Page:The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation 15.djvu/268

 were forced to yeeld vnto the mercie of the English: the last that they met within the Bay was a Spanish man of warre, whom the English chased, and after three seuerall fightes, vpon three diuers dayes, pressed him so farre that be entreated a parle, by putting out a flagge of truce: the parle was granted, and certaine of the Spaniards came aboord the English. Where after conference about those maters that had passed in the fight betwixt them, they receiued reasonable intertainement and a quiet farewell.

The Spanish, as if they had ment to requite the English courtesie, inuited our men to their shippe, who perswading themselues of good meaning of the Spanish, went aboord: but honest and friendly dealing was not in their purpose, suddenly they assaulted our men, and one with a dagger stabde Rodger Kingsnod the English Pilote to the heart and slewe him, and others were serued with the like sauce, onely William Mace the Master and others, notwithstanding al the prepared trappes of the enemie, lept ouerboord into the sea, and so came safe to their own ship: and directing his course for England, arriued at Plimouth the tenth day of September, 1589, laden with wines, yron, Roans, which is a kinde of linnen cloth, and other rich commodities, looking for the arriuall of the rest of his consorts, whereof one and the principall hath not long since obtained his Port. Thus much in generall termes onely I haue as yet learned, and receiued touching this voyage, extracted out of letters sent from the aforesaid William Mace, to Master Edward Wilkinson of Towre-hill in London. My principall intention by this example is to admonish our nation of circumspection in dealing with that subtill enemie, and neuer to trust the Spanish further, then that their owne strength shall be able to master them: for otherwise whosoeuer shall through simplicitie trust their curtesie, shall by tryall taste of their assured crueltie.