JOHN DAVIS a.d. 



1587. 



shine manned his boate, and came rowing toward the 

 Island, the very sight of whom made each of them take 

 that hee had gotten, and flee away as fast as they could 

 to another Island about two miles off, where they tooke 

 the nayles out of the timber, and left the wood on the 

 Isle, when we came on shore, and saw how they had 

 spoiled the boat, after much debating of the matter, we 

 agreed that the Elizabeth should have her to fish with- 



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all : whereupon she was presently caryed aboord, and 

 stowed. 



Now after this trouble, being resolved to depart with 

 the first wind, there fell out another matter worse then 

 all the rest, and that was in this maner. John Church- 

 yard one whom our Captaine had appoynted as Pilot in 

 the pinnace, came to our Captaine, and master Bruton, 

 and told them that the good ship which we must all 

 hazard our lives in, had three hundred strokes at one 

 time as she rode in the harbour : This disquieted us all 

 greatly, and many doubted to goe in her. At length our 

 Captaine by whom we were all to be governed, deter- 

 mined rather to end his life with credite, then to returne 

 with infamie and disgrace, and so being all agreed, wee 

 purposed to live and die together, and committed our 

 selves to the ship. Now the 21. having brought all 

 our things aboord, about 11. or 12. of the clocke at 

 night, we set saile and departed from those Isles, which 

 lie in 64. degrees of latitude, our ships being all now Isles in 64. 

 at Sea, and wee shaping our course to goe, coasting de S rees - 

 the land to the Northwards upon the Easterne shore, 

 which we called the shore of our Marchants, because 

 there we met with people which traffiqued with us, 

 but here wee were not without doubt of our ship. 



The 24. being in 67. degrees, and 40. minutes, wee Store of 

 had great store of Whales, and a kinde of sea birds %*%'/" 6? 

 which the Mariners call Cortinous. This day about 

 sixe of the clocke at night, we espied two of the 

 countrey people at Sea, thinking at the first they had 

 bene two great Seales, untill wee sawe their oares 



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