Note 895 — THE THIRD VOYAGE NORTH-WARD TO THE KINGDOMES OF CATHAIA and China, in Anno 1596.

The 5 of August, lying there, one of our men went on shore, and found the land further in to be greene and ful of trees,895 and from thence called to vs to bid vs bring our peeces on shore, saying that there was wild deere to be killed,896 which made vs exceeding glad, for then our victuales were almost spent, and we had nothing but some broken bread,897 whereby we were wholy out of comfort, and898 some of vs were of opinion that we should leaue the scutes and goe further into the land, or else (they said) we should all die with hunger, for that many daies before we were forced to fast, and hunger was a sharpe sword which we could hardly endure any longer.