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us to run into any further danger, which we had bene 

 like to have incurred, if we had ranged the coast of 

 Florida along as we did before, which is so dangerous 

 (by reports) that no ship escapeth which commeth 

 thither, (as the Spanyards have very wel proved the 

 same) sent us the eight day at night a faire Westerly 

 winde, whereupon the captaine and company consulted, 

 determining not to refuse Gods gift, but every man 

 was contented to pinch his owne bellie, whatsoever had 

 happened; and taking the sayd winde, the ninth day 

 of July got to the Table, and sailing the same night, 

 unawares overshot Havana ; at which place wee thought 

 to have watered : but the next day, not knowing that 

 wee had overshot the same, sailed along the coast, 

 seeking it, and the eleventh day in the morning, by 

 certeine knowen marks, we understood that we had 

 overshot it 20 leagues : in which coast ranging, we found 

 no convenient watering place, whereby there was no 

 remedy but to disemboque, and to water upon the 

 coast of Florida : for, to go further to the Eastward, 

 we could not for the shoalds, which are very dangerous ; 

 and because the current shooteth to the Northeast, we 

 doubted by the force thereof to be set upon them, 

 and therefore durst not approch them : so making 

 but reasonable way the day aforesayd, and all the night, 

 the twelfth day in the morning we fell with the Islands 

 upon the cape of Florida, which we could scant double 

 "^ by the meanes that fearing the shoalds to the Eastwards, 



The state of and doubting the current comming out of the West, 

 ^fie <:urrent of ^hJcj^ was not of that force we made account of; for 

 we felt little or none till we fell with the cape, and 

 then felt such a current, that bearing all sailes against 

 the same, yet were driven backe againe a great pace : 

 the experience whereof we had by the Jesus pinnesse, 

 and the Salomons boat, which were sent the same day 

 in the afternoone, whiles the ships were becalmed, to 

 see if they could finde any water upon the Islands 

 aforesaid ; who spent a great part of the day in rowing 



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