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 ouer towards Tenerif, the 9 day at night I came into captaine Sommers ship. The 10 in the morning we brake our maine yard, yet we recouered Tenerif, and the same day towards night we ankered vnder the southside of the same. There I went aland in our boat, and found 3 or 4 fisher boats, and brought one of them off. The rest bulged themselues. Here we rode to mend our yard til the 11 at night: then we set saile to find captaine Amias Preston: and standing towards Gomera, the 12 in the morning we had sight of him. Then we thought to haue landed in Gomera: but the wind blew so much, that we could not. So we departed altogether with ioy the 13 of April, and set our course for the West Indies. And the 8 of May next ensuing, we arriued at the yland of Dominica. In all which time nothing happened vnto vs sauing this, that the 18 day of April at midnight, our admiral lost her long boat in towing. We staied at Dominica till the 14 of May, to refresh our sicke men. Here the Indians came vnto vs in canoas made of an whole tree, in some wherof were 3 men, in some 4 or 6, and in others 12 or 14, and brought in them plantans, pinos, and potatos, and trucked with vs, for hatchets, kniues, and small beadstones.

Here in refreshing of our men, we found an hot bath hard ioyning to a cold riuer side: wherein our sicke men bathed themselues and were soone recouered of their sicknesses. This is a goodly yland, and something high land, but al ouergrowen with woods. The 14 we departed from thence, and the 16 sailing Southwestward, we had sight of Granada, but landed not there.

The 17 we arriued at the Testigos and ankered there, and consorted with the 3 ships of Hampton, wherin captaine Willis was. The 18 we landed our men and tooke view and muster of all, and the same night set saile away. The 19 we had sight of Margarita, where the Spaniards by their Indians fish for pearle: we stood in very neere the rode, but saw nothing there. Therefore we went no further in, but stood from it againe. The same day toward night, we had sight of a litle yland, betweene Margarita and the maine, called Coche. We came neere it in the night with our ships within some 3 leagues, and there ankered vnder the maine side, and about midnight we manned our pinnesses and boats, and in the morning about breake of day, we landed on the yland, wherein are few or none inhabitants; but they commonly come from Margarita in boats on the Munday,