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 with their great and small shot. There passed from the galies (each whereof came thrise vp to her, and discharged fiue great pieces at a time, out of euery their prowes forthright, within three yards of her poope) through her maine saile 19. great shot, through her maine top-saile foure: through her fore-saile seuen: through her fore-top-saile fiue: and through her maine maste one. The vpper part of the Content was hurt in fiue places. Onely 13. men continued this fight, the rest being in holde.

A frigat of the Spaniards (being afterward taken) confessed, that there were in the gallies aboue 40. Spaniards slaine, and many were hurt in that combate.

The names of those 13. persons that continued the fight.

Nicolas Lisle, Captaine. Charles Creame. M. Major, Lieutenant. Thomas Godfrey. William King, Master. Giles Thornton. Iohn Barwick, Mrs. mate. Iohn Pells. William Clement, gunner. Iohn Bourel. Thomas Houldships,              Ralph Grey. Bote-swaine. William Heore.

The names of the rest be these following.

Iohn Pie. Iohn Twopenie. Iohn Smith. Edmund Giggs. Iohn White. William Bateman. Iohn Butcher. William White. Iohn Brooke. Laurence Shellie.

A true report of a voyage vndertaken for the West Indies by M.

Christopher Newport Generall of a fleete of three shippes and a pinnesse, viz. The golden Dragon Admirall, whereof was Captaine M. Newport himselfe; The Prudence Vice-admirall, vnder the conduct of Captaine Hugh Merrick; The Margaret vnder Captaine Robert Fred; and the Virgin our pinnesse vnder Captaine Henry Kidgil: Begun from London the 25. of Ianuarie 1591. Written by M. Iohn Twitt of Harewich, Corporall in the Dragon. In which voyage they tooke and burnt vpon the coast of Hispaniola, within the bay of Honduras, and other places, 3. towne, and 19. saile of shippes and frigats.

The 12. day of Februarie An. 1591. we set saile from Douer