Their Joyous Arrival

But to omit other things (that I may be brief ) after long beating at sea they1 fell
with that land which is called Cape Cod; the which being made and certainly
known to be it, they were not a little joyful. . . .
Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon
their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast
and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof,
again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element. . . .

Ac to forlete oþre þing (þæt ic mæge beon brēfe) æfter langum smite on sǣ hi1 fællen
mid þām lande þe is genemned Cape Cod; se þe wæs geworht and sȳððan gecneord to be.hit, hi wæron nǣnig lytel blīðe. . . .
Þa hi swā arriwdon in godne hæfen, and gehād tō lande, hi fællon ofer heora knīenan and bletsodon ðone God of Heofonan þe hæfde hī forbrocen ofer þone miclun
and fierce ocean, and forlæten hī fram eallum þam forwyrðum and earfoðum ðæs,