flag, by which he called together the chiefest men of the other
ships, that by the help and assistance of their councils the order
of the government and conduction of the ships in the whole voyage
might be the better: who being come together accordingly, they
conclude and agree that if any great tempest should arise at any
time, and happen to disperse and scatter them, every ship should
endeavour his best to go to Wardhouse, a haven or castle of some
name in the kingdom of Norway, and that they that arrived there
first in safety should stay and expect the coming of the rest.

The very same day in the afternoon, about four of the clock, so
great a tempest suddenly arose, and the seas were so outrageous,
that the ships could not keep their intended course, but some were
perforce driven one way and some another way, to their great peril
and hazard. The General, with his loudest voice, cried out to
Richard Chanceler and earnestly requested him not to go far from
him; but he neither would nor could keep company with him if he
sailed still so fast, for the Admiral was of better sail than his
ship. But the said Admiral (I know not by what means), bearing all
his sails, was carried away with so great force and swiftness, that
not long after he was quite out of sight, and the third ship also,
with the same storm and like rage, was dispersed and lost us.

The ship-boat of the Admiral, striking against the ship, was
overwhelmed in the sight and view of the mariners of the
Bonaventure; and as for them that are already returned and arrived,
they know nothing of the rest of the ships what was become of them.

But if it be so that any miserable mishap have overtaken them, if
the rage and fury of the sea have devoured those good men, or if as