The Second Voyage of Sir Henry Middleton, 1610-1611. Being the Sixth Sit Foeth bt the East India Company. 1

The Trade’s Increase, of which. Sir Henry Middleton was General, the Peppercorn, and the Darling, accompanied by a store ship, sailed on the 1st of April, 1610, from the Downs. The fleet put into “Saphia” ² Roads to obtain timber to fish the Admiral’s mainmast, but failed to do so; and next touched at the Cape de Verde Islands, from whence they sailed on the 16th of May. At these islands the storeship parted company from the other vessels.