The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.

The famous voyage of Sir Francis Drake into the South sea, and therehence about the whole Globe of the earth, begun in the yeere of our Lord, 1577.

THe 15. day of Nouember, in the yeere of our Lord 1577. M. Francis Drake, with a fleete of fiue ships and barkes, and to the number of 164. men, gentlemen and sailers, departed from Plimmouth, giuing out his pretended voyage for Alexandria: but the wind falling contrary, hee was forced the next morning to put into Falmouth hauen in Corne∣wall where such and so terrible a tempest tooke vs, as few men haue seene the like, and was in deed so vehement, that all our ships were like to haue gone to wracke: but it pleased God to preserue vs from that ex∣tremitie, and to afflict vs onely for that present with these two particu∣lars: The mast of our Admirall which was the Pellican, was cut ouer boord for the safegard of the ship, and the Marigold was driuen ashore, and somewhat bruised: for the repairing of which damages wee returned againe to Plimmouth, and hauing recouered those harmes, and brought the ships againe to good state, we set forth the second time from Plimmouth, and set saile the 13. day of December following.

The 25. day of the same moneth we fell with the Cape Cantin, vpon the coast of Barbarie, and coasting along, the 27. day we found an Island called Mogador,* 1.1 lying one mile distant from the maine, betweene which I stand and the maine, we found a very good and safe harbour for our ships to ride in, as also very good entrance, and voyde of any danger.

On this Island our Generall erected a pinnesse, whereof he brought out of England with him foure already framed. While these things were in doing, there came to the waters side some of the inhabitants of the countrey, shewing foorth their flags of truce, which being seene of our Ge∣nerall, hee sent his ships boate to the shore, to know what they would: they being willing to come aboord our men left there one man of our company for a pledge, and brought two of theirs a∣boord, our ship, which by signes shewed our General, that the next day they would bring some pro∣uision, as sheepe, capons and hennes, and such like: whereupon our Generall bestowed amongst them some linnen cloth and shooes, and a iaueling, which they very ioyfully receiued, and depar∣ted for that time.

The next morning they failed not to come againe to the waters side, and our Generall againe setting out our boate, one of our men leaping ouer rashly ashore, and offering friendly to imbrace them, they set violent hands on him, offering a dagger to his throte if hee had made any resistance, and so laying him on a horse, caried him away: so that a man cannot be too circumspect and warie of himselfe among such miscreants.

Our pinnesse being finished, wee departed from this place the 30. and last day of December,

and coasting along the shore, wee did descrie, not contrary to our expectation, certaine Canters which were Spanish fishermen, to whom we gaue chase and tooke three of them, and proceeding further we met with 3. Carauels and tooke them also.

The 17. day of Ianuary we arriued at Cape Blanco,* 1.2 where we found a ship riding at anchor, within the Cape, and but two simple Mariners in her, which ship we tooke and caried her further into the harbour, where we remained 4. dayes, and in that space our General mustered, and tray∣ned his men on land in warlike maner, to make them fit for all occasions.

In this place we tooke of the Fishermen such necessaries as wee wanted, and they could yeeld vs, and leauing heere one of our litle barkes called the Benedict, wee tooke with vs one of theirs which they called Canters, being of the burden of 40. tunnes or thereabouts.

All these things being finished, wee departed this harbour the 22. of Ianuarie, carying along with vs one of the Portugall Carauels which was bound to the Islands of Cape•• Verde for salt, whereof good store is made in one of those Islands.

The master or Pilot of that Carauel did aduertise our Generall that vpon one of those Islands called Mayo,* 1.3 there was great store of dryed Cabritos, which a few inhabitants there dwelling did yeerely make ready for such of the kings Ships as did there touch, beeing bound for his coun∣trey of Brasile or elsewhere. Wee fell with this Island the 27. of Ianuary, but the Inhabitants would in no case traffique with vs, being thereof for bidden by the kings Edict: yet the next day our Generall sent to view the Island, and the likelihoodes that might be there of prouision of vic∣tuals, about threescore and two men vnder the conduct and gouernment of Master Winter and Master Daughtie, and marching towards the chiefe place of habitation in this Island (as by the Portugall wee were informed) hauing trauailed to the mountaines the space of three miles, and arriuing there somewhat before the day breake, we arrested our selues to see day before vs, which appearing, we found the inhabitants to be fled: but the place, by reason that it was manured, wee found to be more fruitfull then the other part, especially the valleys among the hils.

Here we gaue our selues a litle refreshing, as by very ripe and sweete grapes,* 1.4 which the fruit∣fulnesse of the earth at that season of the yeere yeelded vs: and that season being with vs the depth of Winter, it may seeme strange that those fruites were then there growing: but the reason thereof is this, because they being betweene the Tropike and the Equinoctiall, the Sunnne pas∣seth twise in the yeere through their Zenith ouer their heads, by meanes whereof they haue two Summers, & being so neere the heate of the line, they neuer lose the heate of the Sunne so m••ch, but the fruites haue their increase and continuance in the midst of Winter. The Island is won∣derfully stored with goates and wilde hennes, and it hath salt also without labour, saue onely that the people gather it into heapes, which continually in great quantitie is increased vpon the sands by the flowing of the sea, and the receiuing heate of the Sunne kerning the same, so that of the in∣crease thereof they keepe a continuall traffique with their neighbours.

Amongst other things we found here a kind of fruit called Cocos,* 1.5 which because it is not com∣monly knowen with vs in England, I thought good to make some description of it.

The tree beareth no leaues nor branches, but at the very top the fruit groweth in clusters, hard at the top of the stemme of the tree, as big euery seuerall fruite as a mans head: but hauing taken off the vttermost barke, which you shall find to bee very full of strings or sinowes, as I may terme them, you shall come to a hard shell which may holde of quantitie in liquor a pint commonly, or some a quart, and some lesse: within that shell of the thicknesse of halfe an inch good, you shall haue a kinde of hard substance and very white, no lesse good and sweete then almonds: within that a∣gaine a certaine cleare liquor, which being drunke, you shall not onely finde it very delicate and sweete, but most comfortable and cordiall.

After wee had satisfied our selues with some of these fruites, wee marched further into the Is∣land, and saw great store of * 1.6 Cabritos aliue, which were so chased by the inhabitants, that wee could doe no good towards our prouision, but they had layde out as it were to stoppe our mouthes withall, certaine olde dryed Cabritos, which being but ill, and small and few, wee made no ac∣count of.

Being returned to our ships our Generall departed hence the 31. of this moneth, and sayled by the Island of S. Iago,* 1.7 but farre enough from the danger of the inhabitants, who shot and dischar∣charged at vs three peeces, but they all fell short of vs, and did vs no harme. The Island is fayre and large, and as it seemeth, rich and fruitfull, and inhabited by the Portugals, but the moun∣taines and high places of the Island are sayd to be possessed by the Moores, who hauing bin slaues to the Portugals, to ease themselues, made escape to the desert places of the Island, where they abide with great strength.

〈…〉〈…〉 two ships vnder sayle, to the one of which wee gaue chase, 〈…〉〈…〉 without resistance, which we found to be a good prize, 〈…〉〈…〉 wine: which prize our General committed to the custodie of 〈…〉〈…〉 the Pil••t,* 1.8 sent the rest away with his Pinnesse, giuing them a 〈…〉〈…〉, and their wearing clothes, and so they departed.

The sam•• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 w••e came w••th 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Island called by the Portugals, Ilha del fogo,* 1.9 that is, the b••••••••ng 〈◊〉〈◊〉 i•• the Nor••hside wh••reof is a consuming fire, the matter is sayde to be of Sul∣p••ure, but notw••th••tanding it is like to bee a commodious Island, because the Portugals haue 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and ••••e inhab••te•• t••ere.

Upon the South side thereof lyeth a most pleasant and sweet Island, the trees whereof are alwayes greene and faire to looke vpon, in respect whereof they call it Ilha Braua, that is, the braue Island. From the bankes thereof into the sea doe run in many places reasonable streames of fr•••••• wa••••••s ca••te to be come by, but there was no conuenient roade for our ships: for such was the dep••h, that no ground could bee had for anchoring, and it is reported, that ground was ••••uer found in that place, so th••t the tops of Fogo burne not so high in the ayre, but the rootes of Braua are quenched as low in the sea.

Being departed from these Islands, we drew towards the line, where wee were becalmed the space of 3. weekes, but ••e•• subiect to diuers great stormes, terrible lightnings and much thunder: but with this miserie we had the commoditie of great store of fish, as Dolphins, Bonitos, and fly∣ing fishes, whereof some s••il into our ••••ippes, wherehence they could not rise againe for want of moisture, for when their wings are drie, they cannot flie.

From the first day of our departure from the Islands of Cape Verde, wee sayled 54. dayes without sight of land, and the first land that we fell with was the coast of Brasil, which we saw the fift of April in y^e height of 33. degrees towards the pole Antar••tike,* 1.10 and being discouered at sea by the inhabitants of the coun••••ey, they made vpon the coast great fires for a ••acrifice (as we learned) to the deuils, about which they vse coniurations, making heapes of sande and other ceremonies, that when any ship shall goe about to stay vpon their coast, not onely sands may be gathered toge∣ther in shoalds in euery place, but also that stormes and tempests may arise, to the casting away of ships and men, whereof (as it is reported) there haue bene diuers experiments.

The seuenth day in a mightie great storme both of lightning, rayne and thunder, wee lost the Canter which we called the Christopher: but the eleuenth day after, by our Generals great care in dispersing his ships, we found her againe, and the place where we met, our Generall called the Cape of Ioy,* 1.11 where euery ship tooke in some water. Heere we found a good temperature and sweete ayre, a very faire and pleasant countrey with an exceeding fruitfull soyle, where were great s••ore of large and mightie Deere, but we came not to the sight of any people: but traueiling further into the countrey, we perceiued the footing of people in the clay-ground, shewing that they were men of great stature. Being returned to our ships, we wayed anchor, and ranne somewhat further and harboured our selues betweene a rocke and the maine, where by meanes of the rocke that brake the force of the sea, we rid very safe, and vpon this rocke we killed for our prouision cer∣taine sea-wolues, commonly called with vs Seales.

From hence we went our course to 36. degrees, and entred the great riuer of Plate,* 1.12 and ranne into 54. and 53. fadomes and a halfe of fresh water, where wee filled our water by the ships side: but our Generall finding here no good harborough, as he thought he should, bare out againe to sea the 27. of April, and in bearing out we lost sight of our Flieboate wherein master Doughtie was, but we sayling along, found a fayre and reasonable good Bay wherein were many, and the same profitable Islands, one whereof had so many Seales,* 1.13 as would at the least haue laden all our Shippes, and the rest of the Islands are as it were laden with foules which is wonderfull to see, and they of diuers sortes. It is a place very plentifull of victuals, and hath in it no want of fresh water.

Our Generall after certaine dayes of his abode in this place, being on shore in an Island, the people of the countrey shewed themselues vnto him, leaping and dauncing, and entred into traf∣fique with him, but they would not receiue any thing at any mans hands, but the same must bee cast vpon the ground. They are of cleane, comely, and strong bodies, swift on foote, and seeme to be very actiue.

* 1.14The eighteenth day of May our Generall thought it needfull to haue a care of such Ships as were absent, and therefore indeuouring to seeke the Flieboate wherein master Doughtie was, we espied her againe the next day: and where as certaine of our ships were sent to discouer the c••••ast and to search an harbour, the Mary gold and the Canter being impl••yed in that businesse, came

vnto vs and gaue vs vnderstanding of a safe harbour that they had found, wherewith all our ships bare, and entred it, where we watered and made new prouision of victuals, as by Seales, whereof we slew to the number of 200. or 300. in the space of an houre.

Here our Generall in the Admirall rid close aboord the Flie-boate,* 1.15 and tooke out of her all the prouision of victuals and what els was in her, and halling her to the Lande, set fire to her, and so burnt her to saue the iron worke: which being a doing, there came downe of the countrey certaine of the people naked, sauing only about their waste the skinne of some beast with the furre or ha••re on, and something also wreathed on their heads:* 1.16 their faces were painted with diuers colours, and some of them had on their heads the similitude of hornes, euery man his bow which was an ell in length, and a couple of arrowes. They were very agill people and quicke to deliuer, and seemed not to be ignorant in the feates of warres, as by their order of ranging a few men, might appeare. These people would not of a long time receiue any thing at our handes; yet at length our Generall being ashore, and they dauncing after their accustomed maner about him, and hee once turning his backe towards them, one leapt suddenly to him, and tooke his cap with his golde band off his head, and ran a litle distance from him and shared it with his fellow, the cap to the one, and the band to the other.

Hauing dispatched all our businesse in this place, wee departed and set sayle, and immediatly vpon our setting foorth we lost our Canter which was absent three or foure dayes: but when our General had her againe, he tooke out the necessaries, and so gaue her ouer neere to the Cape of Good hope.* 1.17

The next day after being the twentieth of Iune,* 1.18 wee harboured our selues againe in a very good harborough, called by Magellan Port S. Iulian,* 1.19 where we found a gibbet standing vpon the maine, which we supposed to be the place where Magellan did execution vpon some of his disobe∣dient and rebellious company.

The two and twentieth day our Generall went ashore to the maine, and in his companie, Iohn Thomas, and Robert Winterhie, Oliuer the Master gunner, Iohn Brewer, Thomas Ho••d, and Thomas Drake, and entring on land, they presently met with two or three of the countrey people, and Robert Winterhie hauing in his hands a bowe and arrowes, went about to make a shoote of pleasure, and in his draught his bowstring brake, which the rude Sauages taking as a token of warre, began to bend the force of their bowes against our company, and droue them to their shifts very narrowly.

In this Port our Generall began to enquire diligently of the actions of M. Thomas Dough∣tie, and found them not to be such as he looked for, but tending rather to contention or mutin••e, or some other disorder, whereby (without redresse) the successe of the voyage might gre••••ly haue bene hazarded: whereupon the company was called together and made acquainted with the par∣ticulars of the cause, which were found partly by master Doughties owne confession, and partly by the euidence of the fact, to be true: which when our Generall saw, although his priuate affecti∣on to M. Doughtie (as hee then in the presence of vs all sacredly protested) was great, yet the care he had of the state of the voyage, of the expectation of her Maiestie, and of the honour of his countrey did more touch him, (as indeede it ought) then the priuate respect of one man: so that the cause being throughly heard, and all things done in good order as neere as might be to the course of our lawes in England, it was concluded that M. Doughtie should receiue punishment accor∣ding to the qualitie of the offence: and he seeing no remedie but patience for himselfe, desired be∣fore his death to receiue the Communion, which he did at the hands of M. Fletcher our Minister, and our Generall himselfe accompanied him in that holy action: which being done, and the place of execution made ready, hee hauing embraced our Generall and taken his leaue of all the compa∣nie, with prayer for the Queenes maiestie and our realme,* 1.20 in quiet sort laid his head to the blocke, where he ended his life. This being done, our Generall made diuers speaches to the whole com∣pany, perswading vs to vnitie, obedience, loue, and regard of our voyage; and for the better confir∣mation thereof, willed euery man the next Sunday following to prepare himselfe to receiue the Communion, as Christian brethren and friends ought to doe, which was done in very reuerent sort, and so with good contentment euery man went about his businesse.

The 17. day of August we departed the port of S. Iulian,* 1.21 & the 20. day we fell with the streight or freat of Magellan going into the South sea,* 1.22 at the Cape or headland whereof we found the bo∣die of a dead man, whose flesh was cleane consumed.

The 21. day we entred The streight, which we found to haue many turnings, and as it were shuttings vp, as if there were no passage at all, by meanes whereof we had the wind often against vs, so that some of the fleete recouering a Cape or point of land, others should he forced to turne

backe againe, and to come to an anchor where they could.

In this streight there be many faire harbors, with store of fresh water, but yet they lacke their best commoditie: for the water is there of such depth, that no man shal find ground to anchor in, ex∣cept it bee in some narow riuer or corner, or betweene some rocks, so that if any extreme blasts or contrary winds do come (whereunto the place is much subiect) it carieth with it no small danger.

The land on both sides is very huge & mountainous, the lower mountains whereof, although they be monstrous and wonderfull to looke vpon for their height, yet there are others which in height exceede them in a strange maner, reaching themselues aboue their fellowes so high, that betweene them did appeare three regions of cloudes.

These mountaines are couered with snow: at both the Southerly and Easterly partes of the streight there are Illands, among which the sea hath his indraught into the streights, euen as it hath in the maine entrance of the freat.

This streight is extreme cold, with frost and snow continually; the trees seeme to stoope with the burden of the weather, and yet are greene continually, and many good and sweete herbes doe very plentifully grow and increase vnder them.

* 1.23The bredth of the streight is in some place a league, in some other places 2. leagues, and three leagues, and in some other 4. leagues, but the narowest place hath a league ouer.

The 24. of August we arriued at an Island in the streights,* 1.24 where we found great store of foule which could not slie, of the bignesse of geese, whereof we killed in lesse then one day 3000. and vic∣tualled our selues throughly therewith.

* 1.25The 6. day of September we entred the South sea at the Cape or head shore.

The seuenth day wee were driuen by a great storme from the entring into the South sea two hundred leagues and odde in longitude, and one degree to the Southward of the Streight: in which height, and so many leagues to the Westward, the fifteenth day of September fell out the Eclipse of the Moone at the houre of sixe of the clocke at night: but neither did the Eclipticall conflict of the Moone impayre our state, nor her clearing againe amend vs a whit, but the accu∣stomed Eclipse of the Sea continued in his force, wee being darkened more then the Moone se∣uen fold.

From the Bay (which we called The Bay of seuering of friends) wee were driuen backe to the Southward of the streights in 57. degrees and a terce:* 1.26 in which height we came to an anker among the Islands, hauing there fresh and very good water, with herbes of singular vertue. Not farre from hence we entred another Bay, where wee found people both men and women in their Canoas,* 1.27 naked•• and ranging from one I••land to another to seeke their meat, who entred traffique with vs for such things as they had.

We returning hence Northward againe, found the 3. of October three Islands, in one of which was such plentie of birdes as is seant credible to report.

* 1.28The 8. day of October we lost sight of one of our Consotrs wherein M. Winter was, who as then we supposed was put by a storme into the streights againe, which at our returne home wee found to be true, and he not perished, as some of our company feared.

Thus being come into the height of The streights againe, we ran, supposing the coast of Chili to lie as the generall Mays haue described it,* 1.29 namely Northwest, which we found to lie and trend to the Northeast and Eastwards, whereby it appeareth that this part of Chili hath not bene truely hitherto discouered, or at the least not truely reported for the space of 12. degrees at the least, be∣ing set downe either of purpose to deceiue, or of ignorant coniecture.

* 1.30We continuing our course, fell the 29. of Nouember with an Island called la Mocha, where we cast anchor, and our Generall hoysing out our boate, went with ten of our company to shore, where wee found people, whom the cruell and extreme dealings of the Spaniards haue forced for their owne safetie and libertie to flee from the maine, and to fortifie themselues in this Island. We being on land, the people came downe to vs to the water side with shew of great courtesie, bringing to vs potatoes, rootes, and two very fat sheepe, which our Generall receiued and gaue them other things for them, and had promise to haue water there: but the next day repayring a∣gaine to the shore, and sending two men aland with barrels to fill water, the people taking them for Spaniards (to whom they vse to shew no fauour if they take them) layde violent hands on them, and as we thinke, slew them.

Our Generall seeing this, stayed here no longer, but wayed anchor, and set sayle towards the coast of Chili, and drawing towards it, we mette neere to the shore an Indian in a Canoa, who thinking vs to haue bene Spaniards, came to vs and tolde vs, that at a place called S. Iago, there was a great Spanish ship laden from the kingdome of Peru: for which good newes our Geneall

gaue him diuers trifles, wherof he was glad, and went along with vs and brought vs to the place, which is called the port of Valparizo.* 1.31

When we came thither, we found indeede the ship riding at anker, hauing in her eight Spani∣ards and three Negros; who thinking vs to haue bene Spaniards and their friends, welcommed vs with a drumme, and made ready a Bortija of wine of Chili to drinke to vs:* 1.32 but as soone as we were entred, one of our company called Thomas Moone began to lay about him, and strooke one of the Spanyards, and sayd vnto him, Abaxo Perro, that is in English, Goe downe dogge. One of these Spaniards seeing persons of that quality in those seas, all to crossed, and blessed himselfe; but to be short, wee stowed them vnder batches all saue one Spaniard, who suddenly and despe∣rately leapt ouer boord into the sea, and swamme ashore to the towne of S. Iago,* 1.33 to giue them war∣ning of our arriuall.

They of the towne being not aboue 9. housholds, presently fled away and abandoned the towne. Our Generall manned his boate; and the Spanish ships boate, and went to the Towne, and be∣ing come to it, we rifled it, and came to a small chappell which wee entred, and found therein a sil∣uer chalice, two cruets, and one altar-cloth, the spoyle whereof our Generall gaue to M. Fletcher his minister.

We found also in this towne a warehouse stored with wine of Chili,* 1.34 and many boords of Ce∣dar-wood, all which wine we brought away with vs, and certaine of the boords to burne for fire∣wood; and so being come aboord, wee departed the Hauen, hauing first set all the Spaniards on land•• sauing one Iohn Griego a Greeke borne,* 1.35 whom our Generall caried with him for his Pilot to bring him into the hauen of Lima.

When we were at sea, our Generall rifled the ship, and found in her good store of the wine of Chili, and 25000. pezoes of very pure and fine gold of Baldiuia,* 1.36 amounting in value to 37000. ducats of Spanish money, and aboue. So going on our course, wee arriued next at a place called Coquimbo,* 1.37 where our Generall sent 14. of his men on land to fetch water: but they were espied by the Spaniards, who came with 300. horsemen and 200. footemen, and slewe one of our men with a piece, the rest came aboord in safetie, and the Spaniards departed: wee went on shore a∣gaine, and buried our man, and the Spaniards came downe againe with a flag of truce, but we set sayle and would not trust them.

From hence we went to a certaine port called Tarapaça,* 1.38 where being landed, we found by the Sea side a Spaniard lying asleepe, who had lying by him 13. barres of siluer, which weighed 4000. ducats Spanish; we tooke the siluer, and left the man.

Not farre from hence going on land for fresh water, we met with a Spaniard and an Indian boy driuing 8. Llamas or sheepe of Peru which are as big as asses; euery of which sheepe had on his backe 2. bags of leather, each bagge conteining 50. li. weight of fine siluer: so that bringing both the sheepe and their burthen to the ships, we found in all the bags 800. weight of siluer.

Here hence w•• sailed to a place called Arica,* 1.39 and being entred the port, we found there three small barkes which we rifled, and found in one of them 57 wedges of siluer, each of them weigh∣ing about 20 pound weight, and euery of these wedges were of the fashion and bignesse of a brick∣bat. In all these 3. barkes we found not one person: for they mistrusting no strangers, were all gone aland to the Towne, which consisteth of about twentie houses, which we would haue ran∣sacked if our company had bene better and more in number. But our Generall contented with the spoyle of the ships, left the Towne and put off againe to sea and set sayle for Lima, and by the way met with a small barke, which he boorded, and found in her good store of linnen cloth, where∣of taking some quantitie, he let her goe.

To Lima we came the 13. day of February,* 1.40 and being entred the hauen, we found there about twelue sayle of ships lying fast moored at an anker, hauing all their sayles caried on shore; for the masters and marchants were here most secure, hauing neuer bene assaulted by enemies, and at this time feared the approch of none such as we were. Our generall rifled these ships, and found in one of them a chest full of royals of plate, and good store of silkes and linnen cloth, and tooke the chest into his owne ship, and good store of the silkes and linnen. In which ship hee had newes of another ship called the Cacafuego which was gone towards Paita, and that the same shippe was laden with treasure: whereupon we staied no longer here, but cutting all the cables of the shippes in the hauen, we let them driue whither they would, either to sea or to the shore, and with all speede we followed the Cacafuego toward Paita, thinking there to haue found her; but before wee arri∣ued there, she was gone from thence towards Panama, whom our Generall still pursued, and by the way met with a barke laden with ropes and tackle for ships, which hee boorded and searched, and found in her 80. li. weight of golde, and a crucifixe of gold with goodly great Emerauds set in

it which he tooke, and some of the cordage also for his owne ship.

From hence we departed, still following the Cacafuego, and our Generall promised our com∣pany, that whosoeuer could first descrie her, should haue his chaine of gold for his good newes. It fortuned that Iohn Drake going vp into the top, descried her about three of the clocke, and about si••e of the clocke we came to her and boorded her,* 1.41 and shotte at her three peeces of ordinance, and s••••ake downe her Misen, and being entered, we found in her great riches, as iewels and preci∣ous stones, thirteene chests full of royals of plate, foure score pound weight of golde, and sixe and twentie tunne of siluer. The place where we tooke this prize, was called Cape de San Francisco, about 150. leagues from Panama.

* 1.42The Pilots name of this Shippe was Francisco, and amongst other plate that our Gene∣rall found in this ship, he found two very faire guilt bowles of siluer, which were the Pilots: to whom our Generall sayd: Senior Pilot, you haue here two siluer cups, but I must needes haue one of them: which the Pilot because hee could not otherwise chuse, yeelded vnto, and gaue the o∣ther to the steward of our Generals ships.

When this Pilot departed from vs, his boy sayde thus vnto our Generall: Captaine, our ship shall be called no more the Cacafuego, but the Cacaplata, and your shippe shall bee called the Cacafuego: which pretie speach of the Pilots boy ministred matter of laughter to vs, both then and long after.

When our Generall had done what hee would with this Cacafuego, hee cast her off, and wee went on our course still towards the West, and not long after met with a ship laden with linnen cloth and fine China-dishes of white earth, and great store of China-silks,* 1.43 of all which things wee tooke as we lifted.

The owner himselfe of this ship was in her, who was a Spanish Gentleman, from whom our Generall tooke a Fawlcon of golde, with a great Emeraud in the breast thereof, and the Pilot of the ship he tooke also with him, and so cast the ship off.

* 1.44This Pilot brought vs to the hauen of Guarulco, the towne whereof, as he told vs, had but 17. Spaniards in it. Assoone as we were entred this hauen, wee landed, and went presently to the towne, and to the Towne-house, where we found a Iudge sitting in iudgment, being associate with three other officers, vpon three Negros that had conspired the burning of the Towne: both which Iudges & prisoners we tooke, and brought them a shipboord, and caused the chiefe Iudge to write his letter to the Towne, to command all the Townesmen to auoid, that we might safely water there. Which being done, and they departed, we ransaked the Towne, and in one house we found a pot of the quantitie of a bushell, full of reals of plate, which we brought to our ship.

And here one Thomas Moone one of our company, tooke a Spanish Gentleman as hee was flying out of the towne, and searching him, he found a chaine of golde about him, and other iew∣els, which he tooke, and so let him goe.

At this place our General among other Spaniards, set ashore his Portugall Pilote,* 1.45 which hee tooke at the Islands of Cape Verde, out of a ship of S. Mary port of Portugall: and hauing set them ashore, we departed hence, and sailed to the Island of Canno,* 1.46 where our Generall landed, and brought to shore his owne ship, and discharged her, mended, and graued her, and furnished our ship with water and wood sufficiently.

* 1.47And while wee were here, we espied a shippe, and set saile after her, and tooke her, and found in her two Pilots, and Spanish Gouernour, going for the Islands of the Philippinas: wee sear∣ched the shippe, and tooke some of her marchandizes, and so let her goe. Our Generall at this place and time, thinking himselfe both in respect of his priuate iniuries receiued from the Spa∣niards, as also of their contempts and indignities offered to our countrey and Prince in generall, sufficiently satisfied, and reuenged: and supposing that her Maiestie at his returne would rest contented with this seruice, purposed to continue no longer vpon the Spanish coats, but began to consider and to consult of the best way for his Countrey.

He thought it not good to returne by the Streights, for two speciall causes: the one, lest the Spaniards shoul•• there waite, and attend for him in great number and strength, whose hands, hee being left but one ship, could not possibly escape. The other cause was the dangerous situation of the mouth of the streights in the South sea, where continuall stormes reigning and blustering, as he found by experience, besides the shoalds and sands vpon the coast, he thought it not a good course to aduenture that way: he resolued therefore to auoyde these hazards, to goe forward to the Islandes of the Malucos, and therehence to saile the course of the Portugals by the Cape of Buena Esperança.

Upon this resolution, hee beganne to thinke of his best way to the Malucos, and finding him∣selfe

where he now was becalmed, he saw that of necessitie hee must be forced to take a Spanish course, namely to sayle some what Northerly to get a winde. Wee therefore set saile, and sayled 600. leagues at the least for a good winde, and thus much we sailed from the 16•• of April, till the 3. of Iune.

The 5. day of Iune, being in 43. degrees towards the pole Arctike, we found the ayre so colde,* 1.48 that our men being grieuously pinched with the same, complained of the extremitie thereof, and the further we went, the more the colde increased vpon vs. Whereupon we thought it best for that time to seeke the land, and did so, finding it not mountainous, but low plaine land, till wee came within 38. degrees towards the line. In which height it pleased God to send vs into a faire and good Baye, with a good winde to enter the same.

In this Baye wee anchored,* 1.49 and the people of the Countrey hauing their houses close by the waters side, shewed themselues vnto vs, and sent a present to our Generall.

When they came vnto vs, they greatly wondred at the things that wee brought, but our Gene∣rall (according to his naturall and accustomed humanitie) courteously intreated them, and liberal∣ly bestowed on them necessary things to couer their nakednesse, whereupon they supposed vs to be gods, and would not be perswaded to the contrary: the presents which they sent to our Generall, were feathers, and calles of net-worke.

Their houses are digged round about with earth, and haue from the vttermost brimmes of the circle, clifts of wood set vpon them, ioyning close together at the toppe like a spire steeple, which by reason of that closen••sse are very warme.

Their beds is the ground with rushes strowed on it, and lying about the house, haue the fire in the midst. The men go naked, the women take bulrushes, and kembe them after the manner of hempe, and thereof make their loose garments, which being knit about their middles, hang down about their h••ppes; hauing also about their shoulders a skinne of Deere, with the haire vpon it. These women are very obedient and seruiceable to their husbands.

After they were depart••d from vs, they came and visited vs the second time, and brought with them feathers and bags of Tabacco for presents: And when they came to the top of the hill (at the bottome whereof we had pitched our tents) they staied themselues; where one appointed for spea∣ker wearied himselfe with making a long oration,* 1.50 which done, they left their bowes vpon the hill, and came downe with their presents.

In the meanetime the women remaining on the hill, tormented themselues lamentably, tea∣ring their flesh from their cheekes, whereby we perceiued that they were about a sacrifice. In the meane time our Generall with his company went to prayer, and to reading of the Scriptures, at which exercise they were attentiue, & seemed greatly to be affected with it: but when they were come vnto vs, they restored againe vnto vs those things which before we bestowed vpon them.

The newes of our being there being spread through the Countrey, the people that inhabited round about came downe, and amongst them the King himselfe, a man of a goodly stature, & come∣ly personage, with many other tall and warlike men: before whose comming were sent two Am∣bassadors to our Generall, to signifie that their King was comming, in doing of which message, their speach was continued about halfe an houre. This ended, they by signes requested our Gene∣rall to send some thing by their hand to their king, as a token that his comming might be in peace: wherein our Generall hauing satisfied them, they returned with glad tidings to their King, who marched to vs with a princely maiestie, the people crying continually after their manner, and as they drew neere vnto vs, so did they striue to behaue themselues in their actions with comelinesse.

In the fore-front was a man of a goodly personage, who bare the scepter or mace before the King, whereupon hanged two crownes, a lesse and a bigger, with three chaines of a marueilous length: the crownes were made of knit worke wrought artificially with fethers of diuers colours: the chaines were made of a bonie substance,* 1.51 and few be the persons among them that are admitted to weare them: and of that number also the persons are stinted, as some ten, some 12. &c. Next vn∣to him which bare the scepter, was the King himselfe, with his Guard about his person, clad with Conie skins, & other skins: after them followed the naked cōmon sort of people, euery one hauing his face pa••nted, some with white, some with blacke, and other colours, & hauing in their hands one thing or another for a present, not so much as their children, but they also brought their presents.

In the meane time our Generall gathered his men together, and marched within his fenced place, making against their approching, a uery warre-like shew. They being trooped together in their order, and a generall salutation being made there was presently a generall silence. Then he that bare the scepter before the King, b••ing informed by another, whom they assigned to that office, with a manly and loftie voyce proclaymed that which the other spake to him in secrete,

continuing halfe an houre: which ended, and a ganera••l Amen as it were giuen, the King with the whole number of men and women (the children excepted) came downe without any weapon, who descending to the foote of the hill, set themselues in order.

In comming towards our bulwarks and tents, the scepter-bearer began a song, obseruing his measures in a daunce, and that with a stately countenance, whom the King with his Guarde, and euery degree of persons following, did in like maner sing and daunce, sauing onely the women, which daunced & kept silence. The General permitted them to enter within our bulwarke, where they continued their song and daunce a reasonable time. When they had satisfied themselues, they made signes to our General to sit downe, to whom the King, and diuers others made seuerall ora∣tions, or rather supplications, that hee would take their prouince and kingdome into his hand, and become their King, making signes that they would resigne vnto him their right and title of the whole land, and become his subiects. In which, to perswade vs the better, the King and the rest,* 1.52 with one consent, and with great reuerence, ioyfully singing a song, did set the crowne vpon his head, inriched his necke with all their chaines, and offred vnto him many other things, honouring him by the name of Hioh, adding thereunto as it seemed, a signe of triumph•• which thing our Ge∣nerall thought not meete to reiect, because he knew not what honour and profit it might be to our Countrey. Wherefore in the name, and to the vse of her Maiestie•• he tooke the scepter, crowne, and dignitie of the said Countrey into his hands, wishing that the riches & treasure thereof might so conueniently be transported to the inriching of her kingdom at home, as it aboundeth in y^e same.

The common sorte of people leauing the King and his Guarde with our Generall, scattered themselues together with their sacrifices among our people, taking a diligent viewe of euery person: and such as pleased their fancie, (which were the yongest) they inclosing them about of∣fred their sacrifices vnto them with lamentable weeping, scratching, and tearing the flesh from their faces with their nailes, whereof issued abundance of blood. But wee vsed signes to them of dis••iking this, and stayed their hands from force, and directed them vpwards to the liuing God, whom onely they ought to worship.* 1.53 They shewed vnto vs their wounds, and craued helpe of them at our hands, whereupon we gaue them lotions, plaisters, and oyntments agreeing to the state of their griefes, beserching God to cure their diseases. Euery third day they brought their sacrifi∣ces vnto vs, vntill they vnderstood our meaning, that we had no pleasure in them: yet they could not be long absent from vs, but dayly frequented our company to the houre of our departure, which departure seemed so greeuous vnto them, that their ioy was turned into sorow. They in∣treated vs, that being absent we would remember them, and by stealth prouided a sacrifice, which we misliked.

Our necessarie businesse being ended, our Generall with his company trauailed vp into the Covntrey to their villages, where we found herdes of Deere by 1000. in a company,* 1.54 being most large, and fat of body.

We found the whole Countrey to bee a warren of a strange kinde of Connies,* 1.55 their bodies in bignesse as be the Barbary Connies, their heads as the heads of ours, the feete of a Want, and the taile of a Rat being of great length: vnder her chinne is on either side a bag, into the which she ga∣thereth her meate, when she hath filled her bellie abroad. The people eate their bodies, and make great accompt of their skinnes, for their Kings coate was made of them.

* 1.56Our Generall called this Countrey Noua Albion, and that for two causes: the one in respect of the white bankes and cliffes, which lie towards the sea: and the other, because it might haue some affinitie with our Countrey in name, which sometime was so called.

* 1.57There is no part of earth heere to bee taken vp, wherein there is not some probable shew of gold or siluer.

At our departure hence our Generall set vp a monument of our being there, as also of her Ma∣iesties right and title to the same, namely a plate, nailed vpon a faire great poste, whereupon was ingrauen her Maiesties name, the day and yeere of our arriuall there, with the free giuing vp of the prouince and people into her Maiesties hands, together with her highnesse picture and armes, in a peece of sixe pence of current English money vnder the plate, whereunder was also written the name of our Generall.

* 1.58It seemeth that the Spaniards hitherto had neuer bene in this part of the Countrey, neither did euer discouer the land by many degrees, to the Southwards of this place.

* 1.59After we had set saile from hence, wee continued without sight of land till the 13. day of Octo∣ber following, which day in the morning wee fell with certaine Islands 8. degrees to the North∣ward of the line, from which Islands came a great number of Canoas,* 1.60 hauing in some of them 4. in some 6. and in some also 14. men, bringing with them cocos, and other fruites. Their Canoas

were hollow within, and cut with great arte and cunning, being very smooth within and without, and bearing a glasse as if it were a horne daintily burnished, hauing a prowe, and a sterne of one sort, yeelding inward circle-wise, being of a great height, and full of certaine white shels for a brauerie, and on each side of them lie out two peeces of timber about a yard and a halfe long, more or lesse, according to the smalnesse, or bignesse of the boate.

This people haue the nether part of their eares cut into a round circle, hanging downe very lowe vpon their cheekes, whereon they hang things of a reasonable weight. The nailes of their hands are an ynche long, their teeth are as blacke as pitch, and they renew them often, by eating of an herbe with a kinde of powder, which they alwayes carrie about them in a cane for the same purpose.

Leauing this Island the night after we fell with it,* 1.61 the 18. of October, we lighted vpon diuers others, some whereof made a great shew of Inhabitants.

Wee continued our course by the Islands of Tagulada, Zelon, and Zewarra, being friends to the Portugals, the first whereof hath growing in it great store of Cinnamom.

The 14. of Nouember we fell with the Islands of Maluco,* 1.62 which day at night (hauing direc∣ted our course to runne with Tydore) in coasting along the Island of Mutyr, belonging to the King of Ternate, his Deputie or Uice-king seeing vs at sea, came with his Canoa to vs without all feare, and came aboord, and after some conference with our Generall, willed him in any wise to runne in with Ternate,* 1.63 and not with Tydore, assuring him that the King would bee glad of his comming, and would be ready to doe what he would require, for which purpose he himselfe would that night be with the King, and tell him the newes, with whom if he once dealt, hee should finde that as he was a King, so his word should stand: adding further, that if he went to Tydore before he came to Ternate; the King would haue nothing to doe with vs, because hee held the Portugell as his enemie: whereupon our General resolued to runne with Ternate, where the next morning early we came to anchor, at which time our Generall sent a messenger to the king with a veluet cloke for a present, and token of his comming to be in peace, and that he required nothing but traf∣fique and exchange of marchandize, whereof he had good store; in such things as he wanted.

In the meane time the Uice-king had bene with the king according to his promise, signifying vnto him what good things he might receiue from vs by traffique: whereby the King was moo∣ued with great liking towards vs, and sent to our Generall with speciall message•• that hee should haue what things he needed, and would require with peace and friendship, and moreouer that hee would yeeld himselfe,* 1.64 and the right of his Island to bee at the pleasure and commandement of so famous a Prince as we serued. In token whereof he sent to our Generall a signet, and within short time after came in his owne person, with boates, and Canoas to our ship, to bring her into a better and safer roade then she was in at that present.

In the meane time, our Generals messenger beeing come to the Court, was met by certaine noble personages with great solemnitie, and brought to the King, at whose hands hee was most friendly and gratiously intertained.

The King purposing to come to our ship, sent before 4. great and large Canoas,* 1.65 in euery one whereof were certaine of his greatest states that were about him, attired in white lawne of cloth of Calicut•• hauing ouer their heads from the one ende of the Canoa to the other, a couering of thinne per••umed mats, borne vp with a frame made of reedes for the same vse, vnder which euery one did sit in his order according to his dignitie, to keepe him from the heate of the Sunne, diuers of whom beeing of good age and grauitie, did make an ancient and fatherly shew. There were also diuers yong and comely men attired in white, as were the others: the rest were souldiers, which stood in comely order round about on both sides, without whom sate the rowers in certaine galleries, which being three on a side all along the Canoas, did lie off from the side thereof three or foure yardes, one being orderly builded lower then another, in euery of which galleries were the number of 4. score rowers.

These Canoas were furnished with warlike munition, euery man ••or the most part hauing his sword and target, with his dagger, beside other weapons, as launces, caliuers, darts, bowes and arrowes: also euery Canoa had a small cast base mounted at the least one full yarde vpon a stocke set vpright.

Thus comming neere our shippe, in order they rowed about vs, one after another, and passing by, did their homage with great solemnitie, the great personages beginning w^t great grauitie and fatherly countenan••es, signifying that y^e king had sent them to conduct our ship into a better roade.* 1.66

Soone after the King himselfe repaired, accompanied with 6. graue and ancient persons, who did their obeisance with marueilous humilitie. The king was a man of tall stature, and seemed to

be much delighted with the sound of our musicke, to whom as also to his nobilitie, our Generall gaue presents, wherewith they were passing well contented.

At length the King craued leaue of our Generall to depart, promising the next day to come a∣boord, and in the meane time to send vs such victuals, as were necessarie for our prouision: so that the same night we receiued of them meale,* 1.67 which they call Sagu, made of the tops of certaine trees, tasting in the mouth like sowre curds, but melteth like sugar, whereof they make certaine cakes, which may be kept the space of ten yeeres, and yet then good to be eaten. We had of them store of rice, hennes, vnperfect and liquid sugar, sugar canes, and a fruite which they call Figo, with store of cloues.

The King hauing promised to come aboord, brake his promise, but sent his brother to make his excuse, and to intreate our Generall to come on shoare, offring himselfe pawne aboord for his safe returne. Whereunto our Generall consented not, vpon mislike conceiued of the breach of his promise, the whole company also vtterly refusing it. But to satisfie him, our General sent certaine of his Gentlemen to the Court, to accompany the Kings brother, reseruing the Uice-king for their safe returne. They were receiued of another brother of the kings, and other states, and were conducted with great honour to the Castle.* 1.68 The place that they were brought vnto, was a large and faire house, where were at the least 1000. persons assembled.

The King being yet absent, there sate in their places 60. graue personages, all which were said to be of the kings Counsel. There were besides 4. graue persons, apparelled all in red, downe to the ground, and attired on their heads like the Turkes, and these were said to be Romanes, and Ligiers there to keepe continual traffike with the people of Ternate.* 1.69 There were also 2. Turks Ligiers in this place, and one Italian.* 1.70 The king at last came in guarded with 12. launces couered ouer with a rich canopy, with embossed gold. Our men accompanied with one of their Captaines called Moro, rising to meete him, he graciously did welcome, and intertaine them. He was attired after the maner of the Countrey, but more sumptuously then the rest. From his waste downe to the ground, was all cloth of golde, and the same very rich: his legges were bare, but on his feete were a paire of shooes, made of Cordouan skinne. In the attire of his head were finely wreathed hooped rings of gold, and about his necke he had a chaine of perfect golde, the linkes whereof were great, and one folde double. On his fingers hee had sixe very faire iewels, and sitting in his chaire of estate, at his right hand stood a page with a fanne in his hand, breathing and gathering the ayre to the King. The fanne was in length two foote, and in bredth one foote, set with 8. saphyres, rich∣ly imbrodered, and knit to a staffe 3. foote in length, by the which the Page did hold, and mooue it. Our Gentlemen hauing deliuered their message, and receiued order accordingly, were licensed to depart, being safely conducted backe againe by one of the kings Counsell.

* 1.71This Island is the chiefest of all the Islands of Maluco, and the King hereof is King of 70. Islands besides. The king with his people are Moores in religion, obseruing certaine new Moones, with fastings: during which fasts, they neither eat nor drinke in the day, but in the night.

After that our G••ntlemen were returned, and that we had heere by the fauour of the king recei∣ued all necessary things that the place could yeeld vs: our General considering the great distance, and how farre he was yet off from his Countrey, thought it not best here to linger the time any longer, but waying his anchors, set out of the Island, and sayled to a certaine litle Island to the Southwards of Celebes,* 1.72 where we graued our ship, and continued there in that and other busi∣nesses 26. dayes. This Island is throughly growen with wood of a large and high growth, very straight and without boughes, saue onely in the head or top, whose leaues are not much differing from our broome in England. Amongst these trees night by night, through the whole land, did shew themselues an infinite swarme of fiery wormes flying in the ayre,* 1.73 whose bodies beeing no bigger then our common English flies, make such a shew and light, as if euery twigge or tree had bene a burning candle. In this place breedeth also wonderfull store of Bats,* 1.74 as bigge as large hennes: of Crayfishes also heere wanted no plentie,* 1.75 and they of exceeding bignesse, one whereof was sufficient for 4. hungry stomacks at a dinner, beeing also very good, and restoring meate, whereof we had experience: and they bigge themselues holes in the earth like Conies.

When wee had ended our businesse here, we waied, and set saile to runne for the Malucos: but hauing at that time a bad winde, and being amongst the Islands, with much difficultie wee reco∣uered to the Northward of the Island of Celebes, where by reason of contrary winds not able to continue our course to runne Westwards, we were inforced to alter the s••me to the Southward againe, finding that course also to be very hard and dangerous for vs, by reason of infinite shoalds which lie off, and among the Islands: whereof wee had too much triall to the hazard and danger of our shippe and liues. For of all other dayes vpon the 9. of Ianuarie, in the yeere 1579.* 1.76 wee

ranne suddenly vpon a rocke, where we stucke fast from 8. of the clocke at night, til 4. of the clocke in the afternoone the next day, being indeede out of all hope to escape the danger:* 1.77 but our Generall as hee had alwayes hitherto shewed himselfe couragious, and of a good confidence in the mercie and protection of God: so now he continued in the same, and lest he should seeme to perish wilful∣ly, both he, and we did our best indeuour to saue our selues, which it pleased God so to blesse, that in the ende we cleared our selues most happily of the danger.

We lighted our ship vpon the rockes of 3. tunne of cloues,* 1.78 8. peeces of ordinance, and certaine meale and beanes:* 1.79 and then the winde (as it were in a moment by the speciall grace of God) changing from the starreboord to the larboord of the ship, we hoised our sailes, and the happy gale droue our ship off the rocke into the sea againe, to the no litle comfort of all our hearts, for which we gaue God such prayse and thanks, as so great a benefite required.

The 8. of Februarie following, wee fell with the fruitfull Island of Barateue,* 1.80 hauing in the meane time suffered many dangers by windes and shoalds. The people of this Island are come∣ly in body and stature, and of a ciuill behauiour, iust in dealing, and courteous to strangers, whereof we had the experience sundry wayes, they being most glad of our presence, and very ready to re∣leeue our wants in those things which their Countrey did yeelde. The men goe naked, sauing their heads and priuities, euery man hauing something or other hanging at their eares. Their women are couered from the middle downe to the foote, wearing a great number of bracelets vp∣on their armes, for some had 8. vpon each arme, being made some of bone, some of horne, and some of brasse, the lightest whereof by our estimation waied two ounces apeece.

With this people linnen-cloth is good marchandize,* 1.81 and of good request, whereof they make rols for their heads, and girdles to weare about them.

Their Island is both rich and fruitfull: rich in golde, siluer, copper, and sulphur, wherein they seeme skilfull and expert, not onely to trie the same, but in working it also artificially into any forme and fashion that pleaseth them.

Their fruits be diuers and plentiful, as nutmegs, ginger, long pepper,* 1.82 lemmons, cucumbers, cocos, figu, sagu, with diuers other sorts: and among all the rest, wee had one fruite, in bignesse, forme, and huske, like a Bay berry, hard of substance, and pleasant of taste, which being sodden, be∣commeth soft, and is a most good and wholsome victuall, whereof we tooke reasonable store, as we did also of the other fruits and spices:* 1.83 so that to confesse a trueth, since the time that we first set out of our owne Countrey of England, we happened vpon no place (Ternate onely excepted) where∣in we found more comforts and better meanes of refreshing.

At our departure from Barateue, we set our course for Iaua maior,* 1.84 where arriuing, we found great courtesie, and honourable entertainment. This Island is gouerned by 5. Kings, whom they call Raiah: as Raiah Donaw, and Raiah Mang Bange, and Raiah Cabuccapollo, which liue as hauing one spirite, and one minde.

Of these fiu•• we had foure a shipboord atonce, and two or three often. They are wonderfully delighted in coloured clothes, as red and greene:* 1.85 their vpper parts of their bodies are naked, saue their heads, whereupon they weare a Turkish roll, as do the Maluccians: from the middle down∣ward they weare a pintado of silke, trailing vpon the ground, in colour as they best like.

The Maluccians hate that their women should bee seene of strangers:* 1.86 but these offer them of high courtesie, yea the kings themselues.

The people are of goodly stature, and warlike, well prouided of swords and targets, with dag∣gers, all being of their owne worke, and most artificially done, both in tempering their mettall, as also in the forme, whereof we bought reasonable store.

They haue an house in euery village for their common assembly: euery day they meete twise, men, women, and children, bringing with them such victuals as they thinke good, some fruites, some rice boiled, some hennes roasted, some sagu, hauing a table made 3. foote from the ground, whereon they set their meate, that euery person sitting at the table may eate, one reioycing in the company of another.

They boile their rice in an earthen pot,* 1.87 made in forme of a sugar loafe, being ful of holes; as our pots which we water our gardens withall, and it is open at the great ende, wherein they put their rice drie without any moisture. In the meane time they haue ready another great earthen pot, set fast in a fornace, boiling full of water, whereinto they put their pot with rice, by such measure, that they swelling become soft at the first, and by their swelling stopping the holes of the pot, ad∣mit no more water to enter, but the more they are boiled, the harder and more firme substance they become, so that in the end they are a firme & good bread, of the which with oyle, butter, sugar, and other spices, they make diuers sorts of mea••es very pleasant of taste, and nourishing to nature.

* 1.88The French pecks is here very common to all, and they helpe themselues, sitting naked from ten to two in the Sunne, whereby the venemous humour is drawen out. Not long before our de∣parture, they tolde vs, that not farre off there were such great Ships as ours, wishing vs to be∣war••: vpon this our Captaine would stay no longer.

From Iaua Maior we sailed for the cape of Good Hope, which was the first land we sell with∣all: neither did we touch with it, or any other land, vntill we came to Sierra Leona, vpon the coast of Guinea: notwithstanding we ranne hard aboord the Cape,* 1.89 finding the report of the Portugals to be most false, who affirme, that it is the most dangerous Cape of the world, neuer without in∣tolerable stormes and present danger to trauailers, which come neere the same.

This Cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest Cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth, and we passed by it the 18. of Iune.

From thence we continued our course to Sierra Leona,* 1.90 on the coast of Guinea, where we arri∣ued the 22. of Iuly, and found necessarie prouisions, great store of Elephants, Oisters vpon trees of one kinde,* 1.91 spawning and increasing infinitely, the Oister suffering no budde to grow. We de∣parted thence the 24. day.

We arriued in England the third of Nouember 1580. being the third yeere of our departure.

The names of the Kings or Princes of Iaua at the time of our English mens being there.

• ...Raia Donaw
• ...Raia Rabacapala.
• ...Raia Bacabatra.
• ...Raia Tymbanton.
• ...Raia Mawgbange.
• ...Raia Patimara.

Certaine wordes of the naturall language of Iaua, learned and obserued by our men there.

• Sabuck, silke.
• Sagu, bread of the Countrey.
• Larnike, drinke.
• Paree, ryce in the huske.
• Braas, sodden ryce.
• Calapa, Cocos.
• Cricke, a dagger.
• Catcha, a looking glasse.
• Arbo, an oxe.
• Vados, a goate.
• Cabo, golde.
• Gardange, a plantane.
• Hiam, a henne.
• Seuir, linnen cloth.
• Doduck, blew cloth.
• Totopps, one of their caps.
• Gula, blacke sugar.
• Tadon, a woman.
• Bebeck, a ducke.
• Aniange, a deere.
• Popran, oyntment.
• Coar, the head.
• Endam, raine.
• Ionge, a shippe.
• Chay, the sea,
• Sapelo, ten in number.
• Dopolo, twentie.
• Treda, no.
• Lau, vnderstand you.
• Bayer, goe.
• Adadizano, I will fetch it.
• Suda, ynough.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The Isle of Mogador on the coast of Barbarie.
• * 1.2

  Ianuarie.
• * 1.3

  The Isle of Mayo.
• * 1.4

  Ripe grapes in Winter.
• * 1.5

  The descripti∣on of the tree that beareth Cocos.
• * 1.6

  O•• goate••.
• * 1.7

  The Isle 〈◊〉〈◊〉 S. Iago.
• * 1.8

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.9

  T•••• I••le o•• ••ogo.
• * 1.10

  ••••••••l. 33. Degrees.
• * 1.11

  The C••pe of 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.12

  Their entrāce ••••••o the r••••er of P••a••••.
• * 1.13

  Abundance of Seales.
• * 1.14

  May.
• * 1.15

  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
• * 1.16

  The 〈…〉〈…〉 the coun••••••••.
• * 1.17

  The cape o•• Good hop••.
• * 1.18

  Iune.
• * 1.19

  Port 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.20

  M. Thoma•• Doughtie ex∣ecuted.
• * 1.21

  August.
• * 1.22

  The streigh•• of Mageli••••,
• * 1.23

  The bredth of the streights of Magellan.
• * 1.24

  Abundance of foule in the streight.
• * 1.25

  September.
• * 1.26

  57. Degrees and a terce of Southerly la∣titude.
• * 1.27

  Botero writeth that another hath found this place all Islands.
• * 1.28

  M. Winter se∣parated and returned.
• * 1.29

  The trending of the coast of C••ili.
• * 1.30

  The I••le la Mocha in 38. degrees and 30. minutes.
• * 1.31

  The port of Valparizo in 33. degrees 40 minutes.
• * 1.32

  Wine of Chili.
• * 1.33

  The towne o•• S. Iago taken.
• * 1.34

  Wine of Chili.
• * 1.35

  Iohn Griego a Pilot taken.
• * 1.36

  Gold of Baldi∣uia.
• * 1.37

  Coquimbo in 29. degrees 30 minutes.
• * 1.38

  Tarapa••a.
• * 1.39

  Arica in 18. deg 30. min.
• * 1.40

  Lima in 11. deg. 50 minutes.
• * 1.41

  The rich ship called ••a∣ca••u••go taken.
• * 1.42

  Cape de San ••••ancisco in 1. degree to the North.
• * 1.43

  China silks and Porc••llan.
• * 1.44

  G••a••••••co.
• * 1.45

  The Portugal Pilot set on land.
• * 1.46

  The Island of Canno.
• * 1.47

  A ship with a gouernour for the Islands of Ph••lippin••s.
• * 1.48

  Iune. Sir Francis Drake sayled o•• the backside of America •••• 43. degrees of Northerly la∣titude. 38. Degrees.
• * 1.49

  A description of the p••ople and Coun••••ey of Noua Albion.
• * 1.50

  A long oratio••
• * 1.51

  Chaines like those of Canad••••
• * 1.52

  The King re∣••ig••es his crowne and kingdome to Sir ••••anc•••• Drake.
• * 1.53

  The like they did in Hochel••ga.
• * 1.54

  Great herdes of Deere.
• * 1.55

  Abund••nce of ••••range co••i••s.
• * 1.56

  Noua Albion.
• * 1.57

  Golde and sil∣uer in the earth of Noua Albion.
• * 1.58

  Their depar∣ture.
• * 1.59

  October. Certaine Is∣lands in 3. de∣grees.
• * 1.60

  Strange Ca∣noas like those of ••aua.
• * 1.61

  Island••.
• * 1.62

  Nouember.
• * 1.63

  The Isle of Ternate.
• * 1.64

  The king of Ternate offreth himselfe and his kingdome to the seruice of the Queene of England.
• * 1.65

  The great and strange Cano∣as of the King of Ternate.
• * 1.66

  The King of Ternate came to visite Sir Francis Drake.
• * 1.67

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 a kind•• of ••eale.
• * 1.68

  A castle in Ter∣nate.
• * 1.69

  Romanes and Turk•• ••igiers in Ternate.
• * 1.70

  The maiestie o•• the King.
• * 1.71

  Ternate the chiefest of the Maluco-isles.
• * 1.72

  A litle Island to the South∣ward o•• Ce∣l••bes.
• * 1.73

  Fiery worms.
• * 1.74

  Bats.
• * 1.75

  Crauishe••.
• * 1.76

  Ianuarie in anno 1579.
• * 1.77

  Their danger vpon a rocke.
• * 1.78

  Cloues.
• * 1.79

  The helpe of •• current in the deliuerie.
• * 1.80

  Februarie. Barateue Is∣land.
• * 1.81

  Linen cloth good marchā∣dize.
• * 1.82

  Nutmegs and long Peper growing in Barateue.
• * 1.83

  Commenda∣tion of the Is∣land of Bara∣teue.
• * 1.84

  Iaua maior.
• * 1.85

  Red & greene clothes m•••••• est••emed.
• * 1.86

  The manners o•• the people o•• Iaua.
• * 1.87

  A strange fa∣shion of boy∣ling rice.
• * 1.88

  The French pe••ks.
• * 1.89

  The Cape of Buena E••peranza not so dange∣••ous as the Portugals haue giuen o••t.
• * 1.90

  Sierra Leona.
• * 1.91

  Oister-trees.