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The 12 day about fiue a clocke in the morning, we set saile, and as we ran out betwixt the ledge of rocks and the maine, in eight fadom water, as we were cutting our anker, the cattrope, stopper, and all brake; so that we were glad to let slip all the cable, and cast off our boat and skiffe to wey the same. After we had stood out a good way, the admirall was vnder saile: then cast we about and went roome with the admirall which weaued vs, who sent in his pinnesse and the Francis to helpe out our boats; so by the helpe of the admirals pinnesse, with her saile, we had our boat sooner, and about 12 a clocke at noone had taken in the anker, cable, our long boat, skiffe, and all, and put out all our sailes bearing after the admirall, which went hence South by east. About sixe a clocke at night, being thicke weather, we lost sight of the land, being foure leagues off, or thereabout. All night it was but little winde: yet went we our course South by west.

The 13 day about seuen afore noon, the wind blew at Southsoutheast, and was very foggy; with which gale we stood in larboord tacked West, till ten a clocke the same forenoone. Then had we sight of the land ahead, all along (for it waxed cleere weather) it sheweth a farre off like white cliffes, but is all sandy we were in 16 fadome water, and within halfe a league of the warning to the other people within the land, as we supposed. Then we cast about, and stood off Southeast by east till midnight, west till next morning.
 * bankes, and bayes along the sea side. At one a clocke afternoone
 * shore, where we saw seuerall fires made by the Indians to giue
 * that the winde came large; then went we our course South by

The 14 day we went our course South by west, hauing sight of the land at sixe a clocke in the morning about seuen leagues off: and so went till sixe at night, that wee saw land againe seuen leagues off West, and the winde shifted to the South. Then we cast about, and stood out Eastsoutheast at seuen at night for a time: then came vp the winde at Northwest, and blew agood.

The 15 day in the morning, the admirall was ahead, as farre as we could almost see her, by whose default I know not: and being little winde we could not get to her till foure of the clocke after noone; then we hayled her, and stood in betweene the Southsouthwest and the Southwest till sixe at night, that the wind was variable, and foule weather. Then we cast about, and grounded in 23 fadome soft oaze, and stood off a while Northeast;