But
when we were come up to her, we perceived about a hundred horse and
foot, with their furniture, come down to the point of the Main, where we
interchanged some shot with them. One of our great shot passed so near
a brave cavalier of theirs, that thereby they were occasioned to advise
themselves, and retreat into the woods: where they might sufficiently
defend and rescue the frigate from us, and annoy us also, if we stayed
long about her.
Therefore we concluded to go to sea again, putting forth through _Boca
Chica_, with intent to take down our masts, upon hope of fair weather,
and to ride under the rocks called _Las Serenas_, which are two leagues
off at sea, as we had usually done aforetime, so that they could not
discern us from the rocks. But, there, the sea was mightily grown, that
we were forced to take the harbour again; where we remained six days,
notwithstanding the Spaniards grieved greatly at our abode there so
long.
They put (2nd November) another device in practice to endanger us.
For they sent forth a great shallop, a fine gundeloe, and a great canoe,
with certain Spaniards with shot, and many Indians with poisoned arrows,
as it seemed, with intent to begin some fight, and then to fly.
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