the Francis of Foy, the Beare Armenel, the Salomon, and the Busse of
Bridgewater: which being done, our Generall commaunded vs all to come a
shore vpon the Countesses Iland, where he set his Miners to worke vpon the
Mine, giuing charge with expedition to dispatch with their lading.

Our Generall himselfe, accompanied with his Gentlemen, diuers times made
rodes into sundry partes of the Countrey, as well to finde new Mines, as
also to finde out and see the people of the Countrey. [Sidenote: The
Countesse of Sussex Iland.] He found out one Mine vpon an Island by Beares
sound, and named it the Countesse of Sussex Island. [Sidenote: Winters
Fornace.] One other was found in Winters Fornace, with diuers others, to
which the ships were sent sunderly to be laden. [Sidenote: Dauids Sound.]
In the same rodes he mette with diuers of the people of the Countrey at
sundry times, as once at a place called Dauids sound: who shot at our men,
and very desperately gaue them the onset, being not aboue three or foure in
number, there being of our Countrey men aboue a dozen: but seeing
themselues not able to preuaile, they tooke themselues to flight; whom our
men pursued, but being not vsed to such craggie cliffes, they soone lost
the sight of them, and so in vaine returned.

[Sidenote: The policie of the people for the safetie of themselues.] We
also saw of them at Beares sound, both by Sea and land in great companies:
but they would at all times keepe the water betweene them and vs. And if
any of our ships chanced to be in the sound (as they came diuers times,
because the Harbor was not very good) the ship laded, and departed againe:
then so long as any ships were in sight, the people would not be seene. But
when as they perceiued the ships to be gone, they would not only shew
themselues standing vpon high cliffes, and call vs to come ouer vnto them:
but also would come in their Botes very neere to vs, as it were to brag at
vs: whereof our Generall hauing aduertisement, sent for the Captaines and