themselves, and retreat into the woods: where they might sufficiently
defend and rescue the frigate from us, and annoy us also, if we stayed
long about her.

Therefore we concluded to go to sea again, putting forth through _Boca
Chica_, with intent to take down our masts, upon hope of fair weather,
and to ride under the rocks called _Las Serenas_, which are two leagues
off at sea, as we had usually done aforetime, so that they could not
discern us from the rocks. But, there, the sea was mightily grown, that
we were forced to take the harbour again; where we remained six days,
notwithstanding the Spaniards grieved greatly at our abode there so
long.

They put (2nd November) another device in practice to endanger us.

For they sent forth a great shallop, a fine gundeloe, and a great canoe,
with certain Spaniards with shot, and many Indians with poisoned arrows,
as it seemed, with intent to begin some fight, and then to fly. For
as soon as we rowed toward them and interchanged shot, they presently
retired and went ashore into the woods, where an ambush of some sixty
shot were laid for us: besides two pinnaces and a frigate warping
towards us, which were manned as the rest. They attempted us very
boldly, being assisted by those others, which from out of the wood, had
gotten aboard the gundeloe and canoe, and seeing us bearing from them
(which we did in respect of the _ambuscado_), they encouraged themselves
and assured their fellows of the day.

But our Captain weighing this their attempt, and being out of danger
of their shot from the land, commanding his other pinnace to be brought
ahead of him, and to let fall their grapners each ahead of the other,