We departed from Plimmouth with five saile of ships, determining to goe for the South Sea (the names of our Ships were these) the Gallion Leicester, which was our Admirall; the Roe-bucke, Vice-admirall; the Desire, the Daintie, and the Blacke Pinnasse. Sixe or seven dayes after that wee were departed from the Coast of England, we met with nineteene saile of Flemmings in the night. Not regarding what they were, our Vice-admirall tooke one of them, and all the rest escaped. In the morning the Master of our Flemmish prize was brought before the Generall, and of him wee had newes of a fleet of ships, that was departed out of Lisbone for Brasile, the which newes we were│very glad of. The Flemmish ship was laden with Salt, whereof the Generall tooke three Tunne for his provision. This Flemming also shewed us a licence that hee had to passe the Seas, under her Majesties hand and seale, the which as our Generall had seene he presently commanded, that every man should returne all such things as they had taken from the Flemming, and hee himselfe payed for the Salt that he had taken, and so we departed from them with a faire winde, holding our course from the Coast of Portugall to the Ilands of Canaria. Thus in twentie dayes we had sight of the said Ilands, which when our Generall knew of troth to be the same, he commanded his two smallest ships, the Daintie and the Blacke Pinnasse, to be sent along the shoare, to see if they could espie any Carvels fishing, or any ships betweene the Ilands, and not discrying any thing, the next morning they returned backe unto us.