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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00702	The most dangerous and memorable aduenture of Richard Ferris one of the fiue ordinarie messengers of her Maiesties chamber, who departed from Tower Wharfe on midsommer day last past, with Andrew Hill and William Thomas, who vndertooke in a small wherry boate, to rowe by sea to the citie of Bristowe, and are now safely returned. Wherein is particularly expressed their perils sustained in the saide voyage, and the great entertainement they had at seuerall places vpon the coast of England, as they went, but especially at the said citie of Bristow. Published by the sayd Richard Ferris.	Ferris, Richard, fl. 1590.; Sargent, James.	1590 (1590)	STC 10834; ESTC S112524	6,528	16

our boate on shoare by extremitie of foule weather for wee were there in great danger by reason of frets sands and fowle weather which greatly troubled vs. From thence we went to Tingmoth and so to Dartmoth there we remained two daies and had good intertainement and great courtesie offred vs by the inhabitants thereof And vppon the next day morning being Sunday wée put to Sea againe there hauing a faire winde and tide wée came to the Start where the winde rose and hemde vs in round about into a verie dangerous race this was on the fifteenth of Iuly where wée were in such an extremitie that we had like to haue béene drowned yet it pleased God so farre to worke for vs that we escaped the danger thereof which done wée went to the westward of Sawcombe there wée were constrained to hale vppe our Bote in a coue called S●wer Mill behind a rocke neare to Sir William Courtney a verie bountiful knight at whose house wée laie all that night and would haue had vs to haue staide longer But from thence hauing faire weather wée came to Plimmoth Heere wee mette with her Maiesties shippes where maister Captaine Fenner and maister Captaine Wilkinson gaue vs great intertainement especially for that they saw we had leaue giuen vs from the right Honourable of her Maiesties counsell for our quiet and safe passage And for that I was her Maiesties messenger they gaue vs the greater intertainement and staide there one night from thence we went to Lowe and there staide one night from thence to Sainte Mawes with verie calme and good weather vntil wee came to the Lizard being a place well knowen to be most dangerous and full of rockes and rases where God be thanked we passed in the currant of the tide with great swiftness but with wonderfull danger where had it not beene well looked vnto of the maister wée had all beene cast away Then we did cutte ouer the Mouse bay to Mouthole which is foure myles beyond the mount where we were constrained for want of necessarie victuals to come backe againe to Pensance where we lodged all night The next morning we set out to goe for the landes end where setting from Pensans with our halfe tyde to recouer the first of the tyde at the lands end we being in our Boate a great way from the shore our maister descryed a Pyrate hauing a vessel of foure tunne who made towards vs amaine meaning doubtles to haue robbed vs but doubting such a matter we rowed so neare the shoare as wee might and by that time as he was almost come at vs we were neare to a rocke standing in the sea where this Pyrate thought to haue taken vs at an aduantage for being come close to the out side of the saide rocke called Raynalde stones he was becalmed could make no way and so were we But God who neuer faileth those that put their trust in him sent vs a comfort vnlooked for for as we rowed to come about by this rocke suddenly we espyed a plaine and verie easie way for vs to passe on the inner side of the saide rocke where we went through very pleasantly and by reason thereof he could not follow vs thus we escaped safely but he was soone after taken and brought in at Bristow Here we found great breaches races and rocks the winde then being Northerly and altogether against vs which was wonderfull painefull troublesome and daungerous to vs neuerthelesse God be thanked we escaped in safetie and recouered to Saint Iues where we were well entertained The next day we put to sea againe but being within fiue myles of Saint Iues we were constrained to séeke for a Coue which we found called Saint Dryuey in Cornwale Here for that we wanted victualles our maister was constrained to goe climbe the great Cliffe at Goodryvey which is at the least fortie fatham hye and wonderfull stéepe which none of vs durst venture to doe and God be blessed for it he had no harme at all but surely to all likelyhoodes had his foote once slipped there could haue béene no recouery to haue saued him but that he would haue béene brused in péeces At this place we stayed two dayes at maister Aro●dalles house where we were greatly welcome and from thence we went to Bottricks Castell where dwelleth a gentleman called maister Hynder there we were wether bound and constrained to stay full seuentéene dayes where we had great entertainement he himselfe offering vs if we would stay a whole yeare wee should be welcome and the rather for that I was one of her Maiesties seruants But vpon the eightéenth day the foule wether seasing we did againe put to the sea through the race of Hartland alias Hartipointe which is as ill as the race of Portlande which wee escaped and recouered to Cleuelley where wee were entertained by a very courteous gentleman called maister Carey And from thence wee came to Ilforde Coume which was on Satterday at night the first of August last past whereupon for that wee were so neare Bristow I desired my company that wee might put to sea that night which they were loth to doe yet at my importunate sute they graunted thereto But being at sea the winde arose very sore from of the land which put vs all in great feare whereby I my selfe was constrained to row foure houres alone on the Larboorde side and my fellowe Rower was compelled to lade forth water so fast as it came into the Boate which did beate vpon me and ouer me very sore the winde then being East and by South Thus I was constrained to labour for life and yet had almost killed my selfe through the heate I tooke in that time rowing as is aforesaide vntill we came to Mynette This done we went from Mynytte and so betwéene the two homes came to Bristow in one tyde and arriued at the backe of Bristow about sixe of the clocke at night But it was wonderfull to sée and heare what reioycing there was on all sides at our coming The Maior of Bristow with his bretheren the Aldermen came to the water side and welcomed vs most louingly and the people came in great multitudes to sée vs in so much as by the consent of the Magistrates they tooke our Boate from vs not suffering vs once to meddle with it in respect that we were all extreame wearie and carried our saide Boate to the high Crosse in the Citie from thence it was conuaied to the towne house there locked safe all night And on the next morning the people of the Citie gathered them selues together had prepared Trumpets Drummes Fyfes Ensignes to go before the Boate which was carried vpon mens shoulders round about the Citie with the Wait●s of the saide Citie playing orderly in honour of our rare and daungerous attempt atchiued Afterwardes we were had to maister Maiors to the Aldermen and Sherifies houses where we were feasted most royally and spared for no cost all the time