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Job. Hartop, born at Bourn went An. 1568 with Sir Jo. Hawkins his General, to make Discoveries in New Spain. He was chief Gunner in the Ship called Jesus of Lubeck 8 of his Men were killed at Cope-verd, and the General wounded with poisoned Arrows, but was cured by a Negro drawing out the poison with a Clove of Garlick. He wrote a Trea∣tise
of his Voyage, wherein he makes mention of a Tree that affords a Liquor which is both meat and drink, yields both Needles and thred and Tiles for Houses; which may therefore be called the Tree of Food, Raiment and Harbour. Being with some o∣ther left on Land after many Miseries, he came to Mexico, and he continued a Prisoner 23 years, of which time he was 12 years in the Gallies, and 3 years a drudge to Hernando de Soria, who then sent him to Sea in a Flemish, which was afterwards ta∣ken by an English ship called the Galeon-Dudley, that safely landed him at Portsmouth December 2. 1590.
Sir William Mounson, Knight of an ancient Fami∣ly was made Vice-Admiral An. 1602. (Sir Richard Leveson Ad. (by whose Diligence and Valour Tra∣ding was Killed on the Coasts of Portugal, and a Ca∣ract of 1600 Tun taken (which had in her 300 Sp. Gentelmen, and amounted to the Value of 1000000 (•…•…owns of Portugall Account) tho the Marquis de Sanctâ Cruce lay hard by with 13 Ships, and all were secured under the Command of a strong Castle. In the Dispute, the Syllogismes of Fire and Sword which were used by the English, (tho the Premisses were opposed with the best Spanish Lo∣gic) were answered by the Opponent, with a fair concession in the Conclusion. The Goods gotten in the Caract might be valued, but the Good gained there∣by was Inestimable, for henceforward the Spanish beheld the English with Admiration, and quitted their thoughts of Invasion. This Worthy Knight died about the midst of the Reign of King James.