. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres. habited, to the ende that such Englishmen, andof other nations as passed the Streights of Magellanto goe to the Malucos might have no succour there,but such as they got of the Indian people. The admirable and prosperous voyage of theWorshipfull Master Thomas Candish of Trim-ley in the Countie of SufFolke Esquire, intothe South sea, and from thence round aboutthe circumference
. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres. habited, to the ende that such Englishmen, andof other nations as passed the Streights of Magellanto goe to the Malucos might have no succour there,but such as they got of the Indian people. The admirable and prosperous voyage of theWorshipfull Master Thomas Candish of Trim-ley in the Countie of SufFolke Esquire, intothe South sea, and from thence round aboutthe circumference of the whole earth, begunin the yeere of our Lord 1586, and finished1588. Written by Master Francis Prettylately of Ey in Suffolke, a Gentleman em-ployed in the same action. i^Ee departed out of Plimmouth on Thurs-day the 21. of July 1586. with 3. sayles,to wit, The Desire a ship of 120. tunnes,The Content of 60 tuns, and the Hughgallant a barke of 40. tunnes: in whichsmall Fleete were 123. persons of allsortes with all kinde of furniture andvictuals sufficient for the space of two yeeres, at the chargesof the worshipfull Master Thomas Candish of Trimleyin the Countie of Suifolke Esquire, beeing our General!. 290. CANDISHS CIRCUMNAVIGATION ad. 1586. On Tuesday the 26. of the same moneth, we were45. leagues from Cape Finis terras where wee mettewith 5. sayles of Biskaynes comming from the Grande z-Great Bis-Bay in Newfound-land, as we supposed, which our ^^^f ^^^^^ ^Admirall shot at, and fought with them 3. houres, butwee tooke none of them by reason the night grew on. The first of August wee came in sight of Forteven- , one of the Isles of the Canaries, about ten of theclocke in the morning. On Sunday being the 7. of August, we were gottenas high as Rio del oro on the coast of Barbarie. Rio del oro. On Munday the 19. we fell with cape Blanco: but Cape winde blew so much at the North, that we could notget up where the Canters doe use to ride and fish:theref
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