Stories from Hakluyt, selected and edited by Richard Wilson . nor heave out a sail: so our topsailand sprit-sails were torn all in pieces by the master and captain taking their turns at the helm,were mightily distressed and monstrously grievedwith the most woeful lamentation of our sick men. Thus as lost wanderers upon the sea, the nth ofJune, 1593, it pleased God that we arrived at Bere-haven in Ireland, and there ran the ship on shore:where the Irishmen helped us to take in our sails, andto moor our ship for floating, which slender pains oftheirs cost the captain some ten pounds
Stories from Hakluyt, selected and edited by Richard Wilson . nor heave out a sail: so our topsailand sprit-sails were torn all in pieces by the master and captain taking their turns at the helm,were mightily distressed and monstrously grievedwith the most woeful lamentation of our sick men. Thus as lost wanderers upon the sea, the nth ofJune, 1593, it pleased God that we arrived at Bere-haven in Ireland, and there ran the ship on shore:where the Irishmen helped us to take in our sails, andto moor our ship for floating, which slender pains oftheirs cost the captain some ten pounds before hecould have the ship in safety. Thus without victuals, sails, men, or any furnitureGod only guided us into Ireland, where the captainleft the master and three or four of the company tokeep the ship; and within five days after he andcertain others had passage in an English fisher-boatto Padstow in Cornwall. In this manner our smallremnant by Gods only mercy were preserved, andrestored to our country, to whom be all honour andglory, world without
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