ZOO Eli2,. Naval Expeditions, &c. of the English, Book H*
1 593 * Spaniards to compound for two Thou-The Tcwn of s2ud Duckets in Pearl, to save their
ransomed* Houses and Barks.
Th es e Losses were irrecoverable, andall the Spaniards could now do, was toendeavour to prevent the like for thefuture ; For whichPurpose, they sent a-bout Intelligence from one Place to ano-ther, giving Notice of the English, audwarning all the Inhabitants to be in aPosture ready to receive them, whenthey came.
The Spaniards were now alarmed,and the News ran so fast, that their De-signs on several other Places were fru-strated. Thus at Cumana they foundthem on their Guard, and coasting along2 err a Fit ma, at Rio dell a Hacba, theSpaniards were not only in Expectationof them, but had, upon that Score,sent away all their best Goods to theMountains. Being therefore disappoint-ed, in this Manner, they sailed to Hif-paniola, Cape Tuber one, St. NicholasBay, Fort St Plat, &c. from thence toMorn, and so to the Island Savona.From hence they sailed to the RiverSocko, about five Leagues Eastward ofSt. Domingo, and having failed aboutfour Leagues up the River, they sur-prized, one Night, some of the Spani-ards great Farm-houses, for the Ran-Spanish f om G f w hich they had good Store ofsurprized! Bullocks, Casavi Meal and Fruits. Asthese Farm Houses were rich they made
them pay a considerable Contribution, ias they did also a great Sugar Place, up-on the River Marracava.
From these Parts they failed to St.Domingo, 'Jamaica and Cuba-, wherethey perform’d little or nothing consider-able. At the latter, the Pilgrim leftthem and failed for England. The An-thony, with the Frigate, steered theirCourse for the Bay of Honduras. Theyhad the Fortune to meet with sevenSpanish Ships in the Road of Puerto deCavallos, the least of which was of OneHundred and eighty Tuns. After fourand twenty Hours Fight, the Spaniardsquitted their Ships, which were now tohot to hold them, and got afhoar intheir Boats, taking the Rudders oftheir Ships with them, that they mightnot be carried off. The Spaniards re-fusing likewise to ransom them, all the JjdEnglish could do was to set Fire to them, burnt.which they did to all but the Admiral,a Ship of two Hundred and Fifty Tuns,and her they brought Home laden withthe best Goods picked out of all theRest.
They threw all the Ordnance overBoard, two or three Brass Cannons on-ly excepted, in Hopes some Englishmight be the better for them afterwards.Notwithstanding this Hindrance, theygot to England, and arrived at Plymouth,the fifteenth of May, 1594. within aDay as soon as the Pilgrim.
CHAP. XL1V.
Sundry Naval Transactions, with some other Occurrences, of the Tear, 1593.
The Voyage of the Ship, Marygold, toHackiuyt' Cape Briton ; And of Mr. Georgepjll.p.ipi- Drake, of Apsliam, to Ramea, Ac.
„ T HE Ship called the Mary-
depart: ^ I £ old > of London, of seventysi Tuns Burden, and carryingTwenty Men, ten of whichwere Mariners, and the RemainderCoopers, Butchers, to flea the Morses,&c. under the Command of RichardStrong of Apsham, departed from Fal-mouth, the first of June, in Companywith anotherShip o£ Wit-George Drakes,of Apsham. The Place these two Shipswere bound for was an Island, withinthe Streights of St. Peter, on the Back-side of Newfoundland, to the South-
West, in the Latitude of seven and \f)V-forty Degrees, called by theBritons, ofSt. Malo, the Island of Ramea, but bythe Savages of the adjoining Continent,
Menquit. On this Island, are greatNumbers of those large amphibiousCreatures called Vacca marina , orMorses, which have two large Teethlike Ivory, and afford very good Oyl,
They are chiefly there in April, May,and June-, But then they are seen byThousands; And this being the Case,our two Commanders departed too lateto be successful. *.
These Ships lost Company before Buffsthey came to Newfoundland, and did P aranot come together again the whole Vo-yage, !
Captain