ships at sea in no small perill: for hauing mountaines of fleeting yce on
euery side, we went roomer for one, and loofed for another, some scraped
vs, and some happily escaped vs, that the least of a M. were as dangerous
to strike as any rocke, and able to haue split asunder the strongest ship
of the world. We had a scope of cleare without yce, (as God would) wherein
we turned, being otherwise compassed on euery side about: but so much was
the winde and so litle was our sea roome, that being able to beare onely
our forecourse we cast so oft about, that we made fourteene bordes in eight
glasses running, being but foure houres: [Sidenote: Night without darknes
in that countrey.] but God being our best Steresman, and by the industry of
Charles Iackman and Andrew Dyer then masters mates, both very expert
Mariners and Richard Cox the maister Gunner, with other very carefull
sailers, then within bord, and also by the helpe of the cleare nights which
are without darknesse, we did happily auoide those present dangers, whereat
since wee haue more maruelled then in the present danger feared, for that
euery man within borde, both better and worse had ynough to doe with his
hands to hale ropes, and with his eyes to looke out for danger. But the
next morning being the 20 of Iuly, as God would, the storme ceased, and the
Generall espying the ships with his new Captiue and whole company, came
happily abord, and reported what had passed a shoare, whereupon altogither
vpon our knees we gaue God humble and hartie thankes, for that it had
pleased him, from so speedy peril to send vs such speedy deliuerance, and
so from this Northerne shore we stroke ouer towards the Southerland.

[Sidenote: Our first comming on the Southerland of the sayd straights.] The
one and twentieth of Iuly, we discovered a bay which ranne into the land,
that seemed a likely harborow for our ships, wherefore our Generall rowed
thither with his boats, to make proofe thereof, and with his goldfiners to
search for Ore, hauing neuer assayed any thing on the South shore as yet,
and the first small Island which we landed vpon. [Sidenote: A Mine of