nothing at all, but causing his men to seke some good
harborough, he made signes as though he would depart,
and sayling round about the Island, he espied at length
a harborough on the East side of the Island, where
hee put in with all his Fleet: the mariners went
on land to take in wood and water, which they did
with as great speede as they could, doubting least
they should be assaulted by the inhabitants, as it
fell out in deed, for those that dwelt thereabouts,
making signes vnto the other with fire and smoke, put
themselues presently in armes and the other comming
to them, they came all running downe to the sea side
vpon our men, with bowes and arrowes, and other weapons,
so that many were slaine and diuers sore wounded.
And we made signes of peace vnto them, but it was
to no purpose, for their rage increased more and more,
as though they had fought for land and liuing. [Sidenote:
Zichmni departed from Icaria Westwards.] Wherefore
we were forced to depart, and to sayle along in a
great circuite about the Islande, being alwayes accompanyed
vpon the hil tops and the sea coastes with an infinite
number of armed men: and so doubling the Cape
of the Island towards the North, we found many great
sholdes, amongst the which for the space of ten dayes
we were in continuall danger of loosing our whole fleet,
but that it pleased God all that while to send vs faire
weather. Wherefore proceeding on till we came
to the East cape, we saw the inhabitants still on
the hill tops and by the sea coast keepe with vs, and
in making great outcryes and shooting at vs a farre
off, they vttered their old spitefull affection towards
vs. Wherefore wee determined to stay in some safe
harborough, and see if wee might speake once againe
with the Islander, but our determination was frustrate:
for the people more like vnto beasts then men, stood
continually in armes with intent to beat vs back, if
we should come on land. Wherefore Zichmni seeing
he could not preuaile, and thinking if he should haue
perseuered and followed obstinately his purpose, their
victuals would haue failed them, he departed with a
fayre wind and sailed sixe daies to the Westwards,
but the winde changing to the Southwest, and the sea
waxing rough, wee sayling 4 dayes with the wind the
powp, and at length discouering land, were afraid
to approch nere vnto it, the sea being growen, and
we not knowing what land it was: but God so prouided
for vs, that the wind ceasing there came a great calme.
Wherefore some of our company rowing to land with
oares, returned and brought vs newes to our great
comfort, that they had found a very good countrey and
a better harborough: [Sidenote: 100 men
sent to discrie the countrey.] vpon which newes we
towed our ships and smal barks to land, and being entred
into the harborough, we saw a farre off a great mountain,
that cast forth smoke, which gaue vs good hope that
we should finde some inhabitants in the Island, neither
would Zichmni rest, although it were a great way off,