The Famous Voyage Of Sir Francis Drake Into The South Sea, And Therehence About The Whole Globe Of The Earth, Begun In The Year Of Our Lord 1577 Narrative By Francis Pretty
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And Proceeding Further We Met With Three Carvels,
And Took Them Also.
The 17th day of January we arrived at Cape Blanco, where we found a
ship riding at anchor, within the Cape, and but two simple mariners in
her.
Which ship we took and carried her further into the harbour,
where we remained four days; and in that space our General mustered
and trained his men on land in warlike manner, to make them fit for
all occasions. In this place we took of the fishermen such necessaries
as we wanted, and they could yield us; and leaving here one of our
little barks, called the Benedict, we took with us one of theirs which
they called /canters/, being of the burden of 40 tons or thereabouts.
All these things being finished we departed this harbour the 22nd of
January, carrying along with us one of the Portugal carvels, which was
bound to the islands of Cape Verde for salt, whereof good store is
made in one of those islands. The master or pilot of that carvel did
advertise our General that upon one of those islands, called Mayo,
there was great store of dried /cabritos/ (goats), which a few
inhabitants there dwelling did yearly make ready for such of the
king's ships as did there touch, being bound for his country of Brazil
or elsewhere. We fell with this island the 27th of January, but the
inhabitants would in no case traffic with us, being thereof forbidden
by the king's edict.
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