These Wicked
Miscreants Never Offered Parley Or Speech, But Presently Executed
Their Cursed Fury.
This present evening it pleased God farther to
increase our sorrows with a mighty tempestuous storm, the wind being
north-north-east, which lasted unto the 10th of this month very
extreme.
We unrigged our ship, and purposed to cut-down our masts;
the cable of our shut anchor broke, so that we only expected to be
driven on shore amongst these cannibals for their prey. Yet in this
deep distress the mighty mercy of God, when hope was past, gave us
succour, and sent us a fair lee, so as we recovered our anchor
again, and new-moored our ship; where we saw that God manifestly
delivered us, for the strains of one of our cables were broken; we
only rode by an old junk. Thus being freshly moored, a new storm
arose, the wind being west-north-west, very forcible, which lasted
unto the 10th day at night.
The 11th day, with a fair west-north-west wind, we departed with
trust in God's mercy, shaping our course for England, and arrived in
the West Country in the beginning of October.
Master Davis being arrived, wrote his letter to Master William
Sanderson of London, concerning his voyage, as followeth.
Sir, - The Sunshine came into Dartmouth the 4th of this month: she
hath been at Iceland, and from thence to Greenland, and so to
Estotiland, from thence to Desolation, and to our merchants, where
she made trade with the people, staying in the country twenty days.
They have brought home 500 seal-skins, and 140 half skins and pieces
of skins.
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