in the one ship, and twenty-six in the other. Both richly furnished with
victuals and apparel for a whole year; and no less heedfully provided
of all manner of munition, artillery, artificers, stuff and tools, that
were requisite for such a Man-of-war in such an attempt: but especially
having three dainty pinnaces made in Plymouth, taken asunder in all
pieces, and stowed aboard, to be set up as occasion served), set sail,
from out of the Sound of Plymouth, with intent to land at Nombre de
Dios.

The wind continued prosperous and favourable at northeast, and gave us
a very good passage, without any alteration or change: so that albeit
we had sight (3rd June) of Porto Santo, one of the Madeiras, and of
the Canaries also within twelve days of our setting forth: yet we never
struck sail nor came to anchor, nor made any stay for any cause, neither
there nor elsewhere, until twenty-five days after; when (28th June)
we had sight of the island Guadaloupe, one of the islands of the West
Indies, goodly high land.

The next morning (29th June), we entered between Dominica and
Guadaloupe, where we descried two canoes coming from a rocky island,
three leagues off Dominica; which usually repair thither to fish, by
reason of the great plenty thereof, which is there continually to be
found.

We landed on the south side of it, remaining there three days to refresh
our men; and to water our ships out of one of those goodly rivers, which
fall down off the mountain. There we saw certain poor cottages; built
with Palmito boughs and branches; but no inhabitants, at that time,
civil or savage: the cottages it may be (for we could know no certain
cause of the solitariness we found there) serving, not for continual