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land_n	east_n	south_n	southeast_n	2,434	5	13.2952	5	true

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A04630	The true and perfect declaration of the mighty army by the sea made and prepared by the generall states of the vnited prouinces, purposely sent forth to hinder the proceedings of the King of Spaine, vnder the conduct of Peter Vander Does generall of the said army: together with all whatsoeuer hath bene done by the said army against the islands, townes, castels, and shippes, belonging to the said King of Spaine. As also what the said army hath gotten and wonne in the said viage; with the whole discourse of the aduentures of the said army, both in their going forth, and retuning againe, from the 28. of May, 1599. vntill the 6. of March, 1600. Collected by Ellert de Ionghe, captayne of the artillery in the said viage.	Jonghe, Ellert de.	1600 (1600)	STC 14750; ESTC S119662	23,599	38

towne that they might haue shot into them with a musket and the Generals ship was driuen so neere to the towne that Captaine Rem Euarts and brother Ianson with their Pinnaces were forced to go and help him yet in the end with great danger the whole Nauy got to Sea The 12. of Iune in the morning being somewhat distant from the land the ships draue before the calme The 13. of Iune in the morning about 9. of the clocke being at the cape Finisterre they had a north-Northeast wind The 14. of Iune hauing a stiffe Northwind they held their course South and South by East and the wind continuing in the euening they tooke in all their sayles letting the ships driue before the wind without sailes The 15. of Iune the wind lessening they began to hoyse sailes holding their course Southeast the wind still continuing North about 9. of the clocke in the morning they discried cape Roxent therewith they made towards the land purposing to do some exploit vpon Lisbon but in the euening the whole Nauy woond about holding their course South South-west The 16. of Iune in the morning the wind being North they held their course South Southwest about the same time the Admirall Iohn Garbrants put forth a flagge in his sterne desiring to haue certaine Pinnaces that were vnder his quarter to come on board of his ship but none went aboard but kept with the whole fleet to Leeward The 17. of Iune hauing a West wind they set their course South Southwest and about euening they perceiued among their fleet a straūge ship a barke with three bases wherupon presently the Generall cōmaunded 4. of the best ships of saile in the whole Nauy to make chase after them which ships hauing taken thē brought them before the General who hauing spokē with them in the end they departed friendly from each other for it was an Englishmā About that time Captaine Caters ship lost the fleete by reason that the fleete in the night time changed their course and woond about The 18. of Iune the Nauie driuing before a calme the Generall put forth his accustomed token to call all the captaines and masters aboard his ship there to consult with him The 19. of Iune still hauing a calme with a South-winde order was taken by the Generall for the landing of certaine men whensoeuer they approached any coast The 20. of Iune they had a calme and helde their course South South-west The 21. 22. of Iune hauing a good swift forewind they held their course South South-west at which time the Generall caused the whole Nauie to bee aduertised that euerie man should behaue and rule himselfe according to the Articles in that case prouided and especially following the 41. and 42. Articles the contents whereof do follow NOTA. Whosoeuer without special cause that first made known vnto his officers shal breake out of his array where he shal be appoynted to abide or that shall seeme to flie out of any battaile or enterprise whether it be before a towne or otherwise he shall and may presently bee slaine or stabbed by any man whatsoeuer being takē and imprisoned shal be proclaimed traitour and in that case punished with death without any fauour Any man being placed and set to defend any fort sconse or trench whether hee be captaine or souldiour eyther by water or by land shall defend and keepe the same to the last extremitie both with words and workes not doing any thing to the contrarie whereby the same should be lost without extremitie vpon paine of death without fauour or exception No man must giue himselfe to take any spoyle without charge or commission vpon paine of death Hereunto adding that no man should venture or be so bold to defile or deflowre any maide or woman whatsoeuer vpon paine of death It was likewise commaunded by the Generall that no man should kill or murther any woman or children vnlesse they were found in armes to resist vpon paine of death Also it was determined by the Generall and the rest of the Captaines the better to encourage the souldiours as also for other causes and respects that what prisoner soeuer should be taken able to pay a good ransome the tenth part of the said ransome should be giuen to the saylers and souldiours the rest to him that tooke him prisoner Also that when they determined to assaile the first Castle or fort they should cause a pike with a fane to bee set vp vpon the land and as long as the fane stirred with the wind they should cease from shooting out of the ships against the fort or Castle The like token should be set vp before a towne when they would not shoote any more against it The 23. of Iune hauing a good fore-wind out of the North they held their course South South-west sending out a pinnace to seeke for land for that as then they were of opinion not to be farre from it which pinnace about euening returned backe againe The 24. of Iune still hauing a North winde they held their course South south-west and the sunne being South-east they sent out three pinnaces to discrie lād at which time the Vice-admirall of the red flag put forth another flagge desiring certaine captaines to come board his ship whereof some boarded him about six of the clocke in the euening they discried lād wherunto they made holding their course East southeast The 25. of Iune in the morning very earlie they were vnder Lanserottes and then held their course South South-west and by West and in the euening discryed the Island of great Canaria keeping the whole night vnder the Island The 26. of Iune in the morning very early being close vnder the Island they made to the shore meane time making preparation to land their men in small boates approaching neere vnto the Castle yet without danger of their shotte they of the castle began to shoot but the Hollanders esteemed not thereof but to the contrarie went so close vnto the Castle that they might reach it with a musket Vnder the Castle there lay three Spanish ships whereof the greatest was by the Hollanders shot vnder water and sunke The Castle shot hard against the Hollanders and the ships in like sort against the Castle especially out of the Generals ship as also out of many of the other shippes in such sort that the Island seemed to be compassed about with fire during the which shooting the souldiours were put into small boates and so rowed to land The Spaniards vpon the downes neere the shore had certaine bases wherewith they shot hard vpon the Hollanders boates at their entring vpon the land but the Hollanders stayed with their boates being readie to land for it was so appoynted that not any man should seeme to set foote on land but must stay hard by the Generall also that not any of them should spread any colours before hee should bee landed and yet they must

there present meaning to sell their wares at Brasilia so that both the goods and Marchant were found good prize and the Captaine with his shippe and thirtie Pipes of wine for his necessarie prouision let depart because hee was a Venetian balasing his shippe with certaine pipes of salt-water The same day they sent out a Pinnace with a man of warre beeing of Zealand to chase a shippe that they espied which shippe beeing taken was found to bee a Portingall laden in Porta Port with wine oyle linnen-cloath Silkes and Veluets which amounted vnto as the Captaine of the saide shippe testified vnto them 20000 duckets The tenth of August they put to sea againe to meete the Portingall with their two shippes that went to chase him for that the prize was so euill of sayle that it could not make to them but by night both shee and their two shippes came among the fleet and at that time also brother Iansens shippe which had beene missing thirteene dayes came likewise to the fleete The 11. of August they returned again vnto the rode from whence the day before they had departed where they began to vnlade their prize which by their Marshal court was foūd lawfull the ship and goods both being forfeit the ship had in it eight Iron peeces The 12. of August there boorded thē foure men out of the Island de Maio shewing them that in the Island there dwelt no more but foure Moores fiue white men in the Island were very faire horses that ranne about the country and great hennes that went as fast as a dog and being weary with going flew away they are commonly taken by night in the trees and thousands of goates The 15. of August the blacke dog Albert Ians returned again vnto them as they lay at anker bringing with them two Spanish barkes each hauing three bases in them the one vnladen wherein they put diuers prisoners and let them sayle to Saint Iacobs the other was laden with cotten wooll and came from Ciuill they brought likewise a ship of Marsellis of 100. tunnes laden with wine and oyle The same day there came vnto them two Netherland ships which set sayle out of the Weelings hauing bene fiue weekes and a halfe vpon their viage they brought them newes that the enemie was gone to lie three miles from Bommel and that being vnder Goutstrat they spake with three of the ships that went for the East Indies and with them was a pinnace all being of Amsterdam very richly Iaden the two Netherland ships were sayling to the west Indies for salt The same day they put to sayle and departed from the Island de Maio holding their course South South-east the winde Northeast with a good gale of winde The same night the barke taken by the blacke dogge lost both her maine mast and her forke mast The 21. of August holding their course South-east with a good gale of wind in the night time they lost one of their Pursers he was sick but no mā knew what was become of him The 31. of August in the morning they fell close vpon the land of Gommera by a high peece of ground reaching into the sea which is called Cape de Monta where they ankered about three small miles from the land at sixteene fadome water where vpō the one side of the ship they foūd the water to be fresh on the other side salt East and by south from them they saw a great riuer all the coast of the land being full of trees the riuer was called Rio Noua The 1. of Septēber they fetched fresh water out of the riuer The fift of September the Generall entered into a Riuer called Rio de Puntes where they found about thirtie wilde men most of them naked and amongst them was their kings sonne who stayed alone with them in the Generalles pinnace for the space of an houre hee brought them a tinne vessell full of sodden rice with two sodden hennes and the Generall gaue him a potte of twelue gallons of wine and a boxe of Marmalade The 6. of September they put to sea and that day eight Cannoes of wilde men made towards their ships some with three and some with foure men in a Cannoe whereof some boorded their shippes they held their course that day South south-east The tenth of September in the morning they discryed the Cape de los Palmos The 11. of September to the 19. they draue vpon the sea with calme weather in the which time all the Captains masters consulted with the Generall about the landing of the Island of Saint Thomas with 1400. men The 22. of September in the morning they discried the Island of S. Thomas being South and by west from them The 23. of September they held their course Eastward not to be discouered by those of the Island being of opinion that they could not enter into the roade so that after noone they sailed by the shore determining to lād to the Cape de Loupes Gonsalues and so to come againe on the South side of Saint Thomas for that the roade was on the South side but they could hardly sayle from the North side because of the calmenesse vnder the land The 24. of September they discryed the land called Isola de Prince distant Northeast The 25. of Septēber the aire being very thick and darke as if some great tempest would haue followed as the aire vseth to be so darke about the line which neuer could be found otherwise by any sayler but where they perceiue a darke cloude in the aire presently they take in all their sayles for that there commeth a sodaine and terrible blast of wind thundering and lightning which continueth for the space of 2. or 3. houres and by saylers is called Trauades which gone it is presently faire weather again but God be thanked they had all faire weather not hauing any Trauades all the way vnto the Cape The 27. of September all the Captaines went aboord the Admirall who gaue thē their charge to follow him if the next day they might land in the Island of Saint Thomas The 30. of September all the Captaines were againe called aboord the Admirall to appoynt good order to be holden being on land halfe that day they sayled before the wind that they might reach the slowest ships and the same day there was such a number of fishes about the Admirals ship that no man could number them whereby they tooke them in with baskets being as bigge as Smelts and after them followed 2. or 3. hundred great fishes to deuoure them whereby there rose such a noyse in the water as if it had beene a tempest yet was the weather very faire and calme but there ordinarily the sea is ful of fish One of the saylers had hanged a paire of breeches ouer-boord for the space of an houre and when hee drew them vp againe he found in them at the least 700. fishes The same day as diuers boates lay on

companies that were sent ouer the hilles came vnto them who had sent 20. muskettiers out of each cōpany to see if the Spaniards would make any resistance who descending downe the hill perceiued certaine Asses laden by the Spaniards which they made after thinking to get a good prize to be the lighter left all their muskets which the Spaniards that lay hidden in the vineyards perceiuing left their ambustadoes and comming forth slewe them all in this ouerthrow there were 58. slaine who being dead the Spaniards stripped off all their clothes went away with the pray In the meane time the three companies hauing lost 60. or at the least 58 men entered into the towne The 14. of Iuly by great labour paines taken in digging the Hollanders found 8. pipes of wine within the groūd which were presently laden in the Captaines ships that were appointed for the longer viage the pipe valued at 7. pound Flemish meane time many of the saylers brought fresh water aboord the better to be prouided in their viage The 15. of Iuly being yet busied to lade water and other balast they found two Demy cannons which the Spaniards had buried in the earth The 16. of Iuly in the morning the Generall put forth his accustomed tokens to call the Captaines Masters aboord his ship where it was agreed that the ships appointed for the longer viage should be prouided as need required and that they should take out of the ships appointed to returne againe into Holland as much victuals as the said shippes could well spare which was done and presently thereupon laded all the wheat and rie out of the one ships into the others against they should haue neede to bake it for the preseruation of their liues if the viage happened to be long It was also concluded that all the companies of souldiers should marche vp the hilles to chase the enemy meane time the saylers should stay within the towne So vpō the 17. of Iuly in the morning about 2. houres before day with a still drum they marched vp hauing very cold and fine weather but returned againe the same day not doing any exployt which done the saylers were sent on board the ships The 18. of Iuly vsing great diligence in digging they found another demy cannon and two belles The 19. of Iuly all the souldiours being shipped the Generall gaue commandement to sette the towne on fire and at that present the souldiours were deuided and placed in the ships that should goe the longer viage The 20. of Iuly the Generall put foorth his accustomed signes to call all the Captains and masters aboord his shippe where the shippes that should goe the longer viage were appoynted separated and made readie to set sayle The 21. of Iuly all the Nauie put to sayle from Gommera hauing the winde North-weast and being somewhat off from the land departed from each other the shippes for the long viage being in all 34. The ships appoynted to returne to Holland vsed all the meanes they could to passe betweene Teneriffa and Gommera being in number 37. shippes great and small but perceiuing it to bee impossible to passe betweene the Islandes for that beeing there it blue so stiffe that they could hardly beare any sayle they stroue to passe betweene Palma and Gommera which they likewise could not passe so that the 22.23 and 24. dayes of Iuly they kept thereabouts at that time the Admirall Iohn Garbrits the Vice-admirall Logier Petersen and the scout Cornelis Clausen with most of the companie separated themselues from the rest of the shippes The 25. of Iuly holding their course South and by west they were vnder 21. degrees The 26. of Iuly they held their course South and by west with little winde the wind being North-east and by east with a good pleasing gale The 27. of Iuly the allowance of bread among the souldiours was abated because they supposed the viage would be longer then it fell out The 28.29 and 30. of Iuly their course beeing South-west and by West the wind North-west the Captaines and Masters went all aboord the Generals ship which dayes they mist the shippes of Brother Iansen because it had sayled forward and the rest of the ships changed their course and the same day likewise they discryed the Island of Saint Nicholas being from them South-west and by west The 31. of Iuly in the morning they were right vnder the Island and had almost sayled round about it because they could finde no anker ground so that they lette their boates sayle close vnder the Island to seeke a road where they found two roades wherein all the shippes might lie about a Coluerin shot distant from the land and twelue fadome water and there stood three houses The first of August they discryed the Island of Saint Luce distant from them West north-west all that day they stayed by the Island of Saint Nicholas and with their Pinnaces went on land to see if they might finde fresh water for their Nauie but they found not any There they saw verie great Torteauxes whereof they tooke one that weighed almost three hundred pound The same day all the Captaines and Masters met on boord the Generall to take counsell whether they should sayle to get fresh water at last it was concluded to sayle to Isola de Maio where certain of their shalops went on land for fresh water but by reason of the vnseasonable heate of the ground they lost seuenteene men and certaine of their shalops ouerturned The second of August they helde their course South-east and by east with a calme all the day long The third of August in the morning they discryed the Island of Saint Iames and the same day they took a Torteaux hauing at the least fiue hundred egges in her belly a hundred and fiftie of them hauing shelles the rest without shelles as hennes vse to haue in their bodies beeing very great as big as a ball of a stiuer with the which egges they made tanseyes which tasted very well of the flesh of the Torteaux they made hodge-podge and it tasted like bacon The egges that were shelled had shelles like winde-egges wherewith they played at tennis aboord the ships which rebounded like a tennis ball and you must strike very hard with them before they would breake The fourth of August in the morning they made towardes the land and about noone ankered vnder the Island de Maio where Generall went on shore and there stayed till the next day at noone The fift of August there came a shippe vnto them that had beene vnder fiue degrees Northward of the Equinoctiall line to sayle to Brasilia and was constrayned hauing a leake to put to the shore with them beeing a Venetian The Captaines name was Antonie Bolorio the shippe was laden at Calis Malis with wine oyle and other goods which shippe and goods hee auouched to bee his but it was found to bee contrarie for that the Marchant beeing a Spaniard was