LAMENTABLE News, Showing the wonderful deliverance of Master Edmond Pet Sailor, and Master of a Ship, dwelling in Seething Lane in London, near Barking Church. With other strange things lately happened concerning these great winds and tempestuous weather, both at Sea and Land.   two men in a ship, drawing something from the water 
Imprinted at London by T.C. for William Barley, dwelling over against Cree-church, near Algate. 1613.   

LAMENTABLE news showing the wonderful deliverance of M. Edmond Pet sailor and Master of a ship, dwelling in Seething Lane in London, near Barking Church. With other strange things, lately happened, concerning the great winds and tempestuous weather both at Sea and Land.  
GOod Reader, I have here set down unto thy view, and for thy example to amendment, the great hurt and losses that hath been both at Sea and Land, but especially the wonderful preservation of one Master Edmond Pet Sailor, and Master of a ship, and part owner, who was coming from New Castle with his Ship lading, and with divers others in the ship, both passengers, and his own servants: grief to tell, as it is well known, and too well, if it had been Gods will to the contrary, the wind being ruff and furious, caused the Seas to be outrageous and boisterous, and the waves thereof to be so great, and to arise so high, that many times they were ready to overwhelm the ship, yet by God's providence & the great care of this Master Pet being Master, and sore labour and earnest prayer unto the Lord, night and day of those in the ship, they were preserved until they came within the kenning of Land, both of Yearmouth and Harwich, and other towns, but still the wind did grow more strong, and the waves greater, and every one overtyred with sore labour, as some at the pump, and some otherways, not one having leisure or stomach almost either to eat or drink, so that then they did wholly rely upon God's mercy, ceasing from their labours, and then did this Master Pet make a godly speech: saying unto the rest, Let us all kneel down with earnest prayer, and even with the knees of our hearts, desire God for his dear son jesus Christ his sake, to deliver us from this great danger, crying all with loud and woeful voices, O Lord preserve us now, that we may live and honour thee in praising thy name with Psalms of thanksgiving, as thou didst preserve jonas three days in the main Seas, and in the belly of a mighty devouring Whale, and chaste Susanna from the wicked Elders, who would have dishonoured God in their lust, and brought to destruction that godly woman and chaste wife. Likewise O Lord, thou didst preserve thy servant Daniel from the greedy jaws of the cruel and ravenous Lions, being of purpose kept hungry in their dens. O good Lord thou didst make the blind to see, the halt and lame to go, and the dead to arise and walk, so good Lord if it be thy blessed will, thou canst now deliver us, even now when all man's help is past. And now in this space while Master Pet was using these speeches, and earnest prayer to God, the ship began to sink deeper and deeper into the Sea, whereupon every one began to shift for himself in laying hold some upon one thing, and some upon another. As they were standing upon the hatches still called on God, but seeing there was no way to save themselves, then with great shrieks and loud cries they were all drowned: Nay more, not one living thing in the ship saved. And Master Edmond Pet, after he had been under water, by God's help took hold of the main Mast and got out his knife and cut certain cords or lines and made shift to get up to the top of the Mast, and there tied himself, for fear least by the strength of the wind & rain, he should be blown off into the Sea. All which this man in misery did see, and himself looking every minute of an hour to taste of the same cup the rest had done: for now half the main Mast whereon he sat was covered with water, this being about seven of the clock in the morning. Thus sat this grieved man all that day and all night, seeing nothing but water ready to swallow him up: yet upon the next day, between the hours of seven and eight of the clock, to his great comfort, he descried a ship coming towards him, he being beaten so sore with wind and weather, that he could hardly speak, for his body was swelled as big as two bodies, and likewise his legs did grow to such a bigness, that they were more like to the waste or middle of a man, than the leg of a man, yet when this ship came near unto him, he cried and called as well as he could, that they would save him, and take him into their ship. One or two of them answered very briefly, we are sorry, we are sorry, but we cannot stay. O most unkind men, and in human, that ever man should have cause to say, that ever any Christian should be so hard-hearted to leave a man in that distress. But when he saw them sail away, Oh! it was more than half a kill to his poor heart. Well when he had sat on this main Mast until the next morning, which was 48. hours, there came towards him by God's appointment a man of war, being a Hollander, who did show him kindness and mercy, for he did send his shipboate for him, and brought him to his ship, and did seek to comfort him in what he could, like the good Samaritane, but this Master Pet was so weather beaten, and so swelled, that he could neither eat nor drink: yet this man of war would and did what he could for him, for seeing he could not comfort him with any thing he had in his ship, he sailed into a town in Suffolk, called Harwich, and there st him on shore, not leaving him until he had brought him to some of his old acquaintance, who did not know him: nay more, his own wife did not know him, when he was brought home to London, by reason he was swelled of such bigness, and so changed with sitting, as I told you before 48. hours in the wind & rain. And see and hear and give God praise; yet more of God's wonderful kindness in delivering this Master Pet once before, who coming from a far voyage in a Ship of Merchandise, by misfortune the Ship was split, the Ship and all the goods lost, and to the number of eighteen persons drowned. And this man left alive to tell unto the world what God had done for him, that all that hear it might praise the Lord: and praised be the name of the Lord, he is now well and in perfect health. And as I said before, dwelling in Séething Lane in London. Well now leaving this sad story of Master Pet, with grief I must tell you, of others harms and losses: First there was to the great terror and grief of many the beholders, six score dead men taken up, upon Yarmouth shore, the losses of Boats and Lyters, and men lately upon the Thames, is too well known, if it had been Gods will to have been otherways, for many have seen dead men swimming too and fro between graves End and London, being carried by the Tide, and still hats or cloaks, and staves, and divers other things of Passengers have seen been upon the Thames swimming too and fro, & a great Barge being laden with faggots and billets, and other timber to make cartwhéeles, was cast away near London bridge, being in a storm of wind, and all her lading swimming up and down the Thames. Likewise near the coast of Dover & Sandwich, and so to Wayborne Hoop in Norfolk, was much hurt done, with the loss of many men's lives. Likewise all the upper parts of a windmill in Bedfordshire was blown away, but God be praised none killed. Near Sharnbrook, a traveler of London that came down to see his friends, was by the strength of the wind blown off from a bridge, but by others was taken up alive and saved. Two men and their horses in Glostershire were blown from a bridge, & both horse and men drowned. A man near Bedford being thatching a house, was blown off & killed: trees blown up by the roots, other rest and torn, houses and chimneys quite blown down, falling upon cattle & killed them, to the great loss and hurt of many men. And divers other strange matters I could speak of, all which is for our sins. God grant we way take warning to amend our lives by these dangers & losses, or else we must needs look for farther punishment. For as God is merciful, so he is Just, and will punish us if we will not be warned by these examples. God grant for his Son jesus Christ's sake we may all be warned to amend our lives. Amen.  
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