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
But one of our small Barkes named the Michael, whose Captaine was Master
Kinderslie, the master Bartholomew Bull, lost our company, insomuch that we
could not obteine the sight of her many dayes after, of whom I meane to
speak further anon when occassion shall be ministred, and opportunitie
serue. Thus we continued in our course vntill the second of Iuly, on which
day we fell with the Queenes foreland, where we saw so much yce, that we
thought it vnpossible to get into the Straights; yet at the last we gaue
the aduenture and entred the yce.
[Sidenote: The Michael. The Iudith. M. Fenton. Charles Iackman.] Being
amongst it wee sawe the Michael, of whom I spake before, accompanied with
the Iudith, whose Captaine was Master Fenton, the Master Charles Iackman,
bearing into the foresayd yce, farre distant from vs, who in a storme that
fell that present night, (whereof I will at large God willing, discourse
hereafter) were seuered from vs, and being in, wandred vp and downe the
Straights amongst the yce many dayes in great perill, till at the last, by
the prouidence of God, they came safely to harbor in their wished Port in
the Countesse of Warwicks sound, the 20. of Iuly aforesayd, tenne dayes
before any of the other shippes: [Sidenote: The Countesse of Warwicks
sound.] who going on shore found where the people of the Countrey had bene,
and had hid their provision in great heapes of stones being both of flesh
and fish, which they had killed; whereof wee also found great store in
other places after our arriual. They found also diuers engins, as bowes,
slings, and darts. They found likewise certaine pieces of the Pinnesse
which our Generall left there the yeere before, which Pinnesse he had
sunke, minding to haue it againe the next yeere.
Now seeing I haue entreated so much of the Iudith and the Michael: I will
returne to the rest of the other ships, and will speake a little of the
storme which fell, with the mishaps that we had, the night that we put into
the yce: whereof I made mention before.
[Sidenote: Our entrance and passage &c.] At the first entring into the yce
in the mouth of the Straights, our passage was very narrow, and difficult
but being once gotten in, we had a faire open place without any yce for the
most part, being a league in compasse, the yce being round about vs and
inclosing vs, as it were, within the pales of a parke. In which place,
(because it was almost night) we minded to take in our sailes, and lie a
hull all that night. But the storme so increased, and the waues began to
mount aloft, which brought the yce so neere vs, and comming on so fast vpon
vs, that we were faine to beare in and out, where we might espie an open
place. Thus the yce comming on vs so fast, we were in great danger, looking
euery houre for death. And thus passed we on in that great danger, seeing
both our selues and the rest of our ships so troubled and tossed amongst
the yce, that it would make the strongest heart to relent.
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