<P_115>

Abowt noon the wynd blew up boysterowsly at sowthwest with rayn and
slyt which so contynueth yet , the Lord be praysed who hath browght us
to our first desyre which is the cumpany of our Admiral within a good
haven . (MADOX-E2-P2,115.2)

M. Walker was hear very gallant in a velvet hat . (MADOX-E2-P2,115.3)

I was told that he had preched on Sunday in Hampton (MADOX-E2-P2,115.4)

and he told me that I was register of the viage and that my Lord of
Leycester had spoken wel of mee and M. secretary Walsingham great good
who indeed doth not knoe me . (MADOX-E2-P2,115.5)

Nether can I tel wher he shold lern any thing of me otherwyse than by
the report of M. Mylls or M. Carleyl , wherof nether the one hath had
tyme nor the other conversation with me to knoe me in deed ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,115.6)

but M. Carleils good nature hath conceved better of me than I can think
of my self . (MADOX-E2-P2,115.7)

I pray God grant me his grace and favowr that the effect and yssue of
my lyfe may be somwhat answerable to the expectation of thes good noble
men and gentilmen , (MADOX-E2-P2,115.8)

for as the God of heaven whom I serve and wil do for ever hath kyndled
in ther harts a certayn hope of me withowt my desert so I trust his
bownty wil bestoe upon mee his spetial blessyngs that I be not
altogether left unto my self or to my own wyt and so overthroe all ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,115.9)

but I trust that the Lord who hath kept me from my youth up will keep
me to the end . (MADOX-E2-P2,115.10)

<font> Virga tua et baculus tuus ipsa me domine consolata sunt et
consolabuntur in aeternam . </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,115.11)

{COM:Fri.} (MADOX-E2-P2,115.12)

we went to Hampton (MADOX-E2-P2,115.13)

and the captens dyned with M. mayr wher I shold also have byn ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,115.14)

but M. Banester <P_116> led me all boastfully as is his custom to M.
Cottons wher was Harey Coker with others who told that the gallion was
not so great as she was taken for , (MADOX-E2-P2,116.15)

but I after fownd affection in his tawlk . (MADOX-E2-P2,116.16)

I supt (MADOX-E2-P2,116.17)

and lay at a vitayling howse after I had walked to Redbrydge and so to
Hyth and come back to Hampton . (MADOX-E2-P2,116.18)

21. {COM:Sat.} (MADOX-E2-P2,116.19)

I walked northward to Wynchester myle . (MADOX-E2-P2,116.20)

I was told that Capten Carleil upon some discurtesy taken wold not goe
which was a great greif unto me (MADOX-E2-P2,116.21)

but the Lords wil be doen in al things . (MADOX-E2-P2,116.22)

After I cam to Wynchester I visited fyrst the cathedral church which
was St. Swythens Abbey . (MADOX-E2-P2,116.23)

In yt ther be fayr monuments of Brytayn and Saxon kings .
(MADOX-E2-P2,116.24)

I hosted at the George (MADOX-E2-P2,116.25)

and after dynner went to the castle wher is now bwylt a howse of
correction . (MADOX-E2-P2,116.26)

The old castle was very strong . (MADOX-E2-P2,116.27)

In the hawl hangs the rownd table with the picture of king Arthure and
24 other knyghts , Galehawt being next hym and than Launcelot .
(MADOX-E2-P2,116.28)

The table is abowt 18 foot in diameter . (MADOX-E2-P2,116.29)

The town is waled squar (MADOX-E2-P2,116.30)

and a mayr town and many old monuments of religiows howses therin .
(MADOX-E2-P2,116.31)

22. {COM:Sun.} <font> 1. after Ester . </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,116.32)

M. Phillpot the Lord marques chaplyn preched . (MADOX-E2-P2,116.33)

I dyned with my Lord bishop who for because he was an Al Sowl Colledge
man made me great chear , (MADOX-E2-P2,116.34)

so did M. Trip that hath maried his kynswoman and <P_117> at nyght M.
Say . (MADOX-E2-P2,117.35)

We tawlked of our viage (MADOX-E2-P2,117.36)

and M. Trip willed me to bring home some good seeds .
(MADOX-E2-P2,117.37)

I walked to St. Crosses half a myle of (MADOX-E2-P2,117.38)

but $I was not in the Colledge for that I nether-1 sawe M. warden nor
any other of myne acqueyntance . (MADOX-E2-P2,117.39)

Sir Fransis Drake was at Hampton (MADOX-E2-P2,117.40)

and dealing liberawly many ways gave M. Banister and more twyxt me , M.
Walker and M. Lewys Otmore , (MADOX-E2-P2,117.41)

but in that also M. Banister made hym self a part .
(MADOX-E2-P2,117.42)

Upon $Fri. at nyght which I forgote M. Haukyns cam yn with the barque
Fraunsys . (MADOX-E2-P2,117.43)

23. {COM:Mon.} (MADOX-E2-P2,117.44)

the mariners wer mustered at M. Owtreads wher he made a very good and
discreet exhortation to them . (MADOX-E2-P2,117.45)

At nyght I supt ther (MADOX-E2-P2,117.46)

and lay with M. Wil Barnes . (MADOX-E2-P2,117.47)

I had good tawlk with M. Lewys Otmore (MADOX-E2-P2,117.48)

and fownd hym a good stowt and sensible man both in his owne profession
and otherwyse , althogh other that can do lesse by ther arrogant
presumption gette among the ignorant an opinion of greater skyl .
(MADOX-E2-P2,117.49)

24. {COM:Tues.} (MADOX-E2-P2,117.50)

we dyned with the generawl . (MADOX-E2-P2,117.51)

I supt at the Dolphin with the merchants whether cam Sir Humphrey
Gilbert (MADOX-E2-P2,117.52)

and was offended because they had bowght Luke Wards barque .
(MADOX-E2-P2,117.53)

Ther the asse and the moyle {COM:mule} told us <P_118> many a tydiows
tale . (MADOX-E2-P2,118.54)

I lay at M. Deas howse with M. Evans the merchant (MADOX-E2-P2,118.55)

and bowght a Dansk chest of my host 5=s= . (MADOX-E2-P2,118.56)

I also entertayned Evan Johns to be my man (MADOX-E2-P2,118.57)

and gave hym 19=s= . (MADOX-E2-P2,118.58)

{COM:25._Wed.} <font> St. Marks </font> Eve . (MADOX-E2-P2,118.59)

I dyned at M. Dees , (MADOX-E2-P2,118.60)

cam aboord (MADOX-E2-P2,118.61)

and after that we had apoynted men both-1 for the Fransis and the
Elsabeth we went to M. sherif Owtread . (MADOX-E2-P2,118.62)

Ther supt and lay . (MADOX-E2-P2,118.63)

26. {COM:Thurs.} (MADOX-E2-P2,118.64)

made my bedstid (MADOX-E2-P2,118.65)

and set yt up (MADOX-E2-P2,118.66)

and dyd order my stuf in the masters Cabyn with whom I was apoynted to
be . (MADOX-E2-P2,118.67)

We dyned aboord the Edward wher according to the cownsels letter a box
sealed with hir majestyes privye seal was wrapped in Okam and put into
a chest with 3 locks wherof I receaved one key which is in the til of
my lesse chest hanged in a black sylk lace , (MADOX-E2-P2,118.68)

and an other had Capten Ward , (MADOX-E2-P2,118.69)

a third M. Owtread had to delyver unto M. Haukins which was not than
present . (MADOX-E2-P2,118.70)

27. {COM:Fri.} (MADOX-E2-P2,118.71)

the paynter paynted our Cabin . (MADOX-E2-P2,118.72)

I lay at M. Owtreds (MADOX-E2-P2,118.73)

and was apoynted on Sonday to prech by Alderman Barns and M. Towrson .
(MADOX-E2-P2,118.74)

28. {COM:Sat.} (MADOX-E2-P2,118.75)

I was busy al day . (MADOX-E2-P2,118.76)

Ther cam to me M. Harward of Corpus Christi Colledge , my Lord of
Wynchesters chaplyn by whom I sent my Lord a bysket .
(MADOX-E2-P2,118.77)

Ther was with him the prechers of Hampton and other scholers .
(MADOX-E2-P2,118.78)

After cam M. Barloe of Wynchester (MADOX-E2-P2,118.79)

and saw our cards etc. (MADOX-E2-P2,118.80)

29. {COM:Sun.} <font> 2 after Easter . </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,118.81)

The cumpany being together I preched in the gallion the yerth is the
Lords etc. , Psal. 24. (MADOX-E2-P2,118.82)

<P_119>

Ther was our general , al our captens save Drake , M. sherif Owtred ,
M. mayr of Hampton , Sir Reinolds of our howse with others who dyned
after under an yawn {COM:awning} on the barbican deck .
(MADOX-E2-P2,119.84)

I wrot by Sir Reynolds to M. Davis and to my brother and to Hary Jacson
(MADOX-E2-P2,119.85)

and sent a fyn bysket to M=rs= Hovenden {COM:Thurs.} .
(MADOX-E2-P2,119.86)

At 2 a clock we wayd anchor (MADOX-E2-P2,119.87)

and by 3 wer under sayl (MADOX-E2-P2,119.88)

and by 4 cam to an anchor betwyxt Cawshot and the mowth of Hamble , M.
sherif , M. Barns , M. Towrson , M. Caslyn with others being with us
which after went home . (MADOX-E2-P2,119.89)

In waying we broke a cable . (MADOX-E2-P2,119.90)

{COM:Mon.} (MADOX-E2-P2,119.91)

they cam agayne to us (MADOX-E2-P2,119.92)

and were al day with us in reconyng and musteryng , and others at nyght
, M. Alderman Barns and M. Towrson lying in the generauls cabyn , M.
Caslyn with the master , and yong M. William Barns with me who is a
very honest yong gentilman and sober . (MADOX-E2-P2,119.93)

He gave me a fayr fryngd handkercheffe to remember hym
(MADOX-E2-P2,119.94)

and so I shold althoe I had receved nothing . (MADOX-E2-P2,119.95)

M. Banester who because he hath not scholership to do anything but
greedy of a vayn popular estimation to be thowght excelent or something
cast overburd a curious payr of bedes of myne which M=rs= Lucar gave me
to exchange at the Yndyes because he wold appear very zealows ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,119.96)

for in matters of lerning a man may be tryed and fownd before men when
he vawnteth as I have hytherto sufred hym above measure ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,119.97)

but in matters of religion only God can se the hart
(MADOX-E2-P2,119.98)

and therfore some men ar therin over ernest many tymes more for desyre
of foolysh speche than otherwyse so that I am abashed to se how he
overweeneth hym self in comparison of Lewys Otmore who is both for
<P_120> surgery , for personage , for manhod and for wysdom a great
deal beyond hym and for modesty withowt comparison .
(MADOX-E2-P2,120.99)

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<heading>

Maye (MADOX-E2-P2,120.102)

</heading>

1. {COM:Tues.} <font> May day </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,120.104)

M. Alderman Barns , M. Towrson , M. Caslyn and the rest tooke a muster
of al our men (MADOX-E2-P2,120.105)

and fownd them to be more than which was our proportion
(MADOX-E2-P2,120.106)

but because the Elsabeth was bowght for burden sake and the frigot sold
for to Sir Humphrey Gilbert therfor for hir supply and that we wer by
M. Haukins enformed we shold hav vitayl ynogh at the Yndyes , we tooke
in abowt more , (MADOX-E2-P2,120.107)

but yet this I marked by the slynking away of some knaves after ther
pay that yf yt wer possyble , as I knoe not whether yt be or noe , yt
wer not amysse to hyre men by the week or moneth to ryg a ship , not
letting them wyt whether , and when al is redy than to put men in wages
for the viage , cawsing them to come aboord atonce with al ther
necessaries withowt sneaking back to the shore for after errands and
when they ar once withowt syght of land to poynt officers and orders
and se them kept accordinglye . (MADOX-E2-P2,120.108)

The general muster of our men in the 4 gyngs {COM:crews} , being most
taul and stowt <P_121> and al in maner lykly men after that we had
refused dyvers hansome feloes that made great sute to have gone with us
, was this . (MADOX-E2-P2,121.109)

{COM:multipage_list_omitted}

<P_127>

Thus being for the tyme mustered and appoynted til yt shold please our
general upon occasion to alter any , abowt 2 a clock we wer under sayle
(MADOX-E2-P2,127.112)

and when we had passed Cawshot and opened the Nyelds , on the syde of
the Brambles , M. Alderman , M. Towrson and M. Caslyn tooke ther leaves
with prayer for us (MADOX-E2-P2,127.113)

and we with weeping eyes comytted them and our selvs to God
(MADOX-E2-P2,127.114)

and so came by the Cows to Yermowth in the nyght , with a fayr east
wynd but somwhat lytle wherfor our master fearing lest the wynd shold
not bere us thorow dyd ther Anchor , having also in our cumpany the
Bridget of M. Owtreads <P_128> which was bownd for the Canaries thence
to fet ... (MADOX-E2-P2,128.115)

Yt caried away a hulk that he thither sold . (MADOX-E2-P2,128.116)

Hampton is a gallant cytye seated in the breech of 2 ryvers namelesse ,
the one fawhing from the norwest throe Redbridge , the other from
Wynchester on the northest throe Ytching Ferry . (MADOX-E2-P2,128.117)

On the sowth is indrawght of the sea and the key .
(MADOX-E2-P2,128.118)

The north only is open to the land , with a rownd castle of old
bwylding which was Bevis his Castle . (MADOX-E2-P2,128.119)

The mayr was M. Byston , a black man whose sone came with us .
(MADOX-E2-P2,128.120)

M. Cotton is controler and M. Smyth customer . (MADOX-E2-P2,128.121)

Netley Castle is kept by M. Owtread , St. Androes by M. Boyer .
(MADOX-E2-P2,128.122)

Thes stand on the east syde the yndrawght (MADOX-E2-P2,128.123)

but Cawshot and Hurst be very fayr and strong pyles incompased with the
sea safe a smale long croked upcast of beach to come to them .
(MADOX-E2-P2,128.124)

Cawshot is kept by M. Parkinson who hath a fyne sweet boy to his sone .
(MADOX-E2-P2,128.125)

He dwelleth by Holdbery which is M. Georg Powlets howse ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,128.126)

and M. Gorge is capten of Hurst and M. {COM:gap_in_text} of Yermowth .
(MADOX-E2-P2,128.127)

In waying this day we broke owr Cathooke (MADOX-E2-P2,128.128)

but had duble shifte . (MADOX-E2-P2,128.129)

<P_145>

18. {COM:Mon.} (MADOX-E2-P2,145.131)

our mayn topmast was taken down and fyshed for that yt had thro lose
rocking taken on ech syde a fret . (MADOX-E2-P2,145.132)

The general cryed owt of M. Owtred , (MADOX-E2-P2,145.133)

but the master sayd the fawlt was not so great . (MADOX-E2-P2,145.134)

Many of our men wer syck which we imputed to M. Favours bear of Hampton
for that yt was made of brackysh water . (MADOX-E2-P2,145.135)

Yt took them ever with a sore headach . (MADOX-E2-P2,145.136)

Old Robert Parkyns of Ratclif dyed . (MADOX-E2-P2,145.137)

We cast hym overboord (MADOX-E2-P2,145.138)

and gave hym a peece about 7 a clock at nyght when we wer at 27 degrees
. (MADOX-E2-P2,145.139)

<P_146>

At service in the morning a great yron sledge fawling from the mayn top
had lyke to have slayn the botson and 2 more (MADOX-E2-P2,146.141)

and yet God be thanked did no hurt . (MADOX-E2-P2,146.142)

Yn the after noon a poydrel which is a lytle black byrd cam to the ship
, which M. Fayrwether sayd was a token of wynd , (MADOX-E2-P2,146.143)

and so yt was (MADOX-E2-P2,146.144)

for $Tues. our boat which hytherto we have towed at the stern beyng
caried ageynst our poop with a sea brok hir star boord bow
(MADOX-E2-P2,146.145)

but afterwards mended , she was towed agayn with more scope of rope .
(MADOX-E2-P2,146.146)

{COM:Wed.} (MADOX-E2-P2,146.147)

ther was an eclips of the sone in the mornyng (MADOX-E2-P2,146.148)

but thro the foggy haze which is hear muche we saw yt not .
(MADOX-E2-P2,146.149)

This morning we passed the tropick of $Cancer (MADOX-E2-P2,146.150)

and soe kept on this cowrse as afore . (MADOX-E2-P2,146.151)

21. {COM:Thurs.} (MADOX-E2-P2,146.152)

in the evening Capten Ward cam aboord and M. Walker .
(MADOX-E2-P2,146.153)

They had taken a tortoyse . (MADOX-E2-P2,146.154)

Hear was much resoning whether yt wer better break up the Elsabeth or
take hir a long (MADOX-E2-P2,146.155)

but albe the general and others wold hav had hir confiscat , yet Luk
Wards word prevayled for hir lyfe . (MADOX-E2-P2,146.156)

M. Walker lay with me (MADOX-E2-P2,146.157)

and we ript up much good matter . (MADOX-E2-P2,146.158)

22. {COM:Fri.} and {COM:23_Sat.} (MADOX-E2-P2,146.159)

we held our cowrse sowthwest toward the Ylands of Cape de Verd .
(MADOX-E2-P2,146.160)

When the ores be a pyke {COM:held_vertically} ether the Capten or
master is to come yn . (MADOX-E2-P2,146.161)

24. {COM:Sun.} <font> Midsomer </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,146.162)

a cowncel was cawled in the gallion with al the asistants at 18 degres
latitude wherin was concluded by general consent to seek water at the
Yle of Bonavista and from thence to hold cowrse toward Rio di Plata
both-4 for the eaze of our men and necessyty of our viage .
(MADOX-E2-P2,146.163)

Luke Ward in al poynts spoke to the purpose with discretion ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,146.164)

so did John Drake and M. Walker . (MADOX-E2-P2,146.165)

The rest <font> utrumque </font> . (MADOX-E2-P2,146.166)

Among al M. Capten Parker yn as much as he <P_147> was to serv at the
land wold needs have leave to appoynt his leiftenent , corporals and
sergeants (MADOX-E2-P2,147.167)

or els he wold do nothing , (MADOX-E2-P2,147.168)

but the general thowght not meet to have any more leiftenents but his
own (MADOX-E2-P2,147.169)

and so after muche adoe that matter was dashed . (MADOX-E2-P2,147.170)

A coppy of al things I tooke with ther hands at yt .
(MADOX-E2-P2,147.171)

25. {COM:Mon.} (MADOX-E2-P2,147.172)

I took a purgation being stil syck . (MADOX-E2-P2,147.173)

We saw many flying fyshes (MADOX-E2-P2,147.174)

and took one yn the cheynholes (MADOX-E2-P2,147.175)

for when they be owt of the water they can not se .
(MADOX-E2-P2,147.176)

A number of porpases wer also leaping abowt us which maketh me afrayd
of a storme . (MADOX-E2-P2,147.177)

26. {COM:Tues.} (MADOX-E2-P2,147.178)

fawling west yn 16 degrees northward , we fownd an yland which some
sayd was Bonavista (MADOX-E2-P2,147.179)

but others thowght yt was La Sal (MADOX-E2-P2,147.180)

but none cold tell . (MADOX-E2-P2,147.181)

Yt rose on the sowthwest of us with 3 hils in the land , the myddest
lyk Glastenbury Tor . (MADOX-E2-P2,147.182)

Capten Parker and Luk Ward after we had anchored in the bay went to
descrye the land , (MADOX-E2-P2,147.183)

but because the rut {COM:surge} went somwhat hard a shore , therfore
they wold not bryng the boat a shore (MADOX-E2-P2,147.184)

and capten Parker lyke a bold soldier thowght every crib {COM:hovel} a
castle and every gote an armed soldier . (MADOX-E2-P2,147.185)

Luke Ward sent owt 2 which swyming to land discried a fayr river , a
number of gotes , plenty of byrds but no people , (MADOX-E2-P2,147.186)

and ther was also abundance of fysh and monstruows great tortuses .
(MADOX-E2-P2,147.187)

Luk Ward took one as byg as a child of the largest fyshe which wold
have broken a boat thole {COM:oarlock} in his mowth .
(MADOX-E2-P2,147.188)

Hear be also great shorks which is as yt wer an overgroen dogfysh of 6
foot long or more . (MADOX-E2-P2,147.189)

In fyne when we returned , the general wold not consent to water hear
which thing the viceadmiral took yl , (MADOX-E2-P2,147.190)

so dyd our master , (MADOX-E2-P2,147.191)

but Furdinando <P_148> had caried hym to this that the rather for want
of water we myght robb (MADOX-E2-P2,148.192)

and both he and M. Whood which had browght us hyther with promyses of
the greatest cumforts in the world do now deny al and say that we have
delt madly to rune so far owt of our way . (MADOX-E2-P2,148.193)

I pray God blesse me from such pilates . (MADOX-E2-P2,148.194)

27. {COM:Wed.} (MADOX-E2-P2,148.195)

yn great displeasure on al sydes we wayd to be gone
(MADOX-E2-P2,148.196)

but M. Hawkins and Furdinando went to descry the sowthwest of the bay
wher they fownd a fayr freshet and plenty of gotes
(MADOX-E2-P2,148.197)

but the general sayd we had water ynogh (MADOX-E2-P2,148.198)

and therfor would not stay which made the men much mislyke
(MADOX-E2-P2,148.199)

and so upon $Thurs. Luk Ward cam to us to excuse hym self abowt
vitayling the bark (MADOX-E2-P2,148.200)

for the general throe ther complaynt had spoken sharply to hym .
(MADOX-E2-P2,148.201)

Capten Skevington was hear also with a great complaynt agaynst his
master with gawdy words , (MADOX-E2-P2,148.202)

for every Jack sayth , I am a gentilman and I can tel how to governe
and I wil govern that is scarse worthy to syt and keep flyes from a
gawld horse bak . (MADOX-E2-P2,148.203)

God send me discreet and wyse governowrs as be gentilmen in deed and
not such crycketcatchers as never cam wher yt grew .
(MADOX-E2-P2,148.204)

In fyne we made al frends . (MADOX-E2-P2,148.205)

Luke Ward axed my opinion of M. Walker . (MADOX-E2-P2,148.206)

I told he myght be trust with any thing but with a fayr lasse .
(MADOX-E2-P2,148.207)

29. {COM:Fri.} <font> St. Peter . </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,148.208)

Hytherto the wynd having byn frank unto us and northerly met us at
sowth and sowtherly at 14 degrees to the north with muche qualme but
yet no rayn (MADOX-E2-P2,148.209)

as for our pilots told us many a tale wher we must fet our wynds and
how we shold meet with them as thogh Aeolus or Neptunus had kept market
by the way , (MADOX-E2-P2,148.210)

but all ther taulk is nothing but vanyty . (MADOX-E2-P2,148.211)

As for Whood he doth nothing but with a bawling mowth rayl agaynst our
ship , ageynst our provision , agaynst our owners , gape for the
Spaynysh treasures swaloyng up the men and spoyling them of ther money
alyve with blasphemows bragging ageynst God and man .
(MADOX-E2-P2,148.212)

The Lord stay the rage of our syn <P_149> that yt be not repressed with
the rigor of his fury , (MADOX-E2-P2,149.213)

for wykednes is in our dwelling and among us . (MADOX-E2-P2,149.214)

So long as the north wynd blew yt was cooler than yn Ingland ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,149.215)

but now yt is blomy {COM:close} and hote but yet in no great excesse .
(MADOX-E2-P2,149.216)

{COM:Sat.} (MADOX-E2-P2,149.217)

what with qualm and sotherly wynd we gote lytle or nothing a head .
(MADOX-E2-P2,149.218)

I took up of Water Web 14 els of canvase 14=s= to make cassocks and
breeches for the steward , the cook and my man . (MADOX-E2-P2,149.219)

<heading>

July (MADOX-E2-P2,149.221)

</heading>

1. {COM:Sun.} <font> 3 after Trinity . </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,149.223)

We took 3 shorks of 5 foote a peece . (MADOX-E2-P2,149.224)

2 wer sod , (MADOX-E2-P2,149.225)

the third was cut in thungs to dry . (MADOX-E2-P2,149.226)

Yt is good sawsed with vynagre , oyl , and peper or garlique .
(MADOX-E2-P2,149.227)

The heads we threw away . (MADOX-E2-P2,149.228)

The flesh riseth in very fyne and short fybres throowt .
(MADOX-E2-P2,149.229)

They ar made lyke a dogfysh and wonderful gredy . (MADOX-E2-P2,149.230)

Under ther bellys we fynd lytle blyters of 6 ynches long which hath a
flat holo head lyke a {COM:lacuna} so that you wold ymagin his back to
be his belly . (MADOX-E2-P2,149.231)

We had lykwyse 2 martlets that for 3 or 4 days kept us cumpany , being
at the least leags from Cape de Verd which was the nyest land .
(MADOX-E2-P2,149.232)

2. {COM:Mon.} (MADOX-E2-P2,149.233)

very hote and qualmy .

{COM:3_Tues.} (MADOX-E2-P2,149.235)

we took an other shork (MADOX-E2-P2,149.236)

and John Drak sent us a lytle dolphyn of a foot long , being the fyrst
that was kyld , (MADOX-E2-P2,149.237)

yet M. Hawkins sayd that every day both owtward and homward bound they
drew up or more of 5 or 4 foot long . (MADOX-E2-P2,149.238)

Yt is delicate meat (MADOX-E2-P2,149.239)

and being fryd did eat just lyke a sole , (MADOX-E2-P2,149.240)

but the best way is to dresse hym as fresh samon .
(MADOX-E2-P2,149.241)

4. {COM:Wed.} (MADOX-E2-P2,149.242)

we had a smal tornado which is nothing els but a sodayn gust of rayn
with a flaw of wynd of which sort I have seen many in somer tyme at
home . (MADOX-E2-P2,149.243)

We saved the water in baricoes {COM:casks} , which within 3 or 4 days
did stink (MADOX-E2-P2,149.244)

and yet M. Hawkins sayd they kept some sweet 3 <P_150> moneths
(MADOX-E2-P2,150.245)

but <font> nil temere credendum </font> . (MADOX-E2-P2,150.246)

Hear we met with the wynd at sowth (MADOX-E2-P2,150.247)

and we drew yn 5 shorks which the Spaniard cawleth aberone ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,150.248)

but dolphin yet cold we not take albe we saw ther azured backs and
golden tayles . (MADOX-E2-P2,150.249)

5. {COM:Thurs.} {COM:6_Fri.} {COM:7_Sat.} (MADOX-E2-P2,150.250)

we which had hytherto in maner kept Thom Beggars cowrse sayling right
before the wynd , now what between east on the on boord and west on the
other , for our ship wold ly no nyer , we gote nothing
(MADOX-E2-P2,150.251)

and yet forsooth our cunyng pilates made us beleeve that the wynd was
bownd in an obligation to be at east and east northeast al this tyme of
the yer , (MADOX-E2-P2,150.252)

but M. Hawkins told that they being homward bownd abowt this tyme of
yer fownd a sowthwynd at the Cape of Good Hope which browght them to
Plymmowth so that ther is no trust . (MADOX-E2-P2,150.253)

{COM:8.} {COM:Sun.} <font> 4 {COM:after} Trinity . </font>
(MADOX-E2-P2,150.254)

I drempt muche of Uffington and of 3 men drownd in a dytch , but pulled
owt with some lyf , and that seing an ylfavored cation fysh above water
Jacson dyved to take hir and I also waded in and catcht hir by the
tayle . (MADOX-E2-P2,150.255)

The God of cumfort geve to my dreame a happy interpretation .
(MADOX-E2-P2,150.256)

This day ther dyed with us Zachary the swabbe and Edward Kent and a
smyth aboord the Edward (MADOX-E2-P2,150.257)

and in shoting of a pece yt brak a rope wherby the Frances bote was
fast to our ship so that she fel away with on man yn hir
(MADOX-E2-P2,150.258)

and an other was fayn to leap overboord to swym for hir
(MADOX-E2-P2,150.259)

and thus have I my whole dreame . (MADOX-E2-P2,150.260)

I beseche the Lord hear to stay the angel of wrath that he forrage no
farther . (MADOX-E2-P2,150.261)

9. {COM:Mon.} (MADOX-E2-P2,150.262)

the wynd cam somwhat westerly so that we lay sowthsowethest
(MADOX-E2-P2,150.263)

but anon chopt into the sowth agayn (MADOX-E2-P2,150.264)

and is very clowdy . (MADOX-E2-P2,150.265)

Ned Stoks told how the lions in Affryck kept together in a shole and
that they had fyrst spoyled and did now keepe 2 villages and that yf a
lyon be hedged abowt with thorns he wil rather be taken than <P_151>
pryck his foote to come away , and that the wild bores being hunted do
gather in a ring which they arm abowt with the greatest and the smaler
yn the mydest . (MADOX-E2-P2,151.266)

{COM:Tues.} (MADOX-E2-P2,151.267)

we beat up and down (MADOX-E2-P2,151.268)

and did no good . (MADOX-E2-P2,151.269)

The general told me that the master was a symple and an obstinate feloe
and Thom Whood a wyse , diligent and vertuous man .
(MADOX-E2-P2,151.270)

Come withowt him , quothe I . (MADOX-E2-P2,151.271)

Al this week we made many boords , some east , some west .
(MADOX-E2-P2,151.272)

We had the wynd at sowth and much rayn (MADOX-E2-P2,151.273)

but the wether as our Englysh Autume save that the ayr was more thick
and foggy (MADOX-E2-P2,151.274)

and we saw now and than lyke purple bladders swym on the sea which our
men cawled carvels , tellyng us that they wold sting sore .
(MADOX-E2-P2,151.275)

When I appoynted the boys that wayted to repeat ech meal a sentence owt
of Solomons Proverbs M. Whood wold not in any case that his boy shold
lern any such thing (MADOX-E2-P2,151.276)

for he browght hym not hyther for that purpose , (MADOX-E2-P2,151.277)

and as for hym self he wil not geve a fart for al ther cosmography
(MADOX-E2-P2,151.278)

for he can tel more than al the cosmographers in the world
(MADOX-E2-P2,151.279)

and wil ryde a horse with any man yn England (MADOX-E2-P2,151.280)

and $the {TEXT:then} mayr of Plymowth shal not set a miller to steal
his corn for his wyf eateth as good bred as the best woman in
Devonshire (MADOX-E2-P2,151.281)

and hath every holyday the best of rosting beaf that she can bwy for
hir money , save that a horse bot hir by the sholder .
(MADOX-E2-P2,151.282)

M. Banester sayth that he healed in one yer of an ague by hanging
abracadabra abowt ther necks and wold stanch blood or heal the toothake
althogh the partyes wer myle of and that my Lord of Lester told hym at
Rochester that he wold the mownsewr wer hanged , and that the queen
sayd , I thank you , good M. Banester , (MADOX-E2-P2,151.283)

and yf I be able I wil requyte you (MADOX-E2-P2,151.284)

and so she gave hym the advowsons of 2 benefyces which wer sent to hym
by doctor Julio (MADOX-E2-P2,151.285)

but the doctor sold them both by the way so <P_152> that M. Banester
had nothing (MADOX-E2-P2,152.286)

but yet M. Stanhop offered hym synce C=li= for his interest in the one
, (MADOX-E2-P2,152.287)

yet he wold not take yt . (MADOX-E2-P2,152.288)

Having byn hytherto very yll and unable to brook any meat , Symon Wood
gave me 3 drops of artificial oyl for 3 mornings which he bowght of M.
Buntford , a goldfyner at the Mayden Head in Aldersgate street , which
dryed up my rewme and did me much good (MADOX-E2-P2,152.289)

and surely yt is a very excelant balme (MADOX-E2-P2,152.290)

and cost a noble an ownce . (MADOX-E2-P2,152.291)

The general told of one that was lyke a pye , a fly , and a fart :
(MADOX-E2-P2,152.292)

a pye for he wold have al the talk , (MADOX-E2-P2,152.293)

a fly for he wold be ever in the dysh , (MADOX-E2-P2,152.294)

a fart for he wold depart from his norysher with a fowld word and never
return to his cuntrey to geve yt thanks . (MADOX-E2-P2,152.295)

15. {COM:Sun.} <font> 5 after Trinity </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,152.296)

the wynd somwhat larged toward the sowthwest so that we kept very nye
sowtheast being now between 7 and 8 degrees to the north and abowt
leags fro the cost of Affryck as was thowght (MADOX-E2-P2,152.297)

but after yt proved lesse (MADOX-E2-P2,152.298)

for on {COM:19} Thursday we had lytle barnacles which did eat lyk
cravisshes {COM:crayfishes} gathered of our boat (MADOX-E2-P2,152.299)

and on Fryday M. Hood took a dolphin which was indeed a fyne whyt meat
and sweet but yet not lyke to the samon . (MADOX-E2-P2,152.300)

Being as we suppozed within 5 degrees of the lyne or lesse we descryed
a hygh land abowt 9 leags of at east northeast which we deemed to be
Capo de Palmas or Capo de Verga so that Luk Ward with his master and
pilat seeing us cast offward cam aboord and wyshed that in as much as
we did ly bwelting at the sea and cold doe noe good wee shold stand in
with some harboroe for the releif of our cumpanyes .
(MADOX-E2-P2,152.301)

Than was the cowncel cawled to <P_153> se wher we wer
(MADOX-E2-P2,153.302)

and now every mans reconyng was behind the ships way above leags wherby
I did perceav that ether they had not geven yt alowance to leeward as
the ships lyst required or els ther ran some current which set us to
the eastward under the wether bow (MADOX-E2-P2,153.303)

and so I think yt trew (MADOX-E2-P2,153.304)

for at nyght we wer in a very rugh race {COM:current} at 65 fadom of
soft sandy oze lyke bran and brayd {COM:beaten} pepper , which I judged
to be St. Annes Shole . (MADOX-E2-P2,153.305)

Wel when the viceadmiral was come aboord with his master and Blackoller
, our general , which had cast to the offard west northwest , at the
motion of the viceadmiral and others that desyred rather to go on shore
for the refreshing of our men than to lye bwelting on the sea and do no
good for some of us wer dead and many syck cauled the matter in cowncel
(MADOX-E2-P2,153.306)

and proposed the question wher we wer , shewing his own accownt and
others . (MADOX-E2-P2,153.307)

M. Whood sayd the land we saw was Capo de Palmas or els hee wold fyrst
be hanged and after cut in peeces . (MADOX-E2-P2,153.308)

Such an insolent spech men wold not for modesty sack crose , althogh
ther wer reasons to the contrary . (MADOX-E2-P2,153.309)

Than was demanded whether better go forward to the east or go back
agayn to the norwest . (MADOX-E2-P2,153.310)

M. Haukins with good probable reasons shewd that the further we passed
eastward the further wer we fro the river of Plate
(MADOX-E2-P2,153.311)

and better therfore to passe to the Surliona (MADOX-E2-P2,153.312)

for yf we wer ether caulmed or fownd the wynd in any part of the sowth
we myght harbor ther with great safety , (MADOX-E2-P2,153.313)

but yf northerly we myght put of to our great advauntedge .
(MADOX-E2-P2,153.314)

M. Whood sayd that was a villanows coast (MADOX-E2-P2,153.315)

for when Sir Frances Drake did ther water they set one the potage pot
with ryce every meale . (MADOX-E2-P2,153.316)

The general was loth to go thither pretending that he feared the health
of his men because al had spoke yl of the cuntrey ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,153.317)

but the very truth was , he feared lest fynding ther suffyciency for
our provision he shold have than no pretence to passe to the westward
notwithstanding M. Hawkins objecting that further we went eastward the
further we wer from our mark and in more danger to be <P_154> calmed ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,154.318)

he yelded to go back to Sera Leona except the wynd served .
(MADOX-E2-P2,154.319)

Capten Ward as I perceived undertaking this viage as wel for the hope
of his experience as of his profyt and rather more was desyrows to se
the shore (MADOX-E2-P2,154.320)

and on this agreement we departed (MADOX-E2-P2,154.321)

but presently after the wynd comyng agayn to the sowthwest which was
before dew sowth we browght the starboord tack aboord
(MADOX-E2-P2,154.322)

and bore agayn sowthsotheast with dyvers scuds of rayn .
(MADOX-E2-P2,154.323)

21. {COM:Sat.} (MADOX-E2-P2,154.324)

abowt noone the wynd agayn began to meet at sowthwest so that we ran
agayn westnorwest and spied land agayn (MADOX-E2-P2,154.325)

and on $Sun. <font> 6 after Trinity </font> being abowt agayn we had
land one ech syde to leeward (MADOX-E2-P2,154.326)

and fownd our selvs so puzzeled that no man cold say wher we wer , not
having seen sune or stars for 14 days , (MADOX-E2-P2,154.327)

but of truth we were not so far to the sowthward by 3 degrees at the
least toward the sowth (MADOX-E2-P2,154.328)

and therfor whether the current set to the nornorest by the reset and
yeynwal of Brazil or whether the streames of Rio Grande or other rivers
that fawl myghtyly into the sea cause some current or whether yt always
do foloe the wynd , sure I am we wer no nyer than 8 degrees to the lyne
(MADOX-E2-P2,154.329)

and I think further of (MADOX-E2-P2,154.330)

and now agayn we cast to the offward to west norwest .
(MADOX-E2-P2,154.331)

23. {COM:Mon.} (MADOX-E2-P2,154.332)

the master went into the boat (MADOX-E2-P2,154.333)

and grapeled at fadom (MADOX-E2-P2,154.334)

and sayd that the current did set ful eastwards (MADOX-E2-P2,154.335)

but indeede the wynd was so byg that I knoe not how he shold wel judge
. (MADOX-E2-P2,154.336)

Hear we met with a number of things cauled blubbers lyke unto red bryer
bawles a handful stil under the water . (MADOX-E2-P2,154.337)

24 {COM:Tues.} (MADOX-E2-P2,154.338)

in the morning I drempt of many strange visions that being in Grampole
in Oxford I dyd se in the ayr , espetialy an old man as yt were the
pope with a sword in his hand and a great rank with hym runyng
violently agaynst the steeple . (MADOX-E2-P2,154.339)

<P_155>

At the later end of dynner as we wended westsowest with the larboord
tack aboord and a bold wynd , the mayn topmast was bloen down even as
the general was drynking (MADOX-E2-P2,155.341)

and fawling to leeward dyd tear the mayn top much (MADOX-E2-P2,155.342)

and hanged by the puttocks {COM:shrouds} yt brak 7 foot from the root
wher before yt had byn fysht so that on {COM:25.} $Wed. beyng St. James
day we had fayre wether and set up the top agayn beyng amended
(MADOX-E2-P2,155.343)

and {COM:26._Thurs.} we set up the topmast , beyng so much shorter than
before yt had been . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.344)

I went aboord the Edward with M. Hawkins wher we had a dolphin .
(MADOX-E2-P2,155.345)

Many of them wer syck (MADOX-E2-P2,155.346)

and did complayn the want of fresh water so that I brynging a letter
from M. Walker to the general that were syck , he tooke yt yl and dyd
deem yt had byn some practyce of the viceadmiral .
(MADOX-E2-P2,155.347)

Wel God send us wysdom in our governowrs and honest obediens in the
inferiors , (MADOX-E2-P2,155.348)

and al hypocrysy let God trye . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.349)

27. {COM:Fri.} (MADOX-E2-P2,155.350)

we had fayr wether but scant wynd . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.351)

28. {COM:Sat.} (MADOX-E2-P2,155.352)

the general went aboord the Edward . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.353)

I wrot by M. Banester to M. Lewes that they 2 shold one make muche of
an other , desyring rather to reape prayses of others than to attribute
unto them selvs anything . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.354)

I wrot also to M. Walker upon the occasion of his letter .
(MADOX-E2-P2,155.355)

I think thus verbatim (MADOX-E2-P2,155.356)

Your unpleasant letter distressed me very much . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.357)

It makes unjust demands ; (MADOX-E2-P2,155.358)

it mentions disagreeable things ; (MADOX-E2-P2,155.359)

it makes unfair objections ; (MADOX-E2-P2,155.360)

it complains without reason . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.361)

Please write , I beg {COM:you} , more gently hereafter .
(MADOX-E2-P2,155.362)

<font> Istaec in me cudatur faba : </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,155.363)

I shall smart for that . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.364)

Fare well , you and your leader . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.365)

With love to both of you . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.366)

R. M. Jeffrey said that some were muttering that I wish to play the
part of M. Fletcher . (MADOX-E2-P2,155.367)

Please find out who spread <P_156> this rumor and what they expect to
gain from it , (MADOX-E2-P2,156.368)

for I $do $n't {TEXT:don't} quite follow . (MADOX-E2-P2,156.369)

Thes letters and others the general did open as I suppoze by the
provoquement of M. Banester in whose head ther is some gelosy ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,156.370)

for wel assured I am that ther hath not passed me anything wherby the
general hym self shold hold me in any suspicion , whoze credyt I have
hytherto every way sowght both-5 at land and sea to uphold .
(MADOX-E2-P2,156.371)

What M. Cotton had wrytten I knoe not (MADOX-E2-P2,156.372)

but tuching the lyke case ther wer sad words betwyxt hym and the
general . (MADOX-E2-P2,156.373)

I pray God setle his love among us (MADOX-E2-P2,156.374)

els he that seeketh revenge may quycly ether-2 upon pryvy and false
accusations or some other conceyt distresse hym self of his best frend
and so overthro both hys own safety and the whole action as yn the tale
of the oke and the bryar is set down . (MADOX-E2-P2,156.375)

29. {COM:Sun.} <font> 7 after Trinity . </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,156.376)

After clowdy wether in maner al this moneth and coole wyndes , now yt
qualmeth and waxeth hote , the wynd at sowthsowest wherupon we cast
abowt easterly being between 3 and 4 degrees fro the lyne on the north
. (MADOX-E2-P2,156.377)

M. Evans told me that the hygher the ryver runeth the deeper the tyde
ebbeth and floeth (MADOX-E2-P2,156.378)

and therfor he thinketh that by meanes of the great indrawghts the
current in ech place setteth toward the shore and in the mydlest of the
se is none at al . (MADOX-E2-P2,156.379)

Hearof lern more of the northeast and northwest and mydleyerth
travelers . (MADOX-E2-P2,156.380)

Before nyght yet agayn we browght agayn the larboord tack aboord
(MADOX-E2-P2,156.381)

and set to the west . (MADOX-E2-P2,156.382)

Capten Skevington supt with us (MADOX-E2-P2,156.383)

and on the sodayn was a great cry on the Elsabeth (MADOX-E2-P2,156.384)

and yt was told that one was leapt overboord . (MADOX-E2-P2,156.385)

{COM:Mon.} (MADOX-E2-P2,156.386)

the general went thither to examyn the matter (MADOX-E2-P2,156.387)

and had me with hym to geve them exhortacions . (MADOX-E2-P2,156.388)

Capten <P_157> Skevington by the way complayned to me grevowsly that M.
Wylks wold fart before hym etc . (MADOX-E2-P2,157.389)

When we cam thither we fownd that Julian Saunders , a foolysh feloe ,
had fowght with the masters mate and after leapt overboord because they
wold not suffer $hym to come unto us . (MADOX-E2-P2,157.390)

Yt was determined that he shold be hoysed to the yerd arme and so let
fawl . (MADOX-E2-P2,157.391)

M. Hawl sayd the yerd wold break . (MADOX-E2-P2,157.392)

Wel hoysed he was (MADOX-E2-P2,157.393)

and in the swyng the yerd snapt quyt of in the myddle
(MADOX-E2-P2,157.394)

and al cam into the sea not withstanding after he cam yn agayn upon his
submission he was pardoned . (MADOX-E2-P2,157.395)

We went to the Fraunses to dynner wher we had of porpase and dolphyn
dyvers ways drest a very fyne and ful dynner , (MADOX-E2-P2,157.396)

and some we browght home , (MADOX-E2-P2,157.397)

and of the tayl that is as lyke black lether as is possible which was
cut of to throe away we made a meat that none cold have knoen yt from
baked calvs feet . (MADOX-E2-P2,157.398)

M. Taylboise , being a lytle overgone as oft he is , fownd muche falt
with this punyshment of the man . (MADOX-E2-P2,157.399)

The general overhearing cawled hym . (MADOX-E2-P2,157.400)

What taulk they had I kno not , (MADOX-E2-P2,157.401)

but M. Cotton was bydden geve place to the commissioners ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,157.402)

so was M. Banester . (MADOX-E2-P2,157.403)

Whether of them tooke the matter worse I knoe not (MADOX-E2-P2,157.404)

for yt stung them both to the hart , (MADOX-E2-P2,157.405)

but M. Cotton somwhat and not much better dissembled yt , complayning
greatly that the general had his letter and he cold not get yt ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,157.406)

so Banester sate beloe (MADOX-E2-P2,157.407)

and M. Cotton cam not to supper . (MADOX-E2-P2,157.408)

31. {COM:Tues.} (MADOX-E2-P2,157.409)

ther was hard reasoning betwyxt the general and M. Cotton .
(MADOX-E2-P2,157.410)

What was the effect I kno not , (MADOX-E2-P2,157.411)

but now is he set at the boords end by the general with great honor .
(MADOX-E2-P2,157.412)

He told me yt was by reason of a letter from my Lord Lumley .
(MADOX-E2-P2,157.413)

Now is M. Banester in worst taking (MADOX-E2-P2,157.414)

and sayth he shal dye and he can not leave syghing and many foolysh and
intemprat words why God shold thus abase hym and for which his synnes .
(MADOX-E2-P2,157.415)

I was with hym (MADOX-E2-P2,157.416)

and althoe he forge fasting , yet he hath plenty of coole bear and
aquavite (MADOX-E2-P2,157.417)

and I fownd chese parings and bacon stoored in his wyndoe .
(MADOX-E2-P2,157.418)

<P_158>

<heading>

August 1582 (MADOX-E2-P2,158.421)

</heading>

1. {COM:Wed.} <font> Lammas day . </font> (MADOX-E2-P2,158.423)

M. Banester took on so heavyly that the merchants lest he shold fawl
into desperation wer desyrows agayn to prefer hym (MADOX-E2-P2,158.424)

and al was but the shiftyng of one peg , so that now he is content ,
saving that he muche repineth at my Lord of Lester that he was not made
of the cownsel . (MADOX-E2-P2,158.425)

After dynner I knoe not upon what motion in the world , the general
fyrst ymparting his mynde to us and than with owr lykyng cawled a
cowncel wherunto when al were come , he proponed that syth our bear
spent faster than our way , whether yt were not good to go seeke water
and yf to seek yt than wher ? (MADOX-E2-P2,158.426)

With general consent of al save my self yt was concluded yea and the
Surleona appoynted so that at night being from yt as I deem abowt leags
we set our cowrse northeast with quarter wynd towards yt in Gods name .
(MADOX-E2-P2,158.427)

M. Walker told mee that wher in my former Laten intercepted letter I
had wrytten <font> domini fletcheri </font> , yt was construed that I
thowght I was used lyke a fletcher wherat I laffed ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,158.428)

but when the ryght sence of al was delyvered , than they were sory etc
. (MADOX-E2-P2,158.429)

Ned Gylman took an alcatrash on the mayntopmast yerd , which is a
foolysh byrd but good lean rank meat . (MADOX-E2-P2,158.430)

2. {COM:Thurs.} (MADOX-E2-P2,158.431)

the Edward sprang hir foremast . (MADOX-E2-P2,158.432)

Edward Stokes of Henbury or Amsbury , the plat drawer , dyed of a
calentowr . (MADOX-E2-P2,158.433)

God be mercyful to us that lyve . (MADOX-E2-P2,158.434)

He is the fyfth whom we have throen overboord , (MADOX-E2-P2,158.435)

and before morning died David Evans of Gloester , baker , of an old
<P_159> bruse . (MADOX-E2-P2,159.436)

This cuntrey is very temperat (MADOX-E2-P2,159.437)

but yt sercheth old greifs (MADOX-E2-P2,159.438)

and ether healeth them (MADOX-E2-P2,159.439)

or els sendeth them to a better physicion . (MADOX-E2-P2,159.440)

3. {COM:Fri.} (MADOX-E2-P2,159.441)

at supper we espied a ripling of the water as we trended eastnortheast
(MADOX-E2-P2,159.442)

and anan on the lyebord we saw a very hyghland which M. Haukins
prononced absolutely to be Serra Liona , that is to say the mowntayn of
lyons , (MADOX-E2-P2,159.443)

but he was flatly withstood by Pilote and Herode ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,159.444)

and M. Parker sayd he wold reason with the best mariner in Ingland and
prove yt cold not be yt , because the Serraliona lay in 8 and a terce
but we wer now in 6 and a terce , notwithstanding he did not perceave
the current which setteth ful northeast , (MADOX-E2-P2,159.445)

for we ar fawln as far this way in 2 days as we ran the other way in 5
days . (MADOX-E2-P2,159.446)

Great hold {COM:contention} and hye wordes ther were .
(MADOX-E2-P2,159.447)

I think we saw yt abowt to ken of . (MADOX-E2-P2,159.448)

4. {COM:Sat.} morning being abowt 3 leags of we had grownd fadom
(MADOX-E2-P2,159.449)

and now ech man graunted yt to be the same . (MADOX-E2-P2,159.450)

The sownding was black hose {COM:ooze} , the land very hye
(MADOX-E2-P2,159.451)

and in this wyse yt appeared . (MADOX-E2-P2,159.452)

{COM:fig._8._capo_de_monte_sketch_32v}

I forgat to tel of a great bonetto which capten Hawkyns took with an
hook on Fryday . (MADOX-E2-P2,159.454)

Yt was 4 foot and a half long and almost as thick , just lyke a mackrel
but more trinchioned . (MADOX-E2-P2,159.455)

The head did eat as sweet as any calvs head , (MADOX-E2-P2,159.456)

and Fry kyld a dolphyn which had in his poych {COM:pouch} a flying fysh
of a foot long with 4 wyngs , (MADOX-E2-P2,159.457)

and how M. Banester told me he wold have that Cotton , as he cawled hym
, by the eares (MADOX-E2-P2,159.458)

now yf he myght have leave ; (MADOX-E2-P2,159.459)

yf not , yet at his return to Yngland , which being sent to sea because
he durst not shew his face in London for det and <P_160> had been hyd
at M. Onleys wold now cal hym arrogant physician .
(MADOX-E2-P2,160.460)

See the humor of a foolysh man (MADOX-E2-P2,160.461)

but now to the purpose . (MADOX-E2-P2,160.462)

Abowt noone the master went yn the pynnyse (MADOX-E2-P2,160.463)

and fownd fyrst fadom oze in sownding (MADOX-E2-P2,160.464)

and so sholyng to 15 within a culveryn level to shore ,
(MADOX-E2-P2,160.465)

and goyng a land he gathered Gwyny beanes and fetches {COM:vetches} and
things lyke almons and dryed lymes with sea and sun and orenges .
(MADOX-E2-P2,160.466)

John Lynsey browght herbs and fygtrebowes . (MADOX-E2-P2,160.467)

They fownd a canow and 3 or 4 lytle howses made of reeds lyke unto
greate drye seges (MADOX-E2-P2,160.468)

but saw no people . (MADOX-E2-P2,160.469)

They gathered oliphants dung (MADOX-E2-P2,160.470)

and espied a fayr ynlet of water and a goodly fresh spryng fast by the
shore , (MADOX-E2-P2,160.471)

but comyng back they had but cold thanks , (MADOX-E2-P2,160.472)

for nether dare some men ventur them selvs (MADOX-E2-P2,160.473)

nor can not abyde that other shal be thowght able to do more than they
. (MADOX-E2-P2,160.474)

Wel now because we cold not se a rock at the norwest end , this was not
{COM:Serra_Leona} , althogh al our pylots 2 howrs before sayd , who
knoes not this to be the same ? (MADOX-E2-P2,160.475)

I was desyrows to have anchored hear and march to the hil top
(MADOX-E2-P2,160.476)

for the wether was fayr and trusty ryding in the bay
(MADOX-E2-P2,160.477)

but no help , (MADOX-E2-P2,160.478)

hall of agayn to the sea and try further , which is to refuse Gods
blessing prafered by the fyre syde on a cold day and to tread up and
down in the snoe to seeke a warme suny bank . (MADOX-E2-P2,160.479)

