had none:  for they did not make account to liue, but to prolong their liues as long as it pleased God, and looked euery moment of an houre when the Sea would eate them vp, the boate being so little and so many men in her, and so foule weather, that it was not possible for a shippe to brooke halfe a course of sayle.  Thus while wee remayned two dayes and two nights, and that wee saw it pleased God our boate liued in the Sea (although we had nothing to helpe vs withall but one oare, which we kept vp the boate withall vpon the Sea, and so went euen as the Sea would driue vs) there was in our company one Master Hedly that put foorth this question to me the Master. [Sidenote:  Master Hedlyes vngodly proposition.] I doe see that it doth please God, that our boate lyueth in the Sea, and it may please God that some of vs may come to the land if our boate were not ouerladen.  Let vs make sixteene lots, and those foure that haue the foure shortest lots we will cast ouerboord preseruing the Master among vs all.  I replied vnto him, saying, no we will liue and die together.  Master Hedley asked me if my remembrance were good:  I answered I gaue God prayse it was good, and knewe how farre I was off the land, and was in hope to come to the land within two or three dayes, and sayde they were but threescore leagues from the lande, (when they were seuentie) all to put them in comfort.  Thus we continued the third and fourth day without any sustenance, saue onely the weedes that swamme in the Sea, and salt water to drinke.  The fifth day Hedly dyed and another moreouer:  then wee desired all to die:  for in all these fiue dayes and fiue nights we saw the Sunne but once and the Starre but one night, it was so foule weather.  Thus we did remaine the sixt day:  then we were very weake and wished all to die sauing only my selfe which did comfort them and promised they should come soone to lande by the helpe of God:  but the company were very importunate, and were in doubt they should neuer come to land, but that I promised them that the seuenth day they should come to shore, or els they should cast me ouer boord:  [Sidenote:  They came on land the 7 day after their shipwracke.] which did happen true the seuenth day, for at eleuen of the clocke wee had sight of the land, and at 3. of the clocke at afternoone we came on land.  All these seuen dayes and seuen nights, the wind kept continually South.  If the wind had in the meanetime shifted vpon any other point, wee had neuer come to land:  we were no sooner come to the land, but the wind came cleane contrary at North within halfe an houre after our arriuall.  But we were so weake that one could scarcely helpe another of vs out of the boate, yet with much adoe being come all on shore we kneeled downe ypon our knees and gaue God praise that he had dealt so mercifully with vs.  Afterwards those which were strongest holpe their fellowes vnto a fresh brooke, where we satisfied our selues with water and berries very well. [Sidenote:  The fruitfulnesse of the