a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1578. 



In this storme the Anne Francis, the Moone, and the 

 Thomas of Ipswich, who found themselves able to hold 

 it up with a saile, and could double about the Cape of the 

 Queenes foreland, plyed out to the Seaward, holding 

 it for better policie and safetie to seeke Sea roome, then 

 to hazard the continuance of the storme, the danger of 

 the yce, and the leeshoare. 



And being uncertaine at this time of the Generals 



[III. 84.] private determinations, the weather being so darke that 



they could not discerne one another, nor perceive which 



way he wrought, betooke themselves to this course for 



best and safest. 



The General, notwithstanding the great storme, following 

 his own former resolution, sought by all meanes possible, 

 by a shorter way to recover his Port, and where he saw 

 the yce never so little open, he gate in at one gappe and 

 out at another, and so himselfe valiantly led the way 

 thorow before to induce the Fleete to follow after, and 

 with incredible paine and perill at length gat through the 

 The Genera// vcej and upon the one and thirtieth of July recovered his 

 recovered his \ OXi ^ w i s h e d p or t after many attempts and sundry times 

 being put backe, and came to anker in the Countesse 

 of Warwicks sound, in the entrance whereof, when he 

 thought all perill past, he encountred a great Hand of yce 

 which gave the Ayde such a blow, having a little before 

 wayed her anker a cocke bill, that it stroke the anker 

 flouke through the ships bowes under the water, which 

 caused so great a leake, that with much adoe they pre- 

 served the ship from sinking. 



At their arrivall here they perceived two ships at anker 

 within the harborough, whereat they began much to 

 marvell and greatly to rejoyce, for those they knew to 

 be the Michael, wherein was the Lieutenant generall 

 Captaine Fenton, and the small Barke called the Gabriel, 

 who so long time were missing, and never heard of 

 before, whom every man made the last reckoning, never 

 to heare of againe. 



Here every man greatly rejoyced of their happie meet- 



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