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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02772	The Voyages and travels of that renowned captain, Sir Francis Drake, into the West-Indies, and round about the world. Giving a perfect relation of his strange adventures, and many wonderful discoveries; his fights with the Spaniard, and many barbarous nations; his taking S. Jago, S. Domingo, Carlagena, S. Augusta, and many other places in the golden country of America, and other parts of the world: his description of monsters and monstrous peopl. With many other other remarkable passages not before extant; containted in the history of life and death, both pleasant and profitable to the reader.		1683 (1683)	Wing D2122AA; ESTC R221814	20,519	27

imbarqued himself The Elizabeth Vice-Admirable Commanded by Captain Joseph Winter being a Ship of 80 Tuns The Mar●ygold a Bark of 30 Tuns Captain John Thomas Commander The Swan a Fly-boat of 50 Tuns John Chester Commander and a small Pinnace of 15 Tuns These Vessels being Maned with 164 able Sea-men and Souldiers and furnished with all things necessary Sailed out of Plimouth Road on the 15th of November 1577. yet met with many difficulties by reason of Tempests and contrary Winds e're they could get clear of the Lands end at what time Sa●●ng towards the Coast of Barbary they came to an Anchor on the Coast of Magadore lying three Degrees forty Mi●uits b●●ng part of the Territories of the King of Fez being a ●mall I●and not above three Leagues in Circumference abando●●ng with Foul and Fish though of an unusual shape There ●●●●e of th● English going on Shoar the Negroes who Inhabi●●hat place were desirous to be conducted on Board for whose ●●urity Drake left a Pledge on Shoar the Moors seemingly desireing to Traffick for such Commodities as the English had bringing to the Sea-side Camels Laden with Merchandises But when the Negroes were returned some of the English going on Shoar in a Boat one of them name ●●hn Fry was detained which much incensed Drake so that he wy● about to revenge the Indignity to that purpose Landing his Men But when he understood no injury was off●red him they departed and although he went not with them yet after the Governour of that Island understood of what Nation he was he sent him home in an English Ship having upon his causing him to be surprized conjectured him a Portugal and that Drak● was the fore-runner of the Portugal Fleet prepairing to Indamage that Coast Departing from this Island Drake took a small Spanish Fisher-boat conducted but with three Men only and after that Sailing under the Tropick Cancer fell in with a Spanish Craval which he took and then Sailing to Cape Barbas he there took another though indifferently Laden with Provision where having plenty of all things necessary he stayed a while during which space the Natives came down to view the English bringing with them a Negro Woman half starved with a Child at her Brest offering her to Sail but Drake would not Traffick for such Commodities whereupon they brought Gums and Amber greese offering it for fresh water which above all things is most scarce in that Country Water they had but Drake would not take any thing for the common Element as likewise some Provision for which they were very thankful for eating greedily Having thus far proceeded they set the Spaniards on Shoar and after triming their Ships Sailed to Cape de Verde and so C●urted Bomavista falling in with the Isle of Mayo Inhabited by t●e Portuguese and so touching at several Islands came to St. Jago ●n the South-West of which Island they took a Portuguese Vessel Laden with Wine Woollen and Linnen-Cloath on its return fro● Brazil and in defiance of those on Land Fired upon three or four ●f their T●wns standing on the Sea-Coast Near to the Island of S● Jago is the Burning Island called Fogo continually casting F●●●es and near to that lies a pleasant Island always ●lad with ●●●n exceeding fruitful abounding especialy with Figs Cocos Planatos Oranges and Lemons it is also replinished with pleasant Streams though the Harbours about it are not capable of receiving any Ships of burthen and in all the Island was only one House supposed to be Inhabited by an Hermet From this Island after having taken some of what it afforded they stood away to the Coast of Brazil but by contrary Winds were kept out so long at Sea that Provision grew scanty and especially Water which in that burning Climate was most requisit But when they despared of obtaining any God so ordered it that there fell great store of Rain which supplyed their necessity And amongst many other strange Creatures found in these Seas they delighted themselves with viewing the flying Fishes which are as big as ordinary Pilchards having Finns the length of their Bodys so that when they are pursued by any Fish and in fear to be devoured they save themselves by leaving their Element and flying in the Air but cannot continue it long for that their Finns wanting moisture become unserviceable by reason of the thin Filme that joyns the Bones or Quill c. Sailing from thence to the Coast of Brazil they beheld huge Fires on the Shoar made by the Inhabitants in which they Sacrificed two Devils using many Conjurations to raise Whirl-Winds and Tempests thereby to w●ack such as approached their Coa●● Which Hellish Inchantations the Portugals to their cost found fatal wh●n they first discovered those Countries But the English sustained no other dammage than the separation of their Ships when leaving that C●ast altogether Rocky and Inaccessible Drake stood away to another Point which he called Cape Joy by reason he there met the Ship he lost in the Storm And having watered and refreshed his Men at Cape Verd and taken store of Deer which that Country affords in abundance he stood away Twelve Leagues from the Main to a convenient Harbour sheltring from the South-Wind and North-Winter growing fast upon him he sought out a Harbour where he might ride safe and at last coming to Cape Hope he curred with a Shallop to sound the Bay which promised good Anchorage But e're he could return so great a Fog arose that he could not see the Ships and a Storm withal arising he was greatly indangered to be lost But the Captain Thomas suspecting some danger had befallen him by reason of his stay entred with his Ship and by Fireing a Gun directed him to the Wessel and having received him on Board droped Anchor and there lay till the Storm was over and the next day going on Shoar made great Fires as a Sign to the dispersed Ships to return into the Haven who all met except the Swan Vpon their Landing the People being fled they entred homely House near a Rock where they found Fifty Es●riches of a Prodigious size whose weight were such that they could not flye but run as fast as Grey-Hounds so that they are not catched but by decoying them into a Net by the likeness of an Estrich made of their Feathe●s Drake not finding this Harbour for his purpose stood away South-West about Twelve Leagues where entring a Port a great number of the Natives presented themselves upon a Hill leaping and dancing after an extravagant manner and at first Landing seemed fearful of the English but soon after became more familiar bringing Estriches Feathers and Bones variously Carved and Arrows of Reed which they dilivered for English Commodities They went all Naked except a skin of Fur cast over their Shoulders when they sit in the cold but when they are doing any thing they g●●d it about their waste their Hair is long which when they Cravel they bind up with