and gaue it vnto our Generall for a present.
But he presently vpon a watchword giuen with his Maister
sodainely laid hold vpon the two Saluages. But
the ground vnderfoot being slipperie with the snow
on the side of the hill, their handfast fayled and
their prey escaping ranne away and lightly recouered
their bow and arrowes, which they had hid not farre
from them behind the rockes. [Sidenote: The Englishmen
chased to their boates.] And being onely two Saluages
in sight, they so fiercely, desperately, and with such
fury assaulted and pursued our Generall and his Master,
being altogether vnarmed, and not mistrusting their
subtiltie that they chased them to their boates, and
hurt the Generall in the buttocke with an arrow, who
the rather speedily fled backe, becasuse they suspected
a greater number behind the rockes. Our souldiers
(which were commanded before to keepe their boates)
perceiuing the danger, and hearing our men calling
for shot came speedily to rescue, thinking there had
bene a greater number. But when the Saluages
heard the shot of one of our caliuers (and yet hauing
first bestowed their arrowes) they ranne away, our
men speedily following them. [Sidenote: One of
that Countreymen taken.] But a seruant of my Lorde
of Warwick, called Nicholas Conger a good footman,
and vncumbred with any furniture hauing only a dagger
at his backe ouertooke one of them, and being a Cornishman
and a good wrastler, shewed his companion such a Cornish
tricke, that he made his sides ake against the ground
for a moneth after. And so being stayed, he was
taken aliue and brought away, but the other escaped.
Thus with their strange and new prey our men repaired
to their boates, and passed from the maine to a small
Iland of a mile compasse, where they resolued to tarrie
all night; for euen now a sodaine storme was growen
so great at sea, that by no meanes they could recouer
their ships. And here euery man refreshed himselfe
with a small portion of victuals which was laide into
the boates for their dinners, hauing neither eate nor
drunke all the day before. But because they knewe
not how long the storme might last, nor how farre
off the shippes might be put to sea, nor whether they
should euer recouer them againe or not, they made
great spare of their victuals, as it greatly behoued
them: For they knew full well that the best cheare
the countrey could yeeld them, was rockes and stones,
a hard food to liue withall, and the people more readie
to eate them then to giue them wherewithall to eate.
And thus keeping verie good watch and warde, they lay
there all night vpon hard cliffes of snow and yce both
wet, cold, and comfortlesse.
These things thus hapning with the company on land, the danger of the ships at Sea was no lesse perilous. [Sidenote: The Ayde set on fire.] For within one houre after the Generals departing in the morning by negligence of the Cooke in ouer-heating, and the workman in making the chimney, the Ayde was set on fire, and had bene the confusion of the whole if by chance a boy espying it, it had not bene speedily with great labour and Gods helpe well extinguished,


