After my humble duty and servis to your sellfe and my mistress presented, I think it a part of my ingagement to your worshipp to aquainte you with the dispensation of the lord, and his good providence in our voyage, and our safe ariuall: we hadd for the most part blessed be God faire and comfortable winds and wether, only aboute some 400 leagues from the lands end of N. Engl: we had such a strong NW winde we could not beare saille for 4 or 5 dayes together, and when we came to the Lands end of England the Lord did in mercy very remarkably deliver vs from shipp rack, which we hould euer worthy our Remembrance, and doe accknowledg our sellfes with all his people bound to blesse his name for the same, which happened thus; after we sounded, and had found such depth and ground wherby our master and all his company did conclud they weare the soundings of Vshan on the French side, the next day came vpp with vs a shipp of Dartmoth, from Rochell bound home, whoe joyntly concluded the same, and sopossed we weare some 30 leages of from Dartmoth to the WSW. he being soe neere his owne coast, we concluded to follow his light; soposseing by morning to make the Start, which is a poynt of land 153twixt Plimoth and Dartmoth. the wind being faire and fresh at SSW and our corsse N b E: aboute midnight we heard the other Sipp make a great shoute, which some few of our company heard, and sudenly looking aboute, espyed closse vnder our lee bowe the breach of a greate rock, which they sopossed to haue beene the edy stone which lyeth 2 or 3 leauges of from the harbers mouth of Plimoth, which afterward appeered to be a great rock called the Woolfe or Gulfe betweene Silly and the Lands end, some 3 or 4 leauges south, and had it not beene that per the speciall prouidence of God he, then, at the helme hadd made a great yawe toward the wether at vnawares, we hadd vnavoydably beene cast away but the Lord whoe neuer slumbreth did gracyously watch ouer and deliver vs. Oh that we might therfore praise him for his goodnesse and walke answerable to his mercys soe largely extended toward vs: 2 days after the wind scanting vppon vs we put into Plimoth being saterdy the 9th of nouember 5 weekes and a day from our waying Anchor att Nantasket: the cheefe news we heare is of the peace made with Scotland and a great ouerthrow the Hollander hath giuen to a fleete of the Spainyerds of 70 great shipps waiteing vppon the coast of England, to aide the plate Fleete the sircomstance of which I supose your worshipp wilbe better informed of per some opertunity, per which I hope to send this my leter viz: per a shipp of Bastable. I shall not truble your worshipp farther but humbly craueing your Fauour leaue you to the euerlasting protecion of the Allmighty and euer rest Your Worshipps humble servant to my poore power