At what tyme the adventurers of the first colonye, anno 1606, had prepared all things fitt, with a fleet of three saile, for Capt. Christopher Newport to transport a colony of one hundred, to begynne the plantation within the Chesapeak Bay, the foresaid Sir John Popham likewise prepared a tall ship well furnished, belonging to Bristoll and the river of Severne, with many planters, which sett out from Plymouth about Maye, Haines maister, to settle a plantacion in the river of Sachadehoc, which, making his course for the islands of Mores and Cornez, one morning, about the islande of Gratiosa, the Spanish fleet comynge from Mexico, had sight of yt, gave yt chase, and soone tooke yt; and understanding by examinacion whither she was outward bound, and for what purpose, they tooke the captaine, whose name was Martyn Pryn, out of her, togither with the maister and most of the passengers, dispersing them into divers shipps of their owne, and soe held their course, carrying ours along with them for Spaine; howbeyt one of the fleete, wherein three or four of the English were togither, by the steerage of the English, who tooke their turnes at the helme, and not being observed, altered their course, or whither by contrary wynds compelled, true yt is upon observacion, the Spanish pilott not knowing where he was, unlooked for fell upon the coast of Fraunce, within the river of Burdeux, where they would have concealed the English, and stowed them therefore under hatches, had they not happely bene perceaved by some of the French, which came abourd and obteyned them of the Spaniard, and carried.