LAST VOYAGE OF THOMAS CANDISH ad. 



The fourth of October the storme growing beyond all 

 reason furious, the pinnesse being in the winde of us, strake 

 suddenly ahull, so that we thought shee had received 

 some grievous sea, or sprung a leake, or that her sayles 

 failed her, because she came not with us : but we durst 

 not hull in that unmerciful! storme, but sometimes tried 

 under our maine coarse, sometime with a haddock of 

 our sayle, for our ship was very leeward, and most 

 laboursome in the sea. This night wee lost the pinnesse, T'he bkcke 

 and never saw her againe. pinnesse lost in 



nni r r r 1 v 1 11 the South sea. 



I he iirt, our roresayle was split, and all to torne : 



then our Master tooke the mizzen, and brought it to the 

 foremast, to make our ship worke, and with our sprit- 

 saile we mended our foresayle, the storme continuing 

 without all reason in fury, with haile, snowe, raine, and 

 winde such and so mighty, as that in nature it could not 

 possibly be more, the seas such and so lofty, with 

 continuall breach, that many times we were doubtfull 

 whether our ship did sinke or swimme. 



The tenth of October being by the accompt of our 

 Captaine and Master very neere the shore, the weather 

 darke, the storme furious, and most of our men having 

 given over to travell, we yeelded our selves to death, 

 without further hope of succour. Our captaine sitting 

 in the gallery very pensive, I came and brought him 

 some Rosa solis to comfort him; for he was so cold, 

 that hee was scarce able to moove a joint. After he 

 had drunke, and was corfiforted in heart, hee began 

 for the ease of his conscience to make a large repetition 

 of his forepassed time, and with many grievous sighs he 

 concluded in these words : Oh most glorious God, with 

 whose power the mightiest things among men are mat- 

 ters of no moment, I most humbly beseech thee, that 

 the intollerable burthen of my sinnes may through the 

 blood of Jesus Christ be taken from me : and end our 

 daies with speede, or shew us some mercifull signe of 

 thy love and our preservation. Having thus ended, he 

 desired me not to make knowen to any of the company 



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