ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1577- 



Boatswain had him by the hand, and could not save him, 

 and so immediately upon the end of his tale, his dreame 

 came right evilly to passe, and indeed the Boatswain 

 in like sort held him by one hand, having hold on a 

 rope with the other, untill his force fayled, and the 

 Master drowned. The height being taken we found our 

 selves to be in the latitude of degrees and a halfe, 



and reckoned our selves from the Queenes Cape home- 

 ward about two hundreth leagues. 



The last of August about midnight, we had two or 

 three great and sudden flawes or stormes. 



The first of September the storme was growen very 



great, and continued almost the whole day and night, and 



lying a hull to tarrie for the Barkes our ship was much 



beaten with the seas, every sea almost overtaking our 



poope, so that we were constrained with a bunt of our 



saile to trie it out, and ease the rolling of our ship. And 



so the Gabriel not able to beare any sayle to keepe 



company with us, and our ship being higher in the poope, 



[III. 73.] and a tall ship, whereon the winde had more force to 



drive, went so fast away that we lost sight of them, and 



left them to God and their good fortune of Sea. The 



second day of September in the morning, it pleased God 



of his goodnesse to send us a calme, whereby we per- 



TheRudderof ceived the Rudder of our ship torne in twaine, and almost 



the Aide tome rea jy to fall away. Wherefore taking the benefite of the 



time, we flung halfe a dozen couple of our best men over 



boord, who taking great paines under water, driving 



plankes, and binding with ropes, did well strengthen 



and mend the matter, who returned the most part more 



then halfe dead out of the water, and as Gods pleasure 



was, the sea was calme untill the worke was finished. 



How the lati- The fift of September, the height of the Sunne being 



tudes were taken, we found our selves to be in the latitude of 



alw ayes taken degrees and a halfe. In this voyage commonly wee 



in this voyage ^ 00 ^ the latitude of the place by the height of the sunne, 



Staje then " because the long day taketh away the light not onely of 



Astrolabe. the Polar, but also of all other fixed Starres. And here 



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in twain. 



