The Englishmen to prouoke their enimies the sooner to saile forth, burnt diuerse parts of the suburbs, and rode euen to the gates of the citie.
And moreouer at his instance the king rigged a nauie of ships, and appointed the earle of Penbroke as generall, to saile with the same into Aquitaine, and there to remooue the siege which the Frenchmen had laid to Rochell.
The very seas, and they that saile thereupon, know well when they sit and breed.
Now the king (after he had gathered a great portion of monie, and ordeined diuerse things for the behoofe of the common-wealth, thereby to satisfie the harts of the people) prepared himselfe to saile into Normandie.
Vpon confidence whereof he rigged his ships, and set foorth a nauie well decked with ordinance, and warlikelie furnished with all things necessarie, to the intent to saile forward shortlie, and to loose no time.
Peters day, had licence to saile into France and the morrow after he departed from London towards the sea side, with the queene and other lords, his two sonnes prince Edward and the earle of Lancaster being at that present in Guien.
O false Æneas, now the sea is rough, But when you were abourd twas calme enough, Thou and Achates ment to saile away.
Though she repairde my fleete and gaue me ships, Yet hath she tane away my oares and masts, And left me neither saile nor sterne abourd.
O Anna, my Æneas is abourd, And leauing me will saile to Italy.
From Padstow hauen also they saile out full west to Waterford in Ireland.
Pendinas, and beside that the compasse thereof is not aboue a mile, this is to be remembered farder thereof, how there standeth a Pharos or light therein, for ships which saile by those coasts in the night.
No man hath hurt by it but himselfe, who peraduenture will go in wider buskens than his legs will beare, or as our prouerbe saith, now and then beare a bigger saile than his boat is able to susteine.
In the warres also against Hieron two hundred and twentie tall ships bare leafe & saile within fiue and fortie daies.
Bruch or the Bruchsey, lieng about two miles from Poole, whither men saile from the Fromouth, and wherein is nought else, but an old chapell, without any other housing.
The Gresholme lieth directlie west of Scalmeie, from whence if you saile thither on the south side, you must needs passe by the Mewstone rocke: if on the north of Scalmeie, you must leaue the Yarland stone on your left hand.
But how farre haue I waded in this point, or how farre may I saile in such a large sea?
In the second warre of Carthage the nauie that went with Scipio was felled in the wood, and seene to saile on the sea fullie furnished in sixe weekes: which vnto them that are ignorant of things doth seeme to be false, and vnpossible.
Vnto the which expedition it stoode him nowe in hand to ioyne great puissance, as hauing the English people his professed enemies; whose Island is so situate, that it may either greatly helpe or hinder all such as saile into those parts.
When we were ready to set saile (one halfe of the fort being by order from the Generall blowen vp by mine) the company was drawne away.
The said two ships set saile with 3 or 4 hundred men, as well souldiers as others that came with them out of India, and being at sea had a storme, wherewith the Admirall burst and sunke in the sea, and not one man saued.
So about six of the clocke in the afternoone (when our other prize had ouertaken vs) wee set saile for England.
And he himselfe in the meane space pursued the Spanish fleet vntil the second of August, because he thought they had set saile for Scotland.
This Fleete set saile from the sound of Plimouth in the moneth of April towards the coast of Spaine.
Sidenote: They set saile from the Groine vpon the 11.
Hauing sent our boat to them to bring some of the chiefe of their men aboord the Victorie, in the meane time whilest they were in comming to vs one out of the maine toppe espied another saile a head some three or foure leagues from vs.
Maie, where lying at anchor al that night, the next morning we set saile altogether hauing the winde at North East, wee set our course West Northwest, the weather being faire.
Gallants all of British bloud, Why do ye not saileon th' Ocean flood?
Northwest they set saile about one of the clocke in the morning, and stered thence South by West, and Southsouthwest about 3.
West Northwest: we set saile to the Northwardes, to seeke if we could finde any way cleare to passe to the Eastward, but the further we went that way, the more and thicker was the ice, so that we coulde goe no further.
The 12 day of Nouember we set saile the wind being at the East Southeast, and past through the sound where the kings ship did lie: which sound is called Sloure sound.
This day at nine in the morning we set saileto seeke the shore.
Southwest, we set saile to turne to windeward at three a clock in the morning.
Here we had eighty eight fathoms: we bare saile all the same night, and it snowed very much.
He found many Flats in that tract of land, and many cataracts or ouerfals of water, yet such as hee was able to saile by.
The wind continued by the Southeast and Southsoutheast vntill the 20 day, and then we set saile about 12 at night, bearing along the coast.
The William being incumbred with ice, and perceiuing that shee did litle good, tooke in all her sailes, and made her selfe fast to a piece of ice, and about foure in the afternoone she set saile to followe vs.
Westerly, and with saile and oares we gate the sea.
By co«m»maundemente generall He ordeynede grete plente The provisions Of Flessh and Fissh, brede and wyne, 740 In shippes to saile by the see, were conveyed by sea.
Thay cowde no more ther-on̄, But late saile ayen̄ the toure.
Nothing at all, it is a high wrought Flood: I cannot 'twixt the Heauen, and the Maine, Descry a Saile Mon.
The Towne is empty; on the brow o'th' Sea Stand rankes of People and they cry, a Saile Cassio.
Captain Coats set saile from St. Maries in November 92, bound for Port Dolphin on Madagascar, and victualed there and in December set saile for New-York.
After Sending his boat to the Pirrit Rack Thay Came to Saile and Chassed serveral of Our fishing Vessells, then stod in to Sea which I belive to be his Cunsatte.
August one night, as the greate shipp had us in a towe, we saw a saile in the darke.
September the 25th 97 they set saile to the Indies.
She careened at St. Maries and in October she set saile from St. Maries for Madagascar to take in Rice and Slaves.
Lee, which wee made saile to and come upp with her; we fired severall small Armes before they called for quarter, butt calling, was presently granted and not a gunn fier'd.
Wee pacify'd the mutineers by threatnings & by promises, & the sight of a saile in 57 deg.
Wee lay there 2 days, & having refitted our shipp wee set saile & had the wether pretty favorable untill wee arriv'd at Quebeck, which was the end of 8ber.
Mr. Bridgar imbark'd himself on her with young Guillem for New England against my mynde, for I advis'd him as a friend to imbark himself on the ffrench shipps, which were ready to saile for Rocheil.
I left 7 men with him & the absolute comand & disposall of all things; which being don I caused our ffurrs to bee put on board & the shipp to fall down to the mouth of the river to set saile the first faire wind.
Eight dayes after their departure toward the woddes, arriued fiftéene saile of ships at the coast of Chalchicoeca.
Worshipful sirs, I departed from Cuba with eleuen saile in my fléete, furnished with fiue hundred and fiftie Spaniardes, and I arriued here at Acusamil from whence I write you this letter.
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