Chap. XLVlI.

during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth

1594. irdnjeu, a Harbour about forty Leagues and, at their Arrival in the Downs, iti 1594^to the Northward of Fernambuc* Oft of the Month of July, they had the Satif-h^ arated ^bis Harbour, a Storm separated them faction to hear, that all the other Shipsa torm. f n t he Night, Ib that when the Admiral were safely arrived before them, theput in, he had only four Ships more in French,< at Diep, Captain ; Vernier, withhis Company. Having refreshed them- his Ships, at Plymouth, and what belong- ^0%. &selves here. with all Necessaries, they ed to the Admiral, at London*made the bell of their Way for England,

CHAP. XLVlI.

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Dudley’s Voyage to the Island of Trinidada, f § c . And Jones 's Voyage to. the

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fvo Prizesfen by thelc e~Admi-r al.

O N the sixth of November, in theYear, 1594. Mr. Robert Dud-ley set Sail from SouthamptonRoad, with the Bear, of twoHundred Tuns, commanded by himself,Admiral; the Bears Whelp, CaptainMunck, Vice-Admiral, with the Frisk-ing and the Earwig, two Pinnaces* on acruising Voyage to the Wef-Indies. Atfirst setting out, theAdmiral was separa-ted from the Rest of his Fleet in a Storm,and left to rove alone; He had the Sa-tisfaction, however,to hear that hisVice-Admiral was returned to England withtwo Prizes.

Being left in this Mannery he wan-

. Dudleyfs JoPavels.

dered along the Coasts of Spain, withinView of Cape Finis erre, and Cape Vin-cent, the North and South Capes ofthat Kingdom. In that Space, he chasedseveral Ships, hoping to find some Prize;But they all proved to be either English,or the Friends of English*

The fourteenth of December, he di-rected his Course towards the Candry-Islands, in Hopes of getting some Shipto divide his Men; For being a Hun-dred and forty, in a Ship of two Hun-dred Tuns, they begun to grow sickly •And his Hopes were fulfilled; For af-ter having cruised there some Time, hemet and took two Caravels, which hemanned with some of his Men. Hav-ing given the Command of them, one toBenjamin Wood, and the other to oneWentworth, he had now a Fleet ofthree Ships again, with which he firstset Sail for Cape Blanco, in Africa.From thence, he failed to the Island of! Trinidada, and came to Anchor the firstof February, 1595. in a Bay whidi hecalled Pelican's Bay, from the greatNumber of those Birds, which he saw

there. The seventeenth, he sent his two 15941Caravels from a Place called Paracoa ,where he then lay, to try their Fortunesin the Indies , and so to return to Eng xland: And afterwards sent hisBoaty withfourteen Men, up the River Orenoque , aHundred and fifty Miles to Orocoa, inSearch of a Gold Mine, but made, noAdvantage of in The Indian Captainof the Place and Mine did, indeed, tellthem, that if they would return andbring with them Hatchets, Knives andJews-harpsy he had a Mine of Gold,which he could refine, and was willingto trade with them. InToken of which,he sent their Captain three or four Half-Moons of Gold, weighing somethingmore than a Noble a Piece, and twoBracelets of Silver. But, at their Re-turn to the Ship, not a Man would con-sent to go back again. Quickly afterthis Dudley, Was joined by a Pinnace ofPlymouth, commanded by Captain Pop-ham, with which he let Sail, the twelfthof March, and, the next Day, took a AnotherfmallPrize,to theNorthward of Granata, ^ rize -Which, after having taken out her Goods,he burnt. He afterwards failed to theIslands of Flores and Cuervo, hoping tomeet some considerable Prize, but be-ing disappointed in his Expectation, andhis Provisions being spent, he resolvedto return to England*

In his Return, alone, and worse j Fight ofmanned by half than he went out, h q two Daysmet a great Spanish Ship of six Hundred %^Shfp^ofTuns, with which he fought, board and fix Hundredboard, for two whole Days; But having^""-spent all his Powder, and not havingMen enough to board her, was forcedat last to leave her, when she was soshattered, that she was ready to sink,he was afterwards informed she did. He

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