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The Marygold fell in with CapeFrancis, in Newfoundland, the eleventhof July, and from thence went to theBay, called Rog-neusey she afterwardsdoubled Cape Razo, and sailing towardsthe Bay of St. Peter, being unacquaint-ed with the Place, beat long up anddown, and miffing it at last, fell inwith Cape Briton . Here they landed,and saw some os the Natives, but hadno Commerce with them. They after-wards sailed fifty or sixty .Leagues tothe South-West of Cape Briton, andin their Course to the West of Cape Bri-ton saw great Numbers of Seals andPorpoises, of which they killed eleven.They, likewise, saw Whales of allSizes, small and great.
From the Time of their Arrival atSt. Francis, they beat up and down onthe Coast of Arambec, for eleven Weekstogether; And then, by the Persuasionof the Master, and some others, shap-ed their Course homewards by the I liesof the Azores , and came first to Corvo.and Flores. Meeting with no Preythere, they failed by Ten er a, and fromthence came to St.Michael's, where theyattempted to board a Portuguese Ship;But she was too much for them ; Andtheir Provisions being now almost spent,they were obliged to hasten to England,where they arrived about Chris mas.
The Shipwreck of Henry May on the.
Bermudas, or Sommer- Islands.
The first Knowledge the EnglijhNation had of the Bermudas, or SommerIslands, was this Year, by Means of oneHenry May, who went with CaptainLane of er, to the Eaft-Indies, in 1591,and was by him sent from Hifpaniola,on Board a French Ship, commanded
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Be Fore: I proceed to give my Rea-ders the Account May gives us of thisIncident, it may not be amiss to in-form them, whence these Islands hadthe two several Names by which theyhave since been called.
It is. very probable, that- tho’ theEnglijh were not the first Discoverersof these Islands, yet they were the firstInhabitants of them, they being so farfrom any Part of the Continent of Ame-rica, that the Indians did not under-stand Navigation enough to reach them.
There have been various Reportshow these Islands came by the Nameof Bermudas, and whence they had suchan infinite Number- of black Hogs, ashas made them to he called by fom/ethe IJlands of Hgs.
Ovie da s; fays, he was near Bermudas,and had Thoughts to have set someHogs aslioar for Encrease ; But be wasdriven thence by Tempest, it being ex-treamly subject to furious Rains, Light-ning and Thunder,
The most probable Account is, thatthey had. their Names from one JohnBermudas, who discovered them in bitWay to the Spanijh Weft-Indies, seve-ral Years before May was cast asltoarthere. Some Authors fay, he neverlanded on them, which seems improba-ble, if they took their Names from him %And besides, how then are the Hogsto be accounted for; unless they camefrom some other Ship lost there. Sim t hfays, they had their Name from t Spa-nish Ship, called Bermudas, which w-atcast away there, carrying Hogs to theWeft-lndies, which swam affioar, andafterwards encreased to that prodigiousNumber. How the Spaniards: escapedfrom thence is uncertain ; Rut certainit is, that Spaniards had been on Shoutthere, not willingly, but forced byShipwreck. Several Crosses, Pieces ofSpanijh Mony, and other Signs, of themwere found there. Several Wreck? ofShips were likewise found in the Wa.ter,among the Rocks, which were plainlydiscovered to be some Spanijh, someDutch, some Portuguese, and someFrench.
In 'the Year, 1 £7 2 - Philip King ofSpain, made a Donation of them to oneFerdinando Camelo But he never tookPosseffion of them, much lessthe Gist,
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Why called'the Bermu-das ?