A Svmmarie And Trve Discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes Vvest Indian Voyage
A Svmmarie And Trve Discovrse of Sir Frances Drakes Vvest Indian Voyage
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When the day appeared, we found it built all of timber, the walles beingnone other but whole mastes or bodies of trees set vppe right and closetogether in manner of a pale, vvithout any ditch as yet made, but whointended with some more time, for they had not as yet finished all theirworke, hauing begun the same some three or foure monethes before: so asto say the trueth, they had no reason to keepe it, being subiect both tofire and easie assault. The platforme vvhereon the ordinance lay, vvas w...hole bodies of long Pinetrees, whereof there is great plentie, layed a crosse one on another, and some litle earth amongst. There vvas in it thirteene or fourteenegreate peeces of brasse ordinance, and a chest vnbroken vp, hauing in itthe value of some two thousande poundes sterling, by estimation of thekinges treasure, to pay the souldiers of that place vvho vvere a hundredand fiftie men. The fort thus vvonne, vvhich they called S. Iohn fort, and the dayopened, vve assayed to go to the tovvne, but could not by reason of someryuers and broken ground vvhich was betweene the tvvo places: andtherefore enforced to imbarke againe into our Pinnaces, vve vventthither vpon the great maine riuer, which is called as also the Tovvneby the name of S.
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