The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation Volume Xiii Part 28

The Gouernour being at the last through their extreame intreating constrayned to returne into England, hauing then but halfe a dayes respite to prepare himselfe for the same, departed from Roanoak the seuen and twentieth of August in the morning and the same day about midnight, came aboord the Flieboat, who already had weyed anker, and rode without the barre, the Admirall riding by them, who but the same morning was newly come thither againe. The same day both ships weyed anker, and set saile for England: at this weying their ankers, twelue of the men which were in the Flyboate were throwen from the Capstone, which by meanes of a barre that brake, came so fast about them, that the other two barres thereof strooke and hurt most of them so sore, that some of them neuer recouered it; neuerthelesse they a.s.sayed presently againe to wey their anker, but being so weakened with the first fling, they were not able to weye it, but were throwen downe and hurt the second time. Wherefore hauing in all but fifteene men aboord, and most of them by this vnfortunate beginning so bruised, and hurt, they were forced to cut their Cable, and leese their anker. Neuerthelesse, they kept company with the Admirall, vntill the seuenteenth of September, at which time wee fell with Coruo, and sawe Flores.

September.

The eighteenth, perceiuing that of all our fifteene men in the Flyboat there remained but fiue, which by meanes of the former mischance, were able to stand to their labour: and that the Admirall meant not to make any haste for England but to linger about the Island of Tercera for purchase: the Flyboate departed for England with letters, where we hoped by the helpe of G.o.d to arriue shortly: but by that time we had continued our course homeward about twentie dayes, hauing had sometimes sca.r.s.e and variable windes, our fresh water also by leaking almost consumed there arose a storme at Northeast, which for sixe dayes ceased not to blowe so exceeding, that we were driuen further in those sixe then we could recouer in thirteene daies: in which time others of our saylers began to fall very sicke and two of them dyed, the weather also continued so close, that our Master sometimes in foure dayes together could see neither sunne nor starre, and all the beuerage we could make, with stinking water, dregs of beere, and lees of wine which remayned, was but three gallons, and therefore nowe we expected nothing but famine to perish at Sea.

October.

(M318) The 16 of October we made land, but we knewe not what land it was, bearing in with the same land at that day: about sunne set we put into a harbour, where we found a Hulke of Dublin, and a pinnesse of Hampton(103) riding, but we knew not as yet what place this was, neither had we any boate to goe ash.o.r.e, vntill the pinnesse sent off their boate to vs with 6 or 8 men, of whom wee vnderstood wee were in Smerwick in the West parts of Ireland: they also relieued vs presently with fresh water, wine and other fresh meate.

The 18 the Gouernour and the Master ryd to Dingen a Cushe,(104) 5 miles distant, to take order for the new victualing of our Flieboat for England, and for reliefe of our sicke and hurt men, but within foure daies after the Boatswain, the Steward, and the Boatswains mate died aboord the Flieboat, and the 28 the Masters mate and two of our chiefs sailers were brought sicke to Dingen.

Nouember.

The first the Gouernour shipped himselfe in a ship called the Monkie, which at that time was ready to put to sea from Dingen for England, leauing the Flyboat and all his companie in Ireland. The same day we set sayle, and on the third day we fell with the North side of the lands end and were shut vp the Seuerne, but the next day we doubled the same for Mounts Bay.

The 5 the Gouernour landed in England at Martasew, neere Saint Michaels mount in Cornewall.

The 8 we arriued at Hampton, where we vnderstood that our consort the Admirall was come to Portsmouth, and had bene there three weekes before: and also that Ferdinando the Master with all his company were not onely come home without purchase, but also in such weaknesse by sicknesse, and death of their chiefest men, that they were sca.r.s.e able to bring their ship into harbour, but were forced to let fall anker without, which they could not wey againe, but might all haue perished there, if a small barke by a great hap had not come to them to helpe them. The names of the chiefe men that died are these, Roger Large, Iohn Mathew, Thomas Smith, and some other saylers, whose names I knew not at the writing hereof. An. Dom.

1587.

x.x.xI. The names of all the men, women and children, which safely arriued in Virginia, and remained to inhabite there. 1587. Anno regni Reginae Elizabethae. 29.

Iohn White.

Roger Baily.

Ananias Dare.

Christopher Cooper.

Thomas Steuens.

Iohn Sampson.

Dyonis Haruie.

Roger Prat.

George How.

Simon Fernando.

Nicholas Iohnson.

Thomas Warner.

Anthony Cage.

Iohn Iones.

William Willes.

Iohn Brooke.

Cutbert White.

Iohn Bright.

Clement Tayler.

William Sole.

Iohn Cotsmur.

Humfrey Newton.

Thomas Colman.

Thomas Gramme.

Marke Bennet.

Iohn Gibbes.

Iohn Stilman.

Robert Wilkinson.

Iohn Tydway.

Ambrose Viccars.

Edmond English.

Thomas Topan.

Henry Berry.

Richard Berry.

Iohn Spendloue.

Iohn Hemmington.

Thomas Butler.

Edward Powell.

Iohn Burden.

Iames Hynde.

Thomas Ellis.

William Browne.

Michael Myllet.

Thomas Smith.

Richard Kemme.

Thomas Harris.

Richard Tauerner.

Iohn Earnest.

Henry Iohnson.

Iohn Starte.

Richard Darige.

William Lucas.

Arnold Archard.

Iohn Wright.

William Dutton.

Mauris Allen.

William Waters.

Richard Arthur.

Iohn Chapman.

William Clement.

Robert Little.

Hugh Tayler.

Richard Wildye.