. Young folks library . ards Paita, andthat the same shippe was laden with treasure: where-upon we staied no longer here, but cutting all thecables of the shippes in the hauen, we let them driuewhither they would, either to sea or to the shore, andwith all speede we followed the Cacafuego towardPaita, ... It fortuned that lohn Drake going vpinto the top, descried her about three of the clocke,and about sixe of the clocke we came to her andboorded her, and shotte at her three peeces of ordi-nance, and stroke downe her Misen, and being entered,we found in her great riches, as iewels and precious
. Young folks library . ards Paita, andthat the same shippe was laden with treasure: where-upon we staied no longer here, but cutting all thecables of the shippes in the hauen, we let them driuewhither they would, either to sea or to the shore, andwith all speede we followed the Cacafuego towardPaita, ... It fortuned that lohn Drake going vpinto the top, descried her about three of the clocke,and about sixe of the clocke we came to her andboorded her, and shotte at her three peeces of ordi-nance, and stroke downe her Misen, and being entered,we found in her great riches, as iewels and preciousstones, thirteene chests full of royals of plate, fourescore pound weight of golde, and sixe and twentietunne of siluer. The place where we tooke this prize,was called Cape de San Francisco, about 150. leaguesfrom Panama. The Pilots name of this Shippe was Francisco, andamongst other plate that our Generall found in thisship, he found two very faire guilt bowles of siluer,which were the Pilots: to whom our GeneraU sayd;. Sir Francis Drake Receiving an Eastern Prince onBoard the Ship Pelican. Drakes Famous Voyage 181 Senior Pilot, you haue here two siluer cups, but I mustneeds haue one of them: which the Pilot because heecould not otherwise chuse, yeelded vnto, and gaue theother to the steward of our Generals ship. When this Pilot departed from vs, his boy sayd thusvnto our Generall: Captaine, our ship shall be calledno more the Cacafuego [Spitfire], but the Cacaplata[Spitrtreasure], and your shippe shall bee called theCacafuego: which pretie speach of the Pilots boy min-istred matter of laughter to vs, both then and longafter. When our Generall had done what hee would withthis Cacafuego, hee cast her off, and wee went on ourcourse still towards the West, and not long after metwith a ship laden with Hnnen cloth and fine China-dishes of white earth, and great store of China-silks, ofall which things wee tooke as we listed. The owner himselfe of this ship was in her, who wasa Span
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