began to wage men to buy all manner of victualls and provisions and to lade her with them and with all sorts of Commodities which I could call to minde fitting and dispatched order to my servant in Plimouth to put in a readinesse my Pynace as also to take vp certaine Provisions which are better cheape in those parts then in London as Beefe Porke Bisket and Sider And with the diligence I vsed and my Fathers furtherance at the end of one Moneth I was readie to set Sayle for Plimouth to ioyne with the rest of my Shippes and Provisions But the expecting of the comming of the Lord high Admirall Sir Robert Cecill principall Secretary to her Maiestie and Sir Walter Rawley with others to honour my Shippe and me with their presence and farewell detayned me some dayes and the rayne and vntemperate weather deprived me of the favour which I was in hope to haue received at their hands Wherevpon being loath to loose more time and the Winde serving according to my wish the eight of Aprill 1593. I caused the Pilot to set Sayle from Blackwall and to vayle downe to Graues-end whether that night I purposed to come Having taken my vnhappy last leaue of my Father Sir Iohn Hawkins I tooke my Barge and rowed downe the River and comming to Barking wee might see my Ship at an Anchor in the midst of the Channell where Ships are not wont to more themselues this bred in me some alteration And comming aboord her one and other began to recant the perill they had past of losse of Ship and goods which was not little for the winde being at East North-east when they set sayle and vered out Southerly it forced them for the doubling of a point to bring their tacke aboard and looffing vp the winde freshing sodenly the Shipp began to make a little hele and for that shee was very deepe loaden and her ports open the water began to enter in at them which no bodie having regard vnto thinking themselues safe in the River it augmented in such maner as the waight of the water began to presse downe the side more then the winde At length when it was seene and the shete flowne shee could hardly be brought vpright But God was pleased that with the diligence and travell of the Company shee was freed of that danger which may be a gentle warning to all such as take charge of Shipping even before they set sayle eyther in River or Harbour or other part to haue an eye to their ports and to see those shut and callked which may cause danger for avoyding the many mishaps which dayly chance for the
resistance but the bones the blade the Cristall being of substance more solide maketh greater resistance and so the fire with the more fury worketh the more his execution in its obiects As was seene in the Spanish Admirall or Captaine after my imprisonment crossing from Panama to Cape San Francisco a Rayo for so the Spaniards call a thundâ—rclappe brake ouer our shippe killed one in the fore-toppe astoniâ—hed either two or three in the shroudes and split the Mast in strange manner where it entred it could hardly be descerned but where it came forth it draue out a great splinter before it and the man slaine was cleane in a manner without signe or token of hurt although all his bones turned to powder and those who liued and recouered had all their bodies blacke as burnt with fire which plainly declareth and confirmeth that aboue said and may serue to iudge in such occasions of persons hurt with thunder for if they complaine of their bones and haue little signe of the fire their hazard of death is the greater then when the fire hath left greater impressions outward The fire out of a cloude worketh like effect only where it leveleth directly as experience daily teacheth killing those who are opposite hurting those who are neere And only terrifying those who are further distant In like manner the peece of Ordinance hurteth not those which stand aside nor those which stand a slope from his mouth but those alone which stand directly against the true point of his levell though sometimes the winde of the shott ouerthroweth one and the splinâ—ers being accidents mayne and hurt others But principally where the peece doth resemble the thunderclappe as when the shippes are bourded For then although the Artillery be discharged without shott the fury of the fire and his piercing nature is such as it entreth by the seames and all parts of the ships sides and meeting with so fit matter as Pitch Tarre Ocombe and sometimes with powder presently conuerteth all into flames For auoyding whereof as also the danger and damage which may come by pikes and other inventions of fire and if any shippe be oppressed with many shippes at once and subiect by them to be bourded I hold it a good course to strike his fire and mayne yards close to his decke and to fight with sprit-saile and myson and top-sayles loose so shall he be able to hinder them from oppressing him Some haue thought it a good pollicy to launce out some ends of Mastes or yards by the ports or other parts but this is to be vsed in the greater shippes for in the lesser though they be neuer so strong the waight of the bigger will beate out the opposite sides and doe hurt and make great spoyle in the lesser And in bourding ordinarily the lesser shippe hath all the harme which the one shippe can doe vnto the other Here is offered to speake of a point much canvassed amongst Carpenters and Sea Captaines diversly maintained but yet vndetermined that is whether the race or loftie built shippe bee best for the Merchant and those which imploy themselues in trading I am of opinion that the race shippe is most conuenient yet so as that every perfect shippe ought to haue two deckes for the better strengthening of her the better succouring of her people the better preseruing of her Merchandize and victuall and for her greater safetie from sea and stormes But for the Princes shippes and such as are imployed continually in the warres to be built loftie I hold very necessary for many reasons First for Maiestie and terrour of the enemy secondly for harbouring of many men thirdly for accommodating more men to fight fourthly for placing and vsing more Artillery fiftly for better strengthening and securing of the shippe sixtly for ouertopping and subiecting the enemy seuenthly for greater safegard and defence of the ship and company For it is plaine that the ship with three deckes or with two and a halfe shewes more pomp then another of her burthen with a decke and halfe or two deckes and breedeth greater terror to the enemy discouering her selfe to be a more powerfull ship as she is then the other which being indeed a ship of force seemeth to be but a Barke and with her low building hideth her burthen And who doubteth that a decke and a halfe cannot harbour that proportion of men that two deckes and two deckes and a halfe can accommodate to fight Nor carry the Artillery so plentifully nor so commodiously Neither can the ship be so strong with a decke and a halfe as with two deckes nor with two as with three nor carry her Mastes so taunt nor spread so great a clue nor contriue so many fightes to answer one another for defence and offence And the aduantage the one hath of the other experience daily teacheth In the great expedition of eightie eight did not the Elizabeth Ionas the Triumph and the Beare shew greater maiestie then the Arke Royall and the Victorie being of equall burthens did they not cause greater regard in the enemy did they not harbour and accommodate more then men and much better did they not beare more Artillery And if they had come to boord with the Spanish high-charged ships it is not to be doubted but they would haue mustred themselues better then those which could not with their prowesse nor props haue reached to their wastes The strength of the one cannot be compared with the strength of the other but in bourding it goeth not so much in the strength as in weight and greatnesse For the greater ship that bourdeth with the lesser with her Mastes her Yards her Tacklings her Anchors her Ordinance and with her sides bruseth and beateth the lesser to peeces although the lesser be farre stronger according to proportion The Fore-sight of his Maiesties and the Daintie were shippes in their proportions farre more stronger then the Carake which was taken by them and their consorts Anno 92. For she had in a manner no strong building nor binding and the others were strengthened and bound as art was able to affoord and yet both bourding with her were so brused broken and badly handâ—ed as they had like to haue sunke by her side though bourding with aduantage to weather-wards of her But what would haue become of them if she should haue had the wind of them and haue come aboord to windward of them In small time no doubt she would haue beaten them vnder water An. 90. in the fleet vnder the charge of Sr Iohn Hawkins my father coÌ„ming from the South-wards the Hope of his Maiesties gaue chase to a French ship thinking her to be a Spaniard She thought to haue freed her selfe by her sailing and so would not auaile but endured the shooting of many peeces and forced the Hope to lay her abourd of which issued that mischiefe which before I spake off For in a moment the French ship had all her Mastes Yards