The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part IHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
Sonday, the 15 of September about foure of the clocke, we began to sound
with our lead, and had ground at 61 fadome depth, white small sandy ground,
and reckoned vs vpon the backe of Sylley, and set our course East and by
North, Eastnortheast, and Northeast among.
The sixteenth of September, about eight of the clocke in the morning
sounding, we had 65. fadome osey[76] sand, and thought our selues thwart of
S. Georges channell a little within the banks. And bearing a small saile
all night, we made many soundings, which were about fortie fadome, and so
shallow, that we could not well tell where we were.
The seuenteenth of September we sounded, and had forty fadome, and were not
farre off the lands end, finding branded sand with small wormes and Cockle
shells, and were shotte betweene Sylley and the lands ende, and being
within the bay, we were not able to double the pointe with a South and by
East way, but were faine to make another boord, the wind being at Southwest
and by West, and yet could not double the point to come cleere of the lands
end, to beare along the channell: and the weather cleered vp when we were
hard aboord the shore, and we made the lands end perfit, and so put vp
along Saint Georges channel. [Sidenote: The arriual of the Aide at Padstow
in Cornewall.] And the weather being very foule at sea, we coueted some
harborough, because our steerage was broken, and so came to ancor in
Padstow road in Cornewall. But riding there a very dangerous roade, we were
aduised by the Countrey, to put to Sea againe, and of the two euils, to
chose the lesse, for there was nothing but present perill where we rode:
[Sidenote: Our comming to Milford Hauen.] whereupon we plyed along the
channell to get to Londy, from whence we were againe driuen, being but an
open roade, where our anker came home, and with force of weather put to
Seas againe, and about the three and twentieth of September, arriued at
Milford Hauen in Wales, which being a very good harborough, made vs happy
men, that we had receiued such long desired safetie.
About one moneth after our arriuall here, by order from the Lords of the
Counsell, the ship came up to Bristow, where the Ore was committed to
keeping in the Castel there. [Sidenote: The arriuall of the Gabriel at
Bristow.] Here we found the Gabriel one of the Barkes, arriued in good
safetie, who hauing neuer a man within boord very sufficient to bring home
the ship, after the Master was lost, by good fortune, when she came vpon
the coast, met with a ship of Bristow at sea, who conducted her in safety
thither.
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