In the meane time Henrie Greene, and another went to the Carpenter , and held him with a
talke, till the Ma?ter came out of his Cabbin (which hee ?oone did) then came Iohn Thomas and
Bennet before him, while Wil?on bound his armes behind him. He asked them what they meant?
they told him, he ?hould know when he was in the Shallop. Now Iuet, while this was a doing,
came to Iohn King into the Hold, who was prouided for him, for he had got a ?word of his own,
and kept him at a bay, and might haue killed him, but others came to helpe him : and ?o he came
vp to the Ma?ter. The Ma?ter called to the Carpenter, and told him that he was bound ; but, I
heard no an?were he made. Now Arnold Lodlo, and Michael Bute rayled at them, and told them
their knauerie would ?hew it ?elfe. Then was the Shallop haled vp to the Ship ?ide , and the
poore , ?icke , and lame men were called vpon to get them out of their Cabbins into the
Shallop. The Ma?ter called to me, who came out of my Cabbin as well as I could, to the Hatch
way to ?peake with him : where, on my knees I be?ought them, for the loue of God, to remem-
ber them?elues,and to doe as they would be done vnto. They bad me keepe my ?elfe well, and
get me into my Cabbin ; not ?uffering the Ma?ter to ?peake with me. But when I came into my
Cabbin againe, hee called to me at the Horne, which gaue light into my Cabbin, and told mee
that Iuet would ouerthrow vs all; nay (?aid I) it is that villaine Henrie Greene, and I ?pake it
not ?oftly.
        Now was the Carpenter at libertie, who asked them , if they would bee hanged when they
came home : and as for him?elfe, hee ?aid , hee would not ?tay in the Ship vnle??e they
would force him : they bad him goe then, for they would not ?tay him: I will (?aid hee) ?o
I may haue my che?t with mee, and all that is in it: they ?aid, hee ?hould, and pre?ently they
put it into the Shallop. Then hee came downe to mee, to take his leaue of mee, who per?waded
him to ?tay , which if he did, he might ?o worke that all ?hould bee well: hee ?aid, hee did not
thinke, but they would be glad to take them in againe. For he was ?o per?waded by the Ma-
?ter, that there was not one in all the ?hip, that could tell how to carrie her home ; but (?aith
he) if we mu?t part ( which wee will not willingly doe , for they would follow the ?hip) hee
prayed me , if wee came to the Capes before them, that I would leaue ?ome token that wee had
beene there, neere to the place where the Fowles bred, and hee would doe the like for vs : and ?o
(with teares) we parted. Now were the ?icke men driuen out of their Cabbins into the Shallop;
but Iohn Thomas was Francis Clements friend, and Bennet was the Coopers, ?o as there were
words betweene them and Henrie Greene, one ?aying,that they ?hould goe , and the other ?wea-
ring that they ?hould not goe , but ?uch as were in the ?hallop ?hould returne. When Henrie
Greene heard that, he was compelled to giue place, and to put out Arnold Lodlo, and Michael
Bute, which with much adoe they did.
        In the meane time, there were ?ome of them that plyed their worke, as if the Ship had beene
entred by force , and they had free leaue to pillage , breaking vp Che?ts , and rifling all places.
One of them came by me, who asked me, what they ?hould doe. I an?wered, hee ?hould make an
end of what hee had begun ; for I ?aw him doe nothing but ?harke vp and downe. Now, were
all the poore men in the Shallop , who?e names are as followeth; Henrie Hud?on, Iohn Hud?on,
Arnold Lodlo, Sidrack Faner, Phillip Staffe, Thomas Woodhou?e, or Wydhou?e, Adam Moore, Henrie
King, Michael Bute. The Carpenter got of them a Peece,and Powder,and Shot,and ?ome Pikes,
an Iron Pot, with ?ome meale, and other things. They ?tood out of the Ice , the Shallop being
fa?t to the Sterne of the Shippe, and ?o ( when they were nigh out , for I cannot ?ay , they
were cleane out ) they cut her head fa?t from the Sterne of our Ship , then out with their Top-
?ayles,and towards the Ea?t they ?tood in a cleere Sea. In the end they tooke in their Top-?ayles,
righted their Helme,and lay vnder their Fore-?ayle till they had ran?acked and ?earched all pla-
ces in the Ship. In the Hold they found one of the ve??els of meale whole , and the other halfe
?pent, for wee had but two; wee found al?o two firkins of Butter, ?ome twentie ?euen piece of
Porke,halfe a bu?hell of Pea?e, but in the Ma?ters Cabbin we found two hundred of bisket Cakes,
a pecke of Meale,of Beere to the quantitie of a Butt, one with another. Now, it was ?aid, that
the Shallop was come within ?ight, they let fall the Main-?ayle, and out with their Top-?ayles,
and flye as from an Enemy.
        Then I prayed them yet to remember them?elues: but William Wil?on (more then the re?t)
would heare of no ?uch matter. Comming nigh the Ea?t ?hoare they ca?t about, and ?tood to the
We?t and came to an Iland, and anchored in ?ixteene or ?euenteene fathome water. So they ?ent
the Boat,and the Net a?hoare to ?ee if they could haue a Draught : but could not for Rocks and
great ?tones. Michael Per?e killed two Fowle, and heere they found good ?tore of that Weede,
which we called Cockle-gra??e in our wintering place, whereof they gathered ?tore, and came a-
board againe. Heere we lay that night, and the be?t part of the next day, in all which time we
?aw not the ?hallop, or euer after. Now Henrie Greene came to me and told mee,that it was the
Companies will, that I ?hould come vp into the Ma?ters Cabbin, and take charge thereof. I told
him it was more fit for Robert Iuet: he ?aid, he ?hould not come in it, nor meddle with the Ma-
?ters Card, or Iournals. So vp I came, and Henrie Greene gaue me the Key of the Ma?ters Che?t,
and told me then, that he had laid the Ma?ters be?t things together, which hee would v?e him-selfe
when time did ?erue : the bread was al?o deliuered me by tale.
        The wind ?eruing, we ?tood to the North-ea?t, and this was Robert Billets cour?e, contrarie to
Robert Iuet, who would haue gone to the North-we?t. We had the Ea?terne ?hoare ?till in ?ight,
and (in the night) had a ?tout gale of wind, and ?tood a+fore it, till wee met with Ice , into the
which we ranne from thinne to thicke, till we could goe no further for Ice, which lay ?o thicke
ahead of vs (and the wind brought it after vs a?terne) that wee could not ?tirre backward , nor
forward : but ?o lay imbayed fourteene daies in wor?e Ice, then euer wee met to deale withall,
for we had beene where there was greater ?tore, but it was not ?o broad vpon the water as this:
for this floting Ice contained miles, and halfe miles in compa??e, where we had a deepe Sea, and
a Tide of flood and ebbe, which ?et North-we?t and South-ea?t. Heere Robert Iuet would haue
gone to the North-we?t, but Robert Billet was confident to go through to the North-ea?t, which
he did. At la?t, being cleere of this Ice, he continued his cour?e in ?ight of the Ea?terne ?hoare,
till he rai?ed foure Ilands which lay North and South : but we pa??ed them ?ixe or ?euen leagues,
the wind tooke vs ?o ?hort. Then wee ?tood backe to them againe, and came to an Anchor be-
tweene two of the mo?t Northermo?t. We ?ent the Boat a?hoare,to ?ee if there were any thing
there to be had, but found nothing, but cockle Gra??e, whereof they gathered ?tore, and ?o retur-
ned aboard. Before we came to this place, I might well ?ee, that I was kept in the ?hip again?t
Henry Greenes minde,becau?e I did not fauour their proceedings better then I did. Then hee be-
gan (very ?ubtilly) to draw me to take vpon me to ?earch for tho?e things, which him?elfe had
?tolne: and accu?ed me of a matter no le??e then Trea?on among?t vs , that I had deceiued the
company of thirtie Cakes of bread. Now they began to talke among?t them?elues, that Eng-
land was no ?afe place for them, and Henry Greene ?wore, the ?hippe ?hould not come into any
place (but keepe the Sea?till) till he had the Kings Maje?ties hand and Seale to ?hew for his ?afe-tie.
They had many deuices in their heads, but Henry Greene in the end was their Captaine, and
?o called of them.