A.D. 

 1592. 



The maner 

 how they lost 

 their Gener all. 



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lying Southeast and by South, and sometimes Southeast : 

 the whole fleete following the admirall, our ship comming 

 under his lee shot ahead him, and so framed saile fit 

 to keepe companie. This night wee were severed, by 

 what occasion wee protest wee know not, whither we lost 

 them or they us. In the morning we only saw The 

 Black pinnesse, then supposing that the admirall had 

 overshot us. All this day wee stoode to the Eastwards, 

 hoping to find him, because it was not likely, that 

 he would stand to the shoare againe so suddenly. But 

 missing him towards night, we stood to the shoareward, 

 hoping by that course to finde him. The 22 of May at 

 night we had a violent storme, with the winde at North- 

 west, and wee were inforced to hull, not being able to 

 beare saile, and this night we perished our maine tressle- 

 trees, so that wee could no more use our maine top-saile, 

 lying most dangerously in the sea. The pinnesse 

 likewise received a great leake, so that wee were 

 inforced to seeke the next shoare for our reliefe. 

 And because famine was like to bee the best ende, 

 wee desired to goe for Port Desire, hoping with 

 scales and penguins to relieve our selves, and so 

 to make shift to followe the Generall, or there to stay 

 his comming from Brasil. The 24 of May wee had 

 much winde at North. The 25 was calme, and the sea 

 very loftie, so that our ship had dangerous foule weather. 

 The 26 our fore-shrowdes brake, so that if wee had not 

 beene neere the shoare, it had beene impossible for us 

 to get out of the sea. And nowe being here mored 

 in Port Desire, our shroudes are all rotten, not having 

 a running rope whereto wee may trust, and being pro- 

 vided onely of one shift of sailes all worne, our top-sailes 

 not able to abide any stresse of weather, neither have 

 wee any pitch, tarre, or nailes, nor any store for the 

 supplying of these wantes ; and wee live onely upon seales 

 and muskles, having but five hogsheads of porke within 

 bourd, and meale three ounces for a man a day, with 

 water for to drinke. And forasmuch as it hath pleased 



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