1 out 1567 ano - Voyage with Hawkins

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Fleet of four ships left Plymouth:
- Drake (for the first time) commanded in the little Judith
- Two royal vessels also joined the fleet, and the Jesus (one of Elizabeth's ships), which became Hawkins's flagship
- Whilst in the Canaries, an argument broke out in which Hawkins was attacked by someone with a knife
- Hawkins condemned the man to die (on the basis that an attack on him was an attack/offence against the Queen) but at the request of several people including the local priest, Hawkins forgave the man. This incident acted as an example of royal discipline of which Drake remembered
- Capture of slaves

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