And sayling all this day, we spied late in the night.
From whence I shortly after sayling in a Cypriettes ship (thankes be to almightie God) arriued in this Citie in health, and am safely come home now at the honorable feete of your highnesse.
Helena, but we could not see the Portingal ship, still sayling with a stiffe Southeast wind, and about euening we were vnder the Island, which is very high lande, and may be seene at the least 14.
They say that when they be vpon the mountaines, they see ships in the Sea sayling to and fro; but they know not from whence they come, nor whether they go.
August we hoysed anker, sayling towards the Island of S.
August we entered the heades, and past them with a Southwest wind, sayling Northeast.
And sosayling among the Ilands, I viewed the roade of Fayal, and finding no Roaders there, went directly for the Isle Tercera.
And also for that hee deemed this to bee the most readie and direct course, whereby hee might recouer his heredetarie possession of the lowe Countreys, hauing restrained the inhabitants from sayling vpon the coast of England.
The Spaniards in their sailing obserued very diligent and good order, sayling three and foure, and sometimes more ships in a ranke, and folowing close vp one after another, and the stronger and greater ships protecting the lesser.
Thus sayling I came where were many Indians, and another interpreter, which I caused to come with me in my boat.
North: and leauing the yland of Cuba vpon our right hand, to the Eastward of vs, and so sayling toward Florida, vpon the 12.
An extract of a Spanish letter written from Pueblo de los Angeles in Nueua Espanna in October 1597, touching the discouerie of the rich Isles of California, being distant eight dayes sayling from the maine.
The day following we proceeded on our voyage sayling alwayes in sight of the plaine coast toward the Northwest, in 10.
From hence I began againe to set saile, and within a dayessayling I found a towne dispeopled: where assoone as I was entred, by chance there arriued there 500.
August, and sayling by the Isles of Xalisco the 27.
Therefore they could not bee of that parte of the worlde, for in that distance sayling they would haue been starued if no other shore had giuen them relefe.
Thus the Admirall sayling so neere to the Iland, they of Gomera discharged 2.
A ship then sayling by, a Portughese, he swam to it; and they took him up and made use of him for a seaboy.
As he was sayling near Cornwall he stole out of a port-hole and swam to shore; and so begged to his father's in Wiltshire.
Watkins, would have gon aborde the Adm'll if the Party had beene willing; wee could wronge them by sayling att our Pleasures, bye or large, soe that wee played with them a day and a night.
West 35° southerly way, sayling after the rate of 5 or 6 leagues a watch.
From the mouthes of Stzuchogora, sayling vp the riuer vnto Poiassa, Artawische, Cameni, and Poiassa the greater, is three weekes vyage.
Sayling from thence, they come in the space of sixe dayes to the Towne and castle of Pustosero, neare vnto the which Petzora entreth into the North Ocean at sixe monthes.
Sidenote: Hetha but two dayes sayling from Seland.
Christopher, and of the Saintes, of Monserrate, and La Redonda: Afterward we passed betweene Anguilla and Anegada, sayling toward New France.
Spiritus Porte, where we stayed till Tewesday that we departed thence, sayling along that coast vntill we came to Saint Peters Islands.
And the same day we gaue chase to a Frigat, but at night we lost sight of her, partly by the slow sayling of our Admirall, and lacke of the Moonelight our Pinnesse, whom Captaine Cooke had sent to the Cape the day before.
And sayling forwards, we found certaine small Rivers and armes of the Sea, that fall downe by certaine creekes, washing the shoare on both sides as the coast lyeth.
M148) But the right and ready way to Saguenay is vp that way to Hochelaga, and then into another that commeth from Saguenay, and then entreth into the foresaid riuer, and that there is yet one moneths sayling thither.
The next morning we hoysed saile and went thence, sayling further on, where we had notice of a certaine kind of fish neuer before of any man seene or knowen.
We asked them with signes if that was the way to Hochelaga, they answered yea, and that we had yet three dayes sayling thither.
And sayling thence Westwarde nine or ten leagues off the shore, we had twenty foure fathomes redde sande, and small whitish stones.
Iuly we fell into a great whirling and brustling of a tyde, setting to the Northwards: and sayling about halfe a league wee came into a very calme Sea, which bent to the Southsouthwest.
Neuerthelesse, sayling along by the coast to see if I could finde any gulfe that turned, I found the lande still continent to the 56.
From Falmouth we went to Dartmouth, and lay there at anker before the Range, while the captaine went aland, to enquire if there had bene any newes of the Frigat, while sayling well, might happily haue bene there before vs.
South a faire gale, sayling from Faire yle to Swinborne head, I did obserue the latitude, the Island of Fowlay being West Northwest from me 6.
And by the way sayling alongst this coast (being the backeside of the supposed continent of America) and the Queenes Foreland, he perceiued a great sound to goe thorow into Frobishers straights.
Dauis to diuide his fleete, himself sayling to the Northwest, and to direct the Sunshine, wherein I was, and the pinnesse called the Northstarre, to seeke a passage Northward between Groenland and Island to the latitude of 80.
Then the flaw something abating, we and the Confidence hoysed vp our sailes the fourth day, sayling Northeast and by North, to the end to fall with the Wardhouse, as we did consult to doe before, in case we should part company.
Well, and you be not turn'd Turke, there's no moresayling by the starre Beat.
The 5 day we continued sayling and thought to haue met with some English ships, but found none.
And the next day sayling from thence, by reason of contrary winde and weather, wee made it the 25.
Thus sayling our course along the coast of Puglia, we saw diuerse white Towers, which serue for sea-markes.
First of al thereforesayling from Pera by Constantinople, I arrived at Trapesunda.
The sayling firr; this 'alludes to the ship's masts and spars being made of fir.
The merueilous and diuine Instrument, called the Sayling Compasse (being one of the greatest wonders that this World hath) is a Circle diuided commonly into 32.
Norman thus enumerates the different kinds of compasses: "Of these common Sayling Compasses, I find heere (in Europa) five sundry sortes or sets.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sayling" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
