. 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 . thought it best without longer abode to departwith them, and such marchandize as hee had from thecoast of Africa, towards the West Indies, and thereforecommanded with all diligence to take in fresh water andfewel, and so with speed to prepare to depart. Howbeitbefore we departed from thence, in a storme that weehad, wee lost one of our ships, namely the Williamand
. 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 . thought it best without longer abode to departwith them, and such marchandize as hee had from thecoast of Africa, towards the West Indies, and thereforecommanded with all diligence to take in fresh water andfewel, and so with speed to prepare to depart. Howbeitbefore we departed from thence, in a storme that weehad, wee lost one of our ships, namely the Williamand John, of which ship and of her people, we heardno tidings during the time of our voyage. Chap. 2. Wherein is shewed the day and time of our departurefrom the coast of Africa, with the day and time ofour arrivall in the West Indies, also of our trade, andtrafique there, and also of the great crueltie that theSpaniards used towards us, by the Vice-roy his direc-tion, and appointment, falsifying his faith and promisegiven, and seeking to have intrapped us. A LI things being made in a readinesse, at our Generallhis appointment, upon the thirde day of Februarie1568. wee departed from the coast of Africa, having the 400. SIR JOHN HAWKINS MILES PHILIPS somewhat tempestuous, which made our passagethe more hard; and sayling so for the space of 52. dayes,upon the 27. of March 1568. we came in sight of anyland called Dominica, upon the coast of America in theWest Indies, situated in 14. degrees of latitude, and longitude: from thence our Generall coasted fromplace to place, ever making trafique with the Spaniardsand Indians as hee might, which was somewhat hardlyobtained, for that the King had straightly charged allhis governours in those parts not to trade with any: yetnotwithstanding, during the moneths of April and May,our Generall had reasonable trade and trafique, andcourteous entertainement in sundry places, as at Mar-garita, Cora^ao, and else where, til we
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