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CUMBERLAND’S VOYAGE TO THE AZORES. 809
The twenty-fifth day we were forced again to depart from thence before we had
fufficiently watered, by reafon of a great tempeft that fuddenly arofe in the night,
infomuch, that my lord himfelf, foon after midnight, raifed our men out of their cabins
to weigh anchor, himfelf alfo together with them hauling at the cap{ten, and after cheer-
ing them up with wine.
The next day we fent our caravel and the Sawfie-Jack to the road of St. Michael, to
fee what they could efpy: we following after them upon the twenty-feventh day, plying
to and fro, came within fight of St. Michael, but by contrary winds, the twenty-
eight, twenty-ninth, and thirtieth days we were driven to leeward, and could not get
near the ifland.
The firft of October we failed alongft Tercera, and even again{t Brazil (a pro-
montory near to .»ngra, the ftrongelt town in that ifland) we efpied fome boats coming
to the town, and made out towards them; but being near to land, they ran to fhore
and efcaped us.
In the afterroon we came near to Graciofa, whereupon my lord forthwith fent cap-
tain Lifter to the iflanders, to let them underftand that his defire was only to have water
and wine of them, and fome frefh victuals, and not any further to trouble them.
They anfwered they could give no refolute anfwer to this demand, until the governors
of the ifland had confulted thereupon, and therefore defired him to fend again to them
the next day.
Upon the fecond day, early in the morning, we fent forth our long boat and pin-
nace, with empty cafks, and about fome 50 or 60 men, together with the Margaret,
and captain Davis his fhip; for we now wanted all the reft of our conforts. Juft
when our men would have landed, the iflanders fhot at them, and would not fuffer
them. And troops of men appeared upon land, with enfigns difplayed to refift us:
fo our boats rowed alongft the fhoreto find fome place where they might land, not
with too much difadvantage ; our fhips and they ftill fhooting at the iflanders: but ne
place could be found where they might land without great peril of lofing many of their
lives, and fo were conttrained to retire without receiving any anfwer, as was promifed
the day before. We had three men hurt in this confli€t, whilft our boats were to-
gether in confulting what was beft to be done: two of them were ftruck with a great
fhot, (which the iflanders drew from place to place with oxen) wherewith the one loft
his hand, and the other his life within two or three days after: the third was fhot into
his neck with a {mall fhot, without any great hurt.
With thefe news our company returned back again at night, whereupon prepara-
tion was made to go to them again the next day ; but the day was far {pent before we
could come near them with our fhip: neither could we find any good ground to an-
chor in, where we might lye to batter the town, and further we could find no landing
place, without great danger to lofe many men; which might turn not only to the
overthrow of our voyage, but alfo put the queen’s fhip in great peril for want of men
to bring her home. ‘herefore my lord thought it beft to write to them to this effect:
that he could not a little marvel at the inhumanity and cruelty which they had fhew-
ed towards his men, feeing they were fent by him unto them in peaceable manner,
to receive their anfwer, which they had promifed to give the day before: and that
were it not for Don Antonio, their lawful king, his fake, he could not put up fo great
injury at their hands, without juft revengement upon them: notwith{tanding for Don
Antonio his fake, whofe friend he was, he was yet content to fend to them once again
for their anfwer: at night captain Lifter returned with this anfwer from them; that
their gunner fhot off one of their pieces, which was charged with powder only, and
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