we recovered it.

We were the longer in this course, for that our Captain sent away his
brother and ELLIS HIXOM to the westward, in search of the River of
Chagres, where himself had been the year before, and yet was careful to
gain more notice of; it being a river which trendeth to the southward,
within six leagues of Panama, where is a little town called Venta Cruz
[Venta de Cruzes], whence all the treasure, that was usually brought
thither from Panama by mules, was embarked in frigates [sailing] down
that river into the North sea, and so to Nombre de Dios.

It ebbeth and floweth not far into the land, and therefore it asketh
three days' rowing with a fine pinnace to pass [up] from the mouth to
Venta Cruz; but one day and a night serveth to return down the river.

At our return to our ships (1st August), in our consultation, Captain
RANSE (forecasting divers doubts of our safe continuance upon that
coast, being now discovered) was willing to depart; and our Captain
no less willing to dismiss him: and therefore as soon as our pinnaces
returned from Chagres (7th August) with such advertisement as they were
sent for, about eight days before; Captain RANSE took his leave, leaving
us at the isle aforesaid, where we had remained five or six days.

In which meantime, having put all things in a readiness, our captain
resolved, with his two ships and three pinnaces to go to Cartagena;
whither in sailing, we spent some six days by reason of the calms which
came often upon us: but all this time we attempted nothing that we might
have done by the way, neither at [Santiago de] Tolou nor otherwhere,
because we would not be discovered.