An Hourglass of Indian News.  
 woodcut of ship   

AN Hour Glass of Indian News.  
OR A true and tragical discourse, showing the most lamentable miseries, and distressed Calami ties endured by 67 Englishmen, which were sent for a supply to the planting in Guiana in the year. 1605.  
Who not finding the said place, were for want of victual, left ashore in Saint Lucia, an Island of Cannibals, or Men-eaters in the West-Indyes, under the Conduct of Captain sen-iohn's, of all which said number; only a 11. are supposed to be still living whereof 4. are lately returned into England.  
Written by john Nchol, one of the aforesaid Company.  Homo es? humani nila te alienum puta. 
LONDON Printed for Nathaniel Butter, and are to be sold at his Shop near Saint Austin's Gate. 1607.   

To the right Worshipful Sir Thomas Smith of London Knight, governor of the worshipful company of Merchants of London, trading the East Indies.  
THe fortunate company of most Writers, profess themselves (as it seems in their Dedications) to have such choice of patrons, that at length there proves but one, which out of their many reasons of choice they will make choice of. It fareth not so with me (right Worshipful) who find reasons weak to induce me, but necessity strong to enforce me to crave your Patronage: Unless this be a reason, that from you alone I can hope for, both that countenance to warrant me, & that courteousness, not to discountenance me, that judgement to find, and yet that gentleness to forgive; being as none of those that are Intus caeci foris oculati, so neither of those that are wise at home, and fools abroad: acquainted, and delighted to be acquainted with foreign matters, knowing that though they be foreign yet they be human, & that it is nothing else, Res humanas negligere: then Humanitatem ipsam, naturamque humanam exucre. Which if it be a reason, it is all, and yet it is such an one as is borrowed from you, breatheth by you, and dieth in your dislike. The case then standing (R. Worshipful) that I am forced being a stranger, to betake myself to such a one, to whose knowledge and experience, a Country is but a City, and the whole world a Country, & therefore with whom the stranger is no stranger: I most humbly request your Wor. that it be not any way offensive to you, which was every way necessary to me. For be it from any to imagine, that I sought hereby to add any thing to your Ocean: But who thinks this, thinks not a miss, that I hoped the relation of a miserable and lamentable voyage, would so much more move you then many others, by how better you apprehend such things than many others.  
Such therefore as it is I have, and such as I have, I give, and in most humble and hearty manner, offer to be viewed then, when you give your serious eyes leave to play. Thus beseeching God to send his continual, and perpetual blessings upon you and all yours, I humbly take my leave.  
Yours humble in all duty: john Nchol.   

To the Reader  
COurteous Reader, albeit I might be indifferent how thou censure my doings herein, forasmuch as I have the thousand strong of my conscience to witness with me, that I published this pamphlet with no worse intention then with the very best namely to make known unto the world the greatness and goodness of God, miraculously showed unto us: yet if it would please thee to think the best, thou shouldst add unto my joy, without any detraction from thyself, nay by showing thyself to have bonum animum, thou shouldest persuade me that thou hast bonam mentem, for bona mens, bonus animus, a good mind, a good thought. Wherefore let me entreat thee to be one hour in thy life so idle as to abide the running out of this Hourglass. Many things we felt which here are not to be found, by reason that the desperateness of our case delivered them to neglect, and neglect to oblivion. This that is here is the just account of a perfect memory, tending not to discourage any from attempting the like, but rather to encourage with the munition of providence, because Praemonitus, praemunitus, forewarned, well armed. Thus requesting you that my wants may be supplied in thy gentleness: adding then strength to thy goodness, when thou meetest with my weakness, I bid the hearty farewell.  
Thine to the best of his power: john Nchol.   

VIS nondum natus, vis vivere mortuus olim?  
Tempora temporibus iunge aliena tuis.  
Vis parvus magnus fieri, vinctusque solutus?  
Tu loca vicinis iunge remota locis.  
Non vita est, vitas qua vitat vita alienas:  
Libera mens non est sequitur quae corpus ut umbra  
Pars vitae, Indorum vita remota, mea est,  
Quò mens it libro rapta (Nichole) tu●.  
I. C.   

Dear bought, far sought, they say will Ladies please  
They pleased, good manners will that meaner be:  
Fear no repulse, O news from Indian seat!  
For man he is not, is not mannerly.  
H. S.   

A True and Tragical Discourse, showing the most lamentable miseries, and distressed calamities, endured by 67. English men, which were sent for a supply to the planting in Guiana, in the year 1605.  
TO make a long and tedious discourse of that which may be uttered in few words, expe●●ce teacheth, doth rather move a loathing in the Reader, than any way procure a liking either in reader or hearer: in which respect I have rather desired briefly to deliver a plain truth, which of itself to the wise and discreet is ever most acceptable, then with filled phrases, or eloquent terms (which indeed in me are wanting) to add any thing more than is most true, neither to represent, or lay open to the view of the world, aught more than what myself with my associates have had as woeful experience, as ever (in my judgement) had any creatures living under the Canopy of Heaven: only thus much I think it not impertinent to deliver, for the better explanation of that which followeth, I make no question, but that the greater sort of people, which either have travailed themselves, had conversation with travailers, or employed themselves to much reading, are not ignorant that in the main of America, in that part thereof which is vulgarly called The west India, amongst many other large Territories & Dominions, is the great and mighty Kingdom of Guiana, situated near about the middle of the said continent, or somewhat more southerly, it being near under that Equinoctial line, the Souther most part thereof, and extending itself to about some 5. or 6. degrees of North Latitude, being bordered on the south-west with Perue, on the South with Amazonis, on the North with Mexico, and on the East with the Ocean Sea.  
The said Country of Guiana was first discovered or made known to our English Nation, as far as I can learn, about the year of our Lord 1594. at the charge and direction principally of Sir Walter Raleigh: the same again seconded by himself the year following: afterward again by Captain Keymish and oth●●●, at the charges of the said Sir Walter Raleigh it being reputed to be the chiefest place for gold Mines in all the West India: but the prosecution thereof being left off for a time, by what occasion I know not, it so happened that in the year of our Lord 1602, Captain Charles Leigh made a voyage thither, for the discovery thereof, and finding a fit place for habitation, determined to procure the planting of a Colony there in the River Wiapica, which said determination at his return being put in practice, with the furtherance and special charge of the worshipful Knight Sir Olive Leigh, certain men were sent thither, there to inhabit under the conduct of the aforesaid Captain Charles Leigh, who remained there about a year and a half, where he with many of his company died. For a supply unto which company, was another company sent, in the year 1605. at the charges of the said Sir Olive Leigh, and certain other adventurers▪ of which company myself was one, all under the conduct and leading of Captain sen-iohn's, who being embarked in the Olive Branch of Sir Olive Leigh, whereof was captain and master under God, captain Catlin and Arthur Chambers.  
Being thus ready, do set sail the twelfth of April one thousand six hundred and five, nothing happening worth note, till we came as high as the North Cape, where an English Bark overtaking us, four of our Gentlemen, by reason of their sickness were desirous to return home again, so that getting their passage for Lisbon, they took their leave of us, whose names were, Master Rogers, Master Catlin, Master Sanders, and another whose name I do not now remember. So we continued our course to the Canaries, and so to Cape Blancko in Barbary, and from thence to the I'll of Mayo: in which time of our voyage it fell out as often it happeneth in such actions, that our company being divided, (as being some seamen, and the rest land-men, who are for the most part many times of contrary natures) there was some heartburning and malice one against another, which rested not only in the common sort, but rather and most chief in our captains, whose haughty minds not brooking contradiction on either side, had like to have grown to a dangerous distension, had it not been appeased by the diligent persuasions of some other of the company, whose plausible spirits were more addicted to unity and peace, than any way liking of such dangerous and indirect courses, they well foreknowing that civil discord have been the overthrow of mighty kingdoms, and great common weals, and therefore well might have been the utter subversion of our so weak & slenderly governed company. But all parties being now (as it seemed) to the outward view quieted, we went a shore upon the said I'll of. Mayo to take in fresh water and s●lt, where we found 5. Portugals, which had been rob by the French, and there set a shore, where having stayed five days hunting of Goats, and refreshing of our men, we departed to saint jago, where we landed the five Portugals, in reward of which kindness of ours, the Inhabitants took three of our men, and kept them as prisoners while they sent seven leagues into the Country to know the governors pleasure, and at night sent them aboard again, having taken certain commodities from them, which they had to buy some of their fruits.  
From thence (having weighed our Anchor) with a merry gale we sailed towards our desired place to the country of Guiana: but missing of our expectation, here began the first scene of our ensuing miseries: for whether it was our Master's want of knowledge that we fell not with the prefixed place, or that the current which our master alleged to be the reason, that setting very strongly to the North-wards, put us so far short thereof, or whither (as of all others that is most certain) it pleased God in that place at that time, and in such a manner, to let us feel some part of his heavy displeasure, conceived against us for our times formerly misspent: so as I say the ending of our hopes was the beginning of our miseries: for plying to and again, wandering as it were in a wilderness of woe, betwixt hope and despair, the time passed away & with the time our victuals, the only hop● of our health exceedingly wasted: thereupon our allowance was greatly shortened, & with the same & other occurrence our men's minds very much distracted, which bred amongst us many fearful & dangerous mutinies. And as one misery cometh still in the neck of another, so fared it with us: for with our want of victuals, we being near unto the Equinoctial, and the Sun in that part of the Zodiac which was near unto our Zenith, it was so exceeding hot, that with the vehemency thereof many of our men fell marvelous weak, and some of them died, namely our Carpenter's mate john Browne, our Cook, and Robert Pain, and many others were is weak, that they were not able to come above the hatches. This extremity caused us (though against our stomachs) to entreat the master to bring us to the nearest shore he could. And so having been seventeen weeks at sea, in stead of our hopeful expectations of attaining to a pleasant, rich and golden Counteey, and the comfortable company of our friends and Countrymen, there as we supposed then resident, we were brought to an Island in the West India somewhat distant from the main, called Santa Lucia, having about twelve degrees of North latitude, inhabited only with a company of most cruel Cannibals and man-eaters, where we had no sooner anchored, but the Carebyes came in their Periagoes or Boats aboard us with great store of Tobacco, Plantons, Potatoes, Pines, Sugar Canes, and diverse other fruits, with Hens, Chickens, Turtles, & Guavas: for all which we contented and pleased them well. These Carrebyes at their first coming in our sight, did seem most strange and ugly, by reason they are all naked, with long black hair hanging down their shoulders, their bodies all painted with red, and from their ears to their eyes, they do make three strokes with red, which makes them look like devils or Antic faces, wherein they take a great pride.  
The next morning we went a shore with all our weak men, where there was six or seven houses planted by a pleasant fresh water River, which Captain Sen-iohns bought for a Hatchet of an Indian Captain called Anthony, who could speak a little Spanish, and he told us he had been a slave to the Spaniard in the I'll of Margareta: so he and all his company went to another town some three miles of.  
Whilst our sick men were a shore refreshing themselves, our Master would have departed, and have left them to shift among the Carrebyes, but Captain sen-iohn's, and the chief of our company would not consent thereto. And seeing it was in vain all of us for to venture home in the Ship with that small allowance, we were willing to come a shore, and there to live until it should please God to send some means to bring us a way: upon that condition they should deliver unto us one great piece, and every man his Musket and weapons, and half the munition in the ship, with all our Chests and commodities whatsoever, which he would not grant, before we had subscribed to a certain Writing which he wrote to excuse himself at his return into England: so we received four little Barrels of powder, and ten round Bullets for the great Piece, which when we brought a shore did much fear the Indians, for they asked us if we brought it to kill them. But to please their humours, we told them it was to kill the Spaniards, and then they came and helped us a shore with her, and with all our Chests, of their own accord.  
Now after they had delivered all things a shore out of the Boat, we thought it good to stay her, and to keep her for our own use, for we did not know what need we might have of such a commodity afterward: so we sent the sailors aboard in an Indian Boat, only three would not go but would stay with us: so we were in all left a shore threescore and seven in the Isle of Saint Lucca.  
At night when we were all sitting together at supper about a great fire, which they could well perceive from the ship when it was dark: and as it should seem in revenge of their Boat, before they departed they purposed to let us know they were not well pleased with the action, they shot a great piece at us with a single Bullet, but as it pleased God it fell down by the side of our house, and miss us, which if it had come amongst us we sitting so thick, it could not have chosen but have been the death of many of us.  
This made Captain sen-iohn's discharge our piece at them, without intent to hurt them, but fairly overshot them: for he might have sunk them, and would if they had shot once more: then presently they weighed Anchor and departed.  
The next morning Captain sen-iohn's went in the Boat, with fifteen more in his company, to trade with Anthonio his father for Rone cloth, which he had saved at sea great store: but when we came there, contrary to our expectation, we found our ship there trading with them, who had incensed the Indians sore against us, telling them that we were had people, and would take all they had from them, and would cut their throats.  
And as we towed alongst the shore, they discharged half a dozen piece of ordinance, and a volley of small shot at us, but there great shot overshot us, and light upon the rocks, and scared the Indians a shore mightily, and their small shot light short without harming us. Their decermination was to drive us from our Boat, or else to have sunk her, for their great shot came so thick that we were forced to leap a shore into the Woods: then they manned their Periago, and came to take our Boat away, which we perceiving entered her again, and escaped all their malice: so we returned home again safe, and they departed toward Saint Vincent, the eighteenth or nineteenth of August, 1605.  
After the departure of our ship we remained in peaceable manner amongst the Indians, daily trading with them for all manner of victual, as Plantons, Potatoes, Penas, Papaians', Pumpins, Gallobashoes, Paps, Mammies, Guiavas, with diverse other fruits, and Tobacco abundance, all very pleasant to eat. Also they brought Turtles, Guanas Hens and Chickens, Woodcocks and Snipes, with some pelicans.  
As for the Turtles, we ourselves did use every night by courses to send out six to catch them, which is easily done, by reason that every night they use to come a shore, and lay their eggs in the sand, and by the heat of the Sun they are hatched. At their coming out of the water they do make as broad a tract as a Cart with their sins, by which means we are led to the place where they do sit, and so we turn them on their backs, which being done, they can do nothing but so lie till they be dead. The meat of them doth eat like unto Veal, and I have seen taken out of one of them to the number of six or seven hundred eggs, which we do fry with the fat or oil of the Turtle, and also with Cassada we did make exceeding good Whitepots and Puddings, putting the Eggs and Oil into it. Also the Guana is proportioned like a Serpent, more than an ell long, with four short feet. In eating it is like a coney, and hath in his belly to the number of five and twenty or thirty Eggs.  
This Cassada is a root of a tree, whose juice is poison: but being squeassed, the flower doth make an excellent kind of bread, and will keep long.  
The Indians did marvel much at our manner of dressing our meat, and they would be familiar, and would dine with us very often, but by no means we could not make them eat salt: for they use to eat all their meat seasoned with Guinea Pepper: their women came very seldom unto us, for they are very jealous over them. Once or twice there came some women with them, unto whom we gave shirts to cover their nakedness, whereof they seemed proud: Their ancient women are very ugly, by reason of their side breasts, which doth lie like empty bags: but those which have not given suck, are well proportioned and proper.  
Also we had a Net, with the which we would get at one draft as many fish of diverse sorts, as would serve all our company a day.  
A little before our arrival, three Spanish ships were cast away, and much of the goods these Indians had saved with their Boats, and hide it in the Woods, they had so much Rouen cloth, that all their Periagoes had sails thereof. They also had great store of stuff, Sirge, and Spanish woollen cloth, cloaks and apparel: insomuch that if we had had a Bark of forty tuns burden, we could have loaden her home with such commodities as would have made a saving voyage. All which we could have bought for hatchets, knives, beads, fishhooks, and thimbles, with other trifles.  
Thus for the space of five or six Weeks, we went not much abroad, but cut down the Woods about our houses every day, and mounted our great Piece upon broad Tables, which we ourselves had sawn, lest the Carrebyes should at any time assault us.  
Soon after this, there came another Captain from Saint Vincent, called Augraumart, which was brother to Anthonio, who was offended with him for selling the houses unto us: for the which cause Anthonio bid us kill him, and told us he purposed to bring twelve Periagoes loaden with Carrebyes to kill us, but we found this Augraumart very kind unto us, and was willing to do, or tell us any thing we desired him, for he taught us to make a Grater, which he made of small sharp flint stones beaten into a broad board to grate our Cassada on, whereof we made our bread, and he told us, that Anthonio would cut our throats, and therefore bid us kill him. This made us doubtful which to trust to.  
We had certain Articles drawn, which were to be observed, wherein Captain Nicholas sen-iohn's was Captain: his brother Alexander Lieutenant, Miles Pet, and Philip Glascock were commanders for the appointing of our Watch: john Rogers was our interpreter for the Spanish tongue, and was to buy and bargain with the Indians for all the company, both for commodities and victuals, Master Garret, Master Tench, Francis Brace, and myself, were appointed to order the domestical matters.  

Carebie signifies in their language, A valiant man.  All the occasions that we made whereby the Carrebyes should fall out with us, was that one of our company did sell a sword unto Captain Anthonio, which was contrary to the Articles we had set down, for none was (upon pain of severe punishment) to sell either Sword, Dagger, or Hedgebill: which when we knew, Alexander sen-iohn's with a dozen more went to his house, and found him in his bed, which they call an Hamaco, with a little fire under him because he was not well, and the Sword standing by him, which young sen-iohn's took and brought forth to us. This drove him into a great rage against us, for never after that would he be familiar with us.  
The Carrebyes did wear for an ornament upon the small of their naked aims a foursquare plate, which master Browne a Goldfiner told Captain sen-iohn's had three parts of it Gold, who asked the Carrebyes where they got it? who presently pointed us to a great Mountain on the Northwest part of the Island, whose top we might see from the place where we dwelled: but Anthonio said there was none. These contrary tales made us suspect some villainy, and that it was but a policy to draw some of our company thither, whereby they might the better deal with us: for at home they d●rst not attempt any thing against us, both for fear of our great Piece, and also we would not suffer them to bring their bows and arrows within our Sentinel. Yet our Captain would not be content till we consented that he should go to the Mountain, and took with him all sorts of commodities to bargain with the Indians for Cloth, and he took old Browne the Goldfiner, and his son George Browne, john Rogers, Master Looking, the three sailors, whose names were, john Fleming, Thomas Butler, Owen a Welshman, james Garret, & one joseph and Christopher, two Grocers, and one Master Euans, with diverse more, to the number of sixteen.  
And upon A Monday they all embarked in the Boat taking eight days victual with them, promising to return betwixt that and the next Monday, leaving his brother Miles Pet, Philip Glascock, M. Garret, M. Tench, and myself, to rule at home. Upon Tuesday & Wednesday the Indians did not come unto us with victuals as they had wont, which made us after suspect that they were at the slaughter of our men at the Mount: & upon Wednesday, myself with 3. more went to Antonio's house, where we found a great number of women, but not passing half a score men, making great preparation of victuals: some baking of Cassada, others roasting and boiling of great fishes and Turtles. I offered to buy some of them, but they refused and would not, neither would they look of any commodity we had, which made us much marvel: for before that time they never denied us: so we departed, & by the way we light of a narrow path wherein we traveled a little, and all along the way did grow abundance of Guiava trees, whose fruit is as big as an Apple, and very pleasant to eat: the green ones are wholesome for the bloody flux.  
We had not travailed a Mile, but we entered down by a Thicket into a most pleasant Garden of Potatoes, which drove us into great admiration to behold the manner of it, for it was made round like a Bower, encompassed with a green Bank, so equally, that made us think some Christians had made it for a strength to save them from the Indians: and upon the top thereof did grow a company of the most tallest Trees that ever I beheld, which did naturally grow so near one to another, and so thick from the root to the top, that we could not perceive the sky through them. But following the path, we perceived it to pass through a narrow cut in the bank, where we travailed two or three miles further, passing through many goodly Gardens, wherein was abundance of Cassada, Potatoes, Tobacco, Cotten-wool-trees, and Guiava trees, in diverse places as we travailed we did marvel to see the huge and great trees that were there: for most of them were five or six fathoms about, and fearing that we should be benighted, we returned the same way again, with as much green Tobacco, Potatoes, and Cassada, as we could carry, which did much content our men at home: for the Indians had not brought any victuals in three days before.  
At night six of our men went to seek for Turtles, and found two very great ones, but could not bring them home. For when they had turned them on their backs, it began to rain, thunder, and lighten so extremely, that they had much a do to get home themselves, and so it continued all night, with the most horriblest thunderclaps that ever I heard, with lightning and rain as light as day, which caused us to awake, and after prayers to fit all night by great Fires, drinking of Tobacc, with extraordinary mirth amongst ourselves, little foreseeing the danger that befell to us the next day.  
Early the next Morning, we went to bring home our Turtles, and there we found a great number of Carrebyes on the shore, and three or four Boats by them, roasting of land Crabs, for what purpose they were so gathered together we know not, but lest we should suspect them of any bad intent towards us, they willed us to eat with them, and brought home our Turtles to our houses.  
All that forenoon we kept good watch, for there was very many which came both by Sea and land. and Augraumart and his father came with a great number of Indians, and brought in his hand a quarter of a Turtle, and a hundred Eggs, and gave them to young sen-iohn's, and told him, that if he would go to his Brother Antonius' house, he should have great store of victuals, and that he should see his wife, and the more to persuade us to go, he promised that we should have Hamacas for to sleep in, which is the beds they use.  
Their Women doth make them of Cotten that grows naturally on the Trees, whereof they have abundance. We many times made s●te unto them for their Hamacas, because they would be a means to save us from the Stings of curtain. Flor called a Musketo, the which would so torment us with their pay loved stings, and cause us to swell as though we had the Leprosy, for they would sting through three pair of Stockings, but they were not willing till now on the sudden that we should have any. And because they were so kind to us, we took them all into our houses, and were very merry and pleasant with them, and gave them Aqua vitae which they delighted much in.  
But Master Tench (who had wont to be a curious corrector of us in our merriments) did show himself so extraordinary pleasant, that he fell a singing of Catches with the Carrebyes, and caused them in drink carouses of Aqua vitae and water.  
If we had been determined to have killed them, we might have done it at that time with small danger, we had a hundredth and above of them within out houses without either dough or Arrows. And when some of our company, made such a motion as to put them to the Sword (for some of us was half and more jealous of them, that they had done some mischief to our captain, by reason one of our company did say, that he heard an Indian say, that the Captain of the English had his hand cut off at the Mount) but this was not regarded, but was imputed that he had misconstrued the Carrobyes language. Master Tench was against it, saying: God would not be pleased with such a bloody Act, against such harmless people, and therefore willed us not to do it without they gave the first occasion, wherein he wronged himself and us all, in seeking to save the lives of them, who within three hours after most cruelly murdered him.  
Before Dinner they all departed, but Augraumart and his father, who dined with us. And presently after dinner, eighteen was chosen to go to Antonio's house with Augraumart and his father, who had neither bow nor arrow: only his father had a Brasell sword.  
This they did lest we should suspect their treachery. But we not fearing any treason, because we had been often times well used there before, went on boldly,  
And some of our company thought that the very fight of our Pieces was sufficient to terrify them, for attempting any villainy against us. And therefore did not negarde either to charge them, or to light our match.  
In this careless and secure manner we travailed through a little neck of land which runs far into the Sea, and then we entered upon the sand, which was so extreme hot with the reflection of the Sun that we were not able to travail apace, being loaden with our Pieces.  
But Master Alexander had put off his Doublet, and gave his Boy his Piece, & went jesting & playing arm in arm with the two Carrebyes a good space before us, until we came to a point of Land a quarter of a mile from Antonio's house, and then he called us to come forward, but he being light and cool, did keep a great way before us still. And when he least suspected danger, Augraum●●t made as though he would embrace him, And suddenly clasping hold with one hand on his Rapier, and the other on his Dagger, and his Father with a great Brussell Sword, struck him down before we could come at him, but he recovered again.  
Then came the Arrows so thick out of the wood, that we could not get our match in the Cock for pulling the Arrows out of our bodies: so amongst us all was but five or six pieces discharged, which when the Indians saw give fire, they did fall flat on the ground, shouting and crying with a most hellish noise, naming us by our names when they hit us.  
Then we retired back to a point of land, thinking there to have fitted our pieces, and to have given them a volley of shot, But there came another Ambush on our backs, and round about us, insomuch that we were enforced to forsake our pieces, and betake us to our swords, which did much encourage them, for when they see we could not hurt them with our pieces, they would come so near us, as though they purposed to make choice in what place to hit us, of some they shot in the faces, others through the Shoulders, and of others, they would nail their feet and the ground together.  
Master Budge and Robert Shaw ran into the sea, and there were both drowned and killed with Arrows, Master Tench had a little Bucklet, with the which Bee did save himself a long time, but at the last an Arrow passed through both his legs, that he could not go, and stooping to pull it out, they killed him, and if any of us offered to run at one or two of them, they would run away, and of a sudden twenty or thirty would enclose us, and still shoot Arrows in them till they were down, and then would they with a great Brassell sword beat them to death, and after would rifle them: Master Kettleby did behave himself very gallantly, for he did not respect what arrows he received in his body, so he could but reach one stroke at a Carrebye, but they were too nimble for us in regard they were naked.  
Yet nevertheless, we run through them all, thinking that if we had escaped that ambush, there had been no more to trouble us, but as I was a pulling Arrows out of his body, to the number of twenty at the least, there came the third ambush out of the woods from whence came an Arrow and hit him in the Breast, which he perceived would be his death, for he could not stand but as I hold him, but I was forced to let him go, and shift to save myself.  
Then I over took young sen-iohn's his body almost full of Arrows, of which I pulled out a number, But what for the blood that run from him, and the extreme heat he was in by his running, he was not able to overtake the re●t of our company that was before.  
And still the Carrebyes did gather ground upon us, and the Arrows came thick on every side.  
Then he willed me to entreat them stay, and when I had overtaken one, I caused him to stay, which he was unwilling to do, for he told me his Sword would not come forth of the Scabbard, so I took hold of the Hilts, and betwixt us both pulled it out, but before we had made an end, these cruel and bloody Carrebyes had encompassed young sen-iohn's yet (to my grief) I did stand and behold his end, who before he fell did make them run like so many Curs from a Lion: for look which way he ran, they all fled before him: his body was so loaden with Arrows, that he fell to the ground: and upon one hand and knees, he did keep them from him with his Sword, so much he scorned so basely to die at their hands.  
We two were then the only marks they aimed at: for having rifled young Seniohus, they pursued us very hotly, which caused us make haste to four of our fellows, who were entered into a narrow path, which leadeth through the woods, from the sands to the Houses where we dwelled: but there was in the path an other Ambush, which drove them back to the sands again: and when they saw us so hardly chased, they entered the path with us again.  
The one side of the path was a high Mountain, the other went down a low Valley. The first four took up the Mountain, by which means, they were a fair mark for them to hit, who dropped down one after another.  
All this time, neither Harry which was M. Stokeleys man (a Merchant now in Bucklersbery) nor myself was shot: but as we thought desperately to run through them in the narrow path, there came an Arrow and pierced quite through his head, of the which he fell suddenly, and I ran to lift him up, but he was dead without speaking one word to me at all.  
Then came there two Arrows and hit me in the back, the one directly against my heart, the other through my shoulder blade: so (with my sword in my hand) I ran upon them desperately, thinking (before I had died) to have been the death of some of them. And in my running, I saw Captain Anthony, with an Arrow in his Bow drawn against me, who stood until I came very near him (for he purposes to have sped me with that shot) which when I see come. I thought to put it by with my sword, but it light on my hand, & passed thorough the handle of my sword, and nailed both together: but I continued running at him still; and before he could nock another, I made him and all the rest turn their backs, and run into the sands again: which opportunity when I espied, I leapt into the wood, down to the valley, where I found a great Lake: And hearing them, with great shouts and cry, which they use in sign of triumph and victory, pursue me still, I leapt into the Lake, with my sword nailed to my hand, and two arrows in my back, and by the help of God swam over, but with much ado: for the further side was shallow water, but I waded in mud up to the waste, which had almost spent me.  
Now when I was over, I conveyed myself into the thickest parts of the wood, making all the haste I could, to give my fellows, which were at home, warning, lest the Indians should set on them unawares: and in my going, I came into a path, and sought for a great tree, to see, if by the aim of the Island, I could perceive which way our houses stood. Then suddenly I heard a great noise, which made me stand behind a tree, and there I saw two or three Indians go by me, which I imagined were going to set on them at home: but it pleased God I got home, & gave warning before their coming: so Miles Pet charged our great Piece, and all our men were in readiness for their coming. Then presently, they all came in sight upon the sands, whom we sent away (by shooting of our great Piece) & came no more in 3. days: in which time, we fortified ourselves with our Chests: And upon Monday morning (before we had made an end of prayer) there came to the number of 13. or 14. C. Indians (both by sea and land,) & there beset us round, making a noise with their Horns, and made most horrible cries, which they no use, the more to terryfle their enemies: and we did answer them again with the like cries, dividing ourselves into 4 parts, according as we had made our Forts of our Chests, placing five in every Fort, and three to the great Piece, where Miles Pett, myself and another was. Then they shot their Arrows among us as thick as hail, and lest they should follow in upon us and make use of those Arrows again, we gathered them all together, & made great fires with them before their faces, and many times they purposed to rush in upon us by multitudes, & to have beaten us down with their Brazell Swords: But our great Piece was so mounted, that very readily we could turn it which way we pleased, and look which way their greatest company went, we let her fly amongst them. So perceiving that they could not prevail against us, they put Cotten wool upon the end of their Arrows, and put fire on them and shot at our Houses which were made on long Canes or reeds, and suddenly took fire by reason of the heat of the day, & burned down to the ground, fastening on our Chests which were our Forts, and burned all down to the ground, the extreme heat of the flame did make our men forsake their Forts, and retire behind the great Piece, to the Seaside, which encouraged the Carrabies mightily. M. William Kettleby lay close unseen of the Indians upon the sand, and with a long Piece he would reach them 12. score paces, & galled them much: otherwise, they would have come on the backs of us by Sea, but he shot their Boats thorough and thorough, and scared them for entering that way. Now, when all our men were fled behind the great Piece, only Philip Glascocke & Richard Garrat stood behind the smoke, and marked where they purposed to enter, & each of them discharged half a score times at them: At last, Philip Glascocke received an Arrow in his head, and Richard Garrat one in his Breast, and two in his back. And when the Indians saw that all were fled but them two, they purposed to enter through the smoke upon us: but in the entering, he gave a warning to Miles Pett to turn the Piece against the smoke: which presently we did, and let fly amongst them and drove them all back, with most lamentable skrikes and cries: no doubt but that shot was the death of many of them: for she was charged with stones. Then they blew their great Horns, and all retired back to their Boats, without shooting one Arrow at us.  
After that our house was burned and all our Chests, which before were our Fort, we fortified ourselves with the remnants of the stakes, and thatch which we saved from burning, setting it in the ground slepewise, covering it with Sand & Earth, which saved us ever after from their Arrows.  
In all these extreme dangers and imminent Calamities which all this while we endured, let the Christian Reader judge in what a perplexed state we were plunged, seeing still one misery to follow another, and each misery far exceeding the former: As first, our danger at Sea to be famished: then a comfortless remedy against Famishment, to be let in a far remote and unknown place, amongst a cruel, barbarous and inhuman people, without hope of ever having any means to recover the sight of our native and dear country and friends▪ Then the loss of our Captain (and others) which before (in all extremity) was still some comfort unto us: And now (last) these lamentable stratagems of the massacre of our fellows and friends, therein seeing as in a Glass, the utter ruin and Butcherly murdering of our own selves, being we made most assured account to drink of the same Cup: But this was the least of our fears, and not the greatest of our miseries: For being now for a time rid of our bloodthirsty 
* Which departed in their Periagos.  enemies, our provision of victuals being all wasted, spent and spoiled, and having no means to get any more, it would have moved the heart of the cruelest Tyrant in the world to compassion. But in the midst of all this unendurable misery, it pleased God (contrary to our expectation, in some sort) to relieve us even by our enemies: For when all the rest were out of sight, one Periago returned very well provided of victual, and three or four came on land, with as much as they were able to carry of Cassada, Potatoes & Plantons, and cried unto us to exchange with them, first holding up their Bows, and after laying them on the ground again in sign of peace: which we perceiving, sent out three likewise to bargain without weapons, carrying Knives, Beads and other trifles: Which being done, they departed, and we returned, giving praise to God (thus miraculously) for to feed us, for we had no means of ourselves to get any.  
Then, the Net (with the which we had wont get as much fish of all sorts as would suffice us all for a day) the Indians took from us.  
Thus for the space of 6. or 7. days, every day fight for the space of three or four hours, and then our victual began to fail again, which caused us to hold out a Flag of truce: which the Indians perceiving, came in peaceable manner unto us, Then one Francis Brace (by mean of his French tongue) made them understand that our desire was to give them all that we had, if they would let us have a Periago to carry us away, which one Captain Antonio willingly consented unto, and the next day after brought her, drawing her ashore within the compass of our Forts, we giving them, of Hatchets, Knives and Beads until they were contented: And to please them the more, we gave them every one a shovel or a Spade, and so they departed.  
And then we went all to work, some to make the Sail, which we made of very good Roane-cloath, and some to make the Mast: and every one did labour all that he could, to be ready against night: for Antonio told us, that his Brother Angravemart would come the next day from S. Vincent with twelve Perriagos, all laden with men and Arrows: whose words we alway found true, for he could not dissemble.  
And we concluded, rather than we would stay and die so miserably at the Carrabies hands, who thirsted for nothing but to eat our flesh, and drink our blood, as they had done with many other of our fellows, we promised unto the LORD (who had all this time fought for us,) to betake ourselves unto his mercy, and doubted not but that he would guide us safely to some Christian Harbour.  
And upon the xxvi. of September. 1605. at one a clock after midnight, we embarked all nineteen. in that little Vessel or Boat which the Indians had made all of one tree, she was not so broad as a Wherry, but it was almost as long again: Our Ropes for our Sail were our Garters, and our Yard, a Lance: She had a little Rother or helm, but not one of our company had skill how to use it, neither had we Compass to direct us, but sailing by the Sun in the day, and by the Stars in the night, keeping always betwixt south-west and West: for we imagined, the main Land of the West-Indies lay so.  
The Victuals that we had, were not sufficïent to serve that company three days: for we had not above twenty Biscuits, three Cassada Cakes, a dozen Plantons, and some thirty Potatoes: and of Water, some four or five Gallons, & a little Barrel half full of Rice, which Master Garrard had given him to serve in the Country of Guyana, if we had gotten thither.  
And as it pleased the Lord, he had saved it, until this our great necessity for the preservation of our lives: for all our other victual was gone in two days, our water in three days, & then Richard Garrard gave to every two of us a Porindish of his Rice twice a day, which we washed in salt water & so eat it rawt. Thus we continued at Sea, seeking for land for the space of ten days, where we endured one great tempest, although to our great peril, looking always when we should be swallowed up in the huge waves, the storm continuing for the space of four and twenty hours, both boisterous for wind and rain (for all the Sea was in a white foome) which was unto us in the midst of our danger, a great comfort: for we saved the rain water and drunk it gladly, thanking God for that good refreshing: who likewise sent the very fowls of that air to léede us, for they being weary of their flight, would rest them on the side of our boat, so that we took them and dried them in the Sun, with a little Gunpowder and eat them. Our boat was so near the water, that every wave came over her ready to sink her, but that four of us did nothing but lave it out again by courses. To speak of the misery we endured there, it is unpossible; for I cannot express it.  
Upon the tenth day after our coming forth of S. Lucia, being the fifth of October, one Thomas Morgane died, not being able to live of that small allowance. And at twelve a clock at noon we threw him overboard: and within an hour after, it pleased God to glad us with a joyful sight of the land: then we boisted up our sail, fell to row with all the force we could, making to the nearest place, imagining all dangers were passed.  
But the wind being calm, we were benighted before we could come at it, and so wanting the light of the day, we were upon the Rocks before we were aware: and by reason that the breach of the wave was so great and violent, we could not hold her off, but (forcibly) ran against the Rocks, and there split our Boat to the very midst, and all our men turned out, I only holding the Helm, thinking the next Wave would heave her over the Rocks, not knowing her to be split.  
But the Breach was so great, that it turned me under, putting me in great danger to be grated to pieces with her weight above me against the great Rocks: And at the last, we all recovered ourselves, some sitting upon great Rocks, others on the roots of great Trees, thinking there to save ourselves till the morning: And I finding a long Pole which fell out of our Beat, took it and asked if any would venture to the shore with me: which Francis Brace perceiving, took the other-ende: So we two waded to the Land, and then the rest all followed, and some brought Perrywinckles in their hands, and broke them out of the shells and did eat them raw: then every one cried out for fresh Water. So William Picks and myself went to seek for water: but we had not gone half an hour, but we came to our Fellows again, without finding of any Water to comfort us withal. So, the place where we landed, proved to be a broken Island encompassed with the Sea, about a league from the Main.  
As soon as it was Day, we ●igged pity's in the ground for fresh water, but could find none that was to be drunk: some went to the Boat to save such commodities, as were left undriven away with the Sea: Others found Perrywinckles on the Rocks, which was all the victual we had to eat: but our stomachs were so weak, we could not eat above two or three a day. Thus not knowing what course to take to save our lives from famine, one Miles Pet, William Picks, and myself went and haled the Boat out of the rocks to the shore, which was split to the very midst, and so far with our swords we cut off, & put in a head in the midst, and fastened it with our Daggers, Knives, and Bodkins, stopping all the leaks with our shirts.  
So five of our company ventured in her to the main land, their names were Miles Pett, William Kettlebie, William Picks, Francis Brace, and William Butcher, leaving Richard Garrard, Philip Glascocke, john Coxford and myself with the rest in this hungry and desolate Island. And at last it pleased God to bring them to the main land: they haled their Boat alongst the shore, crossing many great rivers, wherein they were pursued by divers devouring Serpents of the Sea, as the Alligortos, who are of such force, that they will pull a horse under water and devour him, and will travel more than two leagues from the water to seek their prays: And also that greedy Shark, who hath three ranks of teeth set like a saw, and will bite off a man's thigh at one snatch.  
Yet God preserved them miraculously: And when they were like to give over traveling, being in despair for ever to find any Spaniards for to secure them with food, God pitying their estates, guided them to a place where they found a great Earthen pot full of wheat flower, which they boiled with fresh water, 
A pot of flower set in a Cave by some Indian.  and satisfied their hungry appetites with thanks to God for the same. And within two days after, they met with three Spaniards, and with half a dozen Indians and negroes, traveling from Carraccas to Coro, driving horses and Mules loaden with Merchandise.  
Who seeing their weakness for want of victual, unloaded their beasts to feed on the grass, whilst they fed our hungry men with plenty of their good cheer, showing them great courtesy, suffering them to ●ide, & went themselves afoot two or three days, till they came to a town of civil Indians, called Tocoya, where they stayed to refresh them.  
And there they let the Spaniards know in what miserable case they left us in a desolate Island, where we endured the greatest misery that ever men did and live: for we continued fifteen days, having no kind of meat but Periwinkles or Whelks, Tobacco, & Salt-water, which did nothing at all nourish us: yet it took away the desire of hunger, and saved us from eating one another.  
In that fifteen days five of our company pined to death for hunger: Their names were john Perkins, Edward green, Jerome Swash, Thomas Stubs, and an old man called john. Tobacco was the chief food I found to do me good, and did preserve my life, and those which could take it down, did keep strongest, but those which could not take it at all, died first.  
By noting one or two of our men to die, we knew when any of us drew near our death, which was, first they would swell very big, and after, fall to the very bones, and then wanting natural strength in their backs to hold up their heads, it would fall down and droop in there bosoms, and within twelve hours after they would die.  

At the 15. days end.  Francis Brace, having more strength than the rest, guided the three Spaniards to the Island where we were, we little expecting it, for we thought they had been killed, either by wild beasts or savages, and we had given over looking for comfort, but every one particularly desiring God, that himself might not be the last man of dying: which conceit was worse than death itself unto us. But his return did add much comfort unto us in that dis●esse: for they brought us victual, which when we had eat had almost killed us, by reason of the weakness of our stomachs, being so far spent, that we could not digest it, although we did eat it very sparingly.  
The next day the Spaniards carried us to the main land, where we had horses brought us, and the goods we had, they took it all for the King of Spain's use, and then they conveyed us to Tocoya, where we which were weak remained for fifteen days, and those which were strong went to Coro, fifty leagues from Tocoya.  
At the 15. days end, one of the three Spaniards, whose name was signor Carow Vallo, came for us with horses, who showed himself as careful to us, as if we had been his own Countrymen and friends, & in 5. days brought us to Coro to our fellows, where we were brought before the Governor, and by a Fleming which could speak a little English, which had been prisoner there sixteen years, we were examined of the cause of our coming on that coast, who excused us very well, for he knew, that if we confessed whither we were determined to go meaning Guiana, they would either have put us to death, or condemned us to the Galleys to row. But ●e told them, that we never purposed to come into the West Indies, but that we were by misfortune and tempest driven on that coast, and told them of all the miseries and dangers we had endured and escaped, which drove them into great admiration, saying we were devils and not men. And the Fleming told us, the fathers of their churches said, that if we had been good Christians, we deserved to be canonised for Saints: but in regard we were Lutherans, it was more by the devils means, then by the providence of God we escaped those dangers.  
So all the chief of the Town being there, every man was desirous to take one of us, who did not use us like prisoners, but were as careful of us as of their own children, not suffering us to want any thing that was necessary for the procuring of our health.  
Myself being extreme sick of the Callienturo, one Captain Peroso, who married his daughter with whom I dwelled (whose name was Francisco Lopus) having good skill in Physic, came daily to my chamber, & there let me blood, purged, and dieted me, giving his daughter in charge not to let me want any thing, by whose courteous and tender usage, it pleased God to restore me to my health and strength again. There in Coro two of us died, who was Thomas Fletcher, (he was servant to a silk man at the sign of the Angel in Cheapside) and one Foulke jones a shoemaker.  
In Coro eleven of us remained alive, being all that was left of three score and seven, for the space of five months, every day going to one another when we pleased, and often riding into the Country, where the Indians took great delight in our company: for at our coming they would provide all kind of delicious fruits, which were in most abundance in that country, and kill Dear, and wild Porks for us, & would bring us Apes, Munckyes, Parrots, and any thing that they thought we delighted in.  
The Country there about Coro doth yield abundance of Sugar, Honey, Ginger and Pitch: Also, they have very good Wheat growing there, but their Bread is altogether made of Maiz, of that which they have great plenty: for they reap four times a year. This Maiz, they do make it with the juice of Suger-Canes, which makes it an excellent kind of Bread, and it will keep long as Biscuit. Also they make their drink of this Maiz and of Potatoes, which is very strong and sweet, for the Indians will quickly be drunk therewith.  
Whilst we were there, a Spaniard road into the Country to a place of his (with his Brother) to make Tobacco, where he had many Indians dwelling: one of his chief Indians (which used to be familiar with him) took a new Hatchet (which his Master had brought with him) and asked his Master what it cost, & suddenly clove his head therewith, which his brother perceiving, ran for his Rapier, thinking to revenge it: but the Indian women had stolen it a way before, and so they killed him also with their Bows and Arrows, and three or four Negroes which seemed to resist them: And thereupon he fled to the Mountains, gathering a great company unto him, promising them, that if they would aid him against the Spaniards in Coro, he would give them their Wives & daughters in marriage: But before they put it in practice, Captain Peroso, by a policy, took him feasting amongst his fellows and women, and took thirty with him, and brought all to Coro, where they were to suffer death with great torments, to terrify the rest, not to do the like: And of some, they cut off their thumbs, and cut the sinews of their two forefingers, whereby they wanted the benefit of shooting.  
Our entertainment was such, that we could not desire to part from them, to come into our own country, without offending them: For there being a Frigate at Coro, ready to go for Carthagena, four of us made entreaty for passage, which was Philip Glascocke, Richard Garrard, William Picks and myself, all the rest being in the Country upon pleasure, some in one place and some in another, and when the Ship was ready to departed, our Signiors persuaded the Governor not to let us go, without he had a Letter from the Viceroy, that we might pass in safety into Spain, and so for England: and then he showed them a Letter, that it was at our own choice, whether we would go or tarry: yet because they were loath to part with us, they willed the Fathers of their churches to tell us, that if we would stay, we should be as themselves, and they would willingly bestow their Daughters and their goods upon us.  
Also they told us, that now England & Spayn were all one in Religion, and that our Saviour Christ came in a Vision upon the Cross, and appeared before our King's Majesty, and told him that he was in an error, and bid him turn, and be as the Catholics are, for they are good Christians: and how at the sight thereof, three of our chief bishops were struck into a trance for the space of three days, and after they recovered again, they preached that they should all repent and become Catholics: adding further, that the King had sent to the Pope, to send learned men into England, to teach their Doctrine aright, which we well perceived, was only the suggestion of their Popish Priests, thereby to have made us hearken to their Doctrine: yet notwithstanding all their allurements on both sides, our desire was for our own Country: And so, three procured means for to go.  
But William Picks, by means the Governor said, that four was too many to venture in the Ship, was staid.  
So, about the last of April, Philip Glascocke, Richard Garrard, and myself, took our leaves to departed, leaving all, with whom we dwelled, very sorry: who gave us great store of provision for our passage, and wept, as though they had parted from their own brethren and Children.  
They were very loath to let us go to Carthagena, for fear we should be put into the Galleys. And the Governor of Coro himself, wrote unto the chief men of Carthagena, in our commendations. As to Don Pedro de Bars, who was his son in Law, but it took small effect: for as soon as we arrived there (which was the sixth of May, within four days after, we were committed to Prison for Spies by the Tenientie: 
The x. of May we were committed. 1066.  for the Governor was dead, not three days before we came: yet we carried one Letter from Coro, written by signor Gesper Sansious, in our behalf, to signor Antonio Cambero, who proved a special friend to us: for we had not been an hour in prison, but he came to us & comforted us, & bid us not to fear, for we should not want any thing wherein he could pleasure us: so he went to the Tenientie, & proffered 3. of his Negroes to set us at liberty: & if we made an escape, he should have those Negroes for his own use.  
The worst of these Negroes was worth 300. Duccates: but he would not, neither would he allow us any Victuals.  
But this Canbero sent us every day at noon one very good meals meat.  
Also, there were three Englishmen, who served as Mariners in the King of Spain's Galliounes of Plate, who after that they were at Sea, were by a very great tempest of weather driven back again to Carthagena, in great danger to be sunk: for she had twelve foot water within her: some of them escaped to the Havanna, and five of their most richest Gallionus were in the Shoaldes betwixt Carthagena and the Havanna lost: these three English men did allow us twelve pence a day, so long as we remained in prison.  
Every Saturday, the Tenientie doth sit upon matters concerning the Prisoners, with his Alcaldes or justices.  
This Tenientie commanded, that we should be sent to the Galleys. Than one Alcalde who was alway found a favourer of English men, his name was signor Francisco Lopus de Moralis, called for our Examination, which when he had perused, he told him that he could not with justice commit us. Who answered again, Then let them remain in prison, until the Galliouns come from Spain for the Treasure.  
Then, within two Months after, a Deputy Governor was chosen, 
Who was Prisoner also.  unto whom a Portyngall (who was our great friend in the prison) framed a Petition, which was delivered by john Frengham our Countryman. Whose Answer was to him, that if we could procure any Spaniards to bail us for our forth coming, we should be at liberty.  
Which grant, Signior Francisco Lopus and Antonio Cambero had no sooner heard of, but they entered in Bond of a thousand ducats for our foorth-comming.  
The cause, why Francisco Lopus did this for us, was because Captain Drake, when he took Carthagena, did save all his father's goods, and his life withal.  
And at our delivery, the Tenientie told us, that although by order of Law, they could justly have put us to death: Yet seeing God had so miraculously saved us, and that we had endured so many miseries to save our lives, and that only we came to them for succour and relief, they were content to set us at liberty.  
Then Francisco Lopus brought us a discharge from the Governor to the jailer for our delivery out of prison, and brought us all three to his own house, where was provided for every of us a several bed, for the country is so hot, we cannot lie but one in a bed. Our entertainment was great, and all our services in plate, with great variety of meats, and all the most delicious Indians fruits whatsoever, and yet he thought we never fared well, without he sent us one extraordinary dish or other from his own table. Also many Gallants resorted to his house to play at Cards, who would show themselves very liberal unto us at their winning.  
There we continued in great pleasure, until the Galliouns were ready to go for Spain with the treasure.  
The City of Carthagena is a place of great force, for by Land, you can not come to it, but one way, which is strongly guarded: it is (almost) encompassed with the Sea: It hath four Castles, two at the entrance of the Harbour, and one within, where Chains are drawn across the water. The fourth is within the City, where their Court of guard is kept, of 500 Soldiers: and it hath four Churches.  
The day before we embarked, 
Aug. 25  there came two more of our company from Coro, which was Miles Pet and Richard Farne. Francisco Lopus procured us passage in three several Ships: Philip Glascocke, Miles Pet and Richard Farne in the Ship, called St. Bartholomew: Richard Garrard, in La Madre de Deos: myself in La Santa Cruse. So we were a month in sailing to the Havanna, which is near three hundred Leagues from Carthagena. 
Sep. 20.   
In the Havanna, we lived all ashore with eighteen pence a day for our diet.  
It is a place of great strength, for it hath I great Castle built upon the Rocks at the entrance of the Harbour, and another within on the other side, which command all the Town and Harbour: And the three within the town, where Don Pedro de Valdes was Governor, which was Prisoner in the Tower 1588.  
There they victualled the Flat, and watered and repaired their ships, & because they had no victual to serve all the Fleet, they left two ships there, the out whereof was that wherein our three men were placed, called the S. Bartholomew: the other the S. Vincent. And about the tenth of October, we departed for Spain by the Bermouthos, and shot the Gulf of Florida in eight days against the wind, and so w●● were nine weeks in sailing betwixt the Havanna, and the coast of Spain: the tempest and storms we had were wonderful great, in so much that all the Fleet were dispersed, and not above two ships did hold company together, which put them in great fear, lest they should have met with the Flemings, who might with three good ships have taken all their treasure with small ado: for every little Caruill did put them in fear, thinking her to be a man of war.  
And within three days before we came in sight of Spain, we overtook one of the company, which had been long wanting. And the Master of the Santa Cruse, wherein I was, thinking to welcome her with a peal of Ordinance, went himself without the ports to charge a piece, and suddenly fell into the Sea, and before we could bring the ship assays, he was drowned.  
And upon the fifteenth of December we came against the bar of Saint Lucas, but could not enter, because the wind was contrary. Then came the Galleys out of Cales, and towed us into Cales, where they unloded the treasure. This made well for us which were prisoners: for they were so busy with the Plate, that they never regarded us: for when the Captain and Soldiers were gone with it, we went ashore to Cales without controlment: And when I thought to have been secure, the Captain, with whom I came home by chance, met me in the street, and called me to him, and said, that I did know how that I was delivered unto him as prisoner, and willed me to come to him in Saint Lucas, and there he would seek a discharge for me. And I promised him that I would come: but afterward I feared that he would have delivered me to the justice; & so not daring to trust him, I never came in his fight more, but sought all means for my passage, which I found harder to get, then when I was in the Indies: for our own Countrymen would answer us, that they would not in danger themselves, to take us, without we had a discharge from the Spaniards.  
Whose uncomfortable speeches did much dismay us: so we remained in Cales, in Saint Lucas, and in Seville, without any hope of passage, one month and more, at the charge of john Frendgeham, William Gourdon, Ioh Dane, who was chief Trumpeter of the Spanish Fleet, and john Painter, a Musician: And at the last, (despairing of passage) M. Garrard got passage for Sandwich: And myself made moan to Master Berwick, Master of a little Ship of Welles in Norfolk, called, The George, who at the first word, granted me passage. So on the second day of February, 1606. he landed me safely at the Downes, in Kent, giving me two shillings to bring me to London.  
FINIS.