The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part IIIHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part III
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
The next morning being the seuententh of the same moneth, wee descried
13. saile of great shippes: and after that our Generall vnderstood, that
it was the king of Spaines Fleete then looked for, he presently sent to
aduertise the Generall hereof, of our being in the sayd port, and giuing
him further to vnderstand, that before he should enter there into that
harbour, it was requisite that there should passe betweene the two
Generals some orders and conditions to bee obserued on either part, for
the better contriuing of peace betweene them and theirs, according to
our Generals request made vnto the Viceroy. And at this instant our
Generall was in a great perplexitie of minde, considering with himselfe
that if hee shoulde keepe out that Fleete from entring into the port, a
thing which hee was very well able to doe with the helpe of God, then
should that Fleete be in danger of present shipwracke and losse of all
their substance, which amounted vnto the value of one million and eight
hundreth thousand pounds. [Sidenote: It is put downe 6. millions in Sir
Iohn Hawkins his relation.] Againe he saw that if he suffered them to
enter, hee was assured that they would practise by all maner of meanes
to betray him and his, and on the other side the hauen was so little,
that the other Fleete entring, the shippes were to ride one hard aboord
of another. Also hee saw that if their Fleete should perish by his
keeping of them out, as of necessitie they must if he should haue done
so, then stood hee in great feare of the Queene our Soueraignes
displeasure in so waightie a cause: therefore did he choose the least
euill, which was to suffer them to enter vnder assurance, and so to
stand vpon his guard, and to defend himselfe and his from their treasons
which we were well assured they would practise, and so the messenger
being returned from Don Martin de Henriques, the newe Viceroy, who came
in the same Fleete, and had sufficient authoritie to command in all
cases both by Sea and by lande in this prouince of Mexico or new Spaine,
did certifie our Generall, that for the better maintenance of amitie
betweene the king of Spaine and our Soueraigne, all our requests should
bee both fauourably granted, and faithfully perfourmed: signifying
further that he heard and vnderstood of the honest and friendly dealing
of our Generall, toward the king of Spaines subjects in all places where
he had bene, as also in the said port: so that to bee briefe our
requests were articled, and set downe in writing. Viz.
[Sidenote: 4. Articles concluded vpon, betwixt the English and the
Spaniards; although the treacherous Spaniards kept none of them.]
1. The first was that wee might haue victuals for our money, and licence
to sell as much wares, as might suffice to furnish our wants.
2. The second, that we might be suffered peaceably to repaire our ships.
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