Catholike had giuen commandement long before in Italy Spaine that a great quantitie of timber should be felled for the building of Ships and had besides made great preparation of things and furniture requisite for such an expedition as namely in founding of brasen Ordâ—ance in storing vp of corn and victuals in training of men to vse warlike weapons in leuying and mustering of Souldiers insomuch that about the beginning of the yeer 1588. he had finished such a mightie Nauie brought it into Lisbon Hauen as neuer the like had before that time sailed vpon the Ocean Sea A very large and particular description of this Nauie was put in print and published by the Spaniards the translated copy whereof in perpâ—tuam râ—i memoriam to incite English thankfulnesse I haue here inserted but abridged Squadron of the Galeons of Portugall THe Galeon S. Martin Captain Generall of the Armie of 1000. tuns carrieth 177. Mariners 3â—0 Souldiers chosen men 50. Peeces of Canon Bullets Powder Lead Cord and all that which is needfull The Galeon S. Iohn Admirall Generall of 1050. tuns carrieth 170. Mariners 231. Souldiers 50. Peeces of Canons and Bullets Powder Lead Cords and that which is necessary The Galeon of S. Marke is of 792. tuns and carrieth 292. Souldiers 117. Mariners and Powder Bullets Lead Match as much as is needfull The Galeon S. Philip of 800. tuns hath 415. Souldiers 117. Mariners 40. Peeces of Artillery and Bullets Powder Lead Match and all that is needfull The Galeon S. Lewes 830. tuns hath 376. men of Warre and 116. Mariners 40. Peeces of Ordnance and Bullets Match Powder and other things as much as is needfull The Galeon of S. Mathew 750. tuns 177. men of Warre 50. Mariners 40. great Peeces and Powder Bullets Lead Match and all other things as much as is needfull The Galeon S. Iames 520. tunnes 300. Souldiers 100. Mariners 30. great Peeces and Bullets Powder Lead Match and all that which is needfull The Galeon of Florence of 961. tuns 300. Souldiers 100. Mariners 52. Peeces of Ordnance and Bullets Powder Lead Match and all the rest as much as is needfull The Galeon S. Christopher 352. tuns 300. men of Warre 90. Mariners 30. great Peeces Bullets Lead Powder Match and all that which they need The Galeon S. Bernard 352. tuns hath 280. Souldiers 100. Mariners 30. Canons and Bullets Powder Lead Match and other necessary things as much as they need The Zabra Augusta of 166. tuns carrieth 55. Souldiers 55. Mariners 13. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and other necessary things as much as they need The Zabra Iulia of 166. tuns 60. Souldiers 50. Mariners with Ordnance Bullets Powder and other necessaries There is in this Squadron 1â— Vessells 10. of them Galeons and two Zabres which are of 7737. tuns there are imbarked in them 3330. Souldiers footmen 1230 mariners which are in sum 4624. men they carry 350. great Peeces and all that which is necessary to the rest as bullets powder match lead c. THe Ship S. Angell the Captaine is of 768. tuns and hath 323. men of War 114. Mariners 30. Canons Bullets Powder Lead Match and all that which is needfull The Gangrin Admirall of 1160. tuns carrieth 300. Souldiers 100. Mariners 36. great Peeces of Canons Bullets Powder Match Lead and all that which is needfull The Vessell of S. Iames 660. tuns hath 250. Souldiers 102. Mariners 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and other necessary prouisions The Conception of Zubâ—lzu 468. tuns hath 100. men of War and 70. Mariners 20. great Canons and Bullets Powder Lead Match and all other necessary things The Conception de Iâ—aâ—es del Cauo 418. tuns hath 164. men of Warre 70. Mariners 24. great Peeces and Bullets Powder Lead Match and all that which they need The Magdalene of Iohn Frauncis of Ayala 330. tuns carrieth 200. Souldiers 70. Mariners 22. great Peeces and Bullets Powder Lead Match and that which is necessary to the rest The S 〈…〉 p S. Iohn 350. tuns hath 130. men of Warre and 80. Mariners and 24. great Peeces Bâ—llets Powder Lead Match and all that which they need for the rest The Mary of 165. tuns carrieth 180. Souldiers and 100. Mariners 24. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and other necessary things The Manuela of 520. tuns hath 130. Souldiers 54. Mariners 16. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and the rest of their fraught The Ship of S. Mary of Monte-maior of 707. tuns 220. Souldiers 50. Mariners 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead and Match and other prouisions The Pinnace called the Marie of Aguiare of 70. tuns hath 30. men of War 23. Mariners 10. Peeces of Canon Powder Bullets Lead Match and other necessary things The Pinnace called Isabella of tuns hath 30. Souldiers 23. Mariners 12 Canons Bullets and other necessary things The Pinnace of Michel Susâ— of 96. tuns 30. Souldiers 24. Mariners 12. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and all other necessary things The Pinnace of S. Steuen of 78. tuns hath 30. men of Warre 26. Mariners 12. Peeces of Canon Bullets Powder Lead Match and all other necessary things of prouision There is in this Squadron 14. Ships ten of them great and foure Pinnaces which are of 6567. tuns of burden in which Ships bee imbarked 2037. Souldiers 868. Mariners which make in all 2802. and 260. great Peeces of Canon 119000. Bullets 467. Quintals of Powder 140. of Lead 89. of Match THe Galeon S. Christopher Captaine of 70. tuns hath 205. men of Waâ—re and 120. Mariners and 40. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and all that which is necessary to the rest The Galeon S. Iohn Baptist of 750. tuns hath 250. Souldiers 140. Mâ—â—â—neâ—s â—0 great Peeces bullets Powder lead Match other necessary things The Galeon S. Peter of 530. tuns 130. men of Warre 140. Mariners and 40. great Peeces Bullets Powder Match Lead and all the rest needfull The Galeon S. Iohn of 530. tuns 170. Souldiers 120. Mariners and 30. great Peeces Powder Bullets Lead Match and all the rest The Galeon S. Iames the great of 530. tuns 230. Souldiers 132. Mariners 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and all the rest The Galeon S. Philip and S. Iames of 530. tuns 159. Souldiers and 116. Mariners 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Match Lead and all that is necessary The Galeon of the Ascension of 530. tuns 220. Souldiers 114. Mariners and 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Match Lead and all other necessary things The Galeon of our Lady del Barriâ— of 130. tuns 170. Souldiers 108. Mariners and 30. Canons Bullets Powder Lead and all other necessary furnitures The Galeon of S. Medel and Celedon of 530. tuns 170. Souldiers 110. Mariners 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Match Lead and all the rest Galeon S. Anne of the Port of 250. tuns 100. men of Warre and 80. Mariners 24. great Peeces Bullets Powder Match Lead and all the rest The Ship of
our Lord of Vigonia 750. tuns 190. men of Warre and 130. Mariners 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Match Lead and all the rest The Vessell of the Triniteâ— of 780. tuns 200. Souldiers 12â— Mariners 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Match Lead and all the rest The Ship of S. Katherine of 86â— tuns 200. men of Warr 160. Mariners 30. great Peeces and Powder Bullets Match Lead and all the rest The Ship of S. Iohn Baptist of 652. tuns 200. Souldiers 30. Mariners 30. Canons Bullets Powder Match Lead and all the rest The Pinnace of our Lord Rosary 30. Souldiers 25. Mariners 24. great Peeces Powder Bullets Lead Match and the rest of their prouision There are in this Squadron fourteene Galeons and Ships and two Pinnaces which beare 8714. tuns In these Vessells there are imbarked 2458. Souldiers 1719. Mariners which are in all 4177. and 348. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and all that which they need THe Captaine Ship of 1550. tuns carrieth 304. men of War 118. Mariners 50. Canons Powder Bullets and the rest of their prouision The Ship S. Francis the Admirall of 915. tuns 230. Souldiers 60. Mariners 30. Canons Powder Bullets and the rest of their prouision The Galeon S. Iohn Baptist of 810. tuns 250. Souldiers and 40. Mariners 40. great Peeces Powder Bullets Match Lead and the rest The Ship S. Iohn Gargaran of 569. tuns 170. men of War 60. Mariners 20. great Peeces Powder Bullets Match Lead and the rest The Conception of 862. tuns 200. men of War 65. Mariners 25. great Peeces Bullets Powder Match Lead and all the rest The Hulke Duquesa S. Anne of 900. tuns 250. men of War and 80. Mariners 30. great Peeces Powder Bullets Match Lead and all the rest The Trinitie 650. tuns 200. men of Warre 80. Mariners 20. Canons Bullets Powder Lead Match and the rest The Ship S. Mary de Iuncar of 730. tuns 240. men of War 80. Mariners 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and all the rest The Pinnace of the Holy Ghost 40. men of War 33. Mariners 10. Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and Cord and all that which they need There are in this Squadron 11. Ships 10. great and a Pinâ—ace of the burden of 8762. tuns in which are imbarked 2400. Souldiers 800. Mariners and 260. great Peeces THe Ship of S. Anne the Captaine of â—200 tuns of burden hath 300. men of Warre 60. Mariners 50. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead and all the rest The Ship of our Lord of the Rose Admirall of 945. tuns 230. Souldiers 64. Mariners and 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and all the rest The Ship S. Sauior of 958. tuns 330. Souldiers 50. Mariners 30. Canons Bullets Powder Lead Match and the rest The Ship of S. Steuen of 936. tuns 200. men of Warre 70. Mariners 30. great Peeces Bullets Powder Lead Match and all the rest The Ship of S. Marthe of 548. tuns 180. men of Warre 70. Mariners 25. great Peeces bullets powder and the rest The ship S. Barbe of 525. tuns 160. Souldiers 50. Mariners 15. Canons bullets powder lead match and all the rest The ship of S. Bonauenture of 369. tuns 170. Souldiers 60. Mariners 15. great Peeces bullets powder lead and the rest The Mary of 291. tuns 120. Souldiers 40. Mariners 15. great Peeces bullets powder lead and the rest The S. Croix 680. tuns 150. Souldiers 40. Mariners 20. great Peeces bullets powder match lead and the rest The Hulke Doucella 500. tuns 160. men of War 40. Mariners 18. great Peeces powder bullets match lead and all the rest The Patax of the Annunciation of 60. tuns 30. men of War 16. Mariners 12. great Peeces bullets powder match lead and all the rest The Patax S. Bernabe is the same burden as the aforenamed The Patax of our Lady of Guadaloupe is of the same burden also The Pinnace of Magdelene is also the same burden There are in this Squadron 14. Ships ten great Ships two Pataches and two Pinnaces of 6991. tuns of burden In which Uessels there are imbarked 2092. men of Warre and 670. Mariners all commeth 2708. THe Regasona the Captaine which is of 1294. tuns hath 350. Souldiers 90. Mariners 35. great Peeces powder bullets lead match and all the rest The Lama the Admirall of 728. tuns 210. Souldiers 80. Mariners 30. great Peeces powder bullets lead match and all the rest The 〈◊〉 S. Mary crowned of 820. tuns 340. men of Warre 90. Mariners 40. great Peeces powder bullets match lead and the rest The S. Iohn of Cicile of 880. tuns 290. men of Warre 70. Mariners 30. Canons and all the rest The Trinitie Valencera of a 1000. tuns 240. Souldiers 90. Mariners 41. great Peeces and all the rest of their furnitures The Annuntiation of 730. tuns 200. Souldiers 90. Mariners 30. great Peeces and all the rest The S. Nicholas Prodaâ—eli of 834. tunnes 280. Souâ—â—ers 84. Mariners 30. great Peeces and all the rest The Iuliâ—â—e of 780. â—uns 330. Souldiers 80. Mariners 36. great Peeces and the rest The Mary Pison of 666. tuns 250. Souldiers 80. Mariners 22. great Peeces and the rest of their need The Trinitie Escala of 900. tunnes 302. Souldiers 25. great Peeces and all the rest of their furniture In which Squadron there â—â—e ten Ships which are of 7705. tuns of burthen and there are imbarked in them 2880. Souldiers 807. Mariners 310. great Peeces with the rest of that they haue THe great Grison the Captaine of 650. tuns 250. Souldiers 60. Mariners 40. great Peeces and the rest The S. Sauior the Admirall of 650. tuns 230. Souldiers 60. Mariners 30. great Peeces and the rest of their prouision The Sea Dog of 200. tuns 80. Souldiers 30. Mariners 10. great Peeces and the rest The White Faulcon the great of 500. tuns 160. men of Warre 40. Mariners 18. great Peeces and all the rest The Blacke Castle of 750. tuns 250. Souldiers 50. Mariners 25. great Peeces and all the rest The Barke of Ambâ—â—g of 600. tuns 250. men of War 50. Mariners 25. Canons and the rest The House of peace the great of the same burthen The S. Peter the great of the same burthen also The Sampson and Peter the small doe beare the same The Barke of Auzâ—que of 450. tuns 210. Souldiers 50. Mariners 26. great Peeces and the rest of their prouision The Falcon the meane White of 300. tuns 80. men of War 30. Mariners 18. great Peeces and all the rest The S. Andrew of 400. tuns 160. Souldiers 40. Mariners 15. great Peeces and the rest of their prouision The Little house of peace of 350. tuns 160. Souldiers 40. Mariners 15. great Peeces and the rest of their prouision The Flying Rauen of 400. tuns 210. Souldiers 40. Mariners 18. great Peeces and the rest of their furniture THe White Doue of 250. tuns 60. Souldiers 30. Mariners 12. great Peeces and the rest The Aduenture S. Barbe fraughted of the same The S. Iames 600. tuns 60.
aide 5000. foote and 1000. horse at her owne charge to be by them after repayed the first yeares charges in the first yeare of peace the rest in the foure following Flushing and the Ramekins and Brill to remaine â—ers in caution c. Her Maiestie set forth a Booke also for her iustification by the ancient leagues with the Belgian Prouinces for mutuall defence the Spanish crueltie on the poore Belgians and their nefarious deuises against her neither had she any intent in administring these aides but that the Low-Countries might enioy their ancient liberty she and her subiects their securitie and both Nations peaceable commerce And to the end that warre might not first be brought home to her owne doores she set forth a Fleete to finde the Spaniard worke abroad Hereupon Anâ—o 1585. Sir Francis Drake with a Fleete of fiue and twenty saile and 2300. Souldiers and Sailers was set forth from Plimmouth Sep. 12. Christopher Carlile his Lieutenent Generall Anthonie Powell Sergeant Maior Captaine Matthew Morgan and Iohn Samson Corporall of the field Land Captaines Anthonie Plat Edward Winter Iohn Goring Robert Pen George Barton Iohn Merchant William Ceuill Walter Bigs Iohn Haman Richard Stanton Captaine Martin Frobisher Viceadmirall in the Primrose Captaine Francis Knolles Rereadmirall in the Gallion Leicester Captaine Thomas Vennâ—r in the Eliz. Bonaduenture vnder the Generall Captaine Edward Winter in the Aide Christopher Carlile in the Tigre Henry White Captain of the Sea Dragon Thomas Drake Captaine of the Thomas Thomas Seely Captaine of the Minion Captaine Bayly of the Barke Talbot Robert Crosse of the Barke Bond George Fortescue of the Barke Boner Edward Carelesse of the Hope Iames Erizo of the White Lyon Thomas Moone of the Fancis Iohn Riuers of the Vantage Iohn Vaughan of the Drake Iohn Varney of the George Iohn Martin of the Beniamin Richard Gilman of the Scout Richard Hawkins of the Ducke Captaine Bitfield of the Swallow They tooke a Shippe of Saint Sebastians laden with fish entred the Iles of Bayon and sent to the Citie to know whether there were warres betwixt England and Spaine and why the English Merchants and their goods in Spaine were embarged or arrested The Gouernour professed his ignorance in both and that this later was the Kings pleasure After some spoiles done about Vigo they fell with Hierro but the Iland being poore departed without harme Thence they went to the Iles of Cape Verde and at Saint Iago entred betwixt the Towne called Playa or Praya and Saint Iago landed 1000. men and the men being fled entred the Towne and shot off all their Ordnance being 50. peeces answered from the Ships to honour the Queenes day the 17. of Nouember No Treasure was found but Wine Oyle Meale c. They possessed it foureteene dayes Nouember the foure and twentieth they marched to Saint Domingo twelue miles within land and found the people fled After foureteene dayes they departed hauing burned the Towne of Playa none of the inhabitants hauing offered to intercede which seemed to happen from their guiltinesse towards old Master William Hawkins whose men perfidiously they had murthered foure or fiue yeares before against their promise putting off to the West Indies they could not put off the effects of the aire of that Iland which by a Calentura killed two or three hundred of their men The first Iland which they fell with was Dominica the next Saint Christophers and hauing there spent their Christmas they resolued for Hispaniola and hauing receiued intelligence by a Frigot which they tooke in the way they landed nine or ten miles to the Westward of Saint Domingo on New yeares day About noone they approached the Towne vnder the conduct of Master Carlile and 150. horsemen presenting themselues from the Citie being retired they diuided their forces to assault both the Westerne gates at once The Ordnance being discharged on them they ran in to preuent a second charge and entred with them pell mell into the Gates the enemy altering their fight into flight which they made by the North gate Both troopes met in the Market-place and there barricadoed themselues The Castle was abandoned the next night They held the Towne a whole moneth They burned many houses before they could bring the Spaniards to a price for the ransome of the rest for which at last they paid after much spoile 25000. Duckets The pray was not much In the Towne-house were the Kings armes and in the lower part of the scutchion was painted a globe of the Sea and Land a horse standing thereon with his hinder legges the forepart without the globe with this motto ascribed to his mouth Non sufficit Orbis From Saint Domingo they set saile for Carthagena on the Continent landing some Companies with Captaine Carlile fiue miles of which were led on by night the Generall with this Fleete presenting themselues before the chained Port and hauing gotten the Citie held the same six weekes They tooke Alonso Brauo the Gouernour After many houses burned 11000. Duckets were paid for ransome of the rest from burning The Calentura continued killing some being a pestilent spotted Feuer and spoyling others of their strength and memory for a long time The Serena or Euening ayre is said to cause it to them which are then abroad if not of that Countrey so that by holding their watch the English were thus infected This forced them to giue ouer their intended voyage to Nombre de Dios and Panama sailing therefore alongst the coast of Florida they tooke and fired two garrison Townes of the Spaniards Saint Anthonie and Saint Helena and the Fort of Saint Iohn Then passing alongst the Virginian shore they tooke home the English Colonie there remaining with Master Lane their Gouernour sent by Sir Walter Raleigh These are said by Master Camden to haue beene the first bringers in of the vse of Tobacco since so frequently abused by our Nation They arriued at Portsmouth the 28. of Iuly 1586. They got Ordnance of Brasse aboue 200. peeces and about 40. of Iron They prey was valued at 60000. li. English There dyed most of the Calentura 700. persons The industry of the Generall in all places is remakeable whose vigilance and bodily presence and labour in all businesse was much that had he beene in the meanest he had merited the highest place To this is fittest in next place to adde his Cadiz exploit Anno 1587. and the taking of the rich Caracke called Saint Philip. HEr Maiestie being informed of that inuincible Armadas preparing in Spaine which did come and was ouercome the yeare after sent a fleete of 30. saile vnder the command of Sir Francis Drake the Bonaduenture the Lyon the Dread-naught and the Rainbow were out of her Nauy Royall chosen to this seruice The 16. of Aprill two Shippes of Midleborough which came from Cadiz with whom we met in 40. degrees gaue him to vnderstand that there was great
prouision in Cadiz and thereabout prouided to come to Lisbone whereupon the Generall with all possible speede bending himselfe thither to cut of the forces and prouisions the 19. of Aprill one houre before the Sunne setting entred the harbour of Callz and the Spanish Fleete there checked vs at the entring thereat with the Towne Galleyes but in short time retired vnder the Fortresse There were in the Roades 60. Ships and diuers other small shipping vnder the fortresse There fled 20. French Shippes to port Riall and some Spaniards which could not be hindred of the Fleete by reason of the sholdnesse There were sunke by vs at our comming in with shot one Orgasey of 1000. tun furnished with thirty peeces of Brasse and richly laden There were two Gallies more came presently from port Riall and two other from Saint Mary port but all in vaine the expenses of powder and shot the greatest gaine to themselues There were to the number of 38. Shippes taken before night and the English victours of the Roade the Galleyes retyring vnder the Fortresses Twenty Hulcks Hollanders confiscated to the King and their goods sold to the Kings vse foureteene of them were fired the other six were at port Riall laden with Wines and Bread and to be presently full laden for Lishburne one Carricke of foureteene hundreth tun appertaining to the Marquesse of Saint Cruce fiue great Biskainers fired foure of them lading and taking in of victuals for the Kings prouision for Lishburne the Saint was a Ship of 1000. tuns bound for Lishburne hauing in her great store of Pikes much Iron Nailes Spikes Iron hoopes and such like fired One Shataya laden with Wines of 250. tuns for the Kings prouision which we brought to Sea with vs and discharged at Sea a part of their Wines for the prouision of the Fleete and there fired her Three Flye-boates of foure hundreth tunnes laden with Bisket whereof the one being of two hundred tuns and vpwards we halfe vnladed and then fired her the other two are yet with vs in company Some tenne Barkes more laden with Wines Raisons Figges Oyle Wheate with such like fired By supposition the eight and thirtie Shippes and Barkes fired sunke and brought away with vs amounted in iudgement to thirteene thousand tuns of shipping There rid in sight of vs at port Riall by estimation aboue fortie saile besides those that fled from Callz roade They gaue vs little ease during our aboade there which they shot from the Galleyes as also from the Fortresses and from the shore where continually they planted new Ordnance at places conuenient to offend notwithstanding their Ships we continually fired as the floud came thereby to bee cleared of them which terrible fire was pleasant vnto vs to behold and mittigated the continuall burthen of trauaile which lay vpon vs day and night in discharging firing and vnlading such prouisions with obseruations for good and gardable defence of the enemie It pleased the Generall after his great care and paines day and night to finish this happy Action in her Maiesties seruice in one day and two nights and hee came forth againe the Friday in the morning with very little losse thankes be to God Of twelue Galleyes and those that came from port Riall and Saint Mary port tenne of them came forth after vs as it were to make some pastime with their great Ordnance At length the winde standing wee cast about againe and strooke in for the shoare and came to an anker within a league of Cales where their Galleyes suffered vs to ride quietly There were also three Flye Boates more at Mallegai laden with Byâ—ket bound for Calez and so for Lishborne We vnderstood of their great prouisions and forces prouided within the straights We doubt not but as God hath begunne this worke in great happinesse to the daunting of the enemie so God will blesse this Armie in cutting daily their forces shorter to the great annoyance of the enemy and to the honour of our Prince and Countrie Wee haue had the experience of Galley fights wherein I can assure you that these onely foure of her Maiesties Ships wil make none accompt of twenty Galleyes so as they were alone and not driuen to guard others There were Galleyes had place fitter for their aduantage in fight vpon shot they receiued they had present succour to ground vnder the towne which they sundry times did waye riding in a narrow gutter the place yeelding no better in that wee were driuen to maintaine the same vntill wee had discharged and fired the Shippes which could not conueniently be done but vpon the floud that thereby they may driue cleare of vs. We rest now victualed with Bread and Drinke for six moneths in our Ships and Bread besides in two flye Boates to maintaine a good Armie three moneths We rest all in good loue with our Generall and vnitie in all the whole Fleete After this they came before the hauen of Lysbon where the Marquesse of Sancta Cruz was with his Gallies whom the Generall inuited to some exchange of Bullets but he refused Thence they sailed to the Azores and met with a Portugall Carracke called Saint Philip which had in her voyage outward carried the three Iaponian Princes into the Indies This Carracke he tooke the first of that kinde taken by the English ominous in the name and so it proued not onely by the losse of so great wealth to King Philip both in leading the daunce to others after taken and in opening the eyes of the English to visite the Indian fountaines whence such wealth issued wherein also the Hollanders quickly imitated them To omit other braue exploits neerer home as that most glorious of 88. and the rest our purpose is to giue you the remote Voyages of this worthy Sea-man and now lastly that last and fatall expedition Anno 1595. with sixe of the Queenes Ships and one and twenty other Ships and Barkes containing 2500. men and boyes intended for some speciall seruice in the West Indies Sir Francis Drake and Sir Iohn Hawkins were ioyned in Commission They set saile from Plimmouth the eight and twentieth of August Nouember the twelfth neere the Eastermost end of Saint Iuan de Puerto Rico Sir Iohn Hawkins died The hauen of Saint Iohn they found strongly fortified against them but yet they fired their fiue Shippes each of 200. tunnes hauing in euery of them twenty Peeces of Brasse and richly laden Much harme was done on both sides The fiue and twentieth they passed by Mona In the beginning of December they tooke Rio de la Hacha They tooke also the Rancheria or fisher towne for Pearles The Spaniards offered to ransome their Towne at 24000. Ducates which they brought in Pearle so dearely rated that the General sent them backe and both were burnt The seuenteenth they tooke Tapia and after that Saint Martha and the Spanish Lieutenant Generall The seuen and twentieth Nombre de Dios was taken a Towne
them wee came to another Nation called Surucusis 90. leagues distant from the Bascherepos the people out of this Countrey louingly and friendly entertained vs. Euery Housholder of these Surucusis dwelleth in a peculiar and proper house of his owne with his wife and children The men haue a round piece of wood hanging at their eares like a Calecut Die The women haue Christall of a Skie colour of a finger thicke hanging at their lips they are wel-fauoured to behold and goe altogether naked These people abound with Turkish Corne Mandeoch Manduis Padades fish and flesh And it is a very populous Countrey Our Captaine commanded to inquire of them concerning a Nation called Carchacaris and also of the Carios They could tell vs nothing of the Carchacaris but concerning the Carios they said that they were with them at their houses But it was not true hauing learned this out Generall commanded to prepare our selues for the journey for hee determined to goe further into the Countrey He appointed an hundred and fiftie Souldiers to stay with the ships to whom he gaue prouision of victuall for two yeeres Taking the other three hundred and fiftie together with the eighteene horses and twenty thousand Indians or Carios who came from the Assumption with vs he went further into the Countrey but with little benefit to vs. For our Generall was not a man fit for so great an attempt besides all the Captaines and Souldiers hated him for his peruerse and rigorous carriage towards the Souldiers Hauing trauelled therefore eighteene dayes journey they neuer set eye neither vpon the Carios nor any other people and food also failed them so that our Generall was of necessitie to returne againe vnto the shippes But yet our Generall chargeth a certaine Spaniard Franciscus Rieffere with tenne other Spaniards to goe forward commanding them that if after ten dayes iourney they found no people they should returne vnto the ships where they would stay for them It happened therefore that they light vpon a populous Nation which had plentie of Turkish Corne Mandeoch and other Roots But the Spaniards durst not come in their sight and returning to vs signified this vnto our Generall who was very desirous to haue gone into this Countrey againe but he was hindered by the waters that he could not proceed He therefore commandeth a ship to be furnished againe wherein he put eighty Souldiers and making Ernandus Rieffiere Captaine inioyneth him to goe vp the Riuer of Parabol to discouer the Nation called Scherues and therein two dayes iourney and no more to enter into the heart of the Countrey and after that to make report vnto him of the Countrey and the Inhabitants thereof Departing by ship from our Generall the first day we came to a certaine Nation called Guebuecusis on the other side of the Countrey whose people inhabit a certaine Iland contayning thirty leagues in length which the Riuer Parabol compasseth They feed vpon Mandeoch Maiz Manduis Padades Mandepore Porpe Bachkeku and other Roots and also vpon flesh and fish The men and women are like the former Surucusis in Phisnomy and fauour Wee staâ—ed this day with them When we were to depart the next day they accompanied vs with ten Canoas or Boats twice in the day time they fished and caught Venison which they gaue vs. Spending nine dayes in this iourney wee arriued after at the Nation called Achkeres where a great multitude of people were gathered together The men and women are of a great and tall stature the like whereof I saw not in all the Countrey of the Riuer of Plate and these Achkeres are thirty leagues distant from the foresaid Surucusis they liue by no other thing saue fish and flesh the women couer their secrets We staied one day with these Achkeres and from hence the said Surucusis returned with their ten Boats or Canoas to their Village Afterward our Captaine Ernandus Rieffere requested the Achkeres to shew him what way they might goe to the Scherues whereto they were very readie and sent eight Canoas or Boats from their Village with vs and twice euery day they caught fish and flesh that so we might haue sufficient plenty of food 36. The ninth day after our departure from them we came to the Scherues vnto whom from the said Achkeres are thirtie sixe leagues This Nation is very populous yet they are not true and naturall among whom the King himselfe hath an house But these Scherues maintaine a Priest expâ—rt in the Mysteries of Religion and haue a ring of wood hanging at their eares These men also weare a blue Christall in their lips of the shape and bignesse of Dice they are painted with a blue colour from the paps to the priuities with that excellency that I thinke a Painter is not to be found in all Germany which could performe the like so finely and artificiâ—lly They goe naked and are beautifull after their manner We stayed therefore oneday with these Scherues and after going fourteene leagues forward in three dayes journey at length wee came to the place where their King dwelleth from the which the Inhabitants are called Scherues His Country containeth only foure leagues in length Yet hath he a Village situate vpon the Riuer of Parabol Therefore leauing our ships heere we committed the custodie thereof to twelue Spaniards that returning wee might vse them for our defence Wee also intreated the Scherues dwelling there that in the meane space they would friendly conuerse with the Christians and intreate them courteously which also they did with necessariâ—s for our journey passing ouer the Riuer Parabol wee arriued at that place where the seate and house of the King was Who when we were almost yet a league from him commeth forth to meete vs guarded with more then 12000. men in a Champion plaine yet friendly and peaceably The path wherein they marched was eight paces broad strewed with flowres and grasse on euery side and made so cleane that not so much as any little stone stick or straw appeared The King had also with him his Musicians whose Instruments were like our crooked Trumpets which wee call Schalmes Hee gaue commandement also that they should hunt Stags and other wilde beast on both sides of the way which hee went so that they tooke about thirtie Sâ—ags and twentie Estridges or Iandu which spectacle was very pleasant to behold When we were entred into the Village he alwaies appointed one lodging for two Christians But our Captaine together with his Seruants or followers was brought into the Kings Palace He is wont to haue Musicke at the Table and at his meate whensoeuer he pleaseth For then they play vpon the Flutes or Pipes men leading the dances and skipping with most beautifull women which dances and skippings seemed so strange vnto vs that looking vpon them wee had almost forgot our selues In the rest the Scherues are like those pâ—ople of whom
twelue principall men being more honourable and valorous then the rest resolued rather to die then to come into his hands And the Indians of Paracossi which were now loosed out of chaines went swimming to them and pulled them out by the haire of their heads and they were all put in chaines and the next day were diuided among the Christians for their seruice Being thus in captiuitie they determined to rebell and gaue in charge to an Indian which was Interpretor and held to bee valiant that assoone as the Gouernour did come to speake with him hee should cast his hands about his necke and choake him Who when he saw opportunitie laid hands on the Gouernor and before he cast his hands about his necke he gaue him such a blow on the nostrils that he made them gush out with bloud and presently all the rest did rise He that could get any weapons at hand or the handle wherwith he did grind the Maiz sought to kill his Master or the first hee met before him and hee that could get a Lance or Sword at hand bestirred himselfe in such sort with it as though he had vsed it all his life time One Indian in the Market place enclosed betweene fifteene or twentie Footmen made away like a Bull with a Sword in his hand till certaine Halbardiers of the Gouernor came which killed him Another gat vp with a Lance to a loft made of Canes which they build to keepe their Maiz in which they call a Barbacoa and there he made such a noyse as though tenne men had beene there defending the doore they slue him with a partisan The Indians were in all about two hundred men They were all subdued And some of the youngest the Gouernour gaue to them which had good chaines and were carefull to looke to them that they gat not away All the 〈◊〉 he commanded to be put to death being tyed to a stake in the midst of the Market place and the Indians of the Paracossi did shoot them to death The G 〈…〉 nour departed from Napetuca the three and twentieth of September hee lodged by a Riuer where two Indians brought him a Bucke from the Cacique of Vzachil The next day he passed by a great Towne called Hapaluya and lodged at Vzachil and found no people in it because they durst not tarrie for the notice the Indians had of the slaughter of Napetuca Hee found in that Towne great store of Maiz French Beanes and Pompions which is their food and that wherewith the Christians there sustained themselues The Maiz is like course Millet and the Pompions are better and more sauourie then those of Spaine From thence the Gouernour sent two Captaines each a sundry way to seeke the Indians They tooke an hundred men and women of which aswell there as in other places where they made any inrodes the Captain chose one or two for the Gouernour and diuided the rest to himselfe and those that went with him They led these Indians in chaines with Iron collars about their neckes and they serued to carrie their stuffe and to grind their Maiz â—and for other seruices that such Captiues could doe Sometimes it happened that going for wood or Maiz with them they killed the Christian that led them and ranne away with the chaine others filed their chaines by night with a piece of stone wherewith they cut them and vse it in stead of Iron Those that were perceiued paid for themselues and for the rest because they should not dare to doe the like another time The women and young boyes when they were once an hundred leagues from their Countrie and had forgotten things they let goe loose and so they serued and in a very short space they vnderstood the Language of the Christians From Vzachil the Gouernour departed toward Apalache and in two dayes iourney he came to a Towne called Axille and from thence forward the Indians were carelesse because they had as yet no notice of the Christians The next day in the morning the first of October he departed from thence and commanded a Bridge to be made ouer a Riuer which he was to passe The Gouernour passed vpon Wednesday which was Saint Francis his day and lodged at a Towne which was called Vitachuco subiect to Apalache he found it burning for the Indians had set it on fire From thence forward the Countrie was much inhabited and had great store of Maiz. He passed by many Granges like Hamlets On Sunday the fiue and twentieth of October he came to a Towne which is called Uzela and vpon Tuesday to Anaica Apalace where the Lord of all that Countrie and Prouince was resident in which Towne the Campemaster whose office it is to quarter out and lodge men did lodge all the company round about within a league and halfe a league of it There were other Townes where was great store of Maiz Pompions French Beanes and Plummes of the Countrie which are better then those of Spaine and they grow in the fields without plantin The victuals that were thought necessary to passe the Winter were gathered from these Townes to Anaica Apalache The Gouernour was informed that the Sea was ten leagues from thence He presently sent a Captaine thither with Horsemen and Footmen And sixe leagues on the way he found a Towne which was named Ochete and so came to the Sea and found a great tree felled and cut it into peeces with stakes set vp like mangers and saw the skuls of horses He returned with this newes And that was held for certaine which was reported of Pamphilo de Naruaez that there he had builded the barkes wherewith he went out of the land of Florida and was cast away at Sea Presently the Gouernour sent Iohn Danusco with thirty horsemen to the port de Spiritu Santo where Calderan was with order that they should abandon the port and all of them come to Apalache He departed on Saturday the seuenteenth of Nouember In Uzachil and other townes that stood in the waâ— hee found great store of people already carelesse He would take none of the Indians for not hindring himselfe because it behooued him to giue them no leasure to gather themselues together Hee passed through the Townes by night and rested without the Townes three or fouâ—e houres In ten daies he came to the Port de Spirito Santo Hee carried with him twenty Indian women which he tooke in Yeara and Potano neere vnto Cale and sent them to Donna Isabella in the two Carauels which he sent from the Port de Spirito Santo to Cuba And he carried all the footemen in the Brigandines and coasting along the shoare came to Apalache And Calderan with the horsemen and some crossebow-men on foote went by land and in some places the Indians set vpon him and wounded fome of his men As soone as he came to Apalache presently the Gouernour sent sawed plankes and spikes to the Sea
that if it were so it was in their owne hands to goe out of Florida if they found nothing of profit for they feared they should lose themselues in some wildernesse This Indian led him two dayes out of the way The Gouernour commanded to torture him He said that the Cacique of Nondacao his Lord commanded him to guide them so because they were his enemies and that he was to doe as his Lord commanded him The Gouernour commanded him to be cast to the dogs and another guided him to Soacatino whither he came the day following It was a very poore Country there was great want of Maiz in that place He asked the Indians whether they knew of any other Christians They said that a little from thence toward the South they heard they were He trauelled twentie dayes through a Country euill inhabited where they suffered great scarsitie and trouble For that little Maiz which the Indians had they had hidden and buried in the woods where the Christians after they were well wearied with trauell at the end of their iourney went to seeke by digging what they should eate At last comming to a Prouince that was called Guasco they found Maiz wherewith they loaded their horses and the Indians that they had The Indians told them there that ten daies journie from thence toward the West was a Riuer called Daycao whither they went sometimes a hunting and killing of Deere and that they had seene people on the other side but knew not what habitation was there There the Christians tooke such Maiz as they found and could carry and going ten daies iournie through a wildernesse they came to the Riuer which the Indians had told them of Ten horsemen which the Gouernour had sent before passed ouer the same and went in a way that led to the Riuer and lighted vpon a company of Indians that dwelt in very little cabins who as soone as they saw them tooke themselues to flight leauing that which they had all which was nothing but miserie and pouertie The Countrie was so poore that among them all there was not found halfe a pecke of Maiz. The horsemen tooke too Indians and returned with them to the Riuer where the Gouernour staied for them He sought to learne of them what habitation was toward the West There was none in the Campe that could vnderstand their language The Gouernour assembled the Captaines and principall persons to determine with their aduice what they should doe And the most part said that they thought it best to returne backe to Rio grande or the great Riuer of Guachoya because that id Nilco and thereabout was store of Maiz saying that they would make Pinnaces that winter and the next Summer passe downe the Riuer to the Seaward in them and comming to the Sea they would goe along the coast to Nuena Espanna For though it seemed a doubtfull thing and difficult by that which they had already alleadged yet it was the last remedy they had For by land they could not goe for want of an Interpreter And they held that the Countrie beyond the Riuer of Dayaco where they were was that which Cabeça de Uaca mentioned in his relation that he passed of the Indians which liued like the Alarbes hauing no setled place and fed vpon Tunas and rootes of the fields and wilde beasts that they killed Which if it were so if they should enter into it and finde no victuals to passe the winter they could not choose but perish For they were entred already into the beginning of October and if they staied any longer they were not able to returne for raine and snowes nor to sustaine themselues in so poore a Countrie The Gouernour that desired long to see himselfe in a place where hee might sleepe his full sleepe rather then to conquer and gouerne a Countrie where so many troubles presented themselues presently returned backe that same way that he came When that which was determined was published to the Campe there were many that were greatly grieued at it for they held the Sea voyage as doubtfull for the euill meanes they had and as great danger as the trauelling by land and they hoped to finde some rich Countrey before they came to the land of the Christians by that which Cabeça de Vaca had told the Emperour and that was this That after he had found cloathes made of Cotten wooll hee saw Gold and Siluer and stones of great value And they had not yet come where hee had beene For vntill that place he alwayes trauelled by the Sea coast and they trauelled farre within the land and that going toward the West of necessitie they should come where he had beene For he said That in a certaine place he trauelled many dayes and entred into the land toward the North. And in Guasco they had already found some Turkie stones and Mantles of Cotten wooll which the Indians signified by signes that they had from the West and that holding that course they should draw neere to the land of the Christians From Daycao where now they were to Rio grando or the great Riuer was one hundred and fiftie leagues which vnto that place they had gone Westward They departed from Nilco in the beginning of December and all that way and before from Chilano they endured much trouble for they passed through many waters and many times it rained with a Northren winde and was exceeding colde so that they were in open field with water ouer and vnderneath them and when at the end of their dayes iourney they found dry ground to rest vpon they gaue great thankes to God With this trouble almost all the Indians that serued them died And after they were in Minoya many Christians also died and the most part were sicke of great and dangerous diseases which had a spice of the lethargie As soone as they came to Minoya the Gouernour commanded them to gather all the chaines together which euery one had to lead Indians in and to gather all the Iron which they had for their prouision and all the rest that was in the Campe and to set vp a forge to make nailes and commanded them to cut downe timber for the Brigandines And a Portugall of Ceuta who hauing bin a prisoner in Fez had learned to saw timber with a long Saw which for such purposes they had carried with them did teach others which helped them to saw timber And a Genowis whom it pleased God to preserue for without him they had neuer come out of the Countrie for there was neuer another that could make Ships but he with foure or fiue other Biscaine Carpenters which hewed his plankes and other timbers made the Brigandines And two calkers the one of Genua the other of Sardinia did calke them with the tow of an hearbe like Hempe whereof before I haue made mention which there is named Enequen And because there was not enough of it
hee determined to depart from Quito and to goe seeke the Captaine Iohn de Ampudia leauing thereto moe then two hundred of Footmen and Horsemen amongst whom were a great many Inhabitants of the Citie of Quito Unto those Inhabitants the Captaine gaue licence to carrie with them the Cacikes that were escheated them in sharing with as many Indians as they would That which they did and Alfonso Sanches Nuita carried forth with him his Cacike with moe then an hundred Indians besides and in like manner Peter Cibo and his Cousin and they led out more then an hundred and fifty with their wiues and sundry also sped out their children because that in a manner euery one died for hunger Also Moran Inhabitant of Popayan carried out moe then two hundred persons And the like did all the rest Citizens and Souldiers euery one after his abilitie the Souldiers crauing that they might haue licence giuen them to captiue those Indians men and women which they carried forth the which was granted them vntill the death of the said captiues and those deceased to take as many more When they departed out of the Prouince of Quito they carried out moe then sixe thousand Indians men and women and of all those there neuer returned home into their Countrie twenty persons For they died all through the great and excessiue trauell which they made them indure in those broyling Countries contrary to their nature It happened at that time that one Altonso Sanches whom the said Captaine sent for Chieftaine ouer a certaine number of men into a Prouince there met with a good company of women and young boyes laden with victuals who stayed waiting for them without mouing from the place to giue them of that which they had and hauing so done the Captaine commanded that they should be put to the sharpe of the sword It came to passe also that at the time that the said Captaine came into the Prouince of Lili to a Towne called Palo neere vnto the great Riuer where hee found the Captaine Iohn de Ampudia which was gone before to discouer and pacifie the Countrie the said Ampudia kept a Citie by him prouided of a Garrison in the name of his Maiestie and of the Marques Francis of Pizarro and had set ouer them for Gouernours ordinary one Petre Solano of Quennoues and eight Counsellours and all the rest of the Countrie was in peace and shared out amongst them And as hee knew that the said Captaine was in the said Riuer hee came to see him with a great number of the Inhabitants of the Countrie and peacefull Indians laden with victuals and fruits Shortly after also all the neighbour Indians came to see him bringing him food There were the Indians of Xamundi and of Palo and of Soliman and of Bolo Now because that they brought no Mahis which he would haue he sent a great number of Spaniards with their Indians to goe search for Mahis commanding them to bring some where soeuer they found any So went they to Bolo and to Palo and found the Indians men and women in their houses in peace and the said Spaniards with those that were with them tooke them and robbed their Mahis their Gold and Couerings and all that they had and bound many Wherefore they seeing that the Captaine kept no Faith with them all the Countrie arose and reuolted from the Spanish whereof ensued great damage and God and the Kings Maiestie offended and by this meanes the Countrey remayned dispeopled for that the Olomas and the Manipos their enemies which are Mountaine people and warlike descended daily to take and robbe them when they perceiued the Citie and places of their abode left destitute And amongst them hee who was the stronger did eate vp his fellow for all died for famine This done the Captaine came to the Citie of Ampudia where he was receiued for Generall From this place they goe to a Citie called Tukilicui from whence the Cacike of the place yeelded forth incontinent in peace a number of Indians going before him The Captaine demanded Gold of him and of his Indians The Cacike told him that hee had but a small deale and that which he had should be giuen him and immediatly all beganne to giue him all that they had Whereupon the said Captaine gaue vnto euery of them a ticket with the name of the said Indian for a testimoniall that he had giuen him Gold affirming that hee which should haue neuer a ticket should be cast to the Dogges to bee deuoured because he gaue him no Gold Whereupon the Indians for feare that they were put in gaue him all the Gold that they were able and those which had none fled into the Mountaines and other Townes for feare to bee slaine By reason whereof perished a great number of the natiue Inhabitants of the Countrie And shortly after the said Captaine commanded the Cacike to send two Indians to another Citie named Dagna to will them that they should come in peace and bring him Gold in abundance And comming to another Citie hee sent that night many Spaniards to take the Indians and namely of Tulilicui So as they brought the next morrow aboue an hundred persons and all those which could beare burdens they tooke them for themselues and for their Souldiers and put them to the chaine whereof they died all And the said Captaine gaue the little children vnto the said Cacike Tulilicui that hee should eate them and in truth the skinnes of those children are kept in the house of the said Cacike Tulilicui full of ashes and so departed hee from thence without an Interpreter and went towards the Prouinces of Castile where hee ioyned himselfe vnto the Captaine Iohn de Ampudia who had sent him to discouer another way doing both of them great outrages and much mischiefe vnto the Inhabitants of the Countrie where they became And the said Iohn de Ampudia came to a Citie the Cacike and Lord whereof called Bitacur had caused to make certaine Duches to defend himselfe and there fell into the same two Horses the one of Antonie Rodondos the other of Marc Marqueâ—â—s That of Marcos Marquis died the other not For which cause the said Ampudia commanded to take all the Indians men and women that might be and thereupon tooke and layed together more then an hundred persons whom they cast aliue into those Ditches and slue them and brent withall more then an hundred houses in the said Citie And in that manner met in a great Citie where without summoning the Indians being at peace and without any spokesman to goe betweene them they slue with their Speares a great number of them making on them mortall warre And as it is said soone after they were met the said Ampudia told the Captaine what he had done in Bitaco and how he cast so many into the Ditches and the said Captaine answered that it was well done and that he for his part had done as much
that yeerely fish about Yarmouth where they sell their Fish for Gold and fifteene yeeres ago they had more then 116000. Sea-faring men The fishing shippes doe take yeerely two hundred thousand Last of fish twelue barrels to a Last which amounted to 3000000. pounds by the Fishermens price that fourteene yeeres agoe did pay for their Tenths 300000. pound which venting in Pumerland Sprussia Denmarke Lefland Russia Swethland Germany Netherlands England or else-where c. make their returnes in a yeere about 7000000. pounds and yet in Holland they haue neither matter to build ships nor Merchandize to set them forth yet by their industrie they as much increase as other Nations decay But leauing these vncertainties as they are of this I am certaine That the Coast of England Scotland and Ireland the North Sea with Ireland and the Sound New-found-land and Cape Blanke doe serue all Europe as well the Land Townes as Ports and all the Christian shipping with these sorts of Staple fish which is transported from whence it is taken many a thousand mile viz. Herring Salt-fish Poore-Iohn Sturgion Mullit Tunny Porgos Cauiare Buttargo Now seeing all these sorts of fish or the most part of them may be had in a Land more fertile temperate and plentifull of all necessaries for the building of ships Boates and houses and the nourishment of man the Seasons are so proper and the fishings so neere the habitations we may there make that New England hath much aduantage of the most of those parts to serue all Europe far cheaper then they can who at home haue neither Wood Salt nor Food but at great rates at Sea nothing but what they carrie in their ships an hundred or two hundred leagues from their habitation But New Englands fishings is neere land where is helpe of Wood Water Fruites Fowles Corne or other refreshings needfull and the Terceras Mederas Canaries Spaine Portugall Prouance Sauoy Sicilia and all Italy as conuenient Markets for our dry fish greene fish Sturgion Mullit Cauiare and Buttargo as Norway Swethland Littâ—ania or Germany for their Herring which is here also in abundance for taking they returning but Wood Pitch Tarre Sope-ashes Cordage Flaxe Waxe and such like Commodities we Wines Oyles Sugars Silkes and such Merchandize as the Straits affoord whereby our profit may equalize theirs besides the increase of shipping and Mariners And for proofe hereof With two ships sent out at the charge of Captaine Marmaduke Roydon Captaine George Laâ—gam Master Iohn Buley and W. Skelton I went from the Downes the third of March and arriued in New England the last of April where I was to haue stayed but with ten men to keepe possession of those large Territories Had the Whales proued as curious information had assured mee and my Aduentures but those things failed So hauing but fortie fiue men and boyes we built seuen Boates thirtie seuen did fish my selfe with eight others ranging the Coast I tooke a plot of what I could see got acquaintance of the Inhabitants 1100. Beuer skinnes a hundred Martines and as many Otters Fortie thousand of dry fish wee sent for Spaine with the Salt-fish traine Oyle and Furres I returned for England the eighteenth of Iuly and arriued safe with my Company the latter end of August Thus in sixe moneths I made my Voyage out and home and by the labour of fiue and fortie got neere the value of fifteene hundred pounds in those grosse Commodities This yeere also one went from Plimmouth set out by diuers of the I le of Wight and the West Countrie by the directions and instructions of Sir Ferdinando Gorge spent their victuals and returned with nothing The Virginia Company vpon this sent foure good ships and because I would not vndertake it for them hauing ingaged my selfe to them of the West the Londoners entertained the men that came home with me They set sayle in Ianuary and arriued there in March they found fish enough vntill halfe Iune fraughted a ship of three hundred tunnes went for Spaine which was taken by the Turkes one went to Uirginia to relieue that Colonie and two came for England with the greene fish traine Oyle and Furres within six moneths In Ianuary with two hundred pounds in cash for aduenture and six Gentlemen well furnished I went from London to the foure Ships was promised prepared for mee in the West Countrey but I found no such matter notwithstanding at the last with a labyrinth of trouble I went from Plimoth with a Ship of two hundred Tunnes and one of fiftie when the fishing was done onely with fifteene I was to stay in the Countrey but ill weather breaking all my Masts I was forced to returne to Plimoth where rather then lose all reimbarking my selfe in a Barke of sixtie Tuns how I escaped the English Pyrats and the French and was betrayed by foure Frenchmen of War I refer you to the description of New England but my Vice-Admirall notwithstanding the latenesse of the yeere setting forth with me in March the Londoners in Ianuary shee arriued in May they in March yet came home well fraught in August and all her men well within fiue moneths odde dayes The Londoners ere I returned from France for all their losse by the Turkes which was valued about foure thousand pounds sent two more in Iuly but such courses they tooke hy the Canaries to the West Indies it was ten moneths ere they arriued in New England wasting in that time their seasons victuall and health yet there they found meanes to refresh themselues and the one returned neere fraught with Fish and Traine within two moneths after From Plimoth went foure Ships onely to Fish and Trade some in February some in March one of two hundred Tuns got thither in a moneth and went full fraught for Spaine the rest returned to Plimoth well fraught and their men well within fiue moneths odde dayes From London went two more one of two hundred Tuns got thither in sixe weekes and within sixe weekes after with fortie foure men and boyes was full fraught and returned againe into England within fiue moneths and a few dayes the other went to the Canaries with dry fish which they sold at a great rate for Rials of eight and as I heard turned Pyrats I being at Plimoth prouided with three good Ships yet but fifteene men to stay with me in the Countrey was Wind-bound three moneths as was many a hundred saile more so that the season being past the Ships went for New-found-land whereby my designe was frustrate which was to me and my friends no small losse in regard whereof here the Westerne Commissioners in the behalfe of themselues and the rest of the Company contracted with me by Articles indented vnder our hands to be Admirall of that Country during my life and in the renewing of their Letters Patents so to be nominated halfe the fruites of our endeuours theirs the rest our owne being thus ingaged now the
water in her Hereupon the Gouernour caused the Corne to be made in a round stacke and bought Mats and cut Sedge to couer it and gaue charge to the Indians not to meddle with it promising him that dwelt next to it a reward if he would keepe vermine also from it which he vndertooke and the Sachim promised to make good In the meane time according to the Gouernors request the Sachim sent men to seek the Shallop which they found buried almost in sand at a high-water marke hauing many things remaining in her but vnseruiceable for the present whereof the Gouernour gaue the Sachim speciall charge that it should not be further broken And hauing procured a Guide it being no lesse then fiftie miles to our Plantation set forward receiuing all respect that could be from the Indians in his iourney and came safely home though weary and surbated whether some three dayes after the Ship also came The Corne being diuided which they had got Master Westons Company went to their owne Plantation it being further agreed that they should returne with all conuenient speede and bring their Carpenter that they might fetch the rest of the Corne and saue their Shallop At their returne Captaine Standish being recouered and in health tooke another Shallop and went with them to the Corne which they found in safety as they left it also they mended the other Shallop and got all their Corne aboard the Ship This was in Ianuary as I take it it being very cold and stormy insomuch as the harbour being none of the best they were constrained to cut both the Shallops from the Ships sterne and so lost them both a second time But the storme being ouer and seeking out they found them both not hauing receiued any great hurt Whilest they were at Nauset hauing occasion to lye on the shoare laying their Shallop in a Creeke not farre from them an Indian came into the same and stole certaine Beads Câ—ssers and other trifles out of the same which when the Captaine missed he tooke certaine of his company with him and went to the Sachim telling him what had hapned and requiring the same againe or the party that stole them who was knowne to certaine of the Indians or else he would reuenge it on them before his departure and so tooke leaue for that night being late refusing whatsoeuer kindnesse they offered On the morrow the Sachim came to their randeuow accompanied with many men in a stately manner who saluting the Captaine in this wise He thrust out his tongue that one might see the roote thereof and there with licked his hand from the wrist to the fingers end withall bowing the knee striuing to imitate the English gesture being instructed therein formerly by Tisquantum his men did the like but in so rude and Sauage a manner as our men could scarce forbeare to breake out in open laughter After salutation he deliuered the Beads and other things to the Captaine saying he had much beaten the party for doing it causing the women to make Bread and bring them according to their desire seeming to be very sorry for the fact but glad to be reconciled So they departed and came home in safety where the Corne was equally diuided as before After this the Gouernour went to two other inland Townes with another Company and bought Corne likewise of them the one is called Namasket the other Manomet That from Namasket was brought home partly by Indian women but a great sicknesse arising amongst them our owne men were inforced to fetch home the rest That at Manomet the Gouernour left in the Sachims custody this Towne lieth from vs South well neere twenty miles and stands vpon a fresh Riuer which runneth into the Bay of Nanobigganset and cannot be lesse then sixty miles from thence It will beare a Boat of eight or ten tun to this place Hither the Dutch or French or both vse to come It is from hence to the Bay of Cape Cod about eight miles out of which Bay it floweth into a Creeke some six miles almost direct towards the Towne The heads of the Riuer and this Creeke are not farre distant This Riuer yeeldeth thus high Oysters Muscles Clams and other Shel-fish one in shape like a Beane another like a Clam both good meate and great abundance at all times besides it aboundeth with diuers sorts of fresh fish in their seasons The Gouernour or Sachim of this place was called Canacum who had formerly as well as many others yea all with whom as yet we had to doe acknowledged themselues the Subiects of our Soueraigne Lord the King This Sachim vsed the Gouernour very kindely and it seemed was of good respect and authority amongst the Indians For whilest the Gouernour was there within night in bitter weater came two men from Manamoick before spoken of and hauing set aside their Bowes and Quiuers according to their manner sat down by the fire and tooke a pipe of Tobacco not vsing any words in that time nor any other to them but all remained silent expecting when they would speake At length they looked toward Canacum and one of them made a short speech and deliuered a present to him from his Sachim which was a basket of Tobacco and many Beades which the other receiued thankfully After which he made a long speech to him the contents hereof was related to vs by Hobbamock who then accompanied the Gouernour for his Guide to be as followeth It hapned that two of their men fell out as they were in game for they vse gaming as much as any where and will play away all euen their skin from their backs yea and for their wiues skins also though it may be they are many miles distant from them as my selfe haue seene and growing to great heat the one killed the other The actor of this fact was a Powah one of speciall note amongst them and such an one as they could not well misse yet another people greater then themselues threatned them with warre if they would not put him to death The partie offending was in hold neither would their Sachim doe one way or other till their returne resting vpon him for aduice and furtherance in so weightie a matter After this there was silence a short time at length men gaue their iudgement what they thought best Amongst others he asked Hobbamock what he thought Who answered he was but a stranger to them but thought it was better that one should die then many since he had deserued it and the rest were innocent whereupon he passed the sentence of death vpon him Not long after â—auing no great quantitie of Corne left Captaine Standish went againe with a Shallop to Mattachiest meeting also with the like extremitie of weather both of winde Sâ—ow and Frost insomuch as they were frozen in the harbour the first night they entred the same Here they pretended their wonted loue and spared them a good quantitie of Corne
Souldiers 40. Mariners 19. great Peeces and all the rest S. Gabriel of the Port of 280. tuns 50. Souldiers 25. Mariners 9. great Peeces and the rest of their furniture The Esay is fraughted of the same There are in this Squadron 23. Hulkes which are of 10271. tuns in the which are imbarked 3221. men of Warre 708. Mariners 410. great peeces and their necessary prouision The Captaine of our Lord of Pilier of Zaragosse of 300. tunnes 120. Souldiers 50. Mariners 12. great Peeces and their furniture The English Charity of 180. tuns 80. Souldiers 36. Mariners 12. great Peeces and the rest The Scottish S. Andrew of 150. tuns 51. Souldiers 30. Mariners 12. great Peeces and their furniture The Patache of the Crucifix 150. tuns 50. Souldiers 30. Mariners 8. great Peeces and their furniture Our Lord of the Hauen fraught alike The Conception of Carassa and our Lord of Begoua and the Conception de Capitillo and S. Hioros being of the burthen of 60. or 70. tuns 50. Souldiers 30. Mariners 8. great Peeces a Peece and their furniture Our Lady of grace the Conception of Frauncys Lastero our Lady of Guadalupe S. Frauncys the Holy Spirit our Lady of Frenesda all fraughted alike The Zabra of the Trinitie the Zabra of our Lady Castre S. Andrew the Conception of Zomartiba S. Clere S. Iohn of Carassa and the Assumption all fraughted alike There are in this Squadron 22. Pataches and Zabres which are of the burthen of 113. tuns in the which there are imbarked 479. Souldiers 574. Mariners and therâ— is 193. great Peeces and all their furniture THe Galeace the Captaine called S. Lawrence hath 270. Souldiers 130. Mariners 300. Slaues 50. Peeces of Canon and their furniture The Galeace Patrone 180. Souldiers 112. Mariners 300. Slaues 50. great Peeces and their furniture The Galeace Gâ—rone 170. Souldiers 120. Mariners 300. Slaues 50. great Peeces The Galeace Neapolitaine 124. Souldiers 115. Mariners 300. Slaues 50. great Peeces and the rest of their necessary fraught There are in these foure Galeaces 873. Souldiers 468. Mariners 200. great Peeces 1200. Slaues and the rest of their furniture The Gally Captaine 110. Souldiers 106. Mariners 306. Slaues and fiftie great Peeces and other necessaries The Gally Princesse the Gally Diana the Gally Vacaâ—a are the like In the aboue named Galeaces there are 1200. Slaues and in the foure gallies 888. which is in all 2088. Moreouer they carry powder for their need if it be offered to doe battery 600. Quintals So that there are in the said Army 130. Ships of 57868. tuns 19295. Souldiers and 8450. Mariners 2088. Slaues and 2630. great Peeces of Brasse of all sorts among which there are Coleurines and de my Coleurines and Canons to the Stone and other necessaries for their fraught In the Booke follow the names of the Aduenturers also of such as in the Army were entertained for pay such also as were imbarked for the seruice of the Canon for the Hospitall the Râ—giments and Companies in pay the Officers c. which for breuitie Iâ—â—it The Galeons were sixtie foure in number being of an huge bignesse and verie stately built being of marueilous force also and so high that they resembled great Castles most fit 〈◊〉 defend themselues and to withstand any assault but in giuing any other Ships the encounter farre inferiour vnto the English and Dutch Ships which can with great dexteritie weild turne themselues at all ass 〈…〉 The vpper worke of the said Galeons was of thicknesse and strength sufficient to beare off Musket-shot The lower worke and the timbers thereof were out of measure strong being framed for plankes and ribs foure or fiue foot in thicknesse insomuch that no bullets could pierce them but such as were discharged hard at hand which afterward proued true for a great number of bullets were found to sticke fast within the massie substance of those thicke plankes Great and well pitched Cables were twined about the masts of their Ships to strengthen them against the battery of shot The Galliasses were of such bignesse that they contained within them Chambers Chappels Turrets Pulpits and other commodities of great houses The Galliasses were rowed with great Oares there being in each of them 300. slaues for the same purpose and were able to â—ot great seruice with the force of their Ordnance All these together with the residue 〈◊〉 were furnished and beautified with Trumpets Streamers Banners warlike Ensignes and other such like ornaments Their Pieces of Brasen Ordnance were 1600. and of 〈◊〉 1000. The Bullets there to belonging were 120. thousand Item of Gunpowder 5600. quintals Of Match 1200. quintals Of Muskets and Kalâ—â—uers 7000. Of Halberts and Partisans 10000. Moreouer they had great store of Canons double Canons Culuerings and field-pieces for land seruice Likewise they were prouided of all instruments necessary on Land to conueigh and transport their furniture from place to place as namely of Carbs Wheeles Wagons c. Also they had Spades Mattocks and Baskets to set pioners on worke They had in like sort great store of Mules and Horses and whatsoeuer else was requisite for a Land-armie They were so well stored of Biscuit that for the space of halfe a yeere they might allow each person in the whole Fleete halfe a quintall euery moneth whereof the whole 〈◊〉 amounteth vnto an hundreth thousand quintals Likewise of Wine they had 147. thousand Pipes sufficient also for halfe a yeeres expedition Of Bacon 6500. quintals Of Cheese three thousand quintals Besides Fish Rice Beanes Pease Oyle Vinegar c. Moreouer they had 12000. Pipes of fresh water and all other necessarie prouision as namely Candies Lanternes Lampes Saâ—les Hempe Oxe-hides and Lead to stop holes that should be made with the batterie of Gunâ—hot To be short they brought all things expedient either for a Fleete by Sea or for an Aâ—â—ie by land This Name as Diego Pimentelli afterward confessed was esteemed by the King himselfe to containe 32000. persons and to cost him euery day 30. thousand Ducates There were in the said Nauie fiue Terzaes of Spaniards which Terzaes the Frenchmen call Regiments vnder the command of fiue Gouernours tearmed by the Spaniards Masters of the field and amongst the rest there were many old and expert Souldiers chosen out of the Garrisons of Sicilie Naples and Terçera Their Captaines or Colonels were Diego Pimentelli Don Francisco de Toledo Don Alonzo de Lucon Don Nicolas de Isla Don Augustin de Mexia who had each of them two and thirty Companies vnder their conduct Besides the which Companies there were many bands also of Castilians and Portugals euery one of which had their peculiar Gouernours Captaines Officers Colours and weapons It was not lawfull for any man vnder grieuous penaltie to carry any woman or harlots in the Fleete for which cause the women hired certaine Ships wherein they sailed after the Nauie some of the which being driuen by tempest arriued vpon