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CHAP. VII.

Mr. Andrew Barker’* Voyage to the Coajl of the Continent, and the Rayof Honduras, in the West-Indies.

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H E Gentleman, whose unfor-tunate Voyage I am now aboutto give the Reader, lived someTime at Teneriff, one of theCanary- Islands. And, at his ReturnHome, left one Charles Chester , the Sonof a Rr?/?o/-Merchant, to learn theLanguage. In November 1574. Barkerfreighted a Ship, called the Speedwell, ofBristol, for the Canaries, with Clothand other Goods, to a considerable Va-lue. With this Ship, he sent one JohnDrue, as his Factor, to fell those Goods,who, when he came to seneriff, sentback the Speedwell, with a small Quan-tity of Wine ; thinking to make a bet-ter Price of his Goods, by keeping themto provide a Loading of Wine and Sugarfor another Ship.

For this Purpose, Barker sent, inMarch following, a Ship called theChristopher, of Dartmouth, commandedby Captain Henry Roberts, of Bristol.Upon the Captains Arrival at Teneriff,he was immediately arrested, and castinto Prison, the Spaniards pretending,that Barker was accused to the Inquisi-tion by Charles Chefter. Under thisPretext, they seiz’dallthe Effects belong-ing to Andrew Barker, his Brother JohnBarker, and several others, to a con-jsiderable Value. And it was not witmout great Difficulty, that Captain Ro-berts got away with his empty Ship.

T o revenge this Injury it was, thatMr. Barker, with the Assistance of hisFriends, fitted out two Barks, for theRVest-lndies ■, the Ragged Staff, of whichhe went himself Captain, and PhilipR oche , Master; And the Bear, WilliamCox, of Lime-houfe, Captain and Ma-ster.

In the Beginning of June 1 576. theyhet out from Plymouth, and the firstPlace they touched at was the Islanddel Sale, one of the Cape Verd Islands;•And from thence they sailed to the I-hand of Mayo. There they took in fresh

Water, and at first traffick’d peaceablywith the Portuguese ; But their Trum-peter being treacherously murdered,they, in Revenge, burnt two smallVillages.

From thence they shaped their Course 7he I(le c rover the Ocean, to the Wst-Indies, and Trinidad "arrived at the Island of srinidad, wherethey framed a Pinnace, which they hadcarried out in Joints, in the Ragged Staff,and then traded with the Indians , forProvisions.

After six Days Stay, they departed, They take aand arrived at the Isle of Margarita, [mail Spa-where they took a small Spanish Ship, nisll . at Mar *loaded with Pitch and Canary Wine, out ganta ’of which they only took four or fiveTuns of Wine, and then dismiss’d her.

At the Island of Curasao, whither theycurajao,next went, fourteen of their Men weretreacherously wounded by the Indiansand Spaniards.

From thence they departed for theContinent, Southwards, where theystaid three Days; But nothing remark-able happened. From thence they ar-rived at Cape de la Vela, where a Quar- Q a p e ^ i arel happened between Mr. Barker, and Vela.the Master of the Ragged Staff, con- A parrelcerning their Skill in Navigation, which B^kert andproved of evil Consequence. the Master

They next sailed to the Bay of Tulu,about eighteen Leagues Southwest of g ^^.B a ’ r .Carthagena, where they took a Frigat, ker takes ain which was the Value of five Hundred rich Frigat,Pounds, in Bars of Gold, and Ingots °f 0 f Tulu 3 ^Silver, besides a Quantity of coined Sil-ver, or Rials of Plate, and some Eme-ralds, among which was one very large,set in Gold, After three Days, theyleft the Frigat, Captain Barker havingfirst taken out the Treasure, for his own

Use.

From thence they sailed to Nombrede Dios, and so to the Mouth of the ^0"River Chagre, eighteen Leagues distant,towards the Northwest. Here manyof the English were taken with a Calen-2 T ture,