Judgment of God

By east the Isle of May, twelve miles from all land, in the North Sea, lyes a great hidden rock, called Inchcape, very dangerous for navigators, because it is overflowed everie tide. It is reported in old times, upon the said
rocke there was a bell fixed upon a tree or timber, which rang continually, being moved by the sea, giving notice to the sailors of the danger. This bell was put there, and maintained by The Abbot of Aberbrothok. It was removed by a sea pirate, who, a year after he removed it, then perished upon the same rock with ship and goods, in the righteous judgment of God.

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