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A47710	Memorable accidents, and unheard of transactions containing an accout of several strange events: as the deposing of tyrants, lamentable shipwrecks, dismal misfortunes, stratagems of war, perilous adventures, happy deliverances, with other remarkable occurrences, and select historical events, which have happened in several countries in this last age. Translated from the French, printed at Brussels in 1691. and dedicated to his present Majesty William King of England, &c. Published in English by B.B.	B. B.; Léonard, T.	1693 (1693)	Wing L1100A; ESTC R217274	108,650	193

it seven foot deep in the Hold. We had sixty pieces of Brass and Iron Cannon aboard vvhich lay under the Pepper and Ginger and rowling about ground several Bags of Pepper to Powder which stop'd the passages of our Pump and much indangered us at length we cleared it and falling stoutly to Pumping were much incouraged when we found the Water abate Our Main-mast which was in the Water beat strongly against our Ship so that we feared it would much damnifie it and obliged us to cut the Ropes that held it Next Morning we discovered the Midleburg one of our Company which had lost all her Masts by the Tempest but the other Ship we supposed was cast away for we were carried into a place where the Sea was of a brovvn colour and vve drevv from thence a quantity of Pepper vvhich confirmed us in our belief of her loss to our great grief The Captain of the Midleburg came in his Long boat desiring us to furnish him vvith some Masts which we concluded to do much pitying his miserable condition but the Seamen mutiny'd and said They had need of them themselves but at length with threats and fair Words I prevailed with them and so vve furnished them with what necessaries we had and then left them Sailing toward Madagascar In Coasting which we savv a certain place on the Land that burned and soon after finding a convenient Road vve cast Anchor and carried our Merchandizes ashore to dry them and to repair the Ship And seeing some of the Inhabitants vve made them by signs understand vve vvanted a Mast and they very obligingly directed us where to cut one down which we did Whilst we were thus imployed the people hearing of our being there came from all parts bringing with them Cattle Honey Wax and several Fruits setting up Tents the more conveniently to Trade with us telling us They vvere at War and desired us to assist them for vvhich we should have what we would desire telling us Their King spake Spanish and kept his Court six miles from thence We sent four persons to Treat with the King about some Rice vvho received them kindly but told them it was very scarce that year the Locusts having spoiled it Which might very well be for I being one day far advanced into the Country they rose from the ground like a Cloud and fell upon me in such numbers that I had much difficulty to breathe They have Wings to fly but when on the ground they leap like Grashoppers The King said he was forced sometimes to send 〈◊〉 three hundred men into the Fields to 〈◊〉 the Rice but often to little purpose Some of the Inhabitants pluck'd off their Wings and boil'd and eat them making signs to us to do the like but we had no Stomach to them The King having Treated our Men came along with them to our Ship and presented us with four Oxen which we kindly received and gave him two Muskets who accepted them and took his leave of us Our Men were so pleased they were loth to come away but that I threatned them if they staid to return to Batavia so they hastened to repair the Ship which was ready to Sail in April Most of the Inhabitants are black some of them had their Hair dangling about their Shoulders others wore it in little curles like Wool the Women tye up theirs behind their Head they rub themselves with Tar and then stand in the Sun to make it shine on their Bodies They go Naked only some have a little cloth about their Secrets others none We now resolved to depart but two of our Seamen having deserted us we sent to find them but could not we supposed some Women had inveigled them away who are great Lovers of Dutch-men and we saw several Children half white And surely had the Country abounded as well with Wine and Beer as it did with Women we should not have got our Men so soon off from this Island Therefore leaving them in this barbarous Country we set Sail for the Cape of Good Hope and so Sailing along the Coast of Africa we at length arrived at Kinsale in Ireland and November 15. 1625. after so many perils misfortunes and deliverances by Gods Assistance we came safe to Zealand seven years after our departure from thence The Distressed Hollanders at Nova Zembla SOme years since two Ships were set forth by the Town of Amsterdam to Sail into the North Seas to discover the Kingdoms of Cathay and China in which William Barents went as chief Pilot. The tenth of May we Sailed from Amsterdam On the fourth of June we saw three Suns and four Rainbows and John Cornelison Master of the other Ship with his Officers came aboard our Ship to perswade us to alter our course which we refus'd to do and so parted company The Ninth of September our Ship was wholly enclos'd with Ice on the Coast of Nova Zembla so that we lay three or four Foot deep in the Ice and seeing that we could not free our Ship and that Winter was coming on we resolv'd to Winter there and cast our selves upon the Providence of God and taking counsel together we determin'd to build a House Immediately eight of us went ashore to find out the convenientest place to erect our House upon and God in our extreamest need sent us unexpected comfort for we found certain Trees which had been driven upon the shore from some Neighbouring Region for we saw none growing in this Desart Land And this Drift-wood serv'd not only to erect our House but also to burn all the Winter long which we laid in heaps that it might not be cover'd over with Snow The Wind being North-East it was exceeding cold freezing two Fingers thick in the Salt Water We made a Sled to draw the Wood to the place where we had concluded to build our House September 25. our Carpenter died and we Buried him next day under the Sedges not being able to dig up the frozen Earth We began to Work hard on our House being sixteen Men in all whereof there was still one or other Sick we then carry'd the greatest part of our Bread from the Ship to our House and the day following brought ashore our Wine and other Victuals October 19. there being but two Men and a Boy in the Ship a Bear indeavour'd by force to get into it and though they shot at her with pieces of Wood yet she advanc'd boldly whereupon the two Men leapt into the Ballast and the Boy climb'd to the Fore-mast top to save their Lives but in the mean time some of our Men fir'd a Musket at her and then she run away The Twentieth being calm Sun-shine Weather we went to fetch the rest of our Beer out of the Ship where we found some of the Barrels and even their Iron Hoops frozen in pieces The next day it was so great a Snow that we could not stir out of Doors the day after being calm we

Memorable Accidents AND Unheard of Transactions CONTAINING An Account of several Strange Events As the Deposing of Tyrants Lamentable Shipwrecks Dismal Misfortunes Stratagems of War Perilous Adventures Happy Deliverances with other remarkable Occurrences and Select Historical Events which have happened in several Countries in this last Age. Translated from the French Printed at Brussels in 1691. and Dedicated to His present Majesty William King of England c. Published in English by R. B. LONDON Printed for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultrey near Cheapside 1693. THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY TO HIS Brittanick Majesty SIR THough Your Majesty be wholly busied in the greatest Affairs of State in the most Illustrious Assembly that was ever held I presume nevertheless to believe that You will not be offended that I take the liberty to interrupt You for a moment and offer unto Your Majesty this small Treatise the reading of which can only surprize those that are ignorant of Your Majesties Life for since this containeth the most celebrated Events of History extracted out of the Writings of the most famous Authors all the World will own that the Miracles which make Your Character surpass the greatest and most astonishing Exploits here related It is for this cause Sir that my silence will better express the profound Veneration that I have for the Grandeur of Your Majesties Actions than all the Elogies wherewith the ardor of my Zeal were able to Inspire me Nevertheless Sir if I may be perswaded to judge of Your Intentions by Your Proceedings all that Glory which shineth so bright in the Eyes of Men is not that which dost most affect You by so many Great and Heroick Actions You aspire to something yet greater You know Sir that Kings who are truly so esteem not Soveraign Power but as a thing ever ready to furnish them with opportunities of meriting the Love of Nations by being Authors of the Publick Happiness Your Majesty hath this Great Truth Ingraven upon Your Heart and if in the beginning of Your Reign we have admired in Your Majesty the Hero and the Conqueror we hope ever to Adore the Restorer of the Common Liberty of Europe I am with a profound respect SIR Your Majesties Most Humble and Most Obedient Servant T. LEONARD TO THE READER HOW great soever the Diversion and Pleasure be that we find in Reading Romances nevertheless true History hath all the advantage over it that Truth hath over a Fable If we search Books for Examples whereby to regulate our Behaviour those that we know to be false can they ever gain any Empire over our Minds For Example Can the Heroical Actions that we read in Cleopatra have so great Authority over us as to engage us to imitate them And shall we set imaginary Persons for a Model before us It is not so with History and the reading thereof produceth more certain Effects When a Man whose Inclinations are Warlike observeth there that a private Soldier hath by his Valour rais'd himself to the greatest Dignities he conceiveth as high an Idea of the Success as a great Merit is capable of he perswadeth himself that he may Atchieve the like Adventures since they have been before really perform'd and this thought authoriz'd by the Truth of History is able to determine him to the boldest Exploits This is it Reader which hath oblig'd me to publish this Collection the Events of which I have selected out of the General and Particular Histories Memoirs Voyages and other most famous Works that have lately appeared I hope it will meet with a favourable acceptation because it containeth Adventures as rare as any that are to be found in Romances here you are entertain'd with Shipwracks overthrown Fortunes Revolutions of Kingdoms and the surprizing Effects of the Commotions of all the Passions In fine this Collection evidenceth that Virtue is of both Sexes of all Ages Countries and Conditions Memorable Accidents AND Unheard of Transactions In several Nations in this last Age. The Shipwrack THE King of Portugal had sent to the King of Siam a very splendid Embassy To answer the civility of this European Prince the King deputed three great Mandarins in Quality of his Ambassadors with six other younger Mandarins and a considerable Retinue to go to the Court of Portugal We embark'd for Goa in the year 1684. where we abode eleven months and departed thence for Europe in a Portugal Vessel Jan. 27. 1686. but on the 27th of April we unhappily run aground on the Cape of the Needles and that in this manner That very day several Mariners were order'd to ascend the Masts to observe the Land that we descry'd a little towards the right hand by their relations the Captain and Pilot judg'd that it was the Cape of Good Hope so without observing themselves whether the Mariners spoke truth or not they continu'd their course till two or three hours after Sun-set when they believ'd they had already past the Land we had before discover'd then changing the course they bore a little more towards the North. I know not what presage of the misfortune that threatned us had so fill'd me with restless thoughts that I could not so much as close my eyes to sleep I then came out of my Cabbin and amus'd my self with beholding the Ship that seem'd to fly on the top of the waters Casting my eyes a little further I perceiv'd on a sudden a very dark shadow near our right side this sight struck me with terror and immediately I said to the Pilot Is it not the Land that I see As he approach'd to look we heard them crying out in the Fore-castle Land Land before us we are lost The Pilot run to the Helm to change the course but we were so near the shore that the Ship in veering struck thrice with her Poop upon a Rock which made her stand still without any manner of motion They run to the Poop but not one drop of water had yet enter'd Immediately they made all efforts possible to save themselves from Imminent ruine by felling the Masts by the board and unloading the Vessel but they had not time for the Wind drove the Ship upon the shore These Mountains of Water breaking into foamy Billows upon the points of the Rocks that jutted out into the Sea lifted up the Vessel to the Clouds letting her fall on a sudden upon the Cliffs with such violence that she could not hold out long You might have heard her already cracking on all sides some parts of her falling off from the rest and at last this great Mass of Wood being for a while thus dreadfully shaken and toss'd from Wave to Rock was dash'd to pieces with a horrible noise The Poop bore the first shock and accordingly was the first part that bulg'd To no purpose they cut down the Masts and threw over-board the Guns and all that lay in their way all their precautions were in vain for the ship struck upon the Rocks so often and

Battle and retir'd to the Mountains from whence they descended not till they had seen the Spaniards under Sail who before their departure set the Tents on fire and rifled all that belong'd to the French so that they remain'd in the Isle without Beds Tents or Tools to Work with and led a very miserable Life for the space of three or four months Many died for want and the rest saw themselves in danger of perishing in the like misery when five of the most daring of them resolv'd to expose themselves to all sorts of perils rather than remain in this Isle They made a Pyperi or Canoa in which they determin'd to adventure to Sea to seek out for some Island Inhabited by Christians of whatsoever Nation they might be and one of them having happily found an Axe on the Trunk of an Acamas Tree they made choice of the Wood of the Mahot and Trumpet Tree which are the lightest in that Country and labour'd with so great diligence that in three days they join'd together some pieces of Wood and instead of Mortise and Nails they made use of great and strong cords and so fitted out their Pyperi It was eleven foot wide and fourteen long and that it might cut the Water more nimbly they made it sharp pointed and in the middle of it placed a Mast fifteen foot high Two of the five strip'd themselves to make Sails of their Shirts and having unript them they tied them together with great points of Mahot Bark and fasten'd to them two Sheets of the same Bark to Sail near the Wind or put out to the Main as they should see occasion Our five Adventurers having bid adieu to them that remain'd in the Isle rather with abundance of Tears than Words thrust their Pyperi into the Water where they seated themselves two in the Poop two in the Prow and one in the middle The two that were in the Poop held an Oar in form of a Rudder to conduct them whither soever Divine Providence should lead them the three others held each of them an Oar in form of a Battle-Door and rowing after the manner of the Savages that is to say before them They arriv'd extreamly fatigu'd at a little Isle call'd Virgine Gonarda where Landing with their Match which they carefully kept burning in their Pyperi they made a Fire upon a Bank of Sand to boil some Periwinkles and Cray-fishes that they found there Out afflicted Navigators leaving this Isle by force of Rowing gain'd that of St. Thomas where finding what refreshment they wanted as Oranges Citrons Lemons Gouyans Bananas and Figs they abode there five days From the Isle of St. Thomas they continu'd their course to the Southern Coast of Portrico where they went ashore upon a great Bank of Land After they had march'd about two hours within the Isle they knew by the great store of Beeves Cows and Hogs which were Wild that it was the Isle of St. John Portrico They return'd to their Pyperi which they trim'd a new to fetch up another little Island to the Windward of Portrico and distant from thence about two Leagues they Row'd three days without being able to get near the shore because the Tide still bore to the Main Land but after great toil they gain'd at last a little bank of white Sand where Landing they happily found two Wells dig'd there by Mariners the water of which was very good Here they also found Ring-Doves Hens and other Fowls in so great abundance and so tame that they kill'd them upon the Trees with great Poles towards Night All these supplies together with the footsteps of men that they observ'd made them believe that this place was frequented by some Fisher-Boats and that certainly it would not be long before some of them arriv'd in which they might obtain passage to some Christian Land For this Reason they erected a little Tent in which they abode near three months walking every day round the Island which is in circuit but two Leagues without seeing any person on Land or Ship in the Sea from whence they might hope for Succour In fine on Sunday morning as they were saying their usual Prayers perceiving a Bark which coming from the North Coasted the Isle they made a Sign to it with a Linnen Cloth fastned to the top of a long stick and the Captain mov'd by their reiterated cries commanded to furl the Main-sail and strike the Top-sail and bear straight to Land Seeing but five Naked men without Arms he sent five Mariners towards them in his Boat amongst whom was a Walloon who knowing by their Language that they were French cast by Shipwrack or some other accident upon the Coast of that Isle they charitably receiv'd them into their Boat and brought them to the Bark By means of this Walloon Interpreter they rehears'd unto the Governour the dreadful miseries they had endur'd So pitiful a recital touch'd him so sensibly that he gave them Shirts and Drawers furnish'd them with Bread Wine and Aqua-vitae and promis'd that within fifteen days his Fishing being ended he would return and take them along with him to St. John de Portrico He perform'd his promise and to preserve the memory of so strange an Adventure he caus'd their Pyperi to be made fast to the Prow of his Bark that he might shew it to Don Francisco Maldonado Governour of Portrico for his Catholick Majesty Having left the Island four or five Leagues behind them the Spanish Pilot looking from the Poop towards the Isle of Virgins descri'd a League off somewhat in the Sea moving upon a piece of Wood but the too great distance hindering him from discerning what it was as they approach'd nearer he perceiv'd that it was Men floating upon a Pyperi like to that which was fasten'd to the Prow of the Bark They were six men the remainder of those that staid in the Isle of Virgins who had built a Pyperi to carry them thence These poor French-men knowing their Comrades beseech'd the Captain to save their Lives as he had done theirs he took them into the Ship carry'd them to Portrico and presented them all to the Governour who receiv'd them courteously and order'd a Garment to be given to each of them making the Town their Prison with Liberty to earn their Bread therein They had no difficulty to subsist here every one look'd upon them as extraordinary persons and at first contended who should be most liberal to them Those that were skill'd in any Trade ply'd the same and one of them that could play exquisitely well on the Violin gain'd enough alone to assist the rest When they had gather'd a Sum of Money sufficient to pay for their passage into Europe they all embark'd in Spanish Vessels save one that Married in the Isle and return'd to their Native Country History of the Antilles The Brave Hollander IN the month of September 1641. five Gallies and two Brigantines commanded by Aly Pegelin General of

the Negro's lay Dead and others Wounded on the Water The valiant Baker received a Wound in his Belly by an Invenomed Arrow of which he died We lost twelve Men in the Fight and four that were left ashore which we were very loth to depart without but having only eight Hens and a little Rice for fifty persons we Sailed along the Coasts near the Rocks and found store of small Oysters We left the Bay and Sailed upon the Main Sea to find out the Island of Java and went ashore again in another Island where we found some Bamboos and Palm-trees the tops whereof being very tender we eat Here from the top of an high Mountain I discovered the Streight of Sunda and the Isles of Java and Sumatra which was joyful news to us all being impatient to see some of our own Country-men once more who had a Factory there Sailing on we met with some Holland Ships and among others one of those who lost company of us near the Canary-Islands who at first did not know us but when we discovered our selves the Captain embraced us with Tears of Joy and we went aboard his Ship relating to him at large our woeful Misfortunes which he could not hear without much emotion He gave us a Yatch to go to Battavia where John Peter Koen kept his Court where being arrived we told the Guards we desired to speak with the Lord-General who having notice thereof commanded us to be brought into his presence After we had paid our respects to him we gave an account of our selves and of the fatal accident that had occasioned the burning of our Ship and all the sad Disasters attending us afterwards He replied It was indeed a miserable Accident but God said he has miraculously preserved you in all your Dangers He commanded his Attendants to bring some Canary My Lord Drank to me in a great Cup of Gold and said I was welcome and that we ought to consider our selves as Men that had once lost our Lives and now by Gods great Mercy had found them again adding I must be gone this Night to Bantam upon urgent occasions do you remain here and eat at my Table till my return Eight days after we were ordered to attend him at Bantam where he sent for me saying Captain Bontekoe go on Board the Shepherd Vessel till further Order I accepted this Commission with hearty thanks and Heyn Roll had likewise a Commission to exercise Merchandize Soon after my Ship with two others were sent toward the Coasts of China and coming to a Town called Laritoeken whose Inhabitants named Specks and Mestis much obstructed Trade thereupon our Council resolved that we should Attack and endeavour to Destroy them in pursuance whereof we put some Men ashore who set some Houses on Fire on purpose to divert the Inhabitants by quenching them to give ●s the better opportunity to Land our Forces which having done those in the Fort perceiving 〈◊〉 made two Sallies upon us and killed twenty 〈◊〉 on the place wounding several 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and forcing us to retreat Having taken in fresh Water we Sailed toward Amboina and parting with Heyn Roll not without much regret remembring the miseries we both jointly suffered we at length arrived at the famous City of Batavia where the Governour received me favourably and made me Captain of a better Ship newly arrived from Holland called the Groningen in which I Sailed to the Road of Jambay Our Pilot went in a Boat up the River to visit Captain Martes who entertained him very kindly departing from thence he found himself drowsie and reposed on an Hill near the Sea but in the Night fell into the Water and was Drowned Having passed two years in Voyaging I was sent in company with eight Ships more by order from General Koen to go to Piscadoris to oblige the Chinois to Trade either by fair means or foul and April 22. we cast Anchor before Macou being now fifteen Sail and next day we began to batter the City and in the mean time our Commander in chief took the opportunity of the great Fire we made to Land six hundred Men the Enemy endeavoured to hinder them but our men with their Swords in their Hands drove them out of the Trenches which they had made and we became Masters of the lower ground and pursued them vigorously when by accident the fire took our Powder which the Enemy understanding came upon us with such fury that we were wholly disordered and forced to fly towards our Shallops in great confusion with the loss of one hundred and thirty of our Men and near as many Wounded the Commander 〈◊〉 being slightly hurt in his Belly We Sailed from hence toward the Coast of China and met a Jonque richly Laden bound for the Manilles we took her and made two hundred and fifty Chinois Prisoners and fastening the Jonque behind our Ship we set fifteen of our Men to Guard thirty of them yet scarce thought our selves safe and therefore put them all down in the Hold and shut the Hatches upon them setting six men with their Swords drawn and Lamps burning all Night to Watch them making them come up one by one to Eat This caution caused them to have such awe of us that when I walk'd on the Deck they ranged themselves on both sides to make way falling on their Knees before me One of them told us That a Chinois Prophet predicted their Country should be invaded by Men with red Beards and because mine was so they were perswaded I was the chief Person meant by that Prophesie They came every morning above Deck to Comb themselves There was some among them whose Hair was so long that it come down to their Heels when they stood upright which they tyed in knots and fastened with a Bodkin behind We carried them to Piscadoris which was the General Rendevouz of all the Prisoners who were set to work on the Fortifications of the Fort. Having been so long absent from my Native Country I was now desirous to return home again and hearing that the Ship called the Good Hope was bound for Batavia I desired leave of the General to return to Holland which at length with some difficulty I obtained and set Sail with the first opportunity in company of two Ships more and coming toward the Cape of Good Hope a great Tempest arose so that I was forced to let down all my Sails and give way to the Wind which drove our Ship Southward the two other Vessels following our Example toward Midnight the Wind increased so violently that we could not see what course to hold for the Wind turned about the Compass Our Main-mast was broke off and thrown into the Sea This violent Storm or Hurricane continued about four hours the Sea being not much moved by it but the Wind a little abating it grew so rough and boisterous that we narrowly escaped being cast away Our Decks took in so much Water that we found

we then divided our selves equally into the Boats and recommending our safety to the abundant Mercies of our Heavenly Guide with a West North-west Wind and indifferent open Water we put to Sea on the thirteenth day of June The twentieth of the same month our Pilot Mr. Barents died the loss of whom dishearten'd us not a little as being the only Guide on whose Conduct next under the Providence of God we relied At last after innumerable dangers and as many miraculous deliverances having Sail'd almost four hundred Dutch miles along the Coast we enter'd the River of Coola in Lapland on the first of September and when the Flood was past we cast our Stones that serv'd us for Anchors aground till the Tyde came in again and then set Sail till Midnight and after that Anchor'd till morning There rowing up the River as we past along we saw some Trees which comforted us as much as if we had enter'd into a new World for all the time that we had been out we had seen none At length we got to a Dutch Ship which we had news of some days before little dreaming it was our Consort that the year before set out with us and left us about the Bear Island There we began to make merry with our old Companions and bid each other welcome then we rowed forward and Landed at Coola Here with the Governors leave we brought our Scute and Boat to the Merchants House and set them up for a Monument of our tedious and never before Sailed Voyage The seventeenth of September we set Sail from thence and on the twenty ninth of October arrived in the Maese and on the first of November got to Amsterdam in our Nova Zembla Clothes and Caps furr'd with white Foxes Skins and were received by our Friends as if we had come from the Dead they having given us over for lost a long while before Metallick History of the Netherlands De Veer's Relation The disastrous Voyage and miraculous Deliverance of P. Quirini a Venetian A Venetian Ship in which were above seven hundred Buts of Wine Spices and other Merchandizes of great value with sixty eight Men set Sail from Candia the Master Piero Quirini on the sixth of November we came by chance into the Mouth of the Channels of Flanders and were driven by a storm from the South towards the North-west The fury of the Winds was so great that it broke five of the Hinges off our Rudder and the storm hourly increasing beat upon our feeble Rudder with such violence that it hung on the one side wherefore for the last Remedy we fasten'd a great Cable to it with which we drew it after us three days in which time in our judgment we had run above two hundred Miles against our wills Afterwards with many pieces of Timber we made a shadow of another and fitted it to the Ship but this also was carried away by the breaking Surges on the twenty sixth of this month so that then we lost all hopes of directing our Ship On the fourth of December the Winds grew so outragious that they carried away our third Sail and so we wander'd at adventure not knowing by what means to provide for our safety Afterwards the rage and violence of the Winds increasing the Sea began to swell so high that the Waves seem'd Mountains and our Terror was augmented by the darkness of the extream long Nights so that we seem'd to be swallow'd up in the bottomless Depths of the Abyss It 's hard to imagine how great the anguish and trembling of our hearts was living in a continual expectation of Death In the middle of this horrible darkness we sometimes saw the Heavens as it were open'd with sudden flashes of dazling Lightning Sometimes we seem'd to touch the Stars and at other times saw our selves buried in Hell insomuch that we lost both Strength Whilst we remain'd useless Spectators of this woeful Tragedy pitifully beholding one another a rolling Billow came over the Ship with so great fury that it was fill'd almost half full of Water so that she turn'd up her Keel and lay as if she had been ready to sink But Heaven forsaketh not them that Religiously call upon him and strengthen'd our sorrowful hearts We cut down the Main-mast and threw it over-board together with the Main-yard and Tackling which eased the Ship very much so that we began to cast out the Water which at last we over-came though not without great difficulty and pain The day appearing we agreed to make ready the Boat and Skiff and parted equally our small remainder of Provisions forty two persons were willing to enter into the Skiff and therefore we were forc'd to cast Lots who should go therein it being capable only of one and twenty The Master and forty seven more enter'd the Boat unto whom ratably fell their proportion of Victuals We were in our judgment distant from the nearest Land or Island above five hundred miles and then came to Sail in a quiet Sea for some time but a dark Mist arising in the Night we lost sight of the Skiff and never saw it more The Morning appearing we were much troubled that we could see no tokens of the Skiff which made us fear the worst and suspect what had befaln them for the Storm was so furious that an impetuous Billow rushed into the Pinnace behind the Poop where I was with so great violence that two Stays were batter'd and bent by the vehemency of the Shock which filled our hearts with consternation and terror for now was the Pinnace more charged with the weight of the Water than with her own burthen but Necessity set us all a working and fear of so imminent a danger made the feeblest of us bestir themselves and fall to lading it out with their hands and being in a dreadful hurry we threw over-board all that lay in our way As soon as we had drain'd the Pinnace the Storm continuing we agreed to cast out some Casks of Wine to lighten her which we did with so great haste and precipitancy that we had soon reduc'd our selves to such extremity that if we desir'd to taste of that chearing Liquor to restore our drooping Spirits we were forc'd to content our selves with one Goblet apiece every day which was all that could be allowed to each of us and if any could not satisfie his parch'd Throat with this he was constrain'd to have recourse to the brackish Liquor that threaten'd to swallow us up every moment But all this was Luxury in respect of what our cruel Destinies reserv'd for us this Measure of Wine held out only a Week with us at the end of which our tormenting fears quite exhausting our small store constrain'd us to diminish our proportion to half a Goblet a day each Man Thirst was not the only nor greatest Misery that attended our deplorable and forlorn Company perpetual Terror and distracting Doubts did so disturb our afflicted Minds that we