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Azores (New Mexico, United States) (search for this): narrative 553
ame happe, and so thought to loose both our ship, life, countrey and all. Very hardly and with much adoe could we get up our ankers, but yet at the last by the mercie of God having gotten them up, but leaving our pinnesse behinde us, we got to sea, and set saile, which was upon the 13 of Aprill. After which by little and little our men beganne to gather up their crums and to recover some better strength: and so sailing betwixt the Islands of Cape Verde, and the maine we came to the Islands of the Azores upon the 25 of July, where our men beganne a fresh to grow ill, and divers died, among whom Samuel Dun was one, and as many as remained living were in a hard case: but in the midst of our distresse, it fell so wel out, by Gods good providence, that we met with your ship the Barke Burre, on this side the North cape, which did not only keepe us good companie, but also sent us sixe fresh men aboord, without whose helpe, we should surely have tasted of many inconveniences. But by this go
Africa (search for this): narrative 553
The voiage set forth by M. John Newton, and M. John Bird marchants of London to the kindome and Citie of Benin in Africa , with a ship called the Richard of Arundell, and a pinnesse, in the yere 1588. briefely set downe in this letter following, written by the chiefe Factor in the voyage to the foresaid Marchants at the time of the ships first arrivall at Plimouth. WORSHIPFUL Sirs, the discourse of our whole proceeding in this voyage wil aske more time and a person in better health then I am at this present, so that I trust you will pardon me, till my comming up to you: in the meane time let this suffice. Whereas we departed in the moneth of December from the coast of England with your good ship the Richard of Arundell and the pinnesse, we held on our direct course towards our appointed port, and the 14 day of Februarie following we arrived in the haven of Benin , where we found not water enough to carry the ship over the barre, so that we left her without in the road, and with the p
Cape Verde (Cape Verde) (search for this): narrative 553
d dead of our companie, that we looked all for the same happe, and so thought to loose both our ship, life, countrey and all. Very hardly and with much adoe could we get up our ankers, but yet at the last by the mercie of God having gotten them up, but leaving our pinnesse behinde us, we got to sea, and set saile, which was upon the 13 of Aprill. After which by little and little our men beganne to gather up their crums and to recover some better strength: and so sailing betwixt the Islands of Cape Verde, and the maine we came to the Islands of the Azores upon the 25 of July, where our men beganne a fresh to grow ill, and divers died, among whom Samuel Dun was one, and as many as remained living were in a hard case: but in the midst of our distresse, it fell so wel out, by Gods good providence, that we met with your ship the Barke Burre, on this side the North cape, which did not only keepe us good companie, but also sent us sixe fresh men aboord, without whose helpe, we should surel
Benin (Benin) (search for this): narrative 553
rse towards our appointed port, and the 14 day of Februarie following we arrived in the haven of Benin , where we found not water enough to carry the ship over the barre, so that we left her without iof February, the foresaid Goto being the neerest place that we could come to by water, to go for Benin . From thence we presently sent Negroes to the king, to certifie him of our arrivall, and of the time we had made upon 64 serons of pepper, and 28 Elephants teeth. In this time of our being at Benin (our natures at this first time not so well acquainted with that climate) we fell all of us into 3 or 4 more, & my selfe was also in such a weake state that I was not able to returne againe to Benin . Whereupon I sent up Samuel Dunne, and the Chirurgian with him to our men, that -were about to let them blood, if it were thought needfull: who at their comming to Benin , found the Captaine and your sonne William Bird dead, and Thomas Hempsteede very weake, who also died within two dayes after
1588 AD (search for this): narrative 553
The voiage set forth by M. John Newton, and M. John Bird marchants of London to the kindome and Citie of Benin in Africa , with a ship called the Richard of Arundell, and a pinnesse, in the yere 1588. briefely set downe in this letter following, written by the chiefe Factor in the voyage to the foresaid Marchants at the time of the ships first arrivall at Plimouth. WORSHIPFUL Sirs, the discourse of our whole proceeding in this voyage wil aske more time and a person in better health then I am at this present, so that I trust you will pardon me, till my comming up to you: in the meane time let this suffice. Whereas we departed in the moneth of December from the coast of England with your good ship the Richard of Arundell and the pinnesse, we held on our direct course towards our appointed port, and the 14 day of Februarie following we arrived in the haven of Benin , where we found not water enough to carry the ship over the barre, so that we left her without in the road, and with the pi