MARTIN FROBISHER ad. 



1577- 

 the danger of the ships at Sea was no lesse perilous. 

 For within one houre after the Generals departing in the 

 morning by negligence of the Cooke in over-heating, and 

 the workman in making the chimney, the Ayde was set The Ayde set 

 on fire, and had bene the confusion of the whole if by on fi re - 

 chance a boy espying it, it had not bene speedily with 

 great labour and Gods helpe well extinguished. 



This day also were diverse stormes and flawes, and by 

 nine of the clocke at night the storme was growen so 

 great, & continued such untill the morning, that it put 

 our ships at sea in no small perill : for having mountaines 

 of fleeting yce on every side, we went roomer for one, 

 and loofed for another, some scraped us, and some 

 happily escaped us, that the least of a M. were as dan- The great dan- 

 gerous to strike as any rocke, and able to have split S ero J th ° se 

 asunder the strongest ship of the world. We had a 

 scope of cleare without yce, (as God would) wherein 

 we turned, being otherwise compassed on every side 

 about : but so much was the winde and so litle was our 

 sea roome, that being able to beare onely our fore- 

 course we cast so oft about, that we made fourteene 

 bordes in eight glasses running, being but foure houres : 

 but God being our best Steresman, & by the industry of 

 Charles Jackman and Andrew Dyer the masters mates, 

 both very expert Mariners, & Richard Cox ye maister 

 Gunner, with other very carefull sailers, then within [III. 65.] 

 bord, and also by the helpe of the cleare nights which 

 are without darkenesse, we did happily avoide those pre- Nl S ht with** 

 sent dangers, whereat since wee have more marvelled then 

 in the present danger feared, for that every man within 

 borde, both better and worse had ynough to doe with his 

 hands to hale ropes, and with his eyes to looke out for 

 danger. But the next morning being the 20 of July, as 

 God would, the storme ceased, and the Generall espying 

 the ships with his new Captive and whole company, came 

 happily abord, and reported what had passed a shoare, 

 whereupon altogither upon our knees we gave God 

 humble and hartie thankes, for that it had pleased him, 



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