TEXT: John White, 'The fift voyage intended for the supply of the Colonie planted in Virginia by John White, which being vndertaken in the yeere 1588 by casualtie tooke no effect' -- the narrative of the abortive 1588 voyage of the Brave and the Roe. This narrative appears ONLY in the first edition: Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation (London: George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, 1589), pp. 771-773; Hakluyt omitted it from the 1600 edition, substituting White's letter of 4 Feb. 1593. SOURCE EDITION: OCR of a microform of the 1589 edition (CIHM/ICMH microfiche no. 35668, University of Alberta Libraries). The 1589 volume is in blackletter; the OCR is badly garbled in places (long s as 'f' or 'ſ', r-rotunda as 'ꝛ', many misreadings) and the first page is doubled (a column of line-beginnings followed by the full lines). Readable in most lines; a cleaned reading is given in the dossier with uncertain words flagged. URL FETCHED: https://archive.org/download/cihm_35668/cihm_35668_djvu.txt DATE FETCHED: 2026-09-14 NOTE: lines 88380-88760 of the djvu.txt (end of the 1587 list of names, then the 1588 narrative, then the start of the next item). ============================================================================== James Laſie. t Iohn Cheuen. Thomas Hewet. William Berde. Women. Elyoner Dare. Margery Haruie, Agnes Wood. Weneftid Powell, Ioyce Archard. Lane Jones, Elizabeth Glane, Atay Ten ; Au appan. Alis Cha A , e Merrimoth. eed bit Ne Mannering, Roft Payne. Elizabeth Viceats, Lohn Sampfon. Robert Ellis. Ambroſe Viccars. Thomas Archard, Thomas Humfrey. 8 Tomas Smart. Mine William Wythers. 4 (Children borne in Virginia. Virginia Dare, Haruye. Sauages. Manteo. 3 “Thar were in Englande and returned home into Virgini Towaye. J vin chem. * The fit voyage intended for the ſupply of the Colonie planted in Virginia by John VV bite which being vndertaken in the yeere 1588 by caſualtie tooke no effect. Pm hither with all ſuch ne s Fter the Gouernoꝛs returne out of Virginia the 20, of Nouember 1 587. be pelinered is lecters and other aduerti(ments concerning bis lat voyage and kate of the plane eers to Bir Walter Ralegh:tobereupon he forthwith appointed a pinnelle to be cellaries ag he vnderſtood they food in nerde ok rand alle — „ ſent 4 be intena his letters vntot all conuenteut fp thinges neeveful under the chardg but for a faire wi report of the wo with the power o a readmes in any was perfonally ¢ meanes fo3 this p ‘ofthe planters fo tonnes called the uiſion, with certe Thus the 22. of Coznewal, an our company we anker againe and The next dap chaſe to 4. chips, end, out of theſe fi we bozded alſo ¢ The 26. of A Raped for it. Byt vim fo; au Engl neere to vs we pe amaled hauing f readie to clap vs one pꝛepared wit anſwered of Flut bare from vs and The 27. day i Rill at Mojtheal The 28. day t cried a ſaple to t The 29. in th farre as we coul it was an wulke neſſe perceiuing Braue againe. 2 ſome men and o againe to the cha all night in with change of wind / We firſt day The z. beit her:and the nigh confort allo, hai we could neither our courſe fop th The Came dap very wel manne we parted frindl les we fulpected nie, be intended fupply.of the Englifhnation. bis letters untothem, wherein among other matters he comfopced them with promite, that with all conuentent ſpeede he would prepare a good ſuppip of ſpipping and men with luflitiente of all chinges netvefull, which he intended, Gon willing, ſould be with them the Bommer kollow⸗ ang. Ualhürb pinnelle and fleece were accopdinglp yreparcd in the len countrey at Bivifopde under cbecharvge of Dir Richard Greencuil, Chis fleece being nom in a reddineſſe only ſtaping but foꝛ afaire wind ta put to Dea, at the lame time there was fed thꝛougbout all Eng land uch repoft of the wonderfull pieparatiun andimuncible ſtettes made by the king of Spame iopnen with che power of the Pope fo the inuading of England, that moũ of the Hips of watre then in a xeadines in any hauen in England were tayen oz {eruice at home: And fir Richard Greeneuil was perfonallp commanded not to depart out of Comewall. Che voyage fo Virginia by theſe meanes fa; this pere thus diſappointed, the Gouernour notwithſtanding labored top the reliefe ‘ofthe plante rs ſo carncttlp, that he obtained two fmall pinneſſes the one of them being ol 30. tonnes called the Bꝛaue, the other of 2 5. callen the Roe, wherein 15. planters and all their pꝛo⸗ uiſion, with certaine relicte fo, thoſe that wintered in the Countrie was to be tranſpoꝛtrd. Thus the 22. of Appill 1588. we put ouer the barre at Biddifoꝛd in the edge of the INorehfire of Copnewal, and the fame night we came to an anker vnder the Ille of Lundy, where ſome of ‘gut company went on land: After we bad roade there about the (pace of tee bowers we wayed anker againe and all that night we bare along the coaſt of Coꝛne wall. The next dap being D. Georges dap and the 23. of Appili Mtl bearing along the coat we gaue chaſe to 4. chips, boꝛded chem a foꝛced them all to come to anker by vs in a ſmal bap at the lands end, out of theſe ſhips we tooke nothing but 3 men, ¢ the fame night we weig bed e put to Sea. Che 24. day we gaue chaſe to 2. ſbips, the one of them being a Scot the other a Breton, Theſe we boydedalfo ¢ tooke from them whatloeuer we could find woyth the taking, e ſo let them goe. The 26. ol Apꝛil we elcried a ſhip on ſterne ol vs, foꝛ whom we ſtrooke our toppe ſaple, and Rayen for it. By that time he came with vs we ſaw in his flagge a redd crofle:wereupon we helde vim fo, au Englichman, € gaue ouer our preparation to fight with hum. But when he was come neere to vs we perceiued bis ſlagge not to be aright S. George: whertupon we were ſome what amaſed hauing fo farre miſtaken, loʒ it was a very tall ſhip, and excellentlip well appointeł ¢ nom readie to clap bs aboo;d, And it was not now neede te bid euerp man to beſtirre himſelfe, for each one prepared with al ſpeed to fight. In the meane time we hapled them whence they were: They anſwered of Fluſhing, bound fo Barbarie. And they perceiuing vs to be Engliſhmen of warre bare from vs and gaue vs a piece, and we gaue them two pieces and ſo departed. The 27. day in the mozning we were come with the heigth of cape Finiſter, the winde being Rill at Moꝛtheaſt. a The 28. day the wind ſhilted: about foure of the clocke in the afternoone the lame day we ef- cried a laple ta the weather of vs, whom we kept lo neere vnto vs as we could all that night. The 2g. in the moꝛning we gaue chale to the fame ſhip being thento the wind or vs almeſt as farre as we cout ken. Affoone as our pinnes, came vp to them, the pinnes fought with the chip, e it was an Mulke of 200. tonne ¢ moge, but after a few great thot beſtowed on both ſides, the pin: neſſe perteiuing her confoyt not able to come to apd her lelt the Hulke ¢ came roome with the Baue againe. At their comming they deſired the Captaine e Patter of the Bꝛaue to lend them ſome men and other things wherof they had neede. CA hich things put abooꝛd thé they returned againe to the chaſe of the ulke earneltly, and with ful purpoſe to boopd her. But the Hulke bare all nigbt in with the coaſt of Spaine, and by moꝛning were lo neere land, that we fearing eyther change of wind oz to be calmed gaue ouer the fight and put off to Dea againe. May. he fir day of May being dMedenlday the wind tame large at Noꝛthealt. The z. being friday we gaue chaſe to another tal hip, but it was night before we ſpake W x 8 N RN RO es 4 1 s I. V. BI aT IN NY IA CT a ted in her: and the night grem darke ſodenly in fuchfope,chat we loſt fight both of che great Hip ¢ of our : confort allo, hauing thus in the darke loft our pmnetfe,¢ knowing our barke fo bad of faple that we could neither take nop leue, but were rather to be taken oz left of euctp ſhip we met, we made our courſe for the Ille of Madera, hoping there to find our pinneſſe abiding fo) vs. elinered n The fame vap following being the J. of Pay we ſpake wa man of warre of Rochel of 60. tons, he plane 4 very wel manned ¢ bꝛauely appointed being bound, as be ſaid fo? Peru: hauing hailed ech other, be ſent we parted frindly in out ward chem, giuing ech other a voley of ſhot ¢ a great piece: but neuerthe⸗ o wrote leg we ſuſpected p which followed: oz this Rocheller hauing také perkect view of dur hip. men, bis Gaaa 2 odinance, 9 * „ * eye ‘ : * 1 „ n oN N Y ED. , gr Le . 8 „ l , en Ii, e *. „ „ 773 The voyages and diſcoueries The fupply intended opdinance, towards euening fell on ſterne ol vs:and aſſoone as it was Darke left bs, and recusnes to his conſoꝛt which was a tal Hip of 100. tonne lying then on hull to weather of vs out ol ken, hauiug 8.4. men in her, whereof 30. were ſmal ſbot, and 12. muſkets, and in the hip 10. peetes of oꝛdinance. This ſhip being this night certiſted by her conſogt that viewed vs, ol what lozce we were and how bad of ſaple, this greater hip tooke in 20. of the chieleſt men that were in the ſma let thip,and pꝛeſently gaue vs chale. 4. 3 The next moꝛning ree Mondapanuche 6. of Pap, we eſcried them in the weather of vs, ſo that it was in vaine to ſeeke by flight, but rather by figbe to helpe our ſelues. The fame day about 2. of the clocke in the afternoone they were come with vs. Me hapled them, but they would not anſwere. Then we waued them to leewardes of va, and they waued vs with a ſwoꝛd amapne, fit. ting their fatles to clappe vs abooꝛd, which we perceining gaue them one whole fide: with one of our great thot their Batter gonners ſhoolder mas ſtroken away, and our Maſter gonner witha {mai bullet was ſhot into the head. Being by this time grappled and aboo)d each of other the fiche Continued without ceaſing one houre and a halfe. In which ight were hurt ¢ llaine on both Gives 23. ok the chiefeſt men, hauing mos of them ſome 6,02 8. woundes, and lome 10,0) 1 2, woundes. Being thus hurt and ſpoiled they robbed vs of all our victuals, powder, weapons and, zouillon, fauing a final quantity of biſhuit to ſerue vs ſcarce for England. Dur Maſter and bis Mate were deadly wounded, ſo that they were not able to come forth of their beds. I my lelfe was wounded twile in the head, once with a ſwozd, and another time with a pike, and burt allo in the five of the buttoke with a ſhot. Thee of our paſſengers were hurt alſo, whereof one had 1.0.0) 12. woundeg our Maſter hurt in the face with a pike and thzuſt quite though the head. Being thus put to our clofe fights,and alſo much peſtred with cabbens and vnſeruiceable folkes we could not ſtirre to handle our weapons nop charge a piece: againe bauing {pent all the powder in our flafkes and charges which we had pꝛeſent fo} our defence, they cut Downe our netting aud entred do many of their men as could and vpon our poope and ſaꝑecaſtle, from whence they playd extreemely vvon vs with their thor, As thus we food reſolued to die in fight, the Captaine of the Frenchmencricd to vs to peld and no ſozte ſhould be offred. But after we had pelved, they knowing fo many of their beſt men to be hurt and in danger of ppefent death, began to groin into a new furit, in which they would haue put vs to the ſwoꝛd had nat their Captaine charged them, and perſuaded them to the contrary. Being at length pacifien they fell on all andes to rifling and carping abend all the next day vntil 4. of the clock: at which time by ouer greedy lading both their s wne boate and ours, they ſunke the one and ſplit the other bp the chips five: by meanes whereof they left vs two cables and ankers, all our oꝛdinance and moft part of aur ſailes, which other wiſe bad ben taken as wap alſo. Furthermope they doubting the wind would ar iſe, and night at hand, ¢ a tal ſbip al that day by meanes of the calme in ſigbt, chey came abooꝛd vs with their ſhip, and tooke in their men that were in vs, who left vs not at their departing any thing woꝛth the carping away. Being thus ranlacked and vſed as is afozefaid in all ſots, we determined (as our beſt ſhift in fo hard a calc) to returne foz England, and cauſed all our able and vnhurt men, to fal to newe ringing & mending our ſailes, tacklings, and ſuch things as were ſpilled in our light. By this octaſion, Gon iuſtlp pus niſhing our former theeuerie of our euil deſpoled mariners, we were of force cdftrained to beak ofour voyage intended koꝛ the reliefe of our Colonp left the pere befoze in Virginia, and thefame night to ſet our courſe for England, being then about 50. leagues to the Noꝛtheaſt of Madera, The 7. of May being Aednelday in the kozenoone the wind came large at Caf noꝛtheaſt and we haled off as farre weit and by noꝛth as we could vntill the 10. ol Map, fearing to meete with a ny moze men of warre, foꝛ that we had no maner of weapons left vs. The 11. the wind larged moe. and thence forth we continued our due tourſe for England. The 17. ol Pap we thrutt our ſelues weſt of Vſſhant, ¢ founded, but kound no ground at 1189 fathoms, The lame dap at night we founded againe, and found ground at 80. fathomg. The 20. being Sondap we fell with the coaſt of Ireland. The 21. in the foꝛenoone we ſaw the Noꝛtbſide of Coꝛnewal at the lands end. The 22. ol May we tame to an anker betweene Lundap and Harting point neere onto Cha nell key, where we road vntill the next tyde, and thence we put auer the barre, and the lame day landed at Bideford. Our other pinnefle whole company we had lott befoze the laſt cruel! Gabe, returned alfo ome into Coꝛnwall within fewe werkes after our arriual, without perfoyming our entended voyage fou che reliefe of the planters in Virginia, which thereby were not a litle niftreflen, : The t McA dri. 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