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A10810	Lancaster his allarums, honorable assaultes, and supprising of the block-houses and store-houses belonging to Fernand Bucke in Brasill With his braue attempt in landing in the mouth of the ordinaunce there, which were cannons culuering, cannon periall and sacres of brasse, with other sundry his most resolute and braue attempts in that country. From whence he laded of their spoyles and rich commodities he there found fifteene good ships, which was sinemon, sugar, pepper, cloues, mace, calloco-cloth and brassel-wood with other commodities. With the names of such men of worth hauing charge within this most honorable attempt lost their liues. Published for their eternall honor. by a vvelvviller.	H. R. (Henry Roberts), fl. 1585-1616.	1595 (1595)	STC 21083; ESTC S110650	14,942	28

LANCASTER his Allarums honorable Assaultes and supprising of the Block-houses and Store-houses belonging to Fernand Bucke in BRASILL With his braue attempt in Landing in the mouth of the Ordinaunce there which were Cannons Culuering Cannon periall and Sacres of brasse with other sundry his most resolute and braue attempts in that COVNTRY From whence he laded of their spoyles and rich commodities he there found fifteene good Ships which was Sinemon Sugar Pepper Cloues Mace Calloco-cloth and Brassel-wood with other commodities With the names of such men of worth hauing charge within this most honorable attempt lost their liues Published for their eternall HONOR by a VVelvviller Imprinted at London by A. I. for V V. Barley and are to be solde at his shop in Gratious-streat neer vnto Leadenhall gate To the moste resolute and valiant minded Captaine Iames Lancaster all encrease of valour with your most worthy harts desire and prosperous successe in all your Attempts IT hath beene right woorthy Captaine their custome in elder times amongst some forraine nations which held honor in regarde by all signes and showes of toy to welcome home such Aduenturers that for their Countreys honor and Princes benefit had any way aduentured not only dooing them all the publicke honor they could but inuested them with titles of all honor such Customes albeit among the vulgar sorte it be deuyed yet doubtlesse those good mindes which honor armes and their Countrey aduentures attribute vnto them honorable prayse as they deserue Amongst many other valorious Captaine that honor your woorthy deeds desirous to register your noble actions amongst the best deseruing as they woorthily merit though my slender skill be not such as may deserue to register so notable and woorthy exploite by you perfourmed yet haue I boldly attempted to set downe the same that our Countreymen specially such as stand vpon tearmes of being what they are not enuying the vertues and well deseruing Aduenturer might blush to beholde what you haue perfourmed through Gods sufferance and your politik and most valiaunt resolution whilst they lye sweating one their easie beddes of which I humblye craue pardon who intends well vnto all men but especiall bend my deuotion vnto such skilfull aduentures at sea for that my profession is such who am and euer wilbe readie in all true zealous affection and doe you all the best seruice I can or may when and where it shall stand with your good pleasure for to commaund mee Your deuoted vvellvv●iller H. R. To the Reader NO tale of Robinhood I sing ne olde wiues stories write Nor idle toyes to meruaile at vain● people to delight But woorkes of woorth most rare true to you I doe present which to the brauest mindes may be a worthy president heere Cauallers of high esteeme that Londi●ers contemne may know what worthy mindes they bea● and serue like valiant men As Lancaster his last attempt that hee in Brassill made May witnesse well vnto his fame if you the same will read Rare are his acts peruse them then whose manhood dooth excell His haughtie deeds doone to our foes the same at large doth tell Recorde may wee his worthines and write but what is true And you that saw the welth he brought giue Lancaster his due If London-mercha●nts dare to doe such actions as hee did Then why should not then acts be tolde why should his fame be hid Amongst the chiefest Cauilers giue Lancaster his place Who by his worthy pollicie the foe man hath disgrast He is the man whose courage great was neuer seene to quaile He is the man that formost was where wee did foes assaile Braue Lancaster for woorthines in this attempt of thine The foeman dooth commend thy worth whose vertues so dooth shine Then Caualiers of highest prize and Citizens of fame Extoll his prayse which hath deserude and brauely gaind the same And gallant Brutes which yet are bound your masters to obay When time shall make you free againe think then what I now say Learne by this man of woorth to guyde your selues in euerie place By land or sea to gaine renowne and enemies to disgrace your Countrey then your honor shall for Prince doe seruice good and men that see your woorthynes for you will spend their blood He is a lamp to light you one Fames pallace to attaine wherby your names shall euer liue if Fame you seeke to gaine Learne by his woorth that valiantly hath ventured life and limme To shame of dastard Coward base in place where he hath beene His deeds at large doe but peruse and then you all shall say an act of more resolue hath not beene complisht at the sea H R. Finis THE most honorable Attempts and fortunate successe of our vvoorthy Citizen and braue minded Generall Iemes Lancaster and his Associates THAT a Prophet is not estéemed in his owne Cuntrey it hath béene often saide and not so commonly sayd but true sayd as is mani●est in our vngratefull Cuntreymen which holde Honours Champions in account longer then the present occasion of vse serueth for them Which maketh vs so common a by woord amongst other Nations for our vngratefullnes If wée could aswell imitate in good actions such noble Straungers as haue liued in elder time as follow their vanities and manners in all vicieus exercises wée might well be noted for the moste only people of the whole earth Then might that most excellent Histories which now declare the noble and bountifull mindes of the Romaines bee shut vp and our Histories fill the eares of all Nations with reportes of our now liuing and braue minded aduentures but those times be past such men liue not to recompence their worthines nor those of learning to giue them their due If Roome the abiect of earth now for her vice hath béene fur●shed with such noble Cittizens that gained both for their valour and bountie such eternall p●arses not ●nly for hazarding in many perrills their goods but their owne persons arming at nothing but honor estéeming the goodes gotten as thinges transitorie Why should not our thri●e famous Cittie of London the only wounder of the earth for beautie gouernment and welth holde their honor in like account The Romaines exalted all men of woorth for their vertues not regarding their parentage makeing the ig-noble and base horne tribunes Senatours and Vice-rois in their territories h●●●ring them with all titles of nobilitie and honour and after their victoryes caused them in tryūphs to ride throughout their Citties erecting Trophies in memorie of their actions Thorough which they encouraged the noble minded and moued the most basest groome to aduenture Yf such were the manners and conditions of our minded cuntrymen how florishing an estate might we boast of But we forgetting vertue estéeme wealth not vallor not men before money but money farre before men Yet are there some of worshippe Patrones of this famous and most renowned Cittie who estéeming their Cuntries benifit haue by their great charge enriched the Common-welth And

ofther carfull loue to their cuntry enlarge● the Nauy of our Land by their most bountifull exspences so that thorough a number of worshipfull Cittizens our eneimies are weakned our streingth increased our eneimies empouerished and our Land enriched all for our cuntryes honor where at they ayme as is dayly s●●e by the great aduentures they make And I could recite but time causeth me to admit them and their worshipes names in this place not doubling but in time some of good learning for honor of our Land will register their names to eternall honor vnto such I commend them to recoūt vnto you this latest and most rare exploit of a most resolute and braue Gentleman a Cittizen of this most famous Cittie vppon our enimies the spaniards wherin as he got fame by this most resolute braue attempt purchasing ther by his cuntries honor benifit of our commonweale and that his vertues béeing a Cittizen of this famous Cittie of London though by birth of gentillity might not be ob●cured I haue set downe his procéedings in this action that our braue minded youthes in tyme to come seeing what hath hath bendone by men of our time may 〈…〉 to the vertues end●●oring to deserue like him honor in his ●●ntry remaine a terror to all enymies In September now last past 1594 these worshipfull graue Cityzens and fathers of ●●London●● and most faithfull subiectes to our Prince and Country the woorshipfull Iohn Wats Alderman master Paul Baning Alderman master Sute Salter master Boreman and others of woorship in this most famous Cittie desirous for their Cuntries honor and benefit to employ their substance victuled and equiped for all néedfull things is so hard and daungerous a voyage appertaining thrée good Ships videl the Consent of the burthen of 240. tunnes or there about the Salomon of 170. tunnes or there about and the Virgine 60 tunnes or there abouts appointing for Commaunders in this voyage Iames Lancaster of London Gentleman Generall of the Fléete Mun Barker of London Viz-Admirall and Iohn Awdley of Popler néer London their Reare-Admirall hauing in their company Iohn Wats the Sonne of Alderman Wats a proper and forward Gentleman full of resolution And Symon Boreman sonne of M. Boreman Owner of the Salomon a toward and likely youth These forenamed shippes fully equipped and furnished with all néedfull prouision moste royally departed from Blackwallrood néer London in October last past kéeping our owne Coast close abourd where they met with fowle weather such gusts and stormes that the Salomon spending her Mast not far from Darkmouth they put into harbour and by the care and earnest industrie of the Generall and other hauing charge were shortly againe prouided which doone the carefull Generall loth to make longer stay then was néedfull hauing a pleasing gale for their purpose put from Darckmouth the last of Nouember following applying as winde serued for their desired place But contrary to our expect as God by many fauours tryeth his heople not fiftie leauges from our owne Coast wée lost the Salomon and the Virgine yet being alone in hope to méet them about graund Canaries or capeblanck we kept our course for the place and as God sent vs fauorable windes plyed vntill we came to the Canaries but could heare no tydinges of our Consorts which greatly cumbred vs Thence went wee bearing for Timreef where in the moruing earely wée had sight of a sayle who being becalm●d vnder the shoare was towing with their boate a heade hauing one other at her stearne for this sayle we mande our boate apointing our men well for fight if neede should serue them but the cowardly Portugales séeing our boate come entred theirs and leauing the ship sought to saue themselues by flight but our men being full of courage hartned on with the braue imb●ld●ing speach of our Generall and in hope of some better good by getting the men pursued them so fast and with such e●ar desire that they bourded them and brought them with their shippe to our Generall This was laden with Canarie wine which came not vnto vs before it was well and better welcome This shippe wee maned and kept plying that day and the next night there abouts the very next morning wee had sight ● one other but not so much woorth as the first was which had eightie tunnes of wine the other but fortie To her in like manner wee sent our Boat but their Gunner beeing ● drunken Flemming standding on his tearmes made a shotte at her and shot a propper yo●ngmans arme it wee enforced them to strike and to take that part their Counreymen did A lamentable tale it were to discouer the pittiefull lookes of the poore Portugales who trusting to our Lady ha● no hope of her sonne for comfort Well wéeing possest with this good liquor a substance which must vnite the life praysed God for it and that other good releif wée found amongst them beeing therewith well refresh●d The Portugales h●uing their frée passage and an acquittance for deliue●●e of their wines were all set a shoare on Tene reefe making a quick returne o● their long voyage who were bound for Margareta in the Indies The men hauing their disharge and all thinges out that might ●o● vs a●y good we left y e place plying for Cape-blanck but before we come thether wee met againe with the Virgine there are Admyrall who haling vs tolde vs for very trueth the Salomon was gonne for England enforced so to doe by spending her m●●t which wee found contrarie for comming to Capeblanck wée met the Salomon who had fished with the Can●●ookes the best ●ish and other commodities hée found in ryfling twentie foure shippes and Caruels Of this good companie wée were all ioyfull and had great hope of the blessing of God in performance of our intended voyage and so after some parle and making frolick for ioy● of our méeting one with the other praysing God f●r all wee plyed for Mayeo where comming to ancor our Generall and the r●st of the Cap●anes went a shoare to vein the place where we might in best safetie set our gallie together which frame we brought from England of purpose to land men in the Cuntrey Héere we discharged our great pryze of wine and set her on fire but before our comming thether you shall vnderstand wee had sight of foure sayles which was Captaine Venard in his shi●pe the P●●v●●i●e and a proper ●iskane which he tooke at Capeblanck the Welcome of Plimmought and her Pynnes all which stood with vs. But they seing our flagges expecting such good fellowes as we did beare from vs all the might which our people tooke very vnkindely that beeing all freinds they would neither enquire nor tell vs any newes of our freinds but without making any show of kindnes so to depart From Capeblanck wee tooke likewise with vs thrée shippes viz. one daintie Caruell and one Canter with one other Bark for to serue vs in the Cuntrey drawing little water

euery man made ●●co●ing to sollace him with his freindes then by such a casuall hap to be spoyled as we were for the Gunnor him self was slaine with two others and twentie others gre●●sl●●y h●●t A woorthy ●●rour for all men of gouernment taking charge how so carelessely they demaine them selues looking with more care vnto the charge vnto them committed especially such as haue the commaund of poulder and such like substance which is not to be ●ested withall the proofe thereof hath beene to often soone to the great damage of the woorshipfull Owners God g●…●his may be the la●● But especially Captaine Randolph Cotton whose courage in midst of all broyles neuer quailed this braue and worthy minded Gentleman albeit he had end●rde most hard and ●r●●l crosses in his last aduenture to the sea accompaning that moste renew●ed and forward Gentleman Thomas Candish Esquire who held him for his vertues in great account The remembrance of whose death with grée● he often times bewayled and the many cares and troubles of that most vnfortunate voyage not yet exiled out of his minde deffrous to make once againe tryall of his fortunes arming his neuer conquered minde for the same reseluing ●ther to gaine fame which before welth he pryzed not like those peny fathers which care not who loose so they gaine expecting but opportunitie and such companie as he wished rested so vntill our Generalls arriuall at Darckmouth where hee made his abode with whome hauing conference and knowing his pretended voyage was for these confines of Fernand Bucke that his determination was to land thought this a time fitting his minde wherfore without any desire to see his best freinds kynne or allyes which commonly draw men from many attemptes hée not only aduentured his mony in the action but his bodye with whose good companie the Generall was well pleased and all the rest of his compéeres hauing great hope of his valor which not only showed in his manly countenance but specially induced ther vnto by the rare reportes of his forward attempts in many other actions where hée had charge aswell by sea as by land An instance of which was manifested by those that acccompaned that most rare and famous Captaine and Nauigator Iohn Va●es whereby his good counsaile in times of extremities and valiant corage in all times of seruice hee gayned by curtesie the sole loue and generall likeing of all the companie All which good partes conioyning in this woorth Gentleman mooued the Generall with consent of his freinds compheres to elect him for their principall leader for their land seruice as one whose skil● and moste woorthy resolution they wholely vnder God re●yed vppon which was euery way answerable to what they expected so that therein they were not deceiued at all as his ge●at care in perfourming that charge was vnto him committed did manifest For what many men accounted great paine and moste troublesome labour hée held and estéemed as méere pleasure such diligent care he had in kéeping on shore such vigilaunt watch and warde bothe for his companies securite as his owne as was necessary and most conuenient to be vsed in a place of such daunger Besides his hard labour in buylding thrée Baracadoes where he framed his hands which in such labours had béene vsually accoustomed to toyle and take paine whereby he might drawe on others and the better to encorage them to their busines and careful industrie Euer and in euerie attemt showing both val●our and resolution in his actions asswell seene at the supprizing of their enemies first begunne forte where giuing a most couragious onset put them from their woorke and supprizing their Ordinaunce and with no small honor most valiantly brought it vnto to their Forte This woorthy and most valiant Gentleman as hee was forward to accomplish those actions which to such valiant and resolute exploites belonged so was he a vnto his followers as well of resolute assaults as of carefull industrie a spectacle in his enterprises neuer damited or receceiuing foyle vntill the fatall time of his death which hononorably he receiued Thus showing him self a most woothy leader and faithfull subiect to his Prince and Cimtrey leading his companies to this venterous and rare exploite inuironed with the extremitie of those base and cowardly peasants who takeing him at a vantage was most butcherly murthered without regarde either of his vertues or valour But the cruell tyranny of those detestable wretches shall nor can blemish his deserued fame nor obliuion extinguish his resolute actions wherby he woorhyly deserued such memorie as tung or pen can or may render for requitall aswell of his vertuous behauiour carefull industry and resolution in all his actions With whome there dyed that valiant Captaine Mun Barker bothe which as long as they liued so encouraged our people that there was no feare amongst them but euerie one resolued to fight it out whose death was greatly lamented amongst vs all This Battle finished and all men come abourde the shippes that Thus good Reader I haue truly discoursed vnto you the troubles of this our voyage which to the glorie of God and our Cuntries woorthy deserued commendations I haue héere explayned that you which beholde the wunders God hath done for vs and our Cuntrey may with vs and wée with you prayse him and hartely desire that neuer woorsse succes befall any of our nation that as wée haue done fight and aduenture in such hassard for our Prince and Cuntrey whose life and honor God euer maintaine to the terrour of all domesticall enemies the ouerthrowe of all those that wish her or vs ill A Commemoration of those vvoorthy and valiant Gentlemen Captaine Barker and his freind Captaine Cotton who in this moste honorable Attempt lost their liues GAallants of England Marses chosen pheres Braue men of worth Chau●leres of Fame Lay armes aside and poure forth brinish teares VVayling their losse whom cowarde foes hath slaine Barker braue man the honor of thy name Whose hautye deedes yet ill successe in warre In cheifest mirth doth cause our tunes to iarre And courtious Cottonne for his braue attempt Didst well deserue a worthy Captaines place Their valiant force these spaniards proud haue felt Which purchase fame vnto thier great disgrace Pursuing foes like lions in their chase Fighting in right of cuntry and our Queene Like men of worth most resolute and sterne In midst of broyles where foes were ten to one Thier shot beeing spent a wunder twas to see How many spaniards by them to death were brought Crying S. George sweete England now for thee The warcke of spaine we haue good hope to see This sayd those gallants and euen therewithall A luckelesse strook causde Barker dead to fall Whose death fearce Cottonne required so That many a foe by him to hell was sent So shewed this man of worth his force gainst foe Whose hart with rigor to reuenge was bent But chance of warre hath often wrong euent In cheifest hope to haue a ioyfull day A cursed shot his life hath tane away Thus fought those men like champions of our Queene Hauing at most in all three hundred men Against fiue thousand which armd in feilde was seene Ranged to fight such cowardes still they benne Yet all their force they wayed notapyn But brauely then the onset on them gaue And by their valour from their Fort them draue But dead they be yea dead are both our freinds VVhose fames shall liue eternized for ay That all may know how braue they made their endes Which whilst they liude in this most hardy fray Did scourge these curres and held them at a bay Whose senceles truncks though loe enterd they lye Their glorious soules both rest aboue the skye HR Finis