At his departure he comforted the company, by promising, that "If it
pleased GOD, he should put his foot in safety aboard his frigate,
he would, GOD willing, by one means or other get them all aboard, in
despite of all the Spaniards in the Indies!"

In this manner pulling off to the sea, he sailed some three leagues,
sitting up to the waist continually in water, and at every surge of the
wave to the arm-pits, for the space of six hours, upon this raft: what
with the parching of the sun and what with the beating of the salt
water, they had all of them their skins much fretted away.

At length GOD gave them the sight of two pinnaces turning towards them
with much wind; but with far greater joy to them than could easily
conjecture, and did cheerfully declare to those three with him, that
"they were our pinnaces! and that all was safe, so that there was no
cause of fear!"

But see, the pinnaces not seeing this raft, nor suspecting any such
matter, by reason of the wind and night growing on, were forced to run
into a cover behind the point, to take succour, for that night: which
our Captain seeing, and gathering (because they came not forth again),
that they would anchor there, put his raft ashore, and ran by land about
the point, where he found them; who, upon sight of him, made as much
haste as they could to take him and his company aboard. For our Captain
(of purpose to try what haste they could and would make in extremity),
himself ran in great haste, and so willed the other three with him; as
if they had been chased by the enemy: which they the rather suspected,
because they saw so few with him.

And after his coming aboard, when they demanding "How all his company