ABSTRACT
The Brute of this greatt treasure thatt was att port rica, with the Later direccions we receavid, mad us to strike thatt way wher undoughtidly we had nott faylid of a greatt fortune, If our hoppes had bin so favorid by god as to have taken the tyme, thatt offerid Itt self, butt having held a more southerly course then we nedid, foloing the opynyon of some thatt held for Guadalupe, we Lenthenid our way so much, thatt s frigattes of the kynges who wer
things, for the most part without any Fortune or good successe therein. Sir John Hawkins did naturally hate the Land-souldier, and though hee were very popular, yet he affected more the common sort, then his equals; Sir Francis contrarily did much love the Land-souldier, and greatly advanced good parts, wheresoever he found them. Hee was also affable to all men and of eas.ie accesse. They were both of many vertues, and agreeing in some. As patience in enduring labours and hardnesse, 0 bservation and Memory of things past, and great discretion in sudden dangers, in which, neither of them was much distempered, and in some other vertues they differed. Sir John Hawkins had in him mercie and aptnesse to forgive, and true of word; Sir Francis hard in reconciliation, and constancie in friendship; he was withall severe and courteous, magnanimous, and liberall. They were both faultie in ambition, but more the one then the other; For in Sir Francis was an insatiable desire of honor, indeed beyond reason. He was infinite in promises, and more temperate in adversity, then in better Fortune. He had also other imperfections, as aptnesse to anger, and bitternesse in disgracing, and too much pleased with open flattery: Sir John Hawkins had in him malice with dissimulation, rudenesse in behaviour, and passing sparing, indeed miserable. They were both happy alike in being Great Commanders, but not of equall successe, and grew great and famous by one meanes, rising through their owne Vertues, and the Fortune of the Sea. Their was no comparison to bee made betweene their wel-deserving and good parts, for therein Sir Francis Drake did farre exceede. This is all I have observed in the Voyages, wherein I have served with them.
