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78 A Voyage to Peru
ver come up with me, fo that I happily ar-
riv'd in France at the Port of Socai, where
I by this means fav'd the fruit of my La-
bours and long Voyage. The great Ship
which I left in the Road of Barias had not
fo favourable a Lot, and one may fay, was
fhip-wrack'd at the very Port 5 for having
left the Road of Barias, to get fpeedily to
that of Santonge, to fecure all the Goods
fhe had on board, except 4000 Hides, of
which her Bill of Lading gave an account
and having begun to put 6co Hides into a
Dutch Veffel that fhe met there, the bad
Weather conftrain'd her to put in at the
Port from whence fhe firft went out, where
flic was Confifcated with all her Cargo for
the ufe of the King of Spain, under the pre-
tence before fpoken of, that fhe had not the
Permiflion of his Catholick Majefty for her
Voyage.
While thefe things were tranfacting, the
Sergeant Major of Buenos Ayres Arriv'd at
Madrid, and the King of Spain having
Caufed the Informations he brought to be
examiu'd, which principally infifted upon
the neceflity there was of fending new Re-
cruits of Men and Ammunition, to aug-
ment the Carifons of Buenos Ayres, and of
Chili, the better to fecure the Country a-
gainft the Enterprises of Strangers, and al-
io from the attempt of the Sa vages of Chili,
mi-