Next Day, They
Came Again To The Shore, According To Promise; On Which Occasion, An
Englishman, Named Fry, Leapt On Shore Among Them From The Boat,
Considering Them As Friends; But They Perfidiously Made Him A Prisoner,
Threatening To Stab Him If He Made Any Resistance.
They then mounted him
on horseback, and carried him into the interior; but he was afterwards
sent back in safety to England.
The pinnace being finished, they sailed from Mogadore on the 30th
December, and arrived at Cape Blanco on the 17th January, 1578. On the
voyage from Mogadore to Cape Blanco, they took three Canters, or
Spanish fishing-boats, and three caravels. Here they found a Portuguese
caravel at anchor, bound to the Cape Verd islands for salt, in which
there were only two mariners. They took possession of this ship, and
carried her into the harbour of Cape Blanco, where they remained four
days, during which time the admiral trained his men on shore, to prepare
them for land service on occasion. At this place they took such
necessaries as they wanted from the fishermen, as also one of their
barks or canters of 40 tons, leaving behind a small bark of their own,
called the Benedict. Leaving this place on the 22d January, they were
told by the master of the Portuguese caravel, which they carried along
with them, that abundance of dried cabritos or goats might be procured
at Mayo, one of the Cape Verd islands, which were yearly prepared there
for the ships belonging to the king of Spain.
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