The 13 of Iune we met with a mightie Carack of the East.  Indies, called Las cinque Llagas, or The fiue wounds.  The May-flower was in fight with her before night.  I, in the Sampson, fetched her vp in the euening, and as I commanded to giue her the broad side, as we terme it, while I stood very heedefully prying to discouer her strength:  and where I might giue counsel to boord her in the night when the Admirall came vp to vs, and as I remember at the very first shot she discharged at vs, I was shot in a litle aboue the belly, whereby I was made vnseruiceable for a good while after, without touching any other for that night.  Yet by meanes of an honest truehearted man which I had with me, one captaine Grant, nothing was neglected:  vntill midnight when the Admirall came vp, the May-flower, and the Sampson neuer left by turnes to ply her with their great ordinance; but then captaine Caue wished vs to stay till morning, at what time each one of vs should giue her three bouts with our great ordinance, and so clap her aboord:  but indeed it was long lingered in the morning vntil 10 of the clocke before wee attempted to boord her.  The Admirall laid her a boord in the mid ship:  the May-flower comming vp in the quarter, as it should seeme, to lie at the sterne of the Admirall on the larboord-side.  The captaine of the sayd May-flower was slaine at the first comming vp:  whereby the ship fell to the sterne of the out-licar of the Carack, which (being a piece of timber) so wounded her foresaile, that they sayd they could come no more to fight, I am sure they did not, but kept aloofe from vs.  The Sampson went aboord on the bow, but hauing not rome enough, our quarter lay on the Exchanges bow, and our bowe on the Caracks bowe.  The Exchange also at the first comming had her captaine M. Caue shot into both the legs, the one whereof he neuer recouered, so he for that present was not able to doe his office, and in his absence he had not any that would vndertake to lead out his company to enter vpon the enemie.  My friend captaine Grant did lead my men on the Caracks side, which being not manfully backed by the Exchanges men, his forces being smal, made the enemie bolder than he would haue bene, whereby I had sixe men presently slaine and many more hurt, which made them that remained vnhurt to returne aboord, and would neuer more giue the assault.  I say not but some of the Exchanges men did very well, and many more (no doubt) would haue done the like, if there had bene any principall man to haue put them forward, and to haue brought all the company to the fight, and not to haue run into corners themselues.  But I must needs say, that their ship was as well prouided for defence, as any that I haue seene.  And the Portugals peraduenture encouraged by our slacke working, plaied the men and had Barricados made, where they might stand without any danger of our shot.  They plied vs also very much with fire, so that most of our men were burnt in some place or other:  and while our men were