ABSTRACT
Barges have gone out from here with men to try to save something from the vessel which went ashore; and so have the galleys gone, for the same purpose.
And this sort of thing will occur ordinarily in all the Indies if His Majesty does not order the situation to be remedied by providing an armada, since the galleys are of no service-not to be counted upon -for when they leave the coast they are of no effect against the enemy, nor can do him any damage. On the contrary, they are likely to receive it from him ...
