And
Of Those That So Were, As It Were, Thrown Out And Compelled To Leap
Into The Sea, There Were Two Drowned, Which Were Of Captain Bland's
Men.
In the evening of the same day - it being Monday, the 8th of October,
1568 - when we were all
Come to shore, we found fresh water, whereof
some of our men drank so much that they had almost cast themselves
away, for we could scarce get life in them for the space of two or
three hours after. Other some were so cruelly swollen - what with the
drinking in of the salt water, and what with the eating of the fruit
which we found on land, having a stone in it much like an almond, which
fruit is called capule - that they were all in very ill case, so that we
were, in a manner, all of us, both feeble, weak, and faint.
The next morning - it being Tuesday, the 9th of October - we thought it
best to travel along by the sea coast, to seek out some place of
habitation - whether they were Christians or savages we were
indifferent - so that we might have wherewithal to sustain our hungry
bodies, and so departing from a hill where we had rested all night, not
having any dry thread about us, for those that were not wet being
thrown into the sea were thoroughly wet with rain, for all the night it
rained cruelly. As we went from the hill, and were come into the
plain, we were greatly troubled to pass for the grass and woods, that
grew there higher than any man.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 103 of 144
Words from 29558 to 29828
of 42569
