discovery of hostility, and making out against us:
we againe suspecting them Pirats, tooke our course to escape from them,
and made all the sailes we possibly could for _Tirriff_, or _Gibraltar_:
but all we could doe, could not prevent their approach. For suddenly one
of them came right over against us to wind-ward, and so fell upon our
quarter: another came upon our luffe, and so threatened us there, and at
last all five chased us, making great speed to surprise us.

Their _Admirall_ was called _Callfater_, having upon her maine
top-saile, two top-gallant sailes, one above another. But whereas we
thought them all five to be _Turkish_ ships of war, we afterwards
understood, that two of them were their prizes, the one a smal ship of
_London_, the other of the West-countrey, that came out of the
_Quactath_ laden with figges, and other Merchandise, but now subiect to
the fortune of the Sea, and the captivity of Pirats. But to our
businesse. Three of these ships got much upon us, and so much that ere
halfe the day was spent, the _Admirall_ who was the best sailer, fetcht
up the _George Bonaventure_, and made booty of it. The _Vice-Admirall_
againe being neerest unto the lesser Barke, whereof _Iohn Rawlins_ was
Master, shewed him the force of a stronger arme, and by his _Turkish_
name, called _Villa-Rise_, commanded him in like sort to strike his
sailes, and submit to his mercy, which not to be gaine-saied nor
prevented, was quickly done: and so _Rawlins_ with his Barke was quickly
taken, although the _Reare-Admirall_ being the worst sayler of the
three, called _Reggiprise_, came not in, till all was done.

The same day before night, the _Admirall_ either loth to pester himselfe
with too much company, or ignorant of the commodity that was to be made
by the sale of _English_ prisoners, or daring not to trust them in his
company, for feare of mutinies, and exciting others to rebellion; set
twelve persons who were in the _George Bonaventure_ on the land, and
divers other _English_, whom he had taken before, to trie their fortunes
in an unknowne Countrey. But _Villa-Rise_, the _Vice-Admirall_ that had
taken _Iohn Rawlins_, would not so dispence with his men, but commanded
him and five more of his company to be brought aboord his ship, leaving
in his Barke three men and his boy, with thirteene _Turkes_ and
_Moores_, who were questionlesse sufficient to over-master the other,
and direct the Barke to Harbour. Thus they sailed dire