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The seventeenth of January, x5^83.they came to an Island, which, by Rea-son of a Falcon they saw there, theycalled Falccn-IJle, where they land-ed, but found nothing but Woods andBushes.

The nineteenth, they landed on anIsle called Gitron-Ijle, where they foundPlenty of Fowl, and good Watering.

The twentieth, they arrived at Si.Vincents, in the Morning, and, beingcalm Weather, the General’s Pinnacewent in to the Shoar ; But feing threeCanoes, having each, at least, twentyMen in them, Indians and Portuguese,they rowed on Board again. The Ca-noes putting out a Flag of Truce, theGeneral sent a Letter by them to theGovernour of the Place, desiring a Pi-lot to carry in their Ships, and Libertyof Traffick. About four in the After-noon, they anchored within the Bar,at a Place where there was a Castle andsome Houses, within a Musket-fhot ofwhich they rode.

From this Time to the four andtwentieth, was spent in Messages be-tween the General and the Governour,between whom, tho’ several Professionsof Friendship had been made, therewas a mutual Coolness and Mistrust.That Day, about four in the Morning,one John Whitehall, an Englijhman,who was married in the Place, cameprivately on Board, with two of hisIndians, and discovered to them, thatthe Governour had been fortifying thePlace, and that the Portuguese weresending their Wives away. He there-fore advised them, to admit of no moreDelays, but to proceed with his Shipsimmediately before the Town.

The fame Afternoon, they discover-ed three Spanijh Ships, with whom theyhad a very smart Engagement thatNight, by Moon-light, till the Moongoing down separated them. Of thisEngagement, Captain Luke Ward, Com-mander of the Edward Ponaventure,has given the following Account.

" About four in theAfternoon (fays<c Captain Ward) we saw three Sail<c come bearing in about the Point," which, as soon as they saw us, an-" chored on the Bar, and put them-" selves in a Readiness, sending from" one Ship to another with their Boats," and preparing their Ordnance to at-" tack us. We, on our Side, were" not idle; But, before Night, getting" our Men, and other Necessaries,

" from the Shoar, put ourselves in a r 5S3." Posture of Defence. I went on“ Board the Admiral, to know what" he designed to do; And he determi-,c ned to set his Watch in a warliketc Manner ; And so he did: For afterte his Trumpets and Drum had found-

ed, he shot off a great Piece, as they* c before had done. Presently, the<c Enemy’s Vice-Admiral shot at me,

^ and I answered him. We then set‘ f up our Main-top dnd Top-mast,

" which we had taken down since we“ lay here, and before eleven at Night" we were rigg’d. In the mean Time,

they let slip their Anchors and Ca-" hies, and came driving and towing" with their Boats in upon us, design-" ing to have boarded us. When they" came near, our Admiral haled them,tf and, they not answering, let fly as<f them ; But w’as, however, glad to" let an Anchor flip to avoid them.

<r Then they came all driving down" athwart my Hawser, so that I was

forced to flip an Anchor and Cable" to ssiun the Gallion. All this while" the Ordnance and small Shot plied*

" hard on all Sides, and I was forced" to fend the Gallion, my Skiff, with" a Hawser to ride by; For ssie was<c loose, and, with the Flood, drove" up within me. The Enemy’s Vice-" Admiral was then on my Broad-side,-<s and was pretty much shattered; Yet“ I did not leave gauling of him, ’till" I thought our Powder spent on him" in vain, he being already in such a" miserable torn Condition. About" sour in the Morning it rained so hard*

" the Moon being likewise gone down,

" we could not see one another.”

The next Day, the fi^e ahd t'Ven- fr .tieth, at Day-break , they saw the jfcsfjj*Spanijh Vice-Admiral sunk very near" "them, with some of her Men yet hang-ing about her Shrouds, most of whomwere drowned. The Engagement con-tinued,with the other two Spanijh Ships,the whole Morning, till two a-Clock,when both Sides being wearied, theEnglijh stood off to Sea, and the Spa-nijh for the River, tho’ they had in theBeginning six Hundred Men in the threeShips.

Of this second Engagement CaptainWard has left us the following Ac-count :

" The five and twentieth, by Day- Captain

" light, we saw th e Spanijh Vice-Ad- Fvard'i j.c

" mir al sunk hard by us, so that his C0 Js_s ^

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