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1^76. ture, of which eight or nine of the Mendied.

A Spanish Between Chagre and Veragua, theyFrigat, with took a Spanijh Frigat, in which theysome Gold , found some Gold. In it were threeta en ‘ and twenty Spaniards* whom they seton Shoar , and two Flemmings, withfour Brass Cannons, three Harquebusses,and sixteen Spanish Callivers. In thisF rigat, some of the Company afterwardsreturned to England.

A Duel le- At Veragua, Captain Barker, and

tween Bar- t he Master of the Ragged Staff, renew-BpRodST" * n S ^bir Quarrel, and fought aDuel, inat Veragua. which the Captain was hurt in the Cheek.Fhe Ragged Here the Ragged Staff proving leakyStaff funk. thgy fonk her, and the Company re-moved into the Spanijh Frigat.

'The Bay of By the Direction of some of the In-Honduras. dians, they then failed to the Gulph ofAnother rhe Honduras, where they took a Bark,SpamsliBark was to the Value of a Hundred

U Sn ' Pounds of Rials of Plate, with some In-dian Wheat, and other Provisions. A-mong the Spaniards, who were onBoard of this Bark, was the Secretaryof Carthagena , who, being a Person ofsome Note, was put to a Ransom, whichwas paid in Gold; The Rest were free-ly dismissed. After passing by severalIslands, they came to the Island of S.'The Ifani of Francisco, at the Mouth of the greatA Confpira- Bay, called the Honduras . Within

cy against two Days after their Arrival there, Wil-the Captain. H am Cox, Captain of the Bear, havingconspired with several more of the Com-pany, came on Board of the Ship, inwhich Captain Barker was, and dispos-sessed him, as well of the Ship, as ofthe Treasure which was in her. Theyimmediately set the Captain, with seve-ral others, by Violence, on Shoar, wherehe and one German Weibourne fought,and were both wounded.

Some Time afterwards, the Captainattempted to get on Board again; Butwas resisted by the same Persons whoset him on Shoar, and who told him,that he should not be taken on Board-till they were ready to depart. Theyhad appointed about ten Men on Shoarfor the Keeping of the Island; ButaTds^ l P . am * one Morning, by Break of Day, whenprize the they had about thirty Men on Shoar,English. sixty Spaniards came unexpectedly up-, on the Island, and surprized them. In%^raio- nA the Skirmish, Captain Barker, with{hers, hilled, eight more, were killed, and the Cap-tain’s Boy, with one more, wounded.

Cox, and the Rest, who were onBoard, finding, th#t the Captain, and

•several of his Adherents, were killed, 1576.admitted the Remainder, tho’ he hadrefused them before, into the Ship.

After this Misfortune, they went toan Island about a League’s Distancefrom S. Francisco, where Cox divideda Chain of Gold, which he had foundin the Captain’s Chest, after his Death,among the Company.

After this, Cox, who was nowCommander in Chief, went in a Pin-nace, which they had taken at theIsland of S. Francisco, and a Skiff, with potf*several others of the Company, to the o/Truxij 1 ®Town of Truxillo, in the Bay of Honda-P lun ff r \$,ras. They surprized the Town, wherethey found Wine, Oil, and several othergoodCommodities,more than they couldcarry away; But neither Gold nor Sil-ver, nor any other Treasure, at least,that they would ever confess. Beforethey could return to their Company,they, which were in the Barks, were ^chased by several Spanijh Men of War, c jfs e dty.bwhich obliged every Man to shift fory^ Sp*rhimself, as well as he could. Men »J

In this Confusion, they left the Skiff, ^ ar ‘in which were eight Persons, to theMercy of the Spaniards, in the Bay ofHonduras, and never afterwards heardwhat came of them.

They now resolved to return forEngland, and being in the Main Sea,Homeward-bound, about sixty Leaguesfrom the Island of S. Francisco, theFrigat, in which was the Treasure forthe Adventurers, and what belongedto the Captain, to the Value of twoThousand Pounds, carrying too much .Sail, was overset by a Flaw of Wind,and all her Goods perished, togetherwith fourteen of her Men. Nine Men overstt 11only were saved, among whom where Sea-William Cox, and William Gillam.

Phtlip Roche, the first Occasion of theQuarrels and Divisions among the Com- ^pany, which cost the Captain his Life, 0 p phi 1 #and overthrew the whole Design, died Roche-afterwards in their Passage. f!!f n

At Length, the Remains of this ‘TVlsmunhappy Company arrived at the I- c c ilpslands of Scily, near Cornwal, where ™they left their Frigat, which they hadnew built on the Shoar of the Hondu-ras, having in her, at their Landing,ten Butts of Oil, four Brass Cannon,which had been in Oxenham ’s Frigat,taken the Year before, in the Streightsof Darien, three Harquebusses, someCallivers, and Part of the Treasure.

William Cox, and Andrew Brown took

upon