He has no favorite. These are
admitted to his table, as well as a Portuguese pilot whom he brought
from England. (?) He is served with much plate with gilt borders
engraved with his arms and has all possible kinds of delicacies and
scents, which . . . the Queen gave him. (?) None of the gentlemen sit
or cover in his presence without first being ordered once or even
several times. The galleon carries thirty pieces of heavy ordnance,
fireworks and ammunition. They dine and sup to the music of violins.
He carries carpenters, caulkers, careeners. The ship is sheathed. The
men are paid and not regular pirates. No one takes plunder and the
slightest fault is punished." The don goes on to say that what
troubled him most was that Drake captured Spanish charts of the
Pacific, which would guide other intruders on the Pacific.
[6] The eight castaways in the shallop succeeded in passing back
through the straits. At Plata they were attacked by the Indians; four,
wounded, succeeded in escaping. The others were captured. Reaching
islands off the coast of Patagonia, two of the wounded died.
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