192 Euz, Naval Expeditions, &c of the English,

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1583. " Yards, which were hoifed a-cross,

" and his Tops, with all above them," was out of the Water: Most of their" Men were gotten away in theirBoats,“■ excepting about forty Persons, who" hung in the Shrouds and Tops,whom" I advised our General to fetch away," His Pinnace was made ready and" manned for that Purpose, but he“ countermanded his Orders. Three" of their Boats were, likewise, going" from their Ships to save them; But" I fired at them, and obliged them to" retire, and leave them upon the" Shrouds. At Length, our General" sent for two of the Men ; But one" of them, a Marslian, being sorely" wounded, and not like to live, was" thrown over Board. The other, who

was Boatswain of the Vice-Admiral,tr was a Greek, born at Zante. Of" the Rest, some swam away on Rafts," others were drowned, and some re-" mained still hanging on the Shrouds.

" By this Time, it was fair Day-

light, and I called to our General‘ s to weigh , and drive down uponts them; But he required me to go" first, and anchor on their Quarter ;" And he would follow, and anchor" on their Bows. I weigh’d, and" went down, and anchored by them;te But not so near as I designed, be-cf cause the Ebb put me off to the" Northward. There I rode alone," spending my Shot at them, and" they both at me, for four Hours,“ before our Admiral’s Anchor, would" come up. During which Time, I" received some Damage; But, when" our Admiral came, he had his Part," and eased me.

“ At Length, our Admiral began" to warp away, and being come with-" out me, set Sail, and began to standtf out into the Sea; I went on Board" of him, to know his Pleasure. Hete determined to get out of Shot, but“ could not, because the Wind scant-" ed on them. The Edward, beforeCs Ihe could get. up her Anchors, endu-" red a great many more Shot, after" the Gallion was farther off than she," and sometimes the Gallion had two" or three. Thus the Battle ended," about two in the Afternoon. The“ Rest of this Day, and Part of the" Night, we spent in repairing our<( Damages, fitting and putting our" Ordnance and Furniture in Order, for" the next Morning, thinking . they" would have been with us.

,f The six and twentieth, in the" Morning, they were gone so far up" the River, that we could not see" them; So we manned our Boats and" Pinnaces, and sent them up the Ri-tc ver, to weigh the Anchors and Ca-" hies we had let siip the Night be-‘ c fore; Which they suffered us peacea-" bly to do. An Indian, who came off" to us, told us the Spaniards had bu-" ried a great Number of Dead, and“ had landed a great many wounded" Men in the Bay. Our Loss of Men" was inconsiderable; the Admiral, for" his Part, had but one Man killed,

" a Sailor.” . j

The nine and twentieth, the Ad- ^miral and Vice-Admiral were separa- ^ ’ted, and did not see one another after-wards. I do not any-where find whatcame of the Admiral; But the Vice-Admiral, commanded by Captain LukeIVard, arrived in England, after a ca-lamitous and tiresome Palsage, on thelast of May ; And thus ended this pro-mising Expedition, with the Loss ofthe Lives and Fortunes of many, with-out any Advantage, as we find, accru-ing, either to the Publick, or any pri-vate Persons.

I just mentioned above what cameof the Francis, and her Crew, aftershe left the Fleet. Lopez Vaz, thePortuguese, whom I have had Occasionto mention above, gives us the follow-ing Account. g

" Why (fays my Author) these" Engli/h Ships, under the Conduct:

" of Mr. Fenton, did not go to the" Streight (of Magellan ) I know not;

" But the Pinnace (as he calls her) of" these two Ships, commanded by" Captain John Drake, left them, and<s come to the River of Plate, and" within five Leagues of Seal-IJland,

" not far from the Place where the" Earl of Cumberland ’s Ships took in" fresh Water, where she was cast a-" way, upon a Ledge of Rocks; Butthe Men were saved in their Boat,

" to the Number of eighteen. They" landed on the North-side, and went" a Day’s Journy into the Land, wherethey met with Savages, who were" n °t, indeed, Canibals, but who were" wont to take all the Christians they" could, and make them Slaves.

The Savages killed five of them,

" in a Skirmish, and obliged the otherthirteen to surrender. After fifteen" Months Slavery, Richard Fairwea-

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