hee to keepe a Register of all our proceeding, as M. Maddox did abord the Admirall.
The first day of February, wee went East by touth, and East southeast with a stoute gale: and went the same course the 3. 4. and 5. dayes following.
M. Walker the preacher dieth. The 5. day about 10. a clocke in the forenoone M. Walker died, who had bene weake and sicke of the bloodie flixe 6. dayes, wee tooke a view of his things, and prised them, and heaued him ouer bord, and shot a peece for his knell.
The 14. day I called into my cabbin the two marchants, the Master and the Pilot, shewing them our wants of victuals and other necessaries: whereupon they and I concluded, that it was best for vs to returne to our countrey, with as litle losse of time and expense of victuals as might be, being without hope of reliefe vpon this coast, and yet to keepe the coast of Brasil to friend for feare of extremitie.
The 17. day in the morning hauing much raine, wee saued aboue two tunne of water, of which we were very glad.
Variation of the Compasse. The 18. day I obserued the variation of the compasse, which varied one point, and a halfe to the Southwards, by our ordinary compasse of London.
The second day of March the Master, Pilot, and I agreed to fetch the yle of Fernando Loronha.
From the 3. day to the 10. day we went West, and by South, and ran in for the shoare.
The 10. day we saw the land, which was sandie hilles with woods on it.
The 11. day seeking to goe a shoare, we sawe foure men, weaued to vs with a white shirt, and we weaued to them with a flagge of truce: At length one of them swamme to our boats side, and there lay in the Sea talking with vs, almost an houre: in the ende, being partly perswaded by Pinto, who talked with them in the Indian-tongue, and partly entised with such trifles as I shewed him, hee came into our Skiffe, and called to his companions on shoare, who came abord swimming: wee deliuered them certaine barricos to fetch vs them full of fresh water: after, there came downe 40. Indians, boyes, women, and men, and with them a French boy, but the former Indians deceiued vs of our barricos. Whereupon Pinto and Russell swamme a shoare to seeke water, but found none.
