a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1553- 



abide with himselfe every good or badde accident : but in 

 the meane time while his minde was thus tormented with 

 the multiplicitie of sorowes and cares, after many dayes 

 sayling, they kenned land afarre off, whereunto the Pilots 

 directed the ships : and being come to it, they land, and 

 finde it to be Rost Island, where they stayed certaine 

 dayes, and afterwards set saile againe, and proceeding 

 towards the North, they espied certaine other Islands, 

 which were called the Crosse of Islands. From which 

 places when they were a litle departed, Sir Hugh 

 Willoughby the General, a man of good foresight and 

 providence in all his actions, erected and set out his 

 flagge, by which hee called together the chiefest men of 

 the other shippes, that by the helpe and assistance of their 

 counsels, the order of the governement, and conduction 

 of the shippes in the whole voyage might bee the better : 

 who being come together accordingly, they conclude and 

 agree, that if any great tempest should arise at any time, 

 and happen to disperse and scatter them, every shippe 

 should indevour his best to goe to Wardhouse, a haven 

 or castell of some name in the kingdome of Norway, and 

 that they that arrived there first in safetie should stay 

 and expect the comming of the rest. 



The very same day in the afternoone, about foure of 

 the clocke, so great a tempest suddenly arose, and the 

 Seas were so outragious, that the ships could not keepe 

 their intended course, but some were perforce driven one 

 way, and some another way, to their great perill and 

 hazard : The generall with his lowdest voyce cried out to 

 Richard Chanceler, and earnestly requested him not to 

 goe farre from him : but hee neither would nor could 

 keepe companie with him, if he sailed still so fast : for 

 the Admirall was of better saile then his shippe. But 

 the said Admirall (I knowe not by what meanes) bearing 

 all his sailes, was caried away with so great force and 

 swiftnesse, that not long after hee was quite out of sight, 

 and the third ship also with the same storme and like 

 rage was dispersed and lost us. 



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