A58039:66
A token for mariners
A token for mariners containing many famous and wonderful instances of God's providence in sea dangers and deliverances, in mercifully preserving the lives of his poor creatures, when, in humane probability, at the point of perishing by shipwreck, famine, or other accidents. much enlarged, with the addition of many new relations, one whereof happening this present year, and never before printed. Mostly attested by the persons themselves. Also The seaman's preacher, being a sermon on the right improvement of such mercies. And prayers for seamen on all occasions.A token for mariners containing many famous and wonderful instances of God's providence in sea dangers and deliverances, in mercifully preserving the lives of his poor creatures, when, in humane probability, at the point of perishing by shipwrack, famine, or other accidents. much enlarg'd, with the addition of many new relations, one whereof happening this present year, and never before printed. Mostly attested by the persons themselves. Also The seaman's preacher, being a sermon on the right improvement of such mercies. And prayers for seamen on all occasions.
London: printed by Hugh Newman, 1698
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
All which made them, like amazed Men, to stand one looking upon another, every one fore-seeing the future Calamities both of himself and of his Fellows: and that which much increased their horror, was, their want of all necessary provision ⟨p. 60⟩for the life of Man, having neither Clothes to keep them warm, and for shift, or food to prevent the Miseries of cruel Famine, nor a house wherein to shroud themselves from the extremity of Cold.
All which made them, like amazed Men, to stand one looking upon another, every one fore-seeing the future Calamities both of himself and of his Fellows: and that which much encreased their horrour, was, their want of all necessary provision ⟨p. 60⟩for the life of Man, having neither Cloaths to keep them warm, and for shift, or food to prevent the Miseries of cruel Famine, nor a house wherein to shroud themselves from the extremity of Cold.
But after a space, knowing that delay in extremities is the Mother of all danger, they began to conceive hope out of the depth of despair; and therefore they consulted together of the likeliest course for their preservation in that place, and resolved upon the opportunity of the next fair weather to go to Green-Harbour to kill some Venison for part of their winter Provision, which accordingly there did, but found not so many Deer as they expected; yet the first day they killed Seven, and Four Bears to boot, which they also intended to eat: The next day they killed Six Deer more, and as they returned, they killed Six more, and then the weather proving foul and cold, they laded their Shallop with the Dear and Bears; and finding another Shallop left there as usually they do from year to year, they laded it with Graves of Whales that had been boiled there that year; and so dividing themselves into those two Shallops, they took the first opportunity of returning to Bell-Sound to their Tent, where they ⟨p. 61⟩