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and being dispersed so, were not well to be numbred, 



A hundreth but wee might discerne of them above an hundreth per- 



Savages. sons ^ an j had cause to suspect a greater number. And 



thus without losse or hurt we returned to our ships 



againe. 



Now our worke growing to an end, and having, onely 

 with five poore Miners, and the helpe of a few gentle- 

 men and souldiers, brought aboord almost two hundreth 

 tunne of Ore in the space of twenty dayes, every man 

 therewithall well comforted, determined lustily to worke 

 a fresh for a bone voyage, to bring our labour to a 

 speedy and happy ende. 



And upon Wednesday at night being the one and 

 twentieth of August, we fully finished the whole worke. 

 And it was now good time to leave, for as the men 

 were well wearied, so their shooes and clothes were well 

 worne, their baskets bottoms torne out, their tooles 

 broken, and the ships reasonably well filled. Some with 

 over-straining themselves received hurts not a little 

 dangerous, some having their bellies broken, and others 

 their legs made lame. And about this time the yce 

 began to congeale and freeze about our ships sides a 

 night, which gave us a good argument of the Sunnes 

 declining Southward, & put us in mind to make more 

 haste homeward. 



It is not a little worth the memorie, to the commen- 

 dation of the gentlemen and souldiers herein, who leaving 

 all reputation apart, with so great willingnesse and with 

 couragious stomackes, have themselves almost overcome 

 in so short a time the difficultie of this so great a labour. 

 And this to be true, the matter, if it bee well weyed 

 without further proofe, now brought home doth well 

 witnesse. 



Thursday the 22 of August, we plucked downe our 

 tents, and every man hasted homeward, and making 

 bonefires upon the top of the highest Mount of the 

 Island, and marching with Ensigne displayed round about 

 the Island, wee gave a vollie of shotte for a farewell, 



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