JOHN DAVIS ad. 



1586. 

 shot thorow his arme. These wicked miscreants never 

 offered parly or speech, but presently executed their 

 cursed fury. 



This present evening it pleased God further to increase 

 our sorowes with a mighty tempestuous storme, the 

 winde being Northnortheast, which lasted unto the tenth 

 of this moneth very extreme. We unrigged our ship, 

 and purposed to cut downe our masts, the cable of our 

 shutanker brake, so that we onely expected to be driven 

 on shoare among these Canibals for their pray. Yet in 

 this deepe distresse the mightie mercie of God, when hope 

 was past, gave us succour, and sent us a faire lee, so as we 

 recovered our anker againe, and newe mored our ship : 

 where we saw that God manifestly delivered us : for 

 the straines of one of our cables were broken, and we 

 only roade by an olde junke. Thus being freshly 

 mored a new storme arose, the winde being Westnorth- 

 west, very forcible, which lasted unto the tenth day at 

 night. 



The eleventh day with a faire Westnorthwest winde we 

 departed with trust in Gods mercie, shaping our course 

 for England, and arrived in the West countrey in the 

 beginning of October. 



Master Davis being arrived, wrote his letter tc 

 M. William Sanderson of London, concerning 

 his voyage, as followeth. 



Ir, the Sunneshine came into Dartmouth 

 the fourth of this moneth : she hath bene 

 at Island, and from thence to Groenland, 

 and so to Estotiland, from thence to 

 Desolation, and to our Marchants, where 

 she made trade with the people, staying 

 in the countrey twentie dayes. They 

 have brought home five hundred seale skinnes, and an 

 hundred and fortie halfe skinnes and pieces of skinnes. 

 I stand in great doubt of the pinnesse, God be mercifull 



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