but met with no Booty thereabouts; then he ſteered for the Cape de Verde Iſlands, they caſt Anchor at St. Nicholas, hoiſting Engliſh Colours; the Portugueſe inhabiting there, took him for an Engliſh Privateer, and Davis going aſhore, they both treated him very civilly, and alſo traded with him. Here he remained five Weeks, in which Time, he and half his Crew, for their Pleaſure, took a Journey to the chief Town of the Iſland, which was 19 Miles up the Country: Davis making a good Appearance, was careſſed by the Governor and the Inhabitants, and no Diverſion was wanting which the Portugueſe could ſhew, or Money could purchaſe; after about a Week’s Stay, he came back to the Ship, and the reſt of the Crew went to take their Pleaſure up to the Town, in their Turn.
At their Return they clean’d their Ship, and put to Sea, but not with their whole Company; for five of them, like Hannibal’s Men, were ſo charm’d with the Luxuries of the Place, and the free Converſation of ſome Women, that they ſtaid behind; and one of them, whoſe Name was Charles Franklin, a Monmouthſhire Man, married and ſettled himſelf, and lives there to this Day.
From hence they ſailed to Boneviſta, and looked into that Harbour, but finding nothing, they ſteer’d for the Iſle of May: When they arrived here, they met with a great many Ships and Veſſels in the Road, all which they plundered, taking out of them whatever they wanted; and alſo ſtrengthen’d themſelves with a great many freſh Hands, who moſt of them enter’d voluntarily. One of the Ships they took to their own Uſe, mounted her with twenty ſix Guns, and call’d her the King James. There being no freſh Water hereabouts, they made towards St. Jago, belonging to the Portugueſe, in order to lay in a Store; Davis, with a few Hands, going aſhore to find the moſt commodious Place to water at, the
