DRAKE'S CIRCUMNAVIGATION ad. 



1580. 

 whereof was sufficient for 4. hungry stomacks at a 

 dinner, beeing also very good, and restoring meate, 

 whereof we had experience : and they digge themselves 

 holes in the earth like Conies. 



When wee had ended our businesse here, we waied, 

 and set saile to runne for the Malucos : but having at 

 that time a bad winde, and being amongst the Islands, 

 with much difficultie wee recovered to the Northward of 

 the Island of Celebes, where by reason of contrary winds 

 not able to continue our course to runne Westwards, 

 we were inforced to alter the same to the Southward 

 againe, finding that course also to be very hard and dan- 

 gerous for us, by reason of infinite shoalds which lie 

 off, and among the Islands : whereof wee had too much 

 triall to the hazard and danger of our shippe and lives. 

 For of all other dayes upon the 9. of Januarie, in the Januarie in 

 yeere 1579. wee ranne suddenly upon a rocke, where ^Vl^ '579- 

 we stucke fast from 8. of the clocke at night, til 4. •- * 7+^ -J 

 of the clocke in the afternoone the next day, being 

 indeede out of all hope to escape the danger : but our ^-^^^^ danger 

 Generall as hee had alwayes hitherto shewed himselfe ^^'^^ ^ ^^^^'^' 

 couragious, and of a good confidence in the mercie and 

 protection of God : so now he continued in the same, 

 and lest he should seeme to perish wilfully, both he, 

 and we did our best indevour to save our selves, which 

 it pleased God so to blesse, that in the ende we cleared 

 our selves most happily of the danger. 



We lighted our ship upon the rockes of 3. tunne of C/oz>es. 

 cloves, 8., peeces of ordinance, and certaine meale and 

 beanes : and then the winde (as it were in a moment ^"-^^ ^^^/^ ^/^ 

 by the speciall grace of God) changing: from the starre- ^f 7^"^. ^" ^^^ 

 boord to the larboord of the ship, we hoised our sailes, 

 and the happy gale drove our ship off the rocke into 

 the sea againe, to the no litle comfort of all our hearts, 

 for which we gave God such prayse and thanks, as so 

 great a benefite required. 



The 8. of Februarie following, wee fell with the fruit- Barateve 

 full Island of Barateve, having in the meane time suffered ishrJ. 

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