A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1587. 



endevour the best we could, & oftentimes lost com- 

 pany for a day or two, one of another, but there was 

 no remedie, but patience, for to Fernambuck we could 

 not come, having so much overshot it to the North- 

 ward, and the wind keeping at the South and South- 

 west. 



The 20 day I tooke the Sunne in 5 degrees 50 minuts, 

 Fernambuck which was 2 degrees to the Northward of Fernambuck, 



^""[hf^^^h^^'h and the further wee went, the more untowardly did the 

 latitude of J ^ , . 1 • 1 • 1 



deg. 50 min. ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ships worke, either to come mto haven, or 

 to keepe company one with another. And truely I sup- 

 pose, that by reason of the froward course of the 

 Admirall, he meant of purpose to lose us : for I know 

 not how the neerer we endevoured to be to him, the 

 further off would he beare from us, and wee seeing that, 

 kept on our owne course, and lookt to our selves as 

 well as we could. 



The 24 day our whole company was called together 



to consultation, for our best course : some would goe 



for the West India, some directly North for England ; 



and in conclusion, the greater part was bent to plie for 



our owne countrey, considering our necessities of victuals 



and fresh water, and yet if any place were offered us 



in the way, not to omit it, to seeke to fill water. 



A lowe Island The 26 day in the morning, we espied a lowe Island, 



tn 3 degrees ^ j^^^ ^^ j^g^ jl- ^gaine, and could descrie it no more. 



49 ^ ^- This day we found our selves in 3 degrees and 49 



minutes. 



The 27 day we searched what water we had left us, 

 and found but nine buts onely, so that our captaine 

 allowed but a pinte of water for a man a day, to pre- 

 serve it as much as might be, wherewith every man 

 was content, and we were then in number fiftie men 

 and boyes. 

 August. The first of August we found our selves 5 degrees 



to the Northward of the line, all which moneth we 

 continued our course homeward, without touching any 

 where : toward the end whereof, a sorrowfull accident 



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