Volume 1

A new and complete collection of voyages and travels / [John Hamilton Moore].

  • John Hamilton Moore
Date:
[1785?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A new and complete collection of voyages and travels / [John Hamilton Moore]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE V O Y A .G E S OF 1578 \vhich his brother was To far from punifhing or repre- hending, that from the moment he was informed of it, he conceived an implacable hatred againft the accufer. In the courfe of their voyage they came to F°g°. Eogo, which has a burning mountain in the middle of it ; the inhabitants are Portuguefe. Two leagues to Brava. the fouthward they made Brava, which abounded with fruits of all forts, and was befides well watered, but there being no good harbour was the reafon for which they conceived that no inhabitants were to be found in fo fertile an iflanef. Here Drake watered, and then continued his courfc for Brafil, palling the equator on the 17th of February, after experiencing the in¬ conveniences of calms and ftorms which detained them for three weeks ; nor did they reach the Brafilian coaft till the 5th of April, having in the mean time (March 28) loft fight of one of their veflels, with 28 men, and moft of the frefti water on board, which happily being found again the next day, relieved them from their perplexity. During this interval the commander took a frefh occafion to quarrel with Doughty, which, as the author of the narration obferves, was on the follow¬ ing trivial account. 44 It chanced John Brown, the 44 trumpet, whether of purpofe or ofhis own volun- 44 tary [will] to go aboard the Pelican, where, for that 44 he had been long abfent, the company offered him a 44 hobbey, among the which Mafter Doughty, put- 44 ting in his hand, faid. Fellow John, you fhall 44 have my hand, although it be but light, amongft 44 the reft ; and fo, laying his hand on his buttock, 44 which being perceived of John [Brown, the] trum- 44 pet, he began to fwear wounds and blood to the 44 company, to let him loofe : For they are not all 44 (faid he) the generaPs friends that be here; and, 44 with that, turned him to Mafter Doughty, and 44 faid unto him, God’s wounds, Doughty, what 44 doft thou mean to ufe this familiarity with me, 44 confidering thou art not the generaPs friend l Who 44 anfwered him. What, Fellow John ? what moves 44 you to this, and to ufe thefe words to me, that am 44 as good and as fure a friend to my good general as 44 any in this place ? And I defy him that fliall fay 44 the contrary. But is the matter thus ? Why yet, 44 Fellow John, I pray thee let me live until I come 4C into England. Thus John Brown coming again 44 prefently aboard the prize, had not talked any long 44 time with the general, but the boat went aboard, 44 and refted not, but prefently brought Mafter 44 Doughty to the prize’s fide, General Drake ftt- 44 ting in the midft of his men, who hearing the 44 boat at the Ihip’s fide, ftood up, and Mafter 44 Doughty offering to take hold of the fhip to have 44 entered ; faid the general. Stay there, Thomas 44 Doughty, for I rauft fend you to another place; 44 and with that, commanded the mariners to row 44 him aboard the Fly-boat, faying unto him, it was 44 a place more fit for him than that from whence 44 he came. But Mafter Doughty, although he craved 44 to fpeak to the general, could not be permitted.” The Fly-boat being foon after feparated, Drake laid this chance to Doughty’s charge, pretending that “ ing of this prize unto Mafter Thomas Doughty, as his good “ and efteemtd friend, praying him in any cafe to fee good “ order kept, and whoto (hould be the breaker thereof, to give 44 him to underftand of any fuch, without exception of any. 44 It thus chanced, that General Drake had a brother (not the 44 wifeft man in Chriftendom} whom he put into this prize, as ** alfo divers others. This Thomas Drake, as one more greedy of prey than covetous of honefty or credit, did not only break 44 open a cheft,but did dive fuddcnly into the fame, that Mailer 44 Doughty knew not how to difeharge himfelf unto the gene- “ ral, but by revealing it unto him ; yct'firll: Mafter Doughty * called Thomas Drake unto him, and (hewed him his great folly in this behalf, who yielding unto his fault, prayed 44 Mafter Doughty to be good unto him, and keep it from the 44 general; but he briefly told him he could not keep it, but “ would deliver it with what favour he might. So at the ge- 44 ncral’s next coming on board the prize, Mafter Doughty 44 opened the fame unto him, who prefently falling into a rage, * (not without fomc great oaths) fecraed to wonder that Thoxnas he was a wizard, and whenever there was bad wea¬ ther, he ufed to fay that 44 it came out of Doughty’s cap-cafe. * * Having fteered after the ftorm fouthward towards They come to the land, they came to a cape which they named Cape Joy. Cape Joy, on account of the recovery of the veflel that was miffing. Here they took in water, but find¬ ing no inhabitants ran ftill farther fouthward into a harbour between two rocks, where the Ihips rode at anchor fafely, till they chofe to proceed towards the river Plate, in 36° north lat. In their courfe they again loft fight of the Fly-boat, on which account Drake refolved to contract the number of his Ihips. On the 13th of May failing along the coaft, Drake difeovered a bay, and went out in his boat to examine it, founding all the way. Here a ftorm fuddenly Drake in grea| overtook him at the diftance of about three leagues peril in a boas. from his Ihips ; one of which, however, commanded by Captain Thomas, failed boldly in to bis relief, and took the admiral on board, lying Iheltered in the harbour while thofe veflels which were at fea were feverally fenfible of the effe&s of the tempeft. As foon as it was over, however, the crews difeovered where their commmander was, by the fires which he had lighted, and thus the companies joined again on Ihore. They met with no inhabitants here but found two A deferred wigwams built in the manner the Symerons had ufed cott¬ on their journey and alfo feveral dried fowls, among which were fome oftriches. They faw befides a number of thefe large birds alive, which, though they could not ffy, yet ran fo faft with the afliftance of their wings, that there were none of them taken or killed by the Fnglilh. From hence they departed on the 15th of May, The Swan and on the 19th came to an anchor in a more con- broken ug. venient harbour; the Swan which was feparated from the fleet, being found, Drake ordered her to be broken up, and the iron work flared for fome future oc¬ cafion. They were now or> an Uland at the drftince of about a mile from the main, to which the fea, at low water, was fordable. Here they law a body of In¬ dians, who by their geftures invited them on Ihore. Drake therefore difpatched his boat with bells, bugles, and other toys. The Indians on their landing fent two men who made as if they would come to them, but flopped within a little diftance, on which the Englilh tied what they had brought to a pole, re-- tiring as the Indians advanced. In return the natives left fome of that fort of feathers which they wore upon their heads, and a little bone carved and burnilhed, about fix inches in length, feeming by their motions towards the riffng and fetting of the fun, and lifting their hands towards the moon which then Ihone over their heads, to intimate profeflions of friend¬ ship. While they were bufied in thefe ceremonies, the Englilh marched up the hill, but perceiving the natives rather frightened at their near approach, they retired peaceably, and thus encouraged the natives to come forward, who loon opened a traffic, exchanging arrows, feathers and bones, for any trifles with which they thought proper to prefent them, and ia “ Doughty fliould mean to touch his brother, and did, as ic “ were, allure himfelf that he had fome farther meaning in this, “ and that he meant to ftrike at his credit; and he would not or u could not by God’s life, as he phrafedit, fuffer it. From this “ time forth grudges did feem to grow between them from day to day, to the no frnall admjration of the reft of the com- “ pany ; although fome envying his former favour and friend- “ (hip with the general, and fome, I think, doubting that his “ capacity might reach too far, to the aggrandizing his credit “ in the country, talked varioufly of the matter : however, 44 Mafter Doughty was put again into the Pelican. Thu* “ grudges, although they had not long refted, yet were they “ grown to great extremities, fuch and fo great as a man of “ judgment would verily think that his love towards him in “ England was more in brave wards than hearty good will “ and friendly love.” * Doughty was a gentleman bred, and a man of feiife and learning, whom Drake had invited in the moft friendly man¬ ner, to accompany him in his undertaking.
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