JOB HORTOP A.D. 



1570- 

 being in the second watch escried land, and called to 



Robert Barret, bidding him looke over boord, for I saw 



land under the lee-bow of the ship : he called to the boat- 



swaine, & bid him let flie the fore saile sheat, and lay the 



helm upon the lee, and cast the ship about. When we 



were cast about, we were but in seven fathome water : we 



shot off a piece, giving advice to the fleet to cast about, 



and so they did. For this we were beloved of the 



Generall, and all the fleet. The Generall was in a great 



rage, and swore by the king, that he would hang his 



pilote : for he said, that twise before he had almost cast 



away the Admirall. When it was day, he commanded a 



piece to be shot off, to call to councill : the other Admirall 



in his ship came up to him, and asked what the matter 



was, he said, that his pilote had cast away his ship and all 



the fleet, had it not bene for two of the Englishmen, and 



therefore he would hang him. The other Admirall with 



many faire words perswaded him to the contrary. 



When we came in the height of Bermuda, we dis- A sea-monster 

 covered a monster in the sea, who shewed himselfe three ^'^ ^^^ ^^^P^ 

 times unto us from the middle upwards, in which parts ^ ^ ^^^' 

 hee was proportioned like a man, of the complection of a 

 Mulato, or tawny Indian. The Generall did commaund 

 one of his clearks to put it in writing, and hee certified 

 the King and his Nobles thereof. Presently after this, 

 for the space of sixteene dayes we had wonderful foule 

 weather, and then God sent us a faire wind, untill such 

 time as we discovered the Hand called Faial. 



On S. James day we made rackets, wheeles, and other 

 fire-workes, to make pastime that night, as it is the order 

 of the Spanyards. When we came neere the land, our 

 master R. Barret conferred with us, to take the pinnesse 

 one night, when we came on the Hand called Ter9era, to 

 free our selves from the danger and bondage that we were 

 going into, whereunto we agreed : none had any pinnesse 

 asterne then but our ship, which gave great courage to 

 our enterprise : we prepared a bagge of bread, and a Botijo 

 of water, which would have served us nine dayes, and 



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