. Young folks library . ich good newes ourGenerall gaue him diuers trifles, whereof he was glad,and went along with vs and brought vs to the place,which is called the port of Yalparizo. . They of the towne being not aboue 9. households,presently fled away and abandoned the towne. OurGenerall manned his boate, and the Spanish ships boateand went to the Towne, and being come to it, we rifledit, and came to a small chappell which wee entred, andfound therein a siluer chalice, two cruets, and one altarcloth, the spoyle whereof our Generall gave to his minister. . When we were at sea, ou
. Young folks library . ich good newes ourGenerall gaue him diuers trifles, whereof he was glad,and went along with vs and brought vs to the place,which is called the port of Yalparizo. . They of the towne being not aboue 9. households,presently fled away and abandoned the towne. OurGenerall manned his boate, and the Spanish ships boateand went to the Towne, and being come to it, we rifledit, and came to a small chappell which wee entred, andfound therein a siluer chalice, two cruets, and one altarcloth, the spoyle whereof our Generall gave to his minister. . When we were at sea, our Generall rifled the ship,and found in her good store of the wine of Chili, and25000 pezoes of very pure and fine gold of Baldiuia,amounting in value to 37000 ducats of Spanish money,and aboue. So going on our course, wee arriued nextat a place called Coquimbo, where our Generall sent14. of his men on land to fetch water: but they wereespied by the Spaniards, who came with 300. horsemen Drakes Famous Voyage 179. and 200. footemen, and slewe one of our men with apiece [firearm], the rest came aboord in safetie, and theSpaniards departed : wee went on shore againe, andburied our man, and the Spaniards came downe againewith a flag oftruce, but wesat sayle andwould nottrust them. From hencewe M^ent to acertaine portcalled Tara-pa^a, where being landed, we found by the Sea side aSpaniard lying asleepe, who had lying by him 13. barresof siluer, which weighed 4000. ducats Spanish; wetooke the siluer, and left the man. Not farre from hence going on land for fresh water,we met with a Spaniard and an Indian boy driuing or sheepe of Peru which are as big as asses;euery of which sheep had on his backe 2. bags of leather,each bagge conteining 50. li. weight of fine siluer: sothat bringing both the sheepe and their burthen to theships, we found in all the bags 800. weight of siluer. Here hence we sailed to a place called Arica, andbeing entred the port, we found there three smallba
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