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iV comfon^ible gale at south all day, which carried us away with great speed
towards ci' jouriieyes end. so good was o"^ loving God unto us as alwa_\s so also
this day. Mr. Maud was exercised in y' forenoone & I in the afternoone "
Aug. 3. "But lest wee should grow secure and neglect y'' Lord through
abundance of prosperity, ' wise & loving God was pleased on Monday
morning about three of y"' clock, when wee were upon the coast of land, to
e.xercise us witii a sore storme & tempest of wind & rain, so y' many of us
passengers with wind & rain were raised out of our beds, and our seamen
were forced to let down all y* sayles, and y' ship was so tossed with fearfull
mountayns and valleyes of water, as if wee should have beene overwhelmed
& swallowed up.
But y' lasted not long, for at o' poore prayers, y' Lord was please^! to
magnify his mercy in assuaging y^ winds & seas againe about sun rising." He
then speaks of " taking abundance of cod & hollibut,' wherewith o' bouyt s
were abundantly refreshed after they had beene tossed with y' storme."
"Aug. 14. While ancored at the He of Shoales, when wee had slept
sweetly y' night till breake of day," Mr. Mather adds: "But yet y' Lord had
not done with us, nor yet had let us see all his power & goodnesse which he
would have us take knowledge of, and therefore on Saturday morning (.Aug.
15 I, at about breake of day, y' Lord sent forth a most terrible storme of raine
iN: easterly wind, whereby wee were in as much danger as I thinki.- ever people
were. For we lost in y' morning, three great ancres & cables, of wich cables,
one ha\ing cost ^50. never had been in any water before, two were broken by
y' violence of y"^ waves, and y' third was cut by y' seamen in extremity & dis-
tress to save y" ship &: o' lives.
And y* Angel Gabriel being y" at ancer at Pemniaquid, was burst in
pieces & cast away in y" storme & most of the catiell & other goodes, with
one seaman iV 3 or 4 passengers did also perish therein, besides two of y' passengers
y' died by y'' way, y' rest having y' lives given y"' for a prey. Jiut
y"' James & wee y' were therein, with our catiel! &: goods, were all preser\ td
alive, viz. : 100
& mares."
passengers. 23 seamen. 23 cowes & heyfers, 3 sucking calves
" Tlh- Lord's name be blessed forever."
.\ touching incident is narrated of one ol the passengers of the .Ani^el Galjric-I.
more amusing to the reader than it could have been to tlie panics concerned. The
name of this passenger was Bailey. He was a young man and lately married. He
embarked, lea\ \\.% his young bride in England, wishing to acquaint himself somewhat
with the new country, and make arrangements for a home i;: .America, and then
return for his wife. But alas I the frightful disaster from which he had narrowly
scaped so wrought upon his mind that he wa.s too timid ever again to risk himself
upon the ocean, and the doleful account which he wrote home so intimidated his
\oung bride that she could never be persuaded to undertake the voyage. .And so it
came to pass, that between this loving couple tlie broad .Atlantic continued to roll, and
this married twain, poor souls, remained separated from each other all the rest of tlieir
mortal lives.