It chanced that one fine carack had outstripped its consorts and came sweeping along, all red and gold, with a fringe of twinkling steel, a good half-mile before the fleet.
But by an evil chance not a bowshot from the great Spanish carack was a low galley, thin and swift, with oars which could speed her against wind or tide.
A greatcarack was within a bowshot of them and crossing their bows.
A dozen men in the tops of the carack were balancing a huge stone with the intention of dropping it over on the English deck.
A little before night the carack put to sea, when we also weighed and made sail after her.
But the carack was still burning, and not a man belonging to her was to be seen.
So the carack proceeded on her course, putting up a light on her poop, as if in defiance of us to follow, and about midnight came to anchor under the island of Moelia; and when we perceived this island, we too let fall our anchors.
After we had seen the carack set on fire, which was about midnight of the 8th, we stood off and on till morning, to see if we might find any thing in her ashes.
The other was called Bras Carrero, and was captaine of a Carack which was cast away neere Moçambique, and came likewise in this ship for a passenger.
The 13 of Iune we met with a mightie Carack of the East.
The last of Iune after long traversing of the seas we had sight of another mightie Carack which diuerse of our company at the first tooke to be the great S.
The shot which we discharged aboord the Carack might be some twentie Sacars.
The firing and sinking of the stout and warrelike Carack called Las Cinque Llagas, by Nicholas Downton.
Half surging and half hidden, in such sort As sped by roaring wind long carack steers From north or south, towards her destined port.
Nuala signaled the other carack to bear down with her, and presently they made out that it was a large sailing galley, which headed straight for them.
She proposed that Brian take one carack and she the other, but at this Brian laughed.
There came a new burst of cannon, and through the veil of smoke he perceived that Nuala was laying her carack alongside one of the pirate ships.
The galley came straight for them as if seeking speech, however, and when a falconet was fired from the carack without charge, she lowered her sail and put out her sweeps, coming straight for them.
Her second carack had fallen behind, a shot having sent its foremast overside, but the other two ships were driving in.
The carack kept her course, but, as Drake drew near, began displaying her colors nervously.
As he lay waiting for his shattered squadron to close up, fuming at traitors, and marvelling at the inscrutable will of Heaven, the dawn of June 9th lit up the gray sea and showed him a huge carack in the offing.
They are still confined aboard the carack I seized.
The Dutchman, Othmani informed him, was following in their wake, with Ali and some others aboard her, steering ever in the wake of the carack which continued to be navigated by the Nasrani dog, Jasper Leigh.
Sakr-el-Bahr himself paced the poop deck of the carack and watched the lights perish one by one in the little town that straggled up the hillside before him.
Had he not scuttled a Spanish carack four years ago in the bay of Funchal?
His ships were scattered, for the sails could not keep up with the oars, and Condulmiero's huge Venetian carack was becalmed off Zuara, a long way behind, and others were in no better plight.
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