nes made
fast about their neckes: some of them, being of the better sort, had their
mantles cut and raysed checkerwise, which is a great ornament with them:
They eate raw flesh, as it is new killed, and the entrailes of beastes
without washing or making cleane, gnawing it like dogs, vnder their feet
they tye peeces of beastes skinnes, in steed of shooes, that they trauel in
the hard wayes: We could not see their habitations, for wee saw no houses
they had, neither could wee vnderstande them, for they speake very
strangely, much like the children in our Countrey with their pipes, and
clocking like Turkey Cockes: At the first wee saw about thirtie of them,
with weapons like pikes, with broade heades of Iron, about their armes they
ware ringes of Elpen bones: There wee coulde finde neyther Oringes nor
Lemons, which we purposely sought for.

[Sidenote: With what wind they sailed to S. Laurence.] The 11. of August we
hoysed anker, sayling towards the Island of S. Laurence, and the 22. of the
same month we had a contrary wind that blew North East: the 25. a West
winde, and so held our course East North East: The 28. there blew a South
East wind, and the 30. a South West winde, and our course lay North North
East to sayle to the Isle of S. Laurence. The first of September wee
discouered the point of the Islande of S. Laurence, vnder 16 degrees, and
the third day we saw the Island being very desirous to go on land, for that
many of our men were sicke, whereby wee coulde hardly rule our shippes, or
bring them farther without healing or refreshing of our men. [Sidenote:
They had great store of fish for 2 or 3 kniues.] The 9. of September Iohn
Schellinger sent out his boate to rowe to lande, where they founde three
Fishermen, of whome for two or three kniues they had great store of fishes.
The 13. we entered into a small Bay, but because wee founde no good anker
ground, as also being very foule we sayled out againe. The 14. we sayled
vnder a small Island about a mile or 2. great, by the Hollanders called
their Church yarde, or the dead Island, because many saylers dying in that
place, were buried in the African earth, and the 29. of the same Month died
Iohn Dignumsz Mayster of the Lyon of Holland, and was buried the next day
after.

There Iohn Peters of Delft Sayler of the Hollandia, and Koelken van
Maidenblick of the Amsterdam were set on shore vpon the Island of S.
Laurence, where they were left because they had committed certai