A true description of three voyages by the north-east towards Cathay and China : undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595 and 1596 . not besufficient, wee still gaue them worke to do by throwing billets[of fire-wood] and other things at them, and euery time wethrew they ran after them, as a dogge vseth to doe at a stonethat is cast at him. Meane time we sent a man down vnderhatches^ [into the caboose] to strike fire, and another to fetchpikes; but wee could get no fire, and so we had no meancsto shoote.* At the last, as the beares came fiercely vponvs, we stroke one of them with a halbe
A true description of three voyages by the north-east towards Cathay and China : undertaken by the Dutch in the years 1594, 1595 and 1596 . not besufficient, wee still gaue them worke to do by throwing billets[of fire-wood] and other things at them, and euery time wethrew they ran after them, as a dogge vseth to doe at a stonethat is cast at him. Meane time we sent a man down vnderhatches^ [into the caboose] to strike fire, and another to fetchpikes; but wee could get no fire, and so we had no meancsto shoote.* At the last, as the beares came fiercely vponvs, we stroke one of them with a halberd vpon the snoute,wherewith she gaue back when shoe felt her selfe hurt,and went away, which the other two yt Avere not so greatas she perceiuing, ran away; and we thanked God thatwee were so well deliuered from them, and so drew ourslead quietly to our house, and there shewed our men whathad happened vnto vs. ^ Frighten. ^ In een scheur tusschent ys in—into a crevice in the ice.^ Onder—below. The caboose had been removed below on account ofthe extreme cold on deck, as is mentioned in page * Their firearms had
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