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EH THE 
 
 IFE & DEATH 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Valiant and Renowned 
 
 4| 
 
 Sir Francis Drake,, 
 
 His Voyages and Discoveries in the 
 
 ' "4fe C_X 
 
 about the Worlds 
 
 WITH 
 
 His Noble and Heroick A&s. 
 
 By Samuel Clar^ Late Minifter of 
 
 London. 
 
 LONDON., 
 
 Printed for Simon Miller., at the Star, at the Weft 
 End of S. Pauls. 1671. 
 

 
 X. 
 
 
The Lift an3 Death of Sir FRANCIS 
 DRAKE., with Ins Voyages into the 
 Weft-Indies, and about the World ^ And 
 other his Valiant AEHons. He Died > 
 Anno Chrifti. 1595- 
 
 HIS Francis Drl(e was bom neer unto 
 South Tuviftock* in Vevonjhire of mean 
 Parents. His Godfather was Francis Ruf- 
 /e:/, afterwards Earl of Bedford, whogave 
 him his Name of Frauds. His Father in the 
 Reign of King f/dwj the Eighth, was called in queftion 
 for Religion, by reafon of the fix Articles fet forth by 
 the King againft the Proteftants, whereby he was feign 
 to fhift his habitation, and to retire into Ke#j. But af 
 ter the death of KingHewr/, in the time of King Ed* 
 ward the fixth, he obtained a place in the Navy Royal 
 to read Divine Service: and after awhile he was or 
 dained Deacon, and made Vicar of the Church of Up- 
 nor upon the River of Medwaj. 
 
 Yet continuing poor (the place being of finaJl value) 
 he put forth this his Son to ferve a neighbor Mariner 
 that traded with a fmall Barke into France and Zelantt, 
 who brought him up in the Mariners Art, and by rea- CiUta - 
 fon of his Ingenuity, and A&ivity, took fuch liking to 
 him, that ( being a Bachelor^) when he died, he be* 
 queathed uato him his Bark. 
 
 Shortly after, this Fraxcis Vrtfa hearing of the 
 preparations which were made by Sir Jokv H&i*kis fwr 
 a Voyage, 4nno Gkrzfti, 1567. He fold hw Bark, and 
 
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 joyned himfelf with him, which voyage proving dif- 
 afteroui, at Sj *johnde vllva, he loft all he .had, and 
 hardly brought himfelf back. 
 
 Our Vrake hereupon was forced to betake himfelf 
 to ^* S M arlners practice to repair his loffes , by which, 
 its. fcrving in a Man of War, he got good ftore of mony a 
 whereupon he made a fecond voyage into the Sptnijk- 
 Weft^fndies to recover there what he had formerly 
 Jofh, and with the (hip of war, called the Dragon, and 
 another fhip, none knowing his intentions but his own 
 Conforts.) in the yeal I572, x pn IFhiijundtj Eve 3 being 
 l*y 24^. himfelf being Captain of the Admiral, a fliip 
 of ieventy TunSj and his brother John Dra^e Captain 
 of tbc Vice-Admiral called the Swan, of twenty five 
 Tuns, having in both of them of men and boys feventy 
 three, all Voluntiers, he ,fo divided them that they 
 were forty feven in onefhip^ & twenty-fix in the other. 
 Thefefltipshe furnifhed excellently with viftuals^and 
 apparel for. a whole year 5 Proriding alfo ftore of all 
 manner of Ammunition., Artillery, Artificers 'ftufF 3 and 
 Tools, and whatfoever Was requifitefor fuch a rnanef 
 war, in fuch an attempt : Butefpeciaily he had provi 
 ded five nimble Pinnaces, made at F///^//J D which be 
 ing taken afunder ? were.ftored aboard his (hips., ancf 
 ready to be fet up as^occafion ferved^ with thefe fee 
 fet fail from the found o?li month, intending for 
 Nombre de Dios in . the Wejl- ladies-. 
 
 The wind was fair and favourable, fo that within 
 twelve dayesthey had fight of the Mad^ra^ and Cana- 
 y/Iflands, yet they never Caft Anchor, nor made anj 
 \ ftay for twenty five days ^fter their fetting forth 5 at 
 which time they faw the Ifland of GuA'datttpe, one of 
 the Weft 7/?^/elQands, and the next morning they en- 
 trcd between Tlominiw aci Gttad^hpe^ and iaadsd on 
 
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Francis Drake. 
 the South fide of Dominica ^ where they remained 
 three Days to refrefh their naen, and to take in Freda 
 water, whereof there was plenty. 
 
 The third Day in the afternoon they fet fail for the 
 Continent,orT*rr^f;$**5 and the fifth day after they 
 had fight of Sanfta Martha, from which theyfteared 
 their courfe towards Pert Phefavt (To named byCz- 
 ptain Dr<f4? in his former Voyage, by reafon of the 
 great ftore ofthofeFowlsin that place) and within fix 
 days after they fafely arrived in that bay. Here did 
 Captain Drakg give order fb his brother what to do in 
 his abfence., and well manning his Boats, went to the 
 fhore, where,upon'a great Oak he found a plate of lead 
 nailed,, having in it this Infcription. 
 
 Captain Drake., if you happen to come to this Port+ 
 m*k$ haft away. For the Spaniards you here met with the 
 la ft year have betrayed this.pla^e^ and taken away all 
 that y OH left here.>&c. Your loving friend John Garret 
 of Plymouth. But notwithftanding this advertifment 
 Captain Drake meant not to depart from this Port 
 {which was fo fit for his purpofe) till he had fet his 
 Pinnaces together which he brought with him in his 
 ''(hip's. And for his own, and his mens fecurity, whilft 
 the Carpenters were employed about that work, he 
 made a kind of a Fort by the water fide 3 by felling great 
 Trees 3 and laying them one upon another. 
 
 The next day after their arrival., came in alfo into 
 
 that Port an^///JBarkoftheIfleof^A^ of Sir Ett- 
 
 'ivard'Horfeys.) whereof James Rawfe was .Captain,, and 
 
 JehnQvery Matter, with thirty men 3 Thefe brought in 
 
 with them a Sp-anijf) Carvel of Sivil y being fent with 
 
 Advife^o Nombre de\Dioj ? and alfo a Shallop ? both 
 
 'which they had taken by the way. And Captain Rawfe, 
 
 underftanding the defign of Captain 'Drake, dcfired to 
 
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 jyo with them, and upon Articles agreed on/he was 
 Admitted. 
 
 Within feven days the Pinnaces were fitted, and fur- 
 niflicd for fervke 9 and other bufineffes difpatched,fo 
 that fctting fail in the morning toward Sombre deT>ios y . 
 they held on their courfe till they came tothelflesof 
 fines upon the third day 3 at which place they found 
 two Frigates of Ncmbrc de D*0/, lading Planks and tim 
 ber from thence. The Negroes inthofe Frigats informed 
 them oftheftatc oftheTown$ and told them that 
 fome fouldiers were daily looked for from the Cover- 
 nour ofPAttam* to defend theTown of Nombrt de dios 
 againft thcSjffKrems, who were Blacks that formerly 
 had fled from their spaniJK mafters by reafon of their 
 cruelty, *nd were by this time grown to a nation un 
 der two tings, who had almoft furprifed it about fm 
 weeks before. 
 
 Captain DrA^ having learned what he could of 
 retthefeN^r^e/onfhore, that they might go to 
 their Countrey-men theSjmtrons) and to prevent any 
 notice that they might give to Nombre de dios of his 
 approach^ fo hafted his going thither. For which end 
 he difpofed of all his companies, leaving the three 
 fhips and Carvel with Captain Rawfe, and chofe into 
 his Pinnaces (making the Shallop one ) fifty three of 
 his own company, and twenty of Captain Rawfes: Pro 
 viding fit arms for them: viz- fix Targets, fix Firepikes^ 
 twelve Pikes, twenty four Muskets and Calievers, fix= 
 teen Bows 5 fix Partizans 3 two Drums,and two Trumpets. 
 Then leaving their company^ they arrived at the 
 Ifland of Catavaas, where landing 'early in the morn 
 ing. Captain Dral(e there trained his men, and delivered 
 them their feveral Arms, w ch hitherto he had keptfafe 
 in good casks, encouraging them to the citferpfifeby 
 
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 fitting before them the weaknefs of the Tawn 3 being 
 unwalled, the unexpeftednefs of their coming and the 
 great Richer, and honor that was to be gained if they 
 effected it. And in the afternoon hefet fail for Nffm- 
 brc dsbios> and before Sun-fet,gat as far as Rio Fran- 
 cifco: from vvhence 3 keepingclofe to the fliore that they 
 might not be difcovered by the Watch- houfe, they 
 came within two leagues of the Point of the.Bay,where 
 he caufed them to ftrike a Hull, and to caft out their 
 graplers, till it was dark} when night was coming, fet- 
 ting fail, and rowing hard and filently, they recovered 
 the Point of the Harbour , purpofing not to attempt 
 the Town till Day-breakc- But Captain Drake hearing 
 that fome of kis men began to talk of the difficulty and 
 danger of the enterprife, to put bythefe conceits, he 
 tooke the opportunity of the riling Moon toperfwade 
 them that it was Day, fo that they got to the Town 
 aa hour before the Day brake. 
 In the Harbour they found a Spanifly Ship of fixty- 
 Tuns, newly come in, laden with Canary -Wines and o- 
 ther Commodities, which fpying fo many Pinnaces, 
 fcnt his Boat prefently a (hoar to give the Town warn 
 ings which Captain Drake perceiving, cut betwixt her 
 and the Town, find forced her to go to the other fide 
 of the Bay: fo that he landed his men without im 
 peachment. Vpon the Platform they found fix Pieces 
 of Ordnance ready mounted , fome halfe, fome whole 
 Culverines.Thefe they prefently difmounted, and the 
 Town tooke the Alarm, which they were the readier 
 to do, becaufe they were oft difquieted by the ;**- 
 ronS) who caufed the Great Bell to be rung out, and 
 Drums run up' and down the Town. 
 
 Captain Drake ^ according to the direftioas he had 
 pycn before, left twelve men to keep the PioMccs,that 
 
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 he might affure a fafe retreat, if need (hould be, and 
 before he would enter the Town he thought fit to view 
 the mount, on the eaft fide, where, as he was informed,, 
 they had planted Ordnance to fcower ail about the 
 Town ^ therefore leaving half his men at the foot of 
 the mount 3 hitnfelf with the other half, fpeediljr 
 marched up to the top, where finding no Guns., they 
 as fpeedify defcerided 5 and appointing his Brother, 
 with John Oxevhat&,and fixteen of his men to go about 
 behind the Kings Treafure-houfe, to enter the eaft-encj 
 ofthe market-place,himfelf with the reft, paffeduptfye 
 broad-ftreet with found of Drum, and Trumpet. 
 and takes The Fire- pikes in both the companies affrighted the 
 enemy,and gave light to the E#///?j,whilft the Inhabi 
 tants ftood amazed at the ftrange fight , and hearing 
 Drums and Trumpets founding in fundry places 5 judg- 
 ed thzEngliJh to be far more than they were. Yet by 
 reafonof the time fpent in marching up and down the 
 Mount, t he ,Souldiers and Inhabitants of the Town had 
 put thernfelves in Arms neer to the Governors houfe, 
 & not far from the gate of the town,wch was only one, 
 leading towards Vanavta* meaning fas it feemed) either 
 to (hew their valour in the Governors fight, or, if need 
 were, to have the better opportunity for their flight. 
 And to make, (hew of a greater number of 
 (hot than they had, they had hung lines with 
 lighted matches overthwart the end of the Mar 
 ket-place , and at the approach of the EngliJ!) 
 they gave, them a Volley of (hot, yet levelling 
 fo low that the Bullets oft grazed On the ground. The 
 E#g/7/& ftocdnot tonnfwer them in the fame kinds but 
 having once difcharged their Guns,and feathered with 
 their Arrows,they came to the pufh of Pike, and their 
 Fire, pikes being well armed did them notable fc.rvice : 
 
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Francis Drake. 
 
 And with the Butt ends of their Guns 3 and other ftiort 
 weapons (Captain Drakes Brother and his Company 
 entring at the fame time another way) they charged 
 them fofurioufly^that the Spaniards threw down their 
 weapons anti ran away. And in the purfuit., and return 
 of the Engltfii many of them were wounded by the 
 enemies weapons which lay very thick and crofs one 
 another. 
 
 At their return they made a ftand near the midft of 
 the Market-place, whence Captain Drake fent fome of 
 his men tx) iiay the txinging of the Bell : But the Church 
 being ftrongly built and fa ft (hut, they could not get 
 in without firing it., which Captain pr^^e would not 
 fuffer, and having taken two or three Spaniards in 
 their flight, he commanded them to conduft them to 
 the Governours Houfe., where they ordinarily unladed 
 their Mules that brought the treafure from Manama. 
 But though the Giver was kept thereat the gold 3 pearl; 
 and jewels was from thence carried to the Kingtrea- 
 fure-houfe which flood not far off. 
 
 At the coming of the Englifo to the Governors houft, 
 they found the gate open,a candle lighted upon the top 
 of the ftairs., and a fair Gennet ready fadled for the there. 
 Governor 5 by means of which light D they faw a huge 
 heap of filverin that nether Eloom 3 being a pile of ill- 
 ver bars of about 70 foot inlength D 10 foot in breadth, 
 and 12 foot in^heigthj each bar being near 40 pound in 
 weight. Yet did Captain Drake ftraitly command his 
 men not to meddle with any of it, but to ftand to their 
 Arms., becaufe the town was full of people, and in the 
 Kings treafure-houfe, nearer the water,there was more 
 gold and jewels than all their 4 pinnaces could carry,, 
 which he intended they (hbuld prefently break open, 
 Nofoonerwere the #///& returned to their Guard 
 
 but 
 

 bufa report wasbrought them that their Pinnaces were 
 in danger of being ukeo, and that if they ftaied till 
 day they would be oppreft with multitudes both of 
 Souidiers and townfmen: wherefore Captain brafa fent 
 his brother , and 'Job* Oxenbxw to the water fide to 
 .know the truth, who indeed found their men much 
 affrighted by reafon that they faw great companies of 
 the Spaniards runningup and down the town (which 
 was as big zsPlimouth^) with lighted matches, which 
 alfo fometimes (hot at them. 
 
 Prefently after a violent (liower of rain powred 
 downfo vehemently that before the ##/*/& could gel; 
 thelhelter of a Penthoufe, fome of their Bow-ftrings 
 were wet, and their match and powder fpoiled,which 
 before they could renew 3 fome of them were muttering 
 about theftrengthof the enemy, which Captain Drake 
 overhearing, faid, / have brought yon to tht very month 
 of the trcafure of the world>and if you go aw ay without 
 Jt^you can blame no body but your felves. 
 
 The ftormfwhich lafted about half an hour) being 
 ended, Captain Dra^dtGnng to put thefe fears out 
 of his mens heads, and to allow the enemy no longer 
 refpite to gather themfelves together, fteptforward, 
 commanding hisbrother and fome others to break open 
 the Kings treafure-houfe,and the reft to guard the mar 
 ket-place till the bufinefs was difpatched. But as he 
 fteptforward his ftrength and fight, andfpeech failed 
 him by reafon of abundance of blood which he had 
 loft out of a wound received in his leg at the firft cn- 
 counter,which indeed was fo much,when they looked 
 after it, i hat they thought it impoffible for one man to 
 loofe. Infomuch as they which were before moft for 
 ward, began now to prefer their Captains life before 
 that vaft Treafure : and therefore having recovered 
 
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 him with fome hot water 9 and bound up his wound 
 with a Scarf that ftopt the bleeding,they intreated him 
 to be content to go with them aboard 5 that his wound 
 might be better Tearched and dreft. 
 
 This he would by no means be perfvvaded to, know 
 ing that it- would be impoffible, after fuch a rcfpite to 
 return to effed the work they came for., thinking it 
 more honorable for himfclf there to die than to leave-' 
 fo high an enterprife unperformed; Yet fome of them 
 having already gotten fome good booty, by force 
 mingled with fair words, carried him away. to his Pin 
 nace , judging that by his Life they might recover 
 wealth fufficient, but if they loft him, they (hould J^ ** 
 hardly recover their own home. 
 
 Thusembarquing by breakof day, having (befides 
 the Captain J many men wounded, though none (lain 
 but one Trumpeter, whilft the Chyrurgeons were bufic 
 in dreffing them, before they departed the Harbor, 
 they took the faid (hip of wines to cheer up their men : 
 but before they bad got her out of the haven D the 
 Spaniards had remounted one of their Culverin9,and 
 made a (hot at them,which yet hindred them not from 
 carrying away the (hip to the Ifle of ViSuals, which 
 lies without the Bay Weft ward about a League off the 
 Town , where they ftaid two Days to cure their 
 wounded and to refrefh themfelves in thbfe plea fa nt 
 Gardens, abounding with all fort of dainty Roots, , 
 and Fruits, befides great plenty of Poulmy,and other 
 Fowls, no lefsflrange than delicate. 
 
 Prefently after their arrival there,came a proper,and 
 weli-fpoken Gentleman to Captain .Dr^^e, indeed to 
 view in what ftate they were, but protefting that he 
 came of hismeer good will to fee the Captain for that 
 he had undertaken fo incredible an eqterpnze with fo 
 
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 few men r Addinga thatatfirft they fufpefted them to 
 be French^ from whom they could exped no mercy, but 
 when they perceived by their Arrows that they were 
 E'ttglifa their fears were the lefs.,becaufe they knew that 
 though they took their treafure.yet they would not be 
 cruel to their perfons. He told hiinalfo that the Gover 
 nor had confented to his coming 5 yea, had direftly 
 fent him, becaufe there werefome in Town that faid, 
 they knew the Englijh Captain,, who the two laft years 
 had been upon their Coaft 3 and had always ufed their 
 perfons civily. Hetherefcre defired to know whether 
 it was the fame Captain Drake or no? Whether the 
 Englijh Arrows were poifoned with which their men 
 were wounded ? How their wounds might be cured > 
 And laftly, whether they wanted Vi&uals, or other ne- 
 ceffaries., with which the Governor was ready to fur- 
 nifh them fo far as he durft.^ Captain Drakg ("though 
 he took him for a Spy) yet ufed him courteoufly 3 and 
 anfwered to his demands^That he was the fame Drafa, 
 that they meant. That it was never his manner to poi- 
 fon his Arrows. That their wounded might becured by 
 ordinary Chyrurgery: And that hecoald fuffieiently 
 fupply all his wants in that Ifland- Adding., that he 
 wanted nothing but feme of that fpecial commodity^ 
 which that country yielded, to fatisfie himfelf and his 
 company. He advifed the Governor therefore to be vi- 
 gilant^for that before hedeparted 5 he would (by Gods 
 leave^and affiftance) (hare with them in fome of their 
 Treafure- 
 
 To t his the Gentleman replied 5 that if he might move 
 thequeftion without offence, what was thereafonthat 
 being pofieflid of the town they ffibuld fo foon leave it 
 wherein there was above 360 tun of filver, and much 
 more gold in value^ in the Kings treafure-houfe 5 Capt. 
 
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 him the true caufe of their retreat, & how 
 unwillingly he was carried aboard. The Gentleman ac 
 knowledged that he had no lefs caufe in departing than 
 he had (hewed valor in attempting. Thus after fair 
 enf e taiment,and fqme gifts beftowed upon him by Ca 
 ptain Dral(e 9 after dinner he was difmiffed, & protefting 
 that he was never fo much honoured by any in his life. 
 After his departure,, a Negro that had fled to them, 
 being examined, informed them how they might 
 have gold and filver enough,by means of the Symerons y 
 to whom though himfelf was hateful becaufe he had 
 betraicd them to the Spaniards) yet if Captain Drtkg 
 would proted: him, he Would adventure his life to 
 ferve him therein. This gave caufe of further conful- 
 tation,and becaufe the Ifland where they were was nei 
 ther fate nor healthy 5 the next morning they fet fail for 
 the Ifle of Vinos (or Tort Tlenty} where they had left 
 their (hips. By the way Captain T>rake fent his Brother, 
 and one Ellis Hixon to the weftward to fearch the river 
 Crfr0,whichhehad difcovered the year befGre 5 defiring 
 to have further knowledge of it, becaufe it tended 
 Southward within fix leagues of Panama, upon which 
 river, at a town called Vent a Cruzfhty ufedto iir.bark 
 their treafures that byMulcs was brought from txnama, 
 and fo to fend it by watenoNowbrecteDrof. This coft 
 them three days rowing to get as far as Vent a Cru^^ but 
 they came back in a day and a night. 
 
 When Captain Drafa came to his (hips., Capt. Ra&fe 
 fufpefting that they could not now fafely continue upon 
 that coaft being thus difcovered ,was willing to !eparr f 
 and Capt. Dra^e was as willing todifmifs hirr- ^ where, 
 fore Aug. 7. taking his leave, he left them in the afore- 
 faid Ifle, where they had remained five or 6 days, After 
 whichjhaving put all things in rcadinefs.Capt.Dr^e fe- 
 
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 folved with his two (hips, and three Pinnaces to goto 
 Carthagea^ and fix days after he came to Anchor with 
 his (hips between the Iflands of Chareftrx^and S.Ber- 
 #rfr^/,and himfelf led the three Pinnaces about the 
 Ifland into the harbor of C<*rthagenajft\\eiQ they found 
 a Frigate at Anchor, aboard which was only one old " 
 man, who told them that the reft of his company was 
 gone a fhore to fight about a Miftrefs^telling dipt . Dral(s 
 alfo that a little before,there fpeedily pafled by a Pin 
 nace, calling to him and asking whether there had not 
 lately been there fome Englijl)^ and Frenchmen^ and 
 being told that there had not, he hafted.away$ after 
 which he faw divers fmall (hips, bringing themfelves 
 under theCaftle. 
 
 Capt. Drafa farther learned by him that within the 
 next point^ rode a great (hip of Syvil^ that being un- 
 Jpaden,, was the next morning bound for S. \3omixgo: 
 "wherefore taking this old man with him,, he rowed to 
 t'hat fhipand with his Pinnaces prefently boarded her, 
 though with fome difficulty by reafon of her height. 
 As foon as they had entred they threw down their 
 gates 3 and Spardecks to prevent the Spaniards from 
 hurtiwg them with their clofe fights} who feeing the 
 Evglijh pofleffed of their (hip, flowed themfelves all in 
 hold,except 2 or 3 that were before the Beete$ then fee 
 ing no further danger^they cut her Cabie at half 5 & with 
 their Pinnaces towed her out from the Ifland, right be 
 fore the town^y et without danger of their great (hot. 
 
 The town taking the Alarm, rung cut their Bells, (hot 
 off 30 great guns,and drew their horfeand foot, with 
 their (hot ? if they could,to hinder their going out. The 
 next morning Capt-Dr^^ fhips took two frigates,who 
 came from N0/re deDios to Carthagena with letters 
 f advife 5 to certifie them what Captain Drtkf had done 
 
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 there, and therefore to with them to ftand upon thei r 
 
 G c'pt Drake now confidering t hat he was difcovcred. 
 in two of the chiefeft places of all that coalt, yet refol- 
 ved nottodepart till he had found the Sjmron* and 
 mad? a goo/ voyage : But this requiring ength ot 
 timethefefolved toburnone of his fh,ps,and to.make 
 
 he other his ftore-houfe, that fu his Pinnaces might be 
 Wowly manned. But knowing how loth his company 
 ,Sd be topart with either of their (hips.being both 
 fo good Sailors, and fo well furnithed he fent for the 
 Carpenter out of the Sa, and taking ; him .nto his 
 Cabin, he charged him privately to go down into the 
 well of the fhip, and to bore three holes as neer to the 
 Keel as he could, andthentofetfomethmg before the 
 ho s that theifluing in of the water might not be 
 heard. 'The Carpenter being difmaid iwith this iCom- 
 
 nand,defiredtoknow thecaufewhy he would fink fo 
 good - (hip, new, and ftrong : Adding that if his bro 
 ther Mafter, and other Company fhould know it, they 
 would furely kill him. Then did Ca ptain Dr* tell hnn 
 his reafons for it^romifmg that it mould not be known 
 till all of them were glad of it : and fo he did it ao 
 
 COr The 8 n^t morning Capt. T)r*ke would in his Pinnace 
 goaFifhing, and calling for ^^* ^* ^"i 
 would have him go with him who nfing ft^Ag 
 that he would follow him prefently. Capt. pr^e per 
 ceiving that the work was done, asked why their Bark 
 wasfo 8 dee P > whereupon his brother fent one down to 
 know whether there were any water in the fnlpj 
 the fleward going down, was up to the waft in water, 
 and cryed out thft thefcip was full of water euc 
 fome ran to the Pump, and others to 
 
Leak. But notwithstanding all their pains and diligence 
 they could neitherclear her of water 5 nor find the leak. 
 Then Cape. Drakj auvifed thatfhe (hould be burnt that 
 the enemy might never recover her,and to fatisfic them 
 Cwho were very unwilling) he made his brother Cap 
 tain of the Admiral, and placed the Matter of the sw<** 
 with him : and himfelf would go in his Pinnace: then did 
 every one takeout what they lacked, and liked,, and 
 
 He burns Captain Drake had what he defired, and men enough 
 
 one of his fo r his Pinnaces. 
 
 The next morning they fetfail for the found of T)arri~ 
 e;/ D w cll in 5 days they recovered., and thenretiring into 
 a place out of all trade, they repofed thernfelvts pri 
 vately for 15 days, that the enemy might think them 
 quite gone from the coaft. During which time fome 
 built them houfesiothersexercifedthemfelvestoftoot 
 at Buts : others trimmed the Pinnaces to make them the 
 fitter for failing, and rowing .-others provided frefh vi- 
 fruals of Fifh, Fowl, Hogs, Deer, Conies, &c. whereof 
 - there was great plenty. ThenCaptain T>ra\e leaving his 
 fbip with his brother , took two of the Pinnactstogo 
 to Rio Grand. By the way,, feeing on the Land great 
 ftore of Catt!e 3 Captain Drake contenting them for 
 thtir pains 3 the Indians lurniftied him with as much 
 provifion of them as he defired. 
 
 , The fame day about three a clock, they entrcd Rio 
 ^ Grand, rowing up the ftream till dark night, but the 
 .current was fo ftrong that they gat but two leagues all 
 that time 5 that night they had a terrible ftorm with 
 thunder and lightning, after which they were extream- 
 ly troubled with Aiuskjtos (like our Gnats) chat they 
 could get little refh The next morning early they paf- 
 fed up the river, meeting none till three in the after 
 noon, and then they fpicd aCanow with two Indians 
 
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 fifhing: and about five a clock, they fpied fome houfes 
 of theSp40?#r4f>*Q which when they came 3 the Inha 
 bitants were fled 3 where they found ftore of Bacon, 
 Cheefe, Sweet ineats^Conferves^and Sugary with thefe 
 they loaded their Pinnaces, and fo returned back again 
 down the River} at the mouth whereof, they cleanfed 
 their Pinnace?, and fteered Weftward till they came to 
 their {hip, and company^and by the way they took two 
 frigates well ftored with live Hogs, Hens, and Maiz, 
 which (difmifling the men) they kept for their own 
 provifion. Yea their ftore which then,, and afterwards 
 they took was fuch,that they relieved the Symerons.p\\& 
 t wo French (hips that were in extreme want. 
 
 Duriag their abfence. Captain Johxl)rai(e in his Pin 
 nace went into theMain 3 and efpying fomej/^r0#/,had 
 dealt fo effeftually with them., that leaving two of his 
 men with their Captain, he gave him two Symerons^ a- 
 greeing to meet again the next day. Thefc two being 
 intelligent men, declared to Captain Dral(e 9 how glad 
 they were of his coming, knowing him to be an enemy 
 to the Spantardf.) and that their Captain and company 
 would (by for him at the mouth of Rio~Diego. Captain. 
 T>rak? having confulted about the bufinefs^refolved to 
 take his brother., and the two Symerons and with his 
 two Pinnaces to go to the faid river, giving order that 
 the reft of his fleet (hould follow him the next morn 
 ing, becaufe there was a place both of great fafety and 
 plenty. 
 
 When they arrived there they found t\\eSymeroxs ac 
 cording as they had promifed 3 where after mutual kind- 
 nefles,they took in two more of the Sj0mv/ 3 appoint- 
 ing to meet them and others of their country-men at 
 Rio Guana. In the mean time Captain Drakes (hip was 
 pittifully ftiaken with a great tempeft} but having 
 
 trimcdL 
 
1 6 cfce )Ltfe , anfc 
 
 trimed her, they brought her fafe into the Channel, 
 and there moored her. The Sywwons coming ("as they 
 had appointed) Captain Dra^e asked them how they 
 could rurnifh him with forneof the Spaniards gold,and 
 filverjtheyanfwered, that they had taken (lore from 
 the SpsiKZdrds not for love of it, but to defpite them, 
 which they had fttnk in Rivers, which they could not 
 now recover becaufethe Rivers were high ; and the 
 Spttaiards in thefe rainy months ufed not to carry their 
 treafure by Land. 
 
 Captain Drake to entertain his company for thefe 
 five months, commanded all his Ordnance and Provid 
 ers a (hoar, making a fort for their fafety, and by the 
 help of the Sywerons, raifed two large houfes for all his 
 company. In the mean time, Captain Dra^e leaving his 
 brother to look to thofe affairs, with three Pinnaces 
 went againe for Carthagena, where when they arrived 
 they let fall their Grappers between thelflandof Gar- 
 dent, and the main. The Governor fent to know why 
 he ftayd fo long upon their coaft.<? He anfwered^to traf - 
 fique with them, having Tin, Pewter, Cloth, &c. which 
 they needed. The Governor replyed,that the King had 
 forbidden them to trade with any, except for powder 
 #nd (hot of which if he had ftore, he would be his Mer 
 chant .<? Captain Dra^e anfwered that he came to ex 
 change his Commodities for Stiver & Gold, and meant 
 not to return without it. Here he took two Frigates, 
 whereof he funk the one, and burned the other, not 
 beiug able to man them. And after a while, being out 
 <3f hope of any purchafe there, much of their Viftuals 
 being fpent,and fpoiled, they put forth to Sea though 
 the weather was veryftonny. Many days they failed 
 and could get no provifion, the Wefternly- winds not 
 fuffering them to return to their (hip: Atlaftxvhenall 
 
 their 
 
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 their provifions were almoft fpent, and they hopelefs, 
 they efpied a Frigate,, which proved SpaaiJ!) 5 Her 
 *theypurfued,and fofoon as the weather would fuffer 
 them., boarded and took, \vhereintheyfound ftore of 
 provision, which they took, as fent them by God$ After 
 this they landed on the Main,, and by fetting the Spa 
 niards lately taken, at liberty., they procured more 
 provifions from fome Indians that were under a Spa- 
 niJI) Governor. 
 
 Prefently after many of Capt. Drakes men fell fick, 
 yet it pleafed God that none died but only a Quarter 
 Matter, he was alfo.a very good Marriner 5 and fo at 
 laft they returned to their (hip> where they were enter 
 tained with the heavy news of the death of Captain 
 John Drake, and another, both flam as they attempted 
 the boarding of a Frigate, prefently after the depart 
 ing of the Pinnaces from them. Here did Captain Drake 
 continue for a month, keeping clofe that they might 
 not be difcovered, during which time there fell a fick- 
 nefs amongft his men whereof Jofepb Drake , another 
 of his Brothersjdied, and fome others* 
 
 At laft the Symerons brought him word that for cer- Hemarch- 
 tain the Spanifo Fleet was come to Nombre de Dios : estowar <l 
 yet did he fend forth the Lyon to make further difco- J 
 ^very ^ which foontooke a Frigate laden with Maiz 5 
 Hens, and Pompions 3 which afliired them of their ar 
 rival . Then did he after advice taken prepare all 
 things for his journey by land to Panama.) and having 
 now buried twenty eight of his men, he left Ellis Hix- 
 on with his (hip and other Company^giving charge that 
 they fhould not believe any meflfenger that (hould come 
 in his name 5 except they faw his hand writing : And 
 fo upon Shrove-Twfdays accompanied with 48 men, 
 whereof 18 only were */(/>, the reft Sjmrons, he 
 
 B be- 
 
Began his journey,every onebefides his Arms, carrying 
 muc\i viduals, aad what was wanting by the way, the 
 Symerons with their Arrows provided from timeta 
 time. 
 
 Sees the About the midft of his journey they came to a very 
 (outh-fca. high Mountain, upon the top whereof was a goodly 
 Tree which when he had afcended, he faw from 
 thence the South Sea, whereupon he befought of God 
 that of his goodnefs he would give him life and leave 
 once to fail in an E#g///&(hipinthofe Seas, with which 
 refolution he acquainted John Oxenhaw^who prefent- 
 ly protefted that unlefs he beat him from his company, 
 he (by Gods grace) would attend him in that Voyage. 
 At laft they came into a Champion Country where, as 
 they patted over fome Hills, they faw Panama five or 
 fix times a day, and the laft day they faw the (hips ri 
 ding in the Road.Coming within a League of Panama 
 they went into a Grove wherein they might lie fafely 
 undifcovered neer the highway that leads from thence 
 to Nombre de ~Dios. 
 
 Thence he fent a Symeron> apparelled like the Black* 
 of Manama to learn the certain night, and time of the 
 night, when the Treafure was to come by. He quickly 
 brought back word that the treafurer of Lima was that 
 night to come by with 14 Mules, whereof 8 were laden 
 with gold;, one with jeweU' 5 and the reft with filvenup- 
 on this notice they prefently marched till they came 
 within two Leagues of Vent a Cruz, $ and here Captain 
 Dr/f^difpofed his men, half of one fide of the way 
 with himfelf, and half on the other fide with John Ox- 
 wha#*. They had not lainthere above an hour before 
 they heard the Recces coming. And though all were 
 charged not to ftir till a fit time, yet one Robert pi^e 9 
 baying drunkXf#*t>/f* too freely, hearing aCavalier 
 
 ride 
 
Francis Drake. r j 
 
 ride by 3 ftarts up to fee who it was, whereby difcorer- 
 inghimfelf,the Cavalier galloped away to inform the 
 Raoes of fome danger which he apprehended 3 and per- 
 fwaded them to (lop their Mules, and to fend before 
 them thofe which were laden only with viduals, which 
 accordingly was done : and when thefe came, they 
 feizedonthem, amongft which they found only two 
 horfe-Ioad of fii ver, and were told,that being difcover- Mifletk 
 cd 5 before day they would have all the forces of City, 
 and Country comeupon them : whereupon Capt. Drake 
 being thus difappointed of his hopes, refolved rather 
 to march by the way of Vent a Cr#&, though it was dan 
 gerous,, than to return by folong and tedious a way as 
 he came, the Symerons promifing to ftand by him in all 
 dangers. So having refrefhed his men with vi&uals, 
 whereof they had plenty, they took their journey to 
 wards Vent<i Cr#&,and when they came qeer, they were 
 encountred by a Company of Souldiers, who having 
 difcharged a full Volley of (hot upon them, wherein 
 they hurt fome, and wounded one mortally, the Eng- 
 lijh returned them the like both with their fhot and 
 arrows, and fo ran upon them with intent to come to 
 handy blows : but the Spaniards fled moft of them into 
 a wood by, from whence they (hot at them, wounding 
 fome,and killing a Syweron^tbzn did Capt//>r^ with 
 his men enter the Town 5 where fome got fome good 
 pillage, and fo haftened away 5 theS/><*/'rfr^/ not daring 
 to purfue them : they pafled on thorow many dangers takcrv. 
 and difficulties to their (hip and company, where they 
 were received with great joy, though many were 
 much troubled for lofs of the Gold. 
 
 Then, taking further counfel, he fent 'John Oxenkam 
 in the Bear to the Eaftward to take fome (hips laden 
 with Viftuals^which at that rime ufed to go toNowbre 
 
 D 2 J* 
 
., and himfelf inthe Minion went Weft Ward to 
 fee if he could light upon any (hips carrying treafure 
 towards the fleet. The Minion about the Cabe&as met 
 with aFrigate wherein was fome gold^ and had a Ge- 
 nowajPilate in her^whe^being well intfeatedby Capt. 
 Vwke. 5 informed him that there was a Frigate in 
 Veragn* (Vv hence they came) ready to come forth in 
 which there was above a Million of gold, profering 
 himfelf to cbndufl them thorow the flats into the har 
 bor where (he lay : But when they came thither they, 
 ibund.that they were difcovered^and the wind chang 
 ing from Eaft to Wefh> they were forced to turnback^ 
 and (hortly after they met with the Bear which had 
 taken a Frigate with fome (lore of provifions in her : 
 which being a new(hip 5 Capt. Trakg made her a man 
 of War^and with her and the Beare failed towards 
 Cativaas Not far from whence they met with a 
 Freath man of War which was in great diftrefs for 
 want of water 3 and vidhials, whom he fupplied} after 
 wich he took 20 of the French ^ men 3 15 Englrjh^^nd 
 fome SymeronS) and leaving both his (hips in a fafe Road 
 he manned his Frigate and two Pinnaces, and went 
 toward Rio Fravcifco.) where for want of water he 
 left his Frigate commanded by E0erf DflW^requiring 
 that they (hould not attempt any chafe till his return. 
 In Rio francifca he landed his men., charging them 
 ^ . in the Pinnaces to be there the fourth day after with 
 out fail, and, fo with his men he marched with great 
 Clence towards the high way which leadtth between 
 Panama^ and Nowbre de Dies : and coming within a 
 niile of it 3 tliey ftaid and refre'lhed themfelves : and the 
 pext morning there came by three Recoes laden with 
 neer go Tun of gold and filver : Thefe they feized on 
 though guarded with 'Sbuldicre, fo that there vva 
 
 c fome 
 
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 fame (hot exchanged, by which the French Capf. was 
 wounded, and one Symeron (lain : then did the Spam- And , tak f? 
 ards fly, and theother loaded themfelves with gold, 
 and buried about 15 tun of filver, and fo retired the 
 fame way they came: but a French man being over- 
 loadcn with gold and wine, loft himfelf in the woods, 
 and being taken by the Spaniards^ difcovered to them 
 where the. filver was hid, 
 
 When Capt. Dral^e earne back t the river of Fran- 
 cifco where (according to order) he expe&ed to meet 
 with his Pinnaces, inftead of them he difcovered feven 
 Spanifo Pinnaces w^h had been fearching all the coaft 
 for him : This made him fufpeft that they had taken 
 and fpoiled hisPinnaces,whereupon he refolvedwith 
 or 4 others to make a Raft of Trees upon which they 
 would adventure to put to Sea to feek their (hip : by 
 the way they fate up to the middle in water 3 by reafon 
 of which, and the parching heat of the Sun their skins 
 jvere much fretted. But it pleafed God that after fix tmpt." 
 hours, they fpied their two Pinnaces coming towards 
 them to their no fmalljoy-But the Pinnaces not feeing, 
 the Raft, ran under a covert behind the Point 3 where 
 upon the Captain and company gat aftiore, and ran 
 over land to them^who received them with great re- 
 joycings, and fo they rowed to Rio Francifco where 
 he took in the reft of his company and all their trea- 
 fure, and fo hafted back to his Frigate, and then to his 
 (hip, where he divided the filver in even portions be 
 tween the French and Englijh. 
 
 A while after, having fet all things in a readinefi, 
 they went out to Sea in the Frigate, together with the 
 French ; (hip, and Capt, DraJ(e ordered 12 of his own 
 men, and 16 of the Syvterons^ to go back and fee what 
 was become of the French Captain, and what of the 
 
 hid. 
 
anli 
 
 hid treafure they could recover. Thefehe fet oa'fhoar 
 at &o francifcos where he met with one of the two 
 French men that ftaid with their Captain 5 who told 
 t hem that prefently after their departure the Spaniards 
 overtook them, and feized upon the Captain and the 
 other, himfelf efcapingby flight, and throwing away 
 his camag, and a Box of Jewels that he might run the 
 fatter He told them alfo that the Spaniards had 
 fearched fo narrowly for the Treafure that was hid 
 den that he belived all was gone. Yet Gaptainx>r^ 
 would needs have the men go, who coming thither, 
 found that all the earth for a mile compafs had been 
 turned up, yet loft they not all their labour, but re- 
 turned fafe bringing with them thirteen bars of fil ver, 
 and fome Quoits of gold, with which they embarked 
 and returned with joy to their Frigate, 
 
 ^ ow ^ t ^ ie ^ ^ink f returning home having made 
 their voyage, but they wanted a fhip to carry their 
 viduals in their return, wherefore going towards Car- 
 thagena they met with a Frigate, which they took, la- 
 den wit hMaiz, Hens, Hogs, & Hony: the men they fet 
 on (bore, and took the Bark with them, and fo return 
 ed to the Cabezas, where they fitted their Frigates, and 
 ftored them, burning the Pinnaces and giving the Iron 
 work to the Sywerens'-) He alfo looked up fome (ilk 
 and Jinnen which he fent to their wives. Pedro feeing 
 him take out of a trunk a rich Cymeter which the 
 French Captain had given him, he fo fell in love with 
 it, that he would needs give four Quoits of gold for it, 
 and another to one Francis luck^r, who was to move 
 the bufinefs. Captain Drake yielded though fome- 
 thing unwillingly: yet the gold he would nottaketo 
 himfelf but caft it into the General Adventure, and fo 
 returned homtf-words. 
 
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Of ^(t Francis Drake- 23 
 
 'By the way they touched at CapeS. Anthony., where Arrive in 
 in one night they took 250 Turtles, and many of fafoy. 
 their Eggs which did them good fervice, and fo with 
 a profperous voyage,, thorow Gods mercy, they came 
 fife toplifftouthon a Sabbath in the forenoon, juft at 
 Sermon time., Aug.y. i$73- a nd the news of his coming 
 being carried to his friends in the Church did fo pre 
 vail with thfcm,that few were left with the Preacher, 
 all hafting to fee him, and Gods goodnefs in his fafe 
 return. 
 
 Of his Voyage abont the World. 
 Captain 'Drakf having in his former Voyage had a 
 fight of the South Sea, he was reftiefs in his defires to 
 fail in an Englijh bottom upon it : yet was he for fome 
 years hindred, partly thorow envy of fome at home, 
 and partly thorow employment abroad into Irelaadw- 
 der Walter Earl of Ejjex^ to whom he did much Noble 
 fervice both by Sea and Land. Yet agaiaft the year 
 1 577, he procured a Commiffion from the Queen, and Hisprc- 
 with the help of divers Friends, Adventurers, he fitted 
 himfelf with five (hips. The Pellican^ Admiral: of ico 
 Tun burden: himfelf the Captain. The Elizabeth* 
 Vice-Admiral, of 80 Tuns: Captain John Winter. 
 The Afarigold,of 30 Tun; 'John Thomas Captain. The 
 SUM*, of 50 Tun: John Chejier Captain. The Chri- 
 ftofher^ a Pinnace of 1 5 Tun : ihomas Moon Captain- 
 Thefefhipshad in them 2 64 able men, and were well 
 furniftiedwith all neceffary provifions: and had forne 
 Pinnaces ready framed, (towed aboard, ready to be fet 
 upwhenoccafionferved. He had alfo skilful Mufician^ 
 Rich Furniture, the Veffels for his Table, and fome 
 for his Kitchin of pure Silver, and divers other forts 
 of Curious WorkmanuYip, to (hew the Riches and Ma 
 gnificence of His Country* 
 
 Being 
 
Being thus furnifhed, they fet fail from 
 
 15. 1577. but the wind .-.coining contrary., they 
 were forced to put into -Falmoiit-h : and to repair dam- 
 mages, they were forced to (lay till T)ecemb. 13. The 
 firft place they touched at., was the Ifle of Mogadore 
 within the Dominion of the King of'Fefs* From whence 
 they departed, Dera&. 31. to Cape B-arbas 9 and after 
 they had refreihed themfelves there for fix days and 
 ftored themfelves with fifh, they fet fail for Capenrde, 
 and touched at the Ifle of ,&/<*/0, a very fruitful place, 
 where theyifoundftore of Figs 5 Gaco-nutfj Plantanes, 
 great he^rds of Goats, and flocks of wild Hens, From 
 hence they .pa-fled by the Ifle of S.Jago, and came to 
 the Ifle of Fogo^'m w^ isa fteephillofabout 18 miles 
 to the top, whereio is a fiery furnace, which four times 
 a day fends forth flames 6k abundance of Pumice-ftones, 
 the reft of the Ifland is fruitful and inhabited by for- 
 tvgals. Two Leagues off is another Ifland called Brtva 
 abounding with trees, ever green, fruits, and other 
 Commodities : asfigs,cocoes,plantans,oranges,lemons, 
 citrons, &c But thefea is fodeep about it that there 
 is no Anchoring. At Cape Verde they took in frefh wa 
 ter, and Feb. the fecond, fet forwards for the Straights 
 to pafs into theSouth- Tea. 
 
 By the way they came to the coaft of Brajtle, and 
 pafled on fouth- ward to the river of Plate^ where they 
 all met, and not finding a convenient Harbor there,they 
 pafled on..tiIlAty i8.i578.wbere,,in another Bay they 
 came to an Anchor. Here Captain Dra^e unloaded the 
 Swan^ and brake her to pieces that he might bring his 
 men into aneerer compafs,andneer hereto were fome 
 Iflands upon which they took as many Sea-calves, and 
 feveral forts of Fowl as they pleafed: and fo having 
 .taken in fuch provisions as they needed, June 3. they 
 
 fet 
 
Of S&it Francis Drake. 25 
 
 fet fail from thence, and J*e 12. came into another 
 Bay, where they difcharged the ChriftopKcr ad laid 
 her up. June 19. they found here the (hip which they 
 had loft long before in a ftorm : and fo they entred Tort 
 S. Jalitt* to refrefh their wearied men, and to cherith 
 them who in their abfensc had fuftained much mife- 
 ry Here Captain Dra%e and fome others going a ftiore 
 were aflfaulted by the Natives, callejj ?entagoMs&Qm 
 their huge ftature: thefe (lew two of his men D but one 
 of them being (lain, the reft fled, and Captain Drake 
 returned to his (hips. 
 
 Whilft they remained here, there was a confpiracy Aconfpi- 
 difcovered, a gentleman in the company having defign- covered" 
 ed to murther the General, and to overthrow the Voy 
 age : This being proved againft him before a Council 
 of war, he at laft confeffed it, and being therefore con 
 demned to die, he was put to his choice, whether he 
 would be fet alhore amongft the Natives, or fent into 
 England to anfwer it before the Queen and Council, 
 or whether he would be executed there : He chofe the 
 laft, and having prepared himfelf for death, had his 
 head cut off. 
 
 Here the General difcharged the MATJ^ a Portugal 
 Prize, becaufe (he was leaky, and fo having wooded, 
 watered and trimmed his Clips, having now only three 
 (hips remaining, dug* 17. they departed fetting their 
 courfe for the Straights, and changed the name 
 of his own (hip from the felicane to the Golden Hind. 
 And in their paflage thorow the Straights they came 
 to a fair and fruitful Ifland, where fome of them going 
 afhore with the General they took poffeffion of it in 
 HerMajefties name,& called it Elizabeth Ifland. Here Become* 
 they found on other Iflands,inanyPenguins,of which in 
 one day they killed 300o,which they found to be good 
 
 E and 
 
and wholfome food; This paflfage was very difficult in 
 regard of many turnings, and various Winds. 
 
 Sept. 6. They entred into the South-fea,theStraight 
 being about .150 Leagues ^ih length., in feme places 
 broader., and in other narrower : Their entrance into 
 this fea was Sept.j. prefently after which., they met 
 with a terrible Tempeft which continued long, info- 
 much as Sept.gQ.. the Marigold was feparated from 
 He lofct them whereof John Thomas was Captain., which they 
 twoofhis could never after meet with. And Offoh*?. in a fore 
 ftprm -the loft their Vice-admkal 5 the Elizabett^hich 
 being weary of thefe troubles 3 returned thorow the 
 Straights,and went for England whither they came the 
 year following. 
 
 The Admiral., now left alone ^w^s driven to the fifty 
 fifth degree of South Latitude, where amongft Iflands, 
 they tefrefhed themfelves for two days., and by the 
 means of forne herbs they found there, they recovered 
 their health. Prefently after they encountred with an 
 other dreadful ftorm which made them defpair of fafe- 
 ty 3 or rather the Former renewed, which lafted full 52 
 days: in which time the men w^refo tired out, and de 
 cayed in heakh 3 as made them run again arnongft thofe 
 iflands, where they met with three days breathing, and 
 provided foch things as they wanted. 
 
 OEfob.fQ. The ftorm (thorow Gods mercy) being 
 turned into a calm, they fliaped their courfe towards 
 tlje Coaft of Peru.) which proved very Mountainous and 
 barren^ without water and wood except fome places 
 inhabited by the Spaniards^ wherefore they ran ofi a- 
 gain to an I (land called ^/rA^ 3 which they found to be 
 fruitful and well ftored with Maiz., Sheep, and other 
 Cartel. Here he intended to water, and take in Provi- 
 jbut the treacherous Indi*n$ Killed two of his men 
 
 Ott 
 
tit Alt Francis Drake. 17 
 
 on ftiorc/and with their Arrows wounded al! the men 
 that were with him intheBoat^ and himfelf was very 
 dangeroufly wounded under the eye. Hereupon the 
 General fet fail again for the Main to get watery and 
 frefh victuals for his weak and wounded meo, and they 
 came to an Anchor in philips Z>/// ? whence he fent a 
 Boat for difcovery , which brought back an Indian 
 whom they took as he was fiftnng : By his means they 
 gat fome fmall relief, but that would not ferve turnj 
 wherefore a Captain of the Indianrjoeing pleafed with 
 their gifts, and courteous ufage : condufted them to an 
 other place where they had a plentiful fupply of what 
 their eceffities required. There alfo they met with a 
 Spanijf} (hip wherein they found fome fine gold of Bat- 
 diviA> and a great Crofs of gold befet with Emeralds, 
 and a od of the fame metal nailed to it : of this bur 
 den they eafed the (hip, 
 
 Then being very defirous to meet with their loft 
 (hips, they fought out an" harbor where they might 
 trim their (hip, and fet up their (hallop, to enable them 
 to fearch every creek for them. From the firft place 
 they came to they were driven by the Spaniards with 
 the death of one of their men : But Decemb. 20. they 
 met with a place wherein they did their intended 
 work. And after the Pinnace was fitted, himfelfwith 
 fome others went to feek for their (hips, till the wind 
 forced them back again, and then with their fliipthey 
 proceeded in their voyage. 
 
 As they failed along, they came to a place called fa- 
 
 ing to feek frefh water,, they found a ti !? f re 
 Sfuniard afleep., with 15 Bars of filver lying by him a t] 
 weighing about 4000 Spanijh Ducats: Of thefe they 
 eafed him, and returned to their Boat. Landing in an 
 other place they met a Spaniard driving eight Peruvian 
 
 E 3 &eep 
 
2* be jttfe , 
 
 fhecp that carried in Bags about 800 weight of fine 
 CIver D which they alfotook along with them. A little 
 farther they traded withfome Indians to whom they 
 gave knives, beads 5 and fucli trifles., and received by 
 exchange many goodthings that they ftood in need of-> 
 and amongft others forne of thofe Peruvian (heep 5 
 whofe hcighth and length was equal to a pretty Cow^ 
 and their ftrength exceeding their ftature. They have 
 necks like Camels 3 their wool is exceeding fine, their 
 flcfh good meat } and they fupply the room of horfes 
 both tor burden, and travel. In the Province of Cnfco^ 
 the common ground, wherefoever it's taken up, in 
 ,every hundred pound weight of earth, yields 253. of 
 pure filver, after the rate of five fhillings an ounce. 
 
 From thence Feb. 7. They came to the Port town of 
 Arica.) where, in two Barks, they found forty and odd 
 bars of filver, each weighing 20 pounds^ of which they 
 eafed them* And as they palled on they met with an 
 other Bark laden with linnen, fome ot which they 
 took for their own ufe. Feb 1 5. They came to Liff*a 9 in 
 whicb Port were 30 Spawjt) (hips, yet they entred and 
 caft Anchor all night in the mic'ftof them. Here they 
 heard of a (hip wherein were 1 500 bars of filver^befides 
 filks, linnen^and a cheftfull of Roy ak of Plate: Asalfo 
 ofanother (hip loaden with gold, and filver for Pan** 
 ma : Hence therefore they hafted next morning en 
 deavouring to overtake that gallant (hip, called Caca- 
 /*fg<?,which was gone from Lima, 14 days before them. 
 March firft. They fell with >ayeFrancifco y where 
 about midday they defcried a fbip a head of them, 
 which was that they looked for : but by the way,they 
 had taken a (hip, ladea with wine : and another^laden 
 ' with tacklings, wherein they found So 1- weight of 
 gold. This Cactftcgo (or evil failerj they took 3 and,be- 
 
 fore. 
 
0f t&it Francis Drake. 
 
 fort they left her, a boy of her own, named her CM*. 
 tlati In her they found ftore of fruits, confervas, fu- 
 gars, meal, Sec. befides a quantity ot jewels and pre 
 cious (tones : 13- chefts of Royals of Plate 5 8 pouod- 
 weiehtof eold:. 26 tuns of uncoined lilver, a large. 
 filvcc and gilt bowls, valued in all to 360 thoufand 
 Fezots which was the cau.fe of her flow failing : For 
 thefe commodities they gave the Mafter a little linnen, 
 and fuch other things,and fo difmifled him, to go on hw 
 Voyage with more fpeed. 
 
 March \6. Being now quite out of hope ot meeting 
 with their loft (hips, they came to the Ifle of Cairns* 
 and Anchored in a freQi river, where they fpent fome 
 days in taking in wood, water, and other neceffaries: 
 and in their paffage they met with another top laden 
 with China filk, China difties, and a Falcon ot gold 
 with a great Emerald fetin hisbreaft. April 15- Anno 
 1 578,They came into the harbor of Cuatu /eo,inhabited 
 with spanixrdt^ith whom they had fome trading,and 
 received of themmany things which they needed,elpe-. 
 cially bread : and fo being fufficiently provided or ne, 
 ceffaries, they left the coaft of America^t not forget- 
 ins to take with them a pot of about a buihelinbigr 
 nefsyfull of Royals of Plate, and a chain of gold, and 
 fome jewels which they met with in the Town. 
 
 4pril 16. They fet -their courfe directly into the 
 fea, which they continued to June third till they came 
 into the forty fecond degree of North latitude, where 
 they met with fuch a ftrange change from heattocokl 
 that much impaired the health of many of them. This 
 much difcouraged many of them, and made them de- 
 fpair of finding any paffage that way % yet would not 
 the General be disheartened, but cheered them up by 
 comfortable fpeeches of the Divine Providence, andor 
 
Xife , anD 
 
 Gods care over his children oat of the Scriptures : ad 
 ding thereto his own cheerful example^ flirring them 
 up to endure fomefhort extremity to have the fpeedier 
 comfort, and a little trouble to have the greater glo 
 ry, which made them refolve to fee the uttermoft of 
 what good was to be done that way. 
 
 JuKe^* They were forced to run in with the (hour 
 by reafoa of contrary winds} fhe Road was bad,-and 
 dangerous byreafon of extreme gufts, and 9 awes that 
 b*rat upon them; Hereupon not flaying long there, in 
 regard of the extremity of cold they were forced to 
 turn Southward: and jtae 17. they came to an Anchor 
 in a fit Harbour, where yet they met with rhuch cold 5 
 then fome of their men went a fhoretofet up'tents,and 
 to make a fortrefs wherein to fecure their goods whilft 
 they triiiirhed their (hip: The people of the country 
 tame in multitudes to them, wondering at every thing 
 they faw, and efteeming them to be Gods, though they 
 did what they could to undeceive them: They gave 
 them fhirts^linnencloth^&c. wherewith to cover their 
 nakednefs and to hide their (hame, and they returned 
 feathers,ca wls of net-work : their Quivers for their Ar 
 rows made of Fawns skins, &c Prefently after came 
 there King whom they called H/'0 3 and fet his Grown 
 upon the Generals Head,enriched his neck withchains 5 
 and by figns refigned to him his right and title in that 
 whole Land } wherefore in the Name 5 and to the ufeof 
 Her Majefty, he took the Scepter, Crown, and Dignity 
 of the (aid Country into his hand, wifhing that it had 
 lyen 6t for Her Majefty to enjoy, and that the riches, 
 and treafure wherewith the Inland part abounds^ 
 might be conveniently transported into England^ and 
 that the Gofpel might be propagated to thefe Igno 
 rant and harmlefs people. 
 
 T 1 ! 
 
 The 
 
Francis Drake. 31 
 
 The General and his Gentlemen marched farther up 
 into the land, which they found very fruitful., and favv 
 infinite numbers of large and fat Deer: multitudes of 
 Conies of aftrange kind. This Country Captain 
 
 named NOVA Albion : and nailed fafl to a tree a Plate of 
 brafs whereon was engraven Queen Elizabeths name : 
 the day, and year of their arrival,, and of the refigna- 
 tion of that Kingdom by the King and People into her 
 Majefties hands, &c. 
 
 "jnly 23. They took a forrowful leave of the E&glijh, 
 and ran to the tops of Mountains to keep a fight of 
 them as long as they could. Near to this Country lye 
 the Iflands of S.Javtef in one of which they flayed, 
 July 24. where they found (lore of Seals,, Birds and 
 fuch other provifion as ferved their turnfr. After 
 which they bent their courfe to run diredly with the 
 Iflands of the Molvecos : and Sept. 30. They came with 
 in the fight of certain Iflands 5 from whence they 
 brought to them in their Canowe, Cocos, Fifh., Potta- 
 tos 3 and fome Fruit., which for awhile they exchanged 
 for other things : But the General fmelt their defign to 
 make a prey of him and his, which they difcerning be 
 gan to throw ftones at the EngliJI) : But a great Gun be 
 ing difcharged over them fo affrighted them, that 
 they fled and returned no more- Yet others reforted 
 to them, offering to deal more fairly with them, but 
 cunningly fell to ftealing what they could get, which 
 made the General to leave them 3 and called it the 
 IflandofThieves. 
 
 oBob. a.i They came within the fight of other 
 Iflaods,and Anchored in one of them called^/W^ xky 
 nas : From thence they came to the Moluccas Iflands, 
 the chief whereof are called Tcrenate , 'Tidore^ A/at- 
 tka*) and Vfttcba*^ all very fruitfu! 3 and yielding abun 
 
 dance 
 
dance of Cloves,, whereof they had as many as they de- 
 fired at a cheap rate. As they directed their courfe to 
 T/dorcy the Vice-Roy of the King of Tercvate came 
 boldly aboard them 5 intreating the General by all 
 means to gotoTerenate, afluring him that their King 
 would be very glad of: his coming, and ready to do for 
 him what in reafon he could require, whereas if he 
 went to their enemies the Tonugals in Tidore 5 he 
 v/ould have nothing to do with him. Upon thefe per- 
 iwafions the General ran with Terenate y and prefently 
 fent a meffenger to the Ring with a velvet Cloke, as a 
 prefent, requiring nothing but Provifions in exchange 
 tor fuch things they wanted, and whereof he had 
 ftore: the King fent back the Vice-Roy and fome 
 others of his Nobles to the General to fignifie that fee* 
 ing he came from fo mighty a Princeft,he would wil 
 lingly entertain amity with her,and would referve the 
 Commodities and Traffique of his whole Ifland, to 
 trade with her Subjefts if they would embrace it. In 
 token whereof he feat the General his Signet, promi- 
 fingthat himfelfwith his Nobles would come to his 
 fhip, and bring her into a fafer Harbour. 
 
 Whilft they were delivering this errand the Gene 
 rals Meilenger was come to the Court 3 andbythe way 
 was met by fome Nobles, who conduced him to.the 
 Kings prefence,to whom he delivered his Mefiage,aiid 
 Prefcnt. The King received it very gracioufly, and 
 prefently prepared himfelf to go in great State to the 
 General, the rathertodo Honour to our Queen from 
 whom they came. The General received him anfwer- 
 able %Q his Dignity : His Ordnance thundred, mixed 
 with faiaJlfhot, and his Trumpets and other Inftru- 
 ments, founded to the great delight of the King and 
 iis company. He fent him alfo into his Canow fuch 
 
 pre. 
 
9 
 
 of feft Francis Drake. 
 
 prefcnts as he thought would be moft acceptable, and 
 work in him a confirmation of the Friendfhip already 
 begun. 
 
 The King as foon as he had brought thek Ship to 
 an Anchor 3 left them^promifing to fend them neceffa- 
 ry Visuals, and provifion : and accordingly they had 
 by way of traffique Rice, Hens, Sugar-canes 5 Plantancs, 
 Gocos, and Meal : and fome Cloves., and more they 
 might have had if they had pleafed. Novemb. 9. They 
 departed, feeking out a place where they might trim 
 their (hip, and provide otherneceffaries} and Novemb. 
 14. They came to an Ifland uninbabited^where they a- 
 boad a6days.Therethey fet up their tents., raifed a fort 
 for their goods 3 fet up a Smiths for^t rimmed their (hip, 
 and difpatched their other bufinefles to their content, 
 finding in the Ifland divers forts of excellent provifi- 
 ons,> fo that in that fpace they grew lufty., ftrong^and 
 healthful, and gained rare experience of Gods won 
 derful wifdom in many ftrange, and admirable Crea 
 tures that they faw there. It was full of wood, the 
 trees Iarge 5 8c ftreight, without boughs fave only at the 
 top: Amongft which every night they faw great 
 fwarms of fiery-worms flying in the air, whofe bodies 
 gave fuch a light as if every twig had been alighted 
 Candle, and the whole place the ftarry Sphear. Here 
 alfo were ftore of Reer-mice 2s big, or bigger th.in 
 Hens : and multitudes of Cray-fifh whereof one would 
 fatisfie four hungry men at dinner: they live always 
 on the Land in holes like Cony-Berries. 
 
 Being thus well furnillied with all necefTaries^D^r^/. 
 12. They put toSea^nnd Decemb* 16. Had{tght-of the 
 Ce/^e/Iflands, where., amongft thofelflands they were 
 entangled til!,, Jan. 9. at v/hich time apprehending 
 themfelvcs paft all danger, paffing on with fuliSuils 5 m 
 
 F the 
 
Clje Jlife, an?) 3eatlj 
 
 the beginmrtgof the night, their (hip was laid faft up 
 -upon a defperate (hoal, where was no probability of 
 great faving any thing, nor of efcaping with life: and 
 danger, the more they looked about the lefs they hoped of get- 
 ing clear off it again. Hereupon they prefently fell to 
 prayer expeding nothing but prefent Death. Yet that 
 they might not feem to tempt God by leaving any 
 means unattempted that he afforded , prefently after 
 their Prayers were ended, the General (exhorting them 
 to have the chiefeft care of the better part, the foul, 
 and adding many comfortable fpeeches of the life to 
 come, which now alone they looked for) encouraged 
 them allto beftir themfelves (hewing the way thereto 
 by his own Example; And firft of all the pump was 
 well plyed,and the (hip freed of water,whereby they 
 found their Leakes to be nothing encreafed, which, 
 though it gave them no hopes of .deliverance, yet it 
 gave them fome hope of refpite,^ in as much as it af- 
 fured them that the bulk was found, which they ac 
 knowledged to be the immediate providence of God 
 alone, for that no ftrength of wood, and Iron could 
 poffibly have born fo hard and violent a (hock as their 
 fliipmet with,da(hing her felf under full fail agninft 
 the Rocks, except the extraordinary hand of God's 
 had preferved the fame. 
 
 Their next aflay was for good ground and Anchor- 
 hold to Sea-ward of themf whereon to hale^Jby which 
 means, if by any, the General put them in comfort that 
 there was yet fome hope left to cleer themfelves : He 
 therefore in his own Perfon undertook the charge of 
 founding, which when he had done he found that 
 even but a boats length from the (hip D there was no 
 bottom to be found by any length of Line whatfoever : 
 So that the beginnings of hope which they were 
 
 willing 
 
it Francis Drak*. 
 willing to have conceived before, were now 
 quite 'dafhed again. Yea, their mifery feemed 
 to be encreafed , for that their expectation 
 was now turned into awaiting for a lingring 
 death, of the two, the far more fearfu 4 ! to 
 be chofen, Yet one thing fell out happily., that 
 the molt of their men did not apprehend that 
 danger, which if they had done, they would 
 probably have been fo much difcouraged , 
 that their forrow would have difabled them 
 from looking after a remedy. But the Gerie- 
 ral, and thofe few others, that could judge 
 of the event wifely, diffembled the fame, and 
 gave encouraging fpeeches to the reft. 
 
 For now it feemed a clear cafe, that whilft 
 the (hip lay fo faft moored that (lie could not 
 ftir, either they were there to remain on the 
 place with her, or elfe leaving her to commit 
 themfelves in a moft poor., and helplefs eftate to 
 feek fome other place of refuge, the better of 
 which choices carried with it the appearance of 
 worfe than a thoufand Deaths. For as touch 
 ing their (hip this was the only comfort that 
 fhe could give them, that lying there confi 
 ned already upon the hard and pinching Rocks, 
 they could not but continually expsft .her fpee- 
 dy mine, as foon as the fea and winds (hould 
 come to be the fevere Executioners of that h en 
 vy judgement , by the appointment of the E- 
 ternal Judge already givenupon her, who had 
 bound her there, as with Adamantine chains 
 to a moft narrow prifon, againft their coming 
 
 F 2 for 
 
for that purpofe: So that if theyfhy'd with 
 her, they mtift periQi with her: or if by any 
 means yet undiscovered ,, any of them there 
 fhuuld chance to be delivered , their efcape 
 muft needs be a peipetual mifery : It being far 
 better to periQi together, than with the loft of- 
 their friends to live in a ftrange Land : whether 
 a folitary life (the better choice) amongft 
 wilde Beafts (as Birds on the mountains without 
 all comfort^) or amongft the barbarous hea 
 thens in intolerable bondage both of body and 
 IT, i rid. 
 
 But put the cafe that the day of thefhipsde- 
 ftruflionfhould be deferred, longer than either 
 feafon could perfwade or in aay likelihood 
 could feem poliible Cit being not, in the power 
 of any (hip whatfoever to fuffer what (he had 
 already endured ) yet coiald theic abode there 
 profit them nothing > but encr^afe their 
 wretchednefs, and enlarge their forrows. For 
 'as her Store and Vi&uals were not much 
 (fufficient to fuftain them only for fome few 
 days,' without hope of having any new fup- 
 plies 5 no not fo much as. a cup of cold wa 
 ter) fo m-uft it inevitably come to pafs, that 
 theylhouJd be driven to eat the flefli of their 
 own Arms ^ and how intolerable a thing 
 ihis would have proved may eafily be judg 
 ed. 
 
 And if they had departed from her whither 
 fhould they have gone to feck relief/ Nay, the 
 knpoffibility of going feemed to be no kfsthan 
 
 the- fa 
 
Of &it Francis Drake. 37* 
 
 thofe other before mentioned. Their Boat was 
 not able at once to carry above twenty Perfong, 
 and they wen; fifty eight in all : The neareft 
 Land was eighteen miles from them, and the. 
 wind from the (hoar directly beat .igainft them 5 
 Or it they had thought of fetting fome a (hoar, 
 and then fetching the reft*, there being no place 
 thereabout -without Inhabitants d the firft that 
 had Landed muft firft v have fain into the hand 
 of the Enemy ? and fo the reft in order os they 
 came: And fuppofe they iliould efc ape the 
 Sword 5 yet would their lives be worfe than 
 Death 3 not only in refpeft of their woful Cap 
 tivity, and bodily miferiesy. but nioft of all , 
 in refpeft of their ChriRian Liberty, bung to be 
 deprived of all publick means of ferving. the 
 true God, and continually grieved vv it h the hor 
 rible Impieties D and Dcvilifli Idolatries of the 
 Heathen. 
 
 Their mifery being thus manifefl 1 , the confi- 
 deration thereof " muft needs have caufed 
 rrembltngto fleih and blond, if Faith iaGods 
 Promifeshad not mightily fuftained them. The 
 night they pi fled with earntft longings that the 
 Day would appear : the time they fpent in fre 
 quent Prayer., and other Godly Exercifes, 
 thereby comforting themfelves an .1 reviving 
 their hearts : ftriving to bring themfelves to an 
 holy fubmiflion under the hand of God 5 ad 
 to refer themfelves wholly to his good wiil 3 and 
 pleafure. 
 
 The Day at length appearing, and it being; 
 
then almoft ful-fea., after they had given thanks 
 to God for his forbearing themfo long., and had 
 with tears called upon him to blefs their labors, 
 they again renewed their travel to fee if now 
 they could poffiblyfind any Anchor-hold which 
 they had formerly fought in vain. But this 
 fecond attempt proved as fraitlefs as the for 
 mer, and left them nothing to truft to but 
 Prayers,, and Tears., feeing it appeared now 
 impoffible that the prudence, policy, or power 
 of man could ever effeft the delivery of their 
 (hip, except the Lord miraculoufly fhould effeft 
 the fame. 
 
 Then was it motioned, and by general, 
 voice determined to commend and commit 
 their cafe to God alone , leaving themfelves 
 wholly in his hand , to deftroy or fave them 
 as it (hould feem beft to his gracious wifdom : 
 and that their Faith might be the better 
 ftrengthned,and their comfortable apprehenfion 
 of Gods mercy in Ghrift be more clearly lclt,they 
 had a Sermon Preactfd by their Minifter, Mafter 
 Fletcher^ and the Sacrament of the Lords Supper 
 adminiftred to them. 
 
 After which fweet repaft., and other holy ex- 
 ercifes adjoyningto it, ended, left they iliould 
 in any refpeft feem guilty of neglecting of any 
 lawful means that might conduce to their fafe- 
 ty, they refolved to lighten their Ship by cart 
 ing forth her Goods into t^e Sea^which accord 
 ingly in a very fliort time they difpatched with 
 much alacrity. So that even thofe things 
 
 which 
 
Of <&tt Francis Drake. 
 
 which before they judged moft neceffary, con- 
 fidering their condition, they now defpifed, 
 neither fparing their Ammunition for defence., 
 nor the Food for the fuftentation of their lives,, 
 but every thing as it firft came to hand* went 
 overboard,, afluring themfelves that if it pleafed 
 God to deliver them out of that defperate ftrait^ 
 he would both fight for them againft their ene 
 mies, and not fufferthem to perifhfor want of 
 Bread. But when they had done all they 
 could 3 it was not their endeavour but Gods im 
 mediate hand , and good Providence that 
 wrought their deliverance. It was he alone 
 ^that having brought them 'to the fhaddow of 
 Death., fetthem at liberty again, after they had 
 remained in that defperate condition full 20 
 hours,forthe magnifying of his Almighty power 
 and mercy. 
 
 Themanner of their delivery was thus 5 The 
 place where their Ship fate fo fafr was a fkrrt 
 Rock : the Ship (truck on the Larboard fide : at 
 low water there was not above fix foot depth in 
 all, on the Starboard-fide, and yet within a very 
 little diftance there was no bottom to be found. 
 The Brieze during all the time that they were 
 thus (tayed, blew ftifly againft their broad fide., 
 and fo kept the fhip upright. But it pleafed 
 God in the beginning of the Tide, while the 
 water was yet almoft at the loweft, to flack the 
 ftiffnefs of the wind, and then their (hip that 
 required thirteen foot water to make her 
 float, and had not at this time on one fide 
 
 about 
 
4 ttf JUfe 3 anfc 
 
 about feven at mod, wanting her prop on the 
 other fide, which had already too long kept her 
 A won- up/ell a heeling towards the deep water,and bjr 
 " that means freed her Keel, and made them all 
 glad men. 
 
 This, of all their other dangers in the whole 
 Voyage was the greateft, yet not the laft. For 
 of a long feafon they could not free themfelves, 
 from the care and fear of thofe (hallows :-nor 
 could they poffibly come to any convenient An 
 choring amongft them : But were continually tof- 
 fed amongft thofe many Jflands and Shoals of 
 the Celibesi till the eighth day of the following 
 month. 
 
 Jan. 12. Being not able to bear any Sails by 
 reafon of a Temped, and fearing their many 
 dangers, they let fall an Anchor upon a fhoal. 
 And Jan. 14- being got a little farther Sou^th, 
 they again caft Anchor at an Ifland, where they 
 fpent a day in taking in water, and wood* Af 
 ter which they met with foul weather 3 and dan- 
 gerousfhoals for many days together, which oc- 
 cafioaed them to leave thefe coafts, and to bear 
 for Timor.) the moR Southerly Cape of the Celi- 
 bes : Yet could they not fo ealily clear them- 
 felvesas theyexpcfted .ySo that jatu 20. They 
 were forced to run with a fmall Ifland not far 
 from thence 5 and while they were with their 
 Boat at a good d i fta nee fe arch ing for a conveni 
 ent place wherein to Anchor , they were Tud- 
 denly environed with no fmall Extremities. F^or 
 there arofe a moft violent, and intollerablc 
 
 flaw 
 
of &it Francis Drake. 
 
 flaw 5 and ftorm from the fouth-vveft ar^ainft 
 them, making them (who were on a Lee-lhoar, 
 amongft moft dangerous Rocks, and Shelves) 
 extreamly to fear,, not only the lofs of their 
 Boat and Men} but of themfelves, thtir Ship, 
 and Goods : or the carting ofthofe men whom 
 Godfhould fpare amongft Infidels, which mi- 
 fery could not by any Power or Induftry of 
 theirs have been prevented , had not the pre- 
 fent goodnefs of God ( by ftaying the out- 
 ragious extremities wherewith they were 
 environed ) wrought their prefent deli 
 very: By whofe unfpdakable goodnefs D their 
 Boat and menalfo, were unexpectedly brought 
 to them in fafety. 
 
 January^ 26. With -much adoc they gat 
 clear from this place, yet the Winde turning 
 ftrong againft them 3 they could bear no fail to 
 the end of that month- February the firft. They 
 faw a very high Land, and would faign have 
 born to it to have got fome fuccour 5 but they 
 could find no fafe Harbour. February the third, 
 They faw a fmall Ifhnd., but being fti!l unable 
 to bear any fail., they were carried away by the 
 ftorm 5 and were not able to fetch it. February 
 the fixth. They came to another Ifland., where 
 they caft Anchor, and furniflied themfelves with 
 water and wood. 
 
 February the eighth^ Departing thence they 
 fpied two Canows coming towards them, which 
 talked with them, and conduded them to their 
 Town called Ezrativa. The People were 
 
 G Gentiles 
 
Gentiles, of handfome Bodies, comely Stature, 
 Civil demeanour, very juft in their dealings, 
 and courteous to (hangers: were glad of their 
 coming, and relieved their wants with what 
 the Coimtty could afford. Their Ifland is rich, 
 and fruitful, having Gold D Silver, Copper, Tin, 
 Sulphe^&c- And they are very skilful ia 
 working thefc Mettals. Their Fruits are Nut- 
 megs, Ginger , Long pepper, Limons, Cocps, 
 with divers others, of each of: which they had 
 from them, whatsoever they defired for their 
 need: Having here fpent two days, they depar 
 ted very well refreftied. 
 
 After this they paflicd within fight of many 
 IflandSjbut they neither needed nor defired to 
 Yifit them, only they took in fome frefh water 
 atoneof them, where they found two Turtles. 
 March the tenth. They cams to an Anchor un ' 
 der a high Land where they took in water, 
 and then lent their Boat to traffique with the 
 Inhabitants: and the next day the General fent 
 his man with a Prefent to the King of Cloth, 
 both Linnen and Woollen, and fome Silk, 
 which he gladly accepted, and thankfully re 
 ceived, and returned Rice, Cocos , Hens, 
 and other Vi&uals. This was the Ifle of 
 ]#va : And March, the thirteenth, The Gene* 
 ral himfelf with his Gentlemen ,. and fome o- 
 thers went a fhoar, and Prcfented the King 
 with his Mufick (who entertained -him joy 
 fully ) an4 fhewed him the manner of tie ufc 
 ef their AVms 5 by training of his raen before 
 
 fcimr 
 
Francis Drake. 
 
 fcira : and fo they were difmiffed with a'prouiifc 
 that more vi&ualsfhould be fcnt them. 
 
 In this I (land there is one chief King and un 
 der him many petty Governors whom they call 
 JU/4*, who lire in great fricndthip one with an 
 other. MArck, the fourteenth. They received 
 more Ti&uals from them , and the day after 4 
 three of thefe Rait* came to fee the General 
 and his (hip, and warlike Ammunition, where 
 with they were very much pleafed : and rela 
 ting it to the King, he went to fee them himfelf 
 carrying fomc viftuals with him. The R<ii<i* 
 ame daily to them, whom the General enter 
 tained Courteoufly : and one of them brought 
 an Ox,f or which the General requited him with 
 fome Silks. Here they trimmed and waflied 
 their Ship of which flic had great need, being in 
 this long Voyage overgrown with a kind of (hel- 
 fifli which much hindred her failing, They 
 traded with this People for Hens, Coats, Cocos, 
 Plantanes, and other things whereof they had 
 great plenty. 
 
 Marchy the fix and twentieth. An. Dow. One 
 thoufand five hundred and eighty. They dc^ 
 p.irted fhaping their courfe for the Cape of Goo A 
 Mope : And Je the fifteenth. They paffed by 
 that.- And ]nly the two and twentieth, They 
 came to Sierra Levtta, where they tookinfrefti- 
 water,and met with fomtOifters, and plenty of 
 Lemons which much refrefhed them. And 
 September the fix and twentieth , f Which wa 
 in the account of thofe that had fhyl 
 C 3 & 
 
44 ttfce )dtfc > 
 
 at home, but by their computation was the. 
 Lords Day ) they fafcly, with joyful mindes, 
 and thankful hearts to God for his wonderful 
 Sdnefs to them, arrived at Vlitnouth, having 
 fpent two years, ten months , and fome odd 
 Days in feeing the wonders of the Lord in the 
 Deep 3 in discovering very many admirable 
 things^ in going thorow" with fo many ftrange 
 adventureSjinefcaping out of fo many danger^ 
 and overcoming fo many difficulties in encom- 
 paffing the World. 
 
 Queen Elizabeth going aboard this Ship., was 
 therein Feafted by Captain Drake 3 at which 
 time She Knighted him. The Ship was laid up 
 at Deptford where the Carcafe of it lay very 
 many years after* y^- r 
 
 fbe- 
 
5>it Francis Drake. 54 
 
 The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake 
 into the Weft-Indies. 
 
 QUeen Elizabeth finding the refHefs malice Another 
 of the King of Spain againft Her, to the ^IV 
 end that War might not frrft be brought 
 home to Her own doors 3 fet forth a Fleet to 
 finde her enemies work abroad, under thecom- 
 rnand of Sir Franc/t ^Drafy^ w ha having prepa 
 red his Fleet and gotten tbem together to ?//- 
 month to the number ofr five and twenty fails 
 of (hips 5 and Pinnaces: nd having of Soulditrs 
 mJMarriners Two thoi f id three hundred in 
 the whole^imb^rked himfjif and them September 
 the twelfth 5 Antto Chr/fti 5 One thoufind live 
 hundred eighty five a being accompanied with 
 thefe worthies. 
 
 Mz&erChriftopher Carleilj Lieutenant Gene 
 ral. Anthony P&wel^ Sergeant Major. Captain 
 Matthew Morgan,, and Captain John Sampfo&i 
 Corporals of the Field. And thcie Officers after 
 named had command over the reft of the Land 
 Captains. Captain Anthony Plot. Captain Eel- 
 ward Winter*^ Captain John Goring^ Captain 
 Robert Pew 5 Captain George Barton",, Captain 
 John Merchant 5- Captain William Cecil > Cap- 
 
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 tain Walter B/g/5 Captain jf0A# Hannam^ and 
 Captain Richard Stanton. 
 
 The Commanders at Sea under him were, 
 Martin FarbftJJjer^Vic^ Admiral in the Primrfe$ 
 Fravcis Knowls in the G alii on Lecefter Keer- 
 Admirals ^homMVenner^ Captain in the Eliza 
 beth Bonadventxrc , under the General 5 Edward 
 Winter^ Captain in the Aid'-) cbrijiopher Carlitl 9 
 Leiutenant General, Captain in the r^er } Hcrjr 
 White , Captain in the Sea-Drago* 5 Thorns 
 T>ral{e^ Captain in the thorns } Thomas Seel}> 
 Captain in the Minion^ "B^ily^ Captain in the 
 Bark falbot 5 K(?^.Crp/} 3 Capt. in the Bark E*nd^ 
 George }*ortefcue^ Captain in the Bark Bonner^ 
 Edward Carelefs, Captain in the Hapej James 
 r/2^Captain in the White Ly on , Thomas M0ov> 
 Captain in the Francis'-, 'John River s, CaptaJn in 
 the Vantage^ Jvhn Frf^^j^Captain in the Vralyj 
 John Vwney^ Captain in the George 5 John Mar~ 
 V//? 3 Captain in the Benj umin ^ .Edward Oilman^ 
 Captain in the Scout > Richard Hawkji?^ Captain 
 in the Galliot called the DUC^ Bitfield 3 Capta\n 
 in the Swallow. 
 
 When they were gotten out, they took their 
 towards Spain. And when they came neer 
 that Coaft they fpied divers Sails 5 whereuponth^ 
 Ceneral fent forne Pinnaces to fee what they 
 were 5 who upon the fight of them, abandoned 
 moftof their Ships (being French men ladeo 
 with Salt.) Amongft them there was one fo well 
 liked, which had no man in her, as being 
 brought to the General he made flay of her for 
 
 their 
 
of $it Francis Drake; 
 
 their fervice^intending to pay for her,which he 
 accordingly performed at his return, and cal 
 led her the Drafy y the reft were difmiffed in 
 fafety. 
 
 The day following, (landing in again with 
 the Qiore they efpied a tall (hip of about two 
 hundred and forty Tun, which was chafed by 
 the Leiutenant General in the T/ger^and wheu 
 he had forced her to ftrike fail, upon examina 
 tion finding her to be a Spanrflj Ihip of S lint 
 Sebajiian> laden with Poor John from New found 
 Land) they juged her to be lawful prize, and 
 therefore diftributed her lading amongft the 
 Fleet, which afterwards flood them in good 
 ftead. 
 
 A day or two after they put into the Ifles of 
 "Bayon^ where they had no fooner Anchored , 
 but they manned torch al! their Pinnaces with 
 an intent to furpife the City., upon fight of whom: 
 rheGovernour and People were muchamized ^ 
 there they landed, and quartered therafelves to- 
 their beft advantage : but in the night there 
 arofe fuch aftorm^ thit t'riey thought fit to re 
 turn to their (hips 5 which they did vv.th fo:iie 
 difficulty., many of their fliips being driven from 
 their Anchors. The tempt ft continued three 
 day?, which fcattered the Fleet, and the Speed 
 well was driven into England^ the reft came to 
 gether again when the ftorm was ended, 
 
 Then the Lieutenant General was fent to fee 
 what they might do about r/g^ where he took* 
 many 8oats 3 andCai vds^divers being laden with 
 
 houfholcU- 
 
Clje Me, 
 
 houfholdftuffe: and amongft other Church orna- 
 cnents, they found a great Croffe of gilvcr 3 of 
 fair and emboffed work,, and doublegilt^which 
 was of_good value. The Spaniards complained 
 that here they loft goods .worth above three 
 thoufand Ducksts. A little from thence they 
 landed , and by confent of the Governour of 
 G^lizia^ quietly furnifhed themfelves with 
 frefh water,, and all other neceffaries paying for 
 the fame. 
 
 From thence they went to the Canaries pur- 
 pofing to have refrefhed and ftored themfelves 
 withneceflaries in the Ifle of PAlma : but the 
 Sea going highland the landing place (whereof 
 there was but one)being naught^they Ieftit 3 and 
 went to the Ifle off err^but finding that extreme 
 poor they left ir 3 and fleered towards the coaft 
 1 of Barbary : And November the thirteenth they 
 fell with Cape Elanki^ where they caught ftore 
 of fifli, and from thence went to the Ifles of 
 Cape Verde: And November the fixteenth, they 
 di ^ covered the Me of Saint Jago , where they 
 
 st.,7^e. carne f o an Anchor 3 and landed a thoufand men 
 under the leading of the Lieutenant General 
 Cariiel^ the way proved marvellous ftony and 
 troublefome in their march., yet they refted not 
 till they came to a fuir plain two miles fromthe 
 Town: There having refted themfelves for a 
 whilej tfeey advanced hard to the wall of the 
 
 And take City., finding BO enemy to refift them^all being 
 fled, whereupon he ftnt two Captains with 
 Iixty men to quarter out the City for his Army, 
 
 and 
 
Of jfelf Francis Drake; 
 
 a nd to ereft Saint Georges Crofs upon the ene 
 mies Fortrefs that it might be feen by our 
 Navy, which was done accordingly 5 And it 
 being November the feventeenth , the day of 
 our Queens coming to the Crown, they difchar- 
 ged all the Ordnance,, being about fifty Pieces 
 which they found in the Town,, ready mounted 
 and charged, which alfo was anfwered by the 
 Ordnance out of all our (hips, which were no w 
 come near. 
 
 Here they continued fourteen days taking 
 fuch fpoils as the place afforded, as Wine, Oyl, 
 Meal, Vineger, Olives, &c. but found no trea- 
 fure at all in it. This City is finely feated, ha- 
 ing a River running by it, and a Valley full of 
 Gardens and Orchards well replenished with 
 Fruits, Hearbs, and Trees, as Lemons, Oranges^ 
 Sugar-canes, Coco'^ Plant ans,&c. November the 
 four and twentieth, the General, and Lieute 
 nant General with fix hundred men marched to 
 St. Domingo^ twelve miles within Land, which 
 they found empty alfo , the Inhabitants being Saint 
 fled into the mountains, from whence they re- 
 turned to St. Jjgo : And November the fix and 
 tvrentiethjthey embarked their Forces,and went 
 to the P/% where they found two pieces of 
 Ordnance hid in the ground, and fothey burned 
 the town, and departed. 
 
 Hence putung over to the Weji-Indits.) with 
 in a few days began a great mortality nmongft 
 their men, fo that within a fmall time there 
 died two or three hundred of them of burning 
 
 H Fevers 
 
ant) 
 
 Feavers and fome of the Plague. In eighteen 
 days fpace they came within fight of Saint 
 Dominic a> inhabited by favage people that go all 
 naked 5 and paint their bodies: Thefe helped 
 our tnen to fill 8c carry frefh water from the Ri 
 ver upon their bare (boulders to their Boats,, & 
 brought them (tore of Malacca ^ and Bread made 
 of the Caffavy root, very white, and favory, for 
 which they gave them fome Glafs Beads to their 
 great content. 
 
 From thence they went to S. Chriftophers 
 Iflandj where they cleanfed and aired their 
 (hips 3 Sc refrelhed their fick People: From hence 
 they refolved to go to Hiffaniola: and by the 
 way they met with a fmall Frigat, bound for 
 S. Domingo \ 9 the chiefeft and ancienteft City in 
 that Ifland'p and the men of her being exami 
 ned., one affured them that the haven of it was 
 a barred haven, the Shoar well fortified, fo that 
 there was no convenient landing within ten Eg- 
 lijb miles of the City, whither this man under 
 took to condud them. 
 
 January ^ the fir ft. They landed ten miles from 
 
 * l ^ at brave Cit y^ and unde r the command 
 of the Lieutenant General marched towards the 
 City whither they came about one a clock in 
 the afternoon 5 When they came neer, above 
 a hundred and fi'ty Gentlemen well mounted 
 prefented themfelves againft them 3 but the 
 fcnall (hot playing upon them, they departed^ 
 and the Erjglijh proceeded towards the two 
 ates of the City that lay towards the Sea 5 both 
 
 which 
 
it Francis Drake. 
 which the Spaniards had manned 3 and planted 
 thelrOrdnance without the gates,and fome fmall 
 fliot in an ambufhby the way fide. The'EvgliJb 
 being aboue twelve hundred men divided them- 
 felves: the Lieutenant General leading the one 
 halfe to one gate, and Captain Towel the other 
 halfe to the other gate, vowing that with God's 
 afsiftance they would not reft till they met in the 
 market place. 
 
 Nofooner had the Spaniards difcharged their 
 Ordnance, doing fome litle execution, but the 
 Lieutenant General haded or rather ran upon 
 them to prevent their charging again, and not- 
 withstanding their ambufh,entred Pell Mtll with 
 them into the gate not flaying till became into 
 the Market place, unto whom (hortly after came 
 Captain Towel with his Companies. This place 
 they ftrengthened with Baricadoes, the City be 
 ing too large to be guarded by fo fmall, and 
 weary an Army. And after midnight, they in 
 the Caftle , hearing fome of the Ettglrjf) bu- 
 fie about the Gate of it, quitted it, fome 
 being taken Prifoners, and others efcaping by 
 Boats. 
 
 The next day the Englijh enlarged their 
 -<Juarters, and fortified themfelves, and held the 
 Town for a months fpace. During this time the 
 General fent a Ntgro Boy with a Fbg of Truce 
 to the S/^tf/W/, who by the way was met by 
 fooie Officers of the Galley which the 'Engliflj 
 had taken, together with the City, who furi- 
 oufly thruft the poor Boy thorow the Body ? who 
 
 H 2 return* 
 
Cije 
 
 returning to the General, having declared how 
 harbaroufly they had ufed. him, fell down, and 
 died in his prefence. The General being much 
 moved herewith, commanded the ProveftMar- 
 tial^to take two Friers, and to carry them to the 
 fame place with a fufficient guard, and there to 
 hang them 5 and withal hefent one of thePrl- 
 foners to inform the Spaniards why he did it, 
 and to tell them that till the party who had 
 thus murthered his meflenger were deliver 
 ed to him y there fliouldno day pafs wherein he 
 would not hang two Prifoners till all were con.- 
 fumed. 
 
 Hereupon the day following, the murtherer 
 was brought^ and anofier made to deliver him 
 to the General 5 who yet thought it more Ho 
 nourable to make them perform the Execution 
 thenrjfelves in the fight of the EngliJ}^ which was 
 done accordingly. 
 
 During their aboad here Commiffioners oft 
 pafled between the Spaniard* & them about the 
 ranfome of tiie City 5i but not agreeing^ the Exg- 
 Ijjf} fpent every morning till the heat of the 
 day, in firing 5 and deftroyingthe houfes in the 
 outward part of the City,two hundred Marri- 
 ners being employed therein for divers days.: 
 Het were the. Houfes built fo magnificenlty, 
 and ftrongjy of (lone, that they could not con- 
 ^ ume one tn ird part of the Town all that time, 
 paitly whereupon the General was contented to accept 
 mrti t>and of twent y ^ ve thoufand Duckets 5 of 5s,6.a piece a 
 
 to 
 
 Here 
 
Of &bit Francis Drake. 53 
 
 Here our Soldiers met with good pillage,efpe- 
 cially of rich Apparel } but treafure they found 
 none : For the Spaniards by their Cruelties 
 had fo deftroyed the Natives, which ufed to 
 work in the Mines of Gold and Silver, that 
 they v/ere wholly given over r and in that 
 Ifland they were forced to ufe Copper Mony- 
 Yet they found ftore of Wine, Oyl, Vineger 
 Wheat, Meal , Woollen and Linnen Cloth, 
 fbme Silks, &c. which much relieved them : 
 there was but little Plate found but good 
 ftore of Porcellaws,, or China Difhes : yet 
 fome Plate they found, and.verycoftly houfhold 
 furniture. 
 
 From Saint Domingo they put over towards : rhey 
 the Main, and at laft came within fight of com * fo 
 Garth*gena 9 who had notice of their coming 
 twenty days before from Hifpanhla , fo that 
 they were fully provided for them. The 
 mouth of the Harbor lay about three miles 
 Weftward from the City, where they entred 
 without oppofition : and in the Evening fome 
 of them landed und^r the .conduct of the 
 Lieutenant General, who about midnight be 
 gan their march towards-the City, keeping clofe 
 by the Sea-wafh for their greater fafety. Whea* 
 they came within two miles of the town, a* 
 bout one hundred of their Horfe met them, 
 but upon the firft Volley of (hot that. was given 
 them, they retreated. 
 
 Coming within half a mile of the town, the ' 
 way grew narrow between the Sea 3 and an Aim 
 
 cfr 
 
Me, 
 
 of it, which was Fortified with a ftone wall and 
 ditch : the wall built with very good Flankers : 
 there was only a little place left open which 
 was rnade up with very good Baricadoes of 
 Wine-pipes filled with Earth ftanding very clofe 
 together. This place was furnifhed with fix De- 
 niiculverins, and Sakers, which (hot direftly in 
 Front upon them as they approached : They 
 had brought alfo two great Gallies with their 
 Prowes to the Shoar with eleven Pieces of 
 Ordnance* uhich flanked their coining on: In 
 thofe Gallies alfo were three or four hundred 
 fmall (hot placed : and on the Land to 
 
 fuard that narrow Pafs three hundred (hot,and 
 ikes. 
 
 Thefe fpared not their (hot either great or 
 finally but the Englijt^ taking the advantage of 
 the dark, ftill keeping the Sea-wafh Shoar 
 efcaped all pretty well , themfelves forbear 
 ing to (hoot till they were come to the very 
 Wall fide, then running upon the Barricadoes, 
 down went the Pipes of Earth, and after a Vol- 
 Jey of (hot in their faces they came to it with 
 Pikes atid Swbrds, wherein they proved too 
 hard for the Spaniards , and forced them to 
 flee. Here the Lieutenant General with his 
 own hands killed the chiefeft Enfign Bearer 
 of the Spaniards , who yet fought very 
 ftoutly. Then purfuing them, they entred 
 PeB Mel/ with them into the Town and wan 
 laken. ^ Q Market-place , the Spaniards flying to 
 the Mountains , whither before they had 
 
 carried 
 
Of &it Francis Drake. 55 
 
 tarried their Wives and Children. 
 
 At every ftreets end they had made Barrica- 
 does and Trenches excellently well, and had 
 placed many Indians in corners of advantage, 
 with Arrows fo impoifoned that if they did 
 but break the skin the wounded party died: 
 by thefe fome of our men were {lain : They 
 had alfo ftuck ia the ground againft the coming 
 of the Englifo abundance of fticks with (haip 
 ends villainoufly impoifoned, mod of which 
 they yet efcaped by keeping the Sea-wafll- 
 ihoar. 
 
 Here they flayed fix weeks, the afore 
 named mortality continuing ft!l amongft thenv 
 though not fo violent is at firli. This the 
 Spaniards call a Calenture, whic :i fuch as were 
 touched with, if they cicaptd De.tth continued - 
 long VCTV wt sk both in mind ^nd .body* This 
 for ^ ' ; m to give over their intended eater- 
 pnlv $q*dre cle Diet^ and fb overland to 
 
 Pan$w*i where they fhould have met with (lore 
 of trc.fure: and here they refolved to return 5 
 home- ward. 
 
 During their aboad in this place there pafied 
 divers courtefies between, the Spaniardf and 
 them } and the Governour Q^Cirtktgtna and 
 the BiQiop of it 5 with divers Gf pticir.cn came to ? 
 vifit the General : Yet bec<<u;r they could not 
 agree about ranfoming the City 9 they burned 
 the out-parts of it 3 and at laft they agreed to 
 give the General one hundred and tenthoufand- 
 Duckets for the ranfonie of the reilj this being ; 
 
&tfe 5 anfc 
 
 a far richer place thanS. Domingo : and after 
 wards they gave him a thoufand crowns to 
 fpare an Abby that ftood a quarter of a mile 
 from the town, and becaufe they profefled 
 that they were not able to ranfom the Caftle, it 
 was blown up with Gun-powder. The Ifiand 
 hath in it many pleafant Fruits, and Orange-trees 
 fet in walks of a great length . the whole Ifland 
 being caft into Gardens and Orchards. 
 
 After fix weeks aboad, having taken infrcfli- 
 water, and other provifions, they put to Sea, 
 ward. March 3 i, whereafter two or three days,a great 
 fhip which they had taken at S-Dowhtgo,, called 
 by them the New-years-g/ft, fprung a Leak, be 
 ing laden with Ordnance, Hides^and other Plun 
 der, whereupon they returned with the whole 
 fleet to Carthage**^ where they ftayed ten da-y-s 
 more, unlading her 5 and beftowing her Men and 
 Goods in other Ships 3 and fo 4eparted D di reding 
 their courfe to Cape S. Anthony > in the Eafterly 
 part of Cuba : and becaufe they could not pre- 
 fentlyfind any frefli water 3 theydeparted,think- 
 ing to recover the Mattances y Eaftward of Ha~ 
 vana: But for want of wind they were after 
 fourteen days, brought back to Cape . Anthony ^ 
 where, upon a more diligent fearch, they found 
 water enough. 
 
 After three days fpent in watering they de 
 parted. May 1 3 . and proceeding about the Cape 
 of Florida^ keeping along the coaft" D they went 
 .on till May 28. at which time they efpied a Bea 
 con on Land, unto which they went with their 
 
 Pinnaces 
 
/ of H&iK Francis Drake. 57 
 
 Pinnaces well man'd,Sc marching up the Rit'er- 
 fide,a< laft they faw a fort , newly built by the 
 Sfanzards: whereupon the Leiuteiiant General 
 took four Companies, and marched towards it : 
 and though he went as covertly as he could, yet 
 the enemy took the Alarm, and thinking that 
 the whole force of the Englrfl) was coming a^ 
 gainft them, they discharged their Pieces, and 
 ran away. Their flight was difcovered to the 
 JLnglifl) by a french man, who had been .a Pri* 
 loner with them, whereupon the General him- 
 felf with "many others went to the place, and 
 found it empty. On the Platform they found 
 thirteen or fourteen pieces of Brafs Ordnance, 
 and a cheft having in it about two thoufand 
 pound Sterling^ lately fcnt from the King of 
 Spain's treafurer to pay the Souldiers of that 
 place. 
 
 From hence they went to their town about m 
 inile oSjftanding upon the River of S.AugttfttKet 
 and when they landed D the Spaniards made fomo 
 few (hot at them, and ran away. The Sergeant 
 Major finding one of their horfes ready fadled 
 and bridled, gat up and followed the chafe : but 
 by one that lay behind a bufh, he was (hot t horo w 
 the head and (lain : His death was much lament 
 ed, being a Souldier of great experience, and 
 eourage. 
 
 Here they refolvcd to go to Virginia to feek 
 out theEagl/jS feut thither the year before by 
 Sir Walter Rawletgb under Mafter Ralph La#e, 
 their Governour, whither they came,' and at 
 
 I -their 
 
5 r Wt, anti 
 
 their rcqueft carried them back with them ft* 
 Thtirfafr England: where they fafely arrived at Portf- 
 mouthy July 28. Anno Chrijli. 1 5 86. 
 
 The total value which they got in this Voy 
 age vva* eftimated at fixty thoufand pounds, 
 whereof they that went the Voyage had twenty 
 thoufand pounds, and the Aventerers the other 
 forty. In the Voyage they loft feven hundred 
 and fifty men. Amongft whom were eight Cap* 
 tains : four Lieutenants } fix Gentlemen 3 and 
 ethers. 
 
 The Ordnance gotten of all forts were two 
 hundred and forty: whereof above two 
 dred wweBrafs, the reft lion. 
 
 
f jfetf Francis Dralce. 
 
 Of Sir Francis Drakes fervice *- 
 gain/I the Spaniard in Eighty 
 eight. 
 
 AHno Cbrifii ^ One thoufand five hundred 
 eighty eight , the Ring of Sfain having 
 gotten together a huge Navy, which they tearm- eifet 
 d Invincible, came for England , and Queen 
 Elizabeth of famous Memory, for her own pre- 
 fervation prepared another, which (he commit 
 ted to the charge of Charles Howard of Effing- 
 bam^ Lord Admiral, and to our Renouned 
 Draks hr Vice Admiral , which Navy (he fent 
 into the Weftern parts of England, the whole 
 ftory whereof you may read in my Englandt 
 Remembrancer > and out of which I (hall colleft 
 only fo much as concern* my prcfent pur- 
 pofe. 
 
 "July the twentieth 3 about noon this ter 
 rible Fleet of the Spaniards was difcried by 
 the Englijh before they looked for it} where 
 upon (the Fleet lying in the Road ofpltttMUtb ) 
 with much difficulty they towed out their 
 ihips : and being forth D they faw the spanijb 
 fhips with lotty Towers, like Caftles 9 feeming 
 at fiiit to make for TlimoKik , /wt feeing 
 
 I a tiato 
 
Me y . 
 
 the Evgl/fl) (hips got out of the Harbor, they 
 fleered by towards C^fe., which the Effglijb 
 willingly (uffered them to do, that they might 
 > the more commodipufly chafe them in the Reer 
 with a fore-right Wind. 
 
 Jlj the .one and twentieth.>Our.Lord Admiral * 
 ffent before 'him a Pinnace , called the Defi- 
 *nce , to denounce War by difcharging- her 
 Ordnance, and himfelf following in the Arkc 
 Royal) fet upon the Spanifo Admiral fas he 
 thought;) though it proved to,be theftiip.bf A* 
 lon?>o ck LvvM} where,, fire , fmoke ^ .and 
 iovfd tbundring Gannons began the Har^ 
 ley: and rending Bullets (freely interchang 
 ed) were the fiery meflengers of each others, 
 minds. 
 
 Soon after came up Dra^e^ Baukini^ and 
 Forbujlier^ inceffantly .playing with their 
 Ordnance upcn the Kind moft Squadron of 
 the Enemies which was Commanded by 
 Re c aide 3 whofevShip was foon fo battered as 
 t'hat it was made unserviceable, aad thereupon 
 Was with much difficulty drawn into the main 
 Fleet- 
 
 In this medly, a great Gallion ? wherein was 
 Don.Vtdra de Valdez,) and fome other Noblemea 
 being fore battered by the Exgltjb- (hot, to d void 
 the fame, fell foul upon, a no Dh^r (hip, whereby 
 her fore-maft was broken off, and (be made'irn> 
 able to follow the reft of the Fleet. But the 
 night coming on, our Lord Admiral, fuppeling 
 they had left Jiothing abjoard in har, and 
 y f^! fear- 
 
Francis Drake. 61 
 
 fearing to loofe Oght of the Spaniards 5 paffed 
 by her, and followed the Lanthorn , which he 
 fuppofed to be carried by Sir Francis Dra^e^ as 
 was agreed. But this brave Kinght was eagerly 
 puffuing five great Hulks v^hich he Judged to 
 beSpaniards 1 *, yet when he haled them they pro 
 ved to be EaJierlingS) and friends, and fo were 
 difmifled, 
 
 Jtttj the two and twentieth. Sir Framis'Drake 
 efpied the aforementioned lagging GallioDj 
 whereupon he fent forth a Pinnace commanding 
 them to yield., orherwife Iii's.. Bullets, without 
 any delay, fhould force them to it: Faldez-yto 
 fetm valorous, anfwered 5 that they were f&ur. 
 hundred and fifty ftrong; thzt hiwftff WM Don 
 ,Pedro 3 and jioodufGtt bis Honour^ an-J therefore 
 propounded certain -condition's: Dra^e reply cd, 
 that lie had no leafuro to Parley. If .he would 
 immediateiy yield 3 well and good: II r not, he 
 fhould Toon find that 2>v&e was -no daftard. 
 fedro hearing that it was the fiery Dr^l^^whoCc 
 very name was dreadful to the Spaniards ) that 
 had him in chafe, prefently yielded, and with 
 forty of his Companions,, came aboard SK Francis 
 his fhip} where, firft giving him the Conge^ he 
 Protefted that he and all his, v/ere refolvcd to 
 have died fighting, had they not bin into fucji 
 Noble hands, whofe valour and felicity was fo- 
 great D that Mars., and Neptune feemed to waitoa . 
 him in all his enterprifes 5 and whofe N3ble D and 
 generous mind towards the vanqui(hed 3 had 
 eften been experienced even of his greateft : 
 
 Fee ' 
 
* Clje 3Life 5 ant) 
 
 Foes. SirFrrftfw, to requite his Spanijh Com 
 plements with Englifi Gourtefie , placed him 
 at his own Table , and lodged him in his own 
 Cabin: and the reft of that Company he fent 
 Prifoncrs to ?lim0uik> where they remained for 
 the fpace of eighteen months, till by payment of 
 their ranfoms they obtained their liberty. 
 
 But Sir Francis Dra&s men paid themfelves 
 well by the Plunder of the (hip , wherein they 
 found fifty thoufand Duckets of Gold , which 
 they merrily fhared amongft them, Jnly the 
 three and twentieth, was the greateft fight be 
 tween tbefe two Fleets : And July the four and 
 twentieth ? the Englfjb Fleet was divided into 
 four Squadrons, whereof the Lord Admiral in 
 the/fr-jR*y*/,led thefirft: Sit Francis T>rafa., ia 
 the Revenge led the fecond : Captain Hmhin* 
 the third : And Captain Forbufier the fourth. 
 What notable fervice thefe gallant men did per 
 form againft that Invincible Arm*d9 , may be 
 feen in my Book before mentioned- 
 
of fyit Francis Diake* 6% 
 
 Tbt Voyage of Sir Francis Drake 
 into Portugal 
 
 AN* Chrtftt, One thoufand five hundred see 
 eighty nine, Don Antonio, who laid claim of this in 
 to the Kingdom of Portugal^ came into England [h! 
 to crave aid of Queen Elizabeth againft the 
 King of Spain^ who had feized upon that King 
 dom for hiinfelf^ and forced the other to fly- 
 Queen Elizabeth at his Importunate fuit, and to 
 find the Spaniards work at home fent a Fleet 
 with him under the Command of Sir John N orris 
 for the Land-fervice, and Sir Francis Dr^kg for 
 the fea : In which Voyage they both performed, 
 much Noble fervice both by fea and Iand 3 and re 
 turned in fafety unto llimoutb. 
 
 The 
 
etc Me , anD 
 
 1TA? Ltf/2 Voyage of Sir Francis 
 Drake into the Weft-Indies. 
 
 . 
 
 vo' \NvoChrifti, One thoufand five hundred 
 
 inro?h e c -^ ninety five. He undertook another Voyage 
 wft-in- to the Weft-Indies, wherein himfelf, and 
 Sit John Hawkins were Generals 3 Sir Thoma* 
 Bas\ervjle Collonel General ; Sir Nicholas Clif 
 ford Lieutenant General : Arnold Baskgrvile 
 Sergeant Major : And Nichols Bas^ervil^ 
 Berkley Grimfton 3 Rttfo 9 Bofael , Plat, 
 chichejier 9 St union 5 and $enton were Cap 
 tains. 
 
 Auguft the eight and 
 One thoufand five hundred ninety five. They 
 embarked ztpliwoulh) and failed towards the 
 Grand Canadot 3 meeting with nothing in the 
 way worth mentioning : And September the 
 fix and twentieth. They arrived at the Port of 
 CanadoS) otherwife called Saint John de Crnz^ 
 where, in Boats^ and Pinnaces they attempted 
 to Land : But the Enemy , who waited for 
 their coming, had fo intrenched themfelves 
 in the very place where they (hould have put 
 afliore* fo plied them both with their fmall 
 
 and 
 
Of ^l Francis Drake. 65 
 
 d great (hot 3 from the Caftle 3 Town , and 
 this intrenchment, that with the Jofs of 
 fome few of their men they were forced aga:a 
 to their (hips. 
 
 From thence they departed to a Place where 
 they watered, in which place fome of their 
 men, ftragling into the Country from their 
 frieads,, were met with and flain by thofe 
 Barbarous People, and torn with Dogs which 
 they keep on purpofe to deftroy men that 
 come to water there. This Ifland yields (lore 
 of Wine, Wheat and othcrGrain, Conies, Par- 
 tridgeSj&c. From thence, paffing towards the 
 Wefi-fy4*f*) they failed by an Ifland called 
 MartimnO) inhabited by Barbarous People ca!* 
 led Caxibalf : From thenee to "Dominica, where 
 they had ftore of Tabacco for Hatchets, 
 Knives, &c. November the twelfth. They caft 
 Anchor agafnff a great Fort within three or 
 four miles of Porto-Richo ^ from whence they 
 were plyed with Great Shot. Here died that 
 bra vefea Captain, Sir JohKHa&tyxs to the great 
 grief of all the reft. 
 
 The fame day alfo Sir Nickel** Clifford, 
 Captain Stratford^ and Captain Brown were 
 wounded with a great Piece of Ordnance, as 
 they fate at Supper with N Sir Frtmis Drake^ 
 whofe ftool alfo was ftruck from under him as 
 he was drinWng a Cup of Beer } yet by Gods 
 Providence hc D and all the reft efcv.ped. And 
 
 R that 
 
rHat Night' Sir Nicholas Clifford died of that 
 wound: and Captain BruteBrown a dayortwo 
 after. The Spaniard* had barred up the Haver* 
 l3y finking a great (hip therein, from which they 
 had drawn long Marts o,n both fides to the 
 Forts 5 which defended the paflage : within 
 were the five Spanjffi (hips filled with Muske- 
 tiers, and ftored with Ordnance, yet Captain 
 Easl^rvile^ putting his men into Boats, andPin- 
 iiaces attempted to enter by force, and fired one 
 or two of thofefhips, but with afliowr of fmall 
 was beaten back with the lofs of many of his 
 
 From hence failing to the Continent they 
 burnt Rio de I* Hac^ the Inhabitants whereof 
 offered thirty four thoufand Duckets to re 
 deem the feme, but overprizing the Pearl they 
 brought, it was refufed-, they alfo burnt down 
 fbme other Villages thereabout. Here in a Re 
 ligious Huufe they found fome Trea fare, Pearl, 
 and Marchandize, which they carried away. Iri 
 this Country was great ftore of Beeves, Goats, 
 Sheep., Horfes, Aifes, &c. and alfo ftore of 
 
 Fowl, as Pellicans, Red-fea-fowls like unto a 
 
 7fcfc L.J-*\rfi 
 
 December the nineteenth. They came tri 
 Martha., out of which all the Inhabi 
 tants were fled : But the Englijh following 
 them into the Woods, found fome Treafure 3 
 and other things of fome valuer when they 
 
 depar- 
 
of !S&it Francis Diake- 7 
 
 ted they fet the Town on fire. December 
 the five and twentieth, They came to Nombre 
 de Vios, and the fame Day Captain Arnold *Baf- 
 kgrvile died. They landed about a mile from 
 theTown,and when they came to it the enemy 
 gave them a bravado of fhot and then ran a- 
 way. Having before conveighed^way all their 
 treafure and goods. Yet fomething they found 
 in the woods, as Oyl, Wine, Vineger, Meal, and 
 Linnen cloth. 
 
 On Munday after Sir Thomas Ba-slyrv/lc wit It 
 fix hundred men began their journey by Land 
 towards PanAM*,> hoping thereto furnifh them- 
 felves with the SfattiJJ} Treafure : But when 
 
 they had laboured a day or two, and encoun- 
 
 < . , i. n- J , . 
 
 tred with many difficulties., thorow narrow., 
 
 dirty, and moft cumberfomways;, being affailed 
 
 on both fides with many Volleys of (ho.t out 
 
 of the Woods, they came to a Fort in a very 
 
 narrow pallage where only one man could psfi 
 
 abreaft, where the enemy flew their men asfaft 
 
 as they came, and hearing that there were two 
 
 more fuch Forts betwixt that and Panama^ they 
 
 were conftrarned with the lofs of mmycedtort- 
 
 of their beft men , and much grief, to return !ura * 
 
 to their (hips , and fct fire upon Nombre dt 
 
 Dios. 
 
 the tenth they came to Sc&ddy^ and 
 took a spanifa Frigate that was fent to give In 
 telligence of their being upon the Ct)aft, but 
 
 K 2 found 
 
found nothing of worth in- her. Then the 
 Genera! caufed his (kk men to be carried a 
 fhoar.and to have the beft comfort they were 
 able to give them : Alfo there they built four 
 Pinnaces^ and took in frefh water. Here were 
 great ftore of Wild-beafts in this iQand but no 
 inhabitants, 
 
 'nude- l ^ eight and twenttenth, Ann* 
 
 burial Cbr/ft* 9 One thoufand five hundred ninety five, 
 Died this faojous, and renowned Captain 
 $fe Francis Vrtfa of a Flux, and grief for his 
 bad fuccefles in this Voyage- His Death was 
 exceedingly lamented by all theCompany. His 
 Corps being put into a Coffin of Lead was let 
 down into the Sea, the Trumpets in a doleful 
 manner Ecchoiog out their lamentations for fo 
 great a lofsj and all the Cannons in the Fleet 
 were difcharged accordieg to.theCuftomes<o 
 Sea- Funeral Obfecjuies. 
 
 The reft of the Fleet came fafe to their de- 
 fiied haven in their Native Country of England* 
 Afril One thoufand five hundred and, nine 
 ty fix. 
 
 Sir Francw Drake* father whea he fled into 
 Kent (as you read in the beginning of this Life) 
 was fain to fhelter himfelf in the Hull of a (hip, 
 where many of his younger fons were born. He 
 had twelve in al! 5 &as it pleafedGod to give to 
 0f theni their firft being.upon the Water, 
 
 fo 
 
$ S)it Francis Drake. 
 
 fo the greateft part of them died at Sea, only 
 the ypungeft, though he was as far as any of the 
 other, yet died at home, whofe Pofterity yet 
 inherits that which by himfelf and this Noble 
 Sir Francte) the Eldaft Brother, was hardly, ycc 
 worthily gotten. 
 
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