A.D. 



I 577« 



[III. 34 ] 



The order of 

 the people ap- 

 pearing on 

 shoart. 



fierce and 

 bold people. 

 One taken. 



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on something further into the sea, from the danger of 

 the yce. 



Whilest he was searching the Countrey neere the 

 shoare, some of the people of the Countrey shewed 

 themselves leaping and dauncing, with strange shrikes 

 and cries, which gave no little admiration to our men. 

 Our Generall desirous to allure them unto him by faire 

 meanes, caused knives, and other things to be profered 

 unto them, which they would not take at our hands : but 

 being laid on the ground, and the party going away, they 

 came and tooke up, leaving some thing of theirs to 

 countervaile the same. At the length two of them leav- 

 ing their weapons, came downe to our Generall and 

 Master, who did the like to them, commanding the 

 company to stay, and went unto them : who after cer- 

 taine dumbe signes, and mute congratulations, began to 

 lay handes upon them, but they deliverly escaped, and 

 ranne to their bowes and arrowes, and came fiercely upon 

 them, (not respecting the rest of our companie which 

 were ready for their defence) but with their arrowes hurt 

 divers of them : we tooke the one, and the other 

 escaped. 



Whilest our Generall was busied in searching the 

 Countrey, and those Islands adjacent on the Eastshoare, 

 the ship and barkes having great care, not to put farre 

 into the sea from him, for that he had small store of 

 victuals, were forced to abide in a cruell tempest, chanc- 

 ing in the night, amongst and in the thickest of the yce, 

 which was so monstrous, that even the least of a thousand 

 had bene of force sufficient, to have shivered our ship 

 and barks into small portions, if God (who in all neces- 

 sities, hath care upon the infirmitie of man) had not 

 provided for this our extremitie a sufficient remedic 

 through the light of the night, whereby we might well 

 discerne to flee from such imminent dangers, which we 

 avoyded with 14. Bourdes in one watch the space of 4 

 houres. If we had not incurred this danger amongst 

 these monstrous Islands of yce, we should have lost our 



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