In the meane season his Lieutenant Diego de Ribera, and Pedro Sarmiento had the next yeere so good fortune, that they arriued safely in the streights with all their ships, and set on shore foure hundreth men: but because the ships boate could not land, being once laden, they ran that ship, which had all the victuals and munition in her, on shore in a bay, and as the water did ebbe they tooke all things out of her.
Perdo Sarmiento left in y^e streits of Magellan with 400 men and 30 women. This being done, Diego de Ribera left Sarmiento with foure hundreth men, thirtie women, and a ship, with victuals for eight moneths: and with the other three shippes hee returned, hauing remained in the Streights but eight dayes.
Nombre de Iesus builded.
Ciudad del rey Philippe builded.
Nowe Pedro Sarmiento built a towne
at the mouth of the Streights on the North side,
placing therein an hundreth and fiftie men: and from
thence he went by land, and sent the ship further
into the streights, and fiftie leagues within the Streights, at the
narrowest place of all, where there is a very good porte, hee built
another towne, which he named The towne of king Philip; and
would also haue made a forte, and planted Ordinance
for the defence of The Streights: but the snowe and
Winter was so intollerable, that hee could not bring it
to perfection. Whereupon taking about 25 mariners with him
into the foresayd ship, hee sayd hee would goe see howe his
other people did, and so hee sayled to the Streights mouth, vnto
the towne which was first built; where hauing continued, a day
or two, he sayd that a storme put him from the Streights by
force and brake his cables; but his men affirmed the contrary,
that himselfe cut his cables (God knoweth the trueth) and so
he passed to the riuer of Ienero; and not finding there any
succour come from the king, he sayled to Fernambuck, crauing
ayde of the captaine to furnish him with victuals. And so the
captaine presently fraighted his ship with victuals and clothes for
his people left in the Streights, and so sailed thitherward. But
between Cape S. Augustin and Baya the wind came off the sea
with such violence, that it forced the ship to run on shore; where
Sarmiento had three of his men drowned, and he with the rest
hardly escaped: and so this ship was lost with all the prouision
in her.
From thence hee passed by land to Baya where the gouernour of Brasil bought him a barke that lay in the harbour, lading the same with victuals and clothes for Sarmientos colonie. With
