ich he took at
the islands of Cape Verde out of a ship of St. Mary port, of Portugal.
And having set them ashore we departed hence, and sailed to the island
of Canno; where our General landed, and brought to shore his own ship,
and discharged her, mended and graved her, and furnished our ship with
water and wood sufficiently.

And while we were here we espied a ship and set sail after her, and took
her, and found in her two pilots and a Spanish governor, going for the
islands of the Philippinas. We searched the ship, and took some of her
merchandises, and so let her go. Our General at this place and time,
thinking himself, both in respect of his private injuries received from
the Spaniards, as also of their contempts and indignities offered to our
country and prince in general, sufficiently satisfied and revenged; and
supposing that her Majesty at his return would rest contented with this
service, purposed to continue no longer upon the Spanish coast, but
began to consider and to consult of the best way for his country.

He thought it not good to return by the Straits, for two special causes;
the one, lest the Spaniards should there wait and attend for him in
great number and strength, whose hands, he, being left but one ship,
could not possibly escape. The other cause was the dangerous situation
of the mouth of the Straits in the South Sea; where continual storms
reigning and blustering, as he found by experience, besides the shoals
and sands upon the coast, he thought it not a good course to adventure
that way. He resolved, therefore, to avoid these hazards, to go forward
to the Islands of the Malucos, and therehence to sail the course of the
Portugals by the Cape of Buena Esperanza. Upon this resolution he began
to think of his best way to the Malucos, and finding himself, where he
now was, becalmed, he saw that of necessity he must be forced to take a
Spanish course; namely, to sail somewhat northerly to get a good wind.
We therefore set sail, and sailed 600 leagues at the least for a good
wind; and thus much we sailed from the 16th of April till the third of
June.

The fifth of June, being in 43 degrees towards the pole Arctic, we found
the air so cold, that our men being grievously pinched with the same,
complained of the extremity thereof; and the further we went, the more
the cold increased upon us. Whereupon we thought it best for that time
to seek the land, and did so; finding it not mountainous but low plai