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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26631	An historical relation of the first discovery of the isle of Madera [sic] written originally in Portugueze by Don Francisco Alcafarado, who was one of the first discoverers, thence translated into French, and now made English.; Qual foy o azo com que se descobrio a ilha da Madeyra. English	Alcoforado, Francisco.; Mello, Francisco Manuel de, 1608-1666.	1675 (1675)	Wing A888; ESTC R7591	20,386	39

was the cause of undertaking them This resolution taken was instantly put in execution and being all safely arrived at Bristol as they had before projected they there again consulted how farther to prosecute what they had begun and it was thought convenient by them all that one of their Company should endeavour to procure a service in the house of Arabella's Husband my Lord but we know not his name for the Engglish to whom we are beholding for this Relation held it discretion to keep it secret Their eyes were instantly upon one judged most proper for that purpose who willingly undertook it and was entertained by the Lord as his Groom It was his good fortune to have assigned to his care a fair pied Horse on which Arabella often rode when she went to take the Air either in company of her Husband or alone The innocence of those times esteeming a Ladies honour to be a sufficient guard though the present Age is not of that opinion Bristol being as great a Town of Trade as most in England there were always in the Harbor many Ships ready to set Sail. One of the best sailing and strongest Vessels Lionel and his Companions resolved to seize the negligence of the Commander and vigilence of Lionel gave them great hopes there would not be much difficulty in effecting their desires The better to carry on their work they bought a Shallop with which they every day rowed out to Sea as on their pleasure so that when they should seize on Arabella and the Ship they might do it with more facility and less suspition both on the People a shore and those aboard the Vessels which rode at an Anchor near the Ship they intended to make use of Whilst these things were doing by the Conspirators Arabella had hourly notice from her new domestick of what ever was resolved on in their Cabal and accordingly took her measures in a short time all things being favourable and the wind come fair at North Arabella had notice that in a day or two they intended to put their design in execution The place Lionel had chosen daily to come to with his shallop was behind a Cape of Land very convenient for his purpose because little frequented and by reason of the solitariness of the place not at all subject to any rancounter might unluckily happen in that juncture of time the Groom also to favour the business had omitted for three Days to give any Drink to the pyed Horse which was his Charge Arabella when she knew all things were in readiness and that Lionel and his Companions waited for her in the shallop with impatience expecting that happy Hour they had so long waited for mounted on Horseback on pretence of taking the Air and rode towards the Cape before mentioned the Horse being extream thirsty hearing the Waves beat against the Shoar and thereby knowing the nearness of the water rushed furiously on in spight of the bit or those that led him all that the pretended Groom could do was to catch hold on the reins seeming thereby to stop him when indeed he only guided him towards the Shallop which he might the easier do because the Horse seeing himself led towards Water which he much desired did not unwillingly submit to be so guided Lionel and his Comrades seeing what was done a Shoar leaped out of the Shallop where they attended the beginning of that good fortune should put an end to their Disgrace and most officiously laying hold on the Horses bridle dismounted the Lady and immediately with the cunning Groom embarqued in the Shallop so that before the other Servants could come to the Sea side Our adventurers were got a good distance thence having with Sails and Oars dilligently endeavoured so to do The Day appointed to put this Action in execution was also designed for seizing the Vessel we before spoke of which was the easier accomplished in regard that at the same time the Owners made a farewel feast a Shore to which the Master Mariners Officers and Souldiers were invited so that the Vessel being in a manner empty was without difficulty surprized by Lionel and his Friends upon which so soon as they were embarqued loosing the sails and cutting the Cable they steered their Course for France the Wind blowing a brisk gale carried the Ship swiftly away which was very happy for our Lovers What a noise the recital of this adventure made not onely in Bristol but also throughout all England what descants was made thereof or what dangers the Actors underwent and what punishment they deserved let the Reader imagine for we intend not to particularize them in our Relations The Eyes of Love are not always blind for Lionel considering the quality of the offence he had committed against whom soon bethought himself that the Husband of Arabella was a person of such Quality as having not only his own power but also the Authority of Justice in his behalf would not fail to make all the Ships then in Harbor pursue the Ravishers of his Wife and Honour Lionel therefore to prevent being overtaken made all the sail he could not caring how soon he lost the sight of Land At Night he altered the Course that in the Day he had steered the better to blind any that should pursue him all that Night they sailed with such a swiftness as usually accompany's them that run headlong into their own ruine the Day ensuing he found himself out of danger of pursuit But the Wind which hitherto had continued favourable and gentle now began to be so impetuous that it seemed rather to blow a Storm then a fair gale Arabella now began to reflect on what was past and consider her former and present condition musing on these things she came upon the deck the better to divert her melancholy where seeing nothing but a Tempestuous Sea and an Air she had not been accustomed unto she then perceived what a miserable estate she had reduced her self unto the poor Vessel being now become the sport of the Sea and Wind was a general grief and affliction to them all After five Days of Navigation without discovering the Land they looked for the wind became so cross and vehement as it quite forced them from the coasts of France whether their desires tended the Friends of Lionel who were not so amorous as himself soon became sensible of their deplorable estate perceiving how equally fortune treated them making no distinction between the innocent and guilty and that they were all like to share in the common danger But Lionel was most extreamly tormented to consider that he was not only the means of bringing himself into that ruin but also his Friends and chiefly her whom he Loved more dear more than his Life Thirty Days were they in this Calamity running through the vast and dangerous deserts of the Ocean destitute of all Hope and Hourly expecting death when one morning about Sun-rising they began to have some Hopes for they