It seemed to me as if we were running contrary to that which my
master would have commanded, and there were tears in my eyes, of
which I was not ashamed, when Nathaniel and I, hand in hand, followed
Master Hunt out of the house we had helped to build.
Those who had come from the shipwreck amid the Bermudas, were
rejoicing because they had failed to arrive in time to share with
us the starvation and the sickness, therefore to them this turning
back upon the enterprise was but a piece of good fortune. Yet were
they silent and sad, understanding our sorrow.
It was the eighth day of June, in the year 1610, when we set sail
from Jamestown, believing we were done with the new world forever,
and yet within less than three hours was all our grief changed to
rejoicing, all our sorrow to thankfulness.
LORD DE LA WARR'S ARRIVAL
At the mouth of the river, sailing toward us bravely as if having
come from some glorious victory, were three ships laden with men,
and, as we afterward came to know, an ample store of provisions.
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