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j 592. From which they were not to be re-strained, either by Orders from the Go-vernment, or by Oath; But would bold-ly lay: ‘They had rather trust their Souls,to a merciful God, by Perjury, thantheir Fortunes to the Hands of unmercifulMen.

The Burden of this Carrack was six-teen Hundred Tuns, and she carriedtwo and thirty Brass Guns. Her Cargoin Gross, according to the Account andValuation of it, at Leaden-hall, the fif-teenth of September, was as follows, be-sides Jewels, which were no Doubt ofvery great Value, tho' they never cameto Light.

Of Spices ; Pepper, Cloves, Mace,Nutmegs, Cinamon and Green Ginger.

Of Drugs ; Benjamin, Franckincenfe,Galingale, Mirabolans Aloes, Zocotri-na and Camphire.

Of Silks ; Damasks, Taffetas, Sarce-nets, Altobaslos, or counterfeit Cloth ofGold, raw China Silk, heaved Silk,white twisted Silk, and curled Cypress.

Of Callicoes ; Book-Calicoes, CalicoLawns, broad white Calicoes, finestarched Calicoes, course white Calicoes,brown broad Calicoes, and brown courseCalicoes.

There were also Canopies, courseDiaper-towels, Quilts of course Sarce-net, and of Calico, Carpets, and like-wise some Pearls, Musk, Civet and Am-bergris.

The Rest of the Wares were manyin Number, but less in Value, as Ele-phants Teeth, China, Coco-nuts, Hides,Ebony, and Cloth made of the Rinds ofTrees.

All which being appraised, by Menof approved Judgment, were reckonedto amount to at least one Hundred andfifty Thousand Pounds.

During these Transactions, Don A-lonfo de BajJ'an was furnishing in Lisbon,twenty-three os his Gabions, which hehad the Tear before, when he took the

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Revenge; He was directed, with those 1592.Ships, to go immediately to Flores, toexpect the coming of theCarracks, whichas I said above, had Order to fall withthat Island, there to put on Shoar someOrdnance, for strengthening the Townand Castle. ■ ■ •

Don Aknfo, unadvisedly, repairedfirst to St. Michael’s, contrary to his In-structions, and there delivered his Ord-nance, before he arrived at Flores, and,in the mean Time, one of the Carrackswas burnt, and the other taken, as wehave seen above.

This he held to be such a disreputa-tion to him, and especially, happeningthro' his own Misconduct, that he be-came much perplext, and pursued theEnglijh a Hundred Leagues; But. invain, they being too far a head.

The King of Spain being advertisedof the Mishap of his two Carracks, andthe Negligence of Don Alonzo, tho' hehad much favoured him before, in Re-spect of divers Actions he had been inwith his Brother, the Marquis of SantaCruz, as also for what he had latelyperformed, by taking the Revenge, heldit such. a Blemish to his Honour, notto have his Instructions obeyed and ob-served, that he did not only take fromhim ( Don Alonzo ) his Charge andCommand, but he lived and died withhis Disgrace, aqd Disfavour, which,likewise, in the Opinion of most, he1 justly deserved.

The Qu,een’s Adventure, in thisVoyage, was, only two Ships, one ofwhich, and the least of the two, was atthe taking of the Carrack, by whichTitle, She assumed Power, of HerRoyal Authority, and made the Rest ofthe Adventurers submit themselves toHer Pleasure, with whom She dealt butindifferently, as we have seen, in theCafe of the Earl of Cumberland.

during the Reign of § 0 feen Elizabeth.

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