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Title:  An essay for the recording of illustrious providences: wherein, an account is given of many remarkable and very memorable events, which have happened in this last age; especially in New-England. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
Author: Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.
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on the continued about two hours, and having much Water in the Hold, they found no o|ther way to make her rise again, but by cutting down her Masts, and accordingly her Main|mast and her Mizen-mast being cut down, the Ship righted again. The Storm continu|ing, on March 28. the Ship made very bad Steeridge, by reason of the loss of her Rudder and Masts, The Sea had continual passage over her, and one Sea did then carry away the Larbord quarter of the Ship, and brake the side from the Deck, so that there was an open passage for the Sea to come in at that Breach; and notwithstanding their endea|vours to stop it with their Bedding, Cloathes, &c. so much Water ran in by the sides of the Ship, that it was ready to sink. Now all hopes of saving their lives being gone; the Divine Providence so ordered, that there appeared a Vessel within sight, which hapned to be a French Ship bound from St. John de luce to Grand Placentia in New-found Land; this Vessel took in the distressed English-men, car|ried them to Grand Placentia, from whence the Master and sundry of the Mariners pro|cured passage in a Ketch bound for Boston in New-England. There did they arrive June 21. 1683. declaring how they had seen the wonders of God in the deep, as hath been ex|pressed.0