for hauing mightie rockes threatening on the one side, and driuing Islands of cutting yce on the other side, they greatly feared to make shipwracke, the yce driuing so neere them that it touched their bolt-sprit.  And by meanes of the Sea that was growne so hie, they were not able to put to sea with their small Pinnesses to recouer their shippes.  And againe, the shippes were not able to tarie or lie athwart for them, by meanes of the outragious windes and swelling seas.  The Generall willed the Captaine of the Anne Francis with his company, for that night to lodge aboord the Busse of Bridgewater, and went himselfe with the rest of his men aboord the Barkes.  But their numbers were so great, and the prouision of the Barkes so scant, that they pestered one another exceedingly.  They had great hope that the next morning the weather would be faire whereby they might recouer their shippes.  But in the morning following it was much worse, for the storme continued greater, the Sea being more swollen, and the Fleete gone quite out of sight.  So that now their doubts began to grow great:  for the ship of Bridgewater which was of greatest receit, and whereof they had best hope and made most account, roade so farre to leeward of the harborowes mouth, that they were not able for the rockes (that lay betweene the wind and them) to lead it out to Sea with a saile.  And the Barks were already so pestered with men, and so slenderly furnished with prouision, that they had scarce meat for sixe dayes for such numbers.

The Generall in the morning departed to Sea in the Gabriel to seeke the Fleete, leauing the Busse of Bridgewater, and the Michael behind in Beares sound.  The Busse set sayle, and thought by turning in the narrow channell within the harborow to get to windward:  but being put to leeward more, by that meanes was faine to come to anker for her better safetie, amongst a number of rockes, and there left in great danger of euer getting forth againe.  The Michael set sayle to follow the Generall, and could giue the Busse no reliefe, although they earnestly desired the same.  And the Captaine of the Anne Francis was left in hard election of two euils:  eyther to abide his fortune with the Busse of Bridgewater, which was doubtfull of euer getting forth, or else to bee towed in his small Pinnesse at the sterne of the Michael thorow the raging Seas, for that the Barke was not able to receiue or relieue halfe his company, wherein his danger was not a little perillous.

So after hee resolued to commit himselfe with all his company vnto that fortune of God and Sea, and was dangerously towed at the sterne of the Barke for many miles, vntill at length they espyed the Anne Francis vnder sayle, hard vnder their Lee, which was no small comfort vnto them.  For no doubt, both those and a great number more had perished for lacke of victuals, and conuenient roome in the Barks without the helpe of the said Ship.  But the honest care that the Master of the Anne Francis had of his Captaine, and