One is to despatch for the Indians who are to row in a galley or fragata a sailor who has neither piety nor Christian feeling.
They sailed without my approbation in a fragata which had been secretly made ready; and went to Macau, a town in China which is inhabited by Portuguese.
They were detained there for several days, where, upon seeing their plans frustrated, they burned the fragata that they had brought from Piru.
The enemy seized the pilot, who was a Portuguese, and took the fragata along with them, together with two negroes who were aboard of her.
In the beginning of January, 1610, a fragata was sent to Macao with warning for the said ship to remain there until the Dutch were driven from these seas.
A fortnight after the ships were despatched, and when the almiranta was about to put out to sea, there arrived here a fragata belonging to your Majesty, which came from Goa, and had sailed from Terrenate for Yndia, loaded with cloves.
The Dutch gave eighty thousand pesos for him last year; and now they have given fifty-two Spaniards held captive among them, one hundred natives friendly to us, the fragata and all its cargo, and six thousand pesos in money.
On the following day they rounded the cape, by rowing against a slight contrary wind which had arisen; and when this wind had quieted down, the fragata came to some billows where a number of opposing currents met.
The same thing was done by the captain of a fragata that had come from Sian.
Father Fray Juan succeeded in reaching the fragatacommanded by Juan de Mendoca.
That four fragatas be fitted up and used for nothing else than to transport rice and food, putting eachfragata under command of a thoroughly trustworthy master.
When these were seen by the said governor and by the fragata of the said fleet, the said governor ordered the said flagship and all the other galleys and ships to anchor, which they did, anchoring in the open sea, without any shelter.
His Grace told them that this would trouble him considerably because of his great lack of food; but that he would send Pedro de Oseguera in a fragata to bring back the said piece, and to ascertain whether they had told him the truth.
This witness saw the two Indians leave the said flagship and embark on a fragata of the said fleet with the said two letters, in order to deliver them to the Indians in the said war-vessels.
Lope de Catalinaga Before me: Benito de Mendiola, notary of the fleet Then we went immediately to the fragata commanded by the said sergeant, Lope de Catalinaga.
This fragata anchored in a port of the island of Borney, called El Paso; and the natives attacked them, after having given assurance of safety so that they would land.
In all the port not one ship or fragata escaped, except one small boat, which was taken to send advices to Nueva España of the condition of this land, which is most unpropitious.
A fragata had already been bought, the captain and the men who were to take the friars over had been chosen, and almost everything was ready for their setting sail, when the plan was defeated I know not whence or how.
Last year a fragata was despatched from this city to Maluco.
When the fragata was safe, he sent the master-of-camp for the galleys, which were sinking because of their rottenness.
Ronquillo then embarked on his fragata and ordered the Sangley vessel and those of the Indian chiefs from Danganlibor to follow.
Thus far I have founded no settlement; for, although the situation of Tanpaca is good and healthful, it is far from the sea, so that it takes a fragata five or six days to come up and go down from here.
No lay Spaniard shall give them a fragata or ship's supplies without our special order, or the permission of the governors and archbishops, notwithstanding any privileges that they may urge.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fragata" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
