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806 CUMBERLAND’S VOYAGE TO THE AZORES,
not a fpear’s length, and fometimes fo near that the boat ftruck upon him, the tips of
whofe fins about the gills (appearing oftimes above the the water) were, by eftimation,
four or five yards afunder, and his jaws gaping a yard and a half wide, which put us in
fear of overturning the pinnace, but, God be thanked (rowing as hard as we could)
we efcaped.
When we were about Flores, a little fhip, called the Drake, brought us word that the
caraks were at Tercera, of which news we were very glad, and fped us thitherward with
all the hafte we could; and by the way we came to Fayal Road the feven and twentieth
day of Augult, after funfet, where we efpied certain fhips riding at anchor, to whom we
fent in our fkiff, with captain Lifter and captain Mounfon,in her, to difcover the roaders:
and, left any danger fhould happen to our boat, we fent in likewife the Sawfie-Jack and
the fmall caravel ; but the wind being off the fhore, the fhips were not able to fet it
fo nigh as the Spaniards ride, which neverthelefs the boat did, and clapped a fhip aboard,
of two hundred and fifty tons, which carried in her fourteen caft pieces, and continued
to fight alone with her for the {pace of one hour, until the coming up of other boats to-
the refcue of her, which were fent from the fhips, and then afrefh boarding her again,
one boat in the quarter, another in the hawfe, we entered her on the one fide, and all
the Spaniards leaped overboard on the other, faveJuan de Palma the captain of her and
two or three more, and thus we became pofleflors of her. This fhip was moored to the
caftle, which fhot at us all this while: the only hurt which we received of all this fhot
was this, that the matter of our caravel had the calf of his leg fhot away. This fhip was
laden with fugar, ginger, and hides, lately come from St. Juan de Puerto-Rico ; after
we had towed her clear off the caftle, we rowed in again with our boats, and fetched out
five {mall {hips more ; one laden with hides, another with elephants’ teeth, grains, cocoa-
nuts, and goats’ fkins, come from Guinea, another with woad, and two with dog-fifh;
which two laft we let drive in the fea, making none account of them. ‘The other we
fent for England the thirtieth of Auguft.
At the taking of thefe prizes were conforted with us fome other fmall men of war, as
mafter John Davis, with his fhip, pinnace, ‘and boat, captain Markefbury with his fhip,
whofe owner was Sir Walter Raleigh, the bark of Lime, which was alfo conforted with
us before. |
The laft of Auguft, in the morning, we came in fight of Tercera, being about fome
nine or ten leagues from fhore, where we efpied coming towards us a {mall boat under
fail, which feemed fomewhat ftrange unto us, being fo far from land, and no fhip in
fight, to which they might belong: but coming near, they put us out of doubt, fhewing
they were Englifhmen (eight in number) that had lately been prifoners in Tercera, and,
finding an opportunity to efcape at that time, with that {mall boat, committed themfelves
to the fea, under God’s providence, having no other yard for their main-fail but two
pipe {taves tied together by the ends, and no more provifion of victuals than they could
bring in their pockets and bofoms. Having taken them all into the Victory, they gave
us certain intelligence, that the caracks were departed from thence about a week
before.
Thus, being without any further hope of thofe caraks, we refolved to return for Fay-
al, with intent to furprife the town ; but until the ninth of September, we had either the
wind fo contrary, or the weather fo calm, that in all that time, we made {carce nine or
ten leagues’ way, lingering up and down not far from Pico.
The tenth of September, being Wednefday, in the afternoon, we came again to Fayal
Road. Whereupon immediately my Lord fent captain Lifter, with one of Graciofa,
(whom captain Mounfon had before taken,) andfome others, towards Fayal, whom cer-
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