AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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for sorrow, yet he perswaded them to patience, and to 

 give God thankes, & like dutiful! children to accept of 

 his chastisement. For all this divers grew raging mad, 

 & some died in most lothsome & furious paine. It 

 were incredible to write our misery as it was : there 

 was no man in perfect health, but the captaine & one 

 boy. The master being a man of good spirit with 

 extreme labour bore out his griefe, so that it grew not 

 upon him. To be short, all our men died except i6, 

 of which there were but 5 able to moove. The captaine 

 was in good health, the master indifferent, captaine 

 Cotton and my selfe swolne and short winded, yet better 

 then the rest that were sicke, and one boy in health : 

 upon us 5 only the labour of the ship did stand. The 

 captaine and master, as occasion served, would take in, 

 and heave out the top-sailes, the master onely attended 

 on the sprit-saile, and all of us at the capstcn without 

 sheats and tacks. In fine our miserie and weaknesse 

 was so great, that we could not take in, nor heave out 

 a saile : so our top-saile & sprit-sailes were torne all 

 in pieces by the weather. The master and captaine 

 taking their turnes at the helme, were mightily distressed 

 and monstrously grieved with the most wofull lamenta- 

 tion of our sick men. Thus as lost wanderers upon 

 They arrive the sea, the II of June 1593, it pleased God that we 

 atBear-haven arrived at Bear-haven in Ireland, and there ran the ship 

 in re an e ^^ shore : where the Irish men helped us to take in 



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1593- ^^^ sailes, and to more our ship tor rlootmg : which 



slender paines of theirs cost the captaine some ten 

 pounds before he could have the ship in safetie. Thus 

 without victuals, sailes, men, or any furniture God 

 onely guided us into Ireland, where the captaine left 

 the master and three or foure of the company to keepe 

 the ship ; and within 5 dayes after he and certaine others 

 had passage in an English fisher-boat to Padstow in 

 Cornewall. In this maner our small remnant by Gods 

 onely mercie were preserved, and restored to our countrey, 

 to whom be all honour and glory world without end. 



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