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after arrived at the Cape de Verde islands , where they took in some provisions for their voyage , and steering their course south , and a point east , about the first of August came to the island St . Helen ; aud , havino- taken in some fresh water , set forward for the Cape of Good Hope , where by God ' s blessing they arrived safe , having hitherto met with no . tempestuous , or disagreeable sailing weather . ht of St
But it pleased God when they were almost in sig . Laurence ( said to be one of the largest islands in the world ) they were overtaken by a great storm of wind , which separated them from the rest of the ships , and continued with such violence formally days , that , being driven out of their knowledge , they lost all hopes of safety ^ .
The first of October , about break of day , the sea continuing very stormy and . tempestuous , they discovered land , which appeared high Hiid rocky ; and the nearer they approached to it their fears increased , expecting the ship would suddenly be dashed to pieces . The Captain therefore , Mr . English , anel some others , got into the long boat , in hopes , by that means ,, to save themselves ; and presently after all the sailors cast themselves over-board , endeavouring to sa " ve their lives by swimming ; but , probably , they all perished in the
sea . Mr . Pine , Mr . English ' s daughter , the two maid servants , and the nc"TO o-irl were the only persons remaining on board the ship ; and these five persons were miraculously preserved : for after the ship had beat three or four times against the rocks , being now broken , and quite foundered in the waters , they had with great difficulty gotten themselves on the bowspritwhichbeing broken offAvas driven by the waves
; , , into a small creek , wherein fell . a little river , which , being encompassed by the rocks , was sheltered from the winds , so thatthey had opportunity , though almost quite spent , to land themselves . Mr . Pine getting together some rotten wood , by the assistance of a tinder-box he had in his pocket , made a fire , by which they dried themselves ; and then leaving the females , he went to see if he could
find any of the ship ' s company that possibly mig ht have escaped , but could find none . At length , it drawing towards evening , he , with what he could tret from the wreck , returned to his fellow-sufferers , who were very much troubled for want of him ; he being now all their support in this lost condition . They were afraid that the wild-people of the country ( if . there
were any ) mig ht find them out ; but could distinguish neither footsteps nor paths .- And the woods round about them being full of briers , and brambles , they apprehended too there mig ht be wild-beasts to annoy them , though they saw no marks of any . But above all , for want of food , they were afraid of being starved to death ; but God had otherwise provided for them .
The wreck of the ship furnished them with many necessaries , for , getting together some broken pieces of boards and planks , sails and rio-giti" -, with the help of poles they made themselves tents ; and having gotten wood for liiing , and three or four sea gowns to cover them ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Biography.
after arrived at the Cape de Verde islands , where they took in some provisions for their voyage , and steering their course south , and a point east , about the first of August came to the island St . Helen ; aud , havino- taken in some fresh water , set forward for the Cape of Good Hope , where by God ' s blessing they arrived safe , having hitherto met with no . tempestuous , or disagreeable sailing weather . ht of St
But it pleased God when they were almost in sig . Laurence ( said to be one of the largest islands in the world ) they were overtaken by a great storm of wind , which separated them from the rest of the ships , and continued with such violence formally days , that , being driven out of their knowledge , they lost all hopes of safety ^ .
The first of October , about break of day , the sea continuing very stormy and . tempestuous , they discovered land , which appeared high Hiid rocky ; and the nearer they approached to it their fears increased , expecting the ship would suddenly be dashed to pieces . The Captain therefore , Mr . English , anel some others , got into the long boat , in hopes , by that means ,, to save themselves ; and presently after all the sailors cast themselves over-board , endeavouring to sa " ve their lives by swimming ; but , probably , they all perished in the
sea . Mr . Pine , Mr . English ' s daughter , the two maid servants , and the nc"TO o-irl were the only persons remaining on board the ship ; and these five persons were miraculously preserved : for after the ship had beat three or four times against the rocks , being now broken , and quite foundered in the waters , they had with great difficulty gotten themselves on the bowspritwhichbeing broken offAvas driven by the waves
; , , into a small creek , wherein fell . a little river , which , being encompassed by the rocks , was sheltered from the winds , so thatthey had opportunity , though almost quite spent , to land themselves . Mr . Pine getting together some rotten wood , by the assistance of a tinder-box he had in his pocket , made a fire , by which they dried themselves ; and then leaving the females , he went to see if he could
find any of the ship ' s company that possibly mig ht have escaped , but could find none . At length , it drawing towards evening , he , with what he could tret from the wreck , returned to his fellow-sufferers , who were very much troubled for want of him ; he being now all their support in this lost condition . They were afraid that the wild-people of the country ( if . there
were any ) mig ht find them out ; but could distinguish neither footsteps nor paths .- And the woods round about them being full of briers , and brambles , they apprehended too there mig ht be wild-beasts to annoy them , though they saw no marks of any . But above all , for want of food , they were afraid of being starved to death ; but God had otherwise provided for them .
The wreck of the ship furnished them with many necessaries , for , getting together some broken pieces of boards and planks , sails and rio-giti" -, with the help of poles they made themselves tents ; and having gotten wood for liiing , and three or four sea gowns to cover them ,