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Rh to the intructions from his Majetie: It little auailed us to bee eene, with lee number of Shippes, neither yet all the diligence we could ve, could caue them to taye or come neere us, nor to hoote off one Hargabuh or peece of Artillerie for they fled away as fat as they could, and their Shippes were wel diminihed, and that the bet parte of them, theret they repaired in the port Bella, whereas they were about fourtie daies before, and o by that meanes they were all well repaired, and our Shippes verie foule, becaue the time would not permit vs to trimme them: I have failed two Monethes and a halfe in the Shippe called the Capitana, ithence we departed from Carthagena, we have not repaired their Pumps Rh