They lost captaine Leigh in y^e Iohn of London. Sunday morning, the fifteenth of May, we came to Guadalupe, where wee watered at the souther part of the Island, and hauing done by night, we set saile, and stood away to the Northward, but were becalmed all night, and vntill tenne of the clocke on Munday night: at which time hauing a faire gale at East, and after at Southeast, wee passed along in the sight of Monserate, Antigua, and Barbuda. Vpon the ninth of Iune, being Thursday, we made the Islands of Flores and Coruo: and the eight and twentieth of Iune we made the Lisart, and that night came all safe to Plymmouth, blessed be God.
Betweene the Isle of Barbuda in the West Indies and England we had three mighty stormes, many calmes, and some contrary windes. And vpon the foureteenth of Iune 1597, there being diuers whales playing about our pinnesse, one of them crossed our stemme, and going vnder, rubbed her backe against our keele: but by none of all these we susteined any losse. Thanks be to him that gouerneth all things.
Written by Master
Thomas Masham
CERTAINE BRIEFE TESTIMONIES
CONCERNING THE MIGHTIE RIUER OF AMAZONES OR ORELLANA,
AND OF THE MOST WONDERFULL DOWNEFALL OR CATARACT
OF WATERS AT THE HEAD THEREOF, NAMED BY TH
SPANIARDS EL PONGO: TOGETHER WITH SOME MENTION
OF THE RICH AND STATELY EMPIRE OF DORADO, CALLED
BY SIR WALTER RALEIGH AND THE NATURAL INHABITANTS
GUIANA, AND OF THE GOLDEN COUNTREY OF PAYTITY
NEERE ADIOINING, WITH OTHER MEMORABLE MATTERS:
TAKEN OUT OF IOSEPHUS DE ACOSTA[1] HIS NATURALL AND
MORALL HISTORIE OF THE WEST INDIES.
The first Testimonie out of Iosephus de Acosta, lib. 2. cap. 6.
Bvt when we intreat of Riuers, that which some men call the riuer of Amazones, others Marannon, others the riuer of Orellana,
- ↑ Born circa 1540. Died in 1600. He was Provincial of the Jesuits of Peru. His principal works are: History of the Indies (here quoted), Seville 1590, 4to.;—and De Christo revelato, Rome 1590. 4to.
