The 26 of August, 1591, wee departed from Plimmouth with 3 tall ships and two barkes, the Galeon, wherein M. Candish went himselfe, being Admiral; The Roebucke, vice admirall, whereof M. Cocke was Captaine; The Desire, Rere-admirall, whereof was Captaine M. Iohn Davis (with whom, and for whose sake, I went this voyage) ; The Black pinnesse, and a barke of M. Adrian Gilbert whereof M. Randolfe Cotton was Captaine.

The 29th of November wee fell with the bay of Salvador upon the coast of Brasil, 12 leagues on this side Cabo Frio, where wee were becalmed untill the second of December: at which time wee tooke a small barke bound for the River of Plate with sugar, haberdash wares, and Negros. The Master of this barke brought us unto an yle called Placencia, thirtie leagues West from Cabo Frio, where wee arrived the fift of December, and rifled sixe or seven houses inhabited by Portugales.

The 11, wee departed from this place, and the fourteenth we arrived at the yle of S. Sebastian : whence M. Cocke and Captaine Davis presently departed with The Desire and the blacke pinnesse, for the taking of the towne of Santos. The 15, at evening, we anckered at the barre of Santos, from whence we departed with our boates to the towne; and the next morning, about nine of the clocke, wee came to Santos, where, being discovered, wee were inforced to land with 24 gentlemen, our long boate being farre a sterne, by which expedition wee tooke all the people of the towne at Masse, both men and women, whom wee kept all that day in the Church as prisoners.