 | John Barrow - Great Britain - 1845 - 540 pages
...silver, all which were in my possession, together with the king's island, and also the passengers, which I set at liberty, without taking from them the weight...groat." The Spaniards mistook the English ships for their own Plate ships ; but when they found they were English, they were greatly dismayed, till Hawkins... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - Explorers - 1868 - 666 pages
...silver ; all which, being in my possession, with the King's Island " — that is, San Juan — " as also the passengers before in my way thitherward stayed,...without taking from them the weight of a groat." The colonists at Vera Cruz at first supposed that Hawkins's ships were a fleet from Spain, for which they... | |
 | Alfred Elwes - Naval history - 1878 - 528 pages
...hundred. " I found in this port," says Hawkins, " twelve ships which had in them, by report, 200,000!. in gold and silver ; all which, being in my possession,...courage and furnished them in abundance. To prevent any misundertaking, Hawkins sent to Mexico, representing to the viceroy that he had put into this port... | |
 | Frederick Whymper - 1883 - 712 pages
...report, £200,000 in gold and silver; all of which being in my possession, with the king's island, as also the passengers before in my way thitherward stayed, I set at liberty, without the taking from them the weight of a groat." This savours rather of impudent presumption, for he was... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - America - 1890 - 672 pages
...hundred thousand pound in gold and siluer, all which (being in my possession, with the kings Hand as also the passengers before in my way thitherward stayed) I set at libertie, without the taking from them the waight of a groat : onely because I would not be delayed... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - 1893 - 344 pages
...report £200,000 in gold and silver; all which, being in my possession, with the King's Island, as also the passengers before in my way thitherward stayed, I set at liberty, without the taking from them the weight of a groat. Only, because I would not be delayed of my dispatch, I... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - America - 1893 - 350 pages
...report £200,000 in gold and silver; all which, being in my possession, with the King's Island, as also the passengers before in my way thitherward stayed, I set at liberty, without the taking from them the weight of a groat. Only, because I would not be delayed of my dispatch, I... | |
 | Robert Southey - Admirals - 1895 - 434 pages
...report, 200,000/. in gold and silver ; all which being in my possession, with the king's island, as also the passengers before in my way thitherward stayed, I set at liberty, without the taking from them the weight of a groat." He had good reason for being upon his good behaviour at... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - 1904 - 570 pages
...hundred thousand pound in gold & silver, all which (being in my possession, with the kings Hand as also the passengers before in my way thitherward stayed) I set at libertie, without the taking from them the waight of a groat : onely because I would not be delayed... | |
 | Charles Loftus Grant Anderson - America - 1911 - 702 pages
..."I found in this port," writes Hawkins, "twelve ships, which had in them, by report, 200,000 pounds in gold and silver; all which being in my possession,...liberty without taking from them the weight of a groat." Hawkins assured the Spaniards he meant no harm, f and sent a message to the Viceroy, up in Mexico City,... | |
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I set at liberty, without the taking from them the weight of a groat; only, because I would not be delayed of my dispatch, I stayed two men of estimation and sent post... 
