ABSTRACT

HerevponCaptainePopham,CaptaineRawleyGilbert,andothers weresentawaywithtwoShips,andanhundredLandmen,2Ordnance, andotherprouisionsnecessariefortheirsustentationanddefence;vntill othersupplymightbeesent.Inthemeanwhile,beforetheycould returne,itpleasedGodtotakefromvsthisworthymember,theLord ChiefeJustice,whosesuddendeathdidsoastonishtheheartsofthe mostpartoftheAduenturers,assomegrewcold,andsomedidwholly abandonthebusinesse.YetSirFrancisPophamhissonne,certaineof hispriuatefriends,andotherofvs,omittednotthenexteyeare(holding onourfirstresolution)toioyneinsendingforthanewsupply,which wasaccordinglyperformed.3