And after they were gone from vs and were some-what within the land, one of them came ryding to the shore, to fetch a rough-heawed image, that our men had taken off the shore and carried into their boate: and when he was in our boate, and perceiued the image, hee made vs a signe that wee had not done well to take away that image; which wee beholding, gaue it to him again: which when he had receiued, he placed it vpon a hill right by the sea side, and tooke it not with him, but sent a slead to fetch it from thence. And as farre as wee could perceiue, they esteemed that image to be their god; [492] for that right ouer against that place in the Wey-gates, which we called Beelthooke, [493] we found certaine hundreds of such carued images, all rough, about the heads being somewhat round, and in the middle hauing a litle hill instead of a nose, and about the nose two cuttes in place of eyes, and vnder the nose a cutte in place of a mouth. Before the images, wee found great store of ashes, and bones of hartes; whereby it is to be supposed that there they offered vnto them. Hauing left the Samuters, the sunne being south-ward, [494] William Barents, our captaine, spake to the admirall to will him to set sayle, that they might goe forward; but they had not so many wordes together, as was betweene them the day before; [495] for that when the admirall and vize-admirall had spoken with him, [496] the admirall seeming to be well contented therewith, said vnto him: Captaine, [497] what think you were best for vs to doe? he made answere, I thinke we should doe well to set sayle, and goe forward on our uoyage, that wee may accomplish it. Whereunto the admirall answeared him, and sayd: Looke well what you doe, captaine: [498] at which time, the sunne was north-west [½ p. 7 P.M.]. The 2 of September, a litle before sunne rising, wee put foorth our anckor [499] to get out, for that the winde as then blew south south-west; it being good weather to get out, and ill weather to lie still: for we lay under a low bancke. [500] The admirall and vize-admirall seeing vs making out, began also to hoyse their anckors, and to set sayle.