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DALLAM'S TRAVELS.
another, so that yf the Spainishe gallis had come forthe
they myghte have taken us one after another.
That daye it was strainge to se how the porposis did
rune in greate fleetes or scoles (shoals), in what maner it is
credable to reporte, and the noyes that they made.
The 13th we mett with a ship of Yarmouthe. The 15th
we came neare to Gibletore,1 wheare we mett with 3 Inglishe
men (or ships) and one Flemin, which made our fleete
14 saile ; but the wynde was so contrarie that we coulde
not com neare the narrow gutt of the straite's mouthe, but
laye becalmed unto Budgrow,2 also to Marvels,3 and Grande
Malligan.
The 16th we weare becalmede. The nexte morninge
we saw 2 greate whalis, which wear so huge that we
thoughte them to be tow gallis or frigates: ite was an
extreame hoote day.
The 17th, at 10 a clocke, the wynde came faire at
northe-easte, so that aboute a 11 of the clocke at nyght
we entred into the narrow gutt, which is 4 leagues in lengthe.
At the son risinge we paste bye Cape Sprott,4 which is
10 leages withoute the straite's mouthe, at which time we
had in our sighte 21 saile of ships.
The same daye, towardes nyghtc, one shipe in our
Companye, caled the Rebecka, the which at that time was
the moste speedie of saile, touke her leve of us, with an
intente to bringe the firste newes into Ingland of our safe
cominge homwardes.
The nexte morninge, beinge the 19th, we descried Mount
Chegos,5 a hie lande in Spaine, 7 leagues from the Southe
Cape.
The 20th, in the morninge, beinge Sundaye, verrie arlye,
1 Gibraltar. 2 Burgo.
3 Marbella. 4 Cape Spartel,
5 Probably Los Guigos, behind Algeciras.
DALLAM'S TRAVELS.
another, so that yf the Spainishe gallis had come forthe
they myghte have taken us one after another.
That daye it was strainge to se how the porposis did
rune in greate fleetes or scoles (shoals), in what maner it is
credable to reporte, and the noyes that they made.
The 13th we mett with a ship of Yarmouthe. The 15th
we came neare to Gibletore,1 wheare we mett with 3 Inglishe
men (or ships) and one Flemin, which made our fleete
14 saile ; but the wynde was so contrarie that we coulde
not com neare the narrow gutt of the straite's mouthe, but
laye becalmed unto Budgrow,2 also to Marvels,3 and Grande
Malligan.
The 16th we weare becalmede. The nexte morninge
we saw 2 greate whalis, which wear so huge that we
thoughte them to be tow gallis or frigates: ite was an
extreame hoote day.
The 17th, at 10 a clocke, the wynde came faire at
northe-easte, so that aboute a 11 of the clocke at nyght
we entred into the narrow gutt, which is 4 leagues in lengthe.
At the son risinge we paste bye Cape Sprott,4 which is
10 leages withoute the straite's mouthe, at which time we
had in our sighte 21 saile of ships.
The same daye, towardes nyghtc, one shipe in our
Companye, caled the Rebecka, the which at that time was
the moste speedie of saile, touke her leve of us, with an
intente to bringe the firste newes into Ingland of our safe
cominge homwardes.
The nexte morninge, beinge the 19th, we descried Mount
Chegos,5 a hie lande in Spaine, 7 leagues from the Southe
Cape.
The 20th, in the morninge, beinge Sundaye, verrie arlye,
1 Gibraltar. 2 Burgo.
3 Marbella. 4 Cape Spartel,
5 Probably Los Guigos, behind Algeciras.