Hakluytus Posthumus or Pure has His Pilgrimes in Twenty Volumes Volume XIX
Abstract
A Letter of M. Gabriel Archar, touching the
Voyage of the Fleet of Ships, which arrived at
Virginia, without Sir Tho. Gates, and Sir
George Summers, 1609.
Woolwich the fifteenth of May, 1609,
seventh saile weyed anchor, and came to
Plimmouth the twentieth day, where Sir
George Somers, with two small Vessels,
consorted with us. H ere we tooke into
the Blessing (being the ship wherein I
went) sixe Mares and two H orses; and
the Fleet layed in some necessaries belonging to the
action: In which businesse we spent time till the second
of June. And then wee set sayle to Sea, but crost by
South-west windes, we in to Faulemouth, and there
staying till the eight 0 June, we then ~ate out. Our
Course was commanded to leave the Cananes one hundred
leagues to the Eastward at least, and to steere away directly
for Virginia, without touching at the West Indies, except
the Fleet should chance to be separated, then they were to
repaire to the Bermuda, there to stay seven dayes in expectation
of the Admirall; and if they found him not, then
to take their course to Virginia.
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African Document
Keywords
Pilgrims, Voyages, History