with al his heart, for that he had seene, the same being enough for vs all, and that we needed not to seeke any further.  And these last words he would often repeate, with demonstration of great feruencie of mind, being himselfe very confident, and setled in beliefe of inestimable good by his voyage:  which the greater number of his followers neuertheles mistrusted altogether, not being made partakers of those secrets, which the Generall kept vnto himselfe.  Yet all of them that are liuing, may be witnesses of his words and protestations, which sparingly I have deliuered.

Leauing the issue of this good hope vnto God, who knoweth the trueth only, and can at his good pleasure bring the same to light:  I will hasten to the end of this tragedie, which must be knit vp in the person of our Generall. [Sidenote:  Wilfulnes in the Generall.] And as it was Gods ordinance vpon him, euen so the vehement perswasion and intreatie of his friends could nothing auaile, to diuert him from a wilfull resolution of going through in his Frigat, which was ouercharged vpon their deckes, with fights, nettings, and small artillerie, too cumbersome for so small a boate, that was to passe through the Ocean sea at that season of the yere, when by course we might expect much storme of foule weather, whereof indeed we had enough.

[Sidenote:  A token of a good mind.] But when he was intreated by the Captaine, Master, and other his well willers of the Hinde, not to venture in the Frigat, this was his answere:  I will not forsake my little company going homeward, with whom I haue passed so many stormes and perils.  And in very trueth, hee was vrged to be so ouer hard, by hard reports giuen of him, that he was afraid of the sea, albeit this was rather rashnes, then aduised resolution, to preferre the wind of a vaine report to the weight of his owne life.

Seeing he would not bend to reason, he had prouision out of the Hinde, such as was wanting aboord his Frigat.  And so we committed him to Gods protection, and set him aboord his Pinnesse, we being more then 300 leagues onward of our way home.

By that time we had brought the Islands of Acores South of vs, yet wee then keeping much to the North, vntill we had got into the height and eleuation of England:  we met with very foule weather, and terrible seas, breaking short and high Pyramid wise.  The reason whereof seemed to proceede either of hilly grounds high and low within the sea, (as we see hilles and dales vpon the land) vpon which the seas doe mount and fall:  or else the cause proceedeth of diuersitie of winds, shifting often in sundry points:  al which hauing power to moue the great Ocean, which againe is not presently setled, so many seas do encounter together, as there had bene diuersitie of windes.  Howsoeuer it commeth to passe, men which all their life time had occupied the Sea, neuer saw more outragious Seas.  We had also vpon our maine yard, an apparition of a little fire by night, which seamen doe call Castor and Pollux.  But we had onely one, which they take an euill signe of more tempest:  the same is vsuall in stormes.