being desirous to knowe what the Hart did, tooke the
Hindes boate and went towards her, and when I came
neere to them they shot off two pieces of ordinance
which I marueiled at: I made as much haste as
I could to her, and met her boate and skiffe comming
from the shoare in all haste, and we met aboord together.
[Sidenote: The Portugales of the castle of Mina
inuaded our men.] They shewed me that they had beene
a shoare all that day, and had giuen to the two sonnes
of Don Iohn, to either of them three yardes and a
halfe of doth, and three basons betwixt them, and
had deliuered him 3 yards of cloth more and the weight
of an angell and 12 graines, and being on land did
tarie for his answere, and in the meane time the Portugals
came running from the hill vpon them, whereof the
Negroes a litle before had giuen them warning, and
bad them to go away, but they perceiued it not.
The sonne of Don Iohn conspired with the Portugales
against them, so that they were almost vpon them, but
yet they recouered their boate and set off from the
shoare, and the Portugales shot their calieuers at
them, but hurt no man, and then the shippe perceiuing
it, shot off the two peeces aforesayde among them.
Hereupon we layde bases in both the boates, and in
the Skiffe and manned them well, and went a shoare
againe, but because of the winde we could not land,
but lay off in the sea about ten score and shot at
them, but the hill succoured them, and they from the
rockes and from the hilles shot at vs with their halfe
hakes, and the Negroes more for feare then for loue
stoode by them to helpe them, and when we saw that
the Negroes were in such subiction vnto them that
they durst not sell vs any thing for feare of them
we went aboord, and that night the winde kept at the
East, so that we could not with our ship fetch the
Hinde, but I tooke the boate in the night and went
aboord the barke to see what was there to be done,
and in the morning we perceiued the towne to be in
like case layde with Portugales, so we wayed and went
along the coast. [Sidenote: The towne of Don
Iohn de Viso.] This towne of Iohn de Viso standeth
vpon an hill like the towne of Don Iohn, but it hath
beene burned, so that there are not passing sixe houses
in it: the most part of the golde that comes
thither comes out of the countrey, and no doubt if
the people durst for feare of the Portugals bring
forth their gold, there would be had good store:
but they dare not sell any thing, their subiection
is so great to the Portugales. The 11 day running
by the shoare we had sight of a litle towne foure
leagues from the last towne that we came from, and
about halfe a league from that, of another towne vpon
a hill, and halfe a league from that also of another
great towne vpon the shoare: whither we went to
set what could there be done: if we could doe
nothing, then to returne to the other towne, because
we thought that the Portugales would leaue the towne
vpon our departure. Along from the castle vnto
this place are very high hilles which may be seene


