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enemy_n	arm_n	hand_n	lord_n	1,032	5	3.7877	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40108	A Quakers sea-journal being a true relation of a voyage to New-England / performed by Robert Fowler of the town of Burlington in Yorkshire, in the year 1658.	Fowler, Robert, of the town of Burlington in Yorkshire.	1659 (1659)	Wing F1736; ESTC R37825	3,872	9

A Quakers Sea-Journal BEING A TRUE RELATION Of a Voyage to NEW-ENGLAND Performed by ROBERT FOWLER of the Town of Burlington in Yorkshire in the Year 1658. London Printed for Francis Cossinet at the Anchor Mariner in Tower-street Anno 1659. A true Relation of the Voyage undertaken by me Robert Fowler with my small Vessel called the Woodhouse but performed by the Lord like as he did Noahs Ark wherein he shut up a few righteous persons and landed them as safe even as at the Hill Ararat The true Discourse taken as followeth THis Vessel was appointed for this service from the beginning as I have often had it manifested unto me that it was said within me several times Thou hath her not for nothing and also New-England presented before me also when she was finished and fraughted and made to Sea contrary to my will was brought to London where speaking touching this matter to Gerrard Roberts and others who confirmed the matter in behalf of the Lord that it must be so yet entring into reasoning and letting in temptations and hardships and the loss of my life wife and children with the enjoyments of all earthly things it brought me as low as the grave and laid me as one dead as to the things of God but by his Instrument G. F. was I refreshed and raised up again which before that it was much contrary to my self that I could as willingly have died as have gone but by the strength of God I was made willing to do his will yea the customs and fashions of the Custom-House could not stop me still was I assaulted with the Enemy who pressed from me my servants so that for this long Voyage we were but two men and three boys besides my self Upon the first day of the fourth Moneth received I the Lords servants aboard who came with a mighty hand and an out-stretched arm with them so that with courage we set Sayl and came into the Downs the second day where our dearly beloved W. D. with Mich. Tomson came aboard and in them we were much refreshed and after recommending us to the grace of God we lanched forth Again reason entred upon me and thoughts rose in me to have gone to the Admiral and have made my complaint for the want of my servants and a Convoy from which thing was I withholden by that hand which was my helper Shortly after the South winde blew a little hard so that it caused us to put in at Portsmouth where I was furnished with choice of men according to one of the Captains words to me That I might have enough for money but he said my Vessel was so small he would not go the Voyage for her Certain days we lay there wherein the Ministers of Christ were not idle but went forth and gathered sticks and kindled a fire and left it burning also several friends came aboard and visited us in which we were refreshed Again we lanched from thence about the eleventh day and was put back again into South-Yarmouth where we went ashore and in some measure did the like also we met with three pretty large ships which were for the New-found Land who did accompany us about 50 leagues but might have done 300 if they had not feared the Men of War but for escaping them they took to the Northwards and left us without hope of help to the outward which before our parting it was shewed to H. N. early in the morning that they were nigh unto us that sought our lives and called unto me and told me but said he thus saith the Lord You shall be carryed away as in a Mist and presently we espied a great Ship making up towards us and the three great Ships were much afraid and tacked about with what speed they could for it in the very interim the Lord God fulfilled his promise and struck our enemies in the face with a contrary wind wonderfully to our refreshment then upon our parting from these three Ships we were brought to ask counsel at the Lord and the word was from him Cut through and steer your streightest course and minde nothing but me unto which thing he much provoked us and caused us to meet together every day and he himself met with us and manifested himself largely unto us so that by storms we were not prevented above three times in all our Voyage The Sea was my figure for if any thing got up within the Sea without rose up against me and then the Floods clapt their hands of which in time I took notice and told H. N. Again in a vision in the night I saw some Anchors swimming above the water and some thing also of a Ship which crost our way which in our meeting I saw fulfilled for I my self with others had lost ours so that for a little season the Vessels run loose in a maner which afterwards by the wisdom of God was recovered into a better condition then before Also upon the twenty fifth day of the same moneth in the morning we saw another great Vessel making up towards us which did appear a far off to have been a Frigot and made her sign for us to come to them which unto me was a great cross we being to windward of them and it was said Go speak him the cross is sure did I ever fail thee therein and unto others there appeared no danger in it so that we did and it proved a Tradesman of London by whom we writ back Also it is very remarkable when we had been five weeks at Sea in a dark season wherein the powers of darkness appeared in the greatest strength against us having sayled but about 300 leagues H. N. falling into communion with God told me that he had received a comfortable Answer and also that about such a day we should land in America which was even so fulfilled Also thus it was all the Voyage with the faithful which were carried far above storms and tempests that when the Ship went either to the right or left hand their lines joyned all as one and did direct her way so that we have seen and said we see the Lord lead our Vessel even as it were a man leading a horse by the head we regarding neither latitude nor longitude but kept to our Line which was and is our Leader Guide and Rule but they that did failed Upon the last day of the fifth moneth we made land it was part of the Long Island far contrary to the expectation of the Pylot Furthermore our drawing had been all the Voyage to keep to the Southwards until the evening before we made land and then the word was There is a Lion in the way unto which Lion we gave obedience and said Let them steer Northwards until the day following and soon after the middle of the day there was drawings to meet together before our usual time and it was said That we may look abroad in the evening and as we sate waiting