The fourth day, when we had sight of land, we found that the current had set vs thirty leagues to the Eastwards of our reckoning, which we woondered at:  for the first land we made was Lagua.  Then I caused our boat to be manned, and the Christophers also, and went to the shore and tooke our Negro with vs.  And on shore we learned that there were foure French ships vpon the coast:  one at Perinnen, which is six leagues to the Westward of Laguoa:  another at Weamba, which is foure leagues to the Eastward of Laguoa; a third at Perecow, which is foure leagues to the Eastward of Weamba:  and the fourth at Egrand, which is foure leagues to the Eastward of Perecow.

When we had intelligence of these newes we agreed to go to the Eastwards with the Frenchmen to put them from their traffique, and shot off two or three pieces in our boats to cause the ships to way:  and hauing bene about one houre vnder saile, we had sight of one of the French men vnder saile, halling off from Weamba to whome we gaue chase, and agreed in the night for feare of ouershooting them, that the Minion should first come to ancre, and after that about three houres, the Tyger and the Christopher to beare along all night.

The 5. day we found three of the French ships at ancre:  one called La foye de Honfleur, a ship of 220 tunnes, another called the Ventereuse or small Roebarge of Honfleur, of 100 tunnes, both appertaining to Shawdet of Honfleur, the third was called the Mulet de Batuille a ship of 120 tunnes, and this ship belonged to certaine Marchants of Roan.

[Sidenote:  the English boord the Frenchmen.] When we came to them, we determined to lay the Admiral aboord, the Christopher the Viceadmirall, and the Tyger the smallest:  but when we came nere them they wayed, and the Christopher being the headmost and the weathermost man, went roome with the Admirall:  the Roebarge went so fast that wee could not fetch her.  The first that we came to was the Mullet, and her wee layed aboord, and our men entred and tooke her, which ship was the richest except the Admirall:  for the Admirall had taken about 80 pound of golde, and Roeberge had taken but 22 pound:  and all this we learned of the Frenchmen, who knew it very well:  for they were all in consort together, and had bene vpon the coast of Mina two moneths and odde dayes:  howbeit the Roebarge had bene there before them with another ship of Diepe, and a carauel, which had beaten all the coast, and were departed one moneth before our arriuing there, and they three had taken about 700 pound of golde.

Assoone as we had layed the ship aboord, and left certaine men in her to keepe her, we set saile and gaue chase to the other two ships, and chased them all day and night, and the next day vntill three a clocke in the afternoone, but we could not fetch them:  and therefore seeing that we brought our selues very farre to leeward of our place, we left the chase, and kept about againe to go with the shore.