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EVESHAM’S VOYAGE TO THE AZORES. 819
This fhip alfo certified us that captain Prefton’s fhip had taken a prize laden with
filver. My lord entered prefently into this fhip, and went to Falmouth, and we held on
our courfe for Plymouth. At night we came near to the Ram-head (the next cape
weftwards from Plymouth found) but we were afraid to double ic in the night, mif-
doubting the fcantnefs of the wind. So we ftood off to fea half the night, and towards
the morning had the wind more large, and made too little fpare thereof, that partly
for this caufe, and partly through miftaking of the land, we were driven fo much to lee-
wards, that we could not double that cape: therefore we returned back again, and
came into Falmouth haven, where we ftruck on ground, in feventeen feet water:
but it was a low ebb, and ready again to flow, and the ground foft, fo as no hurt was
done. Here with gladnefs we fet foot again upon the Englifh ground, (long defired)
and refrefhed ourfelves with keeping part of Chriftmas upon our native foil.
4 VOYAGE TO THE AZORES WITH TWO PINNACES, THE ONE CALLED
THE SERPENT, AND THE OTHER, THE MARY SPARKE OF PLYMOUTH,
BOTH OF THEM BELONGING TO SIR WALTER RALEIGH; WRITTEN BY
JOHN EVESHAM, GENTLEMAN, WHEREIN WERE TAKEN THE GOVER-
NOR OF THE ISLE OF SAINT MICHAEL, AND PEDRO SARMIENTO,
GOVERNOR OF THE STRAITS OF MAGALANES, IN THE YEAR 1586.
[Haxxuyt, Vol. II. p. 120. Second Part.]
-THE tenth of June 1586, we departed from Plymouth with two pinnaces, the one
named the Serpent, of the burden of thirty-five tons, and the other the Mary Sparke
of Plymouth, of the burden of fifty tons, both of them belonging to fir Walter Ralegh
knight; and directing our courfe towards the coaft of Spain, and from thence towards
the Ifles of the Azores: we took a {mall bark laden with fumack and other commos
dities, wherein was the governor of St. Michael’s Ifland, being a Portugal, having
other Portugals and Spaniards with him. And from thence we failed to the Ifland of
Graciofa, to the weftward of the Ifland of Tercera, where we defcried a fail, and bear-
ing with her, we found her to be a Spaniard: but at the firft, not greatly refpecting
whom we took, fo that we might have enriched ourfelves, which was the caufe of this
our travail, and for that we would not be known of what nation we were, we
difplayed a white filk enfign in our main top, which they feeing, made accompt that
we had been fome of the king of Spain’s armadas, lying in wait for Englifh men of
war: but when we came within fhot of her, we took down our white flag, and fpread
abroad the crofs of St. George, which when they faw, it made them to fly as faft as they
might : but all their hafte was in vain, for our fhips were {wifter of fail than they,
which they fearing, did prefently caft their ordinance and {mall fhot, with many let-
ters, and the draft of the Straits of Magelan into the fea, and thereupon immediately
we took her: wherein we alfo took a gentleman of Spain, named Pedro Sarmiento,
governor of the Straits of Magelan: which faid Pedro we brought into England
with us, and prefented him to our fovereign lady the queen.
After this, lying off and about the iflands, we defcried another fail, and bearing
after her, we fpent the main maft of our admiral: but yet, in the night, our vice ad-
nairal took her, being laden with fifh from Cape Blank, the which thip we let go again
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