The first of March the fleete fell with the Pinnas,[11] on the land of Cuba, which day they had sight of the Spanish fleete by eleven of the clocke; where Sir Thomas Baskervile gave directions for the fleete as thus:—the Garland, being admirall, with one halfe of the fleete to have the vanguard; the Hope, beinge vice-admirall, with the other halfe, the rereward. The fight continued fiercely three hours within muskett shott. That night they saw the Spanish Vice-admirall, a ship of seven hundred tonne, burned, with other six lost and suncke by the next morninge, when they departed. The Hope received a leake and was forced to go from the fleete to an iland, called St. Crusado, inhabited by canniballs, where they had store of hens and Indian wheate for nine weekes. March eighth, the fleete shott the gulfe and came for England, leavinge Florida on the starboard side; and when they came to the Inchanted Islands they were dispersed, and came home one by one. THOMAS MAYNARDE. FOOTNOTES [1] Influx of volunteers. [2] Ensign (borrowed from the Arabic). [3] Curaçoa. [4] Aruba. [5] The French _caches_, hiding places. [6] Sta. Martha. [7] Brasil wood, the produce of Pernambuco, or, as the name was originally written, Fernandobuco. [8] Santa Martha. [9] C. Corrientes and C. St. Antonio, at the western extremity of Cuba. [10] _Disembogue_ signifies here (as in p. 20, l. 22), to pass the _Bocas_; to get clear of the narrow seas and enter the ocean. [11] The Isla de Pinos. RELACION DE LO SUCEDIDO EN SAN JUAN DE PUERTO RICO DE LAS YNDIAS, CON LA ARMADA YNGLESA DEL CARGO DE FRANCIS DRAQUE Y JUAN AQUINES, A LOS 23RD DE NOVIEMBRE DE 1595. RELACION DE LO SUCEDIDO, ETC.