MARTIN FROBISHER ad. 



1578. 



others, who could not tell on which side their danger 

 was most : for having mightie rockes threatning on the 

 one side, and driving Islands of cutting yce on the other 

 side, they greatly feared to make shipwracke, the yce 

 driving so neere them that it touched their bolt-sprit. 

 And by meanes of the Sea that was growne so hie, they 

 were not able to put to sea with their small Pinnesses 

 to recover their shippes. And againe, the shippes were 

 not able to tarrie or lie athwart for them, by meanes of 

 the outragious windes and swelling seas. The Generall 

 willed the Captaine of the Anne Francis with his com- 

 pany, for that night to lodge aboord the Busse of 

 Bridgewater, and went himselfe with the rest of his men 

 aboord the Barkes. But their numbers were so great, 

 and the provision of the Barkes so scant, that they 

 pestered one another exceedingly. They had great hope 

 that the next morning the weather would be faire, 

 whereby they might recover their shippes. But in the 

 morning following it was much worse, for the storme 

 continued greater, the Sea being more swollen, and the 

 Fleete gone quite out of sight. So that now their doubts 

 began to grow great : for the ship of Bridgewater which 

 was of greatest receit, and whereof they had best hope 

 and made most account, roade so farre to leeward of 

 the harborowes mouth, that they were not able for the 

 rockes (that lay betweene the wind and them) to lead 

 it out to Sea with a saile. And the Barks were already 

 so pestered with men, and so slenderly furnished with 

 provision, that they had scarce meat for sixe dayes for 

 such numbers. 



The Generall in the morning departed to Sea in the 

 Gabriel to seeke the Fleete, leaving the Busse of Bridge- 

 water, and the Michael behind in Beares sound. The 

 Busse set sayle, and thought by turning in the narrow 

 channell within the harborow to get to windward : but 

 being put to leeward more, by that meanes was faine 

 to come to anker for her better safetie, amongst a number 

 of rockes, and there left in great danger of ever getting 



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