A.D. 

 1565. 



The tenth of 

 September. 



A mighty 

 tempest the 

 tenth of Sept. 



Laudonniere 

 hardly used by 

 Ribault, 



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of commandement stayed behind with mee, for ech one 

 followed him as chiefe, in whose name straight after his 

 arrivall, all cries and proclamations were made. Captaine 

 Grange, which liked not very well of this enterprise, 

 was unto the tenth of the moneth with mee, and would 

 not have gone aborde, if it had not beene for the instant 

 requestes that Captaine Ribault made unto him, which 

 staid two dayes in the rode attending untill La Grange 

 was come unto him : Who being come abord, they set 

 sayle altogether, and from that time forward I never saw 

 them more. The very day that he departed, which was 

 the tenth of September, there rose so great a tempest 

 accompanied with such stormes, that the Indians them- 

 selves assured me that it was the worst weather that 

 ever was scene on the coast : whereupon two or three 

 dayes after, fearing least our ships might be in some 

 distresse, I sent for Monsieur du Luys unto mee, to 

 take order to assemble the rest of our people to declare 

 unto them what neede wee had to fortifie our selves : 

 which was done accordingly : and then I gave them to 

 understand the necessity and inconveniences whereinto 

 we were like to fall, aswel by the absence of our ships, as 

 by the neerenesse of the Spanyards, at whose hands we 

 could looke for no lesse then an open and sufficient 

 proclamed war, seeing they had taken land and fortified 

 themselves so neere unto us. And if any misfortune 

 were fallen unto our men which were at Sea, we 

 ought to make a full account with our selves that wee 

 were to endure many great miseries, being in so small 

 number, and so many wayes afflicted as we were. Thus 

 every one promised mee to take paines : and therefore 

 considering that their proportion of victuals was small, 

 and that so continuing, they would not bee able to doe any 

 great worke, I augmented their allowance : although that 

 after the arrivall of Captaine Ribault my portion of victuals 

 was allotted unto mee as unto a common souldier, neither 

 was I able to give so much as part of a bottell of wine to 

 any man which deserved it : for I was so farre from 



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