An account of several late voyages and discoveries
to the Strtights of Magella11; 1 o 1 Vera Copia. ALETTER from Lieutenant Armiger to Captain Narbrough. SIR, M r fil[ and Mr. Fortefcue are kept htre as Prifoners, but for what caufa I cannot tell; hut they jlill pretend n,uch Friend/hip, and fay, that if .)Oll will bring th, Ship into the Harbour, you /hall have all the Accommodation that m:ry be. Sir, I need not advife you f urther. Decembtr 1 8; 1670. I am, Thomas Armiger. J ohn F ortefcue. I examined rny Seamen which carne in 1ny Boat from thc Liemcnant, and thcy relatcd to methc whole Matter, .and chey bclicvr:d that thc Spaniard1 hada dcfign to betray che Ship, but thcy could not a!,?:rce among themfclvcs: I talk– cd wich thc two lndians that camc aboar<l, ch<:y could fpcak che Spanifh Tongue indifferendy v:dl; thcy told me that I was a Friend to che lndianr of che Mounr~lins, and cha.e I was nor a H 3 . Spa-
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