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1591. Men, were murdered by the Savages,as they were taking in Water. Fromthence he sailed to Zanzibar, on theCoast of Melinde, where having winter-ed, he set Sail, the fifteenth of Febr u-ary, 1592. and continued his Voyageto India. By the Way, he took iomeI’urkijh Vessels, belonging to Pegu, andsome Por tuguese Ships laden with Rice.And take Hackluyt mentions the taking ofseveral these Vessels some Time afterwards,fr izes. when his Crew was reduced to three andthirty Men, and takes Notice of his tak-ing, with that small Company, twoPortugal Ships, one of two Hundred andfifty Tun, and one of seven HundredTun. The latter was abandoned by a-bove three Hundred Men, Women andChildren; who left her with three Hun-dred Buts of Wine, besides other Goods,and sixteen Pieces of Brass-Cannon. Andthey turned them both adrift after hav-ing pillaged them.

After this, he proceeded to Cey'07,thence to the Islands of Nicubar, nearSumatra, and so to the Islands of Pinaon,or Pulo-Pinaom, where they arrived inthe Month of June, and determined tolpend their second Winter,hanc-’fler Here Lancaster, taking into Conside-t( s>lves to ration, that he had but three and thirtyUt *rnHotne. Men and a Boy, of his Crew, left alive,and of them but two thirds sit for Ser-vice; And besides, that his Provisionswere grown very short, resolved tomake the best of his Way homeward, towhich Resolution, however, a Mutinyof his Men did not a little contribute.

It was the eighth of December, 1592* *591*

that they set Sail homewards; The lastof March, 1593. they doubled theCape of Good Hope, and, in Apr il, touch-ed at the Island of St. Helen :, for Re-freshments. Leaving that Island, theywere hurried away, by the TradeWinds, to the Island of Tiinidada, in Is , sfC ,America, where tney arrived m June. TfimdadajFrom thence they proceeded to the I-fland of Mona , near Puerto Ricco, whereLane afer going afhoar, with some ofhis Men to seek Refreshments, his Shipwas, in the mean Time, forced away, And left enby Stress of Weather, with only seven Shoar -Persons on Board her. Hackluxt fays,only five Men and a Boy, and that theCarpenter himself privately cut theirown Cable. These few Persons, how- , *ever, brought her safe to England, with gets s E pg_her rich Cargo, leaving their Compa- land.nions behind them, in great Misery andDistress.

At Length, Lane as ar himself, withthe Rest of his Men, being taken up bya Fr ench Ship, were also brought Home. a FrenchThe Captain arrived at ' Rye, the four Shi P-and twentieth of May, 1594. havingspent three Years, six Weeks and twoDays, on the Voyage ; And tho’ it wasattended with many Misfortunes andD.ificulties, yet the Experience, whichhe and his People gained in this Voy-age, gave them the Reputation, thatthey first taught their Country-men theMethod of Trade in the Eas-Indies,and laid the Foundation of that since soextensive and flourishing Trade.

CHAP. XXXVII.

A memorable Sea-Fight, between /A? Spaniards, and three Englisli Ships, anda Bark, belonging to Sir George Carey ; As likewise, a gallant Fight betweenthe Centurion, and sve Spanish Gal lies.

^ *591. r "iT"'' HIS worthy Gentleman, who

I was then Marshal of Her Maje-$ c $. ' P’ sty’s Houihold, and Captain of

the IJle oflVight, was afterwardsLord Hunfdon, Lord Chamberlain, andCaptain of the Honourable Band ofGentlemen Pensioners.

UroN what Expedition these Shipsof his were, or when they left England,I do not find; But, on the thirteenth ofJure, of this Year, being off of CapeContent es, in the IVes-Indies-, they dis-

covered, about five in the Morning, six; 1591.Sailof Spanijh Ships. Four of them wereArmadas, viz. the Admiral and Vice-Admiral, of seven Hundred Tuns each,and the other two of six Hundred.

The remaining two Ships were smallVessels, of about a Hundred Tunseach.

The English, believing them to bethe Carthagena Fleet, bore up to themwith Joy; And theAdmiral, Vice-Admi-ral, and the other Ship (called the Hope*

a D well)