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A58039	A token for mariners containing many famous and wonderful instances of God's providence in sea dangers and deliverances, in mercifully preserving the lives of his poor creatures, when, in humane probability, at the point of perishing by shipwrack, famine, or other accidents. much enlarg'd, with the addition of many new relations, one whereof happening this present year, and never before printed. Mostly attested by the persons themselves. Also The seaman's preacher, being a sermon on the right improvement of such mercies. And prayers for seamen on all occasions.	Janeway, James, 1636?-1674.; Ryther, John, 1634?-1681, attributed name.	1698 (1698)	Wing R2445; ESTC R222746	69,767	178

continu'd for forty hours and all of them safely Arriv'd at Barbadoes The Masters name of the Ketch was Thomas Woodberry of Salom. This the Author had from a very known person of Integrity and Godliness now living at Salom. 12. In the year 1606. in the Wars betwixt the Netherlands and the Spaniards upon the Spanish Ocean fell out this observable and remarkable action taken notice of by Grotius in his Annals of the Low-Country Wars Admiral Hauteen being sent to intercept the Spanish Fleet coming from America and the Indies he had with him four and twenty Vessels but of these six were beaten back by Tempests soon after Frasciardo with eight great Gallions having a prosperous Gale fell upon them unprovided and e're they were aware but the Galleys that were with him not being driven by the Wind kept by the shore but one of them being grappl'd with a ship of Zealand that was next the Admiral so affrighted the rest that as soon as they saw it they in the very beginning of the Night Retreated with all hast Hauteen thus left by his Companions being a man of an Undaunted spirit for two whole days did not leave off the Fight though most of his men were in that time lost but with his torne ship casting off all fear of danger protracted the Victory but after he saw no hopes of Relief and that the Waves pour'd in upon him that none of them might come alive into the Enemies hands at once they Unanimously agreed upon a Resolute and Terrible action For kneeling down upon their Knees they like dying but desperate men beg of God that he would please to pardon in that they sought to shun the Mockeries and Cruelties of the Spaniards by that sad and lamentable death so they set fire to the Gun powder by which blow threescore men were kill'd two half dead lived a little while being taken by the Spaniards with wonder beholding their dreadful Countenances and their words with their strange Resolution and Obstinacy in Death 13. In the year 1607. about the time when the Plantations of Virginia began to be a little settled by King James some Britains went to Guyana but a dangerous Sedition arose in the Voyage and the Ship being lost part of the Company remained in the Island where continually vexing the Barbarians with their unkind usage they at last were set upon by War as Enemies by force of which and the want of Victuals they committed themselves to the Sea in a Boat made only of an Hollow Tree there these poor distressed Creatures were tossed with continual Tempests betwixt Despair and Hope of Life but at last they were driven upon the Rocks after great misery endured by them in their little Boat for Ten days together and now their danger was leslessen'd for here they must fall into the hands of the Spaniard who pardon'd them in regard they came not to those Parts of their own accord but by the stress of Weather Thus were these poor distressed Men saved and preserved when all hope of being saved was taken away 14. The Phoenix Frigot in the time when Captain Wheston Commanded her and Mr. May was Master being Commanded to carry some Persons of Quality from Rye to Deep in France the Captain and several of the Gentlemen that belonged to the Frigot was Ashore the Captain sends the Long-boat Aboard and Order'd the Frigot to weigh and come to sayl and stand too and fro off in the Bay and he would come out in his Pinnis and the Gentlemen that was with him were namely Sunebank Giles his Chyrurgion Mr. Goodwin his Chaplain Mr. Perkins his Barbar and Gentleman Mr. Richards and some three more Gentlemen Reformadoes Abraham Car Coxswain and about 12 Seamen for his Crew that set out of Rye and crossed the Bay to meet the Frigot under Sayl and when they came near being a good way a-head waved to the Frigot to keep her way and not to come a playse for her which she did with a fresh Top-sail Gail of Wind till she came up with the Pinnis and then the Coxen would a-laid her Aboard of the Larboard-side but the Captain supposing himself far enough a-head Commanded him to shout a-head of her and lay her aboard of the Starboard-side which he assuming to do the Ship giving a saw and having fresh way the Pinnis was not past but the Cotwater of the Ship cut the Pinnis in the middle and run right over that she lay in a moment of time in 100 pieces and all the Men floating for their lives in the interim of which time with a Cry they gave a leap in which leap the Captain catcht hold o● the Railes of the Head Mr. Richards on the Captain 's heels Mr. Giles the Chyrurgion on Richard's heels Mr. Goodwin on Giles's heels and some other person on his so that with that spring or leap no less than 4 or 5 providentially catcht about one the others heels or middle as Boys when at playing Truss and in hoysting in the Captain they preserved 4 or 5 more with him the Coxen sunk down and brought some of the Tallow of the Lower part of the ship on his cloaths and came up again at the Stern where he was taken up by the Seamen some by swiming others by the assistance of the Oar and pieces of the Boat by God's blessing kept them from drowning till the Long-boat took them all up except the Captain 's Barber Mr. Perkins whom it seems had sunk it s thought his last time but Providence so order'd it that the Man in the main Channel having the hand Lead there fell a chrockle in the dipsey-Line and in that very interim the Lead fell in the very place where the Barber was sunk and the chinckle of the Line fell about the Barbers Fingers hitcht about his Ring and so providentially fasten'd it self so that as the Man in the Sceanes haling up his Lead found it to come heavier than it used to do admiring at last up comes the Barber fastned in the chinkle by his Ring which the Spectators amazed at immediately took hold of him and pulled him into the Frigot with his Eyes fixed and Teeth set and little appearance of Life but by the blessing of God on the immediate means used and care of him he soon came to himself and recovered so that notwithstanding this shrewd disaster which might have proved fatal to all or most of them yet there was not one Man of them all miscarry'd but was recover'd to their health again as Monuments of God's Mercy For truth of this many of the Men are alive at this day the Chyr●rgion now living in Grays-Inn-Lane and at the very interim of time I was then aboard the said Frigot and was not only an Eye-spectator but an Instrument to help in preserving of some of them and therefore may Aver it to be Truth Ezekiel Fog 15. About Ten years ago in the Island of Barbados there did arrive one Mr.

prevents them a great flake of Ice interposes between them and their ship and carryes them adrift so that by all means that they and the ship could use they could not recover their Vessel again whereby they were exposed to an inevitable ruine neither having Food nor any other Accomodation to keep them warm they having continued thus three daysand three nights they began to be Hunger-starv'd and accounting themselves all dead men they began to consult one with another what course to take they at last though with great regret and grief resolve one of them must dye to become Food for the rest each person begg'd to have it his Lot to dye first to be freed from that torment that they languished under so that they were forced to determine it by Lot He upon whom the Lot fell desired to go to one end of the Boat there to recommend his soul to God by Prayer before he dyed the rest being in a deep Agony upon apprehension of shedding the blood of one of their Comerades But while they were sat together lamenting and imploring God's favour to prevent such a fact according to that they wished and desired The person separated by Lot for death dyed upon the place where he was praying which in their deplorable Condition occasioned great Joy to the rest that hereby they were not forced against their wills to take his life so looking upon this as a good Omen they proceeded to satisfie their Hungers upon the dead body the Boat was still A-drift not frozen up so that by that time their Food was spent they were brought ashore many Leagues to the Norward of New-England where the five landed alive where the poor Barbarians did commiserate them and help them as they could three of them dyed with the distress they had been in the other two made a shift to get to New-England and so at last by a good hand of God upon them came to their Habitations in the West of England having both lost their heels with the extremity of the cold in the Boat This Relation my Author had from one of these two Sea-men with whom he came afterwards a Passenger from Ireland to whom he shewed his heels so lost 4. A small Vessel about 45 Tun the Masters name Phillip Hangare coming upon the Coast of New-England they suddenly sprang a leak and so foundred There were in this poor miscarrying Vessel 18 Sea-men and Passengers 12 of the men got into the Long-boat and as that was suddenly brought to their minds in this surprise they threw into their Boat also some small matters of Provisions but they were wholly without fire These 12 men at that time of the year about Michaelmas and as Paul said in his Voyage Sayling was become dangerous Sayled five hundred Leagues and were to a Miracle preserved all that time in this small Boat five weeks but it pleased the Lord who appears in our straits most to send them great relief by causing some flying Fish to fall into the Boat which they eat raw and were unto them more acceptable than the greatest rarities and dainties at another time God's Providence now proving the Caterer they catch'd a Shark and that Ravenous Fish that uses to prey upon men now becomes a prey to these poor distressed Creatures but they were glad of food in the want of fire and have an heat in their Stomacks to eat that raw and digest at this time what would have made them sick at other times but alas another want they had was drink as well as fire but they were forced to open the belly of this Shark and suck his blood for drink at last that God who hath a desire to the work of his own hands gives them hopes to release them out of this insupportable misery by letting them come to a discovery of Land in the West-Indies but alas they were so weak that when they came ashore one or two of them dyed but most of them lived to declare the works of the Lord. This the Author had from one of the 12 that were thus miraculously preserved but since cast away at Sea 5. Captain Jonas Clark of New-England going for Virginia the Vessel was Cast away in a strange amazing manner about two hours before day among the Indians where the Ship-wrackt men lay ashore in great fear but three days after they thought to get their ship off again to which end the Master with some others went into the boat they came threescore Fathom from the shore where there arose a great Sea and broke in upon them but the second Sea came and turned the boat up four men under water all were drowned but Captain Clark who was kept under water by one of the men until his breath was gone but then God appeared and set him at liberty from him in a most Miraculous way and inabled him to swim to the shore they that were alive now were in great straits and perplexities not knowing what to do but yet some of their eyes were up to God at last they Unanimously resolve to Travel and when they had Travelled one night and part of a day meeting with many Swamps and thick places so that all hope failed them of going along so they stood still as wayfaring men astonish'd not knowing what course to take and though before they were afraid of any Indians now they were glad to pray to the Lord for the sight of an Indian which in this extremity and perplexity within half an hour the Lord was pleased to grant The Indian was all alone which was observable also when they got to him they asked the way to the English and they did perswade him by entreaty to go along with them but within one hours time he carryed them to a Town of the Indians which did sadly fright and amaze them but they still looked up to the Lord to help and save them and at last they got to the English and so were preserved This Relation the Author had from Captain Clarks own hand a person of known Godliness and Integrity 6. The last Providence called to mind a strange and stupendious passage of a Godly Gentlewoman who in the first breaking forth of the Rebellion in Ireland was forced to fly for her life with some other persons in her Company especially three Children one of them upon her Breast But alas these poor trembling Travellers had not gone long before they were striped Naked by the Irish who to admiration spared their lives but passing on to the foot of a River others met them and would have cast them into the River but this Godly Woman not being dismay'd ask'd a little liberty to Pray and as she lay on frozen ground Naked she got a little resolution not to go on her own feet to so unjust a death upon which having call'd her upon her resolution they drag'd her by the heels along the ground with the rest of the Company she turns upon them and on her

knees says You should I am sure be Christians and men I see you are in taking away our miserable lives you do us a pleasure but know as we never wrong'd you nor yours you must dye also your selves and one day give an account of this Cruelty to the Judge of Heaven and Earth Suddenly upon which an Irish Priest says Let us not take their lives but we will put them in this Island of the Lake a Boat being at the River all the eight Naked and without Meat are turn'd into that Island where after four days staying some of the Company dy'd with Hunger and Cold but not this Woman nor any of her Children a day after the two Boys found the Hyde of a Beast which had been kill'd at the root of a Tree which they and the Mother endeavoured to cast over them then ●ying upon the Snow the next day a little ●oat goes by to whom she calls for God's ●ake to take her out but they refus'd ●eing Irish she desir'd a little Bread but ●hey said they had none she begs a Coal ●f Fire which she obtain'd for they had ●ome fewel in the Boat and thus with ●ome fallen Chips made a fire and the ●oys taking a piece of the Hyde lay'd it ●pon the Coals and began to gnaw the ●eather but alas without an extraordi●ary Divine support what could this do Thus they lived ten days without any vi●ble supplies and that good Woman pro●est it was by Faith and Joy in God she ●iv'd nor had she any Bread but Ice and ●now nor any Drink but Water but she ●hought God put more substance in it and ●ound it as it were clammy The next ●ay a Boat carryed her out to the side of ●he Band-water where yet she had been ●ost but that she could not suffer to see her Children dye in her sight and therefore 〈◊〉 though the two Boys were young and so ●tarv'd that they had no strength she ●ressed them to go out of her sight under ●retence of seeking some fire the poor Children had not gone far until they saw ●wo or 3 great Dogs eating a man who had ●een kill'd the Children were not afraid of the Dogs who needed not fear any thing but to live in such a Condition and one of them came running and leaped upon one of the Children without doing him the least hurt and would run a little before and then tarry until the Children come up and so led them on where an House whence Smoke appeared which was an Irish mans Protected by the English in Antrum by which means they were marvellously pleased and the Mother sent for and succour'd by a party from Antrum Although this Providence be not a Sea-deliverance yet it is a remarkable preservation from danger by Water and Hunger at Land 7. In the first setling of the Bohemi● Islands off the Cape of Florida about the year 1642. there were at that present great troubles in the Burmoudas one Captaine Sale who had been Governour the year before comes for London and here informing some of his Acquaintance and Persons of Worth and Estate how things then stood they undertake fo● him and got him a Ship and all thing● necessary for the discovery of these Island● which he had inform'd them of s● they proceeded to Burmoudas whe●● they took in several Passengers Captai●● Sale being Cheif and Captain Lane and his Family which came from London with him as his Assistant in the management of the Designe so they in pursute of the Voyage came to an Island call'd Cicatra ●he lay down in the Platts where they could not at present find an Harbour So they sent out their Shallop upon a discovery which upon Return inform'd them of a better place to Ride in But sending out the Shallop again upon a discovery before she Return'd there arose a dreadful Storm that carried her immediately upon the Rocks and stav'd her with very much difficulty most of the People were sav'd and some Provisions Then were they Reduc'd to very great straits formidable to flesh and blood a Barren Island no inhabitants no likelyhood of Releif little Provisions left in this great strait most of them resolv'd to travel up to the wester end of the Island and there to abide Captaine Lane and his Family and his Son who was his Leiutenant they Resolv'd to seek for some kind of Provisions and so stay'd on the Island But Captaine Sale and one Mr. Bounly who had been Master of the Ship and some other Sea-men and one Mr. Shadwel in all eight Resolv'd to go to Virginia and took what Provisions they could get which was one Shark but before they made to the Land they were in very great wants For from this Island from whence they departed to Virginia was three hundred Leagues in their now great Extreamity Providence car'd for them so that they got another Shark and were glad to eat him Raw. They were a 11 days going to Virginia and the Boat a very little one that they could scarcely Steer in her for fear of danger Yet the Lord in this deep Distress made his Arm bare for their Salvation and brought them safe to a place call'd Nuse mum to one Mr. Richard Brunkets House where they were curtiously Entertain'd and after the Relation upon what account they were put to these Hardships and Necessities Captain Sale had a Vessel provided laden with necessaries to go for Cicatra to Relieve those they had left there in such Distress and they arriv'd there And O now what Comfort must this be after such long wishing and gradual Dying to see that there was now Hopes of Life brought to them but several of them were starv'd to Death before their Arrival Captain Lane is now sent to fetch some Provisions who had been in unspeakable Extreamity He came down in a little Boat his Son also the Lieutenant and two Servants but when they had gotten in their Provision and going home with hopes of a new Life Behold the stupendious providence of God all of a sudden Death creeps in and Arrests them For in a narrow place where the Tyde runs swiftly the Boat is sunk all are drowned but one man who carried the desolate Widdow the sad Tydings● what an unwelcome Messenger this was you may easily conjecture about three months after arrived a Vessel to them the master of her my Author and so Mrs. Lane her Son and Daughter Maid Servant and Man Servant where all brought up about forty miles where they were entertain'd by my Author for six weeks and gave an account of some notable passages of Gods Providence in preserving them Worthy never to be forgotten Her Husband and the men went out to see what they could get for 〈◊〉 every Day and they had for the most part just for the Day and she told my Author that she as a tender hearted Mother would lay something by for her younger Children but she observ'd that the next Day they never got