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 THREE VOYAGES OF MARTIN FROBISHER. 
 
 M.DCCc.r.xvir. 
 

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 MARTINUS FBOBISKERUS, EQUES AURATU9. 
 
THE 
 
 THREE VOYAGES 
 
 OP 
 
 MARTIN FROBISHER, 
 
 IN SEARCH OF A PASSAGE TO 
 
 CATHAIA AND INDIA BY THE NOETH-AN'EST, 
 
 A.D. 1570-8, 
 
 ^tprintcb from tlic ^trst (^bition of |l;il;luri{'s ^^onngcs, 
 
 WITH SELECTIONS FROM 
 
 MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS IN THE r.RiXISH MUSEUM 
 AND STATE PAPER OFFICE. 
 
 BY 
 
 Rear-Admiral RICHAPtD COLIJNSON, 
 
 c.v, 
 
 I- O N DON: 
 PRINTED FOR THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY, 
 
 M.prrr.i.xvii, 
 
 y6/ 
 
^«^""^^^!^«i^^^B^O*WW 
 
 Tim 
 
 IN 
 
 INT£ 
 
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TO 
 
 HENRY (JRINNELL, ESQ., 
 
 OK NEW YOHK, 
 
 THIS EDITION OF MAKTIN PROBISHEr'S TIIKEE VOYAGES IN SEAKCII 
 
 01 A PASSAGE TO CATIIAIA BY THE K.W. 
 
 IS DEDICATED, 
 
 AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT AND ADMIR \TTON, 
 
 NOT ONLY FOR HIS CORDIAL AND GENEKOUS CO-OPERATION 
 
 IN THE SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND HIS COMPANIONS, 
 
 BUT ALSO FOR THE 
 
 INTEREST HE HAS SHOWN IN, AND THE AID HE HAS AFFORDED TO, 
 
 POLAR EXPLORATION IN THE PRESENT DAY 
 
 BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT, 
 
 RICHARD COLLINSON. 
 
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SIU II 
 
COUNCIL 
 
 TIIK JIAKLUYT SOCIETY 
 
 «IU IlODKniCK IMPRY MURCIfiaox, R.nr,, K.C.n.. O.C.Sl.S., VMS., D.C.L.. Corr 
 Mem. Inst. l.\, Jlon. Mom. Imp. Acad. So. I'otersburg, etc., etr., I'nKsiDKNT. 
 
 Rkar.Admibal C. R. DUINKWATKR UKTHUNK, C.B.^ 
 
 The Rt. Hon. Sib UAVIl) DUNDAS, M.P. | Vl-K-l' 
 
 Tub niaiiT IfoN. U. U. ADDINGTON. 
 
 Rev. O. 1>. BADOKR, F.H.G.8. 
 
 .1. BARROW, Ksq., F.R.S. 
 
 K. H. HUNIiUUY, Esy. 
 
 Rear.Admihal R. COLLINSON, C.H, 
 
 Sir IfKNUY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.8. 
 
 OenkkAt, C. fox. 
 
 R. W. GRKY, KsQ. 
 
 JOHN WINTKK JONKS, KsQ., F.8.A. 
 
 JOHN W. KAVi:, Esq. 
 
 His Excellency the COUNT VK LAVHADIO. 
 
 'J'HOM.\S K. LYNCH, Esq. 
 
 R. II. M.\JOR, Esq., F.S.A. 
 
 Sir CHARLES NICHOLSON, Uart. 
 
 Cai'Tain SHKRARD OSBOKN, R.N.,C.B. 
 
 Major.Oener\l Sir HENRY C. RAWLINSON, K.C.B 
 
 Viscount STRANGFORU. 
 
 RB8IIIENT8. 
 
 CLEMENTS It, MARKHAM, i:3.j., F.g.A., Hunobary Secretauy. 
 
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IN'rK()J)U(TJUN, 
 
 I'^ivi-; yoars iii'ler llio disooveiy of America by CJolinnluis, 
 llic l!]iiglisl), bnfHcd in tlicir aMcnipts to read i Katliay 
 by tli(! N..E., turiiod their alleiitioii in another diroo- 
 lioii, ami on tlie morning of ihe i24tli of .luiie, 14.97, 
 Newfoundland was dise.overeil by .b»hn ('alif»t. Tims 
 began those series of memorable voyages Avliidi have 
 been contimied, unto our day, with l)ut short inter- 
 ru])tion, until the northern seaboard of the American 
 continent has been perfectly discovered. The annals 
 of these Arctic voyages have been read and re-read, 
 ])ul)lished and r(>-|mblished, evil', ing the deep interest 
 which generation after generation has taken in these 
 touching records of skill and daring, perseverance and 
 lonfj-sutlejins ; and well mav we tui'ii to them with 
 |)ii(h' and pleasure, txhil)iting as they do such proof of 
 I hat spirit of maritime enter})rise which always has been 
 (jJreat J.))'itaiirs boast and glory. 
 
 In the year 1500 the discovery of the Cabots was 
 followed u]> by (b'is])nr de (Jortereal, in two shi|)s from 
 iiisbon, and attention was attract m I to the value of 
 the lisheries on the coast of Newfoundland, and in 
 ]r)04 snnUl vessels from Biscay, IJretagne, and Nor- 
 
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 VIII 
 
 INTIIOUUCTION. 
 
 raandy resorted thither for this purpose. In 15()G 
 Jean Dcnys drew a map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; 
 and in 1.517 no less than fifty Spanish, French, and 
 Poituoncso ships were employed in this fishery. In 
 1527, Iv. Thoriic of Bristol (who assisted the Cabots in 
 the equipment of their vessels for the first voyage) 
 sailed with two ships for the discovery of the N.W. 
 passage, but was never after heard of 
 
 In 1534. Jacques Cartier sailed from St. Malo with 
 two ships, and explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In 
 1.53() an attempt was made by one hundred and twenty 
 Englishmen to form a settlement on Newfoundland, 
 but they suffc red the extremity of famine. 
 
 In 1548 the English fishery on the American coast 
 had become an object of national importance and legis- 
 lative encouragement. 
 
 The result of these discoveries was published to the 
 world in Gerard Mercator's Mappe Monde, in 156" 9 ; 
 and as this date will bring us to the j^eriod when we 
 are told (s(?e p. 70) " Captaine Frobisher began first 
 with himself to devise and then with his friendes to 
 conferrc, and layd a plaine platte unto them that that 
 voyage was not only possible by the Northweast, but 
 also, as he coulde prove, casie to bee performed," this 
 will be the place to describe the arrangement which 
 has been adhered to in this edition of Frobisher's 
 voyages. The text is taken from the first edition of 
 Hakluyt's voyages (1578), in the Grenvillc library at 
 the British Museum, an extremely rare book, with two 
 maps, to 1)0 found in only one other copy. On the 
 i('(]uipition of our President, and by the kindness of 
 
INTRODILTION. 
 
 IX 
 
 the gentlomcii in cluirgo of the inanusciipts at tlie British 
 .Museum and at the public Eccorcl Office, access has 
 been ol)taiiied to several important documents hitherto 
 uu])u1jlished, and which have been arranged previous 
 and subsequent to tlie several voyages to which they 
 refer. George Beste, the author, served in the second 
 and third voyages ; and in his preface to the first 
 voyage will be found a curious account of the know- 
 ledge of the world at that period, which will greatly 
 i)iterest those who are not already familiar with 
 Hakluyt's volumes. 
 
 I am indebted to Mr. W. B. liye, of the British 
 Museum, for the following account of the expenses of 
 the first voyage, which is abstracted from the report of 
 the Commissioners on the Public Records, folio, 1837. 
 
 The amount of subscription to tlio first voyage amounted to 
 £875, 
 
 Bill for ^Faps and Nautical Listruiiients. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 Piiid for a book of cosmograpliie in French of Andreas 
 
 Thevet . . . . .240 
 
 Paid to Humphry Cok and others — 
 
 For a greate globe of metal in blanke in a case . 7 13 4 
 For a great instrnnient of brasse named Armilla 
 
 Toloniei or Ilemisperiiim . . . 4 8 
 
 F(n' an instrnment ol' brasse named Sphera Nautica 4 8 
 For a great instrument of brasse named Compassum 
 
 Meridianuni . . . . 4 G 8 
 
 For a great instrument of lirassc named IToh^metrum 
 
 Cieometricum . . . .10 
 
 Foi- a great instrument of brasse named Horologiimi 
 
 Universale . . . . 2 (! 8 
 
 Fur a Huge of brasse named Annulus A stronc micas 1 10 () 
 For a little standing level of brnsse . . »> H 
 
 For an instrninrnt of wood a stafe named llalestetta F! 4 
 
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 For ii, very great oaric of navigation 
 
 l''(»v a great niajijx; iinivorsall of Mcrcator in pronto 
 
 Kor three otlior Binall mappos prcnted 
 
 For G cartes of navigaiiou written in blaeke ])arcli- 
 
 nu-nt wliereof ]■ ruled playne & 2 ruiuide 
 l<'or ii liible Engli.she great volume 
 I'or ii eosmograpliical glasse & castell knowlego 
 Foi- a new World of Andreas Thevciu Englislio it 
 
 French ..... 
 For a Regiment of Medena (Spanishe) 
 For Sir John Mandevyllc (Englishc) 
 I'or 20 compasses of divers sorts 
 l*'or 18 hower glasses . , 
 
 For a astrolabium . . . . 
 
 The following drugs shew the contents of a ship's medicine 
 chest in Queen Fli/abeth's reign: — Anibra Grisi oriental, Cibeth', 
 Masehe orienial, Agallorbi, Ligne Aloes, Rubarbi agarisi, Tur- 
 penti, Diiigridii, Cipri India, Tui'merick, Calam aromatica, Irios, 
 Galanga, ]\fyrrlia fine, Mastichus, Argenti viti, Ladderi, Aumno 
 Gomme, Oppoponax, 0])pen, Allocs, Bellzonica, Styrax Calnnie, 
 Myrobboralia chebue Bellerichi, ludioru citrini, Ledoria, Spiea 
 Nardi, C'ardamonii, Lignc Rhode, Colucuthes, Magaritc, J^oli 
 oriental, Ijiipis Lazuli, Cantatri Citomi, Corralina, Coralli Ilubili, 
 Rorax, Cani])hora, Castorium. 
 
 Among the jiayments maclo by INIichael Lok for tlic 
 furniture of the first voyage the following occur — 
 
 J''or bote liyre of Mr. Furbishcr following his bussy- 
 
 ness alle this tyme . . .10 lO 
 
 Raid to Ducke upliolsier for beddinge for Mr. Cap- 
 
 tayne Frobiser . . . . 3 10 o 
 
 Raid for a bottell of aqaavite for Mr. Frobiser paid it 
 
 to his numnc Rorrowes . . . U lO 
 
 Raid to Mr. Frobiser on accompte as followithe for 
 bcarc and brende at laiinchinge of the llnbriell and 
 for maryners dyners then . . .0 111 
 
 I'aid to Kicholas Cooke for aquavite 3 hogsheads ])aid 
 
 lo Anllionye Dullilile lirufi- . . .13 18 
 
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 Paid lor V tonne of beair ii(. 't'i.^'. bonj^lit of my Lnvd 
 
 Adminil by Artlmr Pelt 
 J'iiid to Mr. Fiobiisor at divers tymi's for his j)iiyn(!s 
 tiikeing on tliis voyage (t In's ondevor untill liis 
 rctorno which was paid to cUm-c him out of Eng- 
 hiiul one the voya^^e 
 i'iiid for divers implonionts of lioushold necoHsaryo for 
 tlie shi]))tes furniture as followitlic : — 
 
 For a great kcttk^ ])an brasse with yr(;n ball 
 
 For a great bassone ot brasse to l)iike one 
 
 For a bukinge pan of yron witli eover 
 
 For a eliafiinge dish of bi'asse . 
 
 For a skimer of l)rasse 
 
 For a greatc potte of yron for meat 
 
 l'\)r a little ])ane brasse with handle yrone 
 
 For a try vet yrone 
 
 For ij fi'inge ])iin('R 
 
 For a drippinge jtune yron 
 
 For a grydyron 
 
 l'\)r ij spyttes 
 
 For a payre of ]»olto hokes 
 
 For a slyse of yron 
 
 For a fleshoke of yron 
 
 l''oi' ij hokes yi-on flat 
 
 For a clever great choppinge knyfe of yron 
 
 For iij wooden platters ^Muskovia painted 
 
 For a great bassone or ewar of pewtar 
 
 For iij pyiile bottes of beai'e & wync 
 
 For a saltesellar of ])ewtare 
 Summo of all the said cliarges of furnytui'e of the 
 said shipj)es outvvardes coste as foUowithe : — 
 
 For implements liowshcld 
 
 For wages of nu'n .... 
 
 For instrumentes of navigatione 
 
 For vyttelles . . 
 
 For ordonans munition 
 
 For tackelinge of shii)pes 
 
 Foi' buyldingo the sliippe (iahru'll & iUe i)y»ace 
 
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 INTRODUCTION. 
 
 In the State Papers .subsequent to the first voyage 
 ^vill be found — J\lic]iael Loks aecount of his connection 
 with Captain Frol>iscr, p. 87 ; ]\Ir. Lockes tliscours 
 touching the cure, p. 92 ; and an account of the cost 
 ])rovision, togetlier with the names of the venturars in 
 the second voyage, p. 103. 
 
 The subscriptions for the second voyage amounted 
 to £5,150. The expedition consisted of 143 persons, 
 viz., 36 ofHcers and gentlemen, 14 mynars and fynars, 
 64 mariners on board the Ayde, 16 in the Michad, 
 and 13 in the Gahriel. 
 
 The account of the second voyngc will be found at 
 p. 117. The collection of State Papers subsequent to 
 the second voyage contains, among other things — The 
 bryefe account of the expenses of the second voyage, 
 and the names of the venturars, p. 164 ; the trials of 
 the ore, p. 170. 
 
 The third voyage was undertaken upon a much 
 larger scale, consisting of the ships Ayde, Michael, 
 Gahriel, and Judith, belonging to the Company, to- 
 gether with nine other ships hired for the voyage, and 
 arrangements were made for Captain E. Fenton, with 
 one hundred men, to establisli a fort at Meta Incog- 
 nita. The ships brought home 1,206 tons of ore, which 
 were deposited at Dartfonl, and considerable works 
 seem to have been carried on there in smelting and 
 refining the ore. 
 
 The State Papers relative to the outfit for the third 
 A'oyage contain — A proportion of the charges for a 
 thyrd voyage, ji. 209 ; the inventorie of the ship Ayde 
 (a curious document deseril)ing her rig aud furniture), 
 ]\ 21 s. 
 
 mgs 
 
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 for a 
 Aydc 
 turc). 
 
 Tlic third voyage commences at p. 220. The State 
 Paporr subsequent to ih" third voyage relate princi- 
 ])ally to the difficulty exjx-ricnced in collecting the 
 subscriptions, pp. 319-321 ; Mr. Lok's accounts and the 
 answers thereto, pp. 325, 326, 332 ; all the stock o\' 
 the venturers in all the three voyages, p. 358 ; the abuse's 
 of Captain Furbi.shcr against the Companye, p. ;^'5I). 
 
 On the conclusion of the third voyngo, when it was 
 discovered that the ore would yield no return, ^Messrs. 
 Neale and William Baynham wen; appointed, ].)y letters 
 dated Augu.st 12th, 1580, and ]\liiy Gtli, 1581, to audit 
 the accounts. This report recapitulates the names of 
 all the subscribers for the three voyages -and the l»uild- 
 ings at Dartford. The subscriptions for the three 
 several voyages amounted to £20,345, of wliicli the 
 (»>ueen advanced £4,000. In the account of the pro- 
 j)erty of the Company it is mentioned that Thomas 
 Allen received of Captain Frobisher two ingots of fine 
 gold, weighing 9 pennyweights 8 grains, and two in- 
 gots of fine silver, weighing 7 ounces 18 pennyweights, 
 which said gold and silver proceeded of the melting 
 and workinfj of four cwts. of the ore brought from 
 Meta Incognita in the second voyage. Tiiat of the 
 foresaid workes done at Dartford in the melting and 
 rifining IG tonnes of ore whereof proceeded 210 
 ounces of fine silver mixed with gold, which was de- 
 livered to Richard Young. 
 
 Amongst the assets of the Company is stated to be 
 at Dartford 1,300 tons of ore remaining, valued at 
 £13 : G : 8 per ton = £1,733 : G : 8. No further in- 
 formation can be collected respc^cting thr ore, but it is 
 
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 ^^^w^^p^^^pt- 
 
 XIV 
 
 i\'n;oi>C('Tio\. 
 
 to be prcsiuiieil that it did not turn out so valuid)lo, 
 because we find it subsequently recited that tlie like 
 ore may be obtained for £(] a ton, wluneas this cost 
 the Company £16. 
 
 In the appendix will be fountl a list of the relics of 
 the Frobisher expedition brought home by Mr. ('. F. 
 Hall in 1 8G8, which are now deposited at the lloyal 
 (Geographical Society ; and I am one of those who believe 
 that his exertions in exploring King AN'illiam's Laud 
 for the journals and records of the Franklin expedition 
 will be attended with success. When this island was 
 visited by fSir L. McC'lintock and Captain Hobson, the 
 oround was covered with snow. j\lr. Hall intends 
 passing the summer upon if, and the knowledge he 
 has obtained of the Esquimaux language and character 
 during his two years' residence in Frobisher Soujid 
 will enable him to gain their confidence. 
 
 The two mnps which accompany the narrative are 
 fiicsimiles of those in the first edition of Hakluyt (lo7S). 
 The island " Croc land,"' in the N.W. corner of the 
 second map, is in all pro])ability a misprint in the 
 original, as in Mercator's " Mappe Monde'" (15(i9) 
 there appears an island called Groetland in this posi- 
 tion. 
 
 The portrait is taken from the Henrologia, and has 
 been engraved by iVEr. S(3ott. 
 
 In Watts' Bihliotheca Britannia, ed. 1824, the fol- 
 lowing account is given of Frobisher's voyages : — 
 
 " A true report of Mr. Martin Frol)isher his third 
 and last voyage, 334 o, l.^TT. 
 
 " A true report of the last voyage into the west and 
 
INTHODlc 'I'loN. 
 
 XV 
 
 nortlici'ii regions, etc., ^vo^tll('ly atchfiiicd by Ciiptainc 
 Frol)i.slior, of the said voyno;o the first Fiiulor and 
 (icncrull, S4(5 r, I.-jTS. 
 
 "A I'raysc & ropoite of JMuister iArartiii Froltishcra 
 Voyage to Alota Incognita, 2:25 fj, 1571). 
 
 "A Welcome hf»me to Mr. JM. Frobishcr & all those 
 oentlcincn and soiddiers that have been with him tiiis 
 last iourney in the countrey called jVlcta Incognita, 
 which welcome was written since this bookc^ was pnt 
 to the printing & ioyned to the same booke for a true 
 testimony of ( 'hurchyardes good will for the further- 
 ance of iMaister F.'s fame, 2'2.'jf:' 
 
 In the BlUiothcca GrenvilUana, under Froljisher, 
 p. 25.0, vol. i, is the following : — 
 
 " A true discourse of the late voyages of discoverie 
 for tlic finding of the passage to Cathaya by tlie Nortli- 
 weast, vnder the conduct of Martin Froljisher, Generall : 
 Deuided into three bookes, London, by Henry Bynny- 
 man, maps, 4to, 1578.'' 
 
 This is the first account of all the three voyages of 
 Frobisher in 157G-77-78 by George Beste, who sailed 
 with him : it is extremely rare ; a separate and differ- 
 ent narrative of the second voyage only 1)y Settle, wlio 
 lik(»wise sailed with Frobisher, was printed in 1577, i)i 
 1 2mo., and is also extremely rare ; but the pecuiinr 
 value of this copy is in its po.ssessing the two maps.* 
 
 "La Navigation du Cap. INTartin Forl)isher Anglois es 
 regions de west et nordwest en I'annee 1577. Pour 
 Antoine Chuppen." 1578, woodcut, 8vo. 
 
 Tliis French translation is of great rarity. 
 
 * Tlu'so are the two maps which arc <;iv('n in tlii.s eillHon. 
 
■^^r 
 
 s5JJUA^«...54J^l^ 
 
 XVI 
 
 INTI!(>|)I("IM»N'. 
 
 "Do Martiiii Foi-bissi'ii Anj^li Niivigatiouc in n'<''(»nr 
 occideiitis ft scptcutrionis, Narratio lli.storia ex Gal- 
 ileo Bormono in Latinum tian.slata por .loan. Tho. 
 Fnigiuin Noribergoc in off. Catharine Ocrlaelion." 1 5 So, 
 8vo. 
 
 This is the first Latin edition of Frobislier's st'coiui 
 voyage. 
 
 "Histoiia navigationis Martini Forbisseri Angli Prcr- 
 toris aive Capitanii a.c. 1577 ex Anglia in septcntrionis 
 et occidentis tractum susccpta ei»hemeridos sive diarii 
 more conscripta et stilo tricnnioque post ex Gallico in 
 Latinum sermonem a J. T. Frei^io translata Hand)iir<»i 
 sumptibus J. Naumanni." 1G7.5, plate, 4to/* 
 
 It ai)pears that the account of the voyage was also 
 translated into Italian, as in Lowndes' lianjra pi ileal 
 Manual there is the following : — " Scopuniento dcllo 
 Stretto Artico et de ]\Ieta Incognita dar Geo. Lor. 
 Anania." Naples, 1.'582, 8vo. 
 
 In the Restitvta, by Sir Egerton Brydges, \'ol. ii, 
 will be found " A Rythm Dccasybillical ujion this last 
 luckie voyage of worthie Captainc Frobisher," of which 
 the following are the first and third verses :— 
 
 T. 
 
 " Through sundrie foming- iVetes and storming streightcs, 
 That venturous knight of Ithac's soylc did sayle ; 
 Against the force of Syren's caulmed heiglites 
 His noble skill and courage did prevaile. 
 His hap was hard, his hope yet nothing fjailo ; 
 Not ragged rocks, not sinking series or sands. 
 His stoutness stayed from viewing foreign ];inds. 
 
 * I am indebted to our V'cc-President, the Right Hon. Sir 
 David Dundas, for the loan of a copy of this curious vohimc, 
 as well as for references, which have assisted nir grenlly in 
 dniwing up this iicconnt. En. 
 
INTKOIUHTION. 
 
 XVII 
 
 •' A riij;lit lu-ioical liciii-f (if IJriliimic blood, 
 VKsscs' iiuil(;li in skill luid murtiiil mi^lit. 
 For Princes fame and euunirios Hpccial ,t,'o()d, 
 Throujrh brat-kisli soas wliero Neptnne reigncs by right, 
 Hath safely sailed in perils great despight. 
 The golden fleeee like Jason hath ho got, 
 And rich retoiirned saunce Iossq or lucklesse lot." 
 
 AllliAHAM FlRMINO. 
 
 In conclusion, I have to acknowledge the assistance 
 jinfl ready help which I have received from Mr. K. IT. 
 jNlajor of the lU'itish Museum, whose knowledge, not 
 only of wiiat was required, hut where it was to he 
 ohtained, h;is been of the greatest service to me in 
 l)re[)ariiig this edition. 
 
 U 
 
siK.iMAjrriN fii()I}|siii<:h. knt. 
 
 " A most vjilouroiiH nmii, iiiid oik! tliiit is lo ho i-cckonotl 
 imi(mj,'.Hl (lie IniiutUHoat iiion of our ago for comisell mid glory 
 gotten ill sea." (Jiimdi'Ji, -Snl edition, lO^o, |). -lUIi. 
 
 TiiK lollowiug iiceoimt id" the lil'c of Sir Mnrtin 
 Froljislicr liiis liccii derived iVoni Fuller's Wtnihics, 
 Ciunden, ( 'iiinplieUs Lives of ike Admirals, Barrow'a 
 Naval Wort/lies of Queen Klizahelh's Reign, Notes and 
 Queries, p. 47S, June Mtli, 1.S5J), I/istori/ and Anti- 
 (/((ities of Doncaster, by Dr. Miller, and iMS. papers in 
 the British Museum. 
 
 iJr, Miller says — "It appears that Francis Frobisher* 
 was mayor of Doncaster in ISSi), and was probal)ly 
 the father of JMartiu. Ihifortunately, the parisli re- 
 gister does not CDmmence the baptisms until 1558. 
 However, 1 have found the baptism of several of his 
 relations, viz.: 15(51, May 30th, C*hristian, daughter of 
 William Frobisher; 15 (J 4, March 2nd, Darcye, son of 
 the same : ] ^){]Cy, March 1 Sth, Matthew, son of the 
 same: 15fi7, Jan. 18th, Elizabeth, daughter of ihe 
 same, in Manerser's Account of Yorkshire Faniilies 
 it is stated that the father of Sir Martin Frobisher re- 
 sided some time at Finningley; his mother was daugh- 
 
 Wil- 
 
 ter (o Mr. Rogers of Everton 
 
 His grandfather 
 
 * HlsU>nj 'I ml AiiHijuHicx iif Ihiir.adnr. 
 
■ MmM 
 
 XX 
 
 THK LIFE OF 
 
 Ham married Margaret, daugliter of \\'illinm Jjoyrilon, 
 of Burmston, Esq. His great groat grandliither, 
 Francis, was recorder of Doncaster, and married 
 Christian, daughter of Sir Brian Hastings, Knt." 
 
 Campbell, in his Lives of the Admirals, tells us that 
 his father bred him to the sea, but we have little 
 account of his early years. 
 
 In the State T\^per Office {Domestic, KUzahcth, vol. 
 xl, June 11th, l.OGG) there is a paper entitled Exami- 
 nation of Martin FrobislKir, of Norman ttjn, co. of York, 
 on suspicion of his having fitted out a vessel to go to 
 sea as a pirate ; and there is little doubt l)Ut that he 
 was engaged on a voyage to Guinea about this time. 
 
 Campbell eontinues— "He distinguished himself first 
 by undertaking tlui discovery of tiie north-west ])as- 
 sag*^', wherein he had no succ<'ss ; yet it gaincid liini 
 great reputation, as he discovered a new promontory 
 or cape, whieli he called tlie Queen's Foreland. In 
 1.'377 he undertook a second expedition, and in l.")7'S 
 a third, in all which he gave the highest ])ro()f of his 
 courage and conduct in providing for the safety of liis 
 men, and yet [tushing the discovery lie went upon as 
 far as it was possiljle ; so that, notwithstanding his 
 disappointment, lie still preserved his credit in spite of 
 a little accident, which would certainly have oxer- 
 turned the good opinion (Mit(M-tained of a less esteemed 
 commander." 
 
 Among the State Papers {Domestic, Elizabeth, cxlvi, 
 1080) there is a grant to M. F. (Martin Fi-obisher) of 
 the office of cK^rk of U.M. ships; and in the same 
 scries, vol. cli, 17. I.")S1. is a ))etition of Tsaliel Fur- 
 
 lion 
 
sill iMAUTlN KKOlilSHKl!. 
 
 XXl 
 
 Idislicr, <'om]»liiiniiig that Ca}>t. F. (wlionie (iod i'orgivo) 
 liiul .si)ciit all tlic inoiK.'y loft her and her chiklroii l»y 
 Thomas lluoi^at, her first husband. It is liowcvcr to 
 be hoped that Ik; was not long in getthig ovi^r the 
 dilticulties oeeasioned 1)y the failure of the north-west 
 ore, for \v(j iind him in l.'iS.'i commanding the Prim- 
 rose as vice-admiral, Sir V. Drake being admiral in the 
 Elizaln'tli Bonaveriturc, in tli(.' fleet that was sent to 
 th(! West Indies, when the booty bi'ought home was 
 i;()0,000 and two hundred pieces of brass cannon; and 
 there is no doubt that in this ex))(!dition he must have 
 a<lded to the reputation which he had already gained, 
 for when the country was thrciitened with invasion by 
 the Spanish Armada, the Lord High Adtniral, in 
 writing to the (J|ueen, says — "Sir V. Drake, Mr. Jiaw- 
 kins, Air. Frobisher, and Mr. 'J\ Fenner are those 
 whom the world doth judge to be men of the greatest 
 experience that this realm hath."' Hoisting his flagon 
 hoard the Trium])h, one of th(; lai'gest ships in the 
 navy, he, in company with Sii- V. Drake in the lla- 
 venfje, and Sir .). Hawkins in the Victory, made the 
 iirst attack on th(; Spaniards, and took an inijioi-tant 
 )iait in each of the actions which led to the dispersion 
 of the Armada, and therein did such excellent service, 
 that he was amonij; the number of the few kniahts 
 made by the iiOrd High Admiral on that signal occa- 
 sion.* 
 
 * A.D. VMH. St..w(>'H A)u„ih, p. Vir.U. Upon Friday tlicrc- 
 Cinv, lioing- (he 'li\ of (lie iiioiiclli of .Inly, ccasiiip; IVoni finliliiifr, 
 till' Loitl Ailinii'al (as well for tluii- j^'ood dcscrls and lioimraMc 
 M rvifo, as id.so to encourage olIierK to the like valorj was desirous 
 
--»»»» » c 
 
 X X 1 1 
 
 THE I-IFE OF 
 
 He then aj)]H';irs to luive remained in the Trlumjth 
 to watch the Narrow Seas, as several documents in tlie 
 • iState Paper Oliice prove the exertions which wen; 
 made to provision the iieet under Sir M. Frobisher. 
 In 1590 he commanded an expedition to the coast of 
 Spain and the Islands, and in 1592 he took charge of 
 the fleet fitted out by Sir Walter Raleigh ; and though 
 he had but three ships, yet lie made a shift to burn 
 one rich galleon and to bring home another. In 1591 
 the King of Spain sent 3,000 troops to the neighbour- 
 hood of Brest, where they had taken up a strong posi- 
 tion. Queen Elizabeth being applied to for assistance, 
 ordered a squadron to be prepared under the command 
 of Sir j\Tartin Frobisher, and in the course of the opera- 
 tions aizainst Fort Crozon, addressed him the followine: 
 characteristic letter : — 
 
 " Elizabeth R. 
 " 'rnistie and welbeloved, wee greet you well : wee 
 have seen your letter to our Threasuror and our Ad- 
 niyrall, and thereby perceive your love of our service, 
 also by others your owne good carriage, whereby you 
 have wonnc yourself reputation; whereof, for that wee 
 
 to advance certaine i)ci'Ronages to the degree of knighthood, for 
 that, behaving theiiiselviss manfully, as well with their shi]).s as 
 (heir good advice, tliey were wortliie that degree ol' lionor, and 
 so innoh the more worthie in that, being farrc separated from all 
 eourlly favour, which manic tinn>s imparteth the chiefest honours 
 uiiU) the least deserving men, I hey declared their valonr in the 
 \:yiit^ ol' cither fleet. 
 
 Thei'cfore the t.t'o Lords, viz., the Lord Howard and the Lord 
 Sheffield, Roger Townescnd, John Hawkins and Martin Pro- 
 bishci- were called foorth, and (he order of knighthood given 
 tlicin l»v tlir Lord JL Adniirall as their general!. 
 
SIR MAirnx ntOHlsllKl;. 
 
 -Will 
 
 DiRiurs 
 
 imagine it wil be comfort unto you to undcrstiuul, wee 
 have thought good to vouchsafe to take knowledge of 
 it by our owne hande writinge. 
 
 "Wee know you are sufficiently instructed from our 
 Admyrall, besides your owne circumspection, liowe to 
 prevent any soddaine mischeife by fire or otherwise 
 upon our fieetc under your charge ; and yet do wee 
 thinkc it will worki' in you the more impression to be 
 by ourselfe againe remembred, who have observed by 
 former experience that the Spaniards, for all their 
 boaste, will truste more to their devices than they dare 
 in deed witli force look upon you. For the rest of my 
 directions, we leave them to such letters as you shall 
 receave from our (V)unsaile. 
 
 " Given under our j)rivie signet at our numsiou of 
 Richmond the 14th of November, in the thii-ty-sixth 
 yeare of our reigne, 15f)4. 
 
 "L. S. 
 
 "To onr trustie and well)eloved 
 
 " Sir iMai'tine Furlnissher, knight.'"* 
 
 This l(>tter can only have reached him on his retuiii 
 to J'ly mouth after the fort was takc^n, when Campbell 
 tells us, "The garrr son defended themselves bi-avely 
 till such time as Sir Martin landed his sailors, and 
 desperately storming the place, carried it at once, but 
 with the loss of several captains. Sir IMartin liimself 
 received a shot in his side, and this, through want of 
 skill in his surgeon, proved the cause of his death, 
 which happened at Plymouth within a few days after 
 his return." 
 
 * Cottonian MS., Oilin. -J, '.'. 
 
^i^vsnnB^iE 
 
 XMV 
 
 THE r.TFK OF 
 
 The t'ollowinii k'ttor to tlic Lord Hidi Admiral must 
 litivc been written fourteen days before his death. 
 
 " Enghin[d]. — My humble dutie my honorable good 
 L[ord] the viith [of this | mounth by a batterie, under- 
 mininge and a verie dan[g('rous] assault wee have 
 taken this fort with the losse | of ] of our people 
 
 but non of any aceoumpt. They [defended] it verie 
 resolutlie. And never asked mercie. 8[o | [they] were 
 put all to the swoord savinge five or six th[at] hid 
 thomselfes in the rockes, many of them were slaine 
 [with] our Cannonn and greatt ordenaunce in defend- 
 inge o[f the] breatch with there Captaine one Perithos : 
 
 " It was tyme for us to goa through with it for Don 
 [Jolni] is advanst within six leagges of our armie with 
 a[n] intente to have succoured them. Sir John No| rris j 
 doth rise this dale and doth martcli towarde th[emj to 
 i\ place called old ( 'roydon : — - 
 
 "Wee are about to gett in our ordenaunce as fast as 
 w[e] can and so to make our repaire homewardes. Sir 
 J[ohn] Norris would willinglie have some five hundred 
 of [the] sayllers for his bettar strcinght against the 
 da[ie] of mee tinge with don John w[lii]cli I would 
 verie willinglie have don yf we had xitth^s to con- 
 tin[ent all] our fleett heare for the tyme : — 
 
 "I was shoott in with a bullett at the battrie alongst 
 [the] huckell bono. So as 1 was driven to have 
 an ins[ision] made to take out the bullett. So as 
 1 am neither [able] to goa nor ride. And the mari- , 
 ners are verie unwi[]linge] to goa except I goa with 
 them myselfe : yctt [yf | I find it to come to an ex- 
 tremitie we will [try] what we arc able : yf we ha<l 
 
sii! MARTIN rr.onisTrKR. 
 
 XXV 
 
 vittlcs it were [verie] easilie done lait hearc is iion to 
 be had. I ha[vc sente] accordingc to you"" lionours 
 dcrections tow shipp[e.s to] Plymouth and Dartnioutli, 
 wc most prcsentlic s[ailej away yf they conu> not to 
 us with vittles : — 
 
 " This bearer is able to certiffic you"" honours [ with] 
 (dl thinges at hirge. So with my humble p[rayers] to 
 the Almyghtie for you'' increasse in hon[our]. 
 
 " Croydon this viiith of Novembre, 15.94. 
 
 " Your honours most li[und)Ic] 
 " to comandc 
 
 "J\lr. Mondaie arived the xxviiith of Oetobre at 
 13reste and brought with him a thousand crownes for 
 our vittlinoe the which was distributed amon2;st the 
 shippes. 
 
 "Martin Froobiser."* 
 
 In the register of St. Andrew's parish, Plymouth, 
 1594, there appears the following : — 
 
 "Nov. 22nd. Sir Martin Frobisher, knight, being 
 at the fort built against Brest by the Spaniards, de- 
 ceased at Plymouth this day, whose entrails were here 
 interred, but his corpse was carried hence to be liuri('(l 
 in London." 
 
 "Thus fell," says Camden, "a man of undaunted 
 courago, inferior to none of that age in experience and 
 conduct, or the reputation of a brave commander."' 
 
 Fuller, in his Worthies of England, says he was 
 " verie valiant, but withal harsh and violeiitf (faults 
 
 * Caligula, E ix, Pars i, f. 200. 
 
 t In the State Paper Ofllcc, Uomcstic, Elizabetli, cc.\i.\, August 
 loth, there is the following evidence of unbcconiiny words 
 
XXVI 
 
 LIFE OF SIR MARTIN FROBISHER. 
 
 mIucIi may be dispensed with in one of his 23rofession), 
 and our chronicles loudly resound the signal service in 
 '88 for which he was knighted." 
 
 Camden, in the third edition, 1635, p. 433, thus 
 speaks of him : — " Neither was this victory gotten by 
 the English without bloud, very many valliant souldiers 
 being slaine, and Sir Martinc Fourbisher hurt with a 
 small shot in the hip, who, when he had brought back 
 the fleet to Plimmouth, dyed, a most valorous man, and 
 one that is to be reckoned amongst the famousest men 
 of our age for counsell and glory gotten at sea, as by 
 the things which I have before spoken plainly ap- 
 peareth." 
 
 Campbell concludes thus : — " He was one of tlu* 
 most able seamen of his time, of undaunted courage, 
 great presence of mind, and equal to almost any 
 undertaking, a true patriot, yet in his courage blunt, 
 and a very strict ol )server of discipline, even to a de- 
 gree of severity, which hindered his being beloved." 
 
 spoken by Sir Martin Frobisher against Sir Francis Drake, 
 callino: bim a cowardly knave and traitor. 
 
STATE PAPERS PREVIOUS TO TPIE FIRST 
 
 AOYAGE. 
 
 T. NOTE OP NAVrOATIOXS IIEUETOFOIIE ATTEMPTED. 
 
 n. A uiscovEav op lands beyoxd the equinoctial 
 
 HI. A DISCOtJKSE COXCERXINCi A STIUIGHTE 
 
 TOWAKDE THE -NOKTHWESTE. 
 IV. A KEPLY TO TUB AHOVE DISCOUKSE. 
 
 TO UE DISCOVEKED 
 
 B 
 
a« i/ ^ 
 
 degree, 
 
STATE PAPERS PREVTOITS TO THE FIHST VOYAfiE. 
 
 [Cofoninl, No. 21. fhmeati'c, cvi, No. 77. H/i:., 157*) ?] 
 
 A NOTK OF CKRTAYNE NAVIGATIONS HKRTOFFORE ATTEMPTEn 
 FOR TIIK, UISCQVERTK OF A TASSAOE TllUOUOm; THE 
 STRAIGIITES OWT OF THE NORTH E SEA INTO THE SOUTH SEA. 
 
 Ix the countrey of America towardcs the northo, al'outc the .sixtio 
 degree, there i.s an elbowc of a land lyinff verie farrc into the .sea, which 
 is called the head of Laborer. And on the southc side there is a veric 
 hroade bay lying towardes the westc, and of suche a breadth that it 
 somcth, bothe in the verie entry and after, to be a grcatc sea, ff'or yt 
 lyeth oute aboute three or foure hundred inylcs, and hathe verie many 
 ilandes, and all the yere throughe there are in the same huge heapes of 
 ise, which bay is called Dusmendas. 
 
 Anno 14!)f). In tlie yere of our Lord 1490, in the rcigne of kyng 
 Henry the Seventh, Sebastian Cabotte, who afterward was chieffc jiilot 
 of Spayne, was sent oute of England by the said king, with two shippes, 
 to fynd oute the passage oute of the Northe Sea unto the South, tiiat 
 the way into the countreys which are called Mangi Sepango and Cataya 
 might be opened ; which Sebastiane Cabotte, going furth on his voyage 
 by the coastes of the ilandes, that so he might come into America about 
 the sixtie degree, found greate mountains of ise and ilandes covered 
 with snowe in the moneth of Julie when he was but under the sixtie 
 degree onlie towardes the north, which countrey, finding contrary to his 
 expectacion, he went round aboute, and beholding so greate abundance 
 of ise, was in doubte that he should find any waye, and therforo re- 
 tourned into England again, which hilles of ise there growe because 
 dyvers rivers of sweete waters round downe from either side of the pro- 
 montory which is not of the salte sea water ; ft'or this is to be noted, 
 that the sea it self never freesethe. This daylie experience which we 
 have by the shippes which yerelie go oute of England into Moscovia 
 teacheth us whiche in the somer season retorne from thence into Eng- 
 land in fyve monethes space. At which tyme of the yere oure countrey 
 men fynd no suche ise or snowe there. Althoughe they passe under the 
 72 or 73 degree which is xij. or xiij. degrees nerer the Pole than Cabot was. 
 
 Anno l.")00. Moreover, in the yere of our Lord 1500, one Caspar 
 Cortesrcales, a pilot of Portingale from the northe parte of America was 
 in these ilandes with two shippes, and brought with hym from thence 
 threescore captyves or slaves. 
 
 Hut to find oute the pa.ssage oute of the North Sea into the Southe 
 we must sayle to the (JO degree, that is, from (Ki unto (J8. And this pas- 
 
4 STATE PAPEnS 
 
 sage is called the Narowo Sea or Streicto of the three Brcthcrcn ; in 
 which passage, at no tyme in the yere, is ise wonte to be found. The 
 ca\ise is the swifto ronnyng downc of sea into sea. In the north side of 
 this passage, John Scolus,' a pilot of Dcnmeikc, was in anno 1-17(). 
 
 The southc side also of this passage was found of a Spanyard in anno 
 1541, who, travayling outo of Newe Spayne with a certain band of 
 souldiers, was sent by the vice roy into this coaste ; who, when he was 
 come to this coaste, found certain shippes in a certain haven which 
 came thither oute of Cataya laden with merchandise, having in theire 
 fKagges hanging oute of the foreshippcs certain bunles payntcd called 
 alcatrizjc. The mariners also declared by signcs that they came oute of 
 Cataya into that port in xxx. daycs. 
 
 [Lansdoicne MS., C, fol. 142-6.] 
 
 A DISCOVKRY OF LANDS UEYONI) THE EQUINOCTIAI,. 
 
 1. The matter hit selfe that is offred to be attempted. 
 
 2. That hit is feisible. 
 
 3. What mcancs we hauc commodiously to attchiue yt. 
 
 4. The Commodities to grow of hit. 
 
 5. An awnswere of suche difficulties and matters as maic be obiectcd. 
 
 6. That there is no injurie ofl'red to any Prince or couutreye, nor any 
 offence of amitie. 
 
 7. The otter for pcrformingc therof withoute her Majestie's chardge. 
 
 8. Matters thought vppon to be praied for her Majestie's good allow- 
 ance of the Enterprise and direction of the procedinge, alwaies both re- 
 ferring the particularities therof to further consideration and to your 
 Lordships' advice and judgement. 
 
 1. The matter hit self that is offred to be attempted. 
 
 The discouerie, traffique and cnioyenge for the Quenes IMajestie and 
 her subiectes of all or anie landes, islandes and countries southe 
 wardes beyonde the equinoctial, or where the Pole Antartik hathc 
 anie elevation above the Ilorison, and which landes, islandes and 
 countries be not alredic possessed or subdued by or to the vse of anie 
 Christian Prince in Europe as by the charts and descriptions shall appere. 
 
 2. That hit is feisible. 
 
 The seas and passage, as farrc as Bresill and Magellanes streight and 
 the Portugal's navigations to the Moluccas, which all doe lie beyonde 
 the zona torrida, beinge ofte and dailie passed bie theise nations and 
 knowen to oure owen mariners doe shew hit possible. And the more for 
 
 1 The person here reftrredto is the Polish pilot John Szkolny, whose name 
 is misspelt Scolvus by AVyltliet {Descript. Ptol. Aupmenhim, Lovanii, 1507, 
 p. 188); Pontanus (llerum. Danicantm Jlistnria, Anist., KiHl, p. 7(i:)); and 
 Horn {Ulyssea, Ludg. Bat., I(i71, p. ;i:ir)). He was, as here stated, in the 
 service of Christian II, King of Denmark in 147(i, and is said to have landed 
 on the coasts of Labrador, after passing Norway, Greenland, and the Fries- 
 land of the Zeni. 
 
PREVIOUS TO THK FIRST VOYAGE. 
 
 i name 
 ir.!)7, 
 ; ami 
 n the 
 
 landed 
 Fries- 
 
 thut the landcs which wc scko liciig not onclio bcyondo the said zone, 
 but iilso beyonde tlio course of the PortugallH saylyngc, und approch- 
 inge more to the I'olc, from the requiuoctial draweth stylle more to the 
 temper of Knglonde and the knowen regions of Euro|)C. 
 
 3. The mcuues that wo hauc to attchiue hit. 
 Ships of our owen wel prepared. 
 
 Tiio weste contrie licnge the aptcsto of all partes of Englonde for 
 navigation southcwarde. 
 
 l\Iiirriners and sailers to whome the passage as most thither is knowen. 
 
 The good and wclkomc commodities that from Englond shalbe caried 
 to that people, who, lienge in the temper of Engloud aud other partes 
 of Europe, cannot but lyko well of clothe whcrin we most liabounde, 
 and the transportation wherof is most uecessario for our people at home. 
 
 4, The commodities, etc. 
 
 The cnlarginge of Christian faithe which those naked barbarous 
 people are most apto to receiue, and especiallic when hit shal not carie 
 with hit the unnaturall aud incredible absurdities of papistrie. 
 
 The grote honor to her Majestic to have encrcscd the faith and her 
 d[ominions]. 
 
 The aptnes and, as hit were, a fatall convenience that since the Por- 
 tugall hathe atteined one parte of the newefoundc worlde to the Este, 
 the Spauiardc an other to the Weste, the Erenche the thirde to the 
 Northe, nowc the fourthc to the southe is by God's providence lefte for 
 Englonde, to whom the other in tymes paste haue bene fyrste offred. 
 
 The cncresc of the nauigation of Englonde, of which commoditie, 
 both for wclthe and saftutic, euoughe can not be saidc. 
 
 The lyklihoode of bringinge in grete tresuro of gold, sylver and perlc 
 into this rehno from those countries, as other Princes haue oute of the 
 lyke regions. 
 
 The enrichinge of the rclme with all other sortes of commodities that 
 the same landes doe beare, which are lyke to be infynite and had with 
 small price and for the onclie fetchinge ; aud accordinge to the diversy- 
 ties of clymes, yt is moste lykelie that the manifolde diversytie of com- 
 modities wilbe fownde aud mustc neilcs habundc, for that by traffitjue 
 and exportance they haue not hitherto bene wasted. 
 
 The scttinge of our idle and nedie people to worke and providinge for 
 thcim bothe in the travaile of the navigation and the worke of clothes 
 and thinges to be caried thither. 
 
 The avoydinge of discommodities and perills that we be nowe sub- 
 iccte vnto, when the wclthe aud worke of our laude and people dc- 
 peudethe partlio vpon the will of our skante trustie neighbours for 
 ventinge our clothes and commodities. 
 
 The abatingc of the prices of spices and suchc commodities that we 
 now haue at the Portugals and Spauiardcs handes, wherby they encrcse 
 their riches vppon our losse, when much spices and suche lyke here 
 
6 
 
 STATli I'Al'KRS 
 
 BpcDtc and bought dearc of thciin do with the Icmso quantitie cohkuiiiu 
 the vallewe of our clothes that they receiue. 
 
 The cncre.se of the quantitie of goldo and sylver that Hhalbe lirouglit 
 outc of Spaino hit self into Euglond when the commoditic.H comiuge 
 oute of Sjmine, hecomingc this wale chcper, and ho lessc countervailing 
 the vallewe of our clothes caried thyther, the ouerplus uhal come more 
 plentifullio hither in treasure. 
 
 That wc shall rccciuo lesso of spices and sucho commodities from 
 Spainc havinge them from elswherc : and so the more of the retorne of 
 our commodyties from thcim in gold and sylver, which nedes muste be 
 a grcte commoditic when at this daio reccvinge muche of our spices and 
 southerne wares from Spainc and at dere jirices: yet the sylver brought 
 from thence is said to be the chief furniture of her ilajtsties raynto. 
 
 i'). Answerc to the difficulties, etc. 
 
 The passinge of the whote [hot] clyme or zona torrida. This hathe 
 bene passed vi tymes by Magellaiis. The zona torrida is yerlie in everie 
 voyage of the Portugalle to the iMolucca; passed iiij tymes, and everie 
 voyage of the Spaniardes to Brasyle hit is passed twice. iSoridric of our 
 owen nation and some suchc as are to goe in these voyages hauo passed 
 hit to Guynie, IJrasylc and other places. 
 
 The Portugals whole navigation to the Moluccic, besydes his iiij tymes 
 in everie voyage passinge vnder the ajijuinoctial, liethc whoUie nigh the 
 same lyne. 
 
 The coutries that we scke soe lie that our course continucthe not ncre 
 the lyne, but crossinge the same, styll hastethe dircctlie to the temper 
 of our owen regious. 
 
 5. The perils of the Portugals or Sjjaniards violence that shall envie 
 our passage. Our strcngthe shali)c suche as "e feare hit not, besydes 
 that we meaue to kepc the Ocean and not to enter in or uere any their 
 portes or places, kepto by their force. 
 
 The dispeopling of Englonde. It is no dispeoi)linge. The people 
 aboude as apperethc by the uomber greter then can welbe ])rovided for: 
 and the dailie losse by execution of lawe, and no evill poUicie to dis- 
 burthen the land of some excesse of people. 
 
 The wastiiige of marriners and furuiturt of shippinge. It is the 
 encrese of marriners and the skylfullcste sorte and the provisyon of 
 shippinge as by the ensample of Spaine and Portugal!, and the Freucho 
 is sene who haue by meanes of their trafhijue to the Indies and the 
 Newfoudlande a grcte nomber of grete ships more then ere that tyme 
 they had or could set on work. 
 
 The absence of merriners and shippinge in farrc voyages when we 
 male nede them at homo. This reason is general 1 against all naviga- 
 tion to forren partes which yet is the verie true defense of the rehue. 
 
 And in all theise reasons is to be noted that none are to passe withowt 
 her Majestie's permission, and as to her heighncs and her couusell 
 from tyme to tyme shall apere mete to be spared. 
 
I'UKVKIUS TO TIIK tlKST VOYAOK. 
 
 (i. Thut tiici'u ib no iiijurU, &c. ; 
 
 Thu Ftrunchu liiivc their |)urtiou to tho northwarJc diructlic cuntraric 
 to tluit which wc sekc. 
 
 Fur tlic phiccs ulrctliu ubiluud uud inhabited by thu Spaniard ur 
 i'urtuguli wo scko no possc8.sion nor interest. But if occasion be Ircu 
 Irendlic tratKi^ue with theiui aud tiiuir subiuctcs which is as hiwtull as 
 niiichu w)'thuut iniurio as fur tiio (Queues subiectcs to ti'aHi(iiie.s as 
 uierchantH in I'urtugall or Sjainu hit self. 
 
 The passage by the same seas that they doe, ottVingo to take uotiiing 
 from them that they hiiue ur claymo to haue ; is not prohibited nor can 
 be without iniurie or oH'cnsc of aniitie on tiieir parte tliat shall forliyd hit. 
 
 The voyages to Guynea and trathkinge in Mexico and in tlie vcrie 
 piuccM of tho Spaniards |)osse.ssion iiathe in the president of llawkyns 
 voyage bene defended by lier Alaje.-tie and cminsell as frendlie and 
 liiwfull doengcs ; much more this which is but passinge in the open sea 
 by theim to places that they nether hobl nor knowc. Be.syde that not 
 ouelie trafyke but also possession, plantinge of people and habitation 
 hathe bene alredie iudged lawfull for other naiiuns in suche places as 
 tlie Spaniardes or Portugals haue not alredie added to ther posse.-Miou. 
 As is proved by her .VLiJesties most honorable and lawfull graunte to 
 Thomas Stncle and his compaiiic fur terra Florida. Also the Ffrcncho 
 mens inhabitynge in Florida and IJresile, who albeit they acknowledge 
 the Pope's authoritie in suche thinges as they grant to perteino to him, 
 yet in this vniucr.sall and naturall right of traf!i<|ue aud temporall 
 dominion they haue nut holden them bounde by his power ; but do 
 expuunde his donation to the iSpaniardes and Portugals either as a 
 matter not perteyningc to the Pope's authoritie, or at lesto not byndinge 
 any other person.s princes or nations but the Spaniards or Portugals 
 ouelic, who onelic submitted themselucs, aud were parties to the Pope's 
 judgment in that behalf. 
 
 7. The offre for performinge, iSic. 
 
 The gentlemen that offre this enterprise shall at their charge and 
 adventure of them selves and suche as shall willinglie ioyne themselves 
 to their companie performe the whole voyage at their owen chardges 
 and toward the same shall set forward iiij good ships, wherin they will 
 emploie v. MIL, viz., 2,00011. in shippinge and furniture, 2,00oll. in 
 victails aud necessaries for the companie, and one 1,00011. in clothe and 
 merchandise fytte fur the people ; wherwithe we truste hit wilbe 
 atchived. And afterward as God shall prospere or sende occasion they 
 will at their owen charge pursue the same. 
 
 8. Matters thought vp&u, k.c. : 
 
 That her Majestic wilbe plesed to give her letters patcntes to the 
 authors and fellowship of this voyage in nature of a Corporacion. 
 
 That hit will please her Mujcstye in the .same letters patentes to [put] 
 wordes of her good allowance and lykinge ef their good meaninge [and] 
 
8 STATK PAl'KRS 
 
 add suche francliizc and privcledgc as in tliis case is rei]uisytc [ami] 
 in the lyke hathe bene grannted. 
 
 That hit will plcso her ]\Iaicstic by the same letters patentes to 
 stablishe some lonuc of gouernance and authoritie in some persons of 
 tlic coiiipaiiio of this adventure so as by some rcgimente, obedience, 
 qniet vnitio and ordti' maic be preserved. 
 
 That hit will also plcsc her .Majestie to give her Ilighnes r.jieciall 
 letters bothc of testimonial! that these adventures bu lier h[ighnes] 
 subiectes entcrprisinge this voyage with her favore and also her letters 
 of commendations to all princes and peoples for their lovinge and 
 favorable enterteinement ami trallinuc. 
 
 That some speciall rules and orders suche as the companio shall 
 thincke nieto to bo kepte craongstc theim maie bo confirmed by her 
 i\Iaiesties authorytie, and further sujjplic of lyke ordinances to be 
 made from tyme to tymc by the gDuerncri of her lliglines, to be 
 ajjpointed for the direction of the voyage ; for the agreement and 
 obedience of the parties, for the contribution and <diarge, for the 
 eijuallilie and partytiou ; and sevcrallie orders to be appointed by her 
 I^lajestie for the stablisliinge of her M;i jetties doniynion and amitic in 
 suche i)laces as the shall arrive vnto, where the same siialljc to be donne, 
 and for the rate and trew answering of her Majesties jiortion. 'J'heise 
 thinges brietlie at tiie fyrste we haue thought mete to exhibitc to your 
 houore, who arc liable ther(jf to juilge muciie better then we are hable 
 to shcwe. Ilowbeit yf your l[ordship] shall not be satisfied in any- 
 thinge c(jnceriiingu this matter, hit maie plcse you to assigne the same, 
 that w|c] maie atteiide upon you wythe suche resoluciou as wo can give 
 therin. 
 
 [L'msi/oivne J/.S'., C, No. 4.] 
 
 A DISCOUUSE CONCKUNINOK A STUAHJHTK TO HE DlSCOVKRIOIl 
 TOWAUDK Tin; NOlilHAVKSTi:, PASSINGK TO CATIIAIA AND 
 TIIE ORIENTAI.I- INDIANS, WITH A CDIS'I'UTACION OF TIIKIU 
 lillUOUK THAT TTIINKi: THE DISCOV LUYI'. TIIKROI' TO UK 
 MOSTK CONVKNIKNTI.YK ATTEMPTKD TO THE NOKTJIK 01' liAU- 
 CAJ^AOS. 
 
 Consideringe Groyuelandc is well knowen to be an ilande, and tliat 
 it is not conioyiied to America in any parte, there is no cause of doubte 
 but that ui)on the northe of Uaccalaos the seas arc oi)en and no straigbte 
 to be there discovered, neither was it ever doubted Imt that America 
 was an ilande if it were not ioyned with Catliaia. So that the straigbte 
 is therrand not upon the Baccalaos to bo fov/nde. And this is also by 
 Sebastian C'abottos navigacion to bo moste manifestly approved, who 
 sailingo to the northweste of Nona Francia fouude the seas open many 
 dales sailingc, till by the mutynic of tlie mariners ho was caused to 
 retorne. 
 
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PRKVIOUS TO TIIK FIRST VOYAOK. 
 
 
 
 This straightc that disioynctho Asia and America of Oerardus Mor- 
 ciitor and other moderne cosmographers is called the Straighte of Anian, 
 and liethc l)y their descriptions at the leaste northwe.sto. So that from 
 InL'loude it is not lesse then 2(i() grailes distaunte. 
 
 Now let vs consider which were the more conveniente waic to dis- 
 cover the said straighte, either pas.singe vndcr the congeled Artiko 
 circle, for so liighc the inaine of America rechethe, or by passinge the 
 straighte of IMagiiianus to ascendo from the equinoctiall alonge tiic 
 westerne course of that Atlanticall Ilandc, as Plato semethe in his 
 Tinuco to tcrmc it. 
 
 The which shall the bettor apcare if the comoditie and discomoditics 
 of the one and the other be conipiired. 
 
 Kfirst therfore of the southerno voiadge, the discomoditics are only 
 these : 
 
 The lengthe of the jorneye and the crossinge twise of ZonaTorrida. 
 
 The lengthe of the jorneye is easilie examined, considering Magilianiis 
 Strjjite is not above 120 grades distaunte from the west of Inglonde, 
 and from this straightc to Anian Straighte, as they arc by cosmo- 
 graphers supposed, are not so many grades more, so that the vttermoste 
 of that voiadge is not above 240 grades sailingc. By the other nortlierno 
 passadge we shall, as is before shewed, be enforced to saile 200 grades 
 in longitu<lc and in latitude 10 grades at the leaste to ascende to the 
 climate of the Baccalaos, northernc Cape, and then 10 degrees more 
 descendinge to the supposed place of Anian Straighte. So that there 
 differ not betwcnc these courses above 20 grades iu true computacion. 
 It wilbe obiected that the grades in the one are acomptod in eirdc of 
 jjosition which are ciiuall to grades enuinoctiail, and in the other by 
 grades of paralelle not 30 grades distaunte from the polo, so that al- 
 thoughc in nomber of grades they smally differre, yet iu (juantitie the 
 southerno voiadge is farre the greater. Ileere 1 awnswere, true it is 
 that the degrees of the equinoctiall differ in (j[uantitie from the degrees 
 of a pjiralclle in (!() grades of latitude, for so is the paralelle thai is like 
 in the northernc navigacion to be passed, and the dill'erence is exactlio 
 to be knowen ; and by supputation the proi)ortion is fownde dupla, 
 every grade of the one being doble in (juantitie to a degree iu the 
 other, so as the one voiadge maic be truly saidc to be doble to the other 
 at the leaste. But considcringc that in discoverye of ncwe unknowen 
 seas I mustc neithc. r)eare stille saile liy nighte nc yet in the ilaie when 
 fogges or mistes shall happen (which in these partes are almoste con- 
 tynuallye) wheras contrarywise in the other, passinge altogether by 
 stas knowen and alredy iliscovcrcd, even till we come to the straighte 
 Roughtc, I node not refuse nighte or dale to packe on saile for my mosto 
 speede, being no lesse clcere in those whote and temperate toucs then 
 diirke and mistie in the other. And the fore albeit in <juantitie the 
 grades differ, yet all circumstaunces duly ivuied I may well aflirme that 
 
STATK PATERS 
 
 in one naturall daie, and so consequently in one weeke or monethe, I will 
 passe more grades of my southerue voidage then can be passed of the 
 other. 
 
 But more particularly to examine the trothe, admitte (the soono being 
 in the tropique of Cancer,) I hoise saile departiiige Inglonde folowinge the 
 Hoone before he come to the equinoctiall lyne, I uiaie easilie reaciio 
 Magilianus Straightes and bestowe three weekes at the leaste in plat- 
 tinge and discoveringe the ilandcs and other commodities for fortifica- 
 tion of the said straightes if neede were. And then before the soone 
 aryvc to the Brumale tropique I male withe facilitie aryve to the 
 Straightes of Anian. So haue I nowe one whole quarter of a ycare to 
 discover the said straighte and to make plattes of every bale, roade, 
 portc or chanell therein, and to sounde all suche places as in that pas- 
 sadge male cause perill. In which tyme the soone wilbe arrived againe 
 to the equinoctiall, ai)rochiuge to the congeled Artike circle. And .so 
 haue I the whole Summer to retorne from the Northerne Seas, and the 
 3 firste monethes to employe in trafique with Cathaia or any other 
 ilandes to the saide straighte adioyninge, which may sufficiently occupie 
 the tleete till the seas be resolued. But contrariewise by the northe, it 
 is vtterly iupossible or not without extreme perills of liefe and expence 
 of victualles, without any advauutage in the meane, to discover the said 
 straighte, as by the reasons eusuinge shalbe manifeste. 
 
 The distante of the Straightes of Anian to the northweste course 
 beinge 200 grades in longitude maketh GOOO myles, alowinge 30 miles 
 to a grade, for suche is the quantitie of a grade in GO of latitude. 
 Herto if we maye adioyuc 1200 myles, which is the quantitie of 10 
 grades ascendinge and 10 descendinge tofore mencioned, there amount- 
 ethe 7200 myles. 
 
 Nowe consideringe the seas and ayre vnder the Artike circle are so 
 congeled that they are navigable only 3 monethes in the yeare, wherof 
 it is requisite to reserve at the leaste one monethe to retorne, if the said 
 passadge if the said passadge' sholde not be niette withall. Then ex- 
 amyne howe farrc in the moyetie of that quarter a man male passe, and 
 the possibililie of this voiadge will soone apeare. 
 
 It cannot be (consideringe the nighte muste not be navigate for 
 daunger of the coaste, and many tymes in the daie we inusto beare 
 slacke saile by reson of mistes and tfogges) that in one daie we sholde 
 saile above one grade or two at the vttermoste, and so in the meane 
 tyme before lymyted not possible to reache the thirde parte of the waie 
 to the desired straighte, the windo being alwaic favorable. I omitte 
 infynite impedyraentcs that male Ictte, as newe landes, ilandcs, capes 
 or other, also bayes entering into the contynente, which muste be 
 thoroughly searched, or els the thinge we seeke mighte easilie be pre- 
 termitted. Seing therforc without thies impedimentes there is no tyme 
 
 ' Sic duplicfttur in MS. 
 
 spice. 
 
l'KliVl()L>: TO THK KIKST VoVACiK. 
 
 11 
 
 sufficieute, howc imjiossible it is, all circumstances considered, to <loe 
 any good this waie, any man maie easilie judge. 
 
 Againe the discomodities by reason of the heate in the one are 
 nothinge so manyc nor so extrearae in the Southe as those of the coldc 
 proceding in the Northe. The one beinge tempered by the coole of the 
 nighte, which are alwaies nighe e(iuall to the daie. And the dietinge of 
 men so well knowen in thoe partes that no daunger is to be feared. 
 Bi'.t in the Northe bothe daie and nighte being freesing colde, not only 
 nieu't- bodies, but al.so the very lynes and tacklinge are so frosen, that 
 with very greate difficultie uiaryncrs can handcU their sailes, I oniytte 
 the rages of the seas and tenii)estuous wether, wherwith we shallic farrc 
 more ofte endaungered in the Northe then in the Southe. Then soinge 
 by this that hathc bene saide it manifestlye apearctho that by the 
 Southe in one yeare, the straighte maie be discovered, and by the 
 Northe it cannot be in a furre longer tymc, let vs also cxamyne, 
 whether in the meane tyme, the one or the other voiadge, for any uther 
 accident, maye happen to be more serviceable or commodious. Wheiiu 
 this is apparauute, that whatsoever Northerne Ilande shalbe discovered, 
 there is no other commoditie to be expected from it then only sutclie as 
 our Moscovian adventurers bring from Ruscia, seinge they are bothe 
 subiecte to the artike cirkell. But from any lande that shall in the 
 other voiadge be founde, we are assured to expecte, golde, siluer, pearle, 
 spice, riche grayne, and suche mostc precious marchaundize, besides 
 countreis of moste cxcellente temperature to be inhabited, if wo thiuke 
 it necessary, and if we a.yve to tyuiely to enter the said straighte 
 of Anian, yet haue we Cathaia, and all the Orientall Indians open vnto 
 vs for trafique, besides the waste occeatie to the Southe, which cannot 
 but be replenished with numbers of llandes, the leaste wherof uiighte 
 aboundantly suffice to furnisheour navie with the forenamed coniodilies. 
 If gemmes, turkesses, rubies, and other precious juells sholde not be there 
 fownde, wherof there cannot but be greate aboundaunce in sommc of 
 them. Considering that in the ilande of Ornuis and St. Laurence 
 lyinge in the same temperature and clymate tlicro was of olde tymc 
 great plentie ; and in this our age in these barbarous iiandcs more 
 likely to be founde, being not yet ever soughte and sifted by men of 
 knowledge. 
 
 By this conference it maie apcare that as by the ijouthernc voyadge 
 this Straighte of Anian may more sooner and withe farre lesse periil 
 and exspence be discovered then by the Northerne ; so dothe it also 
 for comodities if this streighte were not founde, as farre cxcell the other 
 as golde, siluer, and spice dothe waxe tarre and tallow, and in ease and 
 safetie to the travailer as furre excedinge as the daie dothe the nighte, 
 or the somer the winter ; and yet I denie not that after the straighte 
 shall once be founde, and all the chanels and roades sounded, the capes, 
 fforlauds, and bayes perfectly discovered, the enterchaungeable course of 
 
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 STATE I'APEK.S, 
 
 curante tried, pcrfccte plattes and cartes of every goolfe and passadge 
 made, and every parte and harboroughe in his due longitude and 
 latitude, situate in such sorte that both daie and uighte in the cleere and 
 ifoggo a man neede not feare to packc on saile with all celeritie to 
 exploicte his voyadge without any doubte or scrupule, but that this 
 waie he maie safelye comodiouslie and most spcdelye passe into that 
 ' reatche ' riche and bountiful! sea abounding with innumerable ilandes 
 of incomperable ntchcs and unknowen treasure. But whosoever shall 
 before suche exacte discouerye made that waies attempte the same I 
 avcrro he shall proccado to the shame and dishonor of him selfe to the 
 destruction and ruyne of his ' countrey ' companye, and to the vtter 
 discouradgmente of this nation IFurther to adventure in this gainfuU 
 honeste honorable enterprise. And reporte me to the judgment of the 
 wise, these reasons before alleaged well weyed. 
 
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 [Oiho E., viii, fol. 216 (225). Colonial, 23.] 
 
 REPLY TO THE DISCOURSE. 
 
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 07 degrees, and is not so daungerous as [the passage to] [Mus]covia is 
 which is in 72 degrees and the[rforc] [moite] [da]ngerou3 for couldc 
 and ise and notwithstandeing [that the] passage to Muscovia is traded 
 v. monethes in the [ycare]. 
 
 And this passage by the northwest at 67 degrees [oughte] to bo 
 searched, and the same may be sayled in xxx''« da[ies from] England 
 to the said passage of 67 degrees. 
 
 The which passage beinge knowne wolde make a gi-ete tra[de in] those 
 weste partes, where be manye riche merchandizes, and [the] passage lyeth 
 farre from anye prince that might hinder y[t]. 
 
 And I thinke verely that with the value of ccc" of mon[nye] this 
 passage might be knowne and truely certefied by mea[nes] of some of 
 the shippes that trade yerely to Iselande for fyshe. 
 
 Ffor this passage is to be sayled from Iselande in viii. or x. dai[e3], 
 and they havinge ccc'i allowed them towards their charges wolde wil- 
 lingly searche the said passage, and ii. or iii. to be sent from hence in 
 the said shippes to bringe true knowledge of the same. 
 
 And be yt remembered this passage at 67 degrees to Catayo is but 
 6,(100 leagues, and to passe by the streight of Magilanus to the said 
 Catayo is 15000 leagues. As also the passage of 67 degrees in the 
 moneth of June thcr is no darke nightcs, but is brighte dayc ail the 
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A TRUE DISCOURSE 
 
 OF THE 
 
 LATE VOYAGES OF r3ISC0VERIE FOR 
 
 FINDING OF A PASSAGE TO CATHAVA, BY THK 
 
 NORTH-WEAST, UNDER THE CONDUCT OF 
 
 MARTIN FROniSHER GENERAL. 
 
 DEVIDED INTO THREE HOOKES. 
 
 /// t/ic First whereof is shewed, his first voyage. Wherein 
 
 also by the way is scttc out a Gcographicall description of tlie 
 
 VVorlde, and what partes thereof have bin discovered by the 
 
 Navij^ations of the Englishmen. Also, there are annexed 
 
 ccrtayne reasons, to prove all partes of the Worldc 
 
 habitable, with a gcncrall Mappc adjoyned. 
 
 J)i the Second, is set out his second voyage, with tlie 
 adventures and accidents thereof. 
 
 In the third, is declared the strange fortunes which 
 
 hapned in the third, witli a suvciall description of the countrcy 
 
 and the people there inlmhiling. Witli a particular C"ard 
 
 thereunto adjoined of AL/a /inci^iii/a, scj farre forth as 
 
 the secretes of the voyage may permit. 
 
 AT LONDON, 
 
 Imprinter] hy Henry Bvnnvman, servant to the right Ilonourahle Sir 
 Chrislo]iher Ilatton, \'izchamberlaine. 
 
 .Uitio Domini 1578. 
 
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WHAT COMMODITIES AND INSTRUCTIONS 
 
 MAY HE RKArKI) IJY DIIJCENT HEADING 
 
 'JTIIS DISCOURSE. 
 
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 1. First, by example may be gathered, how a discoverer 
 of new countries is to proceede in his first attempt of any 
 discovcrie. 
 
 ''Z. Item, how he shoulde be provided of shipping, victuals, 
 munition, and choice of men. 
 
 3. Howe to proceede and dealc with straunge people, he 
 they never so barbarous, cruell and fierce, eyther by lenitie 
 or otherwise. 
 
 4. How trade of marchandize may be made withoute 
 money. 
 
 6. How a pilot may deale, being environed wyth moun- 
 taines of ise in the frosen sea. 
 
 6. How lengths of dayes, chaungc of seasons, sommers 
 and winters, do differ in sundry regions, 
 
 7. How dangerous it is to attempt new discoveries, either 
 for the length of the voyage or the ignorance of the lan- 
 guage, the want of interpretors, newe and unaccustomed 
 ele...«jntes and ayres, straunge and unsavery meats, daungrr 
 of theeves and robbers, fiercencsse of wilde beasts and fishes, 
 hugcnessc of wooddes, daungerousncsse of seas, dreade of 
 tempestes, feare of hidden rockes, steepcncssc of moun- 
 taines, darknesse of sodaine falling fogges, rontinuall paiiies 
 taking withoute anye reste, and infinite others. 
 
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 WHAT INSTRUCTIONS MAY Hi; KKAl'KD. 
 
 8. ITow plcasaunt and profitable it is to attempt new dis- 
 coveries, either for the sundry sights and shapes of stranufc 
 beastcs and fishes, the wonderful workes of nature, the dif- 
 ferent manners and fashions of diverse nations, the sundry 
 sortes of gouernmcnto, the sight of straunge trees, fruite, 
 foules, and bcastes, the infinite treasure of pearle, gold and 
 silver, the newcs of new fou?'^ 'indcs, the sundry positions 
 of the sphere, and many othc 
 
 9. How valiaunt captaines use to deale upon extremitie, 
 and otherwise. 
 
 10. How trustie souldicrs dutifully use to scrue. 
 
 11. Also here may be seene a good example to be ob- 
 serued of any priuate person, in taking notes, and making 
 obseruations of al such things as are requisite for a dis- 
 coucrer of new countries. 
 
 12. Lastly, the reader here may see a good paternc of a 
 well governed service, sundryc instructions of matters of 
 cosmographie, geographic, and navigation, as in reading 
 more at large may be scene. 
 
It 
 
 TO 
 
 THE RIGHT IIONOURARLE, MY SINGULAR GOOD MAYSTRR, 
 
 SIR CHRISTOPHER IIATTON, KNIGHT, CAl"l'AINE OF THE 
 
 QUEKNES MAJESTIES GARDE, VIZCHAMHERLAINE TO 
 
 IIIR HIGHNKSSE, AND ONE OF HIR MAJESTIES 
 
 MOST HONOURABLE I'RIVIE COUNSALE. 
 
 Right honorable, when I first cntcndcd the voyage of tlis- ['P}'>, „ 
 
 ' J " I'.plsUe Da- 
 
 covcric wyth il/r. Frobishcr,iox the fincKngof the passage to ''"='"■"'^^•1 
 Cataya (bcyng a matter in ourc age above all other notable) 
 I applyed mysclfe wholy to the science of cosmographie, and 
 secrets of navigation, to the ende, I might enable myselfe the 
 better for the service of my countric,not only to understandc 
 what 1 read and heard others speake, but also to execute in 
 effect, and practise with my owne hands, the dutie and office 
 appcrtayning to a marriner : and so thereby be better able to 
 make a true reporte of al occurrents in the same voyage. 
 And for that now the common reporte thereof is so vaine and 
 uncertaine, by cause some men rather contendyng what they 
 are able to say, than considering what in truth they should 
 and ought to say, whereby, by sundrie men's fantasies, sundry 
 untruths are spred abroad, to the gret slaunder of this so 
 honest and honorable an action, I have thought good to lay 
 open to your honorable judgement, the plain truth, and ful 
 discourse of the whole service, which I have taken upon ine 
 (though altogether unable) to write, and to dedicate unto 
 your Honor especially, for these spcciall causes following. 
 Fiistc, the world doth witnusse, and I myselfe by good proofe 
 
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 THE EPISTI.K DEDICATORY. 
 
 have tasted and found, being a man by your honorable good- 
 nesse and good countenance, specially supported, and even 
 (as it were) the handy worke of your ownc hands, how 
 honorable a regard you bearc to vortuc, liowc rcadye to 
 countenance the meanest man that truely serveth his countric, 
 howe willing to give unto suche both grace and opinion with 
 hir Majestic, howe ready to procure rewarde there, for those 
 that shall justlye merite the same. And there withall con- 
 sidering the sounde judgement you have to discern, as wcl 
 in this, as in al other causes of waight. And knowing wel 
 •what place you hold with hir highnesse, (who for the faith- 
 full service you dayly doe hir, as wcl in courtc, as common 
 weale, whyche nowc by the true tuchstonc of time, and long 
 experience, shee hath foundc, and therefore contirmcth 
 a faste and sure opinion in you wyth the chicfest) I have 
 specially thought it n-^'cssarye, besides my dutic (whichc 
 above all the M'orlde . / allcageaunce reserved, I owe 
 you moste) for those respects to make relation of this 
 service unto your Honoure above others. And for that this 
 action, both for the worthinesse o^ the attempt, for the good 
 and quiet government, for the grc.ite and marvelous daun- 
 gers, for the straunge and unknownc accidents of the un- 
 knowne corners of the worlde, above all others, may appeare 
 moste notable and famous : I have bono the rather desirous to 
 take some pain therein, and what I have a ship-boorde 
 rudely and unordcrly framed or observed, to commend to 
 your honourable construction the same : being willing rather 
 to hazarde mine own shame, by shewing my selfe an insuffi- 
 cient writer which perchance maye seeme somewhat besides 
 my profession) than that so honest and worthy attempts of 
 our ownc nation, with the example of so wel a governed 
 service, should lye hidden from your Honour's sight. And 
 for that I will be injurious to no man, whyche in this action 
 hath borne place, and well discharged the same, and that 
 those men with the maner of their dayly proceedings there, 
 by name may be knowen unto yon, I have in their place 
 
TIIK •PlSTLi; DKDICATOKY. 
 
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 remcmbred them in order as bocommoth : and have not onely 
 named each principall, but cverye private person (if by any 
 speciall service hee hath merited the same) to the ende, that 
 the wel deserving man, rcceyving the due commendation of 
 his doserte, may be encouraged to continue, and take pleasure 
 in wel doing after, and others being animated by like ex- 
 ample, may for hope of like reward also, desire to deserve 
 wel. 
 
 By this discourse, it may please your Honour to behold 
 the greate industrie of cure present age, and the invincible 
 mindes of our Englishe nation, who have never lefte anye 
 worthy thing unattempted, nor anye parte almostc of the 
 whole world unsearched, whome lately, ncyther stormcs 
 of seas by long and tedious voyages, danger of darke fogs 
 and hidden rockes in unknown coastcs, congealed and frozen 
 seas, with mountains of fleeting ise, nor yet present dayly 
 before their face, coulde anye white dismay, or cause to desiste 
 from intended enterprises ; but rather preferring an honour- 
 able death before a shameful rctourne, have (notwithstanding 
 the former dangers,) after many pcrillous repulses, recovered 
 their desired port. So that, if now the passage to Cataya 
 thereby be made open unto us, (which only matter hytherto 
 hath occupied the finest heades of the world, and promiseth 
 lis a more riches by a nearer way than tyther Spaine or 
 Portugale possesseth) whereof the hope (by the good indus- 
 trie and great attomptes of these men is greatly augmented) 
 or if the golde ore in these new discoveries founde out, doc 
 in goodnesse as in greate plenty aunswere expectation, and 
 the successe do followe as good, as ^he proofe thereof hitherto 
 made, is great, we may truely infer, that the Englishman in 
 these our dayes, in his notable discoveries, to the Spaniard 
 and Portirgale is nothing inferior : and for his hard adven- 
 tures, and valiant resolutions, greatly superior. For what 
 hath the Spaniarde or Portingale done by the southeast and 
 southweast, that the Englishman by the northeast and north- 
 weast hath not countervailed the same .' c % 
 
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 THE KPISTI.K DEDICATORY. 
 
 And albeit I confesse that the Englishc have not hythcrto 
 had so ful successe of profit and commoditie of pleasaunt 
 place (considering that the former nations have happily 
 chanced to travel by more temperate clymatcs, where they 
 had not onlyc good meates and drinkes, but all other things 
 necessarie for the use of man) all whiche things, the English, 
 travelling by more intemperate places, and as it were with 
 mayne force, making waye throughe seas of isc, have wanted, 
 which notwithstanding argueth a more resolution : for Dijffi- 
 ciliora 2mlchriora, that is, the adventure the more hard the 
 more honorable : yet concerning the perfecter knowledge of 
 thcworM, and gcographicall description, (wherein the pre- 
 sent age and posteritie also, by a more universal understand- 
 ing is much furthered, as appcareth by my universall mappe 
 with pricked boundes here annexed) herein, the Englishman 
 deservcth chlcfe honour above any other. For neyther 
 Spaniard nor Portugale, nor anye other besides the English, 
 have bin found, by so great dangers of ise, so neare the Pole, 
 to adventure any discoverie, whereby the obscure and un- 
 knowen partes of the world (which otherwise had laine hid) 
 have bin made knowen unto us. 
 
 So that it may appearo, that by our Englishmen's indus- 
 tries, and these late voyages, the world is grown to a more 
 fulnessc and perfection ; many unknowen lands and ilands, 
 (not so much r tnought upon before) made knowen unto us : 
 Christ's name spred : the Gospell preached ; infidels like to 
 be converted to Christianitie, in places where before the name 
 of God had not once bin hearde of: shipping and seafaring 
 men, have bin employed : navigation and the navie (which 
 is the chief strength of our realm) maintayned : and gentle- 
 men in the sea service, for the better service of their country, 
 wel experienced. Al whiche things are (no doubt) of so 
 gret importance, as being wel wayed,may seeme to counter- 
 vayle the adventures charges ; although the passage to 
 Cataya were not found out, neither yet the golde ore prove 
 good, wher of both the hope is good and gret. Rut not- 
 
THE EPISTLE DBDICATORY. 
 
 
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 so 
 r- 
 
 to 
 ve 
 ■ot- 
 
 withstanding all these, even in this (if no otherwise) hyr 
 most excellent Majestie hath reaped no small profit, that she 
 may now stand assured, to have many more tried, able and 
 sufficient men against time of need, that are (which without 
 vaunt may be spoken) of valour gret, for any great adven- 
 ture, and of governement good for any good place of service. 
 For this may truly be spoken of these men, that there hath 
 not bin scene in any nation, being so many in number, and 
 so far from home, more civill order, better governement, or 
 agreement. For even from the beginning of the service 
 hitherto, there hath neither passed mutinie, quarrel, or 
 notorious fact, cither to the slaunder of the men, or daunger 
 of the voyage, although the gentlemen, souldiers, and mar- 
 riners (whichc seldorae can agree) were by companies matched 
 togither. 
 
 But I may perchance (right Honourable) seeme to dis- 
 course somewhat too largely, especially in a cause that (as a 
 partie) son ewhat conccrneth my sclfe ; which I doe, not for 
 that I doubt of your honorable opinion already conceived of 
 the men, but for that I know, the ignorant multitude is rather 
 ready to slander, than to give good encouragement by due 
 commendation to good causes, who, respecting nothinge but 
 a present gaine, and being more than needefully suspitiuus 
 of the matter, do therwithall condemne the men, and that 
 Ayithout any further respect, either of tlieir honest intents, 
 either of their wel performing the matter they dyd undertake 
 (which according to their direction, was specially to bring 
 home ore) either else of their painful travel (which for their 
 J'rince, and the publicke profile of their countries cause they 
 have sustained.) 
 
 13 ut by the way, it is not unknown to the world, that this 
 our native country of England in al ages hath bred up (and 
 specially at this present aboundeth with) many forward and 
 valiant minds, fit to take in hand any notable enterprise ; 
 wherby appeareth, that if the Englishman had bin in times 
 paste as fortunate and foreseeing to acceot occasion offered, 
 
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 THE EPISTLK DEDICATORY. 
 
 as he hath bin always forwarde in executing an^e cause once 
 taken in hand, he had bin worthily preferred before all 
 nations of the worlde, and the Weast Indies had now bin in 
 the possession of the Englishe. 
 
 For Columbus, the firste Discoverer of the AVeast Indies, 
 made firste offer thereof, with his service, to King Henry the 
 scaventh, then Kyng of Englande, and was not accepted : 
 Whereuppon, for want of entertainement here, hee was forced 
 to go into Spainc, and offered there (as before) the same to 
 Ferdinando, Kyng of Castyle, who presently acceptyng the 
 occasion, did first himsclfc, and now his successors, enjoy the 
 bcnefite thereof. 
 
 Also Sebastian Cubota, being an Englishman, and born in 
 Bristoicc, after he had discovered sundrie parts of new found 
 lande, and attempted the passage to Cataya by the North- 
 west, for the King of England, for lacke of entertainment 
 here, (notwithstanding his good desert) was forced to sceke 
 to the Kinge of Spaine, to whose use hee discovered all that 
 tract of Brazil, and about the famous river liio de la Plata, 
 and for the same, and other good services there, was after- 
 wards renowmed, by title of Piloto Maggiore, that is Graunde 
 Pylote, and constituted chiefe officer of the Contractation 
 house of Sivilla : in whiche house are handled all matters 
 concerning the Weast Indies, and the revenues therof ; and 
 further, that no Pylot shoulde be admitted for any discoverie 
 but by his direction. 
 
 But there hath bin two speciall causes in former age, that 
 have greatly hindered the English nation in their attempts. 
 The one hath bin, lacke of liberalitie in the nobilitic, and the 
 other want of skill in the cosmographie, and the arte of navi- 
 gation. Whiche kinde of knowledge is verye necessary for 
 all oure noblemen, for that wee being ilanders, our chiefest 
 strength consisteth by sea. But these twoo causes are nowe 
 in this present age (God be thanked) very well reformed ; for 
 not only hir majestic now, but all the nobilitic also, having 
 
THE EPISTLK DliDICATORY. 
 
 28 
 
 perfect knowledge in Cosmographie, doe not only with good 
 wordes countenance the forward minds of men, but also with 
 their purses do liberally and bountifully contribute unto the 
 same, whereby it cometh to passe, that navigation, whiche in 
 the time of King Henry the 7th was very rawe, and toke (as 
 it were) but beginning (and ever since hath had by little and 
 little continuall increase) is now in hir Majcstie's raign 
 growcn to his highest perfection. 
 
 Thus right Honorable, as I have in these my first travels 
 in these late voyages, upon such occasions as passed there, 
 nowe rendered your honour this bare and true accompte : 
 so being further resolved to offer myself a continual sacrifice 
 with the first, for hir Majestic and my country, in thys or 
 any other like service, I intend (God willing) according to 
 this beginning, if any thing hereafter fall out worth the 
 mcmorie to present your honourc therewithal!, and from time 
 to time to advertise you of every particular. And in all 
 these things which I deliver now, or shal hereafter advertise, 
 1 humbly praye, your honour would vouchsafe to give some 
 credit thereunto, and rather to thinke, I may be deceived, 
 than that I mcanc to deceive, colour, or conceale any thing, 
 for I neither can, nor wil, use any flourish in the matter, but 
 a bare truth in all : and thereupon I give my poore credite 
 unto your honour in pawue. And herein I humbly pray 
 pardon, for my rude order of writing, which proceedeth from 
 the barren brayne of a souldicr and one professing amies, 
 who dcsircth rather to be wel thouii;ht of with vour honour, 
 for his well meaning, than for anye hys cunning writing 
 at all. 
 
 And thus, having presumed to present these untimely and 
 unripe fruitcs to your hcnoures beste and favourable con- 
 struction, I humbly take aiy leave, beseeching God to blesse 
 you, as I do faithfully serve, and will honor you ever. 
 
 'Ihc handle worke of your Honours handes and faithfully 
 to serve you ever, 
 
 GKOUCiK JJliSTE. 
 
THE PRINTER TO THE READER. 
 
 Forasmuch as (gentle Reader) these three voyages hitely 
 made by our countrymen performed, do both for the matter 
 of discoverie, for the strange and unknown accidentes, for 
 the rare and hard adventures, and also for the good and dis- 
 crete order of government, appeare above all others most 
 notable and famous : I have bin specially desirous, by all 
 meanes possible 1 could, to procure the publication thereof, 
 thinking it too great an injurie to our common wealth, to 
 burie in oblivion so worthy attemptes of our owne nation, and 
 to hide the ensample of so good and so well a governed ser- 
 vice. And for that (as I understand) many trifling Pamphlets 
 have bin secretly thrust out, not only without the consent of 
 the captaynes and executioners of the same, but also rather 
 to the great disgrace of the worthy voyage, than otherwise, 
 I having intelligence of a substantiall discourse whiche was 
 diligently written thereof, and privately dedicated to my very 
 Honourable Mayster, Sir Christopher Hatton Knight, by a 
 gentleman of his own, who was personally present a captain 
 in all the same service ; I have, without making privic the 
 authour, procured his coppie out of the handes of a friende 
 of mine, who had the writing and perusing thcrof, and have 
 presumed to publish and imprint the same, to the ende that 
 thereby I mighte (gentle reader) as well satisfye thy greedy 
 expectation, by unfolding these newe and unknowcn matters, 
 whereof the nature of man is most desirous, as also to per- 
 forme that dutie whiche I owe unto my sayde Honourable 
 Mayster, in publishing such things as are directed unto him. 
 And for that the mater is worthy to passe under the protec- 
 tion of his honourable name, I have hcerein bin willing, 
 rather to bcare the burthen of the authorcs private dis- 
 
THE PRINTER TO THh READER. 
 
 25 
 
 pleasure, if therewith he should afterwards bo offended, than 
 not by publishing the same, seeme not only to do a publicke 
 iujurie unto my native countrey, but also shew a lightc 
 regarde of my duetic, in obscuring the doyngs and travels of 
 him, or anye of his, whose honour (us T am chiefcly bound) 
 I tender more than my owne safetie. And albeit I have in 
 a fewe places somewhat altered from my copie, and wronged 
 therby the authoure, and have soughte to conceale upon good 
 causes some secretes not fitte to be published or revealed to 
 the world (as the degrees of longitude and latitude, the dis- 
 tance, and true position of places, and the variation of the 
 compasse,) and whiche ncverthelesse, by a gcnerall, and par- 
 ticular mappe concerning the same, hcereuuto annexed, is so 
 sufficiently explained, that easilie anything appertcyning 
 unto the voyage, or in this discourse mentioned, may sCiisibly 
 be undcrstode ; and though the matter be entirelie the 
 authours owne, yet am I contented (for thy sake) rather than 
 the same shoulde not be published, to beare the burthen of 
 blame, and to abide the reprofe of the faultes escaped, taking 
 upon me that reproche of presumption, and hazarding my 
 name to the world, all which things the author peradventure 
 taketh for so great disgraces, as willingly he would not ad- 
 venture in his owne name the publishing thereof. But 
 specially, for that the commendation of a historic consisteth 
 in truthe and playnenessc, I have desired to bring forth, and 
 prefer (before other pamphlets) the same, knowing that the 
 authore thereof, in nothing more than in truth, desircth to 
 maynteyne credite with this honourable personage, unto 
 whome with his owne hand written, he hath privately dedi- 
 cated the same, as by the epistle dedicutorie may appeare. 
 If therefore thou shalte accept my well meaning in good 
 parte, and yeelde but deserved prayse to the authoure for 
 doing, and thankes to me for publishing the same, it shall 
 suffice to make me thinke my travell well therein employed. 
 And so iare vou well. 
 
THE FYKST 1300 KE 
 
 OF THE FIRST VOYAGE OP MARTIN FROTilSIlER, ESQUIER, 
 
 CAPTAYNE GENERALL FOR THE DISCOVERIE OF THE 
 
 I'ASSAGE TO CATAYA AND THE EAST INDIA, BY 
 
 THE NORTH W EAST, 
 
 FIRST ATTEMPTED IN ANNO DOM. 1576, THE 15. OF MAY. 
 
 Cicero, 
 Ollic, lib 
 
 Man is borne not only lo serve his owne turne (as Tullie 
 siiyetli), but his kinsfolke, friends, and the common wealth 
 especially, loke for some furtherance at hys handes, and some 
 frutes of his laboure : where upon sundry men finding them- 
 selves as it were tyed by this bond and dutie of humane 
 society, have willinglye endeavoured sundry wayes to shew 
 themselves profitable members of their common weale. Some 
 men by study of the minde, have employed themselves to 
 give out good lawes and ordinances for governement, as Solofi, 
 Lyctiryus, and others. Some have spente their time in de- 
 vising artes and sciences, for the better sharpening of man's 
 witte, and the easier expressing his conceytcs, as in time past 
 Aristolle for Logicke and Philosophic, Cicero and Demos- 
 thenes for llethoricke, Euclide and others for Arithmeticke 
 and Geometric. Others againe by long and diligent obser- 
 vation, have found out the motion and courses of the celestiall 
 Orbes, that thereby man might have the distinction of 
 rVsirouomie. timcs aud scasons, the better to direct his doings both for 
 taking paynes and rest, <as occasion and circumstances doth 
 require. Some delight in feates of armes, thereby to be 
 better able to defend their countreys from the force of the 
 enimie, and rightfully (when occasion is) to enlarge their 
 
THK FIRST VOYAGE, ETC. 
 
 27 
 
 dominions. And many others in sundric faculties and 
 sciences, have both heretofore, and especially now in these 
 later dayes do so bestow and employ their time, that 
 rightly they may be sayd to have deserved the name of pro- 
 fitable members in the common wealth; so that now by con- 
 tinuall practise, and exercising of good wittes, the world is 
 waxed finer, and growen to more perfection, not only in all 
 the speculative artes and sciences, but also in the practicall 
 application of the same, to man's use, whereof as the one 
 doth exceedingly delighte the inward mind, in seeing the 
 scquelc of things by arte and reason, so the otlier in the 
 mcchanicall and practicall api)lication (whiche of late yeares, 'I'liisi^the 
 more than ever hccrctoforc hath bin used) dothe so pleasure "="• 
 and profile the world, that this time only may rightely be 
 called the liberall and flourishing age. For when was there 
 ever heard of such abundance of gold and silver (whiche no 
 doubt being well used, is the great bencfite and good bless- 
 ing of God to mankind) as in these our dayes. No, Solomon 
 himsclfe, with all the pretious mettall of Ophir, which he 
 (one only king) had in that only phicc, can not be comparable 
 to the great store of golde, and all other mettals, which dayly 
 are digged out of the bowels of the earth, almost in all parts 
 of the world, and now lately in the supposed hard and con- 
 gealed frozen lands, almost under the Poles, Yea, now every 
 private man can witnesse this with me, that he is no more 
 contented with the wealthe and riches that his auncesters 
 hadde, but thinkcs himself base minded, if by his Industrie 
 he encrease not his privat wealth proportionallie, as the whole 
 world increaseth in common wealth, and not only of gold 
 and silver is such great encrease, but also of all other things, 
 serving as well for pleasure and dclightes of the mind, as 
 for the necessarie uses of man's life. For, as we are placed AbmuUico 
 
 ' ^ of all 
 
 in these lower elementes firste to know and acknowledge "'•"«'*• 
 the high Creator, and then thankefuUy to take the fruition of 
 things for ourc mayntenance, which are especially two, that 
 
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 THE FIRST VOYAGE 
 
 Towimtendis mcate and drinkc to sustcync the body, and coverture 
 
 ertaied. ^q dcl'cnd thc samc from the rigor of heatc and cold, and so 
 thereby to glorifie God in his workes : what age hath bin 
 ever heeretofore, that hath so abounded with store, not only 
 of necessaric nieates, but also of pleasant and delectable con- 
 fections, to delight man withal : for whatsoever sundry sorte 
 of come, grayne, and meates former yeares have had, we 
 not only have all thc same in farre greater abundance, but 
 thereunto are added thousandes of new things simple and 
 compound, never heretofore scene or heard of. And as 
 for coverture to defende the bodye, the matter is growen 
 to such excellencie of architecture and building, to such 
 finenesse of cloth and silkes of all sortes and colours ; that 
 man studieth no more to multiplye the cncrease thereof; so 
 much as to devise fashions, to make it serve more for orna- 
 ment, than for necessaric uses. And the chiefest cause of all 
 these effects (next after y'^ divine Providence) is the search- 
 ing wit of man, whiche being more curious and inquisitive 
 of new and sti'ange devises than heeretofore, bringeth out 
 dayly more strange inventions, and causeth others, through 
 emulation, to do the like — not only in providing y'' necessary 
 things aforesaid, but also a continual care and constancie to 
 find out other new arts, occupations, and faculties. For to 
 remember one or two inventions for al, found out of late 
 
 I'liniiiigof yeares. The use and bcnefite of printing bookes, a devise 
 SO commodious and necessaric, saving within these few yeares 
 in respect, hath layne utterly hid and unknowen. The arte 
 
 The arte of of War is nowc growcn to that excellencie, that if Achilles, 
 Alexander the Great, Julius Ca)sar, and other, should come 
 in these later dayes, they themselves would more admire and 
 wonder at the courages of our men, their engines, and their 
 policies in warre, than the ignorant and barbarous multitude 
 in their dayes did to them in celebrating their solemnities 
 with all the honor that might be. But to drawe neere to my 
 purposed scope, that is to discourse of inventions by way of 
 
OF MARTIN FIIOHISIIKR. 
 
 29 
 
 discoveries, I say, that one of the exccllcntest artes that ever 
 hath bin devised is the arte of navigation, wliich in times 
 past was so raw and unknowcn, that no man durst travel by 
 sea, saving only alongst the shore: and if by wind, currant, 
 or tempest, he were driven against his will so far from the 
 land that he lost the sight thereof, he made no other ac- 
 compte but to be cast away, his vesscll was so rude and his 
 skill so little. 
 
 In those dayes they knew not the singular use and bcncfite 
 of the loadestonc, called in Latin Magnes, whiche, besides the 
 property of drawing iron unto it, it directeth, and with oppo- 
 site poyntes shcweth two principall partes of the worlde, the 
 north and the south, and that more distinctly than the rising 
 of the sunne doth shew cast and west (excepte it be onely 
 in the dayes of jEquinoctium which is but twice a yeare), 
 whiche rare propcrtie of the loadestonc, if any man desire at 
 large to see, let him put the sayd stone into a round dish, 
 and they both so together in some vessel of water, wherein 
 they might swim at pleasure voluntarily, which dish when 
 it standctl} still then doe the two principall and opposite 
 poyntes of the stone firmely and constantly poynt out north 
 and south ; and if, before the quarters of north and south 
 were knowen, by this experience he may find out the two 
 principal poyntes of the stone; so that the one being knowen, 
 the other can not be wanting. And that a man may be the 
 better persuaded of this effect, let him remove or turn round 
 the dish after it hath once stoode still, and he shall ever 
 finde it to returne constantly to the same poynt againe. Also 
 a pillicr or piece of Steele being but touched with the fore- 
 said Magnes, playing VEquilibra upon some piramid or point, 
 receyveth such virtue that it produceth like effect. Where- 
 iinto, if wood or paper in circular forme devided into 32 
 equall parts be handsomely compacted, it will distinguishc 
 and poynte out all parts of the horizon, and direct into all 
 coasts of the worlde, and that onely by the influent spirite 
 
 Naviijatlnn. 
 
 Tliii stniio 
 called 
 
 Two und 
 thirty 
 poyiils of 
 tho com- 
 passe. 
 
r,o 
 
 THE F1K8T VOYAOK 
 
 Tlin vnrlfi- 
 timi (it'iho 
 needle. 
 
 N'ew (lis- 
 covories. 
 
 of the two principall poyntcs rcsppcting ever north and 
 south. 
 
 This excellent propcrtie and bcnefitc of the lodestonc T 
 the rather remember at large, hecausc some seamen whichc 
 knowc this rare and miraculous effccte as well as I, doc not 
 sufficiently admire the same, hycausc it is now so commonly 
 knowcn, and yet indccdc is to bo preferred before all pre- 
 tious stones in the worlde, whichc only tend to ornament, 
 and have no other vertue, whereas this serveth to so ne- 
 cessarie use. The vertue of this stone, as it is not long 
 since it was first found, so in these dayes it is like to receive 
 his perfection concerning his north-easting and north-west- 
 ing to be brought in rule, and particularly in this noble 
 voyage of our worthy Captainc Marline Frobisher, who, as 
 you shall after undcrstande in the discourse, hath diligcntlye 
 observed the variation of the needle. And such observations 
 of skylfuU pylotts is the onlyc waye to bring it in rule ; for 
 it passeth the reach of r rail philosophy. The making 
 and pricking of cardcs, the shifting of sunne and moone, the 
 use of the compasse, the houre-glasse for observing time, 
 instrumentes of astronomic to take longitudes and latitudes 
 of countreys, and many other helps, are so commonly knowen 
 of every mariner now adayes, that he that hathc bin twice at 
 sea, is ashamed to come home if he be not able to render ac- 
 countc of all these particularities. By whiche skill in navi- 
 gation is brought to passe that the people of Europe can as 
 easilye and far more easiller make long voyages by sea than 
 by lande, whereby hathe come to passe that within the 
 memorie of man within these foure-score yeares, there hath 
 becne more newe countries and regions discovered than in 
 five thousande yeares before; yea, more than halfc the worlde 
 hath beene discovered by men that are yet (or might very 
 well for their age be) alive. When I name the world in this 
 sense, I mcane the uppermoste face and superficies of the 
 earth and sea, which, unite together, make one globe or 
 
OF MAH'IIN FROHISIIKR. 
 
 31 
 
 sphere. And this face of tlie earth whiche Ahiiii;hti(! (iod 
 hath given man as most convenient place to inhabite in, 
 thorowe the negligence of man hathc, until of late dayes, layne 
 so hidde and iinknowen that he hathe lostc the fruition and 
 benefit of more than halfe the earth. 
 
 A marvellous thing, that man, who hath always abhorred 
 80 muche thrahlome and restrainte, and so greedily desired 
 liberty, coulde be contented so many thousande yeares, to be 
 shut up in so narrow bounds. I'or it is to be thought that 
 only such countries in times paste have bin known as either 
 did bounde and hang togithcr, or else were separated by 
 very narrow seas, as are Europa, AfFrica, and Asia, out of 
 which from either to other a man may travaile by lande, or 
 else shall finde in some places very narrow seas separating 
 them, and so mighte saile from the one to the other onclye 
 by lande-markes wythoute the arte of navigation, bycause 
 the one was wythin a ken of the other. 
 
 For even the greate strength and stoutncsse of Hercules t'i" ^.o"' 
 
 ~ ~ end III the 
 
 himselfe, when out of Gracia westward he had travelled "'"^ ^'"''''''" 
 and conquered all the regions and countries comming to the 
 straight betweene Spaine and Barbaric, made accomptc to 
 have beene at the west ende of the worldc, and therefore 
 there created two pillers as a perpetual monument of his 
 fame, whiche to this day are called Hcr^ulce Columnee, the 
 pillers of Hercules, the one standing in Spaine of JjJurope, 
 the other in Africa, and called the straight Frctum Ilcrcu- 
 leiim : and nowe commonlye is named the straightes of Ma- 
 lega or Gibraltar. And having come so farre westwarde, 
 contented himselfe, and said, No n plus ultra, no further. 
 
 Likewise, Alexander Magnus, out of Macedonia in Greece, 
 passing throw Armenia, Persia, and India, comming to the 
 great River Ganges, and conquering all these countries (al- 
 thoughe he was persuaded that Asia, extended somewhat 
 further into the cast and north-east) yet knowing them 
 not to be very great countries, and thinking them to be 
 

 TIIF, FIRST VOYAOK 
 
 Tlio I'Bat 
 < tid of thf 
 old worMo. 
 
 Thfi ntiU (if 
 
 tllC did 
 
 Wdi'ld Hout): 
 wiird. 
 
 Tlio end of 
 
 llii'iilil 
 
 Wdl'lll llnrlll- 
 
 wurd. 
 
 Tlie grento 
 diBi!ovnili'rt 
 of liiloyetOB, 
 
 of small moment, erected there certainc aultars, wliiche are 
 yet called Arcc Alexajidriticc, as beyond which no man 
 else in those dayes had ])asscd, or ncedc to passe more east- 
 wardc, and this was accomjjtod as it were a bounder of the 
 easte side of the worlde, althouffhe indcede Asia doeth ex- 
 tende further, twenty decrees, and is environed with Maro 
 E()7im., and the straight Anian, which our Captaine Frohisher 
 pretendcth to finde out. 
 
 Touching the south parts of the world towards Ajfrica, 
 Ptolomeus K\n^ oi' yl'Ji/ipt, a famous cosmographer, who was 
 more sollicite and curious in describing al the face of the 
 earth than any king before him or after (excepte of late dayes), 
 delivered in plat described and knowen only sixteen degrees 
 beyond y" equinoctiall to the southwardcs or pole Antartique, 
 and that bounder was called Montes Lun-T, out of whiche 
 the greate river Nilus is supposed to have his beginning and 
 spring. And, as for the knowen land on the north partes of 
 the world, Tlnjle being one of y" ilands of Orcadcs (more 
 probably than Isclmid), was so long pronounced and con- 
 tinued Ultima, that it was esteemed a great erroure for 
 anyc man to imagine anye lande more north than that. 
 
 Thus have I briefly named the fourc principall bounders 
 of the worlde, which was onely known from the beginning 
 of the worlde (as some thinke) untill within \.\\vv,v. eighty last 
 yeares That is, the Straights of G'lhraUar or Mahuja west- 
 ward. The east part of Asia beyond the Ar.'e Alexajulrina) 
 eastwarde. Vllima Thyle by Scothuule northward, aiul six- 
 teen grades beyond the equinoctiall southw .rd. JJut these six- 
 teen degrees of south latitude are to be undcrstoodc only in 
 the continent of Africa, whiche extendeth not passyng seventy 
 degrees in longitude. Therefore, whatsoever countries or re- 
 gions have since been discovered and knowne beyondf, 180 
 degrees in longitude, GO degrees in north latitude, and 16 
 degrees in soutii latitude, all the comnundation, honour, re- 
 noume, glorie, and fame thereof, must be attributed to the 
 
OF MARTIN FKOIUSIIKR. 
 
 33 
 
 Englishmen, Spiiniardes, Portingalcs, Frcnchmcnnc, and 
 Italians, whose valiaunt courage and high mindcs he sucho 
 that either they ah-eadye have, or shortly will discover and 
 searche out c/cry narrowe corner of the world. By these 
 means valours and industries, the knownc regions of the 
 worlde, whiche hefore were divided into three partes ; that 
 is, Europa, Affrica, and Asia, arc now made sixc, by addi- 
 tion of other three. For like as the whole massie frame of 
 the world being firstc divided into two prineipall regions, 
 the one elementiall, the other heavenly, the elementiall eon- 
 taineth foure partes ; that is, the four elements, the earth, 
 tlie water, the ayre, and the fyre : the heavenly region, al- 
 though one yet for diversitic of motion, may be conipted 
 two ; that is, Primuni ,^fohilc, moving onclye uppon the 
 poles, Artickc and Antartickc, and all the reste of orbes and 
 planets, moving uppon the poales of the zodiacke are by thi.^' 
 difference of motion imagined two, whereby ariseth the num- 
 ber of si.xe substances partes of the world ; that is, the foiire 
 elements and the two varieties of orbes. So likewise the in- 
 feriour world, I meane the suprrfices of the earth, is also 
 divided into sixe partes; that is, Europa, AJf'rica, -<4,sert, '^','^^^1^[^^]['^j^ 
 Terra Scptcntriofialis, America, and Terra Aiistrialis, whose*'"'"'"''"" 
 bounders bycausc tlr' ; division seemeth somewhat strange, I 
 thought good for the more particularitie, here briefly to 
 repeate. 
 
 TllK eilTKFE HOUNDKRS OP THK TRINCIPALL PARTES OK 
 
 ' TIIK WOKI,l). 
 
 Europa is bounded on the weast side with our Weastc i:wo,ut. 
 Ocean; on the south side wyth Marc Mcdilerrancnm; on thi; 
 east \\\X\\ Mare yEijeum, Pon/u.s Euxinu.s,d\n\ the river Tani(f'S, 
 folowing the meridian thereof northwardc; on th(> north side 
 it was thoMght(; sonuitime to be bounded with islandes — 
 Hebrides, Orcades, aiul lli/perhorci montes in Sarmalia of 
 Europf!. W\\\ U()W(!, by the navigiilioii of the I'lnglishemen, 
 
 1) 
 
34 
 
 THE FIHST VOYAGE 
 
 Africa. 
 
 A«iH. 
 
 Terra 
 
 Septeii- 
 
 triounlis. 
 
 the boundcs arc extended unto that sea which compasscth 
 Norway, Laplande, and Moscovia. 
 
 Affrica is bounded wcstwardc with the sea Atlanticum-, 
 southward with tlie South Ocean, passing by Cape d'Buona 
 Speranza; eastwarde with the Red Sea; and northwarde by 
 the sea Mcditerrancum. 
 
 Asia is bounded on the south side with the South Ocean ; 
 on the easte side with Mare Eoum, and the Straightc Anian; 
 on the north side with the Scithian Sea ; on the weaste side 
 with the meridian of the river Tanais, and parte of the 
 sea Mediterraneum, as Pontiis Euxinus, Mare Egciim, Sinus 
 Issicus, and the Red Sea. 
 
 Terra Scptcntrionalis is divided from Asia by the Scythian 
 Sea, from Eurojie by the North Sea aboute Iselande, called 
 in times past Marc Congelntum, the Frosen Sea, and from 
 America is divided by Frobisher's Straights. It lyeth rounde 
 about the Pole Artikc, and is included by a paralell passing 
 about 70 degrees in north latitude, as it is also more at large 
 described in Mercators and Ortelius Universall Mappes. 
 
 This parte of the world hath becne most or onely made 
 knowen by the Englishmen's Industrie. For, as Mercato 
 mcntioneth out of a probable author, there was a frier of 
 Oxforde, a grcate mathmatician,^ who himselfe went verye 
 f\irrc north above 200 ycares agoe, and, with an astrolabe, 
 described almoste all the lande aboute tlie Pole, finding it 
 divided into foure partes or ilandes by fourc greate guttes, 
 indrafts, or channels, running violently and delivering them- 
 selves into a monstrous receptacle an.l swallowing sincke, 
 with suche a violent force and currant, that a shippe beyng 
 entred never so little within one of these foure indraftes, 
 cannot be holdcn backe by the force of any great winde, 
 but runneth in headlong by that deepe swallowing sinke into 
 
 ' Nicholas do Linna, i.e., A Lynn in Norfolk, whoso voyage to the 
 Arctic regions in llUiit is quoted by ]\Icrcator in his map of the world 
 dated 15G9, from the Itinerary of Jacol Croycn of Uois Ic Due, and also 
 referred to by Dr. .7ohn Doe. Pee Tfid-hnit. vol. i, j))!. IL'l, 122. 
 
OF MARTIN FROHISHEU. 
 
 35 
 
 the bowels of the earth, lice icporteth that the south-weast 
 parte of that landc is a fruitfull and a holesonic soyle. The 
 north-east part (in respect of Enghind) is inhabited with a 
 people called Pygmoci, whiche are not at the uttermoste I'lymoi. 
 above foure foote highc. One of these foure greate mons- 
 trous gulf'is wyth hys violent raging course followeth the 
 meridian of the fortunate ilandes, and receiveth the ocean 
 with three mouths, and is frozen over three moncths in the 
 yeare, and is 37 leagues in breadth. The next eastwarde 
 bcyonde the iland Vagats is at 110 degrees in longitude and 
 receyveth the East Ocean with five mouths, and, being nar- 
 rowe and swifte, is never frozen. The third is at 190 de- 
 grees in longitude, and receiveth the East Ocean with nine- 
 teen receits. The fourth is at 280 degrees in longitude. 
 All these indraftes and raging channels runne directly to- 
 wards a point under the Pole, where is also said to b. a 
 monstrous gret mountain of wonderful gret height and about a great 
 
 o !^ ^ rock under 
 
 35 leagues in compasse at the foot. the pole. 
 
 Guilielmus Postcllus saith, that here under and aboutethe 
 Pole is best habitation for man, and that they ever have con- 
 tinuall dayc, and know not what night and darknesse meancth. 
 But this seemeth contrary to the principles of the sphere, f'nnt'nuai 
 
 ' ^ »■ ' Uiiy for ever. 
 
 whyche alloweth well that they shoulde see the sunne halfe 
 a yeare togither without any night. During the time of his 
 being in the north signes from the one Equinoctium to the 
 other, yet, that in y other halfe they shold have continuall 
 night without any day. But I thinkc Postellus (being a good 
 astronomer) doubted nothing of y® reason of y" sphere, but 
 mcaneth y*^ for their great twilights, and y'' high swelling of 
 y" erth, and y*^ high mountaine under the Pole, they have 
 continual light ; but hereof you shall hearc more at large 
 hereafter in this treatise, when I speakc of the temperature 
 of y*^ north regions. This so particular a description of y" 
 land and countries lying about the Pole, argueth that this 
 Ox/o/y/ frier tooke great pains therein, and induceth great a fner..f 
 
 •' o 1 o (IxtMril. 
 
36 
 
 THE FIRST VOYAGE 
 
 Sir IIiikIip 
 WillniiKliby 
 niKl liii'li. 
 CliHiicelor. 
 
 Frobislior's 
 8 Vdjajjes. 
 
 A i.iricR. 
 
 Trrr« 
 Auatriilis. 
 
 probabilitie and likelihood of y" truth thereof, bicause he ob- 
 served so diligently by measui , the brcdth of the indrafts, 
 what time, and how long they continued frosen, and with 
 how manyc mouths or receipts every one of them received 
 the ocean. 
 
 Upon y" bounds and description of this part of the erth, I 
 have y" longer staid, because I find it discovered only by the 
 English nation. And although y"" greatest part herof was 
 made knowen 200 and odde yeres past, yet some bounders 
 thereof were described and set out by y" travel of Sr. Hugh 
 Willoby Knight, an Englishman, who ventured and lost his 
 life in y" cause, and so died an honorable death, .and Avith 
 him Ric. Chancclor, chicfc Pilot in that voyage, in an. 1554, 
 who discovered and founde out, y*^ Norway and Sweden &c., 
 conjoined not to Gronelancl, or any part of y^ Northern re- 
 gions, as one firme and continent, but y' by sea a man might 
 travel to y'' country of Moscovia, and a gret way more est- 
 ward, as far as the gret river Obby. Also oure worthy 
 General Ca. Frobisher in his three last voyages, wherof wc 
 are briefly to entreat in these three books, hath discovered 
 and described a gret part of ye Southwest bounds thereof, 
 and meneth (God willing) not only to describe the one halfe 
 thcrof in going to Cataia by y" Northwest, but also to put in 
 triall, whether he may return into England by the Northeast, 
 and so also to describe y« other part, which to do, is one of 
 y" waightiest matters of the Avorld, and a thing that will cause 
 other Princes to admire y" fortunate state, and y'- gret valor 
 of y" English nation. But to rctourne agaiue to the bounding 
 of the other parts of the Avorld. 
 
 America an ilande is included on the east side with the 
 sea Antartiqne ; on the weast side with 3Iare del Stir, or 
 Mare Pact/ictan ; on the south side it is bounded wyth the 
 straight of MagcUanus ; and on the north with Frobisher's 
 straights. 
 
 Terra Austrnlls seemeth to be a great firmc land, lying 
 
OK MARTIN I'KOBISUEK. 
 
 37 
 
 under and aboutc the south pole, being in many places a 
 fruitefull soyle, and is not yet thorowly discovered, but onlye 
 scene and touched on the north edge therof, by the travaile 
 of the Portingales and Spaniards, in their voyages to their 
 East and Weast Indies. 
 
 It is inchided almost by a paralell, passing at 40 degrees 
 in south latitude, yet in some places it reacheth into the sea 
 with greate promontories, even into the tropicke Capricornus. 
 Onely these partes of it arc beste knowcn, as over against 
 Capo (/' huona Spcranza (where the Portingales see popin- 
 I gfvycs commonly of a wonderfuU greatnesse,) and againe it is 
 
 knowen at the south side of the straight of Magellanus, and 
 is called Terra del Fuego. 
 
 It is thoughtc this southlande, about the pole Antartike, is 
 farre bigger than the north land aboute the pole Artike ; but 
 whether it be so or not, we have no ccrtaine knowledge, for 
 we have no particular description hereof, as we have of the 
 lande under and aboute the north pole. 
 
 Thus I have briefly butted and bounded out all the parts 
 of the earth, according unto thys latter division into sixe 
 parts. AVhich, that it might be more apparent and sensible 
 to every man's understanding, 1 have hereunto adjoyned an 
 universall map, wherein my minde was to make knownc to 
 the eye what countries have been discovered of late yearcs, 
 and what before of olde time. The olde knowen partes have 
 their boundes traced and drawcn with whole lines, the newe 
 discovered countries have theyr bounds drawen wyth points 
 or broken lines, whereby the reader shall at tlie firste sight 
 see both the shape and fashion of the whole universall 
 face of the earth, compared all togyther, and also all the 
 scverall partes thereof, whether they were of old time dis- 
 covered, or of late yearcs, the which mappe, though it be 
 roughly framed, withoute degrees of longitude or latitude, yet 
 is it sufficient for the purpose it was ordeyned, for heerein, as 
 in all the rest of this discourse, of the three voyages of our 
 
38 
 
 THE FIRST VOYAGE 
 
 worthy Gencrall Captayne Frobisher, my intcntc is, more to 
 sctte out simply the true and playne proceedini^ and handling 
 of the whole matter, than to use circumstance of more words, 
 or fyne eloquent phrases, wherein if I shouldc once goe about 
 to entangle myselfe, it would doe nothing else, but bewray 
 my owne ignorance, and lack of schole skyli. Therefore, of 
 me there is nothing else to be loked for, but such playne 
 taike and writing, as souldiers and marriners doe use in theyr 
 dayly meetings and voyages, and this of necessity must anye 
 ma,n use thatwill dealewith suche a matter as thys is, although 
 he were curious to the contraric. 
 
 By this discourse and mappc, is to be scene, the valiantc 
 courages of men in this later age within these eighty yearcs, 
 that have so muche enlarged the bouudes of the worlde, that 
 now we have twice and thrice so muche scope for oure earthlie 
 peregrination, as we have hadde in times past, so that nowc 
 men necde no more contcntiously to strive for roume to build 
 an house on, or for a little turfFe of ground, of one acre or 
 two, when greate countreys, and whole worldcs, offer and 
 reache out themselves, to them that will first voutsafe to pos- 
 sesse, inhabitc, and till them. Yea, there arc countreys yet re- 
 mayning withoute maysters and possessors, whiche are fertile 
 to bring forth all manner of come and grayne, infinite sortes 
 of land, cattcll, as horse, clcphantes, kine, slieepe, great 
 varietie of flying fowlcs of the ayre, as phesants, partridge, 
 quayle, popingeys, ostridgcs, etc., infinite kinde of fruits, as 
 almonds, dates, quinces, pomgranats, cringes, etc., holcsome, 
 mcdicinable, and delectable. Greate varietie of floures con- 
 tin uallie springing, winter and sommer, beautifull for coloure, 
 odififerous, and comfortable. Abundance of faire hillcs and 
 valleys, furnished with all manor woddes and pleasante rivers. 
 Millions of newe fashions, and strange beastcs and fishes, both 
 in sea and fresh waters. INIountaines bringing forth all manor 
 of mettals, as gold, silver, yron, etc. All sorts of pretious 
 stones and spices, in all which laud wanteth nothing that may 
 
 
OF MARTIN KROniSHER. 
 
 39 
 
 be desired, eyther for pleasure, profit, or nccessarie uses. 
 AVhich sundrcy countrcys to possess and obtcync, as it is an 
 casic thing, so would I not have our Englishc nation to be 
 slackc therein, least perhaps agayne ftiey ovcrshoote them- 
 selves, in refusing occasion offered, as it was in the time of 
 King Henry the seventh, when all the West Indies were )y®*'^ .^0. 
 
 iVrcil to the 
 
 firste profcrcd to the Englishmen, to be given into their I'-nl'iish 
 handcs, whiche they little regarding, was afterwards offered 
 to the Spaniards, who presently accepted the occasion, and 
 now enjoy the infinite treasure and comnidditie thereof. I 
 would not wishe Englishmen to be now unlike themselves, 
 for in all the later discoveries the English nation hath bin as 
 forward as any other. As firste, by their navigations north- 
 eastward, the bounds of Europe were mailc perfect on the 
 north syde, for Ptolomic, Strabo, and al other geographers 
 Icfte it described but onlcy to the ilaudes Orcades in Irelandc, 
 and Hyi)erboreas Montes in Sarmatia, and finding the land '■'le b"""'" 
 on the north side of Germany, Poland, Moscovia, and Asia, km^'i'Ihi;'."'^ 
 to extend northward, they left it confuted ly, and knew not 
 whether it reached to the pole as one firnic lande, or whether 
 it were devided by some sea they knew not. Ikit this doubt 
 hath long since bin dissolved, by the valiant attempt of Si. 
 Hugh Willoughby Knight, Avho (iis I said before) in this 
 noble discoverie, died an honourable death, and the voyag(; 
 hath since been perfected by y" two brethren the Borowes, |'j'^"^\"J!i. 
 and other valiant yong men of our time eastward, beyonde 
 y" great lliver Obij, as farre as y" empire of y" great Cam or 
 Cane of Tartaria, as appccreth in my general mapp by 
 y" pricked bounds thereof. That voyage was then taken in 
 hand, of y'' valiant Knight, with pretence to have gone east- 
 ward to the rich countrcy of Cataya, and was grounded 
 briefely upon these reasons. First, bicause there was a 
 unicornes home found upon the coast of Tartaria by the 
 lliver Obij, which (said he) was like by no other ways to 
 come thither, but from India or Cataya, where the saide 
 
40 
 
 THE FIRST VOYAGE 
 
 proy°\he° unicomcs are only found, and tliat by some sea bringing it 
 fheTorth-^ thither. Also a fisherman of Tartaria rcporteth, y' he sailed 
 verye farre south-eastward, and found no end of sea, or 
 likclyhoode thcrof. •Ln-tly, a Tartarian, inhabiting ncere 
 y" Scithian Sea, reported such a streame and currant to runne 
 there continually, towards the west, that if you cast anything 
 therein, it would presently be caried out of your sight towards 
 the west, whereby necessarily foloweth, thcr should be some 
 passage to some larger sea, wherein this continual streame 
 might emptie itself. And by y" experience of this voyage, 
 it was found, y*^ the frozen zones were not frozen, but 
 habitable and navigable, a thing y' almost all the old philo- 
 sophers did deny, and went about with sundry reasons to im- 
 pugne, for in this voyage to Moscovia, our men passed beyond 
 seventy-two degrees in north latitude, wheras y" froscn zone 
 bcginneth at sixty-six degrees and a halfe. This enterprise, 
 although it toke not effect, to finde y'' passage to Cataya east- 
 ward, because y° worthy knight, the chief author therof, dyed 
 commodi- in y" way thither, yet hath it bin very bencficiall to England, 
 v!.yu<"e '° ^'^ finding out y" trace to S. Nicholas, both for y'' maintenance 
 of y" navie, and the yerely profit is reaped thcrby, the which 
 voyage is known to be more dangerous and painful, than any 
 y" Spanyards or Portugals have ever dealt in, for they being 
 borne in a somewhat bote countrey, hapncd to dcalc with 
 easie voyages, although they were long out, not much difier- 
 ing from their own temperature. 
 
 And I thinke, a man mighte be bolde to saye, that in all 
 their long voyages, to the East and West Indies, they were 
 never so muche distressed and oppressed with so infinite 
 numbers, and &andrie kindes of dangers, as oure valiante 
 (Jenerall Captayne Frobisher, and his companyc were in 
 every one of these his three voyages, as readyng itj you shall 
 understand more at large. And yet they courageously per- 
 sist and continue on their purposed enterprise, and will not 
 surccasse untill they have (God willing) found oute that long 
 
 ! 
 
 
OF MARTIN FROHISHER. 
 
 41 
 
 ■if 
 
 3 
 i 
 
 I 
 
 wished passage to Cataya, to the everlasting rcnoune, gloric, 
 and fame of the English nation. 
 
 Also, the valor of the Englishmen, did first of all discover 
 and findc out all that part of America, whiche nowc is called 
 Baccalaos : for Sebastian Cabot, an Englishman, borne in 
 Bristow, was by commandment of Kyng Henry the seaventh 
 in anno 150<S, furnished with shipping, munition, and men, 
 and sayled along all that tract, pretending to discover the 
 passage to Cataya, and went alande in many places, and 
 brought home sundry of the people, and manyc other things 
 of that countrey, in token of possession, beeing (I say) the 
 firste Christians that ever there sette foote on land. 
 
 Also, the sayde Englishman Cabot, did first discover, at the 
 procurement of the Kyng of Spaync, tdl that other porte of 
 America, adjoyning next beyond Brasill, lying aboutc the 
 famous river called Rio de la Plata. 
 
 Also, the Englishmen have made sundrye voyages to 
 Guinea and Binny, although the Spanyardcs and Portu- 
 galles, bycause of their neare dwecUing thereunto, got 
 thyther the firste starte of them, and there prevented them 
 in building townes and casccls, whereby appearcth, that the 
 English nation, by their long and dangerous navigations, 
 have diligently and paynefullie searched out by sea the 
 temperature of all the zones, whether they were burning, 
 frosen, hot, colde, or indifferent, even from the pole Artike 
 to the equinoctiall, and crossing it also passed beyonde the 
 tropicke'of Capricorne, and returned agayne. And there- 
 fore, as we are inferioure to no other nation, in making 
 greate and long voyages by sea, so knowc I no nation com- 
 parable unto us in taking in hande long travels and voy- 
 ages by lande. For what nation is it that hath ever had 
 such a long trade by land as is the Englishmans into Persia, 
 which, besides two monethcs sayling by sea alonsjr the weast I'lgii^h- 
 and northcrne coastes of Norway and Lapland, by Ward-,'^'"j''"'''"^^ 
 house unto the Bay of Saint Nicholas, it rcmayncth more in 
 
42 
 
 THE I'lHST VOYAOB 
 
 voyage by land and IVcsli rivers, ahoutc three thousandc 
 Englishc mylcs : for from the nicrchantcs house at Saint 
 Nicholas, by the river Duina and Liighana, to the citic 
 Volugda, is compted scaven hundred English miles ; from 
 thence to the citie Yearuslaue, standing upon the great river 
 Volga, travelling by only land, is reckned about one hun- 
 dred and forty miles, where the merchants making new ship- 
 ping for the freshe I'iver Volga, goe castwardc aboute seven 
 hundred miles : then the saydc river turning agayne south 
 by many windings, at the last by the greate citie Astracan, 
 delivereth it selfe into the south side of the Sea Caspium, 
 that tract being above nine hundred miles : then after in 
 two or three dayes, with a good winde crossing the Caspium 
 Sea, they arrive at a port named Bilblll, where after by 
 lande journeying with camels in one and twenty dayes, 
 Yojiiftflto being almost six hundred miles, they come to the famous 
 city of Tauris or Teuris, being the greatest citie of Persia 
 for trade of merchandise. This long and paynefuU voyage 
 by land was taken in hand by a worthy gentleman, Mayster 
 Anthony Jenkenson, who made thereof a plat, with the first 
 particular description that I have scene of the whole coun- 
 trey of Moscovia whiche is yet extant, and therefore the 
 Englishmen are to be preferred before all other nations in 
 making long voyages by lande. The Spanyards and Por- 
 tugalles undoubtedly are worthye immortal fame and glorie, 
 for their greate enterprises and good successes they have 
 therein : yet have they never scene nor hard such Straunge 
 and extraordinarie accidents of the sphere as hath happened 
 unto the Englishmen. For neyther Spaniarde nor 'Portugal 
 ever sawe in all their long voyages, the sun and the moone 
 to make whole and perfect revolutions above the horizon, as 
 our men yearely do see in their voyage to Moscovia, where 
 when they abide any time <it Wardhouse they see the suune 
 goe continually above ground the space of above two moneths 
 togither, where if they take not great heed, they shall not 
 
OF MAKTIN FKOUISIIKK. 
 
 43 
 
 Il8. 
 
 know what day of the moncth it is, after the order of our ""y;' 
 calender, for that they have no niglits. But yet bycause once 
 everye twenty-four houres the suimk; draweth icare to the 
 horizon in tlie north parts, it is there commonly shadowed 
 with vapours and thickc fof^ges, whiche usually rise from 
 the earth, and seeme a little to shadowe the bodye of the 
 sunne ; and that lowest approaching of the sun to the earth- 
 ward, they countc night, and so make good enough reckning 
 of the days of the moncth, according to our usuall fashion. 
 But one inconvenience there is that dismayeth and dcterreth 
 moste men (though they be of valiant courage) from taking 
 in hande long voyages, eyther by sea or by lande, and that 
 is the newe and uncustomed elements, and the extreme 
 ayres of hot and cold, whereby (as some think) if they 
 travel fiir northward, they shall be frozen to death in the 
 harde congealed and frozen sea : and again, if they travel 
 far toward the south, they fear they should be psirched and 
 broyled to death with the extreme heat of y" middle burn- 
 yng zone : or else if perhaps they escape alive, yet at least 
 they shold be burned as black as a cole, as the Indians or 
 black Moors there are ; and this to believe they are partlyc 
 perswaded by the sight of those Indians, and partlye by the 
 perswasions of certaine philosophers, who went with reasons 
 to prove that between the two tropicks was no dwelling or 
 being for the extreme heate, the sunne beating on them con- 
 tiuuallye : neythcr neare eyther pole, for the extreme frostes, 
 colde and snow whiche coutinuallye hath there (from the 
 beginning of the world as some thinke) increased, the sunne 
 being so farre distante from them. AVliich opinion of some, 
 bycause it importeth very much, I thought good here to 
 do my indevour to refell, both bycause I know the con- 
 trarie by my owne experience, and also for that I finde the 
 course of the sunne in zodiacke (which God hath ordayned 
 to give light and life to all things) can induce no such kiude 
 of extremitie : and so, lastly, to confirmc all partes of the 
 worlde to be habitable. 
 
 two 
 
44 
 
 THK FIRST VOYAOK 
 
 KxpiTlcnco 
 to |)ri)ve 
 tliHt 'I'orriila 
 
 /{l HI) ID 
 
 hubiublo. 
 
 EXPERIKNCES AND RKASONS OK TIIK SPHKRK, TO I'ROVK AL 
 I'ARTKS OF TIIK WOULD HAHITAUI-K, AND TIIKREHY TO 
 CONFUTE THK POSITION OF THE FIVK /ONES. 
 
 First it may be gathered by experience of our English- 
 men in an. 1553 ; for Captain Windam made a voyage with 
 merchandise to Guinea, and entred so far within the Torrida 
 Zona, that he was within three or four degrees of the Equi- 
 noctial, and abiding there certain moneths,rcturnedwith gain. 
 Also the Englishmen made another voyage verye pros- 
 perous and gainfuU, an. 1554, to y" Coasts of Binin, lying 
 east from Guinea, being within three degrees of y° Equinoc- 
 tial, And yet it is reporteth of a truth, that al y" tract from 
 Cape de las Palnias, trending by C. de tres Puntas, alongst 
 Benin, until the lie of Saint Thomas (which is perpendicu- 
 lar under the Equinoctial) : al y° whole bay is more subject 
 to many bloming and smothering heates, with infectious 
 and contagious ayres than any other place in al Torrida 
 Zona, and the cause thereof is some accidents in y" land. 
 For it is most certain that mountains, seas, woods, and lakes, 
 etc., may cause through their sundrie kind of situation 
 s^'indry straunge and extraordinarie effects whych the reason 
 of the clyme otherwise wouldc not give. I mention these 
 voyages of oure Englishemcnne, not so much to prove that 
 Torrida Zona may be, and is inhabited, as to shew their 
 rcadyn'isse in attempting long and dangerous navigations. 
 We also among us in England have blacke Moores, Ethio- 
 pians, out of all partes of Torrida Zona, whiche after a small 
 continuance can wel endure the colde of our countrey, and 
 why should not we as well abide the heate of their countrey. 
 But what shoulde I name anye more experiences, seeying 
 that all the coastes of Guynea and Bynnin are inhabited of 
 Portugals, Spanyards, French, and some Englishmen, and 
 there have built castels and townes. Onely this I will say 
 to the merchants of Loudon that trade yecrely to Marochus, 
 
OF MARTIN rROHISHKR. 
 
 45 
 
 it is vpry certaync that the greatest part of the l)urninf» zone j^,J,'*|!"''||;"* 
 
 tllllll lllloUt 
 
 is far more temperate aiul coolc in June than the country of ii,^".,',,"i'.' 
 Marocluis, as shall aj^pecre by these reasons and experiences 
 following. For let us first consider the breadth and big- 
 ncssc of this burning zone (which, as every man knowcth, 
 is forty-seven degrees cache tropickc, whichc are the bounders 
 thereof) being twenty-three degrees and a halfe distant from 
 the Equinoctiall. Imagine againe two other paralcls on each 
 side the Equinoctiall one, eythcr of them distant from the 
 Equinoctiall about twentie degrees, whichc paralels mayo 
 be described eyther of them twice a ycare by the sunne 
 beinge in the firste degrees of Gemini the eleventh of May, 
 and in Leo the thirtcnth of July, having north latitude. 
 And agayne, the sunnc becyng in the first degrees of Sagit- 
 tarius the _ twelfth of November, and in Aquarius the ninth 
 of January, havyng south latitude, I am to prove by expe- 
 rience and reason that all that distance included between 
 these two parralels last named (contcyning fortye degrees 
 in latitude, gt_ng rounde aboute the earthe, according to 
 longitude) is not only habitable, but the same most frutcfull 
 and delectable, and that if anve cxtremitie of hcate bee the 
 same not to bee within the space of twentye degrees of the 
 Equinoctiall on eythcr side, but onely under and about the 
 two tropicks, and so proportionally the nearer you do ap- 
 proache to cither tropicke the more you are subject to cx- 
 tremitie of heate (if any suchc be), and so jNIarochus being 
 scituate but six or seven degrees from the Tropicke of 
 Cancer, shall be more subject to heate than any place under 
 the Equinoctiall line. 
 
 And first by the experience of sundric men, yea thousands 
 travailers and mcrchaunts to the East and Weast Indies in 
 many places, both directly under, and harde by the Equinoc- 
 tiall, they with one consent affirme that it aboundeth in the 
 middest of Torrida Zo?ia with all maner of grain, hearbes, 
 grasse, fruite, wood, and cattell, that we have here, and 
 
46 
 
 THK FIRST VOVAOK 
 
 Miirvr||(jii>i 
 rniilliil 
 
 I lie f:r|iil- 
 nuuLiiill. 
 
 OrciitlrnoB. 
 
 rninmniJi- 
 
 I,i(^H ami 
 
 UiiiliT tin: 
 
 ei|iiiiiou- 
 
 tl.til. 
 
 thousands other sortos farre more holcsomc, delectable, and 
 pretious than anyc wee hav(; in these northcrne climates, as 
 Vi-ry well shall api)ear(! to him that wil reade the Histories 
 and Navigations of such as have travelh,'d Arahid, India 
 intra and extra, Gamjcm, the Ilandes jMoIiiccbc, America, 
 etc., which all lye about y" niiddhj of y" burning zone, wlurc 
 it is truly reported that the great hearbes, as arc radishe, 
 lettuce, colcwortes, borage, and suche like, doe waxe ripe, 
 greater, more saveric and delectable in taste than ours witiiin 
 sixte(;ne daycs after the seed is sowen. Wheat being sowrd 
 the first of Februaric, was found ripe the firste of May, and 
 generally, where it is lesse fruitefull, the wheate will be ripe 
 the fourth moneth after the seede is sownc, and in some 
 places will bring forth an eare as bigge as the wriste of a 
 man's anne, containing a thousand graines. Beanes, pease, 
 etc., are there ripe twice a yeare. Also grasse being cutte 
 downc will growe up in sixe dayes above one foot highc. 
 If our cattell be transported thither Ai^ithin a small time their 
 yong ones become of bigger stature and more fattc than ever 
 they would have been in these countries. 'Jherc are found 
 in everie wood in great numbers such timber trees as twelve 
 men holding handes togither arj not able to ladome. And 
 to be short, all they that have bene there, with one consent 
 adirme that there are the goodlyest grecne neddowes and 
 playnes, the faireste mountaines, covered v ith all sorts of 
 trees and fruits, the fairest vallies, the goodliest pleasaunt 
 fresh rivers, stoared with infinite kindc of (ishes, the thickest 
 woods, grecne and bearing fruite al the whole yeare, that are 
 in al the worlde. And as for gold, silver, and al other kindc 
 jf metals, al kind of spices, and delectable fruites, both for 
 delicacic and health, tuc there in such abundance as hitherto 
 they have bene thought to have bene bred no where else 
 but there. And in conclusion, it is n.)w thought that no 
 where else ^:ut under the Equinoctiall, or not far from 
 thence, is the carthlye Paradise and the only ])lace of per- 
 
OK n: A in IN iRouisiir.K. 
 
 4T 
 
 (I 
 
 of 
 
 int 
 
 .'St 
 
 ,rc 
 
 e 
 
 or 
 
 to 
 
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 m 
 
 fcction in the world. And that these tilings may secmc the 
 lesse strange bycauso it hath bin aeconiptcd of the old philo- 
 sopliers that there could nothing prosper for the extreme 
 heate of the sunne continually going over their heades in 
 the zodiacke, I thoughte goodc here to allcage suclic na- 
 turall causes as to nice secmc verie substanciall and sure 
 reasons. First, you are to understande that the sunne doeth 
 worke his more or lesse heate in these lower jiarts by two tipiitis 
 
 ciiiineil Ijy 
 
 meancs, the one is by the kind of an"le that the sun-beam(;s iwoin'iines, 
 
 ' •' ~ Unit IH, by 
 
 doeth make with the earth, as in all Torrida Zona, it niaketh ,','n,II[!ie',,Ma 
 
 perpendicularly righte angles in some place or other at noone t'mu'uuce! ' 
 
 and towardes the two Poles very oblique and uneven angles. 
 
 And the other ineaue is the longer or shorter continuance 
 
 of the sunne above the horizon. So that wlicresover these 
 
 two causes do most concurre there is moste excesse of heate; 
 
 and when this one is wanting the rigor of the heate is lesse. 
 
 For though the sunnc-beanies do beate perpendicularly upon 
 
 any region subject to it, if it hath no continuance or abode 
 
 above the horizon to worke his operation in, there can no 
 
 bote eflLct proceede. For nothing can be don in a momentc. 
 
 And this seconde cause, mora i^vpra horizontcm, the time of 
 
 the sunne's abiding above the horizon, the old philosophers 
 
 hence remembered, but regarded only the manner of angles 
 
 y*^ the sun-beames made with the horizon, which if they 
 
 were equall and right, the heate was (he greater, as in 
 
 Torrida Zona ; if they were unequall and oblique, the heat 
 
 was the lesse, as towardes both I'oles, which reason is very 
 
 good and substancial ; for the pcM-fiendieular beames reflect Note thys 
 
 reaiioii. 
 
 and reverberate in themselves, so that the heate is doubled, 
 every beame striking twice, and by uniting are multiplied 
 and continue strong in forme of a columne. Ibit in our lati- 
 tude of fifty and sixty degrees the sun-beams descend obli- 
 f|ue and slanting wise, and so striketh but once and departeth, 
 and therefore oure heate is the lesse for any effect that the 
 angle of the sun's beames make. Yet, because we have a 
 
48 
 
 TTIK FIRST VOYAflK 
 
 longer continuance ol" the sunnc's presence above the hori- 
 zon than they have under the Equinoctiall, by whiclie con- 
 tinuance the lieate is increased, for it shineth to us xvj or 
 xviij houres sometim'.', when it continueth with them but 
 twelve houres alwayef . 
 
 And againe, oure night is very shorte, wherein colde 
 vapors use to abound, being but six or eight houres long, 
 whereas theirs is alwayes twelve houres long, by Avhicli two 
 advantages of long daycs and shorte nights, thoughe we 
 wante the equalitie of angle, it commcth to passe that in 
 sommer oure heatc here is as greate as theirs is there, as hath 
 bin proved by experience, and is nothing dissonant from 
 good reason. 
 
 Therefore, whosoever wil rightly way the force of colde 
 and heate in any region, mustc not onclye consider the angle 
 that the sunne beaines make, but also the continuance of tiie 
 same above the horizon. As firstc to them under the equi- 
 noctiall the sunne is twice a jcare at noone in their zenith 
 perpendicular over their header, and therfore during the ii 
 houres of those two daycs the heat is very urgent, and so 
 perhaps it will be in four or five days more, an houre cv^ryc 
 daye, untill the sunne in his proper motion, have crossed the 
 equinoctiail, so that this cxtreame heatc caused by the per- 
 pendicular angle of the sunne beames, endureth but two 
 houres of two dayes, in a ycarc. 
 
 But if any man say the sunne mayo scalde a good while, 
 before and after it come to the meridian, so farre forthc as 
 reason leadeth, I am content to allow it, and therefore I will 
 measure and proportion the sunne's heate, by comparing the 
 angles there, with the angles made here in England, bicausc 
 this temperature is best knowen to us. As for example, the 
 11th day of March, when under the equinoctiail it is halfe 
 houre past eight of the clockc in the morning, the sun will 
 be in the cast about thirty-eight degrees above the horizon, 
 bycause there it riseth always at six of the clock, and movcth 
 
OK MARTIN !■ UOItlSIIKK. 
 
 41) 
 
 overy hour fifteen degrees, and so high very neare will it he 
 with us at London the saidc llth of MarcVi at noone. And 
 therefore looke what force the sunne liath with us at noone, 
 the llth of March, the same force it seemotli to have under 
 the equinoctial at half hourc past eight in the morning, or 
 rather lesse force under the equinoctiall. For with us the 
 sunne had heene alreadve sixe hourcs ahove the horizon, and 
 so had purified and cleiised all the v;i pours, and therehy his 
 force cncreased at noone, hut under the equinoctiall, the 
 sunne having been uppc hut two and half houres hadde suffi- 
 cient to doe, to purge and consume the cold and moyst vapors 
 of the long night past, and as yet had wrought no effect of 
 heatc. And therefore I niay holdcly pronounce, that there 
 is much h.'ss heate at halfc houre past eight under the 
 equinoctiall, than is with us at noone (a fortiori). Ihit in 
 Marche, we are not onlye contented to have the sunne 
 shining, but we grcately desire the same. Likewise the 1 1 th 
 of June, the sunno in our meridian is sixty-two degrees highe 
 at London ; and under the equinoctiall it is so high after ten 
 of the cloek(>, and seeing then it is bencficiall with us, <i 
 fortiori, it is beneficial to them after ten of the clocke. 
 
 And thus have we measured the force of the sun's greatest 
 lieate, the hottest dayes in the yeare, under tlie equinoctiall, 
 that is, in March and September, from sixe tyll after tonne 
 of the clocke in the morning, and from t\.o untill sunne set. 
 And this is concluded, by respecting only the first cause of 
 heatc, which is the considei .tion of the angle of y® sunncs 
 beames, by a ccrtainc similitude, that whereas the sunne 
 shincth never above twelve houres, more than eight o( them 
 would be coole and pleasant even to us, much more to them 
 that are acquainted alwayes with suche warme places. .So 
 there remayneth lesse than fourc; houres of any excessive 
 heatc, and that only in the two sommer dayes of the yare, 
 that is, the llth of March, .and the llth of September, for 
 under the equinoctiall, they have two sommers the one in 
 
 K 
 
50 
 
 THE FIRST VOYAGE 
 
 Piirls in 
 FraiKte is (is 
 hole as 
 under llie 
 Kquiiuictia.l 
 ill tliine. 
 
 jNIarch, and the other in September, which arc our spring and 
 autumne ; and likewise two winters, in June and December, 
 which are our sommcr and winter, as may well appoare to 
 him that hath onclye tasted the principles of the sphere. 
 But if the sunne be in cyther tropicke, or approaching neare 
 thereunto, then may we more casilye measure the force of 
 his meridian altitude, that it striketh upon the equinoctial. 
 As for example, the twelfth of June, the sunne will be in the 
 first degree of cancer. Then loke what force the heate of 
 the sunne hath under the equinoctiall, y'^ same force and 
 greater, it hath in all that paralcl, where the pole is elevated 
 bctweene forty-seven and forty-ciglit degrees. And there- 
 fore Paris in France, the 13th daye of June, sustayneth 
 more heate of the sunne, than Saint Thomas Ilande, lying 
 neere the same meridian, doth likewise at noone, or the 
 ilandes Taprobana, 3Iolucco, or the firme lande of Peru in 
 America, which all lye underneath the equinoctial. For 
 upon the 12th day of June aforesaid, the sunne beames at 
 noone doe make an Isochelcs triancrle. whose vertex is the 
 center of the sunne, the basis a lyne extended from Saint 
 Thomas Ilande, under the equinoctiall, unto Paris m France, 
 neare the same meridian ; therefore the two angles of the 
 base, must needes be equall p 5, primi, ergo the force ol the 
 heate equall, if there were no other cause, than the reason of 
 the angle, as the olde philosophers have appointed. But 
 bycause at Paris the sun riseth two houres before it riseth 
 to them under the equinoctiall, and setteth likewise two 
 houres after them, by means of the obliquity of the horizon, 
 in which time of the sunnes presence 4 houres in one place 
 more than the other, it worketh some effect more in one 
 place than in the other, and being of equall height at nov.ne, 
 it muste then needes follow to bo more bote in the paralell 
 of Paris than it is under the equinoctiall. Also this is an 
 other reason, that when the sun setteth to them under the 
 equinoctiall, it goeth very deep and lowc under their hori- 
 
OF MARTIN FKOUISIIER. 
 
 51 
 
 the 
 
 Saint 
 ancc, 
 
 the 
 
 the 
 
 1 of 
 
 But 
 iscth 
 
 two 
 
 izon, 
 
 ilace 
 
 one 
 
 Ov/ne, 
 
 liralcll 
 
 is an 
 :r the 
 
 hori- 
 
 zon, almost even to their antipodes, whereby their twylights 
 
 are very shorte, and their ni<i;hts are made verye extreame ''''"' t«y- 
 
 •' ' ° •' Imlils lire 
 
 darke and long, and so the moysture and coldenesse of the 4,'',',",I|Tilu'' 
 long nightcs wonderfully cncrcaseth, so that at length the ,'I"!ier' 
 sun rismg can hardly in many houres consume and drive iDctiiinimn 
 
 at I'lii in . 
 
 away the colde humoures and moyst vapours of the nighte 
 paste, whiche is clcane contrarye in y" paralel of Paris. For 
 y^ sun goeth under their horizon but vcrye little, after a 
 sloping sorte, whereby their nights are not verye darke, but 
 lightsome ; as looking into the north in a cleare night with- 
 oute cloudes, it doeth manifcstlyc appcare their twyiightes 
 are long, for the paralel Cancer cutteth not the horizon of 
 Paris at right angles (but at angles very uneven and unlike), 
 as it doth the horizon of the equinoctiall. Also the sonimer 
 day at Paris is sixteene houres long and the night but 
 eight ; where contrarie wise, under the equinoctial, the day 
 is but twelve houres long, and so long is also the nighte, in 
 what soever paralel the sun be ; and therefore looke what 
 oddes and difference of proportion there is betwccne the 
 sunnes abode above the horizon in Paris and the abode it 
 hath, under the equinoctiall (it being in Cancer), the same 
 proportion would seeme to be between the heate of the one 
 place and heate of the other : for other tilings (as the angle 
 of the whole arcke of the sunnes progresse that day in both 
 places) are equall. 
 
 But under the equinoctiall, the presence and abode of the 
 sunnc above the horizon is equall to his absence and abode 
 under the horison, cache being twelve houres. And at 
 Paris the continuance and abode of the sunne is above the 
 horizon sixteene houres long and but eight hours absence, 
 whiche proportion is double, from whiche, if the proportion 
 of the equalitie be subtracted to find the difference, there 
 will remaine stil a double proportion ; whereby it seemcth 
 to followe, that in June the heate at Paris were double to 
 the heate under the equinoctiall. For (as I have saidc) the 
 
 E 'l 
 
52 
 
 THE VIRST VOYAGE 
 
 Tliey use 
 a'u! Imve 
 iieeilfi of 
 tiro under 
 the pi|iii- 
 iicictiull. 
 
 Colde inter- 
 mingled 
 witli lieato 
 uiidor tlie 
 equinoctiiill 
 
 angle of the sunne bcames arc in all points cquall, and the 
 cause of difference is Mora soli's supra horizontcm, the 
 staye of the sunne in the one horizon more than in the 
 other. Therefore, whos'?ever could fiadc out in what pro- 
 portion the angle of the sunne beames hcateth, and what 
 cncrease the sunncs continuance doeth addc thereunto, it 
 nv j;ht expresly be sette downe what force of heate and cold 
 is in all regions. 
 
 Thus you partely see, by comparing a clymate to us well 
 knowe and familiarlye acquainted by lykc height of the 
 sunne in bothe places, that under the equinoctiall in June is 
 no excessive heate, but a temperate ayre, rather tendinge to 
 colde. For as they have there for the moste parte a con- 
 tinuall moderate heate, so yet sometime they are a little 
 'pintchcd wyth colde, aijd use the benefite of fyre as well as 
 wee, especiallye in the evening when they goe to bedde ; 
 for as they lye in hanging beddes tyed faste in the upper 
 parte of the house, so wyll they have fyrcs made on both 
 sides their bed, of Avhich two fires, y" one they devise super- 
 stitiouslye to drive awaye spyrites, and the other to keep 
 away from them the coldnesse of the nigliLs. 
 
 Also in many places of Torricla Zona, especially in the 
 higher laudes somewhat mountainous, the people a little 
 shrinke at the colde, and are often forced to provide them- 
 selves clothing, so that y" Spaniards have found in the West 
 Indies muny people elothedj especially in winter ; whereby 
 appeareth. that with their heate there is colde intermingled, 
 else would they never provide this remedy of clothing, 
 which to thorn is rather a griefe and trouble than otherwise. 
 For when they go to warres they wil putte off al their appa- 
 rell, thinking it to be cumbersome, and wil alwayes goe 
 naked, y* they thereby might be more nimble in their flight. 
 Some there be that thinkc y" middle zone extreme hot, by- 
 cause y*^ people of y" countrie can and do live withoute 
 clothing, wherein they childishly are deceived, for oure clime 
 
fl?5W 
 
 OF MAUI IN KKOIUSHKR. 
 
 53 
 
 rcby 
 
 goc 
 ight. 
 
 rather tendctli to cxtreamitie of coldc, bicausc we cannot 
 live without clothing : for this our dubblc lining, furring 
 and wearing so many cloths, is a remedy against extrcmitie, 
 and argueth not y" goodncsse of y" habitation, but incon- 
 venience and injury of cold : and that is rather y" moderate, 
 temperate, and delectable habitation, where none of these 
 troublesome things are rc(juired, but that wc may live naked 
 and bare, as nature bringeth us forth. Others again imagine 
 y® midle zone to be extreme hote, bycause the people of 
 Affrica, especially y*' Ethiopians, are so cole blacke, and 
 their haire, like wooll, curled short, which blacknesse and 
 curled haire tl^ey suppose to come only by y^ parching heate 
 of y" sun, M'hich how it should be possible I cannot see. For 
 even under the equinoctiall in America, and in y" East 
 Indies, and in the Hands Moluccce y*^ people are not blacke 
 but white, with long haire uncurled as we have ; so that if 
 the Ethiopians blacknesse came by the heate of the sune, 
 why shoulde not those Americans and Indians also be as 
 blacke as they, seeyng the sunnc is equally distant from 
 them both, they abiding in one paralel : for the concave 
 and convex siipcrjices of the orbe of the sun is concentrikc 
 and equidistant to y"' earth, except any man should imagine 
 somewhat of Aux [Arx] SoUs and Oppositum, whiche indif- 
 lerently may be applied as wel to y** one place as to the other. 
 But y" sunne is thought to give no otherwise heate but by way 
 of angle in reflection, and not by his ncercnes to y** earth ; 
 for throughout al Africa, yea in y'' niiddest of y" middle 
 zone, and in all other places, upon y" tops of mountains, 
 there lyeth continuall snow, which is nerer to the orbe of 
 the sunnc than y® people in the valley by so muche as the 
 height of these mountaynes amount unto; and yet the sunnc, 
 Jiotwithstanding his nerenesse, can not melt the snow, for 
 want of convenient place of reflexions. Also the middle 
 region of the ayre, where all the hayle, frost and snowe is 
 engendered, is ncerer unto the sunnc than the earth is, and 
 
 F.l)iiii|iiiiiis 
 blatke wiili 
 curled baire. 
 
 'J'I'l' Mllltlr 
 llUHtClll IIDt 
 
 by liis iieui- 
 iiHSse, lull 
 only by vs- 
 riexioii. 
 
54 
 
 THE FIRST VOYAGE 
 
 A bliieke 
 Moiires sou 
 biiriie ill 
 Kiiglaiiil. 
 
 The Odloure 
 of the 
 pcoph' in 
 Mem iiicuy- 
 iiilu. 
 
 yet there continucth perpetuall colde, bycausc there is 
 nothing that the sunnes bcames may reflect against, whereby 
 appeareth the neercnesse of the body of" y" sunne worketh 
 nothing. Therefore, to returne again to the bhicke Moores, 
 1 my sclfe have scene an Ethiopian as bhicke as a cole 
 broughl into Englande, who taking a faire Englishe woman 
 to wife, begatte a sonnc in all respects as blacke as the father 
 was, although England were his native countrcy and an 
 English woman his mother : whereby it seemeth this black- 
 nesse proceedeth rather of some natural infection of that 
 man, whiche was so strong, that neyther y" nature of y« 
 clime neyther the good, complexion of the mother concur- 
 ring coulde any thing alter, and therefore we can not impute 
 it to y'^ nature of the clime. And for a more fresh example 
 our people of Meta Incognita (of whomc and for whome 
 thys discourse is taken in hande) that were broughte this 
 last yeare into Englande, were all generallie of the same 
 coloure that many nations be lying in the middest of the 
 middle zone. . And this their coloure was not only in the 
 face, whiche was subjecte to sunne and ayre, but also in 
 their bodies, which were still covered with garments as 
 oures are, yea the verye suckinge childe of twelve moneths 
 age hadde his skinne of the very same coloure that most 
 have under the equinoctiall ; which thing can not proceed 
 by reason of the climcj for that they are at least tenne de- 
 grees more tov/ards the north than we in Englande are ; r , 
 the sunne ne'er commeth neere their zenith by 40 degrees, 
 for in effect they are within three or four degrees of that 
 which they call the frosen zone, whereby it followeth that 
 there is some other cause than the clymate, or the sunnes 
 perpendicular reflection, that shoulde cause the Ethiopians 
 great blacknesse. And the most probable cause to my 
 judgemente is, that this blacknesse proceedeth of some natu- 
 rall infection of the first inhabitants of that countrey, and so 
 all the whole progenie of them descended are still poluted 
 
tmm>ea 
 
 aiW' 
 
 OF MAKTIX FHOIUSIIKU. 
 
 50 
 
 IS 
 
 with the same blot of inlcction. Therefore it shall not be 
 
 farre fri 
 
 to 
 
 the first oriuinall of the 
 
 1 the 
 so in 
 its as 
 ncths 
 most 
 oceed 
 de- 
 r , 
 njrees, 
 ■ that 
 that 
 unnes 
 plans 
 my 
 natu- 
 ■ind so 
 luted 
 
 our purpose 
 
 blacke men, and how by lineall discentc they have hitherto 
 continued this blacke. It manifestly and plainely appeareth 
 by holy Scripture that after the generall inundation and 
 overflowing of the earth, there remained no more men alive 
 but Noe and his three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japeth, who 
 only were lefte to possesse and inhabit the whole face of the 
 earth : therefore all the land that untill this daye hath bin 
 inhabited by sundry discents, must needes come of the off- 
 spring eyther of Sem, Cham, or Japhet, as the onely sonnes 
 of Noe, who all three being white and their wives also, by 
 course of nature should have begotten and brought forth 
 white children. But the envie of our great and continuall 
 enemie the wicked spirit is such, that as he could not suffer 
 our old father Adam to live in the felicitie and angelike 
 state wherein he was first created, but tempting him sought 
 and procured his ruine an^l 'al : so againe, finding at this 
 floud none but a father and tliree sonnes living, he so caused 
 one of them to transgresse and disobey his fathers com- 
 mandement, that after him all his postcritie shoulde be 
 accursed. The fact of disobedience was this. When Noe 
 at the commandement of God had made and entered the 
 Arke, and the floud gates of heaven were opened, so that 
 the whole face of the earth, every tree and mountaine was 
 covered with abundance of water, he straightly commanded 
 his sonnes and their wives, that they should with reverancc 
 and feare behold the justice and mighty power of God, and 
 that during the time of the floud, while they remained in 
 the Arke, they should use continence and absteine from 
 carnall copulation with their wives : and many other pre- 
 ceptcs he gave unto them, and admonitions touching the 
 justice of God in revenging sinne and his raercie in deliver- 
 ing them who nothing deserved it. Which good instructions 
 and exhortations notwithstanding, his wicked sonne Cham 
 
 The cnuse 
 (if tlio 
 iUliiopiiuiH 
 bluckiiesse. 
 
 The Arke 
 of Noe. 
 
5t) 
 
 THK I'lKST VOYAOK 
 
 chusyo (lisobcyed, and bcincf persuaded that the first child borne 
 
 ■oiiiie of c3 i 
 
 accufseii ^^^^^ ^^^^ flood (by right and law of nature) should inherit 
 and posscsse all the doniinion of the earth, he, contrarie to 
 his fathers coinmandcment, wiiile they were yet in the Arke 
 used company with his wife, and craftily went about thereby 
 to disinherit the offspring of his other two brethren ; for 
 the which wicked and detestable fact, as an example for con- 
 temptc of Almightio God and disobedience of parents, God 
 would a bonne shuld be borne whose name was Chus, who 
 not only itselfe, but all his posteritie after him, should be so 
 black and lothsome that it might remairie a spectacle of dis- 
 obedience to a)l the world. And of this blacke and cursed 
 Chus came all these blacke Moores which are in Africa, for 
 after the water was vanished from off the face of the earth 
 and that the land was drie, Scin chose that part of the land 
 to inhabit in which now is called Asia, and Japhet had that 
 which now is called Europa wherein we dwell, and Africa 
 
 Africftwaa remained for Cham and his blacke sonnc Chus, and was 
 
 Cllllt'J 
 
 cimmesifl. called Cliamesis after y" fathers name, being perhaps a 
 cursed, dry, sandy, and unfruiteful ground, fit for such a 
 generation to inhabit in. Thus you see y' the cause of y" 
 Ethiopians blacknesse is the curse and natural infection of 
 blood and not the distemperaturc of the clymate, which also 
 may be proved by this example, that these black men are 
 found in all partes of Africa, as well withoute the tropicks 
 as within, even unto Capo d' buona Speranza southward, 
 where by reason of the sphere should be the same tempera- 
 ture that is in Spayne, Sardigiia, and Sicilia,^ where all be 
 of very good complexions. Wherefore I conclude that the 
 blacknesse proceeueth, not of the hotenesse of the clime, but 
 as I sayd of the infection of bloud, and therfore this their 
 argumcute gathered of the Africans blacknesse is not able to 
 destroy the temperature of the middle zone. We may there- 
 fore very well be assertayned, that under the equinoctiall is 
 ' In Uakhiyt, it stapds thus " Sicilia, Morea, and Candie." 
 
OF MARTIN FUOUISIIKR. 
 
 67 
 
 lere- 
 
 ill 
 
 IS 
 
 the most pleasant and delectable place of the world to dwell 
 
 in, where, although the sunne for two houres in a ycarc be 
 
 dirccte over their heads, and therefore the heate at that time 
 
 somewhat of force, yet bycause it commeth so seldoinc and 
 
 continueth so small a time, when it commeth it is not to be 
 
 wayed, but rather the moderate heate of other times is all [imptmun. 
 
 the yeare to be remembered. And it the heate at any time eciuiuouuuu. 
 
 should in tVic shortc day waxe somewhat urgent, the cold- 
 
 nesse of the long night there would easilie refreshc it, 
 
 according as Honterus' sayth, speaking of the temperature 
 
 under the equinoctiall. 
 
 Quodq. die solis violento incanduit (esbt 
 Hmnida nox reficit, paribusq. refrujerat horis. 
 
 If the heate of the sunne in the day time doe burne or 
 parch any thing, the moysturc of the night dothc coole and 
 refresh the same againe, the sunne being as long absente in 
 the night as it was present in the day. Also our author of 
 the Sphere, Joannes d' Sacro josco." in the chapter of the 
 Zodiacke, deriveth the etimologie of Zodiacus, of the Greeke 
 word Zoe, which in Latin signifycth Vita, life, for out of 
 Aristotle he alledgeth, that secundum accessum ct rccessum 
 solis ill Zodiaco , Jiunt gcnerationcs et corrtiptiones in rebus 
 infei'ioribus : according to tv\e sunnes going to and fro in 
 the zodiake, the infcriour bodies take their causes of genera- 
 tion and corruption. Then ir, followeth, that where there is 
 most going too and fro there is most generation and corrup- 
 tion : whiche must ncedes be betwcenc the two tropikes, for 
 there the sunne gocth too and fro most, and no where else 
 but there. Therefore betweene tuJ two tropikes, that U, in ''"JerHi.*",, 
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 tion and corruption of things ; which also wc find by expe- 
 rience, for there is somraer twice in the yeare and twice 
 winter, so that they have two harvests in the yeare and con- 
 tinuall spring. Seing then the middle zone falleth out so 
 temperate, it resteth to declare where the hottest part of the 
 world should be, for we fynde some places more hote than 
 Others. To answere this doubt, reason persuadeth the hotest 
 place in the worlde to be under and aboutc the two tro- 
 pickes, for there more than in anye other place doe both the 
 causes of heatc concurre, that is, the perpendicular falling 
 ti.e truiiiks. Qj' ^j^g g^^ l^eames at right angles, and a greater continuance 
 of the sunne above the horizon (the pole there being ele- 
 vated three or foure and twentie degi-ees). And as before 
 I concluded, that though the sunne were perpendicular to 
 them under the equinoctiall, yet bycause the same continued 
 but a small tyme (thcyr dayes being short and theyr nightes 
 long), and theyr speedic departure of the sunne from their 
 zenith, bycause of the suddayne crossing of the zodiacke 
 with the equinoctiall, and that by such contiuuall course and 
 recourse of hote and colde the tempertiture grew moderate. 
 
 So now to them under y'' two tropikes, the sun having 
 once by his proper permotion declined 20 degrees from the 
 equinoctiall, beginneth to draw neere theyr zenith, which 
 may bee (as before) aboute the eleventh day of May, and 
 then beginneth to send his beames almost at right angles, 
 about which tyme the sunne cntreth into the first degree of 
 Gemini, and with this almost right angle the sunne beames 
 will continue untill it be past Cancer, that is, the space of 
 two moneths every day at noone, almost perpendicular over 
 their heads, being then the time of Solstitimn JEstiualc, 
 whiche so long contiimance of the sun aboute their zenith 
 maye cause an extreanie heate (if anye be in the world) but 
 of necessitie farrc more heate than can bee under the equi- 
 noctiall, where the sunne hathe no suche long abode in the 
 zenith, but passeth away therehence very quickly. Also 
 
OF MARTIN FROBISHEK. 
 
 59 
 
 ,'ing 
 the 
 lich 
 and 
 ;les, 
 of 
 anies 
 ce of 
 over 
 iiale, 
 !nith 
 
 but 
 iqui- 
 
 the 
 Also 
 
 under the tropikes the day is longer by an houre and a halfe 
 than it is under the equinoctiall, wherefore the heate of the 
 sunne, having .i longer tyme of operation, must needes be 
 encreased, especially seeing the nighte, wherein colde and 
 moysture doe aboundc under the tropikes is lesse than it is 
 under the equinoctiall. Therefore I gather that under the 
 tropikes is the hottest place, not onely of Torrida Zona, but 
 of any other pirte of the worlde, especially bycausc there 
 both causes of heate doe concurre, that is, the perpendicular 
 falling of the sunne beanies two moneths togyther, and the 
 longer abode of the sunnes presence above the horizon. 
 And by this meanes more at large is proved that Marochus 
 in sommcr is farre more bote than at any tyme under the 
 equinoctiall, bycausc it is situate so neere the tropike 
 Cancer, and also for the length of their dayes. Neyther 
 yet doe I thinke that the regions scituate under the tropikes 
 are not habitable, for they are founde to be verye frutefull 
 also, although Marochus and some other partes of Africa 
 neere the tropike, for the drynesse of the native sandie soile 
 and some accitlentcs, maye seeme to some to be intemperate 
 for overmuch heate. For Ferdinandus Ouiedus,^ speaking 
 of Cuba and Hisnaniola, ilands of America, lying hard under cuba. 
 or by the tropike Cancer, sayeth that these ilandes have as 
 good pasture for cattell as any other countrey in the world. 
 Also they have most holesome and cleere water and tem- 
 perate ayre, by reason whereof the hoards of beastes are 
 much bigger, fatter, and of better tast than any in Spayne, 
 bycause of the rank pasture, whose moysture is better di- 
 gested in the hearbe or grasse by continuall and temperate 
 heate of the sunne, whereby being made more fatte and 
 unctious, it is of better and more stedfast nourishment. For 
 continuall and temperate heate dothe not only draw much 
 moysture out of the earth, to tLe nourishmente of suche 
 things as growe and are engendred in that clyme, but dothe 
 ' Ovieilo, the Spanish traveller and historian. 
 
■wpwpp^pp 
 
 "!F"Vi 
 
 60 
 
 THE FIRST VOYAGE 
 
 also by moderation preserve the same from putrifying, di- 
 tropi" u^a S^^^^^o ^^^^ ^^^ condcnsating or thickening the sayd moyst 
 t"mpera-° nourishmentc into a gummie and unctions substance, whereby 
 appcareth also that under the tropikcs is both holesome, 
 frutefull, and pleasant habitation ; whereby, lastly, it fol- 
 loweth that al the middle ^one, whiche untyll of late dayes 
 hathe bin compted and called the burning, broyling, and 
 parched zone, is now found to bee the most delicate, tem- 
 perate, commodious, pleasaunte, and delectable part cf the 
 world, and especially under the equinoctiall, 
 
 Havyng nowe sufficiently at large declared the tempera- 
 ture of the middle zone, it remayneth to speake somewhat 
 also of the moderate and continuall hoate in colde regions, 
 as well in the niglite as in the daye all the sommer long, 
 and also how these tegious are habitable to the inhabitantes 
 of the same, contrarie to the opinion of olde writers. 
 
 
 Nine 
 cliuuteij. 
 
 OF THE TEMPERATURE OF COLDE REGIONS ALL THE SOMMER 
 LONG, AND ALSO HOWE IN WINTER THE SAME IS HABIT- 
 ABLE, ESPECIALLY TO THE INHABITANTS THEREOF. 
 
 The colde regions of the worlde are those whiche, tending 
 towarde the pole artikc and antartike, are withoute the cir- 
 cuit or bounds of the seaven climates, which, agreeable to 
 the opinion of the olde writers, is founde and sette out in 
 our authore of the Sphere, Joannes de Saerobosco, where he 
 playnely sayeth, that without the seaventh climate, which is 
 bounded by a parallel passing at fiftic degrees in latitude, 
 all the habitation beyonde that to be discommodious and 
 intollerable : but Gemma Thrisius, a late writer, finding 
 England and Scotland to be withoute the compasse of those 
 climates wherein he knew to be very temperate and good 
 habitation, added thereunto two other climates, the utter- 
 
OF AIARTIN FROniSHER. 
 
 61 
 
 cu- 
 [e to 
 It in 
 
 he 
 Hi is 
 
 idc, 
 land 
 
 ling 
 Lose 
 
 rood 
 
 Iter- 
 
 inri»nn 
 ii'tweono 
 
 most paralell whereof passeth by 56 degrees in Latitude, and 
 therein comprehendeth over and above the first computation, 
 England, Scotland, Dcnmarke, Moscovia, etc., which all are 
 rich and mightie kingdomes. 
 
 The old writers, perswaded by bare conjecture, went 
 aboute to determine of those places, by comparing them to 
 their own conr^^exions, bycause they felt them to be hardly 
 tolerable to themselves, and so toke thereby an argument of 
 the whole habitable earth, as if a man borne in Morochus, or 
 other part of Barbaric, should at the latter end of sommcr, 
 upon the suddayne, eyther naked, or wyth hys thinnc vcs- :^,j''''"'' 
 ture, be broughte into England, he would judge this region Maroctms 
 presently not to be habitable, bycause he being broughte up "aud."^ 
 in so warme a countrcy, is not able hcere to live, for so 
 sodaine an alteration of the cold ayrc ; but if the same man 
 hadde come at the beginning of sommer, and so afterwarde 
 by little and little by certaine degrees, had felt and ac- 
 quainted himselfc with the frost of autumne, it would have 
 seemed by degrees to harden him, and so to make it far 
 more tollerable, and by use after one yeere or two, the ayre 
 woulde seeme to hym more temperate. It was compted a 
 greate matter in the olde time, that there was a brassc pot 
 broken in sunder with frozen water in Ponthus, which after 
 was broughte and shewed in Delphi's, in token of a miracu- 
 lous cold region and winter, and therefore consecrated to the 
 Temple of Apollo. 
 
 This effect being wroghte in the paralell of 48 degrees in 
 latitude, it was presentlye compted a place vcrye hardlye 
 and uneasily to be inhabited for the greate colde. And 
 howe then can suche men define uppon other regions very 
 farre without that paralell, wh'er they were inhabited or 
 not, seeing that in so ncare a place they so grossely mistooke 
 the matter, and others their followers being contented with 
 the inventions of the olue authors, have persisted willingly 
 in the same opinion, with more confidence than consideration 
 
62 
 
 THE FIRST VOYAGE 
 
 All the 
 iii>rt)i 
 
 recinns ftre 
 habitable. 
 
 Oiaiigotree. 
 
 of the cause, so lightly was that opiniru received, as touching 
 the unhabitable clime neare and under the Poles. 
 
 Therefore I am at this present to prove y' all the land lying 
 betwcene the laste climate even unto the point directly under 
 either Poles, is or maye be inhabited, especially of suche 
 creatures as are ingendrcd and bredde therein. For indeed 
 it is to be confessed, that some particular living creature 
 cannot live in every particular place or region, especially 
 wyth the same joy and felicitie, as it did where it was first 
 bredde, for the certaine agreement of nature that is betweene 
 the place, and the thing bredde in that place, as appeareth 
 Elephant. \jy i\^q elephant, which being translated and brought out of 
 the second or third clima^^e, though they may live, yet will 
 they never ingender or bring forth yong. Also wee see the 
 like in many kinds of plants and hcarbs : for example, the 
 orange tree, although in Naples they bring forth fruit 
 abundantly, in Rome and Florence they will beare onlye 
 faire greene leaves, but not any fruite : and translated into 
 England, they will hardly beare either flowers, fruite, or 
 leaves, but are the next winter pinched and withered with 
 colde : yet it followeth not for this, that England, Rome, and 
 Florence should not be habitable. 
 
 In the proving of these colde regions habitable, I shall be 
 verye shorte, bicause the same reasons serve for this purpose, 
 which were alleaged before in the proving the middle zone 
 to be temperate, especially seeing all heate and colde pro- 
 ceede from the sunne, by the mcanes eyther of the angle his 
 beames doeth make with the horizon, or else by y^ long or 
 shorte continuance of the sun's presence above ground : so 
 that if the sunncs beames do heate perpendicularlye at righte 
 angles, then there is one cause of heate, and if the sunne doe 
 also long continue above the horizon, then the heate thereby 
 is muche cncreased by accesse of this other cause, and so 
 groweth to a kind of extremitie. And these ii causes, as I 
 said before, doe moste concurre under the two tropickes, and 
 
 Two cnuses 
 of heate. 
 
OK MARTIN KKOHISTIKR. 
 
 63 
 
 pro- 
 rle his 
 ing or 
 id: so 
 i-ighte 
 ic doc 
 [ercby 
 Ind so 
 |, as I 
 Is, and 
 
 therefore thoro is the greatest heatc of y'' worklc. And like- 
 wise, where both these causes are most absent, there is 
 greatest want of heatc, and encrease of cohle (seeing that 
 cokle is nothing but the privation and absen' -^ of heat), and 
 if one cause be wanting and the other present the effect will 
 grow indifferent. Therefore this is to be undorstanded, that 
 the nearer anyc region is to the cquinoctiall the higher the 
 sunne doeth rise over their heades at noone, and so maketh 
 either righte or ncare righte angles, but the sun tarrycth 
 with them so much the shorter time, and eauseth shorter 
 dayes, with longer and colder nights, to restore the domage 
 of the daye paste, by reason of the moisture consumed by 
 vapour. But in such reasons, over the which the sun riseth 
 lower (as in regions extended toward cs cyther pole) it maketh 
 there unequall angles, but the ; mnc continueth longer, and 
 maketh longer dayes, and eauseth so much shorter and 
 warmer nights, as retayning warmo vapoures of the daye 
 paste. For there are found by experience sommer nights in "",r"'.^'' 
 Scotland and Gothland very hot, when under the cquinoctiall f.',',',^; nip^f, 
 they are found very colde. This benefit of the sunnes long equruocuuu. 
 continuance and encrease of the day, doth augment so muche 
 the more in coldc regions, as they are nearer the poles, and 
 eeaseth not encrcasing, until it come directly under the point 
 of the pole articke, where the sunne continueth above 
 groundc the space of sixc moncths or halfe a yeare togithcr, ^/'"^'e^'^ 
 and so the daye is halfe a yere longe, that is the time of """"="'*• 
 y^ suns being in the north signes, from the first degree of 
 Aries until the last of Virgo, that is all the time from our 10 
 day of March, untill the 14th of September. The sun there- 
 fore during the time of these 6 moncths without any offence 
 or hinderaunce of the nighte, gyveth his influence upon those 
 landes with heate that never eeaseth during that time, which 
 maketh to the great increase of sommer, by reason of the 
 sunnes continuance. Therefore it followeth, that though the 
 sunne be not there very high over their heads to cause right 
 
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CA 
 
 TIIK FlUST VOYAGK 
 
 The sun 
 never 
 setteth in 
 a 182 daycB. 
 
 Horizon 
 iinil equi- 
 noctiall one 
 under the 
 pole. 
 
 angle beams and to give great heate, yet the sun being tberc 
 sometime almost 24 degrees bigh, dotb caste a convenient and 
 meanc beate wbicb tbere continuetb witbout bindorance of 
 tbe nigbt tbe space of six monetbs (as is before saide) during 
 Mbicbe time tbere folowetb to be a convenient, moderate and 
 temperate beat, or else ratlier it is to be suspected tbe beat 
 tbere to be very great, botb for continuance and also quia 
 tiritis unita crcscit, tbe vcrtue and strengtb of beat united in 
 one encreasctb. If tlien tbero be sucbe a moderate beat 
 under tbe poles, and tbe same to continue so long time, wbat 
 shoulde move tbe olde writers to save tbere cannot be place 
 for babitation. And tliat tbe certaintie of tbis temperate 
 beat under botb tbe poles migbt more manifestlye appeare, 
 lette us consider tbe position and qualitie of tbe spbcrc, tbe 
 lengtb of tbe day, and so to gatber tlie beigbte of tbe sunne 
 at all times, and by consequent tbe quantitie of bis angle, and 
 so lastely tbe strengtb of bis beate. 
 
 Tbose landcs and regions lying under tbe pole and baving 
 tbe pole for tbeir zenitb, muste needes bave tbe cquinoctiall 
 circle for tbeir horizon, tberefore tbe sunne entring into tbe 
 uortb signes, and describing every 24 boures a paralell to 
 tbe cquinoctiall by tbe diurnall motion of Primum Mobile, 
 tbe same paralels must needes be wbolcly above tbe borizon, 
 and so lookc bow many degrees tbere are from tbe fyrst of 
 Aries to tbe last of Virgo, so many wbole revolutions tbere 
 are above tbeyr borizon y' dwell under tbe pole, whicbe 
 amountetb to 182, and so manye of oure dayes tbe sunne 
 continuetb witb tbcm. During wbycb tyme tbey bave tbere 
 continuall daye and ligbte witboute anye binderaunce of 
 moistc nigbtes. Yet it is to be noted tbat tbe sunne being 
 in tbe fyrst degree of Aries, and lastc degree of Virgo, maketb 
 bis revolution in tbe very borizon, so tbat in tbese 24 boures 
 balfe tbe body of tbe sunne is above tbe borizon and the 
 other balfe is under tbis only center, describing botb the 
 borizon and tbe cquinoctiall circle. 
 
OF MARTIN |-Ut)l»l.sm:H. 
 
 'So 
 
 nocliall 
 nto the 
 ell to 
 Mohilr, 
 orizon, 
 vrst of 
 there 
 ,^hiche 
 sunne 
 e there 
 nee of 
 being 
 lakcth 
 houres 
 nd the 
 )th the 
 
 And therefore seeing the greatest deelination of the sun is 
 almost 24 degrees, it followeth his greatest height in tliosc 
 countries to be almost ;24 degrees. And so higli is the sun lomion. 
 at noonc to us in London about y" 29 of October, being in 
 the 15 degree of Scorpio, and likewise the 21 of January 
 being in the 15 of A(]uarius. Therefore looke what force 
 the sun at noone hath in London the 29th ot October, the 
 same force of heate it hathe, to them that dwell under the i)ole, 
 the space almost of two moiicths, during the time of the 
 sommer solstiliimi. and that without intermingling of any 
 colde night : so that if the heate of the sunne at noone coulde 
 he well measured in London (which is vcrye harde to do, 
 bycause of the long nights, whiche engender greate moysture 
 and, colde), then woulde manifcstlye appeare by expresse 
 numbers the mancr of the heate under the poles, which cer- 
 tainly must needes be to the inhabitants vcrye commodious 
 and profitable, if it inclyne not to over much heate, anil if 
 moysture do not want. 
 
 For as in October in England we find temperate aire, and 
 have in our gardens hearbes and flourcs notwithstanding our 
 colde nights, how much more shoulde they have y" same 
 good ayre, being continual without night. This heate of 
 ours continueth but one houre while the sunne is in y" meri- 
 dian, but theirs continueth a. long time in one height. 'J'his 
 our heate is weake, and by the coolenesse of the night .an- 
 isheth ; that heate is strong, and by continual accesse is still 
 increased and strengthened. And thus by a similitude of 
 the equal height of the sunne in both places, appeareth the <',.imiii<.- 
 
 ^ . , ilii'iiH 'Miller 
 
 commodious and moderate heate of the regions under the ^'"^ i'"''^'^- 
 ])oles. 
 
 And surely I can not thinke that the divine providence 
 hath made any thing uncommunieable, but to have given 
 such order to all things that one way or other the same 
 shoulde be emploied, and that every thing and place should 
 be tollerable to the next. But especiallye all things in this 
 
 F 
 
66 
 
 rur. FIUST VOYAfiK 
 
 Tho liitrliU'8 
 under llio 
 jKile. 
 
 'I'ho twy- 
 liglils nivo 
 liglit uiuler 
 tin- pole 
 (iliiKiHle at 
 tliH winter. 
 
 lower world hv <ri\en to niim to have doniinion aiul use 
 thereof". Tliercfore wee ncedi' no lonsjer to doulit ol tin- 
 temperate and commodious habitation under the poles during; 
 tho tymc of sonimer. 
 
 And al the controversie eonsisteth in the winter, lor then 
 the sun leaveth those regions, and is no more scene lor the 
 space of other sixe months, in the wliich time al the sunncs 
 course is uiulcr their horizon for the space; of halfe a yeare, 
 and then those regions (saye some) mustc needs he de- 
 formed with horible darkenesse and continuall nyghtc, 
 whiche maye he the cause that beast( can not seeke theyr 
 foode, and that also the cold should then he intollerable. 
 Jiy which doid)le evils al living creatures should be con- 
 strayned to die, and were not able to indure the extrcmitie 
 and injurie of winter and famine ensuing thereof, hut that 
 all things shoulde perish before the sommcr folowing, when 
 they should bring forth their broode and yong, and that for 
 those causes y" said clime about the pole shold be desolate 
 and not habitable. To al which objections may be answered 
 in this manner : first, that thoughe the sun be absent from 
 them those five months, yet it followeth not there should he 
 such extrcamc darkenesse, for as the sunne is departed under 
 their horizon, so is it not farre from them. And not so 
 soonc as the sunne falleth, so sodainely commeth the darke 
 night, but the evening doth substitute and prolong the daye 
 a good while after by twilight. After which time the resi- 
 due of y" night receiveth light of the moone and starres 
 untill the breake of the day, which giveth also a certaine 
 light before the sunnes rising, so that by these means the 
 nights arc seldom dark, which is verified in all parts of the 
 world, but least in the middle zone luider the equinoctinll, 
 where the twylights are short and the nights darker than 
 in any other place, bycause the sm gocth under their 
 horizon so deepe, even to their antipodes. Wee sec in Eng- 
 Irmde in the sommcr nights, when the sun goeth not f.n 
 
OK M Ml'I'tN lllOl'.ISMK.K. 
 
 (iT 
 
 uiulrr the horizon, tli it liy ili(< li<f|if nl' the nioonc aiul stars 
 
 wrc may travel al nit;lit, and iforcasioii were do soinci othrr 
 
 labour also. And tlirro is no man that doiditclh whether 
 
 our ciittd can see to fccde in y'" nights, sccinuf wcr arc so 
 
 well certified thereof by onr experience : and by reason of 
 
 the sphere, our nii^hts shouhl be (huker than any time iIf','VN'i'i''iiu 
 
 under the poles. 
 
 The astronomers consent that the sun, desrendint? from 
 our upper hemisphere^ at the 18 paralell u;ider the hori/on, 
 maketh an end of twylicht, so that at length the darke night 
 cnsuetli, and that afterward in the morning, the sun ap- 
 ])roaching againe within as many paral(>ls, doth drive away 
 v'' night bv aceesse of v" twvlight. Againe, bv the position 
 of the sphere under y" pole, the horizon and tiie equinoctiall 
 are al one. 'J'hese revolutions therefore that are paralell to 
 the equinoctiall are also paralel to the horizon, so that the 
 ^un descending under y" horizon, and there describing cer- 
 tain paralcls not farre distant, doeth lud bringe darke nights 
 to those regions until it come to the paralels distant 1>> 
 degrees from y" equinoctiall, that is, about y*" ~1 degree of 
 Scorpio, which wil be about y'' 4 day of our Novendier and 
 iifter the winter solstitium, y'' sun retourning backe againe 
 to y" 9 degree of A([uarius, whiche wil be aboute y" 19 of 
 fanuary. during which time only, 'hat is from y'' 4 of No- 
 vember untill the xix day of January, which is about six 
 weeks spooe, those regions do want y commodi<ie of twy- 
 lights. Therefore, during y*" time of these said six monoths iim six 
 
 ot darkncsse under v*' polos, y*" night is destitute ot y" l)enent ni..i.Tiii.' 
 •' ^ _ •' " •' II.. ii. 
 
 of y» sun, and y" said twilights, only for y'' space of six weeks 
 or thereabout. And yet neither this time of six weeks is 
 without remedy fro heaven. For y'' moone with hir en- 
 creased light bathe aceesse at that time and illuininateth the 
 moncths, lacking light every one of themselves severally 
 halfe the course of y° inoneth. by whose benefite it commeth 
 to passe y' y'' night named extreame dark pos^osseth those 
 
08 
 
 THR FIHST VOYAOR 
 
 Tho orflH- 
 turps "f that 
 noiiiiti ill ai'u 
 |irovl(lii(l fur 
 tlio GUlU, 
 
 An objec- 
 tion of Meta 
 Inoogiiita. 
 
 rcj»ions no longer than one moncth, neither that continuallv 
 or al at one time, but this also divided into two sorts of 
 shorter nights, of y" which either of them endureth for y' 
 space of 15 daycs, and are illuminate of y" moonc accord- 
 ingly. And this reason is gathered out of the spherv , 
 whereby wc may testifie y' the sommers are warme and 
 fruitful, and the winters nights under the pole are tollerable 
 to living creatures. And if it be so that the winter and time 
 of darknes there be very cold, yet hath not nature left them 
 unprovided therefore. For there y" beasts are covered with 
 haire so muchc the thicker in how much the vehemencie of 
 cold is greater, by reason wherof the best and richest furrcs 
 are broughte out of the coldest regions. Also the foules of 
 these cold countries have thicker skins, thicker feathers, and 
 more stored of down than in other hot places. Our Eng- 
 lishmen that travel to S. Nicholas, and go a fishing to Ward- 
 house, enter far within the circle artikc, and so are in the 
 froxcn zone ; and yet there, as well as in Iseland, and all 
 along those northern seas, they finde the greatest store of 
 the greatest fishes that are, as whales, etc., and also abund- 
 ance of meane fishes, as herings, coddes, haddockes, brettes, 
 etc., whiche argucth, that the sea as well as the land, maye 
 bee and is well frequented and inhabited in the coldc 
 countries. 
 
 lint some, perhaps, will marvel there should be such 
 temperate places in y" regions aboute y" poles when at 
 under degrees in latitude, our Captaine Frobisher and 
 his companye were troubled w vth so nianye and so great 
 mountaines of fleeting ise, with so great stormes of colcle, 
 with such continuall snow on toppes of mountaines, and 
 with such barren soyle, there being neither woodde or trees, 
 but lowc shrubbes, and suche like. To al which objections 
 may be answered thus : — First, those infinite ilandes of ise 
 were engendered and congealed in timo of winter, and now 
 by the gret heate of sommer were thawed, and then bv 
 
<)1- MARTIN MIoniSUKK. 
 
 09 
 
 <'M)Cs, floiulcs, wintlcs, and currants, wore driven to and fro, 
 and troubled the fleete, so that this is an argument to prove 
 the heat in somnier there to be great, that was able to thaw 
 so monstrous mountaincs of isc. As for continuall snow on 
 tops of mountains, it is ther no otherwise than is in the 
 hottest parte of the middle zone, where also lyctii great 
 snowe al the sommcr long uppon toppes of mountaines, 
 bycause there is not sufRcient space for the sunncs reflec- 
 tion wherby the snowc should be molten. Touching the 
 tolde stormy windes, and the barrennessc of the country, it 
 is there, as it is in Cormoall and Dcconshirc iu England, 
 which parts, thoughe wc know to be fruitful and fertile, yet 
 on the north side therof al alongst the coast within seaven 
 or eight mylcs off the sea, there can neither hedge nor tree 
 grow, althoughc they be diligently by art husbanded and 
 scene unto ; and the cause therof are the northerne driving 
 windes, whiche, coming from the sea, are so bitter and sharp, 
 that they kill al y" yong and tender plants, and suffer scarce 
 anything to grow, and so is it in y^ ilands of j\Icta Incoynita, mc'ii in- 
 which are subject most to cast and northerne winds, which '"'"''''i«'' 
 y" last were choked up y^ passage so with ise, that the fleet 
 could hardly recover their port ; yet, notwithstanding nil 
 the objections that may be, the countrey is habitvable, for 
 there Jfi'e men, women, children, and sundric kind of beastes 
 in great plent^e, as beares, derc, hares, foxes, and dogges : 
 all kind of flying fowles, as duckes, seamews, wilmots, 
 partriches, larkcs, crowes, hawkes, and such like, as in the 
 thirdc booke you shall understand more at large. Then it 
 appeareth, that not only the middle zone, but also the zones 
 about the poles are habitable, which thing being well con- 
 sidered, and familiarly knowen to our generall Captaine fnpfnine 
 Frobisher, as Avell for that he is thoroughly furnished of the 
 knowledge of the sphere, and all other skilles apperteyning 
 to the art of navigation, as also for the confirmation he hath 
 of the same by many yearcs experience, both by sea and 
 
70 
 
 I HE FlUSI' V()YA(iK 
 
 I'l'dblhliei'i 
 Cuslvcijaye 
 
 Captiiilic 
 Fiiibislier 
 lireteudeil 
 lliis disco- 
 vei-ie iibuvii 
 XV yciires 
 agoe. 
 
 laud, ami bcinii; persuiuleil ul a now and ncercr passage to 
 Cataya, tlian by Capo d'buona Spcranza, which the Portu- 
 galles yeerly use. He began first with hiniscHc to devise, 
 and then with his friendes to conferre, and hiyde a phiyne 
 platte unto them, that that voyage was not oncly possible by 
 the north-weast, but also, as he coulde prove, casie to bee 
 performed. And further, he determined and resolved wyth 
 himselfe, to go make full proofe thereof, and to accomplishe, 
 or bring true certificate of the truth, or else never to rctournc 
 againe, knowing this to be the onely thing of the worlde 
 that was left yet undone, whereby a notable mind mighte 
 be made famous and fortunate. But although his will were 
 great to performe this notable voyage, whereof hee had con- 
 ceyved in his mind a great hope, by sundry sure reasons 
 and secret intelligence, whiche heere, for sundry causes, 1 
 leave untouched — yet he wanted altogither nieancs and 
 abilitie to set forward and performe the same. Long tymc 
 he conferred with his private friendes of these secretes, autl 
 made also manye offers for the performing of the same in 
 effect unto sundry merchants of our countrey, above fifteen 
 ycares before he attempted the same, as by good witnesse 
 shall well appeare (albeit some evill willers whiche challenge 
 to themselves the frutes of other mens laboures, have 
 greately injured him in the reportes of the same, saying that 
 they have bin the first authors of that action, and that they 
 have learned him the way, which themselves, as yet, have 
 never gone). But perceyving that hardly he was hearkened 
 unto of the merchants, whiche never regarde vertue without*; 
 sure, certayne, and present gaynes,hce repayred to the courtc 
 (from whence, as from the fountaine of oure commonwealth, 
 all good causes have thcyr chiefe encrease and mayntenance), 
 and there layde open to manye great estates and learned men, 
 theplot and summe of hysdevise. And amongst manyehonour- 
 able myndes whyche favoured hys honest and commendable 
 enterprise, he was specially bounde and beholdyiig to the 
 
OK MAKIIX FKOIilSHKK. 
 
 1 
 
 rvghtc honourable Ambioso Dudley, Earle of Warwicke, 
 whose favourable mynde and good 4" .position, hath alwaycs 
 bin readye to countenance and advance all honest actions 
 wyth the authors and executors of the same ; and so by 
 nicanes of my lordc hys honourable countenance, hec recyvcd 
 some comforte of hys cause, and by little and little, with no 
 small expense and payne, brought hys cause to some perfec- 
 tion, and haddc drawen togither so many adventurers and 
 suchc summes of money as myghte well defray a reasonable 
 charge, to furnishe hymselfe tb sea withall. 
 
 He prepared two small barkes of twentie and fyve and 
 twentio tunne a pcecc, wherein hee intended to accomplish 
 his pretended voyage. Wherefore, becying furnished wytli 
 the foresayde two barkes and one small pinnesse of tenne 
 tunne burthen, havyng therein victuals and other nccccs- 
 saries for twelve monethcs provision, he departed uppon the 
 sayde voyage from Blackewall the fiftenth of June, Anno 
 Domini 1570. 
 
 One of the larkes wherein he wente, was named the 
 (jabriell and the other tlie Michael!, and sayling north- 
 weast from Englandc uppon the firste of July, at length he 
 hadde sighte of a highe and ragged landc, whiclu; he judged 
 Freeselande (whereof some authours have made mention), 
 but durst not approche the same by reason of the greate 
 store of ise that lay alongst the coast, and the grcatc mistes 
 that troubled them not a little. 
 
 Not larre from thence hee lost companye of his small pin- 
 nesse, whichc, by mcanes of the greate storme, he supposed 
 to bee swallowed uppe of the sea, wherein he lost onely 
 fourr men. 
 
 Also the other barke named the Michael! mistrusting the 
 matter, conveyed themselves privilic away from liim, and 
 retourned home wyth greate r(^port(> that he was cast awaye. 
 
 'Ihe woithu; eaplayne. iiotwitluNlauding tliese discomforted, 
 .tliliougli liis must was sprung, aiul liis tuppc mast blowcn 
 
 l''iiriutMrt> 
 l'i)r llie first 
 vojiigo. 
 
 (iiibriell uuil 
 Mi had I. 
 
 |>iriiiii8S0 
 lost, 
 
 I'lio 
 
 Micliiicll 
 rotunieil 
 liuiiic. 
 
7^2 
 
 TIIK 1 IKST VOYAGE 
 
 JCIiziiliollia 
 t'orlttiiiie. 
 
 Krobislicrs 
 lirst en- 
 iraiiou 
 within the 
 streigUtes, 
 
 Frobisliers 
 
 overboorde wytli extreamc foulc weather, continued hys 
 course towardes the north-weast, knowing that the sea at 
 length must ncedes have an endyng, and that some lande 
 shoulde have a beginning tliat way ; and determined, there- 
 fore, at the least, to bryng true proofe what lande and sea 
 tlie same myght bee, so farre to the northweastwardes, 
 beyondc anye man that hathe hccrctofore discovered. And 
 the twentieth of July hee hadde sighte of a highe lande, 
 whyche hee called Queene Elizabeth's Forlande, after hyr 
 Majesties name, and sayling more northerlic alongst the 
 coast he descried another forlande with a grcate gutte, bay, 
 or passage, deviding as it were, two maynelands or conti- 
 nents asunder. There he met with store of exceeding great 
 ise al this coast along, and coveting still to continue his 
 course to the northwardes, was alwayes by contrarie winde 
 dttcyned overthwarte these straytes, and could not get 
 beyondc. Within few days after he perceyved the ise to be 
 well consumed and gone, eyther there engulfed in by some 
 swifte currants or in draftes caried more to the southwardes 
 of the same straytes, or else conveyed some other way ; 
 wherefore he determined to make profe of this place to see 
 how i'ar that gutte had continuance, and whether he mighte 
 Carrie himselfe through the same into some open sea on the 
 backc syde, whereof he conceyved no small hope, and so 
 entred the same the one-and-twentieth of July, and passed 
 above fyftie leagues therein, as hee reported, having upon 
 eyther liande a greate mayne or continent ; and that land 
 uppon hys right hande as hee sayled westward, he judged to 
 be the continente of Asia, and there to bee devided from the 
 firmc of America, whiche lyeth uppou the lefte hande over 
 against the same. 
 
 This place he named after his name Frobishcr's Streytes, 
 lyke as Magcllanus at the south-weast ende of the worlde 
 having discovered the pasoage to the South Sea (where 
 America is devided from the continente of that lande whiche 
 
oy MARTIN FROniSTIRR. 
 
 73 
 
 iCVC 
 
 liclie 
 
 lyeth under the south pole), and called the same straites 
 Magcllancs streightes. After he hadde passed (30 leagues 
 into this foresaydc strayte hce wcnte ashore, and founde 
 signe where fire had hin made. 
 
 He saw mightic decre y' seemed to be mankind, which 
 ranne at hiin, and hardly he escaped with his life in a nar- 
 row way, where he was faine to use defence and policie to 
 save his life. 
 
 In this place he saw and perceyved sundry tokens of the 
 peoples resorting thither, and being ashore upon the toppe 
 of a hill, he perceived a number of small things fleeting in 
 the sea afarre off, whyche hec supposed to be porposes or 
 scales, or some kinde of strange fishc ; but coming nearer, 
 he discovered them to be men in small boates made of leather. 
 And before he could descende downe from the hyll certain 
 of those people had almost cut off his boate from him, having 
 stoUen secretly behmde the rocks for that purpose, where he 
 speedily hasted to his boate and bente himselfe to his holbcrte, 
 and narrowly escaped the daungcr and saved his bote. After- 
 wards he had sundry conferences with them, and they came 
 aborde his ship, and brought him salmon and raw fleshe and 
 fishe, and greedily devoured the same before our mens faces. 
 And to shewe their agilitie, they tryed many rnaisterics upon 
 the ropes of the ship after our mariners fashion, and appeared 
 to be very strong of thcyr amies and nimble of their bodies. 
 They exchaunged coates of scale and beares skinncs, and 
 suche like, with oure men, and received belles, looking- 
 glasses, and other toycs in recompence thereof againe. After 
 great curtesie and many meetings, our mariners, contrarie to 
 theyr captaines dyrcction, began more easily to trust them, 
 and five of oure men going ashoarc, were by them inter- 
 cepted with theyr boate, and were never since hearde of to 
 this daye againe. So that the captaine being destitute of 
 boate, barke, and al company, had scarcely sufficient number 
 to conduct back his bark againe. lie couldc nowe neither 
 
 nooro. 
 
 Tlie ftrste 
 aiKlil, of the 
 sulvu}.;o. 
 
 Salmoa. 
 
 Kivo ling- 
 liuliiiion 
 ilitt'iiU'|.teil 
 unci t:ikuii. 
 
'I UK FinST VOYAOK 
 
 convey himsclfe ashore to rescue his nun (if he had bin 
 !ibh), lor want of a bonte ; and again, the snbtilc traytours 
 were so wario as they would after that never come within 
 our mens danger. The capt.iine, notwithstanding, desirous 
 to bring sonic token from thence of his being there, was 
 greatly discontented that he had not before apprehended 
 some of them. And therefore to deceive the deceivers he 
 wrought a prettie pollicie, for knowing well how they greatly 
 delighted in our toyes, and specially in belles, he rang a 
 pretie lowbel, making wise that he would give him the same 
 that would come and fetch it. And bycause they would not 
 come within his daunger for feave, he Hung one bell unto 
 them, which of purpose he threw shirt that it might fal into 
 the sea and be lost. And to make them more greedie of the 
 matter he rang a lowder bell, so that in the ende one of them 
 came neare the ship side to receive the bell, which, when he 
 thought to take at the captaine's hand he was thereby taken 
 himself: for the captain being rcdily provided, let the bcl 
 fal and cought the man fast, and plucked him with maine 
 force boate and al into his bark out of the sea. Wherupon, 
 when he founde himself in captivitie, for very choller and 
 disdain, he bit his tong in twaync within his mouth : not- 
 withstanding, he died not therof, but lived untill he came in 
 Englandc, and then he died of colde which he had taken 
 at sea. 
 
 Nowe with this ncwe pray (whiche was a sufliciont wit- 
 nesse of the captaines farre and tedious travcll towards the 
 unknowne partes of the worlde, as did well appeare by this 
 strange Iniidcl, whose like was never seen, rod, nor harde 
 of before, and whose language was neyther knowne nor 
 Kioiiisiiers undcrstoodc of anye) the saide Captaine Frobisher retourncd 
 homeward, and arrived in England in August folowing, 
 an. 157G, where he was highly commended of all men for 
 his great and notable attempt, but specially famous for th( 
 great hope he brought of the passage to Calaya, which he 
 
 Tiikiii^; of 
 llin liist 
 siiviige. 
 
 i-Glurne. 
 
Ol- MARTIN riiOIUSHKH. 
 
 to 
 
 (loubtecl nothing at all to find and passe through in those 
 ])arts, as he reportcth. 
 
 And it is especially to be remcmbred at the first arrivall 
 in those partes, there laye so great store of ise all the coastc 
 along so thickc togither, that liardely his boate coulde passe 
 unto the shoare. At lengthe, after diverse attempts, he 
 commaunded his company if by anye possible meanes they 
 could get ashore, to bring him whatsoever thing they could 
 first find, whether it were living- or dead, stocke or stone, in 
 token of Christian possession, which thereby he toke in 
 bchalfe of the ()uecnes most excellent Majestic, thinking 
 that thcrby he might justify the having and enjoying of y" 
 same things that grew in these unknowne partes. 
 
 Some of his companye broughte floures, some grecne 
 grasse, and one broixght a pecce of a blacke stone, much 
 iyke to a scacole in colourc, whiche by the waight seemed 
 to be some kinde of mettall or mynerall. This was a thing 
 of no accompt in the judgement of the captain at the first 
 sight. And yet for novelty it was kept, in respect of the 
 place from whence it came. 
 
 After his arrival in London, being demanded of sundrie 
 his fricndcs what thing ho had brought them home of that 
 country, he had nothing left to present them withall but a 
 pcece of this black stone. And it fortuned a gentlewoman, 
 one of y® adventurers wives, to have a pecce thereof, which 
 by chance she threw and burned in the fire, so long, that 
 at the length being taken forth and quenched in a little 
 vinegre, it glistered with a bright Marquesset of golde. 
 ^\ hereupon the matter being called in some question, it was 
 brought to certain goldfinders in I^ondon to make assay 
 therof, who indeed found it to hold gold, and that very 
 ritchly for the quantity. Afterwards, the same goldfinders 
 promised great matters thereof if there were anye store to be 
 lound, and offred themselves to adventure for the serchin-' 
 nf those partes from whence the same was brought. Some, 
 
 Till' Uikiii); 
 pMssi'saioii 
 of Mclii 
 llico;;iiil,L. 
 
 How I in: ort! 
 was liiiiiiil 
 by cliaiici'. 
 
 Miiiiy 
 itilveiiluiL.-. 
 
7() 
 
 TIIK FIRST VOYAOK Ol-' MAUTIN FUOIJKSIIKU. 
 
 Jn the 
 
 second voy- 
 nuncfimiiiis 
 Himi WHS 
 jiiveii only 
 lor \« 
 bmitjint} 
 uf ore. 
 
 that had great hope of the matter, sought secretly to have a 
 lease at hir Majesties hands of those places, whereby to 
 enjoy the masse of so great a publike profit unto their owne 
 private gaines. 
 
 In conclusion, the hope of the same golde ore to be 
 founde, kindled a greater opinion in the heanes of many to 
 advaunce the voyage againe. Whereupon preparation was 
 made for a newe voyage against the ycare following, and 
 the captaine more specially directed by commission for the 
 searching more of this golde ore than for the searching any 
 further of the passage. And being wel accompanied with 
 diverse resolute and forward gentlemen, hir Majestic then 
 jyiu"- at the right honourable the Lord of Warwicks house 
 in Essex, came to take theyr leaves, and kissing hir high- 
 nesse hands, with gracious countenance and comfortable 
 words departed towardes their charge. 
 
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 APPARENTLY BY MICHAEIj I,OK. 
 MICHAEL LOKS ACCOUNT OF HIS CONNECTION WITH CAPTAIN 
 
 FUOBISHER. 
 MR. LOCKES DISCOARS TOUCHING THE EURE. 
 MR. MARTIN FURllISHERS PETITION TO HER MAJESTIE. 
 A BRIEFE NOTE OP THE COSTR OF THREE SHIPPS. 
 A NOTE OF PROVISION AND FURNVTURE FOR THE SAMK. 
 SHIPPINQE THOWGHT MEET TO BE EMPLOYED. 
 THE NAMES OP THE VENTURERS. 
 
 REPORT ON THE OUTFIT FOR THE SECOND VOYAGE. 
 ARTICLES OP GRAUNT FROM THE QUEENS MAJESTIE TO THE 
 
 COMPANY OF KATHAY. 
 ARTICLES CONSENTED TO AND FULLY AGREEDE BY TIIK COMPANY 
 
 OF KATHAY. 
 
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STATE TAIM'.RS SUHSI-XiUKNT TO THE ITUST VOYAOR. 
 
 [Otho, E., viii, fol. 4G (47) ; Colonial, 27.) 
 
 KAST TN'ni-v HY nri'. north wi:sTw[Anj)]. 
 
 Captayn hath now allready and liatli put that matter owt of fall 
 <l<"i\vl)t I that he there hath found the same seas | [lassinf; from ) the one into 
 tlic other. Neither node I [say anythi]ng touchinj? the natural) riches 
 and infinit t[reas]or and the great trafhk of rich merchandise thjat] is in 
 those cuntrics of Kathay, 'Jliina, India, and [other] cuntries therahouts, 
 for that every hokc of histo[ry or] cosmography of those parts of the 
 world, which a[rc| to bo had in < uery pryntcrs shop, doo declare [the] 
 same at large : and the cuntrics of Spayn and Portingale doo fynde and 
 fecle the same to their great ioy. But of the matters that chietly moved 
 me to cnterjjrise and avancc thi^ new voyage, and to venture my mony 
 therein so largely : I will say briefly that three things chiefly moved mc 
 thereto. First : The great ' -ipe to fy[nde] our English seas open into 
 the seas of East India by tliat way, which I conceved by the great 
 likelyhood thcrof which 1 found in reading the histories of many mens 
 travailcs toward that parte of the world, whereby wc might have passage 
 l>y sea to those rich cuntries for tralfik of merchandize, which was the 
 thing I chiefly desyred. Secondly : 1 was assured by manifoMc good 
 proofs of dyvcrs travailers and histories, that the cuntries of Baccaleaw, 
 Canada, and the new fownd lands thereto adioining, were full of people 
 and full of such commodities and merchandize, as are in the cuntries 
 of Lappia, Russia, Moscovia, I'ermia, Pechora, Samoiutza, and tiie 
 cuntries thereto adioyning, which are I'urres, hydes, wax, tallow, oyle, 
 and other. Whereby yf yt should happen those new lands to stretch to 
 the north pole so that we could not have passage bj- sea that way which 
 wc sought to the northwestward to pas into East India, yet in those same 
 new lands to the northwestward might be established the like trade of 
 merchandize, as is now, in the other sayd cuntries of the that 
 
 r^n the sea co.asts to the northwestwards [abundajnce of 
 
 tish of many kyudes, and of whaj les and other gre]at flsshcs whcrof 
 the trane oyle is made [and the best] place for fisshing thcrof that 
 U in any pla[ce in the w|orld whereby would allso grow to tjio 
 
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 realm, and [to all the] followers therof great riches and fioncfit. And now, 
 to spcako of the good inyndc and sufficient | courage J of this rare and vali- 
 ant Captayn Martyn Fr()liy[shcr], who hath thus jiuthis lyfo in so great 
 hazard and endured sucii great latiours for the henefit of his cuntry, 
 as the like is not to be read of in any history, yf his dooings and theirs 
 he duly consydcrcd and compared. My chxpicncc and wit arc 
 
 unsufficicnt duly to declare the same. Neverthelus, according to my 
 Bmall talent therein, I will briefly show my good will towards liim in 
 <leclaring the trutho of him and his dooings according to my knowledge 
 and true information had thereof, referring his due con\mcndation8 
 therefore unto other whom God shall move in due tymo to doo the same, 
 according to his great good deserts. lie was borne at of 
 
 honest parentage — ^jentlemen of a good house and aiitiijuity, who, in 
 his youth for lak of good scholcs therabout, sent him to London, being 
 of the n,gc of yercs, where ho was put to Sir Joim York, knight, now 
 deceased, being his kinsman ; who, perceiving him to be of great sjiirit 
 and bould courage, and naturall hardnes of body, sent him in the ship 
 named to the bote cuntry of Guinea in com|)any of other 
 
 ships which were set owt by dyvcrs merchants of London, Anno Domini 
 in which voyage &c., [f]hus being furnished with ship[8 and all 
 other things] necessary in as ample manner as th.) [ftinds supplied] would 
 reach : in the name of Ood he set [sail and depa]rted withall on his voyage 
 from Ratclyfe the vii day of June, anno domini 157(5, and [Gr]aves- 
 cnd the xiiday of June aforesayd. And bci[ng a hjwart of Ilarwith the 
 xiii day with a contrary wynd he put into Harwich, and departed agayn 
 from thence [on the] xiiii day, and passing along the coast northwards 
 with skant wyndes was put agayn to Harwich three tym[es], and 
 
 arived at Yarmouth Road the xviii^'' day, and set sail from thence the 
 xixth day, and with fayr weather .ariveil at the Ilo of Shotland the 
 xxvi day of June, Avbcr[e] they ankered one tyde to refresh their water. 
 And the same day at night set saylc agayne with a large wynd and fayr 
 weather on their way northwestward untill tb[cj xxx"' day, wherou 
 the weather grew to very great storm, which continued untill the viii 
 day of July, in which tyme they could bearc no manner of sayle. And 
 in the sayd night they lost the sight of their small pynnes having three 
 men therein, which they could never syns here of, though they used all 
 possible diligence and means that the Aveather would suffer to seke and 
 save the same. And when the storm ceased they set sayle 
 
 and passed along on their way agayn, and on the xi''' day of July they 
 had sight of land vnknown to them, for they could not come to set foto 
 therou for the marvellous haboundance of monstrous great Hands of ise 
 which lay dryving all alongst the coast therof. But by couiecture had 
 owt of histories and cartes of cosmography yt should sccmc to be the 
 great Ilond of Friseland, which they saw all along by the eastern syde 
 therof. And bearing in nerer to discover the same, they found yt mar- 
 
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 veilo\i8 lii>,'h, and full of hi^jh rag^^cd loks all aloii}^ by tlio coast, and 
 Homo of the ilaiids of isc were iiere yt of such heigth as the clowds 
 hannod about the tops of them, and the byrds that Hew about them were 
 f>wt [(if sight] they lost [shi]ii Michael, to their great disconi- 
 for[tiirc] [u|ntill their return to London for that [comjpany of 
 that ship ^lichael being to make discovery of ncwc lands nor ecu- 
 
 [rage] that he possessed at his departure from [Hcing] now (rather 
 
 wdliiigly then by force), separated from their capta>n, and put to 
 
 their own shift [and gove]rnment, tokc counsaiie with his mariners and 
 com[rades] in the ship what they were best to doc. And among [thcni]- 
 selves concduded (as they say), that having yet a good [ti]me of the yere, 
 ami iudging themselves to bo not far from [the] new land named Labrador, 
 they wolde i)r«jcede accor[din]g to their commission, at the least, to see 
 that land and j)roceeding within iiij dayes, they saw that land, and found 
 I it] so comi)assed with monstrous high ilaiids of ise lleting [li]y the sea 
 shore, that they durst not ajiproche with [th]eir ship, nor land theron 
 with their bote. And , >o] in great discomfort cast about with the ship 
 the [n]ext day : and set their course bak agayn homward to [L]ondon, 
 where they arivcd the first day of Septcmlier. And in this mean tyme 
 the sayd captayn with his ship Gabriel (as is sayd before) being overset 
 with a sea which they shipped on tho xiij day of July in the rage [of J an 
 extreme storm which cast the ship Hat on her syde. And being open in 
 the waystc, fyllud hor with water so as she lay still for sunk : and would 
 not weare nor stuaro with any help of tlio helm : and could never have 
 rysen agayn but by the marvellous work of God's great mercy to help 
 them all. In this distres when all the men in the ship had lost their 
 courage, and did dispayru of lyfc : the captaync like himsell'c with 
 valiant courage stooil up and passed alongst the ship's side in tho 
 chayn wales lying on her flat syde, and caught holde on the weather 
 leche of the foresaile and in the weather coyling of the ship, the foreyard 
 brake. And to lighten the ship, they cut over the misn maste. And 
 the mariners allso would have cut over the uniyn nuiste, which the 
 capit[ayn] [u]pright agayn being full of w[ater]. And so with the 
 
 rolling of the both sydes, tho water yssue<l and withiill [m]any things 
 lleting over the ships sydes. [An]d so they put the ship before the sea all 
 [that day] and next night in that storm : wherin allso they their mayn 
 maste afterward, and mending it ag[ayn]. And tho storm being .cased, 
 and lieing now owt of [hope] any more to mete with his other ship : yet 
 sti[ll de]tcrmined alone to follow his enterprise and voyage a[ccor]ding 
 to commission to the uttermost of his power. A[nd] rather to make a 
 sacrifice onto God of his lyfc than to return home withowt the dis- 
 covery of K[athay] except by compulsion of extreme force and necessity. 
 And so returned to the course of his way toward t[he] Land of Labrador, 
 according to commission. And by fay[re] and by fowlc on the xxixth 
 day of July the capitayn himself first had sight of a new land of a mar- 
 
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 STAII. I'Al'KKS 
 
 veiloiiH groat h<;ith ; wliicli l>y tlio accomit of tlio t^ourso and way they 
 iinlged to lie the liiind of Lalir[iid()r] as in dudo \i\ion j^ood proof after- 
 ward they iiuluc yt s[till] so to ho. The hed land wherof ho named 
 Klizahcth Foreland in memory of the Qiiene'n iMaJestie. And drawing 
 still nere thereto in great eoiiifort, when tiiey approclied nere they fownd 
 the .sea-shore full of monstrou.s high ilands and niountayns of isc tieting 
 and driving with the wynde.s a.id tydes and streams so as they durst not 
 yet approchc with tiieir ship to land theron. Nevertheles remayning 
 still with ho])e hy some means of .serch to fynde a safe place to enter 
 with the ship ; and passing still to and fro along tho costo, still in the 
 sight of land as occasion recjuirod to avoyd dangers : within tho tymc of 
 xvj dayes theyse lieing well consnmed ami gone : they did land in three 
 or four j)Iace8 upon Hands, and the muster of the ship did land upon tho 
 first iland and nat\ed it Halls Hand after his own name, and there 
 repayrcd his ship of her laks and leaks thoy fo[un]d y[t] l)etwene two 
 great mayn [wh]ich they named Froliysher's streict, by [reason of 
 
 his] name who discovered yt : and many ilands good harboroughs 
 
 for ships which they dis[covered as] they passed. And on the xixth Jay 
 of August [they f]ownd an ilaml which liked them, ami named yt 
 hy the naem of one of the marinoi ■ which first [cs[)ycil] the same. And 
 thereon they landed. And the cii i[tayn | and six of his men went to the 
 top of an high moun[tain] therof to discover about them : and there thcio 
 cspyed [vijj strange botes with men rowing toward that iland. [Whjer- 
 upon in great haste they ran down agayn to recover [the )ir own bote which 
 hardly they recrr jred before the ari[va]ll of those vij botes. But so he 
 returned to his ship [wi]th his bote to put all in rcadynes for defence yf 
 iiedc [sh]ould be. And sent abmd his skyf with men, [to] vewo the 
 men and have spoache with them as they could. They made of friend- 
 ship to our men for dcsyre to have [th]em on land to take their rest. 
 And by signes yt was agreed that one of their men came in the skyf 
 aborde the ship, and in pledge for him one of our men went on land to 
 them. And this man being in the ship made great wondering at all 
 things : and tho capitayn gave him to taste of the ship's meat and drink 
 and wyne : but he made no countenance of liking any. And he gave 
 him and other tryfles which he likeil well and toke them with 
 
 him to land where he was delyvered ami our man received bak agayn. 
 And hereby tho captayn perceiving these strange people to be of coun- 
 tenance and conversation proceding of a ni.,ture geven to fyersnes and 
 rapyue, and he being not yet well prejiared in Lis ship for defence, he 
 set sayle presently, and departed theus to take more tyme to prepare for 
 defence to an other iland which they named by name of being 
 
 very nere to the mayn land (on the northern syde) which they named on 
 land. But be[in]g no [vv] [wjynde contrary they passed from [th]e west- 
 ern land : and there ankcrcd [and] prepared them selves to defend the best 
 they [could as] nedc should be ; which was no force having so [small a] 
 
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 shij) now armed with so iaynt und weukc men [who had] so great hihours 
 and disseascs HuHcrcd at the sea [the] captayn only excepted, whoso force 
 and couragfe never] I'liyUil lor ail liis hihoiirs passed. And on tliis [wesjt- 
 erii shore the caiiitayn witli of his men went on [sliore) on an ilnnd 
 mynding to liavc gone to tlio top of an hij;h [iiioiin |t;iyn to discover what 
 he could of the straiets of tlio sea [and] idiid al>out, and there ho saw far 
 the two hed hinds at j the] fiirdest end of the straiets iitid no lii<elyliood of 
 hind to th[e | northwards of tiiem and the great open i)et\vene tli|em] which 
 hy reason of the great tydes of Hood which they found coinming owt of 
 the fame, and for many other good reasons they imlged to he tho West 
 Sea, wlierehy to pas to datiiiiy and to tlic Kast India. And on this syde 
 the sa[yd | hedhmds tiiey saw many ilands nut far asonder. Aj ndj there 
 allso tliey found the wails of xij olde houses of the cuntry-Iike cottages 
 hut no peoj)le in tlieui. Wliich cottages .seemed rather to have hyn 
 woorlc 'of houses, tli[an] dwelling houses where tlioy perchiince u.scd to 
 (Ires leather, trane oylo of .some whales, or scales, or other great tisslies, 
 of whoso hones they saw there great store. And withal) they allso 
 espycd in a valley right under them iij houses covered with leather of 
 scales .skyns like tents, and iillso two dogs. And presently to avoyd 
 danger the ca])tayn with liis men rcpayrcd to the hote at the sea shore 
 and ttssone as they were entred they espycd a great hoto of that cuntry 
 with men therin hiird hy them hehynde a rok, who nuidesignes of frcend- 
 ship (Ky laying their head in their hands) to them : to come on laml and 
 take their rest. But the captayn would not trust them, but made signes 
 to theni to como into his ship. And the master of our ship being one in 
 the bote was his ship before. An[d wc]nt on land to the people 
 
 being who received him and led him by the [iiiind into their] houses, 
 or rather cottages. And they thus [having got tlie] master among them, 
 some of them made secret [signs to tlie] man for pledge in our bote 
 that he should es[cape out] of the bote into the water, which signes th[e 
 cap]itayn perceived. And, therefore, having in bis han[da f layer long 
 partezau gylt, he held the poynt therof [to] the strange mans bre.st, 
 threatening by signes to [ki]ll him yf he did ones stir. And thus the 
 master [w as led into their bouses and there saw their manner of [f|oode 
 and lyfe, which is very strange and beastly, as hereafter shall be shewed. 
 And he being returned to the bote [and] entred therein the stranger 
 kept for pledge was delyvered on land, and jjresently an other of those 
 strange men went willingly in the capitayns bote iiboord the ship to see 
 the same : to whom was given many trylles of haberdash, which plea.sed 
 him well. And he being in the ship thecapitayn had talke with him by 
 signes in a bargayn which they made that he should be their pylot 
 through the Streiets into the West Sea : to pas in his little bote rowing 
 before the ship thither : which he agreed onto, and made signes that in 
 two dayes rowing he should be there : and for his labour he should have 
 many trytiing things which there were shewed him, and laydowti'or him. 
 
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 Yet yf they had thus passed no trust could have byn geven to such a 
 pylot then the capitayn had sene good cause. And hcrvpon this strange 
 pylot was caryed back agayn to land in our ship bote to the end to prc- 
 ]»are himself in his own bote. And bycause tJie capitayn did wisely 
 forsee that these strange people are not to be trusted for any cause nor 
 shew of freendship that they would make, and allso did see the foolish 
 mynde of the mariners that should row the boto with him to be desyrous 
 at the land to have some traffik with the people for their danger 
 
 of los of all of his men to go with them, and he had greater 
 
 "jonfidence than them that they should set that strange [pylot 
 
 on lanjd at the poynt of a certayn rok of that i[land which he | 
 assigned them : which was within his own sight and [so he might ha]ve 
 rescued them yf any force should have byn offfered a gainst them. And 
 that so done they should furthFwith] return back to the ship. But these 
 foolish men, be[iiig] five of them in all in the bote, having set on land 
 th;[s] stranger at the place appointed : the capitayn being fin] the ship 
 saw them quietly put of their bote, and immedia[tely contrary to his 
 commandment and charge geveu th[c_,] rowed furdor l)eyond that poynt 
 of the land owt of hi[s] sight, and there landed iij of them, and the 
 other twayn reste[d] in the bote a little from the land so as ho saw tliem 
 agayn, to whom owt of the ship they made signes and noyse as well as 
 they could to call them to the ship. And immediat[e]ly these two men 
 with the bote rowed into the land agayn to their fellowes owt of his 
 sight, and after that hower he never saw them, nor could here anything 
 of them. And thus the capitayn having lost his bote and five of his 
 best men, to his great discomfort he still remayned with the ship there 
 at anker all that day and next night hoping to here of them agayn. 
 But he could not hero or know anything of them : and thereby ho 
 iudgcd they were taken and kept by .orce. Wherefore the next morn- 
 ing, which was the xx day of August, he set sayle with the ship and 
 pase^d along by thcr houses, as nere as he could, and caused his trum- 
 pet to sound and shot a pcce of oruonancc over the houses but not to 
 touche them. But with all this he could see nothing nor here of his 
 bote or men. And therfere passed from thens to a bay not far of, where 
 he ankered all that day and next night : and from thens returned bak 
 agayn the next moini.ig to the same place where he lost his bote, and 
 there they of the land had sight of his ship. And he hard them of the 
 land laugh or rather not lightly to make peace agayn [with 
 
 them but rathjer depart from thens to other places ther[e to try 
 and f]ynde some other people of that land to whom [their late doi]ngs were 
 unknown, and of them to take some pry[soners for] his own men, wiiich 
 he did for the space of thr[^ee day.s], and fynding none other peoi)le, 
 he then determined of all his men in the ship (except the master) 
 to re[tu]rn aaoyn to the .same place where he lost his bote and men. 
 And being there come to anker vnder that Hand, he perceived that ail 
 
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 the men were gone from ther.s and their houses allso, which was to his 
 greatest discomfort : for [t]hat he remayncd then in dispajre of the 
 recovery of his bote and men any more. Whereby aliso being thu» 
 maymed and disarmed ho uttered dispayred how to procedo furder on 
 his voyage toward Cathay. And most of all other was oppressed with 
 sorrow that he should return back agayn to his cuntry bringing any 
 evidcns or token of any place whereby to certify the world where he had 
 byn. And so remayning in this great perplexity and sorrow more 
 willing to dy than to lyve in that state : suddenly he espyed a number 
 of the botes and men of that cuntry comming towards the ship. Wherat 
 he was revived though he weak state being duly consydercd, he had the 
 more cause to be aftrayd. But he with courage (more than a man) pre- 
 sented, armed, and prepared his ship with all things within necessary 
 for defence ; and allso without he covered the chayn wales and shrowds, 
 and all other places (whore the enemy might take any hold on ' places' 
 any ropes to clamber into the ship) with canvas fast nayled to the ships 
 sydes. So as they could take no hold thereby to enter into the ship 
 being so low and so nere to the water. And in the waste of the 
 ship he placed a pecc of ordonance mynding to shote to synk one of 
 their great botes having xx men therein. And so with the ship 
 under sayle to have recovered some of them for prisoners, yf otherwise 
 he could not come by any of them to redeme his own men. And 
 when their botes being appr[oa]ch[ed] and perceiving the 
 
 defens made men i.iustering in the ships waste fearfuUnes 
 
 of the men which stood before p°ce of ordonance they parting 
 
 from yt pece appered to them : therwith thv;y all themselves 
 
 with their botes, and would approche no n[erer] but drew together in 
 counsaile. And thcrupon we w[ent] to the contrary syde of the ship from 
 the pece of ordonance, and so stayed far of and oneiy one bote with one 
 man therin, which was he that first of all came into the ship, apjiroched 
 very nere to 'to' the ships syde making signes of frcendship that we 
 should on land and ta[ke] our rest. Wherat the capitayn likewise made 
 him signes of freendship as though that he would so doo, and thus en- 
 tertayned him with signes of freendship, and jilaccd him self at the 
 waste of the ship at the svtle alone having at his fete in secret his 
 weapons, and caused all his men to withdraw from him, whereby he 
 might appere to them open as though without any malice. And made 
 offer of small things to geve him at the ship's syde, but the man a while 
 stood in susspition and wolde not approche. Wheropon the captain cast 
 into the sea a shirt and other things that would swym which the streame 
 caryed from the ship, and he toke them up. And likewise made offer of 
 a bell in his hand, which he toke of him hard at the ships syde. 
 
 Wherwithall one of the mariners mynded wi h a botehoke to have 
 taken holde of his bote, which the man espyed and so suddenly put of 
 his bote far from the ship, and in a long tyme would no more ipproche, 
 
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 which was no small grief to tlie capitayn and the rest. Yet at the last 
 with the fayr offers and entisements with gifts of the capitayn he ap- 
 proached agayn with his bote to the shijis syde, Imt stood upon garde with 
 hisoreinonehand next to the ship ready to put of his bote agayn suddenly 
 yf nede should have l)ynthrougli any cause of suspition that he might have 
 perceived. And in this order of dealing in the preseiice of the rest of 
 all his conifiany Ik; toke on hell more at the cap[tayn's hands] 
 self whereby the ship into the [r]oHt of our men. But the capi[tayn] 
 mischief as might happen otfred him freendly countenance 
 
 and made a short urnie [and let the j hell fall into the sea to move the 
 man the to approche more nere within him. Whereat the [man 
 
 seemedj to he greatly sory for the los thereof and therevpon sudde[nly' 
 the] capitayn called for an other hell which allso he [rea]ched to him 
 with a short arme, and in that reache [he] caught holde on the man's 
 hand, and with his other haiul [he] caught holde on his wrest ; and .sud- 
 denly by mayn force of strength plucked l)oth the man and his light 
 bote owt of the sea into the ship in a tryse and so kept him withowt 
 any shew of enmity, and made signes to him presently that yf he would 
 l)iing his V men he should go agaiiie at liberty, but he would not seem 
 to vnderstand his meaning, and therefore he was still kept in the ship 
 with sure garde. This was done in the presence of all the rest of his 
 fellows being within an arrow shote of the ship, whereat they were all 
 marvellously an)ased and thereopon presently cast them selves into 
 counsell and so departed in great haste toward the land with great hal- 
 lowing or howling showts after their manner ; like the howling of 
 wolves or other beasts in the woods. And the capitayn with his ship 
 remayned still there all that day, and ankered iij leges from thens all 
 the night and the next day but could here no newes of his men nor bote 
 nor could perceive by the prysoner that wold come agayn. Whereupon 
 having this strange num prisoner in his ship he toke counsaile with the 
 master and other in the ship what were best to be done. And they all 
 'air agreed that consydering their evell and weak state by the los of 
 their bote and five of their best meii, and the weaknes and little 
 hability of the rest of the men that wen; left in the ship, l>eing but xiij 
 men and lioyes so tyred and sik with laboure of their hard voyage, 
 passed as they were neither habjo well to precede in any long voyage 
 toward the tyme of winter nor yet of retu'-n home already passed 
 than to pro[ceedJ any further with so great danger of the vtt[er loss of 
 the] enterprise for ever after if they should way. And therefore on the 
 xxv day of Aug[ust they set] sayle with their ship keping their course 
 ha[ck to]waril England, and in theirway they had sight of the Hand Frise- 
 land, which they discovered round about but did not land thereon through 
 the difti[culty] of the monstrous great yse which lay lleeting still by [the] 
 land. And after they departed from tlieiis thf^y endu[red] coiitynually 
 extreme storms of weather but the w[ynde] still in their favour home- 
 
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 wanls. So as by the xxvth <lit[y] of Scptciiiher they were on the coast of 
 t^cotlaml in sight of the lies of Orlviicy, ami passed from tlietissoas they 
 ary>ed at Harwich on the ij day of October in safety where they taryed 
 to refresh their sick and weako men, and so came to London witli their 
 ship Gabriel the ixth <iay of October and there were ioyfully received with 
 the great adiiiiration of the pco{)le, bringing with them their strange 
 man and his bote, which was such a wonder onto the whole city and to 
 the rest of the realm that heard of yt as seemed never to have happened 
 the like great matter to any man's knowledge. Wherefore I being not 
 hable to geve to this capitayn his due commendation for this great and 
 strange attempt so well accomplished I leave the dooiug thereof to 
 other which are better hable to enter therinto, that his good renown 
 may lyve for ever according to the woorthines of his well dooings in 
 this matter so greatly appertayning to the benefit of this whole realme 
 of England which he is determined still to follow with the travaile of 
 his body and spending of his lyfe ontill ho have brought the same to 
 such perfection as is desyrcd. 
 
 And because that I have heard report of inany strange tales and 
 fayned fables touching the personage and manners of this strange man, 
 1 have thought good therefore to declare the very truthe thereof to 
 satisfy the world and alLso to expres his picture as well as may be done 
 with ink and paper. lie was a very good shape and 
 
 strongly pight made his head, his nek, his brest a very 
 
 brode face and very fat and fu[ll | his body. But his logs shorter and 
 smaller [than the projportion of his body required, and his hands 
 h]is heare cole blak and long hanging and 'tyer' tyed [in a knot] above 
 his forehead. His eyes little and a little [cole] blak beard. His cuUor 
 of skyn all over his bo[tly and fa]ce of a dark sallow, much like to the 
 tawny Morc.^, [or ra]thcr to the Tartar nation, whereof I think he was. 
 [Ili.s] countenance sullen or churlish and sharp withall. 
 
 Colonial -27. Otlio I'l viii, fol. 41 (42.) 
 
 PASSED ANNO 1577. 
 
 [The] gracious favor of Allmighty God hath byn [alwaies my Pro]- 
 tector these xlv yeres in manner following [and I trust the] same will 
 still protect me allso the rest of my [life to] his glory, to others benefit, 
 and to the cum[fort of | mo and myne. 
 
 My late father Sir William Lok, knight, alderman of [Iion]don, kept 
 me at seholes of grammer in England [un]ti]l I was xiij yeres olde, 
 which was a.d. 1545, [and] he being sworn servant to King Henry 
 VllJth [as] his mercer ; and allso his agent beyond the seas [in] dyvers 
 aftayres, he then sent me over seas to F'lan[d]ers iind France to learn 
 those languages and to know the world. Synce which tyme I have con- 
 tynned these xxxij yeres in travaile of body and study of mynde, fol- 
 
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 lowing my vocation in the trade of merchandise, whcreoft I have spent 
 the first XV yercs in contynuall [tjravaile of body, passing through 
 almost all the ciin[t]ries of Christianity, namely owt of England [i]iito 
 Scotland, Ireland, Flanders, Germany, France, Spaync, Italy, and 
 Grece, both by land and l)y sea, not without great labours, cares, dan- 
 gers and expenses of mony incident ; having had the charge (as capi- 
 tayn) of a great ship of burden 1000 tuns by the space of more then iij 
 yeres in dyvers voyages in the Levant Seas wherewithal! I returned into 
 England. In which travailes i)esides the knowlege of all those famous 
 ' common ' languages of those cuntries I sought also for the knowledge 
 of the state of all their commonwealths chiefly in all matters apperteining 
 to the traflique of merchants. And the rest of my tyme I have spent in 
 England under the bappy raigne of the Queues Majestic now being. 
 Where 'ly a certayn forcible inclination of mynde I have byn drawn 
 contynually as my vocation and care for my family wolde. Cos- 
 
 uio[graphy] arts appertening as in voiages I could get for my 
 
 mony. And [also] acquyring by dyvers conferences with many [foreign] 
 nations, travailers and merchants fa[railiar knowledge] of the state of the 
 whole worlde as might [appcrt]ayu to the benefit of myn aturall cuntry 
 w[ith the) maintenance of myselfe and my family by the tr[ade in] mer- 
 chandise according to ray vocation. And as [lloratius]' sayth : Impigerex- 
 tremos currit mercator ad Indos : Pauperiemfugiens per saxa, per mare, per 
 igncs. The diligent merchant runneth to the furdcst Indians flying poverty 
 by roks, by seas, by fyers ; as by m[a]nifold notes thereof in writing and 
 remaining still by m[c], which being put together wolde not be con- 
 teined in an[y] hundred shetcs of paper that I have made for my own 
 pry vate satisfaction yt may appere. Whereby I am perswaded of great 
 matters. And of late by God's good providence renuyng myne old 
 
 acquayntancc with ]\Iartyn Frobisher gentleman ; and fynding him 
 suflicicnt and ready to execute the atterap[t] of so great matters, I 
 ioyned with him, and to my power advanced him to the world with 
 credit and above myne own power for my parte furnisshed him with 
 things necessary for his fust voyage lately made to the northwestward 
 for the discovery of Cathay and other new cuntries, to thintent the 
 whole world might be opened unto England which hitherto hath byn 
 hyddon from yt by the slowthfulnes of some and policy of other. In 
 the which voyage allready made by that way are discovered such new 
 lands as the world now doth talk of which very shortly by God's grace 
 the world shall playnly see to yelde to the Queues Majestic great honor, 
 and to the whole realm infinit treasor and benefit, which God graunt 
 and make us thankfull. 
 
 And bycause that of late dayes syns the return home of Martyn 
 Frobisher, dyvers men speake dy versly of his dooings. 
 
 ' Kpis, I, i, -ir). Should he — 
 
 l*er mure pauperiem fugiens, (ler bnxa, per ignes. 
 
SUHSEQTIKNT TO THK FIRST VOYAOK. 
 
 89 
 
 MONETII OV 
 
 ANNO 1574. 
 
 [\Iart]yn Frobishcr brought a letter under the [c]ertayn of the 
 Queues Mfijesties most honora[hle Privy] Cownsailc directed to the 
 Cuuipany of Mosco[via] conteining this effect : That, forasiuuch as [tlie 
 discovjery of the cuntry of Cathay by sea wold be t[o Enjglaud, a 
 matter of great commodity, and they being a [cumjpany privelcgcd and 
 encorporated for the discovery of [n]ewe trades. Against whose privelege 
 they would not [atjtempt any matter without their licence. Therefore 
 [I exjhorted and perswaded them to attempt that matter now [o]nce 
 agayn, themselves, after xx yeres allready past, syns their first enterprise 
 thereof. Or els, to grant their licence to others which are desyrous 
 now to 'attept' at[t]empt the same. Uppon the recept of which letter 
 the said Cumpany assembled themselves at their Court, to consyder the 
 same: And thereunto made answer by their letter, requiring to have 
 conference with the parties that were desyrous to attempt that matter 
 that thereby they might determyn what were mete to be done 
 therein. Wherupon the sayd Martyn Frobisher agayn repayrcd to 
 the .sayd Cumpany with order for himselfe and others not then named 
 to have conference with them ; and thcruppon the Cumpany appointed 
 certayn of them selves, namely, Mr. George Barn, now Shrief of 
 London, William Jowerson and Steven Borough, mariner; and me, as 
 their agent, having the charge of all their busyncs to understand the 
 grouii )f this ca.sc. And in the conference of the matter, we perceiving 
 the purpose to be to the northwestward, and no good evidence shewed 
 by the parties for the proof of the matter : upon one relation thcrof 
 made to they Company, they suspected some other matter to be meant 
 by the parties. And forasmuch as they themselves with their very 
 great charges allready had discovered more than half the way to Cathay 
 by the northeastward, and purposed to doo the rest so sone as they 
 might have good ad[vice] [a]ny good [grjeatly hurtful to them 
 
 to to any others. And therefore appo[inted] lleyward their 
 
 Governour, and man and me to certify the right honora^^ble LordJ 
 
 [Bur]ghlcy, Lord High Treasorer of England of [the sjtate of the matter ; 
 which they did in the p[resence of] ALirtyn Frobisher aforesayd. Yet 
 neverth[eles8] very shortly afterward by the sute of the say^d] Martyn 
 Frobyslur, an other letter was brought [to the] Cumpany, re([uiring 
 them either to attempt the matt[er] them selves or to grant licence to 
 other to doo yt by the northwestwards, wherupon for dyvers consydera- 
 tions then moving the Cumpany they did grant licence and privilege 
 therof to me and i\Iartyn Frobisher and such other as would be ven- 
 turers with us in the sa[me] as appereth l)y the writings under their 
 common sea[l], dated in the moneth of February, Anno Domini 1574. 
 Wherupon presently we made such preparation for ship[s], and all 
 
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 other necessaries as we could. But for lak of sufiici' iit moiiy thereto 
 in due tyuie the enterprise was stayed that yere. Nevertheles, by the 
 good assistance of the mony and favour of dy vers [lersons of honour and 
 worship, and others hereunder named the matter toke such efl'ect the 
 yerc following that we furnished two small barks of xxv tuns the pece : 
 the one named the Gal)riell, wherof was jMaster Christofer Hall of Lyme- 
 hous, mariner. And the other named the Michael! wherof was Master 
 Owen Gryffyn of , mariner. And a small pinnes of x tun with 
 
 a close dek to sayle with them. And with them passed the sayd Martyn 
 Frobisher for capitayn and pylot ; and with them in all 34 persons, 
 whose names be hereunder : who departed together from Gravescnd, on 
 their voyage, the xijth day of June, Anno Domini 1576. And, allthough 
 the world in all the yere, and other tyme before hering taike of this 
 purposed enteriirise, did not beleve that yt wolde take any good eifect ; 
 but rather the most of the others which were of [wi sdom 
 
 and dignity in the common the enter[)rise and assist the same as 
 tyme. Wherin I will now speake p[recisely and s]ay the truthe that every 
 mans good dede [may have] his iust commendation. The learned man, 
 Mr. John Dee, hering the common [report] of this new enterprise and 
 understanding of the prepa[rations] for furniture of the ships being 
 thereby perswa[ded] that it would now precede, and having not byu ac- 
 quain[ted] with our ' new enterprise', purpose in any parte before, 
 [abojut the xxth day of May, Anno 1576, of his own good na[tu]re 
 favoring this enterprise in respect of the service and commodity of his 
 naturall cuntry came unto me, desy[r]ing to know of me the reasons 
 'and' of my foundation and purpose in this enterprise, and offering his 
 furderance thereof with such instructions and advise, as by his learning 
 he could geve therin. AVherupon I couceved a great good opinion of 
 him : and therelore apointed a tyme of meeting in my house, wherat 
 were present Martyn Frobysher, Steven Burrough, Christofer Hall, with 
 other. Where freely and playnly I layd open to him at large my whole 
 purpose in the traffike of merchandise by those new partes of the world 
 for the benefit of the realm by many nieanes as well in the cuntries of 
 East India, yf the sea this way be open as allso otherwise, though that 
 tills ' ne' new laud should chance to bar us from the sea of India. And 
 allso declared such coniectures and probabilities as 1 had conceved of a 
 passage by sea into the same sea of East India by that way of the north- 
 west from England. And for the proof of these two matters I layd be- 
 fore him my bokes and authors, my cardes and instruments, and my 
 notes therof made in writing, as I hid made them of many yeres study 
 before. Which matters, when he had thus hard and sone, he answered 
 that he was right glad to know of me thus much of this matter, and 
 that he was greatly satisfyed in his desyre about his ex[)ectation, and 
 that I was so well grounded in this [purjpose he sh[e]wed me all[so] 
 bis own. And allso shewed me I did very well like. And afterw[ard.s] 
 
SL'HSKQUKNT Tt) TIIK FlKSf VOYAfJK 
 
 1)1 
 
 [the while] the ships rcinivyneil here, he tokc pay[ns to learn thej rules 
 of geometry ami cosmoi^raphy for [the iiiformat]ion of the masters and 
 mariners in the use of [the in]struraents for navigation in their voyage 
 and fo[r cusjiialltics happening at sea which did them service \vherul)y 
 he deserveth iust commendation. AUso [Sir] Ilumfrey Gilhert, knight, 
 hath byn of many yeres (as I am enformed) a great ;;ood .viller to this 
 like cnterpr[ise]. And syns I came ac<maintcd with him which was 
 al)o[nt] Easter last, Anno Domini Ifj?;"), I have hard him make dyvers 
 good discourses in the favour therof, and allso his go[od] will and study 
 therein doth well appere in the boke which he made and put in prynt 
 in the monthe of May, Anno 157, for the mayntenanco of the good hope 
 and likelyhood in this enterprise of new discovery. Wherel>y men may 
 see many good causes to move them to like well thereof. Allthough to 
 say the very truthe without geving any ofience : neither that boke 
 comming out so late nor yet his former discourses, being none others 
 than were wel[l] known to us long before, were any manner of causes 
 o[r] instructions to the chief enterprises of this new voyage of discovery 
 to attempt the same or to direct us thorin. And William Burrough, 
 allthough he was not so well perswadcd of this enterprise, that he 
 would venter his money therein : yet, in respect of the service of his 
 cuntry, he did take paynes to procure a master and many mariners for 
 the ships. And gave his good advise in the furniture of the ships : and 
 did consent unto the opinion and myndc of the capitayn in the dirccticm 
 of the ships course in the voyage which was to very good purpose. 
 And besides these men, I know none other worthy of name for any 
 thing done by them to the help of this enterprise, but onely the ven- 
 turers which did help the same. 
 
 [Otho, E., viii, fol. 45. b. (47) ; Colonial, 3r».] 
 
 1 crave pardon with the reading of this writj ing] xiij day 
 
 of October last, IMr. Fro[bysher gave me a] stone aboord his ship : Saying, 
 that acco[rding to his promijsc he did geve mc the fyrst thinge that he 
 founde [in the new 1 jand, which he gave me openly in the presence of 
 two [other] men, whome I know not. But Rowland York and many 
 [others] were then in the ship; and they for the strangers the[rof brake 
 off a] pece which they carycd away with thcni. Within the space of one 
 month after, I gave a small pece to [Mr.] Williams, saymaster of the 
 Towr, not telling what nor whrence]. He made proof and auuswured 
 that it was but a marquesite sj^tone]. And thenippon, I gave an other 
 small pece to one Wheier g[old| fyncr hy Mr. Williams order. He 
 aunswcred allso tha[t] he made proof and founde it but a nianpiesite 
 stone. And allso an other small pece to George Xedam : ho aunswered 
 allso that he made proof and colde fynde no mettall therin. 
 
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 STATli PAPKKS 
 
 Ilcrewitliall I stayed, making small account of the stone, and at more 
 leysurc musing more thereon. In the begynning of January I delivered 
 a small poce thereof to John IJaptista Agnello, not telling what nor 
 from whence. But prayed him to prove what mettall was therein. And 
 within three dayes I came to hym for aunswer. He shewed me a very 
 little powder of goM : Saying, it came therowt, and willed me to give 
 him an other pece to make a better proof. I did so, and within three 
 dayes agayne, he shewed me more powder of goldc. I tolde hym I 
 wold not beleve it, without better proof. He asked an other pece to 
 make a better proof: Saying, that he wold make anatomy thereof, I 
 gave it him : Saying, that I marvcyled much of his doings, sith I had 
 given peces to other iij to make proof who could fynde no such thinge 
 therin : he aunswered me, ' Bisogna sapere adulare la natura', and so I 
 departed. 
 
 The xviij day of January ho sent me by his maydo this little scrap of 
 paper written, No. 1, hereinclosed ; and thereinclosed the grayne of 
 gold, which afterward I delivered to your majesty, &c., 1677. 
 
 [^Colonial, 34. Domestic Eliz., cxii. No. ^.^.J 
 
 MR. LOCKES DISCOOKS TOUCHING THE EWRE, 1577. 
 
 To the Quenes Moste Excellent Ma''e, 
 
 Mostc humbly I crave pardon, in troublinge yo' ma"* w* the read- 
 ynge of this wrytynge. 
 
 In the xiij day of Octobar laste, Mr. Furbosher gave me a stone, 
 abord his shyp, sayenge, that accordynge to his promes:e, he dyd gyve 
 me the fyrst thynge that he found in the newland, w'' he gave me 
 openly in presens of 2 yonge gentlemen whome I knowe not; but Row- 
 land York was then in the shyp, and they for the strauugenes therof 
 brake of a pece w'' they caried awaye w^'' them. 
 
 Within the space of one monthe after, I gave a small pece thereof to 
 jMr. Williams, saymastor of the Towar, not telly nge what nor whens. 
 He made profFe, and answered that it was but a markesyte stone. And 
 another small pece to one Whelar, goklfyuer, by j\Ir. Williams order. 
 He answered also that he made i)roffe and found it but a markesyte 
 stone, and another small pece to George Nedam ; he answered also, 
 that he made prooffe and could fynd no mettal therin. 
 
 Ilerewithall I stayed, makynge small account of the stone. 
 
 And at more leysure musynge more thcron, in the begynnynge of 
 Januarie, I dclyvred a small pece thereof to John Baptista Agnello, not 
 tellynge what nor from whens, but prayed hym to prove what mettall 
 was therin ; and within iij dayes I came to hym for answere. He shewed 
 mc a very litle powder of gold, sayenge it came therout, and wylied me 
 to gyve hym a better pece to make a better proofl'c. I dyd so, and 
 
SUHSKQUKN'I I O I'HK FIRS'l VOYAOK. 
 
 !KJ 
 
 within iij tlayca agayne he shcweil ino more powdar of gold. I tuM iiym 
 I would not l)clcve yt without better proofic. lie a.skod another pece to 
 make a better prooffo, sayengo that he would raako anatoinio therof. I 
 gave it hyni, sayengc that I niarvayled nioche of hys doynges, sytlic I 
 had gyven peces to other iij to make prooffo, who eouid fyud no huche 
 thinge therin. He answered me, ' Bisogna sapcre adulare la natura'. 
 And so I departed. 
 
 The xviij day of Januarie he sent me by his mayde this lytic scrap of 
 [laper hereinclosed, wryttcn. No. 1, and theriucloscd the grayuc of gold 
 W'' afterwardes I delyvred to yC Ma''«. 
 
 And hcrevppon I had large conferens dyvers tymes w''' hym 
 parsawdyngc, exhortinge, and conjuringe hym by many causes of great 
 importaunce betwene us, to tell me the trewthe hereof. lie satisfyed me 
 by all dewtyfuU meanes of honesty and of Christianitie that it was trew. 
 Whervppon he entred into many discourses w*'' me, yf we might have 
 sum quantyte therof, for our owne use, and ernestly exhorted me to 
 secreatnes, and greatly pressed me to knowe where it was had I desyred 
 respyte of a few dayes, to consyder what were best to be done in the 
 matter. 
 
 The xxiiij day of Januarie, havynge resolved my sellfe of my dewtye 
 towardes yo'' Ma''" I dyd retorne to John Baptista, to avojde suspicion 
 of doble dcalyng w"' hym, at w«l' tyme he entred agayne w''' me, to have 
 sum (iuantyte therof for our owne accountt. Then I delt w''' hym sura- 
 what playne, and told hym, that it would be a hard matter for us to 
 have ytt, for that in trewthe it was had in the new land discovred by Mr. 
 Furboisher, wherof there is priviledge graunted to a companye. Whcrto 
 he answered, that sum devyse might be made to lade it as stones, for 
 ballast of the shyp. Whervppon agayne I toke furder tyme to con.syder 
 what might be done therin. And at my departynge he exhorted to 
 secreatnes, and specially to concealle his knowledge hereof. 
 
 The next day Mr. Furboisher at my table at dynner, was very dcsyrous 
 to know what was found in the stone he ga''e me. I answered, that I 
 had gyven prooffes to iij or iiij, and they found nothinge in ytt, savynge 
 one man found tynnc and a litle sylvcr therin, w"^'' was worthy of the 
 fetchynge awaye, wherat he was very glad. 
 
 The xxviij day, I delyvred to yo"" Ma*^'" in wrytynge, the very trewe 
 information of all that I had knowen herein. And the same dayc ]\Ir. 
 Secretary Walsyngham, in yo"" Ma"'"'' name sayd unto me, that in my 
 wrytynge I dyd promes a thinge w'' I had not delyvred. I answered 
 the very trewthe of my meanynge, that bycaus the bulke therof was 
 surawhat great, I dyd reserve it to a second speche w^'' yo' Mat''', at 
 which tyme I dyd purpose to have declared more of this matter, and 
 jiror-ently I dyd delyver it to hym. And he said yo'' Ma''" had told 
 hyui thefTect of my wrytynge, and therforc he wylled me to tell hym the 
 circumstance of this matter. I told hym presently theffect of all this 
 
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 liercbeforo wrytten, and that John Baptitita was the man, but that ho 
 would not 1)0 iicknowcu to l>o tlic man. Ncvcrthelosso I sayd he might 
 know the matter of hvm by others tlicn by me. Whervppon he answered 
 me, that he dyd tliynk it to be but an alchaniist matter, sucli as dyvers 
 othorH before had byn brou<.;lit to yo' Ma''" l>y others without trewctho. 
 And in my [ireseiis he brake the .stime into iij or iiij pect-s, wli''' he .sayd 
 he would delyver to dyvers men to make prooU'es. And so he lyceused 
 me to depart to London that night. 
 
 The xxxi day of Januarie, John Daptista sent for mo agaync, as shall 
 appcre by his second wrytynge lereiiiciosod, at w'' tymc he devysod 
 that a ship might go seereatly out of sum plaeo, and bryngo the thyiigo 
 to another place farre from London. But I answered that was not pos- 
 sible, for that none knowe the jtlaee but C. Furbisher and the ship 
 master, who would not bo corrupted. Then he thought to revele it to 
 the captaync. I said I thought he would revealc it to yo' Ma''"', but I 
 devysed w''' hym, that I would send a ship to the place in company of 
 the captayne under culler of fysshynge. and when the captayne were 
 gone throughe to Kathai, the ship should lade this thinge for liaUast, 
 and retoriie hethcr. lie allowed well of this devyse, and so I departed 
 for that tyme. 
 
 The i day of Fobruarie. I retorned to Mr. Secretarie, who suyd to mo 
 that he had gyven peccs of this ure to certayno very excellent men, and 
 that sum found nothinge therein, but one found a litle sylver, and that 
 Jlr. Dyar had made prooff'e thcrof, and found the lyke, and that l.yra 
 sellfe had scene the proflc made, wherl)y he was parswaded to be so, and 
 tliat BiH)tista dyd but play the alchemist w"' me. I answertd that 
 yesterday I had spoken agayne w^'' Baptista, and that he dotho styll 
 confyrme to me his former sayenges, and wyll justefie the same, but Mr. 
 Secretarie would not belcve me. Wheruppon 1 prayed hyui to eon.syder 
 better of the matter, for that 1 was well assured that it was trew, 
 wherujipon he lycensed me to retorne to London. 
 
 The iiij day of Februarie, I went agayne to John Baptista, as 
 well to intertaync hym w''' sum matter to avoide susi)iciou of doble 
 delynge untill I might have answerc of .Mr. Secretarie of yo' Mati'^s 
 plcsure herein, as also to urge more matter wherby more tryall of the 
 trewthe might be had. And I moved hym to know how he would dealc 
 w"' me, yf I should fynde meani's to send a shyp for this ure. After 
 longe discoursynge he resolved, that he had a frynde that would furnishe 
 a ship at his charges, and that yf I wo'.ild gyve hym a man to shew hym 
 the place where he might have 100 tons hereof, he would gyve me £-2{) 
 of money for every ton, within iij monthes after the aiivall therof here, 
 and would put me in good assurans for the parformans therof, and at 
 the arivall in Loudon he woulde tcache me the art, yf he should chaunse 
 to dye. 1 told hym 1 would take tyme to consider whether he should 
 send a ship, or I send a shyp. 
 
SUHSKUUhNT l<) iUK FlKS'l \()Y.\OK. 
 
 i)') 
 
 Tlic vi ilay of Fcliruario, I rotonie.l to Mr. Sccrctario, nm] pave hyiii 
 in wntynge, tliis ofJcr inailo to inc l)y Haptic-.a. lie answered, it was 
 but devyscs of alelmnusts, for that Haptista was but poore, ami notable 
 to put Buretyes, nevertbeloss he sayil ho would consyder of the matter. 
 And so I ret'trneil to London. 
 
 The xiij day 1 went to Haptista, and put of tymo, hopinge for better 
 answerc of jMr. Seeretarie. I said to Haptista that I was informed by a 
 frynd learned in tiie lawe^, that we have a lawo termed tresor trouvcc, 
 wherby it is not lawfull for any subjeet to dealle in sucho a matter as 
 this, without lyecns of the pryuce, and therefore (ineanynpc to dryvc 
 hym to dyseover the matter to yc Ma'"*, wherby you mi!;ht bo certiffied 
 of the trewthe) I sayd ther must be sum meanes found, to have a 
 lycence of yo'' Ma''" for a .sliip to passe thether, or ells there is daunpier 
 bothe of yo'' Ma'''" dyspleasure, and also of the coinpanye who are 
 jirivileged therin, wherin 1 sayd 1 wonlde travaylle, yf he could not. 
 He answered, he had a frynd in the courto by whoso meanes he would 
 move yo' Ma"" therof. 
 
 The xvj day I went agayno to Mr. Sccrctario for answcre. He sayd 
 the matter had no good fouudacion, cxcepte good suretycs might be put 
 for parformance, also that he had agayne caused others to make prooffe, 
 and that there was no suche thinge found therin. I said that I diil 
 marvaile moehe thcrat ; for that Maptista dothe styll justifie the matter, 
 and for proofle tiicrof. I would become bound to her Ma''" for the same. 
 He said he would not wishc mo to venture so farre uppon the worde 
 of an alehamist. And so the matter rested untyll answere might be 
 had from yc Ma"". 
 
 The xxvij day I had a letter from Haptista, w"'' is the thinl writinge 
 hereinclosed, wherby yo'' Ma''" nuiy |)arceave, what answere ho receved 
 uppon his sutc to have lycens for a ship to passe thether. Wheriippon 
 he would have proceded w''' me, that I should .send a ship thether in 
 secreat, accordinge to our first talke. Nevertheless. I parswaded hym 
 that he should wryte a lettar to yC Ma"", wherby to gyve you know- 
 ledge of his meanynge in sendynge a ship thether, and to dy.sclosc part 
 of the matter to yC Ma''"'. Wherin my meanynge was, that uppon this 
 occasion I thought yo"" Ma''" would have appointed sum to hvae had 
 full coufercns w''' hym, to have serched the trewthe of this great matter 
 to your satisfaction. 
 
 The vi day of Marche, I went agayne to Baptista, to know what 
 answere he had from yo' Ma"* to his lettar. He said the answere was 
 dilatoric, so us he had no more courage in that sutc. W'heruiipon 1 
 said to hym, that I had a frynd in the court, by whose meanes I would 
 attempt to have a lycens to send a shyp, for that without that lycens I 
 durst not deale therin. He bad me prove. 
 
 The vii day of .Marche, 1 went agayne to Mr. Seeretarie. and told hym 
 theffect that I had passed with Haptista. and he said that yf Haptista 
 
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 would put good HUrctyos for the parforinanH of payment, ho would war- 
 rant ino to have lycouHo for a Hhyp of 100 tons to fetch this ure. Whcr- 
 uppon I retornud to Bai)tista as in myno ownc niuno to know wliat 
 HNHurans I should have. lie said I should have very good asMunins to 
 my contcntomcnt ; hut named no man, which I rcjjorted agayno unto 
 Mr. Socrctaric, and offred my owno. hond, and the ure to bo delyvred 
 into yo' Ma^'*" custodyo at the arivall. 
 
 In this mean tyme entringe more duopoly into the matter, and con- 
 syderyngo that the weightynes therof would ho myno utter undoynge yf 
 the matter were not good, I went agayne unto Baptista, and more 
 cfleotually dyd enter into talk of the manor of the contract to delyvcr 
 hym c. tons of this ure. Wheruppon ho ofFrcd me to pay xxx li. a ton, 
 being delyvred here at my charges, and the best assurans that I could 
 then gett was to have the ure in myne owno custodye, and for the rest I 
 must credit his honestie. That the ure was of sufficient valew to make 
 mo ryche, I was so well perswaded of his honestie, that I was fully 
 resolved to put the whole matter in hasard, theruppon raakynge this 
 account w"' my selfc that the charges of the ship and the men to dyg 
 the ure would cost me x li. the ton, and I would gyve to y iMa"" i'or 
 the lycens x li. the ton, and the other x li. the ton should he to reliefc 
 me and my children, yf that yo' Ma''^' would not deale w"' this matter 
 for yoursellfe. 
 
 The xi day, I came agayne to Mr. Secretarie, and gave hym my re- 
 quest in wrytingc. That yf it were so that y"" Ma"e could not be satis- 
 fied of the trewthe ^^f this matter, an.l were not rayndcd to deale therein 
 for yoursellfe, that for the trial! of the niattcr 1 would venture on it at 
 my charges. Yf it would plese y i\Ia''a to gyve me lycens to bryng 
 hether iij c tons of this vre at my costes and charges, I would pay 
 y Ma^'f^iijm li. of money within one yere after the arrivall, and for 
 assurans would gyve my bond, and the ure into y JMa^''"' custodie. He 
 said this demand was to great. 1 remytted it to his owno moderation. 
 lie promysed he would move yo' Ma"", and said I .should have lycens 
 for a reasonable quantyte, which I dyd beleve verely to obtayne, con- 
 syderynge tlie manyfold refusal! had more tlien x tymes ; and the great 
 dyscredite of my playuc report made of the trewthe of the matter from 
 tyme to tyme, accordinge to my dewtye, and the reportes he had of 
 others to whome he had put the ure to profFe, who found no gold. 
 
 The xvi day of Maiche I came agayne to Mr. Secretarie for answere. 
 He said he had no leysure as yet to move yof Ma''« thereof, but he 
 would doo. He asked of me yf M. Furbisher knew of this matter, I 
 said no, nor none other parson by me, but ouely yo»' Ma"^', and he and 
 liaptista, which is the very trewthe. 
 
 In this meane tyme I was dayly urged by Baptista to fynishe the 
 contract betwene us as yC Ma''*' may parceave by his iij billcs, No. 4, 
 5, (), hercinclosed. Whereuppon, at the xix day of Marche I fynished 
 
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 ami Ruhscribcil the same, as yo' Ma"'' may parceavo l)y tlio Hamo contraot 
 heniiiciosoil, lio|)yngo that cythcr l>y yor Ma" ■* lyccns, I (ihoulil lie alilc 
 to parformo the same, or ells that by yo"" Ma"''» favour I hHouM 1)0 
 <lyschar;^cil thcrof againste the said Haptista, ."vthc I <lyil it oncly for 
 the lictter tryiill of the trewtho of this great matter, anil ilyd declare 
 thetTeet of all my doynscs therin dayly vnto Mr. Secretary. And when 
 I camo to the housso of llaptista to 8ul>scril)0 the same contract, 1 found 
 thereat suhscrihed the i\amo of Sir John liarklcy as suretyo for Haptista 
 to parforme the covenantts ; a thyngo very straungc unto me, for that I 
 never in all my lytl'o had spoken w^'' Sir John Barkley, ncythcr before 
 nor after. 
 
 The XX day, I came apjayne to Mr. Secretarlo, to know yo"" Ma''"" 
 ple.suro. He said he had movctl yo' Ma"" in the matter, hut had no 
 answore. Ho asked agayno yf M. Kurbysher knew of the matter, I .said 
 no. lie wyllctl me to iinparte it to hym. I said I would, and so 1 dyd. 
 He prayeil mo to get hym another pece of the vre. I said I would. 
 
 The xxii day, I came to Mr. Secretarie, and brought hym another 
 peco of the vrc. Ho wylled mo in his name to carrye it to one Gef- 
 frey, a Frenchman, and to tell hym that it c.iinc out of Ireland, and 
 to wyl hym to make a proft'c therof, and he to bringc reporte to hym. 
 I dyd accordingly delyucr it w''> the message, and synce that howar I 
 never saw the same Jeffrey, nor never bedbre, but Mr. Secretary 
 hathc told me that he found nothinge therin, but a little sylver, as I 
 remember. 
 
 The xxviij day Marche, I was w"' others at howsso of Sir William 
 Wyntur in commyssyon by letters from yof Ma"*"" Honourable Privyc 
 Oouncell had by my procurement to consyder vppon all matters recjui- 
 site for the furnyturc and dyspacho of M. Furbisher for Kathai, w'' 
 liusynes bcingo done for that daye, Sir William Wyntar wylled me to 
 come to hym the next mornynge to talk w"' hym in a matter of import- 
 imncc. I came. He cntred w"' me in .secret, prayenge me to tell hym 
 what I had found of the state of tho vre brought home by M. Furbisher. 
 I refused that coni'ercns, sayenge I knew not the matter, nor dyd vnder- 
 stand his meauynge. He said he knew the matter as well as I, and that 
 lie desyred this conferens vppon good meanynge towards me. I refused 
 hym agayne, sayengo I know nothynge, nor would tell nothynge. Then 
 he vrged me agayne, sayenge thatyf I would not tell hym, he would tell 
 me. Then I asked hym, yf he had ,'poken w"' Sir John Uarkley of late. 
 He sayd yea. Then I said, he might know moche of the matter. He 
 iuiswered that he dyd know the whole matter. I answered I thought ho 
 dyd not know all. And then presently he told me the whole eftect of ail 
 my contract made w'-' John Baptista in wry tinge, and furder told me 
 that Sir John Barkley had opened the same to Sir William Morgan, and 
 Sir William Morgtan vnto hym, and thervppon he and they and others 
 liad made proifes therof in a howssc at Lambethc, and also hym scllf in 
 
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 SIATK I'Al'KKS 
 
 his ownc howssc w''' his ownc iniin, the prooffos wheruf in gold he shewed 
 me preseiitlyc in his chamber wyndowc, sayenge that it was moche richer 
 then I was informed of, and that it was a matter to great for hyra and 
 rae to deale withall, and belonged onelye to the pryncc. Then I told 
 hym that I was of hys mynde, and that thcrfore accordynge to my dcwtje 
 I had alredy informed yo'' Ma'''' therof longc before, accordinge to the 
 trewthe that was informed me by Ijaptista, but that I was not credited 
 therin, and that this was (as styll it is) vnknowen to Baptista and to Sir 
 John Barkley. Wherathe was raochc abashed, and sayd God hathe brought 
 us together this dayc for suum good, for other wyse I should have done suni- 
 what herein that should have hurte bothe you and me. And then he sayd 
 that it was our dewty that yo'' Ma''« should knowe hereof, and that hym 
 sellfe would certylfy yo' Ma"''' hereof, so as you should be right well {'.ssjred 
 that it was trew. And said agayne that it was a farre greattar treasour then 
 was knowen ; which thynge in deed synce that tyme I have parceaved, by 
 a prooffe therof w'' I have scene made by the same workmen, w'' holdethe 
 more than iiij onces of golde in c.lb. weight of vre, w"'' at iij^j. of money 
 the once amounted xii^i. of money the c w":'' is ccxl pounds of money for 
 every ton of the vre. And it is very likely that where this vre laye on 
 the face of the earthe, there is farre more ryche vre vudar the earthe. 
 But of this matter I thynke yo' Ma''« have byu fully certyffycd by Sir 
 William Wyntar and C. Furboisher, but oncly I put in mynd of 
 yo"" .Ma''" parte of my first wrytyngc delyured, thatyo'' iMa''*^' gyve order 
 in this matter in secreto quanto si puo et con fortessa, et con expcditioue, 
 least forayne prynces sett footte therin. Whervppon that yo'" Ma^'^^may 
 the better consyder, I beseche yo'' Ma"^' to beholde the situation of the 
 world in this small carta herewithall [ircbLUted trcwly thoughe grossely 
 made accordynge to my skyll. 
 
 And thus by this means of the doynges of Sir John Barkley and Sir 
 William Morgan dealynge therin w^'' others their parteners, and w''' the 
 Douchcmen their workmen vtterly without my knowledge, or ells by the 
 meanes of others, who have pece of the vre for proofl'es of others, and 
 not of me, the secreatnes of this great matter is discoured so as it is 
 abroade. 
 
 And bycause that I doo vnderstand, aswell by aletter hereinclosed re- 
 ceived from Baptista dated the iiij April, as also by credable report of 
 others, that the blame is layed all on me, as author of the speehe that 
 now is abroade of this great treasour. 1 doo by this wrvfynge j)urge my 
 sellfe of that vntrew surmyse. And 1 doo call to wytnes heaven and 
 earthe, that herein I have symply and trewly sett downe in wrytynge, 
 the manor of all my procedynges in this matter. And I do yeldc into 
 the handes of yo"" Ma''-^' all my goodes and my lyffe at yof pleasure, yf 
 other then this can be proved to be done by me in this matter. 
 
 And most humbly cravynge pardon of yo' Ma''e fur this my presumtion 
 ■ind besechynge the same to accept my dewtyfuU trew meanynge J 
 
SLHSr.QIIFNT TO THK KIllST VOYAGE. 
 
 99 
 
 hesechc the lyvyuge God to iirescrve yo"" Ma''"' longo to raygnc over us, 
 wi*> all happyncs. 
 
 I humbly beseche yo"" Ma''*" to restore me the wrytynges of Baptista 
 when as you arc well satisfyed in this matter. 
 
 Yo' Ma'"^>' most humble subjecte, 
 
 MicnAEii LoK. 
 
 The 22 April, 1.577. 
 
 fg*-' 
 
 {Colonial :U, Domestic Eliz., cxii, No. 2.5, i.] 
 
 No. 1. 
 
 Qucsto poco oro e cauato fuori di quell poca mincra mi mandacti, 6 
 vcro mi douasLi, di sorte chc si truoua csser in ogiii cento lili. oz. j. \ di 
 oro finissimo, ct largameute. 
 
 Jii" Bapt* Agncio, Italiano, in Santa Helena in Londra. Adi Ifi 
 .lanaro l-O^G. Dc la JMimera di Tramoutana Maistro. nuovo. 
 
 No. -2. 
 Mag'" et Ilonor'^^S'' Lok .se vi piacera venir fin (jui, io ho di gia pensato 
 ill caso nostro, et sara di sorte che penso ne restarete satisfatto, et mi vi 
 
 racco 
 
 do 
 
 II'> V"- Giouabatt" Agnello. 
 
 Adi 31 Jauaro. 
 
 No. .3. 
 
 Magc" et Honor'''' S"" Loko. Ilicri hebi risposta da sua JIagt» quale 
 mi fece dire che se io gli hauessi dimandato quello io disiderauo, inanci 
 che lei hauessi concesso el priuilegio chc uoi .sapcte, mi hauerebe conccsso 
 quanto io desiderauo, ma che cssendo dctto priuilegio passato et con- 
 firmato, uon Io voiena romper, per tanto sara buono lasciar I'impresa. 
 Credo che il primo acordo facemo \ oi et io sarebc stato buono per voi et 
 per me senza ecrchar fini oltra. Ogni cosa per il meglio. Et con qucsto 
 me vi racco'''' di cuore. Qnosto di 27 Feb'', del. 77 h, natiuitate. 
 
 IIo V" Giouabattft Agnello In Casa. 
 No. 4. 
 Sr mio Mag''" mi sara grato intcnder quello habiamo h fare accio 1' 
 amico mio si possi preparare per la giornata ha do fare, per tanto vi prcgo 
 faciamonc vna fine, et mi vi racco''". 
 
 H ' V" Giouabatt" Agnello. In Casa. 
 
 No. 5. 
 
 S' Lok. llicri vi scrissi I'vltima mia resolutione desiderandoui di 
 
 darmi vltima risposata dell' animo v" et no ho poi inteso altro. Ilora 
 
 pcrche 1' amico mio so ue va damatiua in jiaesL, son foreiato al risoluerlo 
 
 del tutto per tanto se per tutto hoggi no mi rissoluete del tutto : pretendo 
 
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 che tutto quello liabiaino di tempo in tempo conferito insiemc sia del 
 tutto ancillato, rio vi delete poi di me et mi vi racco'". 
 
 IIo V'> Giouabatt« Agnello. 
 
 No. <!. 
 Mag'- ' et lIonor<i" Sf Lok. 
 Considcrando mediaiite Ic parole vostre mi dicesti hieri, circa la con- 
 fidencia haucte in me per il ncgocio nostro, non posso mancare di darui 
 causa che non siate del tutto satisfatto aacora che voi non lo rechiedete, 
 vidi io adonquo che quando farete fare 1' obligo d'accordo tra noi, fate 
 vi sia vn spacio di foso con vn sigillo per vn amico mio ijuale sara sigurta 
 per me di supplirc, et m . . . tenire tutto quello io vi ho promesso, accio 
 non parsata che morondo io non possiate ottenese el dcsidcrio vostro. Et 
 questo vorci fussi fatto dimane mero marti alia piu longa, et farmi sapere 
 il che hora protrete esser qui "accio io anco possi fare che 1' amico mio 
 sia qui, ct con questo mi vi racco'l" si cuorc. 
 
 II" V" (iionahattn Agnello. In Casa. 
 
 [Colonial 34. Domestic EHz., cxii, No. 25, ii,] 
 
 Contratto fatto d'accordo fatta tra Michelo Lok, Inghilese, mercante, 
 di Londra di vna parte, ct Giouan JJaptista AgncUo, Vinetiano, residente 
 in Londra di altra parte, come seguita. 
 
 Detto Michelo Li>k ha venduto et vcudc a detto Giouan Baptista 
 Agnello la quantita di cento tonelli (si tanto si puo haueve) di vinti 
 centanari il tonello, cioe <li lihre cento et duodeci del peso di Londra per 
 ogani centanaro di terra o altra materia mincrale di sortc tale quale 
 detto Michele ha datto al detto Giouan Baptista vna pezza per mostro, 
 laqualo pezza sta posta in vna scatoletta sigillata con sigilli lori, et 
 detta scatoletta sta posta dentro vna cassctta serrata con due serra- 
 turo et le chaue di ijuelle sono in custoditi loro, et detta cassctta e dato 
 in mano et custodia di per guardarla a vso loro per mostro 
 
 quando sara bisogno. La (juale detta terra, o meteria minerale di sorte 
 sopra detta, o altrimcnti di sorte tale quale detto Giouan Baptista o 
 altro per lui uuole truouarc et uligere in la terra nuouamente discorpar- 
 ta per Martin Forbiser, o in gli altre terre circonvisine da discoprire, 
 detto Michele promettc a .sua spoza fare cauare di terra, et carigare in 
 nave, et portare a Londra (Dio mandaudo la naue a saluauiento) et iui 
 consignarc a detto Giouan Baptista, lui pagando si come promette di 
 ])agare al aetto Michele il precio di trenta lire moneta d'Inghilterra 
 ])er ogni tonellc di quelhi, fra termiuo di xij mesi dipoi consignata in 
 Londra, cioe ogni tre mosi la quiirta i)arte dcla valuta al precio sopra 
 (lotto di quanto montara la quantita coisignata di tempo in tempo. Et 
 per piu causione et scourta di detto Michelo, il detto Giouan Baptista, 
 
SUHSEQUKNT TO THK FIRST VOYAGE. 
 
 101 
 
 proiuette ct si contcnta chc la detta terra et altra materia uiincrale 
 restara in mano et puotere di detto Michclc come roba sua propria fin 
 chc il sia satisfatto di detto paganicnto di danari, eccetto la parte di 
 quclla chc detto .Michele ha da consignaro al detto Giouan Baptista 
 auanti mano per lauorare sojjra il ([ualc di poi si hauera di fare il paga- 
 mento sopra detto di tempo iu tempo. Et piu il detto Giouan Baptista 
 promette ill detto Michele di insegnare a liu o a un altro chc per lui 
 sara assegnato, il uero muodo ct Arte chc detto Giouan Baptista vsara 
 per cauare gli metalli dal detta terra o materia minerale, fra tcrmino di 
 sei mesi dipoi la consignatione dela prima parte di detta terra o materia 
 minerale in Londra, et ancora darcli in scritto gli regoli ct vero muodo 
 di detto arte. Et per complirc questo contratto il detto Michele ct il 
 detto Giovan Baptista mutualmcnte I'un a I'altero se obligamo loro per- 
 sone et hcredi et tutti beni di complirc quanto di sopra hamo promesso. 
 et vogliano che questo contratto et seritto sia di tan to vigore et forsa 
 quanto saria il racglio et piu valido scritto et obligatione che si puoteria 
 fare secondo gli leggi d'lnghilterra o di altri leggi qual si vuoglia per 
 accomplimento di (juello. Et in fcde di tutto ambe due hanno .sotto 
 scritti et sigillati questo et un altro simile copia con loro mano proprio. 
 Fatto adi xix di Marco, Ann" 1576, in Londra, by me, 
 
 MiCUAKL LOK. 
 
 Jo. Giouabatta Agnello prometo confirmare quanti di sopra h detto ct 
 per fcde de cio ho sotto scritto di mia propria mano et sogelato di 
 mio sugello. [<SVa/.] 
 
 I, Jhon Barkeley, knighte, doo bynde my selfe, my heyres, executors, 
 and assings to fullfyll all these covenants, articles, and agremts here above 
 written to, and w^'' one j"\Iychacll Lock, of the citieof London, merchant, 
 well one Jhon Baptystc Agnello hath promysed and here above co- 
 venanted to and w^^ the above said Mychell Locke, yu as ample mannr as 
 the sayde Jhon Baptystc ys bownde by the aforesayde covenants to full- 
 till the same, yn wytnes wherof I have wrytten and syngned thys byll 
 wi'i my owne hande and name, and sealyed the same also w"" my scale 
 of armeseven the 19"' day of Marche, An». Dm, \5H'>, by mc, 
 
 Jhon Baukelev. 
 
 [Colonial 34. Domestic KHz., cxii, No. 26, iii.] 
 
 Mag"^" et llonorJ" S'' Lok, 
 
 ^lic veuuto air orecchie vn ccrto tuono inaspettato quale mi ha fatto 
 inarassiglia re molto, consideraudo la promcssa vostra mi facesti di tener 
 el negocio nostro secreto la qual cosa non hauete fatto, auci hauete ccr- 
 oato per tutta Loudra se vi fassi qual cuno sapessi far quello ch' io ho 
 lilt to, seuza proposito alcuno, et nuvucando ilella fcde : piu oltra hauete 
 
lOii 
 
 SIATK rAl'KUS 
 
 pro ferto alia Rcgino di dargli piro dieci per tonello di vna ccerta vostra 
 ininera, fondandossi sopra le mic parole, il chi fu contra cjucllo mi pro- 
 metesti. Et so pur si doucua prescrire i sua Ma*" qualcosa, io 1' harei 
 potuto fare con piu fondamento et honesta che non hauete fatto voi, 
 perchc io gli harei parlato con sostancia ct del mio et uon farni hello 
 dellc mie forti che come hauete fatto voi. Et piu mi promcteste di 
 venir h. sugellare el vostro scritto, et non 1' hauete fatto. Et auco mi 
 prometestc di portarmi el restante della vostra minora, et non 1' haveto 
 manco fatto, per il che io con.sidorando tutte (jueste vostre qualita io son 
 deliberate di non 8e(iuitar piu oltra, per tanto vi prego rimandatemi el 
 mio scritto, et cercato chi moglio vi parcra, ch' io per me non mo ne 
 voglio piu impaciare in conteniuno, et vi protesto oli non mandar per 
 detto minora per mio conto ch' io non la voglio hauer in conto niuno. 
 Et conquesto miracco''" di cuore, et prego Dio vi dia moglior fortuna con 
 altri, Questo di x Aprile del 77. In casa, 
 
 II" V"^ Gioufibatt" Agnello. 
 Al Molto Magoo Sr Michicl Lok. 
 1577 Jn'> Bapt" Agnello. Reel the 3 April, 1577. 
 
 [Colonial, Bast Indies, No. 28. Domestic Eliz., cxix, No. 31.] 
 
 MR. MARTIN FURTUSIIERS PETITION TO HER MAJ"' TO BE GRANTED 
 TO HER IN RESPECT OF HIS TRAVAIL ALLREADY, AND IIEliE- 
 AFTER TO BE BESTOWED IN DISCOVERIE OF N EAV LANDS. 
 
 TuAT it maye please yo"" Ma"" in respect of the late discoveries I have 
 made to the north west, and my greate charges and travaill performed 
 therin to graunte to mo and myne heires, for ever under yc Mai-<^8 let. 
 ters pattentes, the high Admirall-shipp by sea, as well of all those seas 
 alreadie by me discovered or hereafter to be discovered as also duringo 
 my life the government and order by land of suche people of what na- 
 ture soever they shalbe that shall inhabitt in any parte of those dis- 
 coveries made or to be made by me and the same to be executed by my 
 self or sufficiento deputie w'' suche consideration of fee or allowuuce for 
 thoxecucion therof as shall beste please yo"" Ma'ie to bestowe on mo for 
 the same. 
 
 Ffurther, that it maie please yoi* Ma^'e to graunte me duringe my life 
 for my travaill and service performed in thies discoveries fyve powndes 
 of the cleare gaine of every c""). that shalbe brought owte of the landes 
 or islandes discovered or hereafter to be discovered by mo to the north- 
 west. And after my deathe to myne heires forever xxs, 5, of every c"'", 
 of cleare gayues to be brought as aforesaid. 
 
 Item, that I maie make free yorelio, duringe my life, of this voyage, 
 
SUBSEQUENT TO THE FIRST \OYAGE. 
 
 103 
 
 six persons, so that for the firstc yere they commc not in w"i above c'"". 
 stoeke, and after to adventure as all others shall do by order. 
 
 And also that every shipp fraightcd ycrelie into thics new discoveries 
 in consideracion of the greate care I must take of theim bothe in ap- 
 pointitige aj)te men to take charge of their shipps, and also must in- 
 struct theim by sondrie orders and observacions how to holde companic 
 w'*> me shall, duringe my life, give me ouo t-oone fraight of every c. 
 toones to he brought from those places to be paide me in monic by the 
 owner or owners of those shipps accordingc to the value they shall re- 
 ceave or to carrie me the fraight of one toone at my choise. 
 
 [Colonial, East Indies, No. 32. Domestic Eliz., cxix, No. 33. | 
 
 A BUYEF NOTE OF THE COSTE AND CHARCE OF THE IIJ Slliri'S 
 AND FURNYTURE FOR THE SECOND VOYAGE FOR CATHAI, 
 ETC. 
 
 li. 
 
 750 
 
 
 
 400 
 
 . G50 
 
 
 
 
 
 . MO 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 950 
 
 
 
 
 
 . (:50 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 150 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 300 
 
 
 
 
 
 For the shyp Ayde, to the Quenes Mat'« 
 
 For the ij barkes Gabriel and Michael, w'*' almauer furny- 
 
 ture and ordonans . . . . . 
 
 For new buyldinge and translating the same ships and for 
 
 new tackelyng and iinplcmuntes . 
 For ordonans and munytion new bought 
 For vyttelles ..... 
 
 For wagys of men ..... 
 For nccessaryes, for the mynes and workmen 
 For marchandyse, for trafFyke, and provision 
 
 Sum of all . . ;j.44O0 
 
 This account is but gcssed very nere the trcwthe for that thav 'unttes 
 are not yett brought in parfectlye. 
 
 And the whole stock of the venturars sett downe in certayntye as yet 
 dothe amonte but . . . . 3( 00 
 
 Wherof is yet received but .... ^('.2500 
 And so thear lachethe in stock of the venturars to supplye 
 this whole charge ..... ^(.1400 
 
 Ffor the vf^^ summe of ^i.l400, the venturars are to take order prc- 
 sentlye to dyscharge the debt owinge to dyvers men for thinges had 
 for the furnyture of the said shyps and voyage, whiche is most humldy 
 bcseehed by Michael Lok, who hathe gyven his promessc to them for 
 the payment therof by order of the Coramyssyoners. 
 
104 
 
 STATE I'Al'KUS 
 
 [Colo7iial, No. 29. Domestic Eliz,, cxi, No. 49.] 
 
 A NOTK OF THE PEOVISION AND FUUNYTURK NECBISSARYE FOR 
 THE SECOND VOYAGE FOR THE DT8C0URYE OF KATHAI, &C. 
 
 A great peece of this charge cut of, for thare went but one shippe 
 and two barckes in this viage. 
 
 A shyp of cxl ton burden, w*^'' tackelinge, ordenans, and 
 munition ....... 
 
 A ship of cxx ton burden, w'l' ttackelings, ordenans, and 
 munition ....... 
 
 ij barkcs of burden xxv ton echo, w'' were in the first voiage, 
 w"' their tackelinge, ordenans, and munition, w '' now they 
 have, and others to furnyshe and I'cpayer the same, all 
 
 V shallop, botes, w^'' their takle and furniture, wherof ij 
 w"' close overlops at x\li the pece, and iij open, at x^t the 
 pece ........ 
 
 A ship of c ton burden, to be fraightcd for fysshinge, in the 
 Straytt." where Furbysher was, and from thens to retornc, 
 w"' one of the barkn in Viilew .... 
 
 li 
 lUOO 
 
 800 
 
 450 
 
 U 
 
 Sum of the shyps 2320/t 
 The vyttels for the 180 men, for the said ij shyps and ij 
 barkes, for xviij monthes, at xiijs. iiijc/. the monthe, for 
 eche man . . . . . . <'i21()0 
 
 To say in one ship 70 maryners, another (JO maryners, in 
 the ij barkes 30 mariners, and twenty men of ofl'yccs and 
 artyfyce. 
 The wages before hand of those 180 men, for their provi- 
 sion, at iiij/i the man, one w''' another . . . liaoo o 
 
 Sum of all this— /i50&0 (> 
 The marchandyse for stock, clothes, 50 carseys, 200 cottons, 
 40 frizes, 10 tyn ijm. Icadc, ijm. coppar, and kettelsijm. 
 and all other marchandyse . . . ^il200 (t 
 
 Sum of all — /iC280 
 
 That it would please the Quenes Ma''^ to graunt her letters patentts 
 of priviledge in the Corparation to the fyrst Venturars and their suc- 
 cessors, in ample manor. 
 
 That it would please Her Ma"e also to graunt auctoritie to Mr. 
 Frobyshcr, for the governement of the men in obedieus. 
 
 That warrant may be graunted to take vyttells at reasonable pryces, and 
 
Sl'HSEQUKNT TO THK VIRST VOYAGli. 
 
 105 
 
 to prest men at reasonable wfigys, and to take sliyps at reasonable 
 Itraysemcnt for the sarvyce of this voyage, yf the Quencs Ma''«8 shyps 
 (.loo not sarve. 
 
 That order may be taken by agrcraent of the venturars for offycers for 
 the good governeraeiit of the Company, and the inayntaynans of their 
 pryvy ledges, and to take the charge of the whole busyncs and accountts. 
 
 That the shyps may be redy to departe on their voyage by the x day 
 of Marcho. 
 
 That men may be named by secret commission, to supplye the charge 
 of Mr. Frobyshur and Mr. llawUe, vppou any myshappe, and to bo 
 kept secret vutill tymc of uedc. 
 
 [Colonial 33. Domestic ELiz. cxi. No. 48, i.J 
 ±% of Marche, 1577. 
 
 llirriNGK TIIOWT MVET TO BE EMPLOYDE IN THE VIAOE 
 ENTENTED 15Y MR. lURBUSUEU, viz. : — 
 
 The Ayde 
 The Gabiiell 
 The MyghcU 
 
 Tons. Maiiiierii. SnUlifrs. 
 
 200 65 25 ^ 
 
 15 10 3 I- Men 115 
 
 25 10 2j 
 
 240 85 30 
 
 A preportion of vittouls for the said 115 men. 
 
 (Uysket 16 tons.) Item bysket for v monthes of 28 daiea 
 to the monthe contayneng 14U dales after the rate of Mi 
 per man per diem, xiiij"" iij c. iij quarters at xiij s. iiij ct. 
 per c. . . . . 1)5 16 8 
 
 (Mealc 30 tons.) Item meale for xiij monthes contayneng 
 364 dales, 240 barrells contayneng eche barrell iiij 
 bushels w'' maketh 960 bushells at iiijs per bushell, XKilli 
 mor for the barrells and gryndinge at xxs. per barrell 
 19 10 Omownts . . 211 10 
 
 (Biere 8(i^ tons.) Bicre for vi monthes conteyaneng 168 
 dales after the computation of one gal lone aman per dale 
 80^ ton at 'Hi 6s per ton w^'' caske iron whoopes and 
 chardges ....... 181 
 
 (Wyne 5 tons.) Malmsey and secke v tons at xx/i per ton 100 
 
 (Biefe 5 tons.) Bieft'e for iij monthes having tleshe dales 
 48, at \li a man per diem, vij'"' iiij<^ weight grose at 
 xiiijs per c weight 51 16 0. Item for bayo sawlic to 
 preserve the same 55 bushels at ijs per bushell 5 10 o. 
 
 6 
 
 
106 
 
 STATK I'Al'ERS 
 
 Item for iiij tons ij hogsheads of caskc to packe the same 
 
 in at XH per ton, 2 5 mounts .... 
 (Porke 1/)} tons.) Porko for 15 licke monthcs contayncng 
 
 240 daies after the rate of l^t weight aman per diem, 
 
 xxiiij'iii viij« xxiiij li weight at xiiijs per c weight 
 
 173 15 more for 186 bushels sawlte at ijs. 18 12 
 
 more for 15 ton ^ of casko at lOs per ton, 7 15 mownts 
 (Peasee 10 tons.) Item pease for 288 fleshe daies in the 
 
 18 monthes as afore saied allowinge to iiij men 1 q' of 
 
 pease per diem, 258 bushels at 3s per bushell 38 14 
 
 more for 10 tons of caske, 6 0. 
 (Stockc fyshe 2i tons.) Stocko fyshe for 108 daies in ix 
 
 monthes, as afore saied at 1 quarter of a fyshe aman 
 
 per diem, iij'"'c fyshes at ij^t per c . . . 
 
 (Butter 2 tons.) Butter for the saied 108 daies at 1 quarter 
 
 of a li weight echo man per diem, 3,105 li weight salte 
 
 at iiijd per li 51 15 more, for waste 250 li weight at 
 
 iiijd per li weight 4 3 4. 
 (Chiese 4 tons.) Chiose for other 108 daies at half-a-^t 
 
 weight aman per diem 6210 li weight subtiil more 500 li 
 
 weight for allowans of waste amowntinge in the whoUe 
 
 to 6710 li weight at xvjs viijd per c weight 
 (Otmeale H ton.) Item otcmeale 40 bushels towardes the 
 
 sui)lycngc the want of fyshe .... 
 (Riesc 1^ ton.) Item ricse for the licke cause 2000 oz. . 
 
 Item caske to stowo the saied otmeale and riesc in iij 
 
 tons at xs per ton. ..... 
 
 Item honney ij barrells at iij/i vis viijd per barrell 
 
 Item sallet oyle 1 hogshead 
 (Provision for store 8 tons.) Item vyneger 1 ton 
 
 Item aquavietc ij hogsheads 
 
 Item mustersecd iiij bushels 
 
 Item candles xij c weight at iijd per li . 
 
 Item baye sawlte v ton at iiij^t per ton 
 (Woodc 14 tons.) Item wood xiiij'"' at xiijs iiijd perj'"' . 
 (Sea coales 30 tons.) Item sea coalcs 20 chawdcra at 
 
 xiijs iiijd per chawders ..... 
 (Charcoale 1 ton.) Item charcoales 1 loade 
 Item fyshingc nets, fyshinge lyenes, hooks, harpinge irons 
 
 and suche lieke nessesaries .... 
 
 (Provision for sick men.) Item to allowe the surgeone 
 
 towards the furneshingc of his cheaste . 
 
 Proynes 2 firkens ...... 
 
 Item reasons, almonds, liccores, etc. 
 (Provision for the apparelling of the men.) Item wollinge 
 
 !> I I 
 
 200 2 
 
 43 14 
 
 62 
 
 55 18 4 
 
 55 18 4 
 
 10 
 
 26 13 4 
 
 1 10 
 
 6 13 4 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 10 
 
 I 10 
 
 15 
 
 20 
 
 9 6 8 
 
 13 6 8 
 
 1 6 8 
 
 8 
 
 () 13 4 
 
 2 
 2 
 
SUB8EUUKNT TO THK I'lRST VOYAGE. 
 
 107 
 
 clothe for jirkcns, brecho and hose, canvas and lynncn^o 
 
 clothe for dublots and shorts, hats, caps, and shewcs, etc. 
 (Chardgs). Item for land carrage, wharttagc, labras 
 
 packingc of bief and pork, water carriage, and other 
 
 extraordennarie, etc. . 
 
 (Rigging, wages, and vittailes.) Item for the rigglnge, 
 
 wages, and vittails of Ix men for ij raonthcs to end the 
 
 last of Aprille next at xxijs vid aman per mensem 
 (Prest monney vppon wages.) Item for the too monthes 
 
 wages to be emprcsted to the company at ij^i per man . 
 (Merchandizes). For provision of merchandizes . 
 (The Aydo). The Ayde the firste penny . 
 
 Item more to furni.she her w"^'' ordonance, takle, apparrcll 
 
 and moiiytions, etc. ..... 
 
 (The Gabriell.) The Oabriell throwghly perfected in all 
 
 respects ....... 
 
 (The Mygholl.) The Myghell in lieke sorte 
 
 Item ij shallopes ...... 
 
 2582 3 4 
 Sum of tons 22fi tons ^ 
 
 Sum of monney 3778^i 2 K) 
 
 Item for the hier of a ship of cxx tons to waight 
 
 vpon the ships to the Straight, etc. . . OOOli 4278 2 l() 
 
 Item for divers extraordinary chardges . . . 221 17 2 
 
 Sum of all li-ilJOO ^4500 
 
 100 (I 
 
 30 
 
 127 1(» 
 
 230 
 
 500 
 
 760 U 
 
 450 
 
 ISO 
 
 180 
 
 24 
 
 [_Colonial East Indies, No. 50. Domestic cxix, No. 41. J 
 
 IHK NAMES OF THE VENTUBA.U8 IN THK SECOND VOYAGE I'oK 
 CATHAIA, &C , BESYDE8 lUEIU VENTUllE IN THE FIRST 
 VOYAGE. 
 
 The Quenes Ma''" .... 
 
 The Privie Counsell. 
 The Lord Ilighe Treasorer, 50 
 The Lord Ilighe Admirall 
 The Lord Chamberlayne, 50 
 The Erie of Warwyke, 50 . 
 The Erie of Bedford, 25 . 
 The Erie of Leycestcr 
 Mr. Treasorer .... 
 
 Mr. Controller .... 
 Mr. Secretarie Walsyngham 
 
 1000 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 .50 
 
 100 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 200 
 
1U« SIATK 
 
 I'Al'l KS 
 
 
 
 
 Other Vt'iiturars. 
 
 The Erie of Pembroke . . . . . .150 
 
 The Countcsse of Warwykc 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 The Countessc of I'einbrokc, 2.0 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 The Lady Anno Talbot, 25 
 
 
 
 
 5(t 
 
 The Lord Ilounsdon 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 The Lord Charles Howard 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 Sir Ilcnry Wallop, and others 
 
 
 
 
 200 
 
 Sir Thomas Oreshara 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 Sir Leoncll Duckett, 25 . 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 Sir William Wyntcr 
 
 
 
 
 200 
 
 Mr. Phillip Sydney, 25 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 — William Pellam 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 — Thomas Raudolphe, 25 . 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 — George Wyntar . 
 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 — Edward Dyar, 25 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 — Symon Boyer, 25 
 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 — Anthonye Jenkynson, 25 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 — Mathew Smythe 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 — Geftrey Turvyle . 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 — William Payntar 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 — Richard Boylland 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 — Mathew Ffyld, 25 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 — Edward Ilogan . 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 — Richard Yonge . 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 — Thomas Allyn . 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 — Christofcr lluddesdon . 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 — William Ormshamc, 25 . 
 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 — Rolert Kyndersley 
 
 
 
 
 60 
 
 — Michael Lok 
 
 
 
 
 200 
 
 [^Colonial, 33. Domestic Eliz., cxi. No. 48, ii.] 
 
 YERE 15"//. 
 
 THE VENTURERS IN THE SECOND VOYAGE FOR CATHAV, ETC. 
 
 In the first voyage as folowethe. 
 
 The Quenes Ma''" 
 50 My Lord llighc Treasurer 
 50 My Lord llighe Admirall 
 50 The Erie of Sussex 
 
 The Erie of Bedford 
 
 U. 
 
 600 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 25 
 
srilSKUUKNl To IIIK FIRST VOYAGE. 
 
 KM) 
 
 25 
 25 
 
 100 
 26 
 
 25 
 
 25 
 
 50 The Eric of Warwyko 
 
 50 The Erie of Lcyccstcr 
 The Erie of Pembroke 
 My Lord Ilounsdowne 
 My Lord Charles Howard 
 Sir Frauncys KnowcUs 
 Sir James Croft 
 Mr. Friincys Walsyni^ham 
 Mr. Phillip Sydney 
 My La<ly Anne Talbot 
 Mrs. Mary Sydney 
 Sir Thomas Orcsham 
 Sir Leonell Ducket 
 Sir Ilenery Knevet 
 Sir William Wyntar 
 Mr. Thomas Randall 
 Mr. George Wyntar 
 Anthony Jcnkynson 
 William Sakford 
 William Kyllygrew 
 Symon Boyer 
 Geffrey Turvylo . 
 William Payton . 
 Richard Boyland 
 
 100 Michael Lok 
 .00 Edraond Ilogan . 
 Mathevv Fyld 
 
 1(H) William Bond, yonger 
 25 Mathew Kyndersley 
 Robert Kyndersley 
 25 Christofer Androwcs 
 25 Robert .Martin 
 
 All 850 Henry Lok 
 
 Thomas Marshe . 
 William Ornishaw 
 Olyft'c Burre 
 Thomas Chester 
 Thomas Kelke 
 Thomas Aldworthe 
 Robert Haltou 
 
 - Of Bristow 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 50 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 26 
 
 25 
 
 200 
 
 .50 
 
 2.) 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 M) 
 
 CO 
 
 25 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 26 
 
 26 
 
 25 
 
 300 
 
 100 
 
 60 
 
 200 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 26 
 
 26 
 26 
 100 
 25 
 25 
 26 
 25 
 
 1225 
 All the .30 Marche 1577 li. ^(loo 
 
no 
 
 8TATK I'Al'KRS 
 
 to Bet .') 
 ^liipH fourth 
 
 Th(^rB IB 
 hIichiIy ill 
 slii|>piiiK 
 about lUUOli. 
 
 To be yot 
 lowed 
 
 ■.ioWli. 
 
 Order to bo 
 t«l<cii tliat 
 Riich 119 ni" 
 eiitrpcl into 
 tbe Com- 
 liftiiy.iind set 
 down their 
 somes, innv 
 bniitjup the 
 siiuio wt 
 spcode. 
 Notliiiig can 
 be doll 
 viilesso it bo 
 brought >n. 
 'J'lio lyme 
 pnsseth, al- 
 inogi past 
 tor jisyere. 
 
 [ Colonial, No. 33, Domestic Eliz., cxi, No. 48.] 
 
 UEPOUT UPON THE OUTFIT Foil TIIK SECOND VOYAOK. 
 
 It may ploaso jo"" Lordships to undorstanfl, whoras you have liy 
 yo' letters, lieringo date the xvii''' of this present, rcquyred that woo 
 shuldo take vppoa vs tho care of the thoroughc and speedy settingo 
 furtho to tho seas of Mr. Furbusher, w"' tho shipjiingo thought moeto 
 to passo w'l' him for the discoverie pretended. So it is that accordingo 
 to your honnoral»le comawndement wee have travelled in tho same, and 
 do percoavo as foUowoth : Kirst, woo do finde as well by thexamynacion 
 of the said Mr. Furbusher, as also of tho master that was w'^ him in his 
 last viadgc, and other of that company whom wee have particulcrly ex- 
 amyned a part one from tho other, and also vj)pon dyvcrs and sundry 
 other matters whieho wee have pervscd and weyed, that tho supposed 
 Straight whieho Mr. '."'uibusher doth sett out is so farr fourth as we can 
 gather and judge a trueth, and therforo a thingc wurthio in our opynyons 
 to bo followed. The nombur of shippes and other vessells w^'' the men 
 to go in them, tho provicion of victuells to bo made, w^'' all other neces- 
 saries fitt for to serve for the said viailt^e, wee have throughly considered 
 therof, and hauo sett downe the same in particulers whiche dotho amount 
 to iiiji" v" li, as by tho said particulers subscribed w"' our handes may 
 plainely appero, towardes the whiche woo do likewise finde that there is 
 in provicion as well in shippingc as other nccosseries to the valowo of ono 
 thowsand powndcs little more or lesse. So there is to be levied vppon 
 suche as are, or will bo the Adventurers, the rosidewe of the fornamed 
 some of iiij'" v*" li, mowntingo to three thowsard five hundred powndes, 
 whiche matters before rohersed, wee have thought it meete and our 
 dueties to revealc the same, not only to yo"" Ilounors, but also to other 
 partners of that Company of Adventurers in the forsaid viage to 
 thend that tho same beiiige knowen, speedy order may be taken that 
 every person who hath entrod into the Company, and sett downe suchc 
 somes of money as they will adventure, that they do forthwith take order 
 to bringe in their said somes to Mr. Iluggins, beinge appointed Treasorer 
 of that Company, withoutt the whiche uothinge can be doune, and if it 
 should be any longer deferred, tyme wolde not serve this yere to take the 
 viage in hand. And thus havinge shewed to yo^ Lordshipps, and the 
 rest, our travaills and opynyons in that behalf the whiche we leave to 
 yor honnorable consideracions, wee rest prayinge God to preserve you. 
 London, the xxx"' of Marche, 1577. 
 
 Yo'' Honnorable LL. to command, 
 
 W. Wynter, Tho. Randolph, G. Wynter, 
 A. Jenkinson, Kdmond Ilogan, Michael Lok. 
 
St'HSK«4L'F.NT TO TIIK KIKST VOYAOK. Ill 
 
 [Coloaial, Uii. Domestic, Eliz., ex, No. 21.] 
 
 AIlTlCIiEH UF OUAUNT I'ROM TilU QUEKNK's MAJKHX'IU TO TUK 
 OOMPANYE OF KATIIAI. 
 
 (■(inner of 
 MiiHUuvln. 
 
 lok. 
 
 That A, H, C, D, etc., all tho names of the fyrst vcnturorH, with M. a «'oi|.iira- 
 Jjok and M. V robi.shcr, in the fyrst vyage and attempt made for discovery iii i.km to w. 
 (if Kathai and other newlandes by tho north west wards, shalhc one 'i',!!','.,m,|. 
 (,'oinpiiiiyo and corporation for ever to them ami their successors. |'ii"<h.-.i in 
 
 ' •' I Inllll III tll'^ 
 
 That tho aayd Companyo shallio named the Companye of Kathai. 
 
 That they shall hauo pour and auctoritie to udmytt others into their 
 corporation at their plcasurs. 
 
 That they shall hauc pouro and lybcrtio to assemble them selves and 
 to kepo courtes when and wher they will. 
 
 That thosso which shalbo assembled being xv in noraber at tho list, 
 shall hauo poure and auctoritie tochosse a governore, ii cousuils, and xii 
 ubsistantts, to continew in their otfyco for terme of iij yeres now nex 
 comyng, and afterwards to chuso ij governors, iiij cousuils, and xxiiij 
 assystantts, to contynew in offiyce for iij yeres, and so to be renewed or 
 changed from iij yeres to iij yeres. 
 
 That thosse which shalbe so assembled in court in nombtr and order 
 afforsayd, which the governor, ij cousuils, and iij assystantts, shall haue 
 full poure and auctorytie to make lawes aud ordynances and actes from 
 tymc to tymo as thjy seme good for the good order aud govermentt of 
 the Coiupanye, which shall bynd all tho Companyo to the dew obsarva- 
 tiou therof, and maye sott fyues and peualtios uppon tho transgressors 
 therof, and comytt them to pryson and attache their goodes untill they 
 perl'ormo them. 
 
 That they may haue a sargant or offycer or twayne to execute their 
 lawes and actes. 
 
 Tliat they maye revok their former lawes, iind mak other new lawes, 
 as maye seme good from tymo to tyme for the good goverment of the 
 Companyo. 
 
 That they may haue a common seal. 
 
 Tliat they may sewe and be sowed in ail the courtes of the reame by 
 name of the Company of Kathai. 
 
 That they may purchase laudes aud teuuemeuts to the vallewo of one 
 hundreth poundes rent, and may sell and mak leases. 
 
 That they may possesse and cnjoye all their goodes. 
 
 That they m ly do all thiuges in as ample and beneficiall manner as 
 any other corjtoration may doo. 
 
 That they and their successors, and their factors, servantes, deputies, 
 and assignes, shall hauo free lyt)ertie, poure, auctoritie, and pryvelcdgo 
 for ever at thoir will and pleasure, to sayll, goo, and otherwysse by any 
 
\12 
 
 STATK I'Al'ERS 
 
 Aaraiioii mcancH to paaso to ami from all seas, waters, ilcs, laiwlcs, coiintryes, oto., 
 shall not ho Hayiiii^c or otherwyssc passiii^^o from Kanlaml, iiortliwanJ, wcstwanl, or 
 the former' 8owthewariHe, or by any other poynt of the sea compasse, betweno the 
 ohariorH of northo, the west, mil the southe, aswcl uiuler our banners and ensijrnes 
 phnmsDf as otherwysse without thoni, with whatsoever shipps and other vesselis, 
 
 Miisnivm I" , . , ,, 
 
 be BooordeJ. and with all manner vythuali, munition and furnyture and neccssaryes for 
 the same, and with all manner of marchaundis and goodes for to seke, dys- 
 cover, and fynd whatsoever seas, waters, iles, landes, regions, countryes, pro- 
 vences, and other places whatsoever, of whatsoever gentells, heathen, 
 infiilells, or other nations, sett and beingc in whatsoever part of tho 
 world, which before this tyme, and before the late vyage of discovery 
 made by iNIartyue Frobysher to the northcwostwards hath been un- 
 knownc, oi not commonly freiiucnted, l)y the subjects of our reame of 
 England for trade of marchauudisc. And also in the same seas, waters, 
 ilos, landes, countryes, regions, provences, and other places, and to and 
 from tho same, shall and may frelye at their wills and pleasurs from 
 hence fourth for ever, use traffic and trade of merchauiidise, and other- 
 wise doo what soever bussines and thinges to them shall seme good and 
 convenyent for their ownc pro])cr vantage, comoditie, and proff'yt, with- 
 out theirby incuringe any manner of peiialtie, forfayture, or other 
 molestation or trowble whatsoever, notwithstan^inge any pryveledge or 
 other actes, lawes, or thing js whatsoever to the contraryc herof in any 
 wysso. 
 
 That none other parson, subject, nor dcnyson of our realmes and 
 domynions, nor any other of whatsovcr nation, not beinge free of this 
 Corporation or Companye, shall passe by any mcancs to nor from any of 
 tho sayd seas, landes, etc., nor vyssett the same, nor therin do any f'catt 
 of marchaundise, nor other business, without the speciall consent o^d 
 lycence of tho sayd Companye, under their common seall, graunted in 
 coiirtt or otherwysse then for the affayres and bussines of the sayd Com- 
 panye by their order, ui)pon jiaync of losso and forieyteure, i/mo fncto, 
 of all shipes, vesselis, and goodcs whatsoever, transported to or from any 
 of the sayd countryes or jilaces, or tho vallow therof, the halfe to tho 
 Queue, the other halfe to tho Company, to be taken or sewed for by 
 seasuro or accyon of debt or other vysso in any of the Queue's courtes, etc. 
 That to their best poure and abilitie they may forbyd, withstand, and 
 repullse all other parsons of whatsoever nation that shall dysturbc or 
 interrupt them, or iutormc'lc in their trade of marchaundis or other- 
 wysse in any their attemptes in any of the sayd seas, lands, countrys, 
 or other places before sayd, without therby incuringe any penalties or 
 daunger of our lawes, etc. 
 
 That of all the marchaundis which they shall carrye out uf our reames 
 and domynions they shall pay no more nor greater customc, subsedy, 
 nor other dcwties unto uk nor to our licyres, then in now dewe or shall 
 be <lcw to us by our subjectcs by the lawes and customes of our rcauie. 
 
.r k-.«»«WrWJSWB*lK(M««*'*=' ■■ ' 
 
 SimSKQUKNT TO rilK KIKSI VOYAGE. 
 
 \{ii 
 
 That of all the goodcs, wares, ami marchaundis which they (tliall 
 hiinge into England from the conntryes afPorsayd they shall pay hut 
 halfe cnstonie, siibsodyes, and other dewtics now dew to us, for the terme 
 of XX yeres now next ensewinge, and afterwardes shall paye to ns and 
 our heyres for ever no more Init r>£ of ]()0£ of the vallew of the satne 
 iii.irchaundise that they shall I)ringe in, accordiiige to the vallewation 
 therof, now vsed in our customs in London. 
 
 That they shall freeley and at their pleasure transport out of our 
 reames and doniynions into any other reames and countryes all such 
 wares and marchaundis as they shall bringe in and not sell in our 
 ilomynions, free, without payment of any customo or dewtie to us out- 
 wardes for the same, notwithstandiuge any lawes to the countrarye, etc. 
 
 And furdermore, in consideration of the industry, good direction, and 
 great travayll of Michaill Lok of London, mercer, i"^ the fyrst voyage 
 latelye attempted by Martyne Frobysher, gent., for d_ scovery of Kathai 
 and other new landcs by the northewestwards, we doo grauntt and will 
 that the sayd Michaill Lok shalbe the fyrst governore of the sayd Com- 
 panye, to contynew in that offycc for terme of his lytte, except he will 
 rcsygne the same. And ulso in consideration of his great Ci.^c, charges, 
 and venture for the provision and furnyture of the forsayd fyrst voyage 
 of dyscovcrye, we do graunt and will that he shall haue, receive, and 
 tak of the sayd Companye to his owne vse and belioffe for ever, the rate 
 of one of every hundreth of all the wares, goodes, and marchaundis that 
 .shalbe browght into England or other countryes for accountt of the .sayd 
 Companye, accordinge to tlie rate and vallewe therof in the payment of 
 custome to the Queue's majestic. 
 
 And lykewyse, in con.'^yderation of the industry, good order, and great 
 travayll of ]\Iartync Frobysher, gent., in the execution of the fyrst voy- 
 iigc latly niade in his own parson for the dyscovcry of Cathai and other 
 new landes by the northewestwardcs, we do grauntt and will that the 
 sayd Martyne Frobisher, dcwringe terme of his naturall lyffc, shalbe 
 High Admyrall of all .'eas and waters, countryes, landes, and iles, as 
 Avell of Kathai as of all other countryes and places of new dyscovcry. 
 And also in consydcration of his good sarvyce theirin, we do grauntt an<l 
 will that he shall haue, receave, and tak of the sayd Compwr-ve to his 
 owne proper vse and bchoffe for ever the rate of cmc of every hundreth of 
 ail the warres, goodcs, and marchauiidise tluit .shalbe brought into 
 England or other countryes for accountt of the Companye, accoidinge to 
 the rate and vallew therof in the payment of custome to the Quene's 
 majestie. 
 
 That all the malic chyldren of all the fornaraed parsons, which wcare 
 fyrst venturers of the Companye, and also the heyres malle of every of 
 the sayd malle chyldren fjr ever, shalbe admytted into the lybcrties an(\ 
 pryvelcdges of the sayd Companye gratis from tyme to tyme. 
 
 1 
 
114 
 
 STATE PAPERS 
 
 [Colonial, No. 31. Domestic Elk., ex, No. 22.] 
 
 ARTICLES CONSENTED AND FULLY AGREr.DE BY THE COMPANY 
 
 OF KATHAYE. 
 
 Thatt the Company shalbe named the Company of Kathay. 
 Thatt Michaell Lok shalbe Govcrnour for vj yeres next ensuinge. 
 Thatt A. B. shalbe Consullor for iij yeres. 
 Thatt A. B. C. shalbe Assistante for iij yeres. 
 
 Thatt A. shalbe Agente for iij yeres, to doe all the buisness of the 
 Company, according to order of the Company, and shall have 
 stipende ycrcly. 
 
 Thatt Edraond Ilogan shalbe Tresourror for iij yeres. 
 Thatt in consideracion of the industry, good direction, &payns takinge 
 of Michaell Lok in the first viage latly attempted for discouery of Kathay 
 & other now landes, by the Northwestwardes, and also of his great cost, 
 charges, and venture for the provision and furnyture of the same, he 
 shall haue, receiue & take of the Company to his owne vse for ever, the 
 rate of one of every 100, of all the wares, goodes and marcliandise, thatt 
 phalbe brought into England or other countries for account of the Com- 
 pany, accordinge to the rate & valew therof in tiro payment of custome 
 to the Queue's Ma''^. 
 
 Thatt in consideracion of the like industry, good order & great travile 
 of Martyn Frobisheir, gent., in the execution of the firste viage latly 
 made in his owne parson, for the discouery of Kathay and other new 
 landes by the Northwestwardes, he shalbe general Captayne by sea and 
 Admyrall of the shipps & navie of the Company duringe his life, and 
 shall have stipend yerely duringe his life, and also shall have, 
 
 recevc & tak of the Company to his owne vse for ever the rate of one of 
 100 of all the wares, goodes and marchandise thatt shalbe brought into 
 England or other countries for accounpt of the Company, according to 
 the rate & valew therof in the payment of custome to the Queue's Ma''", 
 Thatt from hence forth for ever the some of one hundreth poundes of 
 Euglishe money shalbe accompted one single parte or share in stok of 
 the Company. 
 
 Thatt every parson of this Company as well those w^'' now are the first 
 ventures as all others w'' hereafter shalbe free of this Company & wilbe 
 venturers, shall put into accompt for their stock one hundredth poundes 
 of English money, w^'' shalbe accompted for one single parte and as 
 many more lik single partes as they please, nott beinge above five single 
 partes, and as the traffick from tyme to tyme will suffer to occupy great 
 stock. 
 
 Thatt every one of the first venturers shall haue liberty to put in 
 stock doble nomber of single partes of any other of the venturers from 
 tyme to tyme. 
 
SUHSEQUKNT TO THE FIRST VOYAGE. 
 
 115 
 
 Thatt every new stock of new account from tyme to tyme shall con- 
 tenew for iij yeres, and att thatt tyme thaccompt therof shalbe clea.iy 
 made up and fynyshed, & therof divydent then shalbe made, & shalbe 
 paid to every one of the Company venturars in thatt accompt, or to the 
 heires or executors of those w'-'' shalbe deade in thatt meane tyme all 
 thatt shalbe founde dew to them vpon thaccompt accordinge to the rate 
 of their stok thcrin put. 
 
 Thatt all sucii parsons as shalbe admitted into tha fredom of this 
 Company att this next cominge viage & venture to be made, shall paye 
 for a fyne xxx poundes towardes the charges and losses sustayned by the 
 venturers of firste viage made for discouery. 
 
 Thatt Mychaell Lok and Martyne Frobusher shalt haue libertye to 
 assigne x parsons to be a<lmytted into the fredome of this Company 
 gratis, att their pleasure, thatt is to saye, each of them to assigne five 
 parsons. 
 
 Thatt no parson shalbe admitted into the fredome of this Company 
 after this next coming viadge to be made vntil the ende of iij yeres & 
 fynyshinge of that accompt. 
 
 Thatt all other parsons w^i' shalbe admitted into the fredome of this 
 Company by redemption after the saide iij yeres tyme & ende of thatt 
 accompt, shall paye for afyue tow hundreth poundes of money, to the 
 v.se and bcncfitt of the whole Company. 
 
 Thatt a competent howse and warchowse shalbe highred for the buis- 
 nes of the Company, and officers & servantts nedfuU for the same. 
 
 Thatt all the goodes & marchaundise of the Company shalbe marked 
 w"' the mark in the margent. 
 
 Thatt all the male children of all the forenamed parsons which weare 
 first venturers of this Company, & also the heires male of every of the 
 said male children for ever, shalbe admitted into the liberties & prive- 
 ledge of the saide Company (gratis) from tyme to tyme. 
 
 Thatt such of the Company as shall dye w"'out male children may 
 give and assigne over his fredome of this Company to one other parson, 
 by his last will and testament. 
 
 [Colonial, East Indies, No. 26. Domestic, cxix, No. 32.] 
 
 A BRIKFF NOTE OF ALL THE COST ANIl CHARGE OF THE IJ 
 SHirPS GABRIELL AND MICHAELL AND THEIR TYNNASSE 
 AVITH ALL THEIR FUENYTURE FOR THE FYRST VOYAGE 
 TO CATHAY, ETC., SENT WITH MARTYN FFURBISSHEU IN 
 .lUNE, ANNO 1567. 
 
 It, 
 
 Ffor the hull of the new shipp Gabriell . . . 8;J 
 
 For the new pynnasse of vij ton . . . . 20 O 
 
 For the shippe Michacll, with old taklc and furnyture . 120 
 
116 
 
 SPATK PAPERS, KTC 
 
 For new takling and rigging them all 
 For ordenancc and municion 
 For instrumentes of navegacion 
 For vittuall for the whole voyage . 
 For men's wages paid before hand . 
 For marchandiz for traffick . 
 
 229 16 l(» 
 100 8 4 
 60 14 
 387 14 10 
 213 17 8 
 213 6 8 
 
 ticularly bie 
 
 ^tUlS 17 4 
 
 Sume of all the charge appering par 
 account .... 
 And nowc wages and charges paid syns the retorne of 
 the shipps home untill the end of December anno. 1576 ^(195 1 11 
 
 Sume to tall 
 
 /a613 19 3 
 
 And all the whole stok of the adventurers sett down in 
 certaintie were but ..... 875 
 
 So there lakid in stok of the adventurers to supply the 
 
 whole charge ..... ^i738 19 3 
 
 Ffor the which sume of ^* 738 195 3d the venturers are to consider to- 
 wardes Mighell Lok, who did pay and disburse the same for them so 
 long tyme as thaccountes shall declare to his great hyndrans and 
 great danger if it had been lost. 
 
 .■Vfter the retorne home of the said ij shipps were sold 
 divers parcel Is of the merchandiz and vittuall which 
 wold not kepe good as particularly by account apperith /ill7 18 7 
 
 And all the rest of the shipps and goodes rcmayning were valued and 
 sold to the account of the second voyage as follows : — 
 
 For the marchandiz ..... 
 
 For the ij shipps ..... 
 
 For wyne and other victualls an divers implcmentcs 
 
 Sume of the remayner sold and charged in account of the 
 second voyage ..... 
 
 Sume of all the discharge of this first voyage amountes 
 
 So ther was left clare by this first voiage with the stok of 
 the adventurers must here untill God send better 
 successe ...... 800 
 
 And so restith still good in stok of this first voyage /i75 Os Od which is 
 putt to the account of the second voiage with god 
 increasse ...... lilH U 
 
 lil48 5 
 
 5 
 
 4{)(» 
 
 
 
 147 l.'i 
 
 3 
 
 696 
 
 8 
 
 813 19 
 
 3 
 
 w^ 
 
 ^' 
 
ACCOUNT OF THE SECOND VOYAGE, WITH 
 
 THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO 
 
 MAUTYNE FURBISHER. 
 
 Colonial, 39. Domestic Bliz., cxiii. No. 12. 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO MAKTYNE FFURniSHEK, GENT., FOR ORDERS TO 
 BE OBSERVED IN THE VIAGE NOWE RECOMMENDED TO HIM FOB 
 THE NORTH WEST I'ARTS AND CATHAY. 
 
 1. Fyrst, you shall cntre as Captayne Generall into the 
 chardge and government of theise three vessels, viz., the 
 Ayde, the Gabriell, and the Michaell, w"* all that apper- 
 taynethe to them whatsoever. 
 
 2. Item, you shall appoint for the furnishing of the sayd 
 vessels, the nomber of 120 persons, whereof xc shalbee 
 maryners, gonneers, carpenters, and other necessarie men to 
 serve for the vse of the shippes : the other xxx to bee 
 moynerSj fyners, merchants, and other necessarie persons 
 bothe to accompanie and attend vppon you w"*^ nomber you 
 shall not in any wise exceade. 
 
 3. Item, the victualls for vij monthcs w'^'' is delivered into 
 the sayd shippes for the provision of the foresayd persons, 
 you shall carefully see the same expended and preserved 
 without spoyle or hurt taking by negligence. 
 
 4. Item, you shall not rcceave into yo"" companic anie 
 disordred person as neere as you may, and vppon knowledge 
 had to remove them except such as you have received by our 
 order yat were prisoners and condemned persons. 
 
 5. Item, you shall vse all diligence possible to depart 
 w"' yo'' sayd vessells from hence before the xx"' of this 
 
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 INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO 
 
 present, and to take yo"^ course by north or the west as the 
 wynds will best serve you. 
 
 6. Item, in yo"" waye outwards you shall, if it bee no 
 hinderance to yo"' viage, sett on land vppon the coast of 
 Friesland vi of the condemned persons w''"' you carie w"' you, 
 yfih weapons and vittualls suche as you maye conveniently 
 spare : and yf hit can not be don outwards, you shall doe 
 yo"" endeavour to accomplishe the same in yo' returne ; to 
 which persons you shall give instrujtions howe they may by 
 their good behaviour wyn the goodwill of the people of that 
 country, and also learne the state of the same : and yf you 
 sett them a land in yo"" goyng outwards, then doe your best to 
 speake w^'' them in yor returne. 
 
 7. Item, when you shall bee past the lands of England, 
 Scotland, or Ireland, you shall direct yo'' course withe all 
 yo'' vessels to the island called Hawls Island, beyng in the 
 entrance of the supposed Straight w"'' wee name Furbisher's 
 Straight, discovered by yo' sclfe this last yearc. And in 
 yo*^ jorney thitherwards you shall have a speciall regard so 
 to order the matter as yo'' vessels doc not loose the companie 
 one of the other : and yf anie wilfulnesse or negligence shall 
 appeare in anie person or persons that shall have chardge (or 
 otherwise) in doyng of the contrarie then you shall sharply 
 punishe the same to the example of the rest. 
 
 8. Item, at your arrivall at Ilawls Island you shall seek a 
 good harborrowe for the shippes as nere the same island as 
 may bee, and there to place yo' shippes in saftie ; and from 
 thence you shall reparc w^'' suche vessels and furniture as is 
 apt to the place where the mynerall core was had w*^'' you 
 brought hither the last ycarc, and there to place the moyeners 
 and other men to worckc and gather the cores foreseeyng 
 that they maye bee placed as well from danger and malice 
 of the people as from anye other extreamitie that maye 
 happen. 
 
 9. Item, when you have placed yo'" moyeners and other 
 persons as before is sayd, you shall then embarck yo'' sclfe in 
 
MAKTYNE Ft-'URHISHKR. 
 
 119 
 
 one of the small barcks and take the other barck also w"* you, 
 leaving the Ayde behind you in the chardge of some discreet 
 person as well to receave and lade the oores w'''^ shalbe gotten 
 as also to succour the worckmen ; w''* the w*^'' twoe barcks 
 you shall repare towards the place where yo"" men and boate 
 J was taken from you, and in the waye goynge you shall make 
 
 ; 'I searche bothe for good harborrowes, and also for other 
 
 I moyennes : and yf vppon prooffe you shall fynd moyenes to 
 
 bee richer than those from whence you came, then you shall 
 returne to the fyrst worckes and remove the moyeners and 
 shippe to those other moyenes as you shall see cawse : and 
 the worckmen beyng once well settled, then you w*^** the 
 barcks shall proceade for the searching owt of yo"^ men lost, 
 and also to discover L or a c (so farr) leagues westward more 
 from that place as ye maye be certayne that you are entred 
 into the South Sea ; and in yo'' passage to Icarne all that you 
 can, and not to tarye so longe from the Ayde and worckmen 
 but that you bee able to rctorne homewards w'^ the shippes 
 in due tyme. 
 
 10. Item, to consider what places maye bee the most aptest 
 to make fortification, yf neede requyre to the defence of the 
 moyeners and possessynge of the countrie, and to bring per- 
 fect plottes and notes thereof. 
 
 11. Item, yf it bee possible you shall leave some persons 
 to wynter in the Straight, givyng them instructions how they 
 maye observe the nature of the ayre and state of the countrie, 
 and what tymc of the yeare the Straight is most free from 
 yse : w"' whome you shall leave a sufficient proportion of 
 vittals and weapons, and also a pynnesse w*^*^ a carpenter and 
 thinges necessarie so well as maye bee, • 
 
 12. Item, yf it shall happen that the moyenes do not yeald 
 the substance that is hoped for, then you shall furnishe the 
 twoe barckes w*-'' such as you maye take owt of the Ayde, 
 and therewithall you shall proceade towards the discovering 
 of Cathaya w"" the two barcks and returne the Ayde for 
 England agaync. 
 
'^WWfW^^^^P^PP*^^ 
 
 120 
 
 INSTRUCTIONS, KT<; 
 
 lo. Item, a>> you sluiU mistrust rather to inuchc than any 
 thinge to litle tovvching the matter of yo"" salftie, when you 
 happen to come to have conference w'*' the people of those 
 parts where you shall arrive: so agayne wee recpiyre you, 
 that in all yo"" doynges you doe so hehave yo"" selfc, and to 
 cavvse yo'' companie to doe the like towards the sayd people 
 as maye gyve lest cawsc of offence, and to procure as muche 
 as in you shall lye to wynne bothe frendshippc and likynge. 
 
 14. Item, yf you fynd that the oore bee of that qualitie 
 and quantitie that is looked for, that then you doe procure 
 to lade so muche thcrof in all yo"" shipping as maye bee, all- 
 thoughe you doc leave owte other superfluouse thinges. 
 
 15. Item, you shall make yo' returne homewards by the 
 west parts of Ireland, and so by the narrowe seas of England 
 to London, for that wee doe take the same to bee yo"" salfest 
 course. And because wee doe not knowe what other matters 
 maye happen to you in the tymc of yo'' jorney, and thcrfore 
 can not prescribe what is to bee done for yo' rcliefe in suche 
 a case : wee doe thcrfore rcferre the consideration of the 
 same to yo'' good discretion, not doubtyng but that the order 
 w"'* you will take thcrin shalbe agreeable w''' the good ex- 
 pectation that is conceaved of you. 
 
 16. Item, wee doe not thinke it good you should bringe 
 hither above the nomber of iij or iiij or 8 or tenne at the 
 most of the people of that countrie : whereof some to be ould 
 and the other yonge whome wee mynd shall not returne 
 agayne thither ; and thcrfore you shall have great care howe 
 you doe take them for avoidyng of offence towards them and 
 the contrie. 
 
 Lastlie we thincke it verie meete that you geve expresse 
 commaundement vnto the fyners and tryers of the oore that 
 they doe not dyscover the secreats of the riches of suche 
 moynes as by you shall be founde out vnto anie besids your 
 self and such others as to vou shall be thought fit should be 
 made acquaynted therwith for her M"^'* better service in 
 that behalf. 
 
A T RUE RE P R T E 
 
 OF SUCH THINGS AS HAPNED IN THE SECOND VOYAGE 
 
 OF CAPTAYNE FROHYSIIER, PRETENDED FOR THE DIS- 
 
 COVERIE OF A NEW PASSAGE TO CATAYA, CHINA, 
 
 AND THE EAST INDIA, BY THE NORTH WEST. 
 
 ANNO DO. 1577. 
 
 Heyng furnished with one tall shippe of hir Majesties, named 
 y" Aydc, of two hundreth tunnc, and two other small barkes, 
 the one named the Gabriell, the other the Michael, about 
 thirtie tunne a peece, being fitlic appointed with men, muni- 
 tion, victuals, and all things necessary for the voyage, the 
 sayde Captayne Frobysher, with the rest of his compaiiie, 
 came aboorde his shippcs riding at l>lackwall, intending 
 (with God's help) to take y" first winde and tyde serving him, 
 the five and twentith day of May, in the yeare of oure Lorde 
 God, a thousande five hundred scventie and seavcn. 
 
 The names of such gentlemen as attempted this discoverio, 
 and the number of souldyourcs and mariners in each shippe 
 as followeth. 
 
 Boord the Ayde being Admirall, were y® number of one c 
 men of all sorts, whereof xxx or more were gentlemen and 
 souldyers, the rest sufl^iciente and tall saylors. 
 
 Aboorde the Gabriell being Vice-admirall, were in all 18 
 persons, whereof sixe were souldyers, the rest mariners. 
 
 Aboorde the Michaell were sixteene persons, whereof five 
 were souldyers, the rest mariners. 
 
 Aboorde the Ayde was : General of the whole company 
 
122 
 
 TIIK SFX'ONI) VOVAGK 
 
 The num- 
 ber of men 
 ill this 
 vojBfie. 
 The con- 
 demned 
 men dis- 
 cbnrged. 
 
 for hir Majesty, Martin Frobisher; his Lieutenant, George 
 Best ; his Auncicnte, Richar. Philpot ; Corporal of y^ shot, 
 Frauncis Fordcr ; the rest of y" gentlemen, Henry Carew, 
 Edmund Stafford, John Lee, — Itarvie, Mathcw Kyncrslcy, 
 Abraham Lyns, Robert Kyncrsley, Frauncis Brackenburye, 
 William Armshow ; the Maystcr, Chrisofer Hall ; the Mate, 
 Charles Jackman ; the Pylottc, Andrew Dyer ; the M. 
 Gunner, Richard Coxe. 
 
 Aboorde the Gabricll was : Captayne, Edward Fenton ; 
 one gentleman, William Tamfield ; the Mayster, William 
 Smyth. 
 
 Aboorde the Michaell was: Captaine, Gilbert Yorke ; one 
 gentleman, Tho. Chambcrlaine ; the Mayster, James Beare. 
 
 On Whitsonday, being the 26 of May, anno 1577, earcly 
 in the morning we wayed ancker at Blackwall, and fell that 
 tyde downe to Gravesende, where we remayned untill 
 Monday at night. 
 
 On Monday morning the 27 of May, aboorde the Ayde 
 we receyved all the Communion, by the Minister of 
 Gravesende, and prepared us, as good Christians towardes 
 (jrod, and resolute men for all fortunes : and towards nightc 
 we departed to Tilburie Hope. 
 
 Tewsday the 28 of Maye, aboute nine of the clocke at 
 nighte, we arrived at Harwitch in Essex, and there stayed, 
 for the taking in of ccrtaine victualles, until Friday, being 
 the thirtith of May, during whyche tyme came letters from 
 the Lordes of the Counsell, strcightelye commaunding oure 
 Generall, not to exceede hys complemente and number ap- 
 poynted hym, whyche was, one hundred and twentye per- 
 sons : whereuppon he discharged many proper men, vhichc 
 wyth unwilling myndes departed. 
 
 He also dismissed all hys condemned men, whyche he 
 thoughte for some purposes verie needefull for the voyage, 
 and towardes nyghte upon Friday, the one and thirtith of 
 May, we setts sayle, and putte to seas agayne. And sayling 
 
 nol 
 lail 
 MJ 
 0)\ 
 
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 upl 
 
OF MARTIN FKOniSHKK. 
 
 ia.j 
 
 silviM' i'diiikI 
 ia Uikuey. 
 
 northwarde alongst the cast coastes of Enijlandc and Scot- ■''•i«i\r'»t 
 lande, the scavtmth day of June, wee arrived in Saintc alpHrMlra 
 Magnus Soundc in Orckney Ilandes, called in Latine luu'ae,'"'' 
 Orcades, and came to ancker on the south syde of the Bay. 
 
 Ileere oure companye goyng on hmdc, the inhabitants of 
 these ilandes beganne to flee, as from the euctnie, where- 
 uppon, the Lieutenante wylled everye man to staye togythcr, 
 and wente hymselfe unto theyr houses, to declare what wee 
 were, and the cause of oure oomming thyther, whyche 
 beeyng understoode, after their poore manner they friendly 
 entreated us, and brought us for oure money, sucli things 
 as they had. And heere our goldfynders found a mine of^'uvnoof 
 silver. 
 
 Orkney is the principall of the lies of Orcades, and 
 standcth in the latitude of 59 degrees and a halfe. The 
 countrey is much subject to colde, aunswcrable for suche a 
 climate, and yet yeeldeth some frutes, and sufficient mayn- 
 tenance for the people contented so poorely to live. 
 
 There is plentie ynough of poultrcy, store of egges, fishe, 
 and fowlc. 
 
 For theyr bread, they have oaten cakes, and theyr drinkc 
 is ewes milke, and in some partes ale. 
 
 Their houses are but poore without, and sluttish ynough 
 within, and the people in nature thereunto agreeable. 
 
 For theyr fire, they burne heath and turffe, the countrey 
 in most parts being voyde of woode. 
 
 They have greate wante of leather, and desire our olde 
 shoes, apparell, and old ropes (before money) for their 
 victuals, and yet are they not ignorant of the value of our 
 coine. The chiefe towne is called Kyrway. 
 
 In this iland hath bin sometime an abbey, or a religious sL'^ugmiB 
 house, called Saint Magnus, being on the west side of the ile, 8o""caiied. ^ 
 whereof this sound beareth name, through whyche we passed. 
 Their Governeure, or chiefe lorde, is called the Lord Robert 
 Steward, who at oure being there, as wee understoode, was 
 
 Kyrway tlio 
 clii'3l towne 
 
124 
 
 THK SKCONl) VOYAOK 
 
 lire (it 
 bndioH nf 
 tree» dryv- 
 in^' in tliu 
 
 KPIIB. 
 
 MoiistrouM 
 HhIi and 
 Htrantte 
 fowlo l,vvinf» 
 only h\ the 
 
 80R. 
 
 Wntpr being 
 biHcko and 
 smooth 
 8igniflelh 
 land lo be 
 nearo. 
 
 Islands of 
 ice. 
 
 Tlie firsle 
 syglit of 
 Kreeso- 
 lande. 
 
 in (I'lrancp at Edenhnrgli, by the Regent's (toinniaundomcnt 
 of Scotlande. 
 
 After we had provided U8 heere of matter sulKciente for our 
 voyage, the eyght of June we scttc saylc agaync,and passing 
 through Saint Magnus Soiinde, liaving a merrio windc by 
 night, caine clocre, and lost siglit of all the lande, and keep- 
 ing our course west-north-west by the space of two dayes, 
 the wind shifted upon us, so that we lay in traverse on 
 y" seas, with contrarie, making good (as neere as we could) 
 our course to the westward, and sometime to the northward, 
 as the winde shifted. And hcereabout we met with three 
 sayle of English fishermen from Iseland, bound homewardo, 
 by whome we wrote our letters unto our friends in England. 
 AVc traversed these seas by the space of 26 dayes, without 
 sight of any land, and met with much drift woode and whole 
 bodycs of trees. We saw many monsterous fishe, and strange 
 fowlc, whyche seemed to live only by the sea, being there so 
 ftirre distant from anye lande. At length, God favoured us 
 with more prosperous windcs, and after we haddc saylcd 
 foure dayes with good wind in the poupe, the fourtli of July 
 the Michaell (being formost a head) shotte off a peecc of 
 ordinance, and stroke all hir sayles, supposing that they 
 descryed land, whyclie by reason of the thicke mistcs, they 
 could not make perfit : howbeit, as wel our accompt, as also 
 the greate alteration of the water, whiche became more 
 blacke and smooth, dyd playnely declare we were not farre 
 off the coast. Our Gencrall sent his jNIaister aboorde the 
 Michaell (who had bin within the yeare before) to beare in 
 with the place, to make proofe thereof, who descried not the 
 lande perfect, but sawe sundrie huge ilands of ise, which 
 we deemed to be not past twelve leagues from the shore, for 
 about tenne of the clocke at night, being the fourth of July, 
 the weather being more cleere, we made the land perfect, and 
 knew it to be Freeseland. And the heigth being taken 
 heere, we founde oureselves to be in tlie latitude of 60 
 
OP MARTIN FKOIilSHKU. 
 
 125 
 
 iiore 
 
 arre 
 
 the 
 
 in 
 
 tlio 
 
 degrees and a lialle, and were t'iiUcn with the southcrmost 
 parte of this hmd. bctwccuc Orkney and Frcesland arc 
 reckoned leagues. 
 
 Tiiis Freeseland slieweth a ragged and liigh hmdc.liaving 
 tlie niountaynes ahnost covered with snow alongst the coast 
 full of drift isc, and secmcth almost inaccessible, and is ,\j*^"Y,ej°'' 
 thought to be an iland in bignesse not inferior to England, 
 and is called of some aiithours Weast Freeseland, 1 tiiinke, 
 byciiuse it lyeth more weast than anye part of Europe. It 
 extendeth in latitude to the northward, verie farrc as 
 seemed to us, and appcarcth by a description set out by 
 two brectlircn, Nicholaus and Antonius Genoa, who being 
 driven off from Ireland with a violent tempest, made ship- 
 wracke hecre, and were the first knowen Christians that 
 discovered this laiide, aboutc three hundred yeares sithcncc ; 
 and they have in their sea cardes set out everie part thereof, 
 and described the condition of the inhabitants, declaring 
 them to be as civill and religious people as we.^ And for so 
 much of this land as we have saylcd alongst, comparing 
 their carde with y'' coast, we find it very agreeable. This 
 coast seemetii to have good fishing, for we lying becalmed, kViwi o7" 
 let fall a hooke without anye bayte, and presently caught a "'""'''■ 
 great fish called a hollibut, which served the whoJj com- 
 panie for a days meate, and is dangerous meate for sur- 
 fetting. And sounding about five leagues off from the shore, 
 our lead brought up in the tallow a kind of corall almost ^^,t h".''""*" 
 white, and small stones as bright as christall : and it is not ""'""""'f- 
 tc be doubted but that this land may be found very rich 
 
 ' The brothers referred to are Niccolo ivnd Antonio Zeno, of Venice, 
 the former of whom, in 1380, ma^e a voyage to the north, and was driven 
 by a storm to the Faroe Islands, whence ho di^patci ed a letter to his 
 brother Antonio, urging him to find means to join hi.n, which he did. * 
 The account was published at Venice, in 1558, bv Francisco Marcolini, 
 a descendant of the Zcno, and was compiled from the fragments of letters 
 written by Antonio Zeno to Carlo, his brother. The Faroe Islands are 
 the " Friseland," here referred to. 
 
im 
 
 THK SROOND VOYAGK 
 
 and bencficiall if it were throughly discovered, although 
 
 we saw no creature there but little birds. It is a marvellous 
 
 thing to behold, of what great bignesse and depth some 
 
 ilefl'onse'in ^l^Ji^^s of isc bc hecrc, some seventy some eighty fadome 
 
 wiilre'^iKMl'c''n undcr watcr, besides that which is above, seemyng ilands 
 
 supposed more than halfe a mile in circuitc. All these ise are in tast 
 
 to fioiiie. 
 
 freshe, and seeme to be bredde in the sounds thereabouts, 
 or in some land ncere the pole, and with the wind and tides 
 are driven alongst the coastes. We found none of these 
 islands of ise salt in taste, whereby appeareth they were not 
 The opinion congcaled of the ocean sea water, which is always salt, but 
 
 of til e 
 
 frciaen scih of somc Standing or little moving lakes or great fresh waters 
 
 is deatroyi^d 
 
 bycxpe- nccrc thc shore, caused cyther by melted snow from the 
 tops of mountains, or by continuall accesse of fresh rivers 
 from the land, and intermingling with y" sea water, bearing 
 yet the dominion (by the force of extreame frost) may cause 
 some part of salt water to freese so with it, and so seeme a 
 little brackish, but otherwise y" maine sea freeseth not, and 
 therefore there is no mare glaciale or frozen sea as the 
 opinion hitherto hath bin. Our general proved landing 
 here twice, but by y'' suddaine fall of mistes (whereunto this 
 coast is much subject) he was like to lose sight of his ships, 
 and being greatly endangered with the driving ise alongst 
 the coast, was forced aboord, and faine to surceasse his pre- 
 tence till a better oportunitie might serve : and having 
 spent four dayes and nights sailing alongst this land, find- 
 ing the coast subject to such bitter cold and continuall 
 mistes, he determined to spend no more time therein, but to 
 beare out his course towards y" streights called Frobishers 
 straights, after y' generals name^who being the firstc that 
 ever passed bcyonde fifty-eight degrees to the northwards, 
 for any thing hath bin yet knowen of certainty of New 
 found land, otherwise called y" continent or firme land of 
 America ; discovered y'' said streights this last yeare 1576, 
 
 Krobisiiera aiul hoocth that there wil be found a thorough passage into 
 
OF MARTIN FROBISIIER. 
 
 121 
 
 the sea, which lieth on the back side of y*" said New found 
 land called 3Iarc Pacificum or Mare de Stir, by the which 
 we maye go unto Cataya, China, the East India, and all the 
 dominions of the Great Cane of Tartaria. Betweene Freese- 
 land and the straights we had one great storme, wherin 
 y* Michael was somewhat in danger, having hir steerage 
 broken and hir top mastes blowen over bord, and being not 
 past fifty leagues short of y" straightes by our accompt, we 
 strooke sayle and lay a hull, fearing the continuance of the 
 storme, the wind being at the northeast, and having lost 
 company of the barkes in that flaw of wind, we happily 
 mette againe the 17 day of July, having the evening before 
 scene divers ilandes of fleeting ise, which gave an argument 
 that we were not farre from land. Our Generall in y" morn- 
 ing from the maine top (y^ weather being reasonable clcere) 
 descried land, but to be better assured, he sent the two 
 barkes two contrarie courses, wherby they might descrie 
 either the south or north forlande, the Ayde lying oflf and 
 on at sea, with a small saile by an Hand of ise, whiche was 
 the marke for us to meete togither agayne. And abnute 
 noone, the weather being more clcere, we made the North 
 Forlande perfite, which otherwise is called Ilalles Hand, and 
 also the small ilande bearing the name ~)i the saide Hall, 
 whence the ore was taken uppe, whiche was broughte into 
 Englande this last yeare 1576, the said Hall being present 
 at the finding and taking up thereof, who was then maister 
 in the Gabriell withe Captayne Frobisher. At oure arrivall 
 heere, all the seas about this coast were so covered over with 
 huge quantitie of great ise that we thought these places 
 might only deserve the name of Mare Glacialc, and be called 
 the Isie Sea. 
 
 This North Forlande is thought to be devided from the 
 continente of the norther lande by a little sounde called 
 Halle's Sounde, whiche maketh it an iland, and is thoughte 
 little lesse than the ile of Wight, and is the firstc entrance of 
 
 The steer- 
 age of the 
 Miclmell 
 broken by 
 tempest. 
 
 riifi first 
 entrHiioe 
 of tlie 
 alriiights. 
 
 Hnlles 
 iliiiiil. 
 
 Tlie de- 
 spription 
 of the 
 stroyglites. 
 
1^8 
 
 HE SECOND VOYAGE 
 
 No more 
 gold ori) 
 found ill 
 tlie fyrsl 
 ilande. 
 
 the streightes upon the norther side, and standeth in the 
 hititude of 62 degrees, ijo minutes, and is reckned from 
 Freescland Icdgues. God having blessed us wyth so 
 happie a lande fall, we bare into the streightes whyche runne 
 in next hande weast, and somewhat to the northwarde, and 
 came as neere the shoi-e as we mighte for the ise, and uppon 
 the eyghteenth day of July our Generall taking the gold 
 fynders with him, attempted to go on shore with a small 
 rowing pinnesse, upon the small iland where the ore was 
 taken up, to prove whether there were anyc store thereof to 
 be found, but he could not gette in all that iland a pecce so 
 bigge as a walnutt, where the firste was founde, so that it 
 may seeme a greate miracle of God, that being only one rich 
 stone in all the iland, the same should be found by one of 
 our countrymen, whereby it shoulde appeare, God's divine 
 will and pleasure is, to have oure common wealth encreased 
 with no lesse abundance of His hyden treasures and goldo 
 mynes than any other nation, and would that the fayth of 
 His Gospell and holy name should be published and en- 
 larged throughe all those corners of the earth, amongst these 
 idolatrous infidels. But oure men whiche sought the other 
 ilandes thereaboutes, found them all to have good store of 
 the ore, whereuppon our (jicnerall with these good tidings 
 retourned aboorde aboute ten of the clocke at night, and was 
 joyfully welcomed of the companie with a volie of shotte. 
 ERgesnnd Hc brou^fht cggcs, fowle, and a yona: scale aboord, which 
 the companie hadde killed ashore, and having founde upon 
 those ilandes ginnes set to catch fowle, and stickes new cut, 
 with other things, he well perceived that not long before 
 some of the countrey people had resorted thither. Having 
 therefore found these tokens of the peoples accesse in those 
 partes, and being in his firste voyage well acquainted with 
 their subtile and cruell disposition, he provided well for his 
 hotter safetie, and on Friday the ninteenth of July in the 
 morning early, with his best company of gentlemen and 
 
 Mt'tii In- 
 cognitn 
 
 hUHI'l'S SPt 
 
 to catch 
 
 birds 
 
 witball/ 
 
OF MAHTIN IKOBISHF.R. 
 
 129 
 
 r 
 
 souldioures to the number of fortie porsons, went on shoaro 
 aswell to discover the inlande and habitation of the people, as 
 also to fynd out some fittc harborowe for our shippes. And 
 passing towardcs the shoarc with no small difficultie, by 
 reason of the abundance of ise whiche lay alongest the 
 eoaste so thicke togither, that hardely any passage throughe 
 them might be discerned, we arrived at length upon the 
 maine of Halles greater iland, and founde there also, aswcl 
 as in the other small ilands, good store of the ore. And 
 leaving his boats here with sufHcient guarde passed up into 
 the countrey about two English miles, and recovered the top 
 of a high hill, on the top whereof our men made a columne 
 or crosse of stones heaped uppe of a good heighth togither 
 in good sorte, and solemnly sounded a trumpet, nnd said 
 ccrtaine prayers, kneeling aboute the ancient, and iionoured 
 the place by the name of Mount AVarwicke, in remembrance 
 of the Right Honorable the Lord Ambrose Dudley, Erie of 
 Warwick, whose noble minde and good countenaunce in this, 
 as in all other good actions, gave great encouragement and 
 good furtherance. This done, we retired our companies, not 
 seeing any thing here worth further discoverie, the countrie 
 seeming barren and full of ragged mountaincs, in most parts 
 covered with snow. And thus marching towards our boats, 
 we espied certaine of the countrey people on the top of 
 Mount Warwicke with a flag, wafting us backe againe, and 
 making great noise, with cries like the mowing of bulls, 
 seeming greatly desirous of conference with us : wheruppon 
 the General, being therewith better acquainted, answered 
 them again with the like cries, whereat, and with the noise 
 of our trumpets, they seemed greatly to rejoyce, skipping, 
 laughing, and dancing for joy. And hereuppon we made 
 signcs unto them, holding up two fingers, commanding two 
 of our men to go aparte from our companies, wherby they 
 might doe the like. So that forthwith two of oure menne 
 and two of theirs mette togither a goqd space from eompanie. 
 
 The build- 
 ing of H 
 
 CollllllII, 
 
 called 
 M.niiit Whi- 
 wick. 
 
 Tho first 
 si|,'lil of iho 
 countrie 
 peciple 
 wafting with 
 a tl,i({. 
 
130 
 
 THK SECOND VOYAOK 
 
 The meet- 
 iiig apHrt of 
 two l''.ug- 
 lishiiieii 
 with two of 
 that oouii- 
 trie. 
 
 The onlcr 
 of their 
 trafllc. 
 
 Another 
 meeting of 
 two of our 
 men with 
 two of 
 tlielra. 
 
 neither partie having their weapons about them. Our men 
 gave them pinnes and pointes, and such trifles as they had. 
 And they likewise bestowed on our men two bowe cases, 
 and such things as they had. They earnestly desired oure 
 men to go uppe into their countrie, and our men offered 
 them like kindnesse abnordc oure shippcs, but neyther parte 
 (as it seemed) admitted or trusted the others curtesic. Their 
 manner of traffic is thus : they doe use to laye down of their 
 marchandise uppon the ground, so much as they meane to 
 parte withall, and so looking that the other partie, with 
 whome they make trade, shoulde doe the like, they them- 
 selves doe departe, and then, if they doe like of their marte, 
 they come againe, and take in exchange the others marchan- 
 dise, otherwise, if they like not, they take their owne and 
 departe. The day being thus well .leare spent, in haste we 
 retired our companies into our boates againe, minding forth- 
 with to searche alongst the coast for some harborowe, fittc 
 for our shippes ; for the present necessitie thereof was much, 
 considering that all this while they lay off* and on between 
 the two lands, being continually subject, as well to great 
 danger of fleeting yse, which environed them, as to the so- 
 dain flawes which the coast seemeth much subject unto. But 
 when the people perceived our departure, with great tokens 
 of affection they earnestly called us backe againe, following 
 us almost to our boates : whereuppon our generall taking 
 his maister with him, who was beste acquainted with their 
 maner, vrent apart unto two of them, meaning, if they could 
 lay sure holde upon them, forcibly to bryng them abord, 
 with intent to bestowe certain toycs and apparell upon the 
 one, and so to dismisse him with all arguments of curtesie, 
 and retaine the other for an interpreter. The generall and 
 his maister being met with their two companions togither, 
 after they hadde exchanged certaine thinges the one with the 
 other, one of the salvages for lackc of better marchandise, 
 cuttc oflf the taylc of his coato (which is a chiefe ornament 
 
OF .MAKTIN I'ROmSHKK. 
 
 131 
 
 reat 
 so- 
 
 ing 
 
 
 among them) and gave it unto oiire general for a present. 
 But he presently upon a Avatchword given, with his maister 
 sodainely laid holde upon the two salvages. But the grounde 
 undcrfeete being slippcrie, with the snow on the side of the 
 hill, thire he ndfast fayled, and their pray escaping, ranne 
 awaye, and lightlyc recovered their bowe and arrowes, 
 which they had hid not farre from them behinde the rockes. 
 And being only two salvages in sight, they so fiercely, des- 
 perately, and with such furie assaulted and pursued our 
 generall and his maister, being altogither unarmed, and not I'lie Kng 
 
 linliineii 
 
 I to 
 boats. 
 
 mistrusting their subtil ities, that they chased them to their ''"'^"^ 
 
 " 'J their b 
 
 boats, and hurte the generall in the buttocke with an arrow, 
 who the rather speedily fled backe, bycause they suspected 
 a greater number behind y® rocks. Our soldiers (which wer 
 commanded before to keepe their boates) perceiving the 
 danger, and hearing our men calling for shot, came speedily 
 to rescue, thinking there had bin a more number. But 
 when y® salvages heard y"^ shot of one of our calivers, and 
 yet (having first bestowed their arrows) they ran away, our 
 men speedily folowing them. But a servante of my Lorde 
 of Warwickes, called Nicholas Conyer, a good footeman, and 
 uncumbred with anyc furniture, besides a dagger at his 
 backe, ovcrtooke one of them, and being a Cornishman, and one of that 
 
 o ' couiitrimeu 
 
 a good wrastler, shewed his companion such a Cornishe "''^^"• 
 tricke, that he made his sides ake against the grounde for a 
 moncth after. And so being stayed, he was taken alive, and 
 brought away, but the other escaped. Thus with their 
 straunge and newe praye, our men repaired to their boates, 
 and passed from the maine to a small iland of a myle com- 
 passe, where they resolved to tarrie all night, for even now 
 a sodainc storme was grown so great at sea, that by no 
 iMoans they coulde recover their ships. And here every 
 man refreshed himseife with a small portion of victualles, 
 whiche was laide into the boates for their dinners, having 
 neither rate nor drunke all the daye before. But bycause 
 
 iv 2 
 
132 
 
 THK SKCOND VOYAGK 
 
 The Ai.lo 
 Bflt on lire. 
 
 The great 
 ti«ii(/er of 
 those rocks 
 uf ise. 
 
 they knewe not howe long the storme might laste, nor how 
 far off the ships might be put to sea, nor whether they should 
 ever recover them againe or not, they made great spare of 
 their victiialles, as it greatly behoved them. For they knew 
 ful wcl, that the beste cheare the countrey coulde yeelde 
 them, was golden rockes and stones, a harde foode to live 
 withall, and the people more readie to eate them, than to 
 give them where witball to eate. And thus keeping veric 
 good watche and warde, they lay there al night upon harde 
 cliffes of snowe and ise, both wettc, cold, and comfortlesse. 
 
 These things thus hapning with the company on lande, 
 the danger of the shippes at sea was no lesse perilous. For 
 within one houre after the generalls departing in y'' morn- 
 ing, by negligence of the cooke in over heating, and the 
 workman in making the chimney, the Aide was set on fire, 
 and had bin the confusion of the whole, if by chauncc a boye 
 espying it, it hadde not bin speedily with great labour and 
 Gods helpe well extinguished. 
 
 This day also, were diverse stormes and flawes, and by 
 nine of the clocke at night the storme was growen so great, 
 and continued suche vintill the morning, that it putte our 
 shippes at sea in no small peril, for having mountaines of 
 fleeting ise on every side, we went romer for one, and loofed 
 for another, some scraped us, and some happily escaped us, 
 that the least of all of them were as dangerous to strike as any 
 rocke, and able to have split asunder the strongest shippe of 
 the worlde. Wee had a scope of cleare withoute ise (as God 
 would), wherein we turned, beyug otherwise compassed on 
 everye side about, but so much was the winde, as so little 
 was our sea room, that being able to bcare only our fore- 
 coast, we cast so oft about, that we made fourtecne hordes 
 in eight glasses running, being but foure houres : but God 
 being our best steresman, and by y" industry of Charles 
 Jackman and Andrew Dyer, then maisters mates, both very 
 expert mariners, and iiichard Cox, the maister gunner, with 
 
OF MAKTIN FKOBISHEU. 
 
 133 
 
 other very carefull saylors, then within bordc, and also by mkIii with. 
 the helpc of y" clearc nii'lits winch are without darkenesse, i'i'i'»t 
 
 ' ■' countrey. 
 
 we did happily avoyde those present daungcrs, whereat 
 since we have more marvelled than in the present daunger 
 feared, for tha^ every man within horde, both better and 
 worse, had ynough to doc, with his handcs to hale ropes, 
 and with his eyes to lookc out for daunger. But the nexte 
 morning, being the "0 of July, as God would, the storme 
 ceasedj and the general espying the shippes with his newe 
 captive and whole companie, came happilye aborde and re- 
 ported what hadde passed a shoare, whereupon, altogither 
 upon our knees, gave God humble and hartie thankes, for 
 that it hadde pleased him, from so speedy peril to send us 
 such specdie deliverance, and so from this norther shoare 
 we stroke over towards the southerland. 
 
 The one and twentieth of July, we discovered a bay, 
 which raiMie into the lande, that seemed a likely harborow om- iiiHi« 
 
 coiniiiMig 
 
 for our shippes, wherefore our general rowed thither with °",',',',eHaii.i 
 hys boates, to make proofe thereof, and with his goldfinders straigia/j!" 
 to searche for ore, having never assayed anye thing on the 
 south shoare as yet, and the first small iland whiche we 
 landed on, here all the sands and cliftes did so glister and 
 had so bright a marquesite, that it seemed all to be golde, / 
 
 but upon tryal made, it proved no better than blacke leade Amyneof 
 and verified the proverb — All is not golde that shineth. 
 
 Upon the two and twentieth of July, we bare into the 
 sayd sounde, and came to anker a reasonable bredth off the 
 shoare, M'here, thynking our selves in good securitie, we 
 were greatly endangered with a peece of drift ise, which the 
 ebbe brought forth of the soundes, and came thwart us ere 
 we were aware. But the gentlemen and souldicrs within 
 horde, taking great paynes at this pinche at the capstone, 
 overcame the most daunger thereof, and yet for all that 
 might be done, it stroke on our sterne such a blowe, that we 
 feared least it had stryken away our rudder, and being forced 
 
VM 
 
 TIIK SECOND VOYACK 
 
 tlupkniiins 
 ^•ouml. 
 
 SioitliB 
 Hand. 
 
 The f)iiJ- 
 iiig ot 1111 
 uiiicdi'iiea 
 honif . 
 
 to cut our cable in the hawse, were fayne to set our forcsaile 
 to runne further up within, and if our sterage had not bin 
 stronger, than in the present time, we feared we had runne 
 the shippc upon the rocks, having a very narrowe channcll 
 to turne in; but, as God woulde, al came well to passe. And 
 this was named Jackmans Sounde, after the name of the 
 niaistcrs mate, who had first liking unto the place. 
 
 Upon a small ilande, within this sound, called Smiths 
 Hand (byc;\use he first set up his forge there), was founde a 
 mync of silver, but was not wonne out of the rockes without 
 great labour. Here our goldfyndcrs made saye of suchc ore 
 as they founde uppon the Northerlande, and founde foure 
 sortes thereof to holde golde in good quantitie. Upon an- 
 other small iland here was also founde a great deade fishe, 
 whiche, as it should sceme, had bin embayde with ise, and 
 was in proportion rounde like to a porpose, being about 
 twelve footc long, and in bignesse answerable, havyng a 
 borne of two yardes long growing out of the snoute or nos- 
 trels. This home is wreathed and strayte, like in fashion 
 to a taper made of waxe, and maye trueiy be thoughte to be 
 the sea Unicorne. 'J'his borne is to be scene and reserved 
 as a jewel, by the Queens majesties commandement in hir 
 wardrop of robes. The form whereof is here set down. 
 
 Tewsday, the three and twentyth of July, our general 
 with his best company of gentlemen, souldicrs and saylers, 
 to the number of seaventie persons in all, marched with 
 aunciento displaydc uppon the continent of the Southerlande 
 (the supposed continent of America), where, commandyng 
 a trumpet to sounde a call for every man to repayre to the 
 auncient, he declared to the whole company, how much the 
 cause imported, for the service of hir majestic, our countrey, 
 our credites, and the safetie of our own lives, and therefore 
 required every man to be conformable to order and to be 
 directed by those he shoulde assignc. And appointed for 
 leaders, C'aptainc Fcnton, ('ii[)l;iiii Yorke, and his lieutenant, 
 
 G< 
 
 an 
 
 vni 
 
 so 
 
 lit 
 
Ol' MAKTIN FROHISHEU. 
 
 135 
 
 George Bcstc ; whichc done, we cast our selves into a ring, 
 and altogither uppou ourc knees, gave God humble thankes, 
 for that it had pleased him of his grcate goodnesse in pre- 
 serving us from such imminent dangers, to bestow so great 
 and hidden treasures upon us his poore and unworthye ser- 
 vants, beseeching likewise the assistance of his holy spirite 
 so to deliver us in saftie, into our countrey, whereby the 
 light and truth of these secretes being known, it might re- 
 bound to the more honor of his holy name, and consequently 
 to the advancement of our common wealth. And so, in as 
 good sorte as the place suffered, we marched towardes the 
 tops of the mountains, which were no lesse painful in clym- 
 ing, than dangerous in descending, by reason of their steepe- 
 nesse and ise. And having passed about five miles by such 
 unweldie wayes, we returned unto oure ships, without sighte 
 of any people, or likelyhoode of habitation. Here diverse 
 of the gentlemen desired oure general to sufler them to the 
 number of twentie or thirtie persons, to marche up thirtic or 
 forty leagues in the eountrie, to the cndc they mighte dis- 
 cover the inlande, and do some acceptable service for their 
 cDuntrey. But he not contented with the matter he sought 
 for, and well considering the short time he had in hande, and 
 the greedie desire our countrey hath to a present savour and 
 retourne of gaync, bent his whole indevour onely to finde a 
 mine, to fraight his ships, and to leave the reste (by God's 
 help) hereafter to be well accomplished. And therefore the 
 twentie sixte of Julye he departed over to the Northlandc 
 with the two barkes, leaving the Ayde riding in Jackmans 
 Sound, and ment (after he had founde convenient harborowe, 
 and fraight there for his shippes) to discover further for the 
 passage. The barkes came the same night to anker in a 
 sound, upon the Northerland, where the tydes did runne so 
 swifte, and the place so subject to indraftcs of ise, that by 
 reason thereof they were greatly endangered, and having 
 founde a very rich myne, and got almostc twentie tunne of 
 
\m 
 
 THK SECOND VOYAOK 
 
 Ileiirs 
 Honiiil. 
 
 Lecester 
 Hand. 
 
 A tombe 
 witli ft dend 
 niRtis bi>nes 
 ill it, I'ouiid 
 Bt (letjreea 
 III laiitude. 
 
 Bridles, 
 knives, imd 
 oilier iii- 
 piiiimeiiU 
 found hid 
 iiinuiig tlio 
 rocks. 
 
 ore togitlicr, upon the 28 of July, the ise come driving into 
 the Sounde wlicre the b.irkes road, in such sort, that they 
 were therewith greatly distressed. And the Gabtiill riding 
 asternc the Michacll, had hir cable gauldc asunder in the 
 hawse, with a peece of driving ise, and lost another anker, 
 and having but one cable and ancker lefte; for she has lostc 
 two before, and the ise still driving uppon hir, she was (by 
 Gods helpc) wel fenced from the daunger of the rest, by one 
 great iland of ise which came a grounde hardc a heade of hir, 
 ■which, if it had not so chaunced, I think, surely she had bin 
 cast upon the rockes with the ise. The Michael niored 
 ancker upon this great ise, and roade under the lee therof : 
 but about midnight, by the weyght of it selfe, and the setting 
 of the tydes, the ise brake within halfe the barke's length, 
 and made unto the companie within bord, a sodaine and 
 fearefuU noyse. The next flounde tovvarde the morning we 
 weyed ancker and went further uppe the straightes, and 
 leaving our ore behinde us which we had digged, for hast, 
 left the place by the name of Beares Sound, after the mas- 
 ters name of the Michael, and named the iland Lecesters 
 Iland. In one of the small ilands here, we founde a tombe, 
 wheriji the bones of a dead man lay togither, and our savage 
 being with us and demanded (by signes) whether his coun- 
 treymen had not slain this man and eat his flesh so from the 
 bones, he made signes to the contrarie, and that he was slain 
 with wolves and wilde beastes. Here also was founde hid 
 under stones good stoare of fish, and suudrie other things of 
 the inhabitants : as sleddes, bridles, kettels of fishe skinnes, 
 knives of bone, and such other like. And our savage de- 
 clared unto us the use of all those things. And taking in 
 his hand one of those countrey brydels, he caughte one of 
 our dogges, and hamprcd him handsomely therein, as we do 
 our horses, and with a whip in his hande, he taught the 
 dogge to drawe in a sledde, as we doe horses in a coutche, 
 setting himselfe thercuppon like a guide ; so that we might 
 
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OK MARTIN FKOIIlSlli:il. 
 
 13-; 
 
 111 
 
 or 
 
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 see, they use tlogges for that purpose, as we doc our horses. |J|l'«7t"''" 
 Ami we founde since by experience, that the lesser sortc of lirKw^ielu 
 docrges they feede fat, and keene them as donic^sticall cattel i1"K'< mr 
 
 , , . . tli.'lr meiile, 
 
 in their tentes, for their eating, and the greater sort serve 
 for the use of drawing theyr sleds. 
 
 The twcntie ninth of July, about five leagues from Beare's ,'||",|(„Bge, 
 Sound, we discovered a bay, which being fenced on cche "'"' 
 side with small ilandes, lying of the mayne, wliych break 
 the force of the tydes, and make the place free from any in- 
 draftes of yse, did prove a very fitte harborow for our ships, 
 where we came to anker under a small iland, whiche now 
 togither witii the sound, is called by the name of that right 
 honorable and vertuous lady, Anne, Countesse of Warwicke. 
 And this is the furthest place that this yeare we have entred 
 uppe within the streyghtcs, and is reconcd from the cape of 
 the Queen's forelande, which is the entrance of the streights, 
 not above 30 leaifucs. Upon this ilande was found ^ood store Thirtie 
 of the ore, which in the washinjir helde i?olde plainly to be t'l^"!-''! 
 
 ' o o I J within till) 
 
 seen: whereupon it was thoughte besle rather to loade here, '^'■"*3"«'»- 
 where there was store and indifferent good, than to seek 
 further for better, and spend time with jeopardie. And 
 therefore oure generall setting the myners to worke, and 
 shewing fyrste a i^ood president of a painefuU labourer and a u...hi 
 
 , , . , prpsiilent 
 
 a good captaine in himselfe, gave good examples for others ;^_[ "'^^"°g 
 to i'ollow liiin : whereuppon every man, both better and ('.'.^("lU*!,"^ 
 worse, with their best endevors, willingly laide to their help- 
 ing handes. And the nexte daye, being the 30 of July, the 
 Michaell was sente over to Jackmans Sounde for the Ayde 
 and whole companie to come thither. Upon the maine lande 
 over against the Countesse's Iland, we discovered and be- 
 helde to our ^I'^at marvell, the poor caves and houses of '''« """"'■ 
 tliose countrie people which serve them (as it shoulde seem) \'"Z^eom!- 
 for their winter dwellings, and are made two fadome under "^'^' 
 grounde, in compasse rounde, like to an oven, being joyned 
 iast one by another, having holes like to a fox or eonny 
 
138 
 
 THE 8RC0N1) VOYAOR 
 
 Ikiiii'B MHnd 
 itiHtcnil of 
 timber. 
 
 The glut- 
 tiahnesse 
 (if lliose 
 people. 
 
 A Hi ftio set 
 U|> by the 
 BHViige cup- 
 ti\9,iiml the 
 inuiiiiiiig 
 theri'of. 
 
 beiric, to kcepe and come to{i[ither. They under- trcncli 
 these places with gutters, so that the water falling from 
 the hills above them, may slide away without their anoiancc, 
 and are seated commonly in the foote of a hil, to shicldc 
 them better from the colde winds, having their dorc and 
 entrance ever open towardcs the south. 
 
 . From the ground upward they builde with whales bones, 
 for lacke of timber, whiche, bending one over another, arc 
 handsomely compacted in the toppc togither, and are covered 
 over with scales' skinnes, whiche instead of tiles, fcnccth them 
 from the rayne. In cache house they have only one roome, 
 having the one halfc of the floure raysed with broad stones 
 a foote higher than y" other, whereon strawing mosse, they 
 make their nests to sleepe in. They defile these dennes 
 most filthylie with their beastly feeding, and dwell so long 
 in a place (as we thinke), untill their ownc sluttishnesse 
 lothyng them, they are forced to seeke a sweeter ayrc and a 
 new seatc, and are (no doubt) a dispersed a..d wandring 
 nation, as the Tartarians, and live in hords and troupes, 
 withoutc anye certayn abode, as may appeare by sundry 
 circumstances of our experience. Here our captive being 
 ashore with us, to declare y'' use of such things as we saw, 
 stayd himselfc alone behind the company, and did set up 
 five small stickes round in a circle, one by another, with one 
 smal bone placed just in y'' middst of all: which thing when 
 one of our men perceived, he called us backc to behold 
 y*^ matter, thinking that he had meant some charme or 
 witchcraft therin. But y" best conjecture we could make 
 thereof, was, that he would thereby his countreymen should 
 understand y"^ for our five men which they betrayed the last 
 yeare (whom he signified by y'' five sticks) he was taken and 
 kept prisoner, which he signified by y" bone in y*" midst. 
 For aflerwardes, when we shewed him the picture of his 
 countreyman, which y" last yeare was brought into England 
 (whc^e counterfet \vc had drawne, with boaie, and other fur- 
 
OK MARTIN FR()UI>HKH. 
 
 130 
 
 niture, both as he was in his own, and also in English aparell) 
 he was upon the suddaync muchc amazed therat, and bc- 
 hoMing advisedly the same with silence a good while, as 
 thougli he would streync courtesie whcthci* shoulde begin 
 y" speech (for he thoughte him no double a lively creature) 
 at length, began to question with him, as with his com- 
 panion, and finding him dummc and mute, seemed to sus- 
 pect him, as one disdayniul, and would with a little help 
 have growen into choller at the matter, until at last by feel- 
 ing and handling, he foundc him but a deceiving picture. 
 And then with great noyse and crye^', ceased not wondering, 
 thinking that we couldc make menne live or die at our 
 pleasure. 
 
 And thercuppon calling the matter to hys remembrance, 
 he gave us plainely to understande by uignes, that he had 
 knowledge of the taking of our five men the last yeare, and 
 confessing the manner of eche thing, numbrcd the five men 
 upon his five fingers, and poyntcd unto a boate in our ship, 
 which was like unto that wherein our men were betrayed. 
 And when we made him signes that they were slaine and 
 eaten, he earnestly denied, and made signes to the contrarie. 
 
 The last of July, the Michael retourncd with the Aijcle to 
 us from the Southerlande, and came to anker by us in the 
 Countesse of Warwicks Sounde, and reported that since we 
 departed from Jackmans Sound, there happened nothing 
 among them there greatly worth the remembraunce, until 
 the thirtieth day of July, when certaine of our companie 
 being ashore upon a small iland within the said Jackmans 
 Sound, neare the place where the Ayde roade, didde espie 
 a long boate with divers of the countric people therein, to 
 the number of eightecnc or twentie persons, whom so soone 
 as oure men perceived, they retourned speedily aboorde, to 
 give notice therof unto our companie. They might perceive 
 these people climbing up the toppe of a hill, where, with a 
 flaggc, they wafted unto our shippc, and made great oul- 
 
 I'Ik) HHVa^e 
 
 iiinii/.oil nt 
 liJH riillll- 
 tri'MiiiiiiH 
 |ik'turu. 
 
 Aniilher 
 slie* of 
 tweiitii- |)Br- 
 sons of thai 
 cotint.j ii^ in 
 Olio boftte. 
 
MO 
 
 Tin; SKCOND VOYAGK 
 
 cries and noises, like so many bulls. Here uppon o'w men 
 did presently man forth a small skilf, liaving not above sixe 
 or seaven persons therein whichc rowed neare the place 
 where those people were, to prove if they could have any 
 conference with them. But after, this small boate was scnte 
 a greater, beoyng well appoyiitcd for their rescue, if neede 
 required. 
 
 As soone as they csj)icd our companye comming neare 
 them, they tookc their boates and hasted awaye, cither for 
 feare, either else for pollicie, to drawe our men from rescue 
 further within their danger : wherefore our men construing 
 tlieir comming thither was but to seeke advaunta^e, followed 
 speedily after them, but they rowed so swii'tly away that our 
 men could come nothing neare them. Howbeit they failed 
 not of their beste endeavour in rowing, and having chased 
 them above two myles into the sea, returned into their 
 shippes againe'. 
 
 The morning following, being the first of August, Cap- 
 tainc Yorke, with the MichoeU,c\\mv into Jackman's Sound, 
 and .eclared unto the company there, that the laste night's 
 past, he came to anker in a certainc baye (which sithens 
 was named Yorkes Sounde), aboutc fourc leagues distant 
 fron: Jackmans Sound, being putte to lewarde of that place 
 f(M- lacke of winde, where he discovered certainc tents of the 
 e(/untrie people, where going with his companye ashoare, 
 he entred into them, but founde the peopl(^ departed, as it 
 siioulde seem, for feare of their connnins'. lUit amonn;est 
 sundrie straunge things whichc in these tentes they founde 
 there was rawe and ncwe killed lleshe of unknown sortes, 
 witii dead carcasses and bones of dogs, and I know not 
 what. They also beheld (to their greatest marvaile) a 
 dublet of canvas, made after the Englishe fashion, a shirt, a 
 girdle, three shoes for contraric feete and of unequal big- 
 wiiicii.. 111.- in-y^t- which they well eoniecturcd to be the apparell of our 
 
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 yearc by those countiic people, ahoutc; fil'tye leagues froni 
 this place further within the straightcs. Wherupon, our 
 men being in good hope that some of them might be here, 
 and yet living, .he captaine devising for the best, lefte his 
 mind behind liim in writing with pen, yncke, and paper also, 
 whereby our poore captive countriemen, if it niighte come 
 to their handes, mightc knowe their friendo nindcs, and '^ «'«"• •'« 
 
 " vice o ( n|i- 
 
 of their arrival!, and likewise rctourne their answer. And '^■■""'' ^ "'''''• 
 so without taking any thing away in their t< iitcs, leaving 
 there also looking glasses, pointer, and other of our toyes 
 (the better to allure them by such friendly means) departed 
 aboorde hys barke, wyth intent to make haste to the Aijde, 
 to give notice unto tlu^ conipanye of all such things as Ik; 
 had there discovered : and so ment to rcfi iie to these tents 
 againc, hoping, that ho might by u.-cc or policie cntrappe 
 or entice the people to some friendly conference. Which 
 things, when he had delivered to the company there, they 
 determined forthwitli to goe in hande with the matter, 
 llereuppon Caytaine Yorkc, with the maister of the Aydc 
 and his mate (who, the nigiit before, had bin at the tents, 
 and came over from the other side in tiie Mirlxtell with him) 
 being accompanied with divers of the gentlemen and soul- 
 diers, to the number of .SO or 40 persons, in two small rowing 
 pinnesses, made towardes the place where the night before 
 they discovered the tents of those people, and, setting Charls 
 •lackman, being the master mate, ashor with a convenient 
 number over lande, mcning to compasse them on the one 
 side, whilst the captaine with his boats might entrap them 
 (in the other side. Hut binding at last at y'' place wh«Me the 
 night before they left them, they found them with their 
 tents removed. Notwithstanding, our men which marched 
 up into y'" countrie, passing over two or three tedious 
 mountains, by chance espied certainc tentes in a valley 
 underneath them ncare unto a cre^ke by the sea side, 
 Nvhiclie, bycause it was not the place where the guide had 
 
142 
 
 THK SKCOND VOYAOK 
 
 bin the night before, thoy judged them to be another com- 
 pany, and besetting them about, determined to take them if 
 hHve''bo"ar '^'^y could. But they having quickly descried our companie, 
 liKm-HsZ launched one great and another small boate, being about 16 
 The iiiK- or 18 persons, and very narrowly escaping, put themselves 
 rh!""peo- ^^ ^^^- ^V'hereupon our souldiers discharged their calivers and 
 ciuutrey*' followcd them, thinking the noise thcrof being hearde to our 
 boats at sea, our men there woulde make what speede they 
 might to that place. And therupon, indcede, our men whichc 
 were in the boats (crossing uppon them in the mouth of the 
 1 lie swill sounde, whereby their passaL'e was let from getting sea 
 Uiusepeo- j-QQmQ^ wherein it had bin impossible for us to overtake them 
 by rowing) forced them to put themselves ashore upon a 
 point of lande within the said sound (which upon the occa- 
 Pohit"'"'^ sion of the slaughter there was since named the Bloudie 
 Point) whereunto our men so speedily followed, that they 
 hadde little leysure lefte them to make any escape. But so 
 soone as they landed, eche of them brake his oare, thinking 
 by that meanes to prevent us in carying awaye their boates 
 for want of oares. And desperately retorning upon our 
 men, resisted them manfullye in their landing, so long as 
 Allot ekir- theyr arrows and dartes lasted: and, after gatherinc: up those 
 'i:u^\Lu'mi>\ fii'i'ows which our men shot at them, yea, and plucking our 
 omuire/.'"'^ arrowes out of their bodies, encountred afresh againe, and 
 maintained their cause, until both weapons and life utterly 
 failed them. And when they founde they were mortaliy 
 i-iltenrturo wouudcd, bciug iguoraut what mercy meaneth, with deadly 
 furic they cast themselves headlong from off the rocks into 
 the sea, least perhaps their enemies shoulde receive glory or 
 prayc of their dead carcasses ; for they supposed us be 
 like to be canibalcs, or eaters of mans flesh. In this con- 
 flict one of our men was dangerouslie hurt in the bellie with 
 one of their arrowes, and of them were slayne five or sixc. 
 The rest by flight escaped among the rockes, saving two 
 women, whereof the one being old and ougly, our men 
 
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 thought she had bin a divell or some witch, and therefore 
 let her go: the other being yong, and coinbred with a suck- 
 ing childe at hir backe, hiding herselfc behinde the rocks, 
 was espied b_, one of oure men, who, supposing she had bin ll"^^^^\'"!'' 
 a man, shot through the hearc of hir head, and pierced "'M','.i''ii!i. 
 through the child's armc, whereupon she cried out, and was 
 taken, and our surgeon, meaning to heale hir child's arme, 
 applyed salves therunto. But, she not acquainted with such kin^of'sur- 
 kiiide of surgerie, plucked those salves aN-ay, and, by con- Nu'iur""'' 
 
 ,,,.,. •II- 1 iM I achiith. 
 
 tinuall hcking with hir own tongue, not much unlike our 
 dogges, healed uppe the child's arme. And bycauso the 
 daye was well neare spent, oure menne made haste unto the 
 restc of oure companic, which on the other side of the water 
 remained at the tents, where tiieye founde by the apparell, 
 letter, and other English furniture, that they were the same 
 companye whiche Captaine Yorkc discovered the night be- 
 fore, having removed themselves from the place where he 
 left them. And now considering their sodaine flying from 
 our men, and their desperate manner of fighting, we begannc 
 to suspect that we hadde already heard the lastc newes of 
 our men, whiche the lastc ycare were betrayed of these peo- 
 ple. And considering, also, their ravenesse and bloudy dis- 
 position in eating anye kindc of rawe flesh or carrion, 
 howsoever stinking, it is to be thoughte that they had slaine 
 and devoured oure men. For the doublet whiche was 
 founde in their tentes had many therein, being made with 
 their arrowes and darts. 
 
 But njwe the night beinge at hande, our men with their 
 captives and suche poore stufic as they found in their tentes, 
 returned towardes their shippes ; when being at sea there 
 arose a sodaine flawc of winde, which was not a little dan- 
 gerous for their small boates. But, as God would, they 
 came all safely aboorde. And with these good newes they 
 retourned (as before mentioned) into the Countesse of War- 
 wicks Sound, unto us, and bctweene Jack mans Sound, 
 
144 
 
 rilK HKCONl) VOVAfiK 
 
 'riif iinr- 
 riiwiiMt |iIh(10 
 
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 iitriii|{lit(!>< 
 
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 over. 
 
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 Tilt! iiiiiiiiiiir 
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 lllitMllllJII. 
 
 iiiiiiil. 
 
 from whence they came, aiid the Couiitenso ol VVarwicks 
 Sound, hetwecne land and land, Ix'inj^c thouj^hle tlie nar- 
 rowest place of tlie straigiitcs were judi((;d nine leagues over 
 at leaste : and Jacknians Sounde being uppon the Southcr- 
 landc, lyeth directlyc almoste over againste the Countesses 
 Sound, as is r(;ckned, scarce thirty leagues within the 
 straightes from the (iueenes Cape, which(; is the entrance 
 of the Straightes of Southerland, being the supposed conti- 
 nent of America. This fJape being named (,iu(;en<; Eliza- 
 brths (/'aj)e, standeth in the latitude ol degrees and a 
 
 halfe to tlu; noilhward';s ol' Nf.vvefoiind lande, and ui)p()n 
 the same continent, for any thing that is yet knowen to the 
 contraric. 
 
 Having now got a woman captive; for tin; comfort of our 
 man, wc brought them both togither, and ev<!ry man with 
 silence desired to beholde the manner of their meeting and 
 entertainment, the whiche was more worth the beholding 
 than can be well expreKS(;d by writing. At theyr first en- 
 countering, they beheldc cache the oth(;r very wistly a good 
 space, withoute speeche or worde uttered, with gKiate 
 change of coloure and countenant (;, as though it seemed the 
 grcefe and disdeyne of their captivitie had taken away the 
 use of their tongui s and utterance : the wf)man at the iirst 
 verie suddaynely, as though she di-^deyned or regarded not 
 the man, turned away and beganne to ing, as though she 
 mind(;d another matter: i)ut ])eing agayne broughte to- 
 gyther, the man brake up tlu; silence first, and with stcrno 
 and stayed eoimtenancc beganne to tell a long solemne tale 
 
 to th 
 
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 ito si 
 
 le woman, wliereunto slie gav(; good hearing, an 
 
 dh 
 
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 cr- 
 
 rupted him nothing till he had finished, and, afterwards 
 being growcn into more familiar aetiuaintance by speech, 
 were turned togither, so that (I think) the one would hardly 
 have lived without the comfort of the other. And, for so 
 muche as wo could perceive, albeit they liv(!d continually 
 togither, yet did they never use as man and wife, though 
 
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OK MAK'l'IN lUOIilSIIKK. 
 
 14 f) 
 
 the woman spared not to do all nocossario thinf^s that apper- 
 toyncd to a good huswife indifTerently for them both, as in 
 niakinf^ ehane their cabin, and every other thing that ap- 
 perteyned to his ease: for when hee was seasicke, shec would 
 make him cleane, slie would kill and flea y" dogges for their 
 eating and dresse his meat(!. Only I thinke it worth tlu; 
 noting the eontinencie of them both; for the man would 
 never shiftc himsclfe, except he had firstc caused the woman 
 to depart out of his cabin, and th(!y botli were most shame- 
 fast least anye of their privie parrs should be discovered, 
 cythcr of themselves or any oth(!r body. 
 
 On Monday, the sixth of August, the lieutenante, wyth 
 all the souldyers, for the b(;tter garde of the niyners, and the 
 other things ji shoare, pitched their tents in the Countesses 
 Ilandc, and fortified th(! place for their better defence as well 
 as they could, and were to the number of forty persons: 
 when being all at labour they might perceyve uppon tlu; 
 toppe of a hill over against them a number of the eountrey 
 people wafting with a flagge and making great outcries unto 
 them, and were of the same companie wliiehe had encountred 
 lately our men u[)oii the same shoare, being come to com- 
 playne their late losses and to entreatc (as it seemed) for 
 restitution of the woman and chylile, vvhyche our men in the 
 late conflict had taken and brought away: whereup[)on t'u; 
 generall taking the savage captive with him, and setting the 
 woman where they mighte best perceyve liir, in the highest 
 pl.iee of the ilande, wente over so talk with them. Thys 
 captive at the fyrstc; encountrie of hy.s liiends, fell sf) out 
 into 'vares, that he could not speake a wordf; in a greate 
 space; ; but, after a while, overcomming his kyndnesse, lu.e 
 talked at lull wyth hys cornpanyons, and bestowed fri(;ndly 
 iippon them suche toyes and trifles as we had gyven him, 
 whereby we noted that they are verie kynde one to the 
 other, and greatly sorrowlull loi the loss ol' th( ir friendes. 
 Oure generall by signes reejuyied his five men '.vhych'' they 
 
 1. 
 
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 tllHitH'MHPi 
 
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 MUVIIK>' 
 l'n|ltlVL'H, 
 
 ii|>|i»nrriiii'n 
 »f iljiit 
 niiiiij|.rio 
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 IIIK SKCON'I) VnYA(iK 
 
 'I'llOHC, JlOO- 
 
 pin know 
 
 llll! IIHU of 
 
 A Inlter 
 
 NCIll. lO tlltt 
 
 llvi! I':rif;- 
 
 liVOH. 
 
 {i)()]i captive tli(' last ycaio, and jjioniised tlictn not only to 
 i(;loaHsc tliosc whyche hcc iiadde taken, but also to reward 
 them wyth greate giftcs and fVicndsliij). Our savage made 
 signes in answere from them, that cure men shouhlc be de- 
 lyvred us, and were yet living, and made signes lykewisc 
 unto us, that wee shoulde write oure letters unto them ; for 
 they knewc very well the use we have of writing, and re- 
 eeyved knowledge thereof, eyther of oure poore captive 
 countreymen whyche they betrayed, or else by thys oure 
 newe captive who hathe scene us dayly write and rcpeate 
 agayne such wordes of hys language as we desired to Icarne: 
 !,.it they, for thys nyght, bycause it was late, departed with- 
 out any letter, although they called earnestlie in haste for 
 the same. And the nexte mornyng earelie, beeyng the 
 seaventh of August, they called agayne for the letter, 
 whyche beeyng delyvred unto them, they speedily departed, 
 making signes wyth three fingers, and poyntyng to the 
 sunne, that they meante to returne wythin three dayes, un- 
 tyil whyche tyme we heardc no more of them : and, aboute 
 th(! tynie appoynted, they returned in suche sorte as you 
 shall afterwardcs heare. 
 
 Thys nyghte, bycause the people were very ncerc unto us, 
 the lieutenant caused the trumpet to soundc a call, and 
 '..vcrie man in the ilande repayring to the auntiente, he patt(; 
 them in mynde of the ])lace so farre from theyr countrey 
 wherein they lived, and the danger of a multitude whyche 
 they were subject unto, if good watche and warde were 
 not kcptc; for at everie lowe water the enimie myghtc come 
 almost dryfoote from the maync unto us, wherefore hee 
 wylled cverye man to prepare hym in good readynesse 
 uppon all soddayne occasions, and so giving the watch their 
 charge, the company departed to rest. 
 
 I thought the captaynes letter well worth the rcmembring, 
 not for the circumstance of curious cnditing, but for the 
 .substance and good meaning therein rontavned, and there- 
 
Ol' MARTIN rKOIlISHEK. 
 
 147 
 
 fore have repeated hccre the same, as by himselfe it was 
 hastilic written. 
 
 THE KORMK OF MAHTIN t KOIJISllKKS I.KITKR TO THI. 
 UNOLISHK CAI'TIVKS. 
 
 In tlie name of God, in whom we al beh;ve, who, I trust,, 
 hath preserved your bodyes and souls amongst these infidels, 
 I eommend me unto you. I will be glad to seekc by all 
 meanes you can devise, for your deliverance, eyther with 
 force or with any commodities within my shiopcs, which I 
 will not spare for your sakes, or anything else I can do for 
 you. I have aboord of theyrs a man, a woman, and a childc, 
 which I am contented to deliver for you; but the man I 
 carried away from hence the laste yeare, is dtad in Eng- 
 land. Moreover, you may declare unto them, tliat if they 
 deliver you not, I wyll not leave a manne alive in their 
 countrcy. And thus unto Ciod, whome 1 trust you do serve, 
 in haste I leave you, and to him we will dayly pray for you. 
 This Tuesdayc morning, the seaventh of August, anno 1577. 
 Yours to the uttermost of my power, 
 
 Mahtin Fuojwshkk. 
 
 I have sent } ou by these bearers, pennc, incke, and paper, I'-BiRoript 
 to write backe unto me agayne, if persr)nally y'^>u can not 
 come to certifyc me of your estate. 
 
 Now, had the generall altered his determination for going 
 any further into the straights at this time, for any further 
 discoverie of the passage, having taken a man and a woman 
 of that countrey, whiche he thought sufficientc for the use 
 of language; and having also metleM'yth these jxople heere, 
 uliich intercepted his men the last yeare (as the apparell and. 
 Ilnglishe furniture whiche was found in their tentes very 
 well declared), he knewe it was but laliour lost to seeke 
 them further off, when he had found them there at hand. 
 And considering, abo, the short*' lini' lu li;ul in handc, lu' 
 
 riic ciiuBf 
 
 why I'ro- 
 IjikIii r (iii- 
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 THE SK(!()N1) M»YA(;K 
 
 Hulwurki' 
 
 Tlii'lr kiiiM 
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 Iliiw lie IB 
 liDiKiurecl. 
 
 thouglito it best to bend his whole cndcvour for the getting 
 of myne, and to leave the passage further to be discovered 
 hereafter. For his commission directed hym in this voyage 
 only for the searching of the gold ore, and to deferre the 
 further discouverie of the passage untill another tyme. 
 . On Thurseday, the ninth of August, we beganne to make 
 a small fort for our defence in the Countesse Hand, and en- 
 trenched a corner of a cliffe, which on thre parts like a wall 
 of good heygth was compassed and well fenced with the sea, 
 and wc finished the rest with caskes of earth to good pur- 
 pose, and this was called Bestes Bulwarke, after the lieu- 
 tenants name, who first devised the same. This was done 
 for that we suspected more least the desperate men might 
 opprcsse us withrmultitude than any feare we had of their 
 force, weapons, or polirie of battell, but as wisdome would 
 us in such place (so far from home), not to be of our selves 
 altogither carelcsse : so the signes whiche oure captive made 
 unto us of the coniming downe of his governoure or prince, 
 which he called Catchoc, gave us occasion to foresee what 
 might ensue thereof; for he shewed by signes, that this 
 Catchoe was a man of higher stature far than any of our 
 nation is, and he is accustomed to be carried upon mens 
 shoulders. 
 
 Aboute midnighte the lieutenant caused a false alarme to 
 be given in the ilrnd, to prove as well the readynesse of the 
 compauie there a shoare, as also what help might be hoped 
 for upon the suddayne from the shyppes if ncede so required, 
 and every part was found in good readynesse upon such a 
 suddayne. 
 
 Saturday, the eleventh of August, the people shewed 
 themselves agayne, and called unto us from the side of a hil 
 over against us. The gencrall (with good hope to heare of 
 hys men, and to have aunswer of his letter), wente over 
 unto them, where they presented themselves, not above 
 thicf in sight, but were liiddcn in dcedc in greater numbers 
 
OF MAHI'IN FKOltl.SHKR. 
 
 HU 
 
 bchynde the rockes, and makyng signcs of delay with us to 
 entrappc some of us to redccme thcyr ownc, did oncly 
 seek advantage to trayne our boate aboute a poyntc of lande 
 from sight of our eompanie : whereupon, our menne justly 
 suspecting them, kepte aloofe without their danger, and yette 
 srtte one of our eompanie a shore, whyche tooke up a grcate 
 blather whiche one of them offered us, and leavinge a looking 
 glass in the place, caine into the boate agayne In the meane 
 while, our men whyche stoode in the Countesses Hand to be- 
 hold, who might better discerne them, than those in the 
 boate, for that they saw divers of the savages creeping be- 
 hynde the rocks towards our men: whereuppon the generall 
 presently returned without tidings of his men. 
 
 Concerning this blather which we receyved, our captive 
 made signes that it was given him to keepe water and drinke 
 in ; but we suspected rather it was gyven hym to swimme 
 and shifte away withall; for he and the woman sought divers 
 times to escape, having loosed our boates from a sterne our 
 shippes, and wee never a boate lefte to pursue them witiiall, 
 and had prevayled verie farre, had they not bin verie timelie 
 espyed, and prevented therein. 
 
 After our generalls comming away from them, they mus- 
 tered themselves in our sight uppon the toppe of a hill, to 
 the number of twentie in a rancke, all holdyng liandes over 
 theyr heads, and dauncing, with greatc noyse and songs to- 
 gither, wee supposed they made thys daunce and shew for 
 us to understand, that we might take vow of thcyr whole 
 companycs and force, meaninge belike, that we should doe 
 the same. And thus they continued uppon the hyll toppes 
 untyll nighte, when hearinge a peece of oure greate ordi- 
 nance, vhiche thundered in the hollownesse of the hygh 
 hylles, made unto them so fearefull a noyse, that they hadde 
 no greate wyll to tarrie long after. And this was lone, more 
 to make them knowe oure force, than to do them anye hurte 
 at all. 
 
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 THE SECOND VOYAGE 
 
 A Bkirmiah 
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 Thoir flags 
 made of 
 blathers. 
 
 On Sunday, the twelfth of August, Captaync Fenton 
 trayncd the companyc, and made the souldyourcs mainc- 
 tcync skyrmishe among themselves, as well for theyr exer- 
 cise, as for the countrcy people to beholdc in what readyncsse 
 ourc menne were alwaycs to bee foundc ; for it was to bee 
 thoughte that they lay hydde in the hylles thcreaboute, and 
 observed all the manner of our proceedings. 
 
 On Wensday, the fouretcenth of August, our generall, wyth 
 two small boates, well appoyntcd ; for that he luspected the 
 countrey people to lye lurking thcreaboute, wente up a cer- 
 tayne bay wythin the Countesses Sound, to search for ore, 
 and mette agayne wyth the countrcy people, who so soone 
 as they saw our men, made groatc outcrycs, and with a 
 white flagge made of blathers, sowed togythcr wyth the 
 guttes and sinewes of beastes, wafted us amayne unto them, 
 but shewed not above three of thoyr companyc. But when 
 wee came neere them, wee myght perccyve a greate multi- 
 tude creeping behyndc the rocks, whychc gave us good 
 cause to suspecte thcyr trayterous meaning: whcreuppon 
 we made them signes, that if tiiey would lay their weapons 
 aside, and come forth, we woulde deale friendly with them, 
 although theyr intente was manifested unto us : but, for all 
 the signes of friendship we coulde make them, they came 
 still creeping towards us behindc the rockes to get more ad- 
 vantage of us, as though we had no eyes to see them, thinking 
 belike, that our single Avittes could not discover so bare de- 
 vise and simple drifts of theyrs. Thcyr spokesman earnestly 
 persuaded us, with many enticing notices, to come, eat, and 
 sleepe ashore, with great arguments of courtesie, and clap- 
 ping his bare handes over his head in token of peace and 
 innocencie, willed us to do tlie like. But, the better to 
 allure our hungry stomachs, he brought us a trimme bayte 
 of raw flesh, v/hich, for fashion sake, with a boathooke, we 
 caught into our boate: but when the cunning cater perceived 
 his first cold morscll could nothing sharpen our stomacks. 
 
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OF MAKIIN I'KOHISIIKR. 
 
 151 
 
 
 lie cast about for a new trayne of wannc fleshc to jirocurc 
 oui" apijetitcs, wherefore he caused one of hys followes in (inmt 
 halting manner, to come forth as a lame man from behind 
 the rockcs, and the better to declare his kindncsse in carving, 
 he hoysed him uppon his shoulders, and bringing him liard 
 to the water side where we were, Icfte him there lymping, 
 as an casic pray to be taken of us. His hope was, that wo 
 would bite at this bayte, and spcdily leapc ashore within 
 their danger, whereby they might have apprehended some 
 of us, to ransome thcyr fricndcs home againe, which before 
 we had taken : but, I doubt, our flesh is so sweetc meatc for 
 them, that they will hardly part from so good morsels, if we 
 come once nere their handling. The gentlemen and soul- 
 diers had great will to encounter them ashore, but the genc- 
 rall more carefuU by processe of time to winne them, than 
 wilfuUie at the first to spoyle them, would in no wise ad- 
 mittc that any man shoulde put himselfe in hazardc ashore, 
 considering the matter he now cntcndcd was for thr- ore and 
 not for the conquest : notwithstanding, to prove thi.s criplcs 
 footemanshippe, he gave liberty for one to shoote : where- 
 uppon, the criple having a parting blovve, lightly recovered 
 a rocke, and went awaye a true and no fained criple, and 
 hath learned his lesson for ever halting afore suchc criplcs 
 againe. But his fellows whiche lay hid before, full quickely 
 there appeared in their likenesse, and maintained the skir- 
 nilshe with theyr slings, bowes, and arrowes very fiercely, 
 and came as noerc as the vi ^ter suffered them : and with as 
 desperate uiinde as hath bin scene in any men, withoute 
 feare of shotte or any thing, followed us all along y^ coast, 
 but al their shot fel short of us, and are of little dan>rer. 
 They had belayd al y'' coaste along for us, and being dis- 
 persed so, were not wel to be numbred, but we might dis 
 cerne of them above one hundrcth persons, and had cause 
 to suspect a greater number. And thus, withoute losse or 
 luirto, wo returned to our shipucs aijainc. 
 
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 Nowe, our worke growing towardes an end, and having 
 onely with five poore miners, and the helpe of a fewc gentle- 
 men and souldiers, brought aboorde almost twoo hundreth 
 tunne of golde ore, in the space of twentie dayes, every man 
 therewithal wel comforted, determined lustily to worke 
 anrshe for a bone voyage, to bring our laboure to a speedic 
 and happy cnde. 
 
 And upon Wednesday, at night, being the one and 
 twentieth of August, we fully finished the whole worke. 
 And it was now good time to leave ; for, as the men were 
 wel wearied, so their shoes anc' clothes were well worne, 
 their baskets bottoms torne out, their tooles broken, and the 
 shippes reasonably well filled. Some with over-straining 
 themselves received hurtes not a little daungerous, some 
 having their bellies broken, and others their legges made 
 lame. And about this time y" ise began to congeale and 
 freese about our ships sides a night, whichc gave us a good 
 argument of the sunnes declyning southwarde, and put us 
 in minde to make more haste homeward. 
 
 It is not a little worth the memorie, to the commendation 
 of the gentlemen and souldiers herein, who leaving all repu- 
 tation aparte with so great willingnesse, and with couragioiis 
 stomacks have themselves almost overcome in so short a 
 time, the difficultie of this so great a laboure. And this to 
 be true, the matter, if it be well wayed, without further 
 proofe, nowe brought home, dothe well witnesse, God graunt 
 for their forwarde mindes, they may be as well considered, 
 as thcyr honest nierites have well deserved. 
 
 Thursediiy, the 22 of August, we plucked downe oure 
 tentes, and every mar hasted homewarde, and making bone- 
 fires uppon the toppc of the highest mount of the ihind, we 
 gave a voUie of shotte for a farewell, in honour of the right 
 Honourable Lady Anne, Countcsse of Warwicke, whose 
 name it bcareth, and so departed aboorde. 
 
 The 23 of August, having the wind largo at west, wee 
 
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OF MARTIN FROBISHKR. 
 
 153 
 
 settc sayle from out of the Countesses Sound homeward, but 
 the winde cahning, we came to anker within the poynt of 
 the same sound agayne. 
 
 The 24) of August, about three of the clocke in the morn- 
 ing, having the winde large at west, we sette sayle agayne, 
 an*^ by nine of the clocke at nighte, we left the Queenes For- 
 land asterne us, and, being clcere of the Straytes, we bare 
 further into the mayne ocean, keeping our course more 
 southerly, to bring our selves the sooner under the latitude 
 of oure owne climate. 
 
 The wynde was very greate at sea, so that we laye a hull 
 all night, and had snowe halfe a foote deepe on the hatches. 
 
 From the 24 untill the 28, we had very muche winde, 
 but large keeping our course south south-east, and were 
 lyke to have lost the barkes, but by good happe we mette 
 agayne. The heygth being taken, we were in degrees 
 
 and a hulfe. 
 
 The nine and twentieth of August, the winde blewc 
 muche at northeast, so that we couide beare but onely a 
 bunt of our foresayle, and the barkes not being able to 
 carrie any sayle at all. 
 
 The Michaell lost company of us, and shaped hir course 
 towardes Orkney as we supposed, by cause that way was better 
 knowne unto them. 
 
 The thirtieth of August, with the force of the wynd, and a 
 surge of the sea, the mayster of the Gahriell and the boateson 
 wore stricken both overboorde, and hardly was the boateson 
 recovered, having holde on a roape hanging overboorde in 
 the sea, and yet the barke was laced fore and afte with ropes 
 a breast high within boorde. 
 
 Thys mayster was called William Smyth, beeying but a 
 yong man, and a very sufficient maryner, who beeing all the 
 morning before exceeding pleasaunte, toldc hys captaync hee 
 dreamed that he was cast overboorde, and that the boateson 
 liadde hym by the hande, and could not save hym, and so 
 
 Snow hull' 
 a I'lio'. (ieepe 
 ill Aii);ii8l. 
 
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 iimyster of 
 llie ilnhrieH 
 HtiikiMi 
 oveiboorJe. 
 
154 
 
 THE SECOND VOYAGE 
 
 'I'lio riulJer 
 111' till' Ajide 
 
 lilllJO ill 
 
 Iwiiiiie. 
 
 immediately uppon the endc of hys tale, hys drcame came 
 right evelly to passe, and indeede the boteson in like sorte 
 helde hym by one hande, having hold on a rope with the 
 other, iintill hys force fayled, and the mayster drowned. The 
 hcygth being taken we found ourc selves to bee in the 
 latitude of degrees and a halfe, and reckoned our selves 
 from the Queene's Cape homeward, about two hundreth 
 leagues. 
 
 The last of August, aboute midnighte we had two or three 
 great and suddaync flawes or stormes. 
 
 The firste of September, the stormc was growne very 
 groatc, and continued almoste the whole day and night, and 
 lying a hull to tarry for the barkes, our ship was much beaten 
 with the seas, every sea almoste overtaking ourc poopo, that 
 we were constrained with a bunte of oure saile, to try it oiite, 
 and ease the rolling of oure shippe. And so the Gahriell 
 not able to beare any saile to keepe company with us, and 
 oure shippe being higher in the poope, and a tall shippe, 
 wheron the winde 'lad more force to drive, went so fast 
 awaye, that we loste sighte of them, and lefte them to God and 
 their good fortune of sea. The seconde daye of September 
 in the morning, it pleased God of hys goodnesse to sende us 
 a calme, whereby we perceived the rudder of oure shippe 
 torne in twaine, and almost ready to fall away. Wherefore 
 taking the benefite of the time, we flung halfe a dozen couple 
 of our best men overboard, who taking great paincs under 
 water, driving plancks, and binding with ropes, did wel 
 strengthen and mend the matter, who returned the most 
 parte more than halfe deadc out of the water, and as God's 
 pleasure was, the sea was calme untill the worke was finished. 
 The fifth of September, the height of the sun being taken, 
 we founde ourselves to be in the latitude of degrees 
 
 and a half. In this voyage commonly wc took the latitude 
 of the place by y" height of the sun, bycausc the long day 
 takcth away the light not only of the polar, but also of all 
 
OF MARTIN FROBISHEK, 
 
 155 
 
 other fixed starres. 
 
 And here the north starre is so niuche ''o"'''® 
 
 latitiides 
 
 elevated above the horizon, that with the stafFe it is hardly wlijea'takou 
 to be wel observed, and the degrees in the Astrolobe are too voyago 
 small to observe minutes. Therefore we alwaies used the tiie sibito 
 
 tlinil Astro- 
 
 stafFe and the sunne, as fittest instruments for this use. ^"^^• 
 
 Having spent foure or five daycs in traverse of the seas 
 with contrarye winde, making oure souther way good as 
 neare as we could, to raise our degrees to bring ourselves 
 with the latitude of Sylley, we tooke the height the tenth of 
 September, and founde ourselves in the latitude of degrees 
 and ten minutes. The eleaventh of September about sixe 
 a clocke at night the wind came good southwest, we vcrde 
 short and settc oure course southest. 
 
 And upon Thursday, the twelfth day of September, taking 
 the height, we were in the latitude of and a halfe, and 
 
 reckoned ouie selves not paste one hundred and fiftie 
 leagues short of SyHey, the weather faire, the winde large 
 at west-south-west, we kepte our course southest. 
 
 The thirteenth daye the height being taken, we founde 
 ourselves to be in the latitude of degrees, the wind 
 
 west-south-west, then being in the height of Sylley, and we 
 kept our course east, to run in with the sleeve or channel so 
 called, being our narrow sens, and reckoned as shorte of 
 Sylley twelve leagues. Sonday, the fifteenth of September, 
 aboute foure of the clocke, wee began to sounde with oure 
 lead, and hadde grounde at sixty-one fadome dejith, white 
 sniiill sandie grounde^ and rcckned us upon the backe of 
 8ylley, and set our course caste and by north, caste north- 
 caste, and north-cast among. 
 
 The sixteenth of September, about eight of the clocke in 
 the morning sounding, we had sixty-five fadome osey sande, 
 and ^^ought ourselves thwart of Saint Georges Chunnell a 
 a little within the bankes. And bearing a smali saile all 
 nighte, we made many soundings, whiche were aboute fortie 
 fadome, and so shallowe that we couldc not well tell where 
 we were. 
 
15G 
 
 THE SKCONl) VOYAOK 
 
 The arrivftll 
 of the Ayde 
 at. I'hiIriow 
 ill Cornwall. 
 
 Our cmning 
 i« Milford 
 II liven. 
 
 The iiirivttll 
 lit the 
 iiuhriell 
 ut Uristuw. 
 
 The scavcntcrnth of September we sounded, and had fortie 
 fadome, and were not farre oflf the landes end, branded sande 
 with small worms and cockle-shells, and were shotte bc- 
 tweene Sylley and the landes ende, and being within the 
 baye, we were not able to double the pointe wyth a south and 
 by east way, but were fayne to make another boordc, the 
 wynde beeyng at southweast, and by weast, and yet could 
 not double the poynte, to come cleere of the landes ende, to 
 beare along the Channell : and the weather cleered up when 
 we were hard aboorde the shore, and we made the landes 
 ende perfite, and so put up alongst Sainte Georges Channell: 
 and the weather beeyng very foule at sea, we coveted some 
 har borough, by cause our steerage was broken, and so came 
 to anker in Padstowe roade in Cornewall. But riding there, 
 a very dangerous roade, we were advised by the countrey to 
 put to sea agayne, and of the two evils, to choose the lesse, 
 for there was nothing but present perill where we roade : 
 whereuppcn we plyed along the Channell to gette to Londy, 
 from whence we were agayne driven, being but an open 
 roade, where our ancker came home, and with force of 
 weather put to seas agayne, and aboute the three and 
 twentith of September, arrived at Milforde Haven in Wales, 
 whyche beeyng a very good harborough, made us happy 
 men, that we hadde receyved suche longe desired safetie. 
 And more happie we helde our selves, not for the safetie of 
 ourselves so muche, as the comforte that we had that our 
 countrey shoulde thereby have perfecte knowledge of oure 
 discoverie, to the greate benefyte of oure common wealth. 
 
 Aboute one moneth after oure arrivall heere, by order 
 from the Lordes of the Counsell, the shippe came up to 
 Bristowe, where the ore was committed to keeping in the 
 castell there. Heere we founde the Gabriell, one of the 
 barkes, arrived in good safetie, who having never a man 
 within boorde very sufficient to bring home the shyppe, after 
 the mayster was lost, by good fortune, when she came upon 
 
 
OF MARTIN FROHISHEU. 
 
 157 
 
 the coast, mette with a shyppc of IJristowe at sea, who con- 
 ducted hir in safctie thither. 
 
 Here we heard good tidings also of the a. rivall of the other 
 barke called the MicJMell, in the north partes, whyche was 
 not a little joyfuU unto us, that it pleased God so to bring us 
 to a safe meeting agayne, and lost in all the voyage only one 
 man, besydes one that dyed at sea, whiche was sickc before 
 he came aboord, and was so desirous to foUowe this enter- 
 prise, that he rather chose to dye therein, than not to be one 
 to attemptc so notable a voyage. 
 
 Ihe 
 
 Michaill 
 nrriveil in 
 the iioi-th 
 partes. 
 
 Only one 
 iimn ilyi'tl In 
 thin voyaBB. 
 
 FINIS 
 
 [Another account of this Voyage was written by Master 
 Dionisi Settle, and will be found in the xii volume of 
 Pinkcrton's Voyages and Travels. London, 18l!iJ.] 
 
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 VI 
 
STATE PAPERS SUHSEQUENr TO THE 
 SECOND VOYAGE. 
 
 I. MR, liOCKES MEMOllIAIi. 
 
 II. OHDEU FOR THE SIIIPPES TO UNLOAD. 
 
 III. LIST OP THOSE THAT NOW DESYIIE TU BE VENTiniAllS. 
 
 IV. WHAT MIOHAEIi LOK IIATIIB DONE FOll THE VOYAOB. 
 
 V. TUB DIIYEFE ACCOUNT OP TUB EXl'ENSES OF THE SECOND VOYAOt 
 
 ."iTATE PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE TRIAL OF THE ORE 
 SUBSEQUENT TO THE SECOND VOYAGE. 
 
 I. nil. nuiicoT ON iiis tkiai.e of the owre. 
 
 II. FK0.M Mil. LOK WHAT CIIAIIGES ARE REQUISITE FOR THE 
 FYNYNOE OF THE EWHE. 
 FROM MY LORDS TO MR, LOK TO COLLECT £90U OF THE VEN- 
 TURERS. 
 FKOM MR. G. LE BRUM, TRY.ALL OP METAL FALLING NOT OWT. 
 V. FROM DR. BUKCOT, A I'ROOFE OF HOW MUCU GOWLD AND Bl'.iVEB 
 A POUND OF ORE YIELDETII, 
 A LITTLE BUNDLE OF THE TRYEING OF THE NOllTHWEST EWRE 
 FROM DR, nURCHAUT TO MR, SECRETARY " ALSYNGHAM TOUCUYNO 
 
 THE NORTHWEST EWKE, 
 A KEOLARATION OF THE VALUE OF THE NORTHWEST EWRE, 
 FROM DR, BURCOT TOUCHTNO HIS CUNVNGE AND OFFER ABOUT 
 TRYINGE THE EWRE, 
 X. TO THE LORD TREASURER AND LORD CHAMBERLAIN ABOWTE 
 
 THE NORTHWEST EWRE. 
 XI. THE ACCOMl'TE TAKEN AT MU6C0V1E HOUSE OP CC WEIGHT OF 
 THE EWRE. 
 
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STATE PAPERS 
 SUBSEQUENT TO THE SECOND VOYAGE. 
 
 [Cohnial rA. Domestic Eliz., cxv. No. 3.').] 
 
 MU. LOCKKS MEMOniAL. 
 
 To the Quoiies Ma'i"" most honoral>Ie Privye Councell. 
 Maye it please yC honors in most humble maner to be advertised. 
 The ij ships AjnJe and (Jaftriell are arived at Bristowe in saffetye 
 accordin};;e to" yo' honors orders. 
 
 And yf yo'' honor's doo think it good to dyscharge the ure on land 
 there yt may please yo"" honors to gyve order (under correction) 
 that Mr. Furbisher may delyver the same by weight, and that 
 the same may be kept in the castell or other saft'e place there under iiij 
 severall lokes and keys whorof one w''' the Mayor of Bristov. o, one w'' 
 Sir Richard Barkley, one w''' Mr. Furbisher, and one wi'' Michael Lok, 
 or any other of the venturars as shall seemo good to yo' honors. Also 
 there is to be payd presently uppon the dyschargeuge of the ships 
 ladynge viij" poundes of money or more for the wagys of the souldiars 
 and maryners w^ii have sarved w*^^'' doo remayne styll at charges o' the 
 companye for meate and wagys untill they be payd the w^^i' sayd money 
 cannot be found in London uppon interest nor exchange notw"istandinge 
 the dyllygens used by the Commyssyoners to take up the same wherefore 
 for the provision therof restethe but ij meanes. Fyr.styf it would please 
 the Queues Ma''« to \ rest the same for iij raonthes untill the ore may be 
 melted downe w"'' may be receved of her Ma'ii^s customars or other 
 ofl'ycers at Brystowe or ells the same must be ceassed and collected of all 
 the venturars accordinge to the rate of their stok ventured wii would iie 
 Imt xxv" for every c" of their venture, but it would be very longe tymc 
 and moche dyfficuitye in collection. 
 
 Also the ship Michael is now in the Ryver of Tamys arived in saffety 
 liy Gods grace and the same ship must be presently dyscharged at 
 London. And the Comyssioners doo think good to put the ure in saffe 
 cu.stodye in the howsse whor S' Wilhn Wynter dothe now dwell at 
 S«' Katheryns hyll, where they have alredy made a furnace to melt 
 downe the same. May it please yor honors to gyve order that the same 
 may also be delyvrcd by weight and kept under iiij loks and keys to be 
 
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 The ills- 
 
 tlie ore at 
 Kristowe. 
 
 The wBROs 
 to furnislie 
 money for 
 yeilisohftreo 
 of tho miin- 
 iiprn nnd 
 sowldiers. 
 
 Tlie (liK 
 posiiiK of 
 the lire at 
 I.oiidou. 
 
102 
 
 STATK I'Ari'.Us 
 
 Toappnyiiio 
 coninilH- 
 HioiKirH to 
 loiikn to tlin 
 melting. 
 
 Mlchftol 
 l.uckca 
 r('(|ueBt. 
 
 [in] the custodyo of Sr William Wyiitar, Mr. Thomas Randall, Afr. 
 Furbishcr, and Michael Lok or others as to yo' honors [semethc] good. 
 Also yt may please yo' honors to pyve ordrc and auctoritie to the Kay<l 
 Commyssioiiers w'' are S' William Wyntar, Mr. Thomas Randall, George 
 Wyntar, Anthonyc Jenkynson, Edmond Ilogan, Michael Lok. And to 
 joyno to them Mr. Furbishcr or any others that yo^ honors shall lyko 
 that they mayc consulte and dotermyne for the spedyo meltynge downc 
 of the ure bothe at London and at Brystowe. 
 
 And wheras Michael Lok for the advancement of this voyages for the 
 space of iij yeres of his own goodwyll hathe taken the paynes and charge 
 of kepyng all accountts to reconynces frely w'''out any recompcnce,and 
 hathe byn named tresourer, thoiighe he hathe had but lytle tresour in 
 his kepynge. Now yf yo' honors doo lyke well of his doyngcs acordingc 
 to his small power yt may plcse yo"" honors to ratifye hym in that ottycc 
 ro take charge of the money and trcasour of this conipanyc to account and 
 hereafter to consyder of hytn for his paynes and doynges as to yo"" honors 
 shall secme good or his defectcft shall appere. 
 
 \_Colonitd, 55. Domestic EUz., cxvi, No. 14.] 
 
 XII,T niK OCTOBRIS, 1577. A NOTK OF MONEY PRF.SKNTI.YK TO 
 BK DISIJUUSED FOR MARYNKRR WAOiJS OF THE THREE 
 SlIIPTES RETORNEI) W^'" MR. FURBUS8HER. 
 
 In primis for the wages of an hundreth maryners in all the three 
 shipps, at severall rates, from x' to vj" xiij» iiij'' for a man the monetli, 
 amounteth to the some of cxl" the moneth, w''' from the ffirst of June 
 unto the last of October beinge fTyve monethes, amounteth in the hole 
 to yc somme of ncc". 
 
 At x" ye men. Item for wages for xxvj" souldiors, for the sayde ffyve 
 monethes, as it shall please yo"" honors. 
 
 Item for recompence for xiiij gentilmen duringc the tym^ aforesaydo, 
 as it shall please yo'' honors to consyder of some reasonable porcion of 
 the adventure. 
 
 This money cannot yet be found to be taken uppon interest nor ex- 
 change. 
 
 And yf it be levied by collection uppon the ventuvars, it will come to 
 xxv" uppon everie c'' of the venture. 
 
 Item, whether their honors doo continew in mynde that the ij ships 
 at Bristcw .shall discharge there or come to London. 
 
 Item, whether Michael Lok shall contynt .,• still Treasorer or not. 
 
 Indorsed, For the ships of Cathai to be unladen. 
 
SrnSFQT'KNT Tl) THK SKfOXn VOYAflK. 
 
 103 
 
 \Cofonial, 5/5. Domestic Eli:.., cxvi, No. 24.] 
 
 AN ORDER OF MY T-ORPS, TIIK IT) OK OCTOBKU, 1577, FOR PAY • 
 MF.NT TO UK MADE TO THK MARINERS AND BOUI.DIERH OF 
 THE CATHAY VIAGE. 
 
 Where as there is presently to bee disbursed for the discharj^c of 
 suche mariners and souldicrs as have been employed in the viage to- 
 wards the northwest under Captayne Ffurbisher, the somme of eif?ht 
 hundrethe powndes, yt is ordred that sucho as have been adventurers 
 in th( ii.yd viage should contribute toward the discliarge of the sayd 
 somme of viij ", after twentie in the hundrethe, pro mUi, w"'' sayd con- 
 tribution is thou£;ht also lueoto to bee delivered into the handes of 
 Michacll Locke, Treasorcr for the Companie, beynge appointed to give 
 Itylles signed under his hand for suchc sommcs as he shall receave. 
 
 three 
 
 loncth, 
 June 
 hole 
 
 flFyvc 
 
 sayde, 
 3ion of 
 
 ^Colonial, East Indies, 54. Domestic Eliz., cxix, No. 44.] 
 
 These dcsyre now to be venturars in the goodes now come 
 wci' may be graunted uppon the whole stole now come home, or 
 the next adventure, as yo' honors shall thynk good. 
 My Lord Kepar 
 Therle of Ikdford 
 Mr. Controllar 
 The Erie of Oxford 
 My Lord Ilunsdou 
 My Lord Charles Howard 
 My Lord of Comerland 
 .My Lord Cobham' 
 My Lord Wharton 
 -'Mr. llatton 
 Mr. Ilennage 
 Mr. Horsey 
 S"" Ilumfrey Oilbart 
 Mr. Woolley . 
 William Kyllygrew 
 Thomas Dudley 
 RafFe Lane 
 Ilew 8mythe 
 John Dee 
 .Jeffrey Ducket 
 Thomas Nyccolls 
 
 ' Adilod in another ink. 
 
 home, 
 ells in 
 
 li2r> 
 
 li26 
 112!-, 
 li-2r, 
 li2r) 
 /t25 
 /i25 
 li2^ 
 1125 
 li2!i 
 
 li-ia 
 
 H25 
 li25 
 li2b 
 li25 
 fi25 
 ii2r> 
 li25 
 li-2.5 
 fi'2r> 
 
 /i'SoO 
 
 M 
 
164 
 
 STATK PAl'KKS 
 
 Ij'raucis Mylles'^ 
 Laurens Tomson 
 Arture Dawbnoy 
 John Capelin 
 Thoiiias Cesiir 
 
 //25 
 
 A'25 
 li25 
 
 li2r) 
 
 ^Colonial East Indies, 70. Domestic Eliz., cxxx, No. 35.] 
 
 THE NAMES OF THE VENTUUARS OK BOTHE THE VOYAGES 
 
 /('oC 
 
 MADE BY MARTIN I'URIiUSHEUi GENT. TO 
 ANNO 157G AND ANNO 1577. 
 
 The Quenes Ma''" 
 In the first voiage 
 libO The Lord Ilighc Treasorer 
 The Lord highe Adrayrall 
 /t5() The Lord highe Chamberlayn 
 50 The Erie of Warwyke . 
 50 The Erie of Leycester . 
 
 I\Ir. Treasorer of the Q. ]\Ia'''' household 
 
 25 Mr. Secretarie Walsiugiiam, for hyin 
 
 sellffe and others 
 Mr. Secretarie Wyllsou 
 
 i;205O. 
 The Erie of Pembroke . 
 The Couutesse of Warwyke 
 The Couutesse of Pembroke 
 The Lady Anne Talbot . 
 
 26 Mr. Phillip Sydney 
 11)0 Sr Thomas Gresham 
 
 25 Sr Leoncll Duckett 
 
 Sf William Wyutar 
 
 William Pell ham 
 
 Edward Dyar 
 25 Thomas Randolphe 
 
 George Wyntar . 
 
 Mathew Smythe . 
 
 Symon Boyer 
 25 Anthony Jenkynsou 
 
 .Jeffrey Tarvile . 
 
 William Payutar 
 
 Richard Bowl land 
 
 ' This iMid tlic I'ollowiiif,' ii;inio» iirc aiMcd in :iiniilH>r ink. 
 
 IE NORTli-WEST, 
 
 Stok. 
 
 Cessement. 
 
 lilQQO 
 
 ^('200 
 
 lilW 
 
 ^420 
 
 li\W 
 
 ^i20 
 
 ii\m 
 
 liiO 
 
 lilQO 
 
 1/20 
 
 li\5U 
 
 li^iO 
 
 I mo 
 
 ^no 
 
 li400 
 
 liSO 
 
 UM 
 
 mo 
 
 lil50 
 
 li-30 
 
 li30 
 
 ^iio 
 
 li-2r> 
 
 lib 
 
 1425 
 
 Ur, 
 
 li50 
 
 li]0 
 
 li-200 
 
 li40 
 
 li50 
 
 liH) 
 
 li200 
 
 li-io 
 
 li50 
 
 lilO 
 
 li25 
 
 m 
 
 1150 
 
 //lO 
 
 li50 
 
 lilO 
 
 lino 
 
 lilO 
 
 li2b 
 
 lib 
 
 libO 
 
 I no 
 
 Hm 
 
 li\0 
 
 li'iO 
 
 li]0 
 
 li50 
 
 lilo 
 
 10( 
 
 £2 
 
 Vent I 
 Ilccei 
 
srBSEQUKNT TO Till', SKCOM) VOYAGE. 
 
 165 
 
 Ilobeit Kyiidersley 
 iJO Ednioiid llogau . 
 2r> Mathcw Fylia . 
 
 Richaril Yonge . 
 
 Thomas Allyn 
 
 William Ormshawc 
 
 /;.')00 
 
 100 
 
 Christofer Hudson 
 Thomas Owen 
 John Dee 
 Julio Cesar 
 Klcazar Lok 
 Gerson Lok 
 Martin Furhusher 
 Michael Lok 
 
 £■275 
 
 100 William Burde li 
 
 lOO William Bonde li 
 
 25 Mathew Kyndersley li 
 
 S.*) Christofer Audrowes ^i 
 
 25 Robert ^lartyu li 
 
 i'375 
 £500 
 
 /t5( t 
 
 ;aoo 
 
 1150 
 1150 
 li50 
 li25 
 
 /a 300 
 
 li55 •< 
 
 lilO 
 li20 
 lilO 
 lilO 
 lilO 
 U5 
 
 113575 
 
 li715 
 
 ^j50 
 
 lilO 
 
 li-25 
 
 li5 
 
 li-25 
 
 li5 
 
 li50 
 
 li\0 
 
 li25 
 
 li5 
 
 li15 
 
 li5 
 
 lilOO 
 
 1120 
 
 niooo 
 
 //20() 
 
 irzm 
 
 ■ 1120 
 1120 
 li 5 
 li 5 
 li 5 
 
 11315 
 Ii7l5 
 
 U» 
 i'l 
 10 
 10 
 
 [0 
 i'> 
 
 l(» 
 
 10 
 I'lO 
 (10 
 
 Stok 875 Received the first voyage 
 
 ;il300 
 ^13575 
 
 Veuturars 114^75 of first and second voiagcs 
 li 275 of first voiage ouelie 
 
 Received ^i'5150 all the stok. 
 
 Received by the said cesscment 
 of 20'* for 100'* stok /i'1030 
 
 /a030 
 Cessement. 
 
 ^«800 first voiage spent 
 /t4350 second voiage paid 
 
 Ii5l50 paid all the stok 
 outward. 
 
 paid for the mynes /j198 
 
 paid for mens wagys of the 
 
 iij ships come home i'/l()44 
 
 b'omme paid the 21 /(1 242 
 Dccemhar 1577 
 
160 
 
 STATK rAl'KKS 
 
 [Coloiiiid, East Indies, 75. Bomeatic Eiiz., exix, No. i5(J.J 
 
 MICIIAI^L 1.0K IIAXIIE i)ONE FOB THE VOYAGE Of C'A'llIAI, AS 
 
 FOLOWETHE. 
 
 XXV ycrcs stuJye and travayllc to satufye his knowledge thereof. 
 
 M' poundes spent for thinges necessarie for his satisfaction of know- 
 ledge thcrof in bookes, maps, cartes, instrumcntcs, and gyftes to men for 
 conference therof ; wherof is not one peny put to the account besydcs all 
 his howshold charges. 
 
 MJ m' cccc'" powndes paid and disbursed by hym sellfe for furniture 
 of the first and second voyages over and above all that he received of all 
 other vonturars wo'' ^i2400 he dyd beare venture of in the same first and 
 second voyages untill the shyps retorned home. 
 
 W^'' said ^i24()(» was for the sums of venture wrytten uppon the names 
 folowinge, w<='i was not paid hym untill the ships retorned, and is not 
 yett all paid hym, but he had promcs of sum of them. 
 My Lord llighe Treasurer .... ^t5() 
 
 My Lord of Leycester . . . , U\ 00 
 
 S' Thomas Gresham. ..... ^i'lOO 
 
 Mr. Doctor Wyllson ..... libi) 
 
 George Wyntar . . , . Ii60 
 
 Symon Boyer, he gave pledge .... Ii25 
 
 Richard Owen . . . . Ii25 
 
 Julio Cesar ^ .... ii26 
 
 Thomas Cesar S M. L. . . . ^126 
 
 Eleazar Lok ) .... Wib 
 
 Summc 
 
 For Michael Lok liym sellfe 
 
 /t47r) 
 /a 000 
 
 For the second voiago. 8um . . li\-Vl!) 
 
 ]\L Lok iu first voyage . . . /<825 
 
 Ventured by M. Lok . . . //230U 
 
 Indorsed. Mr. Lock's privat memorandum. 1576 and 1577. 
 
 \_Colonial, 94. Domestic Eliz., cxxvi, No. 32.] 
 
 TIFK BRYEF ACCOUNT OF THE SECOND VOYAGE, 1577. 
 
 Kec' of all the venturers 
 for tiieir stokes . /j5150 
 
 Paid for the Aijde . . liHUU 
 For the Michaell anil 
 
 (lahrieU . li-iOO 
 For taklingc and rigginge /t577 
 For ordnance and muni- 
 tion . . liid' 
 
 ' Tlic Iiih( c uiipcaih 1(1 liavf li-on crubcil. 
 
fiUllsEQUKNT TO THE SKCONU VOYAGK. 
 
 1()7 
 
 Roc' of supplie of 
 venturers to pay e 
 wages at rctornc 
 oftheshippes .^il030 
 
 lackinge 
 My Lady Anne . 
 
 Talbot . lib 
 
 The Eric Sus- 
 
 sexe . lilO 
 
 gr W" Winter . ^il 12 
 S'Tho.Greshame ^i'O 
 
 li22 12 
 
 For vyttellb 
 
 For wages outwards 
 
 For necessaries for the 
 
 mynes 
 For marchandyse 
 
 /I'.W.i IH 15 
 
 liVtOO 12 it 
 
 /il23 8 4 
 
 /i346 /) 
 
 li-i:i2S 17 H 
 For charges outwards 21 2 (> 
 
 /(435(i II 
 For losse spent first voiage (i80i) 
 
 Sum paid . /j5150 <> 
 
 Paid after the ships re- 
 tome ; paid outwards 
 above the stoke re- 
 ceived . . lil 15 2 
 
 Paid for wages of mariners 
 and gentlemen at re- 
 tourne of the shipps . /tl582 15 5 
 
 Paid for wages of myners 
 and charges of tryall 
 of the ewer at London ^i324 1 8 
 
 4 lili)08 12 3 
 
 For not rec^ in the sup- 
 plie of /tl030 . U22 12 4 
 
 Rest paid 
 
 ^iiy31 4 7 
 ^tlU30 (» 
 
 li'Mi 4 7 
 
 TlIK ACCOUNT OF MONY FOU TIIIUD VOYAOE 1578. 
 
 Received as followi''' 
 
 Of the Q. Mati« 
 
 Of Mathew Fold . 
 
 Of M. Kindersley . 
 Of Sr Frances Knolles 
 Of Ed. lloggan 
 
 Of L. Pembroke . 
 
 <M' La. Pembroke . 
 
 i;i350 
 
 
 
 U 
 
 i;35 
 
 
 
 
 
 i'15 
 
 
 
 
 
 £67 
 
 10 
 
 u 
 
 X'4l) 
 
 l> 
 
 
 
 £202 
 
 m 
 
 
 
 £33 
 
 15 
 
 u 
 
 Paid as fallow^'' 
 
 To W"!- Kerin, frestonc £4 
 To Christ. Uawlle, 
 
 bristole . . £13 
 
 To J. Roberts, bellows £3 10 
 
 To Ff. Grene, buchcr .£100 
 
 To Mr. Frobiser £400 d 
 
 To Poiutcll, baker £I(mi (> 
 
 
 (I 
 
 
 
 
 \ 
 
KiS 
 
 STATK I'ArKRS 
 
 Of Mr. P. Sydney . i67 K) 
 
 OfMr.S.Walsingham £182 7 
 
 Of Jo. Sorncrs . £67 K) 
 
 Of Mr. S. Willson . £67 10 o 
 
 Of Sr Henry Wallop £67 10 u 
 
 OfRoberteKyndersley £67 10 
 
 Of M. Kindcrslcy , £18 15 
 
 Of Erie Warwyke . £135 
 
 Of Countesse Warrike £35 
 
 Sum received £2452 1 
 
 £12 10 
 
 £6 
 
 £20 
 £50 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (I 
 
 u 
 
 
 
 To M;-. Fenton . £5(i () 
 To Willson, caper, 
 
 5. 20. 20. £45 u 
 
 To Jonas, a quarter . £25 
 To Oly ver Skiner, iron £3 5 
 To John Gonnc, iron £3 8 
 To Jo. Roberts, bellowes £2 
 To Jo. Fysher, smithe £4 
 To N. Chanselar, 20.25. £35 
 To F. Shawe, buttar £50 
 To C. Ilawle, bristowe £20 
 ToEd. Selman,bristowe£62 
 To F. Lee, shippe . £50 
 To Ro. Denam, a 
 
 quarter lent 
 To P. Barnstou, 
 
 aquavite 
 To Mr. Fcutou, targats £10 
 To Ed. Selraan,bristowe £16 
 To Thomson, cari)enter £30 
 To Ilitchecoke, car- 
 penter 
 To Poyntell, baker . 
 To Mathew, baker 
 
 pynnasses 
 To Ro. Deuam, ad- 
 
 ditamentes 
 To Jeronias stoves . 
 To S. Burow, pynnasse 
 To Thomson, carpentar 
 To other od charges, 
 
 17 Aprill . 
 To Mr. Frobiser ace. 
 
 40. 10. 10. 
 To Vyllers colics 
 To Crokcr, smithe 
 To L. Admiralls man 
 To Stanley, currier, 
 
 for lether 
 To Mr. Fenton 
 To Mr. Furbusher, 
 
 bristowe . 
 To the shippe Hopewell £50 
 To Jonas 
 To John Ilaylcs, 
 
 Dartford . 
 
 £12 
 
 £10 
 
 
 
 
 
 £10 
 
 
 
 
 
 £6 
 
 
 
 
 
 £30 
 
 
 
 
 
 £16 
 
 £60 
 
 
 
 
 
 £10 
 
 
 
 
 
 £5 
 
 
 
 
 
 £2 
 
 
 
 
 
 £6 
 
 
 
 
 
 £10 
 
 
 
 
 
 £596 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 £50 
 
 
 
 
 
 £10 
 
 
 
 
 
 £12 
 
 
 
 
 
SUHSKQUKNl' TO TIIK SKCOM) VOYAOK. 
 
 inn 
 
 Somnie paid £1058 18 
 Paid for second voyage £901 4 
 
 
 
 Receyt as ffoHowt'i 
 Of Mr. Dowgle . £33 
 
 Of Sr Tho. Uresham . £70 
 Of Lord Tresorer . £100 
 
 The 2 May 1578 
 Of Sr Thomas Grcsham £100 
 Of Rich. Young . £50 
 Of Christofer Hudson £(i7 
 Of Ed. Ilogan . £95 
 
 £416 5 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 {) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 (1 
 
 Sum paid £2860 
 Payments as follow"' 
 Sum paid rcste £407 
 
 The 23 Aprill 157«. 
 To Thomas Willson, 
 
 coopar . . £l(t 
 
 ToThomson,carpentar £20 
 To Augar, chaundler £20 
 The 24 said [month]. 
 ToMr.IIawle,Bristowfc £12 
 To Chansclor purser. £8 
 To Shawc for butter £20 
 To Mr. More shipe Fo>/ £48 
 To Mr. Rasheley 
 
 shipe Fo>/ 
 
 The 26 said 
 To Whitnall, coopar 
 To Morris, tente maker 
 To Baker, shipwright 
 To Poyntell, baker, 
 
 of Lymehouse 
 To Thomson, carpentar £3( 
 To Vyllars, secoles . 
 To Mr. Fen ton 
 To Chanselar purser 
 
 The 30 April, l.'i78 
 To men of Judeth 
 
 wagys . ; 
 
 To Shaw, for fyst , 
 To Thomson, seacoles 
 
 The 3 May. 
 To Whitnall, coopar 
 To Willson, cans 
 To Ffrances Lee, ship 
 To Thomson, carpenter 
 To Eliot, brise 
 To Maryners, Judethe 
 
 wages 
 To Dowd, coopar 
 To Newson, clokemaker 
 To J . Roberts, bellowcs 
 To Hopkins, sniyth . 
 To Morris, tent njakcr 
 1095. 
 
 2 7 
 15 7 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 £48 
 
 £10 
 
 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 9 
 
 (1 
 
 £16 
 
 
 
 
 
 £50 
 
 
 
 
 
 £30 
 
 
 
 
 
 £21 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 £30 
 
 
 
 
 
 £13 
 
 18 
 
 
 
 -.78. 
 
 
 
 t'lio 
 
 
 
 
 
 £40 
 
 
 
 
 
 £18 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 £5 
 
 
 
 
 
 £4 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 £30 
 
 
 
 
 
 £20 
 
 
 
 
 
 £5 
 
 U 
 
 u 
 
 £55 
 
 
 
 
 
 £2 
 
 
 
 
 
 £6 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 £4 
 
 16 
 
 8 
 
 £2 
 
 15 
 
 (i 
 
 £15 
 
 II 
 
 
 
^^ 
 
 STATE I'Al'EllS RELATIVE TO THE TRIAL OE THE ORE 
 SURSEQUENT TO THE SECOND VOYAGE. 
 
 [Colonial 77. Domeitic Eliz. cxxii. No. 3.] 
 
 JANUARY 6th, 1577. I'KOM DR. UURCO'l'T OF HIS PROCEEDYNGE 
 IN THE TRIALL OF THE OWRE. 
 
 My humble couimendacious Sir Walsingaiue I gyve you most hartic 
 thankcs for your labouro and delygence for the performinge of your 
 proraysse and the sendiugc of my pattane and, I hope by Godes grace to 
 performe my promyssc towardes you I had or this sertefied your Ilonore 
 the trewe matter off this ower and my proves butt God hathe towched 
 me so hard wti^ the gowte that I have kept my bed this thre wekes and 
 do yctt, and I sertefie your Ilouore off a trothe that I have mayd a 
 hundred dy vers sayes of sondry owers out of that lande, and I fynde not 
 such goodues in yt as I thought to have founde not prosedinge half an 
 ounce, as the blacke ower ys and I have prepared and rested accordinge as 
 I promyssed you, and I cane bringe yt to no clay but I have moltinc 
 doune a pounde, and hathe founde in yt fouer grayncs as by this prove 
 I have sent you dothe appere that will come in a houndred weight 
 almoste thre tjuarters of an ounce that is nere xiiii ounces in a tonne and 
 I dout not when yt is right prepared yt will faule out In the great fyere 
 very well and I am mynded as sone as I am able w''' my bodye I will 
 melte doune a b andred weight and send you that prove accordinglyo. 
 So I byd you fare well wt'" my humble disier to advertyse the Queue's 
 llcignes and my Lord of Lasyter. Datum the vi of January. 
 
 Your humble to comand, 
 
 Hurchard Kranrych. 
 To his houorablc aad singuler good frend Sir Fraunces Walsing e, 
 
 Scecret e to the heigh. 
 
SUHSKQUKNT TO IHK SECOND VOYAOK. 
 
 171 
 
 [Colonial, 7!i. Domestic Eli:.., cxxii, No. 9.] 
 
 JANUAKIE 19th, 1577. FROM Mil. MICHAELI. LOOKK, WHAT 
 C'lIAROKS S" WILL'm WINTAB AND THE UE8T VPPON THKIR 
 MEETYNGE HAVE THOUGHT rBESENTLY TO BE REQUISITE FOR 
 THE FYNYNG OF THE EWRE AND OTHER THINGES TO HE 
 FURTHER DONE IN THAT BEHALF. 
 
 Right Honorable, accordiiigo to the commission of Her iMa''^» Privie 
 Councell directed to S^ W"' Wyntar, JMr. Randolph, Mr. Dyar, Mr. 
 ISIr. Yonge, Mr. Furbusher, and my sellf we all (except Mr. Randolph) 
 have syttogethers theise ij days past, and have consydcred thervppon 
 as the tyme would suffer, and have had before us all the chyef work- 
 masters for the erectinge of the howsse and fu laces at the mylls at 
 Dartford, for the meltyng of the ewr brought by Mr. Furbusher, and as 
 nerc as we can esteme the charges therof wylbe thus : — 
 For bryk, stone, tylcs, lome, lymo sand, lathes, nayllcs, and work- 
 manship therof, for all the myllehows and iij furnaces, w^'' 
 makinge the groundwork . . . . ^j'KiO 
 
 For tymber, and all other stuffe and the carpentais workmanshij) 
 therof ; for the howsse of 84 foote long and 3G foote wyde, and 
 for the myll wholes, and the stampinge mylls, and the iij paier 
 bcllowes for the furnaces, wherof ij for melting, and i for 
 drivinge or fynynge, and for all other engyncs belonging 
 therto ........ ^i240 
 
 Sum hereof /i4Ui> 
 For charges of a man to go to Germania, for ij chief workmasters 
 of meltingc and fyndynge myncs, and another man into 
 Yorkshier, for stuffe to melt the ewr .... li^i.) 
 
 For to provyde wood and coles, and other thinnes extraordinarie 
 by estymation ....... /t'luo 
 
 Kor wagys paid to the maryners and men come home w"^'' the 
 shyps, above the estimation made of 20 on 100 collected sum 
 li'6(J0 includynge therin ^i'200 alredy paid for charges of 
 buyldinges of furnaces and small protfcs and sayes of the ewr 
 made by the handes of dyvers men. Sum . . . li'HM) 
 
 Sum of all ^iUOO 
 The said sum of ^('900 of money muste be provyded presentlyc by col- 
 lection of the venturars or otherwysse. 
 
 -Vnd for the better and more spedyc provision of the stuffe and men 
 rcijuysyte for the buyldyngcs forsaid, it is thought rcijuysyte to liave 
 comy.ssion in Her Ma'''^'* name to be directed to S' Will'm Wyntar, who 
 liathe alredy a sufficient warrant for the marine ail'aiics. 
 
172 
 
 STATE VAPRRS ON TRIAL OF 'm\'. ORK 
 
 This beinge done all the woorkes wilbo fynyshed ami the cwr molten 
 and fyned W'' in vi or viij wckos tymc by Godcs help. 
 
 We have also thought it good that Her Ma''" be moved for her 
 favourable letter to the Duke of Saxonia declaring the staying here of 
 Jonas for Her Ma*'«" sarvyce wol" shalbe sent by the parson that goethe 
 for workmen. 
 
 Of other matters this bearer Mr. Furbushcr can informe yor Honor at 
 large, wherfore I end, and comytt yo"" Honor to the tuition of Almighty 
 God. From Loudon the xix Januarie, 1577. 
 
 Yof Michael Lok. 
 
 To the Right Honorable S^ Francys Walsingham, Knyght, 
 
 Her Ma''f^8 Chyef Sccretarie, etc., 
 
 Delyured at the Court. 
 Commission from Her Ma"" 
 Letter to the Duke of Saxonie. 
 
 [Colonial, No. 80. Domestic Eliz., cxxii, No. 10.] 
 
 JANUARIE 19tTI, 1577. FROM MY li.L.'s TO Mil. MICHAKI, 
 LOCKE FOR THE COLLECTION OF OOGlT. AMONG THE AD- 
 VENTURERS OF THK NORTH-WENT, ETC. 
 
 After C hartie comendations where as for the buildyng of certayne 
 furnaces, and sendyng for skilful! men owt of Germanic for the tryall and 
 /efinyng of the oore brought owt of the north-west : as also for the pay- 
 ment of certayn wages due to the mariners and others employed vnder 
 Mr. Furbusher, gent., in the last viage to the sayd north-west parts, we 
 arc enformed the somes of !)00/« to be voric necessarie and presently re- 
 quired. Theise are to require you to repayre to all such as be Adven- 
 turers in the sayd viage, as from vs so appointed, and to collect and 
 gather of everie of them for the vses, purposes aforcsayd, the sayd some 
 to be levied amongst them after xx^t in the hundredth, accordyng to the 
 rate of and proportion of everie of their Adventurers, and this to be done 
 w'''' as convenient speede as you can, to the end that so good an enter- 
 prise and proffitable as this viage is hoped will prove after so great 
 charges allreadie bestowed thereon ; nowe l)e not hindered either for 
 want of so small a som or not prosecutyng the triall of the sayd oore. 
 And so we, etc. 
 
 phii 
 
 [Colonial 81. Domestic Eliz., cxxii, No. 17.] 
 
 JAN. 24th, IbJCl. FROM MASTEK GEOFFREY LA BRUM, TRYAL 
 METAL FALLING NOT OWT. 
 
 Monscigneur jay considerc toutes ces cspesses de minercs (juil vous 
 ha pleu me baillcr et ay trouvc que la pluspart nc sont que mar- 
 
Sl'HSKQUKNT To 1111': SKCONI) VOYACJK. 
 
 17;J 
 
 oliasitcs ut non mincics Icsqucllcs marchasites ont ordinaircment taut 
 (Ic souphrc (juc (juant il y auroit (iueli[nc pcu de bon metal oti tie le 
 pourroit tircr sans grant peine et perte <iiiaiit a en fairc prcuvc ct essay 
 ct essay certain il en faudroit bien davautago ct no sc fault fier a deux 
 ny troys prcuves seullcmcnt car tel morccau <juon pcnso estrc bon ct 
 habondcr dor on dargeut jc no sy trouvc ricn ou peu de chose Ic plus- 
 souvcnt et au contraire tel tjuon mesprise sc trouvc le nieilleur queUine- 
 lloys avec ce quil y ha divers noyens por extrairc lo pur metal et Ic 
 fault tenter par diversea voycs par ce <iuc'n aulcuncs minieres le metal 
 est encore tant crud quil scsauvit et perd en le fusion sil nest retcnu 
 par cementations fixatives en oultres il est accompaigne de tant dor- 
 dures et impurtes commo de souphre, terre, pierre loppes et semblablcs 
 qu'on ne lo depart (ju'a grant peine de facon quon le doit csprouvcr 
 tantost avec selz tantost avec vifargent tantost la bruslant tantost la 
 cementant ou fondant avec savon ploinb selpitre borax ou aultres <jui 
 sent en grant nombre et trop longues a escrire. Quant a cello du 
 Capp" Forbisher elle merito bion tant de diverses prei)arations ct sy jen 
 cusse eu nombre jen eusse tente plusieura facons mais pour sy pcu on 
 nose asseurer de ricn seuUement je vous peux tesmoigncr que jen ay 
 brusle lave et purge puis joint avec plomb et mis en cendres ou 
 couppelle qui n'ha ricn laissc de fin qui ne faict juger quil ny ha grant 
 profit par co que les aultres voycs et moyens dextraire le fin sont de 
 grant const ct labeur sur quantitc, vray est quo sy j'en auvis ugno 
 livre ou deux jessairoys (luelque prej)aration par sel commun prepare 
 avec aultres ingredioiis par le (juel jay aultrefoys reduit des metaux 
 fort calcines que le b. rax, saint de verre nitre et aultres semblablcs ne 
 pouvoient reduire. Je nay bailie a Mons"" Marchant les fuses mineres 
 a vous reporter par ce que je ne scay sy les desires sy je peux rccouvrer 
 davantage de cello du Capp*" Forbischer jen feray amplcs prcuves jatten- 
 dois a vous en escrire jusque a ce quo jeusse von le fin de quclquea 
 euvres que jay commences y a ja longe temps pour ta medecine affin de 
 vous en fairo part en tesmoignagc de tant de courtoysics et bicnfaictz 
 ([ue jay rccevez dc vous pour lesquels je suis et seray a tousjours oblige 
 a vostre grandeur, mais lesditz euvres restantz parfaitcs et mons' Mar- 
 chant maiant adverty a midi de vostre commandcment jay fait te pre- 
 senter po' mexcuser et vous suplicr me tcnir au rang dc voz treshumbles 
 et tresfideles servitcurs je prie Dieu Monseigneur quil augmente vostre 
 grandeur et tentretienne en longue et tresheureuse sante pour do plus 
 en plus servir a sa glore. Amen. Do Londres co Saraedi 24" jour de 
 Janvier 1578. 
 
 Vostre treshunible et obeissant serviteur, 
 
 Geoff'roy Le Brumen. 
 A Monseigneur 
 
 Monseigneur de Vualsinghant. 
 
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 174 
 
 STATE PAPBUS ON TUT A I, OF TIIR OUK 
 
 [Colonial, 83. Domestic, Eliz., cxii, No. .OH.] 
 
 21 FKIIKA, 1577, FIIOM D. BUnCCOTTE, WITH A PnOOKKE HOW 
 MUCH OOTTM) ANT) SlI.UEll A POVVNI), AND ONE HUNDUETHE 
 POWND AVEIOIIT TELDETH, W'^" HE WILL WAIIBANT TO HOULP 
 THllOUOHOUT THE WHOLE EWEE. 
 
 Please your Ilonorc, I pcrccyvc by your letter that you cane not come 
 
 80 (juycklye as I thought, thcrfore, I send you hero hy the captayne the 
 
 sylvcr and gold of a pound, and a hundred weight, whcr hy I will ahydc 
 
 hy yt oft' my credyt and honestlye that 1 will bringc twenttic tymes so 
 
 mvcho out of every toune in the lyko owcr as that was and never vnder 
 
 hutt rcyther above that rayte, and I pray you showo to the Queue that 
 
 Ilcr Ma^'" will be good lady vnto me, for I am lyke loss mvcho this 
 
 spri.igo to go about that busynes ; and that you will be ameane that 
 
 the captayne may be spedeley sett fourtho agayne w^'' sucho teachinc 
 
 and iustrucktine, as I have gyvcne him, for yf he shall not go spedelye 
 
 and speciallye now this yeare yt wilbe the worste that ever came to Ing- 
 
 land, and that the ower may be brought hastelyc frome Brcstoo to Det- 
 
 forthc, and that the detymcute that the captayne cane showo you be 
 
 prepared, and your Ilonore to come so hastelyc as you cane to vysctt 
 
 the place where the meltinge house shall stand. Now I send you the 
 
 trothe l)y the captayne how the house shall be ; and I trust to se you 
 
 shortleyc. So I comytte your Ilonore to God in haste, this xxi^'' day of 
 
 Fabruary, 1578. 
 
 Your Ilonore to command, 
 
 Burchard Kraurych. 
 
 To his honorable and singuler good frend, Sir Frauncs Walsingamc, 
 
 Secretoryc to the Queues Ileighncs, delyver this. 
 
 [Colonial, 86. Domestic Eliz., cxxii, No. 62.] 
 
 A LITTLE BUNDLE OF THE TRYEING OF Y" NORTHWEST EAVRE. 
 BY D. BURCOT, .TONAS SCHUTZ, BAPTI3TA AGNILLO, ETC. 
 
 The doings of Jonas Shote in the newe myncs of golde. 
 
 In Januarye 1576, Jonas Shuts was brought acquainted w"i John 
 Baptista Agnello, by the meanes of S'" John Bartelcy, and S' William 
 Morgaine, knights, soo as in the same monthe of Januarye by the 
 meanes of the learningo of the sayd Baptista in alchimia and the know- 
 ledge of the said Jonas in myneralls and mettalls handelinge, the veryc 
 firsto golde was founde and discoueryed by them too bee in the first 
 peace of ewer whichc Mr. Furbusher brought home in his first voyadgc, 
 the valwc of oz. 1| in c. weight of the ewer, whiche ewer Mr. Locke ha<l 
 delyvered too the saydc Baptista in the same moneth of .Tunuaryc too 
 
SUn^EQtJRNT TO THE SKCONI) VdYAfJK. 
 
 175 
 
 make prooflo thereof, w<:'' prooffo being marie, hoe, Mr. Locke, delyvered 
 the same too Her Mil"'' ymcdiately. 
 
 Anfl aftcrwardcs, in the same monothe, ami in Koliruary, and Marcho, 
 Ilaptista ami Jonas made diners other smale proofcs thereof wherehy 
 still they founde golde, whiche aftcrwardcs was discouered too S"" Wil- 
 liam Winter by S^ William Morgaine. 
 
 In the beginninge of Aprill 1577, when S'' William Winter was as- 
 sured from Si' William Morgaine and S"" John Hartley, by the handy 
 woorke of Jonas, by prooiTes w'' he made in their owne presens, too 
 theiro owne satisffaction that this was trewly the ewer of a mynd of 
 golde ; the sayde S"" William Winter justified the same too l)eo trewo 
 too my Lordcs of the Queenes Ma''^'" Honorable Pryvio Councell. 
 
 And vppon commission dircctyd from ITer Ma'"'*" Pryve Councell too 
 S' William Winter, Mr. Thomas Randolphe, George Winter, and others, 
 by the procurement of Mr. Locke, they weare certyfied by wrytingc 
 gcvon by Jonas, of the riches of this ewer and order and chardges of 
 meltinge the same, and the buyidings and workemen thereof, and of all 
 things necessarie for the furniture of the mynes, w '' all other couninge 
 men coolde fynde owte, whoarcby Her Ma''" & Her Pryve Councell 
 weare content too sett owtt a seounde voyadge for discouerye vndcr 
 chardge of Mr. Furbusher. 
 
 And therevpon allsoo agreament was made w"' Jonas Shtts by inden- 
 ture vnder the hand wrytinge of S' William Winter and Mr Locke, that 
 he shoulde goc one the voyadge as cheife master of the mynes, and too 
 bee cheife workemaster therein above all other as well abroade as att 
 home, and att his retorne home too bee made denyson and too have a 
 good pcncion for his enterteynement durlngc his lyfe. 
 
 Allsoo in the newe lande all the voyadge Jonas made all the smale 
 proofTes, & sayes of all the ewer that was founde in the mynes thcare 
 wch ^vas laden in the shipps and brought home and certyfied the valcwe 
 of the ryches thereof, whiche nowe is founde trewe. 
 
 Allsoo the ships beinge retorned home intoo Englande in the monethe 
 of iSeptember 1577, w"' their full ladingc of that riche ewer too the 
 ijuantitie of clx tonnes, .Jonas hathe wrought and donne therein as fol- 
 io wethe. 
 
 The fyste of October, 1577, Jonas begane too buildc the furnaces at 
 Si- William Winter's house, and fynishcd the same and all *'iings neces- 
 sary of his own devise. 
 
 The theirtie of October he had molten one hundrethe weight of the 
 ewer prepared and handelyd after his owne devise and order. And 
 thereby was founde that a tonne thereof docth holde of fyne golde more 
 then the valewe of \Ui. of mooney by wittnes of Si William Winter, Mr. 
 Furbusher, Mr. Locke, and Robert Denhame & others whoc sawe the 
 woorkingc and prooflfes theareof made, bcsydes the remnants of gold 
 remayniugc in the slags, w'-'' Jonas sayd coulde not be well brought 
 
 Ml 
 
17<; 
 
 STATK I'APKUS ON TUIAI. liV TIIK OltK 
 
 outt, butt in the grcnto woorkes, fumasscs, w ii ho dcsyrcd inij?ht l»cc 
 huildcd acco- dingo too tho plato that he wooMo giuo, that theirhy hoc 
 woould thorowghcly kiiowo the nature of this ewer. 
 
 The theirdo of Novemlier rcporte was made too tho Queenes Ma'"" 
 Privio CounccU by S"" VVilli'ira Winter and others of tho Commissioners 
 what was foundo by Jonas workcs, wbicho did not satistic them, and al- 
 thougho Jonas him selfe and Denhanie, deelarcd too thorn this furnace 
 too boo not sulHcicnt for tlio great works, yet woolde have them to 
 nioltc dowuo an other hundrethe weight for better tryall of the trowtlie, 
 W'l Jonas saydc he was willinge, bccavsc this furnanco and bellowsc wau 
 too smale and place not fyttc yet for their commanndement ho woolde 
 doc yt. 
 
 Tho twentctho of Novcmb', Jonas had nowe repaired his furnace at 
 Sf William Winters bowse as well as that place woolde suffer. And in 
 that meano tynio Baptista had taken vpon him too prepare the ewer too 
 greato effbcto w'' did not succcade well in the great works. And also 
 fleorge Woolfo had taken vpon him to prepare the ewer too melte easely 
 w''' out any adetaments in the grcate works w'' did not succodo well. 
 
 The fourtbo of Decemb' J ,as, w"' danger of his lyffe, throughe tho 
 smoke, had molten doune bo secoundo hundrethe weight of ewer 
 w''> provyd as the fyrst hundrcth did bettor then \Vi. tho tonno in pure 
 goldo n,"; was certyfied to Ilor Ma'i^ Coiinccl! by Ire of S'' Winter and 
 other Coniniirsioncrs, whoo sawo tho jjrooffcs made, but still remayncd 
 more gold in the slags whiche Jonas sayd onely the great woorkes must 
 bringe owt. 
 
 And hearevpon Jonas hade bis patente graunted too him, he promised 
 too delyver at the leasto halfe oz. goldo in evcrye hundrethe weight, 
 w'''' ys tenn cz. tonn and allsoo hoapod too cleare all chardgs of the 
 workinf^e and yf he did better yt should bee their profEtt and his creditt. 
 And thcarcvppon hce should have gonne to Brystowe too have builded 
 the fiirnaces theire for the greate woorkos. 
 
 Butt the syxte of Decemb' the Lords wcaro not yet well satisflied w^' 
 this seconnde prooff'c made bccavsc of the remayncrs in the slags w"'' was 
 enfornied coolde not bee gotten owtt,butt chiefly they belcavod nothinge 
 that was donne becavse the goldesmithcs and goldefyners of London and 
 manyo other namyd counynge menn had made many prooffes of the 
 ewer and could fynde noe whitt of goolde therein, and therefore tbcy 
 vouched too the Councell that theare was uoe whitt of gold in this ewer 
 vppon gage of their lyfte and goodcs. 
 
 And vppon the arryvall of Mr. Furbushcr at the Coorte retorned from 
 Brystowe, the scventhe of Decemb' he stayed the woorks of Brystowe and 
 turned yt too farther prooffe too bee made at London, wherefore yt was 
 thought good too have conference therein w"' Mr. Burcott, whose doings 
 shall appere in .rticlcs a parte. 
 
 The teutiie Decemb', Jonas was t.rowght too coufereuce w"' Mr. Bur- 
 
SlfHHKUUKNT I'O THK SKCONI) VOYAOK. 
 
 177 
 
 cott, ftntl wi'iiii iij or iiij tIayoH l»o iliHlykctl the ilonlingo of Mr. liiircott 
 liiiotho lor his ovcll manners and allso his i^^norannce in (Uvcrs points of 
 llio works and handelyngo of this owcr soo as as vvooKl no* anyc more 
 dtalo w"' ium. 
 
 Tho syxotcntho Dcccmh' Jonas vtii Mr. Furhnshcr and Mr. Locke ryde 
 too diners phics too see water mills, for the workeingo of the ewer. And 
 at Deartfordo Jonas lyked the mills heat of all others for the comodious 
 water and place. 
 
 The twolfte of Januaryc vpon ncwc comission too procead in the great 
 works, wee went again too J)ertforde, w"^'' Jonas and llenrickc, the mason, 
 and Seh.astian, the carpenter, whoe was then newe come too London, and 
 measured owto the platt of grownd for errcction of tho buildings and 
 liirnacs. 
 
 The fowertenth Januaryc Jonas delyuercd too all the Comissioncrs a 
 platt drawen by him of all tho buildings of the howsse and mills and 
 fiirna.'ices w"'' was well lyked. But uppon newe conference wf' the 
 wiirkcnien yt was founde that the tymo woold bee soo longe in tho 
 buildings, that yf that .should bo taryed for the money it woold bo too 
 late too sett owt a newo voyadg this yearo. 
 
 The 21 diet. Mr. Furbusher devised that x tonn of ewer shold bo 
 molten at Keswicke for the cxpcdicon of the tryall. 
 
 The 22 diet. Jonas allcadged manye lacks theare and the Comissioners 
 sawe great coaste and longe tyme hanginge theare one allsoo soo that 
 Jonas offeryd too make a thcird great prooffe at London of a toonn by 
 cc weight at a tyme w'' shoold suffice for a tryall of all w' was well 
 lyked. 
 
 And the 23 dayc Jonas gave informacou of ccrtainc merkesytes too 
 melt the ewer w^'' all w''> Denham or Coole shoold have sought abroade. 
 
 The 23 sayd John Baptista made offer of a newe great prooft'o too bo 
 wrought w"' a winde furnace, whccarevpon ho had a c weight of ewer 
 liut yt succeeded not well. 
 
 The 30 of Januaryc John Brood at Crepclgatc had cc ewer too make 
 inooft'e w*^'' did succead well. 
 
 The 12 of February .Jonas did melt doune cc of the ewer for his theird 
 indoffe at tho howsse of S"" W'"- Winter vi*^ great danger of his lyftb 
 ilioroughe the smoke, and at the second tyme of the mealtinge thereof 
 The 18 February yt succeaded verye well in presensof the Comissioners, 
 tb\ind 07.. ().\ of silver and goold myxt, whearcof oz. 3^ was perfytted and 
 Ijrowght 1 ([T. of oz. of fyne golde and oz. .3j of fyne sylvcr, the rest of tho 
 iiz.(i;'. of silver mixt was souke intoo the test becavse the test was not drye 
 made thoroughe the hast of tyme and much gold rcmayncd in the slegs. 
 
 All the doings of Jonas from the tymo too tyme was donn openly, and 
 Mr. Furbusher carycd all the secrets thereof too Mr. Burcott, too heal[)e 
 liini, and all Mr. Ihircott doiugs was in .sccrett, soo as none knoweth yt 
 l>ut him sclfe. 
 
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178 
 
 STATK HAPKRS ON TKIAL OF THK OKK 
 
 TUB DOOINOS OF Mil. BCRCOTT IN THE NKWE MYNES OF OOLDE. 
 
 Mr. Burcott had dclyvered too him ccrtaine sniale peces of ewer 
 in Novcml)' l.')77, whereof he made sayes and proffes and founde golde 
 therein as Jonas had donnc before. 
 
 The !) Uecemb' 1577, Mr. Locke and Mr. Furbusher brought ires from 
 Mr. Secrytaryc Walsingham vntoo Mr. Burcott and delyvcrcd them ton 
 him, and had suche conference w''' him thcrevpon that Mr. Burcott grew 
 too full promos too dclyver halfc a oz. of fyne gold out of cverye hundretli 
 of the ewer vppon certainc condicons sett doune in wrytinge, w'' con- 
 dicons was sertyfied too Mr. Secrytaryc who dislyked of them. 
 
 The 10 Dccemb' Jonas was brought too conference w''' Burcott ami 
 w^'iin iij or iiij dayes he dislyked the dealinges of Mr. Burcott boethe for 
 his evell manners and ignorance in diuers points of the woorks and 
 handelynge of the ewer soo as he woold nott anye more deale w''' him. 
 
 In fewe dayes afterwards when Mr, Burcott sawe that wee did cleave 
 still too Jonas dooings and made little accompt of his doings he made 
 great styro of his owne cunningc and soo wrought w"' .Mr. Furbusher 
 that he cam too bee hardeagaine and putt him selfc too the consideracoii 
 of Her Ma''« and Counccll, and vouched too warrant the ewer too hold 
 soo muche gold as ys sayd and too gage his lande, goods, and lyffe for 
 the delyverj'e thereof whereby he was credityed and the matter lyked. 
 
 The 2(t Decern!)' Mr. Furbusher woold that Mr. Burcott shoulde melt 
 a c of ewer in .Tonas furnace as S'' W"" Winters howsse, w^'' Jonas would 
 not suffer, therefore he willed Jonas too pull doune the secrets of his 
 furnace that Burcott might build a new after his nuinuer, w'' Jonas 
 did soo. 
 
 The 2() Januarye, or their about, Robert Denhara told Mr. Locke that 
 he had a peace of strange ewer, w"'' he proved too doo muche good in 
 the meltinge of our ewer and that he had yt from Mr. Burcotts housse 
 by his man wi^'' Mr. Burcott knewe uct of, and shortly after, when Mr. 
 Loci sawe yt in his howse, of Denham, he .sayd yt was yt and that he 
 had made prooffe thereof too hold syluer, copjier, and leade, &.C., that 
 Mr. Burcott called yt ewer of antymonie, iVic, and had sayd toe him that 
 yt held noe manner of mettell at all. 
 
 And Mr, Furbusher told Mr. Locke that Mr. Burcott sayed that Jonas 
 bellowes laye too hie, & that yt should lyo lowe too blowc right into the 
 hole on the fore ))arte, and in fewe days afterwards he sayd againe that 
 Mr. Burcott woold have the bellowes lye more then a fote aboue the 
 liole as Jonas bellowes did lye. 
 
 Alsoo afterwards, IMr. Furbusher did shewc too Jlr. Locke a paper 
 platt, made by Mr. Burcott, of the furnace that he woold have w''' a 
 pott by yt. And nowe, at the 20 February, he shewed an other plistt 
 thereof made cleane contrarye too the first, but even iust the cop|)ic of 
 the piate of tl;. > furnaces, wlicorw''' Jonas doethe woorkc. 
 
SUHSKQTTi'NT TO III I' SKfO.M) VOYAfiK. 
 
 ITS) 
 
 The 21 Fcltrnaryc, Mr. Burcot shewed too the Cominissioiiors ainl too 
 my Tjorde Treasorer, his proofes made of .', once of gold and 2 onces (^: A 
 siluer, in one c of ewer, hut the same was melted in potts w''' addita- 
 ments hy halfc poimds in a pott w'''' is not the order of the great workes, 
 nor noo man hut him selfc knowcth wate he puts in his additaments. 
 
 And alsoo he shewed a peace of antinionyc ewer vouching that there 
 in was noe manner of mottal, l)iit a prDnflc thereof was made hy the 
 Commissioners one the 22 dayc, and they founde therein hoethe siluer, 
 30 ouncs in a tonn, and some copper, and verye muche ieade. 
 
 And Mr. IJurcott sayed that w^'' out tliat antimonnye ewer he woold 
 not stand to his former protnysof the goldc and siii!'»r too he deiyvoryed. 
 And Denham saythe that Burcott did not knowe of the mettalis that arc 
 in that antymonie ewer vntiil Thorsday, lieinge t'ae 20 Fchruaryc, when 
 as he tolde yt too Burcott, and w, ^ the manu that did first fynde yt too 
 hee soo hy his owne tryalls. 
 
 And iM". Burcott was ignorannt of the weight of gold and sylvcr ac- 
 coumptcd after xxiiii too a pcnnyc weight, and xxiiii pennye weight too 
 the otince vntiil that Denham did shewe him his errorc therein. 
 
 And yt is manyfest that Burcott was more ignorant then Jonas, in 
 the knowledge of the nature and workingc of this ewer ; for him selfc 
 Burcott dooth confcssc that he hathc made more then fortye sondryo 
 wayes of tryall thereof, and yet is not well satisffied therein ; l)ut Jonas 
 liathe made oncly syxe proft's thereof, and those after the order of the 
 greatc woorks. 
 
 [Colonial 82. Domestic Eliz., cxxii. No. 44 J 
 r'i;i3KUAUY in, lo77. iuom docxou in kchaiit to mu. si.cki iakv 
 
 WAl.SYNOHAM TOUCIIYNOE THK NOUTH-WKST OWRK. 
 
 Your llonore remember what aj)pountement you mayd w'" inc in my 
 house and what promysse I mayde you. I have done so and moltine 
 doune a hundred weight and a pound, and 1 have the proves to .show ytm 
 to save your Honorcs credytc and my honestye, therfore appounte the 
 day and ov/er to ride to Detforthe to bring inc thcr to gyve me your 
 Ilonores countenance in the first enterprycc, for yff you do not go 1 will 
 not go that all worke menc and .so many oft' the comyssioners as yt shall 
 pleasse you to so and here oure detcrmynacon and show suche things as 
 I have and cane do before them all for I estcame 3'our llonore and 
 crcdytt as moche as my owne lyft'e, and 1 doute yf I car.ie rydeytt w'l'out 
 a horse lyttcr, and yet I know of no eas.sye horse. And yffyour llonore 
 will humble your selfe so muche and yett come once in my house an 
 owcr or twane before wo departc out ofl' Lon on, I will show your llonore 
 bothethe pattronc tdl'the meltinge hou.se and the .sayes |irevclyel)e(wene 
 
ISO 
 
 STAI'K I'WKRS OX THIAI, OK TIIK OHIO 
 
 yen and mc that my doingcs be not onoly wordes Ixitt deeds. So God 
 incrcassc your Ilonorc in health. Datum the xix off Faliruary 1577. 
 
 Your humble to comand, 
 
 Burchard Kranrych. 
 To his Honorable and very good frend S' Frauncis Walsingamc, 
 
 Secretary to the i^uencs Ileighnes. 
 Dclyvcr this. 
 
 [Colonial 84. Domestic EUz., cxxxi, No. 52.] 
 iKnauAiiY 21, 1577. a declaration or ttik value of t/ie 
 
 NOIlTir-WEST EAVUE BOTH FOU GOLD AND SILVER BY PROOFS 
 THEREOF MADE BY DR. BURCOT. 
 
 My (liitie done in most humble maner. It mayc please yo>" Honor to 
 lie advertizes! that Burchart hathc fynishcd and certefied two prolFes of 
 the gold ewer, wherof one was of Mi w^i', and thother of one c w<''' 
 Dcnnam bathe bene thonly man that he hathe admyttcd to be present 
 and privio w"' him in the scid profFcs, and the same Dcnnam haihc 
 l)cnc the t'yar workman thcrof, and by vouchoiat of them two ye same 
 fallc out as folow''' : 
 
 That proffo of the li W'"^ holdithc in silver 
 And in goldc .... 
 
 W'''> is vii parts silver and an viii"' parte gold 
 
 After that rate i c w>'" holdithe in silver 
 
 And in gold ...... 
 
 And after the same rate the tonne holdithc in silver 
 And in gold ..... 
 
 So the .silver of a tonne at v ii'' the oz. amti' to 
 And the gold at lix** viii'' the oz. amountithc to 
 
 Sum Ixvii" xx'' 
 That proffe of the c w"'' holdithc in silver, 
 And in gold ..... 
 
 W'li i.4 nero about iiii parts silver and a vi'» parte gold 
 
 After that rate the tonne holdithc in silver . . li oz. v' W'' 
 
 And in gold ...... xiii oz. dr. 
 
 So the silver of a tonne amountithc to . . xiii'' iiii- ix'' 
 
 And the gold of the same to . . . . xl" v- vi'' 
 
 Sum Iiii" x" iii'' 
 So a tonne answerable to the proffe made of the fl W'' y.s richer then 
 that of the c w»''Miv xiii" xi' v'. 
 
 . xxi gr. 
 • iii gr. 
 
 . iiii oz. dr. viii'l W" 
 xiiii'' w''' 
 xxxviii oz. 
 xiiii oz. 
 . xxv'i vi« iiii'' 
 xli'« XV' iiii'' 
 
 ii oz. dr. i'' W't vi gr 
 . xiii'' w'i' drs. 
 
SUUSKQIIF.NI' TO Tin-. SKCOM) VoYACi:. 
 
 ISl 
 
 Domestic J'Jli:., cxxii, No. f!l. 
 
 I'KIIUUAUY 27, 1577. FUOM T). UURCOTT TOUCH Y NOK 
 OUNYNGK AND OFFKK ABOUT lUIYNGK THE EWUK. 
 
 HIS 
 
 My humble comendacons as I am informed that your ITonore and 
 the rest be displeased w''' me as thouj^he I had mayd a false prove, w^^'- 1 
 will stand to the contrary to deathe and lyffe that yt is as I have sent 
 onto you, therfore I have done yt w''' my owne hand, ami cane do yt 
 agayne save the last quarter w>^''' Dennan hathe moltine doune, and 
 brought yt in agood way after the rayte, and in the dryvinge utterly 
 mared yt for ingnorance and unskylfulnes ; yt was in the niglit when I 
 cold not ])0 at yt, and I wold not trust him further and I m lyd that 
 "[uarter good after the rayte I sent, as for the detymente yt hathe layd 
 this ten yeare in my house and were my inveusion to melt yt the eassier 
 and the soner, and ther is not so moche sylver in yt as you are inforuu'd 
 you for the owcr is sufficient in him selfe to augenieut your Ilouore and 
 save my credytt because yt is corned to suche an excleniacion agaynest 
 my houestie and deface me w"'out acause I will make my selfe clean;, 
 let my have delyvered out of hand in hast to hundred weight be brougnC 
 in my house of that ower, and ij honest men au'l not false men to so 
 the rostinge, bo cause 1 have fornace mete for yt, and in the meanc tynic 
 when yt is in rostinge I will ryde to the Tower-hill by your comandemeut, 
 to mend Jonas fornace, or to make an new one, that will serve me, and 
 lett thes ij sworne men carrye the ower to the Tower when yt is rested 
 and see yt moltine doune and i)uryfycd as I have sent you ; and lett me 
 have althings uessessarye ; andyf yt please you and Sir Will'm Wynter 
 nuvy be the men appountcd to do yt, and Dennan bo the workemau be- 
 cause he is the causer of this exclemacion as I cane toll you previlie, 
 when your llonorc please bctwne you and me you i;hall here the very 
 trotlie. And yf I do not prove yt trewly corned out then take my body 
 and goods to your owne pleasure, and Jonas nor the capt.iynos, nor any 
 of ther confederats shall not come nye me, but them whome you please, 
 for yf Jonas had any couniuge yt had longe since u[)pcrod ; therfore bo 
 shall loarne nothinge of me untill yt be knowcn tliat I am a|)crfytt 
 master above them all. Datum the xxvii of Fabruary. God enerease 
 your llonorc. 
 
 This prove wilbe <lone out of hand afteryt is rested, haviiige all tiuiigs 
 ncsessary prepared. Appoant atyme wiien you will and 1 will come to 
 von. 
 
 Yo»' humble to comand, ■" 
 
 Burchard Kranrycli. 
 
 To the llonorable >Sir Fraunccs Walsingame, Knight, 
 
 Secretary to the tjueues Ma'"', my siiigitler and very frcnd, 
 
182 
 
 STATK I'AJ'KKS ON IKIAI, (II' I'lIK (MtK 
 
 lioluauU, !)2. Domestic Mi.., cxxiii, No. 7. J 
 
 11 MAUCII, l/)??. TO THE F.OUD TUKASURKU AND J,()KI» 
 CHAMllKULAYNk: AltOWT TIIK NOUTU-W KST VIAOK. 
 
 My vcric good Lordcs, Ilir Ma^'" havyngbcen made accjuayntcd w''' the 
 ccrtificats sent lately from the Commissioners appoyntcd to surveighe 
 the sondrie protts aud trials made of the north-west ewrc, and undor- 
 standyng therby to hir good contentation that the richness of that earth 
 is like to fall owt to a good rcaconyng is well pleased that a third viage 
 be taken in hand the plotte wherof consisteth chielly in thoise two poynts, 
 to witte, the charges of the shipping outwardes and some provision to be 
 made for a lOOmcn to inhabite in those north-west i)artes : what the 
 whok barges of theise two matters will amount to yo'' Lordships may 
 perceavc by tliat their bearers Mr. Ffurbcsher and Mr. Locke will shew 
 you in writyng and otherwise by word. I have allreadie aci]uaynted my 
 Lord of Leceister how m*-'' : and yf it might please yo'' Lordships to send 
 yo'' opinions of the two sayd points I would alter impart it further to 
 others of my Lords and the Cowncell to thcnd that all their advises beyng 
 had hir Ma''" may grow to some resolution for this newe aud third viage 
 and so order accordingly be given for warrant of hir owne part aud other 
 men's likewise that be adventurers in this matter. 
 
 [Colonial, 90. Domestic, Eliz., cxxiii, No. 5.] 
 
 XIIK ACCDMPT TAKEN AT MOSKOVIE HOUSE THE VIIJ'" OF MARCH 
 1577, OF CC WEIGHT OF \^ EWRE BROUGHT BY MR. FFOUBISHEU 
 MOLTON AND TRIED BY JONAS SHUITZ AN AI, MAINE ADSISTED 
 BY IIJ ENGLISHMEN, VI/., HUMFREY COLE JOHN BKODE ANO 
 ROBERT DEN HAM. 
 
 l)f the said cc weight of ewre so molton and trycd 
 as aforesayd there proceaded in silver vj oz. vij'^ 
 weight xiij graiues di, w^^'' valued at v" the oz. 
 maketh in money .... 
 
 And of the same ewrc pioceadcd in gold yJ weight 
 V graines w"'' at iiij" the penny weight maketh in 
 money ..... 
 
 Sum, xlvij'* vjd. 
 
 fSo at that rate j c weight of the said ewre will 
 make in money ... 
 
 And a tooue of the said ewre by like accompt will 
 make in money . . 
 
 kxxj'* X'' ob. 
 
 xys vij'' oil. 
 
 xxiij' }x'' 
 xxiij'* xV 
 
8UU8KQUKNT To THK SKCOND VOYAGK, 
 
 I8;i 
 
 vii.i 
 
 Ix" 
 
 i'« 
 
 The charges ol f^otliiig ami i'etting the said cwre 
 into tlie rcahiic as liy particiilers delivered hy Mr. 
 Krorl)!.^^'!' doth appcrc will iiat exccde the tuniic . 
 So uppon viiw of liiis aecoinpt I'or every viij'' de- 
 frayed the venturers shall gaiiie v'' w^'" ariscth 
 iippoii every hundred poundes al)ove 
 
 W. Wyutar 
 Kdward Dyer 
 Martin Frobiser 
 Rich. Youii)i 
 Mathew Field 
 Kdnioud llugan 
 Michael Lok 
 Andrew I'ahnur 
 The charge for furnishing .shi|)|)es for this next voyage as followelh . 
 The charge to furnish iiij or v shi|>peH w'!' 12(> men, viz., 
 solidiors, niynars, smithes, carpenters, and other men of 
 necessarie occupacions and to hring home viij'- tonne of 
 ewre as appeareth by particulcrs therof delivered by Mr. 
 Ffrobisher will amount to . . . 
 
 Wherof must be del'rayed presently for the furniture nowe 
 owtward thoue moytie or els this yeres voyage wilbe 
 lost, viz. . . 
 
 And at the retorne of the shippes must be payed other 
 
 Fi r the provision of w'' money a levie must be made amonge 
 tliadventurers after such rate that every one of them w'' did before 
 adventure }" li. must now put in j'' xxx'' the moytie therof to be payed 
 forthwith. And the other moytie to be readie against the retorne of the 
 shippes to clere the froight and men's wages. 
 
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 I\ 
 
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 V 
 
 VI 
 
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 XI 
 
 XUl 
 
STATK PAPKilS CONCERNING THK TIMALL OK 
 EWR PliEV^lOUS TO THE THIRD VOYAGE. 
 
 I. MEMOUANDUM FKOM MV I.OKDS TO THE WAUI'EX OF THE MYNT 
 T<>U<'HI.\(i THE ORE. 
 It. FKOM Mil. FENTON ON THE UMiADYNtiE OF THK OltH AM> I'K 
 nODPYNCS KEroilT ON THE SICKNESS AM> DEATH oF THK 
 MAX nilOOOUT BY CAl'T. FllOlllSHEll FUOM THE NORTH-WEST, 
 AND OF THR XATrRR OF THE WOMAN OF THAT COUNTRY YET 
 MVINdE. 
 
 III. FKOM MK. LOCKE WHAT THE <100DXESS OF ORE IS DECLAUED. 
 
 IV. PROM SIR W. WYNTER TOUCHYNGE THE fiOOTiP ORE. 
 V. FROM .TONAS SCHUTZ U\ THE SAME. 
 
 VI. FROM DR. nURCOT OX THE SAME. 
 
 VII. FROM M. 1.0K OF JONAS NEW METHOD OF TUIAIiS. 
 VIII. A NOTE OF ALL SUCH (HAROES IN MBLTYNCiE DOWN THE 0\MU.. 
 IX. AGNELL ON THE TRIAL OF THE ORB. 
 X. A NOTE OF CHARGE FOR THE TBIAM. OP ONE TONNE OF THE 
 NORTHWEST ORE. 
 XI. PROM MR. FENTON, WHAT .SCCCESSE HE UATHE IN TRAVELINOE 
 
 TO GET OWRE IN THE WEST COUNTRIE. 
 Xli. A COUNT MADE OF X'. '>F ORE MELTYD AT DARTFORDE, 
 XIll. A NOTE OF THE VALUE OF 200 WKII of oARE GOTTEN IN THi; 
 t'OrXTESSE OF WARWICKS ILANDE. 
 
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STATE I'Al'ERS CONCERNING THE TKIALL OF THE 
 EVVll PREVIOUS TO THE THIRD VOYAGE. 
 
 [^Colonial, 5(j. Domestic Eliz., cxvi. No. 25.] 
 
 OCTOBKE 17, 1577. M-^' I'UOM MY LOKDS TO THE WAUDEN AND 
 WOOllKMASTER OF THE MYNT TOVCHYNGE THE OBE BROUGHT 
 OWT OK THE NOETH-WEST. 
 
 Alter our hartie counuciidacious. The Quccucs Mai'""* pleasure ia 
 that certain core brought into this realine by our loving Ireud Martin 
 Fl'urbusher, gent, out of the uorth-wcst partes, shalbe earycd into the 
 Tower and layd in some convcnyent place by you to be appointed tor 
 that jiurpos, the said oore to be by him delyvered unto you by weight 
 and so by you receavcd. And further that to the doare of the jdacc 
 where the same shall lye there be lower severall lockes and keyes made, 
 wliereof the said Ffurbusher to have one, you her heighnts otKcers two, 
 and MichacU Locke, tresorer of the Company of Adventurers into the 
 said north-west partes, tlie fourth. Whereof her Ma''' hath ai)pointed 
 us to gevc you knowledge to thend you male take present order therein 
 accordiuglic. 
 
 And so we bid you fl'arewell. Ffrom the Castell of Windcsor the 
 the xvj^'i of October IT)"?. 
 
 Your loving frindes, 
 
 [no signatures.] 
 
 And further yt is meant yi you shall from tyme to tyme make de- 
 lyverye of the seyd ore to be melted downe iicci<rdyngiey as you shall 
 be dyrected by the commyssyoners by us deputed to have the oversyght 
 of the seid meltyng. 
 
 Kic. Martin, Warden of the Mint, (Blank) Samson, worckmaster of 
 the same. 
 
188 
 
 STATE PAPr'RS 
 
 [Colonial, 5!>. Domestic Ela., cxviij. No. lo. | 
 
 '2t) NOVEMIi. 1577. FROM MK. KDWAIU) FKNTON. Ol' TIIK UN- 
 LADYN OF THK OOKK IN THE AYD AND GAnUIEI,L, AND HOW 
 MANIE T00NK8 OF THE 8AYD OOllE 18 ly ETHKU OF THE SAYD 
 VESSELS. TO HAVE OHDEK FOU THE DI8CHAUD0E OF THE 
 MAIIINEBS AND UNKIGGINGE THE 8AVD VESSELS. 
 
 My dutie to yo"" houo'" most humblie used. Receaving letters from my 
 Ocnerall the viij'^'' of this instante to make deliverio of such oure us re- 
 mayned in the Ayde and the Oahriell, whereof I had charge w^'' letters 
 in like manner from yof hof and others of her Ma^'os counsouU directed 
 to Sr llicharde Barkely, Knight, Hugh Smith, Esquicr, and the Maior 
 of Bristoll w<='> I presentlio sent unto them notw^'standing they mett not 
 abowt the receipte thereof till the xiiij"' dayc of this Instante (by reason 
 S' Richard Barkely was ymployed elswhcre in her Ma^''"* service) Sithcns 
 w^'' time they have w"' care and diligence attended that service and have 
 now in effect ended the same saving that a little porcion of oarc founde in 
 removing of the caske[s] in the Ayde is not yet weighed, but wilbe furth- 
 w"i disi)atched. The quantitie of the oare in t)xQ Ai/de (I suppose) wilbe 
 nigh 124 toones. And in the barkc Gahviell IG toones rd'i. All W''' is 
 saft'clic bestowed in the castell of Bristoll according to order appointed 
 therin. Thus much having so convenientc a messenger 1 thought good 
 to ymparte w"' yor honor beseching the same to further the dispatch of 
 all such persons as have served in this action, whose service now rather 
 is chargeful to her Mat^'a and other thadventurers then liking or benc- 
 liceall to thcim selves. Wherof the gentlemen ymployed in that action 
 (and attending heare thies ij moneths to small purpose) is greatlie 
 charged by the same whose good government in this service both before 
 and sithence their comingo hither on lande deserves (in myne opinion) 
 at her Ma'^''^^ handes bothe favo'" and recompence for so greate vertuos 
 showed in so honorable an action wherin yo"" honors good favo>' and fur- 
 therance is chieflie to be craved for their comforts in the same. And 
 am (amongcstc the rest spcciallie) to recommendc this gentleman 
 and bearer Mr. Carew to yo' honors favo'' and countcnauncc whose 
 readinesse wisdome and good government in this service deserves greate 
 commendpcion and rather to be ymployed w^' charge then to serve as now 
 he hath donne w''' I hinnblic l)csech yo" to consider of hereafter for his 
 l)etter ailvauncemente and crcditt ; no lesse (1 suppose) my Generall 
 will deliver of him for his dcsertes (w"'out llattcrin) doth thus much 
 challenges me to reaporte unto yo' honor having well marked his bc- 
 havio'' in this service. It were to good purpose order were taken for the 
 iiuriggingc of the shippcs (if hcare they .shall rcmayne) for wantc wherof 
 their tackle and other thingcs grow to dckaic w«'' would be saved if 
 
VUKVIOUS TO TIIK TMIKl) VOYAOK. 
 
 189 
 
 order were taken what should ho done in the same : UcHidcs tlie supcr- 
 lliiis niiirincrs and others now attending would lie discharged w'' if it 
 had liccn performed vij wcckes agoo hail saved grcato charges and been 
 to vcrio good purpose. All w<-h I committ to ho dolt in as shall seotno 
 hesto to yo"" ho'^.or craving pardon for my holdnesso do prayo daiolio to 
 thiilmightie to bless you in all yo>" honorable actions and sonde yo'< much 
 encrcase of honor. From IJrystoU the xxv"' of Novemlicr 1577. 
 Yc honorn most humblic to commaunde, 
 
 Edward Fenton. 
 Postscript. — I am bolde to sendo unto yo"" bono'' hcreincloscd the 
 opinion of Mr. Docto"^ Dodding towching the death of the man we 
 lirought over w^'' us who often visited him in the time of his sickncs. 
 To the honorable my vcriegood frindo Frauncis Walsiiigham, Ksijuicr, 
 principall secrcatarie to her Ma"^' and one of hor highncs privic 
 counsaill at the Co""'". 
 
 [^Colonial 50. Domestic Eliz. cxviii. No. 40, i.] 
 
 DocTon DonoYNOs nF.rouT of tiik stcknf.ssk and death of 
 
 TUE MAN AT nRlSTOLL Wo CAPT. FITRinsiIEK nUOUOIlT FROM 
 TTIE N0UTII-WE8T ; AND OF THE NATURE OF THE WOMAN 
 OF THAT CONTRIE YET LIVYNOE. 
 
 In cadavcris dissccti latere sinistro, primum sesc michi inspiciendro 
 obtulerunt costrc du£c (casus vi et impetu (juando capicbatur) pricfracttc 
 (lohisccntes adhuc, nee inviccm agglutinatrc : <|uarum cura (uti in tarn 
 turbulcntissimis temporibus rcrumque navalium augustiis usu venire 
 solct) vcl neglecta, vel (quod potius suspicor) morbus a nemine per- 
 coptus inflamationem concitavcrat : et pulmonis contusio (teraporis pro- 
 gres.su) putredincm itidcm contraxorat : quibus libere indies serpcntibus, 
 cum per frigoris extcrni injuriam comniotis turn per malam victus 
 rationem auctis, nee tamcn per artem chiruvgicam exterius interim 
 cniendatis ucquc per mcdicamenta interius retusis in pulmonis ulcus 
 insanabile prccepc. Ruebat et ingruebat malum jjuris putrcfacti alliicntia 
 maxima ejusdcm materia vi.scida et tenaci, ita pulmonis pars sinistra 
 undiquc scatebafc ut nihil omnino per orane morbi tempus expuerit et 
 anhelitus fere retentus est constrictus, hue accedebat natura morbi 
 infestantis furore admodum debilitata : liberior apud nos victus ratio 
 quam aut hujus morbi fert malitia aut hominis fortassis consuetude 
 quotidiana patiebatur, quod summa ducis summi cura liberalitasquc 
 imniensa eorum apud quos divertcbat effeccrat : dcceptis omnibus 
 opiniono potius morbo latilate et indulgentia stultaquam male volentia, 
 sed cum asthma paulo ante mortem, morbus iste baud obscure simili- 
 
190 
 
 STATK I'Al'EKS 
 
 tudino exprcsfiit, turn ah hydropo non omiiino iininiinis erat : in thoracis 
 cnini Hpa(Mo .siiiislro in^rcnH mpia* npia ct iilxiiidaiilia (iiualis a pcrspi- 
 cacibus ct itidustriis miatomicis raro visitur) ooiispicieliatiir fluitarc : 
 haoc moto corporo (uti roi cvcntus tidcm focit) aj^italiatur, ct pulmonis 
 cxpirationom impoJioljat, pulino doiiiiiuo ip.so costis firinius (luam quis- 
 <{iiam putarot hiorobat. Cerebri vuh\crati apostomatiunc (ut ita loijuar) 
 prajter surditatein doloreiiKjuc capitis iiitciisissimum ((juihus nutniuam 
 non affligcbatur) signa infiuita extant ct emcrp;iint apcrtissima quoo 
 nunc silcntio (no siin prolixior) sunt involvonda, ijuod lietii ininutis- 
 siuio detraxerat natura justro niolis id Htomncho capacissiino adjccisso visa 
 est cum foonore (pii aqua refcrtus ct distontus multo major (|uam 
 nostrorum hominum propter insanabiicm (credo) ingluviem apparebat. 
 In cojteris partibus Anjj;Iium dicercs metum in (pioa prirno ejus advontu 
 erat quamvis vultus hilarior ct siniulatus non mediocri arte occultabat 
 et emeuticbatur, tamen gcstus ipsius (sigillatim singula pcnitius 
 introspicicnto mo ct suspicante omnia) vel eundera aperto prodiderunt 
 det excruntquo vol raorbum Iciale (quod scpius sed surdis cecini) 
 projsagiverunt impcndentem, quio ex pulsibus dilucidiora quam ox ipso 
 innotucrunt et confirmabatur qui semper minores tardiores et dcbil lores, 
 <juam rariorcs extitcrunt, et rariorcs tamcn quara aut etas juvenilis, aut 
 temperatura ejus biliosa cHagitabat. priori morbi insultu, cum vires 
 adhuc integre essent accersitus sanguinis missioncm magna contentiono 
 suadcbam, quo et inflammationis aculci cxtincti, et materia dirainuta 
 jaccrent : sed vetuit viri barbari, barbara nimis, insulsaquo timiditas, et 
 eorum consilium quibuscum una navigabat, apud me prrcvaluit. Dcnique 
 ca hora vocatus qu£o proximo horam prajccssit in quade vitadiscescit re- 
 peri cuncta mortem brevi minitantia, nimirum, interruptam fercquc om- 
 
 nino abscissaraloquelam dejectumappetitumpulsura nullum. Quid multa! 
 Vires omnes facultatesque prostratas prorsus aliquantuluni recreatus ad 
 se quasi o somno profundo redit nosque ejus familiares agnovit. animad- 
 vert! sed medicamento, ct verba nostra quB3 ediscerat pauca ut potuit, 
 eloquebatur vicissimquc ad interrogata rcspondit satis apposite, cantcle- 
 nanique eandem (uti referunt qui utramque audiverant) clare cecinit 
 qua astantes in littore ejus loci atque ordinis socii ultimum ipsius dis- 
 cessum vel deplorabant vel celebrabant. Ilaud alitor atque cigni qui 
 provideutes quid in morte sit boni cum cantu ct voluptate moriuntur, 
 sod vix discesscraui quando vitam cum morte commutaverat ; in hajc 
 ultima et nostra lingua edita virunipens verba ' Deus sit vobiscum.' 
 
 Angebar et vcbementer dolebam non tam ipsius morte quam quod 
 reginoe nostra; sererjissimoe spes tanta ejus videudi quasi e raanibus nunc 
 secundo exciderat. At moerore multo majorc afficiuntur hujus novi 
 honoris solidique heroes vere Ilerculei tanquam exantlati laboris prte- 
 miis et spoliis spoliati quos jure optimo (dicam enim quod senceo) 
 raanet a nobis obscrvantia summa, qui itinera htcc marittima, devia ea 
 quideiu aspera et plane ante hoc tempus inaccessa magnis suis sunipti- 
 
PRKVIOTTS T(» TlIK TIIIUD VOYAOK, 
 
 191 
 
 Ims lal)oril)n» poriculin iimjorc rojjni ct postcritatis coininodo miixima 
 Riionim nominum p;li)ria Huponvnmt ot apporiionmt (pioil si uti acco- 
 perit, siiocesserit, ut oadcm facilitate has rcgni ct rcipiiMiea animni 
 iicrvoH(iuo (sic cniin a philosnp}(is non inscitc appellantur divitire) (pia 
 conscquuti sumus, rctincamua, nee priuHrjuam uccipiamuf), inj^ratitudiiio 
 nostra atnittamus (i|ui(l cnim aliuil inotuaiii non video) <(uid retrihnaniim 
 I^oinino pro omnibns quro trilxiit nobis ali cxternis rej^ihus nil spercnius 
 lioni (]uia non vohint, nil tnctnanuiR niali, i^nia non audent. Veriiin 
 non CO htcc dice quo qucnciviain in peccaturum sordilms delitcscenteni in 
 iitraniqtie anrcin dorniiro Muideain, sod ut aniorem sigillatiin Hinj;;uIo.s al) 
 iniprohitate, ct adi^fini ad res divinas nniversini omnes acrins oele- 
 lirnndas : quid cnim dici copitarivc potest absurdius quara cum Dens 
 ojjtiraus maxiinus sit ad dandum promptior ct paratior nos ad pronieren- 
 dum simits tardiorcs. Attamcn semper crit ilia Oci vcri, vera vox 
 iip;nosccnda non quia tu dignus sed ipiia niitis ego. Si incantantiiim 
 fiitilia fictiliaiiuo prrccaria, ccreraonincquo incrtes ct ludintc in morbis pro- 
 tligandis (Hiicipiara j)otuis8cnt, hie profecto (duni in vivis csset) 'Cali- 
 chougho' (naniquo hoc ci noinen erat) eosdcm pullulantes ut hydras 
 amputasset ct protligasset ctcnini hoc nemo fuit in hac artocxcercitatior, 
 nemo in ipsa superstitiono (ni fallor) confidcntior : qui tot incantationcs 
 usurpavit, quot dolorum termina emerserunt Mulieri laboranti turn o 
 niorliillis (qui postridio, quando hojc scripta sunt ettlorucrunt in cute 
 f'requcntissimi) cadaver ostendi, unaquo (raeo suasu) ad sepulturam 
 ((piam nulla soleninitato de industria peractam esse volui, nc qua horror 
 ei injiceretur de hominibus apud nos sacrificandis) licet invita, addiicta 
 est : ihique tamdiu detenta, donee terra undique coopertum cssct cadaver : 
 oasa humana ostendi effossa, fecique ut intelligeret omnes nos codom 
 modo esse inhumandos, quo oninem ex animo de humana came comc- 
 dcnda (quoa in ipsis altas radices egerat) adimerem scrupum : ipsaque 
 timorem deinccps deponere disceret. Sed ista aut prudentia et patientia 
 homines omnes nostros exuperat mulier, aut ah ipsis l)rutis animantibus 
 longe supcratur humanitate, qua nihil omnino ejus morte commota est, 
 ncque cam (q\iantum ex vultu intelleximus) icgre tulit : ita ut hoc 
 postremo ejus facto nuvnefestius cxpresserit id quod longe antea conjec- 
 turis assequuti sumus, ilium proo se mirum in modum contempsisse, et 
 quamvis in uno eodemque lecto somnum capere solobat jirreter collo(|uia 
 tamon nihil inter eos intercessisse, amploxus ejus abhorruissc. Vale. 
 I'ristollias S" Novcmbris. 
 
 Tuns uti scis, 
 
 Edwardus Doddinge. 
 
 Si nihil infesti durus vidisset Ulisses 
 
 Felix Penelope, sed sine laude foret. 
 
192 
 
 STATK VAPFRS 
 
 [Colonial East Indies, 57. Domestic, cxviii, No. 3G.] 
 
 23rt) of novembkk, 1577. from mr. mich. locke. avhat 
 the goodness of the gold ore is declared. 
 
 Right honorable, — According to yo'' letter sent me by Mr. Wnttcr- 
 hows, I have had confcrens w"' hj'm, and I have told hym my best 
 opynyon playnly, and I wyll furder that matter the best I can and vvyll 
 joync w"' you therin for a part, yf it please you. wc'' I hartely pray you. 
 
 The tryall of the ore brought home by Mr. Furbusher, moche paynes 
 and labour hathc jiassed of late agayne, yet it is not brought to par- 
 fcction, the iij workmasters cannot yet agree together.", eche is jelous of 
 other to be put out of the work and therby lothe to shew their conynge 
 or to use c/fectuall conferens ; but amongest them all we doo very 
 playnlye see and fynd that the ure is very rychc, and the worst of all 
 their doynges wyll yeld better then xl" a ton, clere of charges. This 
 is assuredly trew, w^i" may suffyse to embraso the enterpryse. Antl 
 w"' in few daycs yor honor shalbc better certylfycd of better matter 
 herein v/hcn we have made better lykynge betwene the workmastars. 
 And thus I commytt yo' h. to the tuition of almighty God. From Lon- 
 don, this xxiij November, 1577. 
 
 Yo*" h. most bounden, 
 
 ;\Iichael Lok. 
 
 [Colonial 58. Domestic Eliz., cxviii. No. 39.] 
 NOV. 26Tir, 1577. from sir william wynter, touchynge 
 
 THE GOLD ORE WHAT IT WILL YIELD. 
 
 Mr. Furbusher beyng bouude towardes Bristowc for the dischai'dginge 
 of the maryncrs and takinge of order for the ships and ther furneturc 
 well reraayncth ther, hathe been enforsed to staic some what longer then 
 willingly he would have don frome the doinge of these thinges before 
 this tyrac, because he hathc hade a desier that wi'" his travaile and 
 others in comyssion tochinga this matter of the core that he and they 
 nowghte have understauded what sertaine accompt was to be made of 
 the said oorc to thcnd yo' honur, and the rest of her Ilighnes cownsailc 
 myght have been perfatly cnformed. What hathe ben don hethcr to 
 Mr. Furbusher will do yo"" honur to wyet. And albe hit the core in re- 
 porto do not appicrc to be of the vallew w""'' hathe ben looked for, yet yf 
 the woorkmen be to belyved who ofl'ercth ther lieves to performe that 
 w'' they have set downc w'l' ther handes, the conimodittie is suche as 
 niaye content resonabie mycndcs, for my owne opynyon I bclevc hit ivill 
 
Hi 
 
 PHEVIOL'S TO THE THIRD VOYAGK. 
 
 193 
 
 fawll ow' better than the woorkemen bathe set hit doune, and that it 
 raaye so come to pase I will use all the travailc I cane possiblie; not so 
 iiitiche for my pryvato gayne ftrcwly) as in respect of the Q. ^la'"'^' that 
 her highnes good hoope be not made frustrate, and yet I dow' not but 
 you beleve 1 ame worse able to beare a lose than her Ma''^ is. And thus 
 most humbly takinge my leave, I rest, praingo God to kepe yow in 
 helthe. Tower Hill, the xxv"' of November, 1577. 
 
 Yo"" honnors ever to comawnde, 
 
 W. Wynter. 
 
 gingc 
 leture 
 then 
 icfore 
 and 
 they 
 idc of 
 rnsailc 
 ler to 
 in re- 
 yet yf 
 that 
 che as 
 it .vlU 
 
 [Colonial, 60. Domestic Eliz., cxviii, No. 41.] 
 
 NOVEMBER 2o^", 1577. FROM JONAS SCIIUTZ TOUCHING THE 
 
 GOULD OORK. 
 
 llighte honnorable Mr, Secretarye Walsinghara, my humble dutie 
 premysed. These maye signifie unto youre honuoure that wheras I have 
 bene by order from the Queues Majcstie and her most honnorable consail 
 appointed to trye the ore brought into the realme by Maister Captaine 
 Ffrobysher. Nowe, so it is that I have bene visited with sicknos and ame 
 as yt weako, so that I have not bene able to accomplishe my dutie in 
 tryall thereof, accordinge to my comyssion. And nowe, havinge re- 
 covered somewhat of my disease, I entende by the grace of God to 
 ffinishe the profe therof. And whcaras I dyde promyse before youre 
 honnore halfe a no wee, I doo not mys dowte thereof. And yft" the nexte 
 doth fall any better which 1 ame in good hojie then shall it be showed 
 to youre honnore, and accordingelie one Saturdaj'o next to bringe a 
 sample therof to the courte. Thus muche I thoughtc it my dutie to 
 signifie unto youre honnore. And so leavinge to trowble yo" further, I 
 restc prayinge the Almightie God to protecte yo". Ffrome the howsse 
 of .Johne Nighelson, scituat in Easte Smythfeilde, the xxvi'' daye of 
 November, A" ir)77. 
 
 Youre humble servaunte to commaundc, 
 
 J on n as Schi'itz. 
 
 Too the righte honorable Mr. Secretarie Walsinghame, one of the 
 (^uenes Majestic previe consail. 
 
 {Colonml (52. Domestic Eliz., cxviii, No. 43.} 
 
 NOV" 26^« 1577. FROM D" BURCOT : WHAT HE THINCKF.TH THE 
 GOOLP OGRE WILT, YEELD BY THE TONNE. 
 
 After most hartic and humble oommendacions. Whereas the Queenes 
 .Ma"" (as I perceave by yo' honors lettres) hathe required me to make an 
 
194 
 
 STATK I'APKUS 
 
 assaye and to shcwc my judgm' in that ooyrc w^') Captayne Ffurbyshcr 
 brought into this lando, the truthe ys, I have so donne, and I desire 
 yo'' bono'" to advertize her highnes that I have assayed and proved yt to 
 the uttermost by dyvers and sundry assay es, and fynde not therein 
 suche greate ryches as ys spoken and reported of. But the truthe ys, I 
 have founde that in an hundred weight there ys half an onzc of golde 
 in the blacice ooyrc that ys x ounces yn a tonne. Also, 1 fynde one 
 other redd ooyre bearinge twoo ounces in an hundred weight, that ys 
 fFortye ounces in a tonne. And yf the same be well husbanded by a 
 skyllfuU and expert man, that blacke oore will yclde in the great fyer 
 half an ounce, and beare the charges of nieltinge and puryfycnge of yt. 
 I wolde therfore wysheher highnes toallowc some yccrcly consyderacion 
 unto some expert and skyllfuU man in the knowledge of myneralles that 
 yf any suche roughc wycld and forraync ooyre at any tyme, hereafter 
 happen to commc into this landc that he by his true assayes thereof may 
 certyfie her highnes of the juste encrease of the same at his owne charges 
 that thereby her Ma"'' and subjcctes may not (as heretofore they have 
 bynne) be disccaved by suche vayne and untrue reports. And further 
 that suche skyllfuU man maye tcache othcres in the same expeiyence of 
 myneralles yf at any tyme hereafter the like vyage shalbe made for the 
 like or other ooyre whose knowelcdgc of the travellers mayc greatly en- 
 crcso the comiuodytie of the viage, whoe by his instruccions in the same 
 knoweledge may learne a brcvyate and shorte assayo in the tryall thereof 
 w"i out any charges, fFurnys, or other instrument. And that in suche 
 shorte tyme that they maye thereby make xij assayes in an houre, what 
 goodnes ys in suche ooyre, and then to take the good and leave the 
 badd. If age and sycknes did not so oppresse me, but that I were able 
 to travell therein myself, I wolde willinglie bestowe my dyligence in 
 that service. Thus I leave yo'' bono'' to Qoddes direction, prayenge for 
 her Ma'''^'^ longe and prosperous raigno. Dated this xxvj"' of November, 
 ir)77. Yo'' bono™ at coramaundemt, 
 
 Hurchard Kraurych. 
 To the Right WoorshipfuU S'' Fraunces Wiilsingham, Knight, Chief 
 Secretary unto the Qucenes Ma"", my singuler good frcnde gyve these. 
 
 \_Coloni(d, ()3. Domestic Eli:., cxviii. No. .')4.] 
 
 ;3() NOVEMBF.R, 1577. FROM MICHAEL LOK, OF .lONAS, NEAV 
 MANER OF TRYALLS OF THE OOOI.D ORE. 
 
 Right honorable. I wrote you a letter vj daies past, w"'' I sent by 
 Mr. Furbusher, myndingc at that tyme my sellf and Jonas to have byn 
 will yor honor at the court this dayc. The onely cause of our staye was 
 that Jonas is raakinge triall of another order ot mcltinge to be used in 
 
PRKVIOUS TO THE THIRD VOYAGE. 
 
 195 
 
 the 
 
 the grosso worke wherby to melt the ore, w^i" halfe the charges and tyme 
 of the ordinaric use of the grosse workes, and w"' all to receave the fyne 
 gold out of the fyer molten wth out any maner of yron or other matter of 
 the ore to hynder the same, w^'Mvork is already done after one maner in 
 grosso order, and found very good, and by Monday or Tewcsday next 
 wilbe also finished aftcx another manor, w^'' is also hoped shall fawlle 
 out as good or rather better. And therw"'al we will repayre to yo' honor 
 w"i full and parfect resolution of all matters to good lykynge by Oods 
 grace, or on Wednesday to Hampton Court bycause it is nercr. And 
 then, also, I wyll certyffy yo' honor what I fynd in S^ L. Ducket and 
 S"" R. Hey ward, for the matter declared to me by I\Ir. Waterhowsse this 
 mornyng, accordinge to yo"" letter received then, also of hym who sayethe 
 that he also wilbe w''' yo"" honor at the Court on Monday or Tewesday 
 next w'h answere therof. 
 
 That wc'' I wrote yo>' honor in my letter sent by Mr. Furbusher touch- 
 inge the rychesse of the urc, is very trcw. Yt grevethe me to see so 
 moche tyme lost before we begyn to gyve order for the makyng of the 
 furnasses for the grosse work, w^ii of necessyty must be done before we 
 shall have any goodues when all is sayed and proved that can be done, 
 I know not wherto to impute the fault, but to a schisma growen amonge 
 us commissioners, througho unbelefe, or I cannot tell what worse in 
 summe of us, w^^ the tyme must open. And thus for this tyme humbly 
 1 take my leave and commytt yC honor to Godes protection. From 
 London, this 30 November, 1577. 
 
 Yc honors most bounden, 
 
 Michael Lok. 
 
 I send this berer, my servant, purposely wt'» this letter, and yo' honor 
 niaye command hym to retorne at yor plesure. 
 
 To the right honorable Mr. Francys Walsinghiim, Chyef Secretarie of 
 the Queenes Matie, &c. 
 
 Delyvred at the Court. 
 
 [Colonial, 61. Domestic Eliz., cxviii. No. 42.] 
 
 NEW 
 
 sent by 
 avc byn 
 aye was 
 used in 
 
 A NOTE OF ALL SUCH CHARGES AS SHALL AMOUNT IN MYLTYNOK 
 DOWNE THE O0^VL^) 0"\VKE, AND OTHER CHAROES AS FOL- 
 OWETH, BY MR. JONAS SHOWIER ACCOUNT. 
 
 Inprimis, every touno waight of owre to yeald the sommc of . 
 Item, for the l)yldynge of the worke howse and furnysses 
 Item, for the charge of xij workemen wykely 
 Item, for cole, wood, fflowshe, and lead, to mylte it doiine 
 wykely ...... 
 
 o a 
 
 xxx" 
 iiijc" 
 
 v'' 
 
 xv'' 
 
19(1 
 
 STATK PAI'KRS 
 
 Item, that thu siiyd Jonas shall trye vi^^ the sayd charf^es afore 
 say wykole ij tone wayto of owre w'' shall ycald in fyne 
 gowld the somnie of ... . xx'"""'"'' 
 
 •Jonnas Schiltz. 
 
 [Colonial, East Indies, 69. Domestic Eliz., cxix, No. 15.] 
 
 AGNELLO ON THE TUIAT, OF THE ORE. 
 
 Molto Magnifico et honorando S^ raio essellcntissimo. 
 
 Non voici S"" mio chc pensasti ch' io fussi cossi inal crento che attanti 
 die hora non fussi stato el debito mio ad respoiuler alia vostra cortese 
 ettera scrittamc di 7 del passato ma la causa 6 stata ch' io desidcramo 
 di rispondemi cou qualche sustautia, il chc volendo fare son stato for- 
 cialo di far molte cspcrienze et prove per conoscer la natura di questa 
 minera portata in (^uesto regno dal S'' jNIartino Furbishcr; ultimauiente 
 di poi molte prove fatte ho trovato che bisogna separarc la parte sul- 
 furea combustilc con conscrvatione dell' oro che in essa si sitruova, et piu 
 glie uecessario separarc quanto si puo la parte terrcstra, et ancora el 
 ferro che in essa si contiene, il chc fatto detta miuera sara piii facile 
 alia fusione et con maneo spesa, oltra di questo I'oro quale era disperse 
 per minima in gran quantita di terrestreitaet materia ferrea, sara redotto 
 pill unite ad diversi recuperare et unirsi insieme. Kl quale ettetto i)enso 
 haver trovato, la qual cosa se peusate possi suplirc al desidcrio di sua 
 Mat« me gli oferisco paratissimo. Ma perche intendo che vi sono molti 
 che si profcriscono et fano proforte grande a sua Ma'" io sarsi di opinione 
 che lei dettessi a cottare le lore proferte ch' io per rac son di gia vechio 
 ct impotente a durar piil faticha et tauto piu che questa non 6 mia pro- 
 fessione, per che veraniente io non adoperai mai metalli, glie ben vero 
 che esseudo io stato sempre desideroso de intendere i secreti de natura 
 ho peusato de intender la natura di questa minera come di sopra ho 
 detto. Non voici pere Sr mio che pensasti ch' io habbi detto questo con 
 intencione di non far piaccr et scrvitio a sua Ma'a quando gli pincera 
 comand . . . le ma Tho solamente detto per le cause sopra detto. Et cosi 
 facendo fine ct preyando TAUissimo vi conservi et i)rosperi, gli bascio 
 I'honorata mano. Di Lon. adi 20 di Decemb. del 77. 
 
 Tutto al comando di V. S., 
 
 Giovanni Battista Agncllo. 
 
 Colonial East Indies, No. 64. Domestic Eliz., cxix, 8. 
 
 A NOTE OF THE CHARGES REQUISITE FOR THE TRIALL OF ONE 
 TONNE OF THE NORTH-WEST ORE. 
 
 Right honorable, — We have byn longe tyme about the second prooffe 
 of the ure, and doo well parceave that this foinace is not great ynoughe 
 
IMIKVIOUS TO lllK THIKI) VOYAGE. 
 
 197 
 
 for the common ;^reiit workes of tho meltinge ami to briiigc the work to 
 tliat parfectiou w'' is deayred, and so moclic hathe Jonas said unto us 
 from the hegynnynge. And yet <voe doo fynd by these two profFes made 
 of c weight of ure apecc that the ure hathe in it more then the valew of 
 xl'' of money in gold in everie ton weight, after the rate that we fynd 
 and sawe the said two proffes. Also in this meane tyme we have had 
 triall of dy vers manor of workynges made hy sundry men for the bettar 
 preparynge of the ure that it might be easye in ye meltinge to avoydo 
 great charges, and we have had dyvers small proofles made hy them 
 wch have very good lykinge, but we are not able to say assuredlye what 
 they wyll fawll out in the great worke untill the fornaces be made for 
 the said workes. Thus is moche tyme passed awayc and money spent, 
 and yet our expectation not satisfied. Whcrfore we have thoughte good 
 now to drawe this matter to the best end that we can. And uppon 
 conferens had w^'' Jonas (whome we fynd very honest and trew in his 
 doingcs, and as our judgement wyll leade us the i)arfectest workmaster 
 in this art of his profession). We have tbus dealt w^'' hym as folowethe. 
 He sayethe that this here new proved is poore in respect of the pcce of 
 ure brought last yere, and of sum other brou^rht this yere, and of that 
 w^'' he knowetho may be brought the next y ire, and that it is of a 
 strange nature, suchc as he is not yet well acqut ynted withall ; but he 
 doutethe not in the great work, he will learne to knowe it parfectlye. 
 Neverthelesse, beinge, as it is or maye be, he dothe promysse to delyver 
 halfe an once of fyne gold out of everye hundreth weight therof at the 
 worst and least valew, and hopethe also assurediie to delyver so moche 
 more gold as shall pay all charges of the meltinge and workinge therof, 
 w"> an advantage wherein he will use Lis best endevour, as well fur the 
 servyce of her Ma^'^as for his owne credite. And for the reward of his 
 owne labour and industryc, he dothe reserve hym selfe to the good con- 
 sideration of her Ma''" and yo'' honor w^'' tho rest of the Lordes, dc. 
 syrynge that whatsoever it be he maye be made sure therof duryng his 
 lyffe by her Ma'ics letters pattenttes before he begyn the great workes 
 in the w'' letters pattenttes he is contented thor shalbe a mdicion sett 
 downe, that yf ho doo not parformc that w^'' before is declared tliat then 
 he wyll take no benefite by that graunt. And he sayethe that he hathe 
 no doubt that in the handelinge of the great workes hi^- doynges shalbo 
 suche as justelye shall deserve to augment his pcucyon of lyvingc hcre- 
 afi a' whatsoever it shalbe now. And touchinge the ordinarie charges 
 of workinge the ure to parfection, he is not able yet to saye justelye 
 what it wyll amount uppon the ton, untill he have made triall therof in 
 the great work ; but this much he sayethe that it wylbc under ten 
 poundes the ton, exccptinge the charges of buyldynges of the wuik- 
 howsso and fornaces, and so he wyll warrant it uppon forfeytuie of his 
 pcucyon. And hereuppou he repayrethc to the Court to take sum end 
 will jyi 11,, and the rest of the LL., w'li beinge done, he wyll go pre- 
 
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 198 
 
 STATE PAPERS 
 
 sontly to Bristow to Mr. Furbusher, vr^^ yo» good lykyngc, to vow a 
 place convenient to erect the workhowse and fornaces, and there to have 
 conferens w^'' the workmastcrs that shall erect the same according to 
 the plat, that he wyll gyve them the charges wherof he cannot judge 
 ■w*-^ out conferens had w^^i them ; but ho thynkothe it wilbe under cc 
 poundes. Thus moche we have thought good to certiffy yC honor, and 
 in the rest thcrof hymsellffe shall satisfy you more at large. Robert' 
 Deuham is one suche as may be able to doo good sarvyccs to the Q. 
 Matie and stand the Company in great stoade whatsoever should happen 
 to Jonas, and therefore it were good he mought be remembered, w^^i' we 
 referrc to yo'" honors good consyderation. And thus God preserve 
 yo"" honor. From London, this vj December, 1577. 
 
 Yo"" honors to commaund, 
 
 W. Wynter, 
 Michael Loke. 
 To the right honorable S'' Ffrancys Walsingham, Knyght, one of her 
 Maties principall Secretaries. 
 
 dct. 
 At the Court. 
 
 [^Colonial, 65. Domestic Eliz., cxix. No. 9.] 
 
 ^^ -' The great proofo of the black oure of Alom and chaync. 
 ^) •' Thee third i)roofe of thcc read sand of Alom and chayne. 
 ^^ '' Thee second proofe of thee read sand of Alom and clieyne. 
 ^) * Thee oure of Ilynnesbury Gillcs. 
 
 {Colonial, (iQ. Do -lestic Eliz., cxix, 10,] 
 
 II.r MELTING I'UllNACES WILL MELT IIJ TON OF UUE IN A HAY 
 AND NIGHT OH UATHER XIJ HOWAKS VJ WORKMEN WYLL 
 SAllVE THESE II.T FURNACES AND ALL OTHEU AV0IIKE8 TIIEUTO 
 BELONGING. 
 
 For vj men men's wagys and meate a daye 
 And for other ydle tynie of work 
 Wob is for iij tons xx» wdiis j ton for 
 
 x« 
 
 vj« viij* 
 
 ' llobrrt, originally written Willium, hut altcnHl. 
 - A small pioco of metal fixoJ to the piipcr liy wax. 
 •> Mark of tlic seal wax only remains. 
 ■' I'lirt of ilii' Wiix only K.-ft. 
 f" Wax "Illy lift. 
 
PREVIOUS TO TlIK TIIIRD VOYAOK. 
 
 199 
 
 For coles and wood to melt j ton j lode 
 
 For leade j ton for j ton ure w*^'' Icade wilhc gotten 
 agayne in the last almost iij quarters of it so is lost 
 liut j quarter of j ton worthe x'' the ton, w'' is for 
 j ton of ure ..... 
 
 For fyar to rost j ton ure 
 
 For a man to attend the same j day 
 
 For mixture to melt the ure for j ton 
 
 iSuui £r) 5 a ton ure charges. 
 
 XX* 
 
 v.i^ Vllj' 
 
 XX'' 
 X'" 
 
 {^Colonial, East Intlies, G7. Domestic Eliz., cxix, No. 12.] 
 
 DOCTOU BUUC0T3 ARTICLES AND CONDITIONS TO 8EKVK IN 
 I'YNING OF THK NOUTII-AVEST OKE OR ANY OTHER MINERALS. 
 
 Right honorable, 
 
 We have vewed all the waiter mylles neere London and 
 doo fynd the most of them to be tyde mylles w^li wyll not sarve to work 
 the ure. 
 
 Also we have vewed the Temple myll w*"'' Jonas dothe well lyke for the 
 watter course, but the same hathe very little or no ground wheron to 
 buyld the workhowsses needfull nor no place there for habitation of the 
 workmen and offycers rcquysyt for the workes. 
 
 Also we have scene the mylles at Dartfofd, whose water course Jonas 
 doth allso lyke well. And cousideryng the commoditic of the towne fur 
 habitation of the offycers and workmen also the water passage from the 
 Tames to the towne and the good store of fcwell in Kent, we thynk that 
 place good fo"" the purpose wherof this berar Mr. Furbusher can certyti'y 
 yo'' II. particularlye referring all to the consyderation of yo"" II. and the 
 lords of Ma'ifs honorable privie councell. 
 
 Also I have dely vred to Mr. Jjurkot yo'' II. letter and theruppon I and 
 Mr. Furbusher have had largo talke w^'' hym, and in the end we fynd 
 hym farrc out of reasson, and from that w>:'» he wrote to yo"" II. as you 
 shall parceave by the writinges herew^'uill scut of his doniaudes ; also 
 Jonas is not wyllynge to joyue w''' hym, and by our conferens had we 
 doo see that Burcot wold doo in the workes no more but the same 
 w^:'' Jonas would doo and wyll doo and in sum poynttes not so moche 
 nor so well as at yo'' 11. commyng to London you shall more largely un- 
 derstand. The first thing that now is to be done for erection of the 
 workehowsses for the ure is this : to wryte yo'' II. letters to Mr. Bartye, 
 husband of the Duchessc of Suflolk to send hether Sebastian, a dockeuian 
 who now makethe certayne mylleworke for hym at Grymsthorp, w^i' 
 workman must make the btllowes wheeles and all other tymber-work. 
 Also yo> letter to sum fryn[d] to send hether Ikndrick the dockeman 
 
;iU() 
 
 STATK I'AI'KRS 
 
 bryklor or mason who is now in work at the glasschows in Sussex at a 
 place called Lokwood, these ij incu w''' Jonas must presently vew and 
 measure the plat of ground for erection of the myllo and furnaces and 
 ordeyne for the plat of the work and for the stufte to work w^'all and 
 huyld w^'all. Also uppon yo'' II. resolution what place you think most 
 nieete to erect the workchowsses. The ownar therof must be agreed 
 W'lall presentlye for the same before we can begynne the workes of 
 buyldynges. All other matters appertaynynge to the premycises may 
 staye untyll yo" II. come to London. 
 
 And thus I commytt yo' hoi. or to Almighty God. 
 Ffrom London the xiij of December, 1577. 
 
 Yof honors most bounden 
 
 Michael Lok. 
 To the right honorable S^ Francis Walsingham, knight, one of her 
 
 JVIat'os principall Secretaries 
 
 At the Court. 
 [Inclosure i.] 
 The 9H» December, ir)77. 
 Mr. Doctor Burcot shall doo as folowethe : — 
 
 1. lie shalbe chycf master of the workes of provynge and mcltinge the 
 ures here at home ycrelye and in his owne parson shall see and ordayne 
 and command the same. 
 
 2. He shall dcly ver halfe an once at the least of fyne gold for every 
 hundred weight of the ure, fiee and clcre of all charges of fTyer and ad- 
 ditions for the melting and mens labour for the workyng and all other 
 charges except the charges of buylJyng and iustrumenttcs or workyng 
 tooles. 
 
 And this shall he parforme or ells shall loose his pencion of cc" and all 
 other intertaynement. 
 
 Mr. Doctor Burcot shall have as folowethe : — 
 
 1. A pencion of cc'' 3'crely during his lyfFc. 
 
 2. And xx" day for his dyat when he or his deputye workethe. 
 
 3. And a better reward when the myncs prove bcttar and 1" before- 
 hand bcsydes his pencion. And this shalbe parformed to him by suffi- 
 cient bondes. 
 
 [Inclosure ii.] 
 
 Artyclcs off Burkard Krainghe off the meltine and tfyninge of that 
 ooyrc that ys brought into this land and that w^i here after shall come. 
 
 Inprimis that he will be a master teacher and instructor of Inglyshe- 
 nien how they shall melte this prcsente blacke ooyre or any that comyth'3 
 here after to puryffie and fyne yt and bringe yt to parfl'yte gold. 
 
 Item he will also have sucho men as he will chuse and apounte they 
 shalbe bound to the hole fellowshipe and unto him not to departc fromc 
 this busynes wtl^out the masters lycense and good will havingc ther wages 
 rcasonablye appounted unto tliem. 
 
I'RKVIOUS TO TlIK TIIIKU VOYAOK. 
 
 201 
 
 Item he will also erecto and buyld a inolteno house w'*" vj foriiaccs 
 axiltres, fyningo ovene vj pare otF bellous w"» all other instruinentca 
 apperteyningo to suche a house of his owno device and knowlage pro- 
 fytablo and mete for suche meltine at the fellowes cost and charges. 
 
 Item he will have too hundred pound ayeare duringe his naturall lyfl'e 
 quarterly to be payd and one hole quarter' in hand, and the next 
 pament at oure Lady-duy next followinge, and xx' a day for his charges 
 holy day and workie day as ofte as he ys in and aboute that busyncs and 
 yf yt fortune him to be charged w"' bod3'lie syckenes and be not able to 
 travile in the same arte and be present himselfe that he may have a 
 sufficicntc man ther in his place in the meane tymc and the same ac- 
 countes and the xx" to be payd monthly. 
 
 Item he will also have by that same meltine house sufficientc rostino 
 house, coyle house, v,^^ [)!ontye of wood ami coile. 
 
 Item the fame Burkard hath takine upon him \\^^ his afFore appounted 
 workemen and meltcrs to bring out of the blacke oorye that ys present 
 alredye in this lande halfc an ounce of a hundred weight gold and be • 
 sydcs that yt shall bcare reasonable charges so that he may have the 
 samp ooyre cleancly delyvered unto him w'''out earthe drosse or stones 
 havinge wood and coile w^^ workemen at ye queues pryce. 
 
 Item will gyve a note what maner of bellowes and other instruracntcs 
 nessessary appertayninge to the same mayd here in London and carryed 
 to suche a place as the Mr. and fellowes thinke mete to be buylden. 
 
 Item, he will instructe and teache to make proves and sayes to one 
 man that will go suche a vioage agaync to bringe over treasure and 
 ryches to pay for all and leave suche pooer and wyld oorycs behind yf 
 ther be suche ryches in the land. 
 
 Item he ys also content to traviil his old body in thefellowshipes cost 
 and charge to vew se and fynd out in this land a place for buyidinc suche 
 a house bothe mete and profytable for the beste cheape of meltine and 
 bringine in of the oorye. 
 
 Item, he will also make sayes of this oorycs that is in this land adver- 
 tyce the comyssioncrs of the ryches of the same of his owne cost and 
 charge, and in his owne house and showc and teache how yt sliall be 
 brought oute in the greate fycr because he hathe his pension for 
 y" same. 
 
 Item, he will also have tow notable men in the fellowshipe that shalbe 
 bound unto him in a pare of indentures and he to them for the hole 
 fellowshipe wol» one of them shalbe appounted to pay him at f'tymes 
 for him and his men ther wages an his pension and xx' a day. 
 
 Item, yf ther shall here after any more suche ooyre come into this 
 laud w'" shall beare the charges and be more profytable then thys ys 
 that where he hathe now xx" a day then he shall have xl» a day. 
 
 lolc quiirtcr" erased, and ulUrcJ to trvf'ti pound." 
 
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 Item, that yf ho do not pcrformo the aflbrcsayd artycklcs thou ho 
 shall losse his pittanc and therto I have sette my hand. 
 
 Item, ho will not have that his pension nor his xx' shalbo accounted 
 in *^he charges of the moltyng because yt is neyther for labourer nor 
 workmcnes wages. 
 
 Item, will also have that alwayes thcr shall remane a peace of mony 
 in the masters handes before hand in the buyldino and mcltine to i)ay 
 his men in dew season and he shall make acounto every sennet or xiiij 
 dayes at y leastc and send yt to him that payes the men to make his 
 booke wii' a trew accountes what is spent and payd, 
 
 Item, the M' will also instructe and teachc one of his secret and 
 bounden sarvantes and prentyce durynge his lyffe as he hatho partely 
 alrcdy done that yf yt happene that the same Mr dothc deseace or dye 
 that the same his mane shall knowe suche secretes and mystorics w*^'' 
 every worke man and laborrer ought not to knowe so that his service 
 may bo followed in his desseaces and after his deathe and to be joyned 
 now w"' him in patent. 
 
 [Colonial 113. Domestic Eliz., cxxix, No. 2.] 
 
 .lANUARY 2, 1578. FROM MR. EDWARD FENTON, WHAT SUCCESSlC 
 HE HATHE HAT) IN TRATELING TO GET OWRE IN THE WEs^T 
 COUNTRIE. 
 
 My dutie to yo"" honor most humblio used. Makinge my L. of Bedfordc 
 acquainted wt'> her Ma''f8 commission and service I had in hande from 
 yor ho: he presentlyo directed his favorable letters unto Mr. Edgcombe 
 (whose skill and indginete for that purpose and service his L. thought 
 most suflSciente) to whom I repaired accordinglic. And making him 
 acquainted therw^'' I desired his speedie good help and furtherance in 
 the same and sheifest to be furnlished of that oure or minerall (Mr, 
 IJurcott) affirmed to yo'' honor to have receved of him and gotten in his 
 growndes w"'' he assured me by great othes was not true : for tho, same 
 oare .... delivered unto (Burcott) by one of his bretheren who 
 receavid the same of another m?u wcl» died longe time sithence, and 
 where he had the same he knowes not neither can it be learned of any 
 other. So that at my firste entraunce into the service I was voyde of 
 that hoope and hclpe I cheiflie exspectcd at his handes for the presente 
 supplie of the same. Wherfore seinge the uncertentie of his help and 
 that he sayde he had procured some other sortcs of oare but not readie 
 for me : I furthw^'" repaired into Corncwall to see what fruites I coulde 
 rcape, and fonde owt for that purpose by myne owne travaill : And 
 coming auiongest the mynes there (Christmas being at hand) and the 
 iiiyncrs being departed from their labours. Onlic in thende haping to 
 
PREVIOUS TO THE THIRD VOVAOE. 
 
 203 
 
 one (Mr. Cosworth) recoavo' of her Ma^ws rovcncw there, W' whom using 
 some couferronco receavid botho greate courtesio for my self and fur- 
 thoraunco for the prescute service I had in haudo : ho travailed with mo 
 into sondrio places and to divers gentlemen of that shier at whose handes 
 and by whoso mcanes 1 was chcitlio to be holpen wti> such mincralls as I 
 serchcd for viz., Mr. Qoodolphin, Mr. Arundell, and others w^^ whom 
 after I had used some conferrcncc and given them some instructions 
 towchingo thaction furthw^'' dispatched their letters to their servauuts 
 best acquainted w^i" those cawscs to make presento serch for all oares and 
 mineralls remayniugc in their workes from whom I have receavid such 
 sortes of oare as I have sente to London (to Mr. Looke) putt in sevcrall 
 bagges marked w''' figures accordingc to a kalcudar hcrwith inclosed to 
 yo'' honor. 
 
 But the oaro (Mr. Burcott) had wherof Mr. Edgcombe delivered me a 
 peice, I showed to divers tynner.s and others of skill in mineralls, but 
 they never saw any sucho in Cornwall or other places of their workinge. 
 
 Creator speedc I could not make by reason thunfittnes of time as 
 absence of all workmen from their workes, neither a greator quantitie of 
 oaro w^i'sorte will best serve tho purpose it is gotten for, w*^'' I coulde 
 not do having no skill therin my self muchc lesse hero acquainted 
 w^'' any that could do the same. And therfore thought it not good to 
 eutre into any further charges therin till I receaved yC honors further 
 pleasurs and certificatt w"'' sorte or sortes therof will best aggreo 
 wt'i thaction it is provided for, W*! I will most dutifullie and readelie 
 foUowe accordingc to suche orders as yo'' honors shall direct mo for the 
 same, llumblio beseching yC" ho : to direct yo'' favorable letters of 
 thanks to (Mr. Coswarth) for the greate courtesie he hath shewed me in 
 this service craving pardon for my boldness I bescche God to blcsse 
 yo>' honors with good success in all yo'' actions. Ffrom Mount Edg- 
 combe the ijJ«of Januarie, 1578. 
 
 Yo' honors most humblie to commaunde, 
 
 Edward Fenton. 
 
 To the right honorable the Lords and others of her jMa'''^** most 
 
 honorable Privie Couu.saill. 
 
 haste. 
 
 [Colonial, 113. State Papers. Doineatic, t'liutbeth, Vol. l-2\), 2, i.J 
 
 XHE KALLENDER OF SUCUE SOUXS OF OAllE AS I HAVE SENT IN 
 SOUNDUIE BAGOS, VIZ.: 
 
 The first sort or kynd being liek copper called myiidick j^rowclhc in 
 i^t. Awstell Clives 3 milles from the haven of Foye. 
 There is lick to be good stoare therof, 
 
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 STATK PAI'KRS 
 
 2. The second sort comonly ciillod l>y the tynners callo, there is great 
 Ktoftrc and dyvcrs kynd.s tliernf (^'rowiiiff in St. Tow iind other iilaccs 3 
 inilleH from the sea sydc: and from the haven of Foye vij inilles. 
 
 3. The third sort lyko unto tynne or lead,' groweth in St. Aw.xtell in 
 the Hovcrall grownd of Ilugho Collyns of Tregonie, ij milles from the sec 
 and vj from Foyc. 
 
 4. The iiiji'iHort growctho in the parish© of Piryn in the grownd of 
 (Mr. John Nance) and was one of the niyncs (Mr. Burcot) wrought for 
 silver : ho gave to the honnor yerely v oz. of silver, it lyethe w'''in 2 
 milles of New Kaie a littell harbor now dekayed, the work standethc xxij 
 fothomes deape of water and the loadc therof a foatc broade. 
 
 5. The fift sort was gottin by mo and Mr. Coswartho in a silver work 
 of JMrcotts, at New Kaio, hard by the see side and in the parishe of 
 Si Collom (the lower, the loade scant a foat broade), I fownd also in a 
 howse hard l)y the same, certayn slago w«'' he used to melt downo the 
 same oare w''' ali, of what substaunco or from whence it came, I could 
 not learne; i'. is £,mongest the oorc in this bagge. 
 
 0. The vj'" contayneth 4 sorts of oorc received from Mr. Barnard 
 Penrose dwelling nigh llelston. 
 
 7. The vij'i' sort was gotten in the parishe of S' Tannesse, her 
 Ma''^ j'and, hard uppon the see side, the loadc not above a haiidfuU 
 broad. 
 
 8. The viij •' bagge contaynethe 7 sorts of oare w''' their loads. Re- 
 ceived of Mr. Edgcombe. 
 
 B'ower sorts of oare in 4 severall baggs, marked w^'i the letter M., from 
 Mr. Michell, of Trewroo. 
 
 Indorsed. The sortcs of myneralls received from C. Fcnton, from 
 Cornwall, the 8 Januarie, 1578. 
 
 [Colonial, 131. State Papers. Domestic Eliz., Vol. 12!), No. 43.] 
 
 THK XVIJ DAYE OK FEBKOAV.VUY IN AN" 1578, OF X'' 01' OKK 
 
 Min.lYD AT DAUTFOKDE. 
 
 A COWNT MAJ)E OF X" OF OllE 
 MEI/lYl) W""' CAME OUT OF THE JUDETII, AND 13"^ OF ORE 
 W'=" CAME OUT OF THE NOKTIIF, AND 0<-' OF LECTAGE "NV^" 
 CAME FUOME TOAVER HIGHXT — 26c IN ALL. 
 
 Where of came iij*^ \ of ryche leade, and that beyinge fyndc downe 
 there came viij oz. of sclver, lackynge ij'' wcyght, where of bcyngc 
 partyd, came of gowlde one q3 q"" oz. and xviij grains. 
 
 ■ Where of came out of the leade ore and the lytarge, \s<^^ was xvijf ^ oz. 
 ^ qvS> wo'iis X oz. 
 
 ' 111 llio toppo of this bagge jou shall fyud ij peees of oare joUo coller 
 gotten at New Kuie. 
 
puKViors lo riiK tiiird voyaoi 
 
 2().-) 
 
 Then mcltyd the l)^t(irgc w^i' tho slugs whcro out is come ije of leade, 
 w '' ij' of leado howldcth V oz. 
 
 All 80 there flotlio rcmivyno in stone iij'" |, w'' howldyth all v o/,. 
 
 There rcmjiyriH iij'' of lend at 30' 
 
 Where of all is xviij oz. of solver w"' gowldo. 
 
 Tho gowlde w"'' is thcro io is ^ oz. 40 grains, w"i> is 35« in valow. 
 
 There remayns wij oz. j qr. iij' weyght, k of solver, where of we takr 
 out X oz. for the xvj • ore and leetarge. Hoste iu selver of owre owne 
 ore 7 oz. j qr. 3' weyt ^. 
 
 (On dors.) 
 Howe mych tho x'' dothe make. 
 Fursto, in sylver 17 oz, j qr. 3^'' weyte, at 
 Then tho gowldo J oz. 40 grains, at . 
 
 Then 3^ lead lefte, at .... 
 
 Where of aliato for x oz. w •' cjvine oute of the ore and let- 
 
 targc of the northo ..... 
 The rcste clyer, w"'" is corao out of owi- ^ tunno of ow' 
 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 2 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 C) 
 
 2 
 
 
 
 [Colonial, I'.i-i. Domestic, Eltz.,cx\x, }^o. 15.] 
 
 \ NOTK OF THE VALUE OF 200 W'^'^ „p qAPE OOTTIiN IN THE 
 COUNTE99 OF WAnWICKS ILANDE IN (mETA INCOQNITA) 
 AND PUTT UOWNE BY ME, JONAS 8HUTE, AT THE TOWER 
 HILL, THE XXIIIJf' DAIE OF MARCHE, 1578, AND PUTT OF 
 ON III 8EUEUALL TESTES CONTEYINQE GOLD AND SILVER, 
 AS FOLLOW^", VIZ. 
 
 The prooffe of the first test. 
 The first prooffe waighed in gould and 
 
 silver, vnrefyned . . . 11 oz.4 pennyc w^i' IG graines. 
 
 Being refyncd, in gould and silver . 11 oz. 1 penny w''''and 11 gr. 
 In gould, beinge parted . 20 graines and 3 quarters. 
 
 The prooffe of the second test. 
 Tho secondo waighed in gou'.J and 
 
 silver, vnrefyned . . . 1 oz. 3 qrters and 14 gr. 
 
 Being refyned, in gould and silver . 1 oz. 7 penny w"'' 14 grs. 
 In gould, being parted . . 1 penny w"'' 4 gr. 3 qrters. 
 
 The prooffe of the third test. 
 The thirde waighed in gould and silver, 
 
 vnrefyned . . .10 oz. 14 penny w^it 18 gr. 
 
 Wherof there is a litle sample kept of 
 
 the same for a sutle prooffe, if need 
 
 require. 
 
206 
 
 STATK PAPERS. 
 
 x" m 
 
 XXXVi 
 
 JJcing refyned in gould . . 1 oz. 13 penny w^'t 
 
 In gould, being parted . 1 penny w" 8 gr. 1 qrtcr. 
 
 The qu<antctie of gould and silver refyned in the iii tests. 
 The whole weight of the gould refyned ) 3 penny W'*^ 
 
 araounteth to . .) lOgr.d. 
 
 The whole w" of the silver refyned ) 4 oz. 19 penny ) xxvs 
 
 Cometh to . . • ) vv't 3 grs. d. ) vii'' , 
 
 The quantetie and rate of thaditamcts use in thies prooffes. 
 In litarg 400 wo'^held in silver . . . 2 oz. d. 
 
 In Icade TjC pownds w^'t held in silver . . 1 qrter. of an oz. 
 
 All w='' Cometh to xiiii" iiij', w<='' (I knowc) rcmayinth yet it the litarg 
 and leade, and so will allowe for the same. 
 So that after this rate it comcth in the toone 
 
 towards all chargs .... xvii'' xviij" ix'' 
 Wherof, I the said Jonas descireth allowance for waste Ivii' ix'' 
 And so I, the said Jonas Shutc, promisseth to make 
 
 of euyre ton towards all chargs . . . xv'' 
 
STATE PArERS RELATIVE TO TITE OUTFIT FOR 
 THE THIRD VOYAG ]. 
 
 I. A I'KOPORTION OF THE CHAUGES FOR A TIIYRD VOYAGE. 
 If. THE NAMES OF 8CCII GENTLEMEN AS WENTE IN THE l^T AND 
 2^" VOYAGE NOW IN CONSIDERACION OP THEIR SERVICE, TO 
 BE RECEIVED AS ADVENTURERS, GRATIS. 
 III. INTERTAYMENT OF GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS UNDER MR. FENTON 
 
 TO INHABITE THE NEW LAND. 
 IV. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO MARTINE PFROBISER. 
 V. THE INVtSTORIE OF THE SHIP AYDB. 
 VI. THE (lABRIELL PRICED AT £hXXX. 
 VII. THESE HAVE NOT PAYD THE 3"" OF MAY, l.")78. 
 

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STATE PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE OUTFIT FOR 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE. 
 
 [Colonial, 8H. Domestic Fliz., cx\iv,'ii^o. ].] 
 
 A niOPORTlON or THE CHARGES FOU A TIIVUD V r AG L XO TIF K 
 NORTilWKST TO FITCII 2000 TOONES OF OOIIK AND TO VITIAI, 
 AND KEEPE THERE 100 MEN 18 MONETHES. 
 
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 Twoo thowsandc toones of oure to be brought home at 
 
 xxx'' It toonc amounteth to . 
 
 Wherof 
 I (leraaunde to furnishe the A>/(ie and GahrieU in 
 
 presente and roadie monie 
 More for the wages of 80 men for v monethes at 
 
 xxvjs. viij(i?. le monthe le man to be paid at per 
 
 reatorne ..... 
 Two shipps to be procured more of her Ma"", viz., one 
 
 of 400 toones and thother of 200 toones throughlio 
 
 furnished w^^'' tackle and munition w"'' maic 
 
 amounte to .... 
 
 Marioners to saile the same ij shipps 150, at 
 
 xxvjs. viiijf/. le monthe Ic man in prest . 
 More for vittelling of thies 150 sailors at \\s. b 
 
 monthe le man for vij monthes . 
 More in prest for 1 20 pyoners to be convoydc in thies 
 
 shipps for ij monthes wages le man at xxs. le monthe ccxl'' 
 More for the vittelling of thies 120 pyoneers at xx«. 
 
 'c man le monthe for vij monthes 
 More for iiij monthes wages for the pyoners to be paide 
 
 at their reatorne .... 
 More for v monthes wages to be paide 150 uaarioners 
 
 at their reatorne .... 
 More for wea[)on and armo'' for thies 120 men 
 More for soMio'" and pyoner.s being 250 to be bestowed 
 
 in shipps to be fraighted at xxvj.v. viij'^. Ic man le 
 
 monthe for ij monthes in presto 
 More for the vittellinge of thies 250 men for vij 
 
 monthes at xx.*. Ic man for cverv month . 
 
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 STATE PAPEUS RELATIVE TO THE OUTFIT 
 
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 More X hall p or tcntes for their harbof . . ccxl" 
 
 More for armo'" and weapon for theis 250 men at xxs. 
 lo man ..... 
 More for yronworke for tooles for the same pyoncrs 
 
 and for viij smithes, their fouvdgcs and bellowes 
 Ffor powder for their defence one lastc . . c'' 
 
 More to be paide in wages at their reatorne for iiij 
 
 monthes . . . . mmdclxvj" xiij' iiij ' 
 
 More for the fraight of 1200 toones at c.?. le toonc . vji"'Zi. 
 Sum of all the charges to be disboursede 
 
 as appereth by this particular. . xx"id,ccc,xxxvj'' xiij" iiij'l 
 
 And so remains cleare . . xxixmclxiij" vji viij'' 
 
 Mil that there is in readie monio to be disboursed for 
 
 the fetching of theis 2000 toones but . vj'"'dlxvj" xiij« iiij'' 
 
 Besides the ij shipps of her Mai-''- \v«i> maie come to . mmmdcii 
 A proportion for 100 men for victuall and wages to inhabit the North- 
 west. 
 More for the vittelling of 100 men to remayne there "I 
 
 at xx'' le man for the ycre and the proporcion to 
 aunswere xviij monthes . . . mmm" 
 
 More for their wages at xx"* le monthe le man . mdccc" 
 
 The Comoditie to be gayned by them. 
 Thies 100 men being laborers shall gctt in this xviij 
 monthes towardes their charges 2000 toones of oarc 
 w^'' shall yeldc xx" le toonc cleare amounting to 
 the some of .... xl'i'^i. 
 
 M(i that to fortcfie and provide dwelling for thies 100 men 
 w"' munition for their defence is further to [be] provided and consi- 
 dered of. 
 
 [Colonial 89. Domestic Eliz., cxxiii, No. C>0.] 
 
 THE NAMES OF SUCIIE GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS AS WENTE THE 
 FIRST AND SECONDE VOYAGES W '" MARTIN FFROBISHEU INTO 
 THE LANDS NOW CALLED "META INCOGNITA," LATLIE DIS- 
 COVERED BY HIM TO THE NORTHWEST AND NOW IN CON- 
 SIDERACION OF THEIR SERVICE TO RE RECEAVID IN AS AD- 
 VENTURERS GRATIS, FOR SUCHE 8EVERALL SOMES OF MONIES 
 AS FOLLOW^", VIZ. 
 
 The Names of the Gentlemen. 
 Edwarde Ffenton his lieutcnaunte, by lando and .sea in those 
 
 partes. . . . . . . c" 
 
 Gilbcrte Yorke his vice-admirall to go and reatorne w^li the fleete 1" 
 
FOR TIIK THIUl) VOYAGE. 
 
 211 
 
 George Best 
 
 Richarde Philpott 
 
 Ilenric Carcw . 
 
 Edmonde Stafforde 
 
 Fraunccs Brakenburie 
 
 John Lee 
 
 William Tanflldc 
 
 Edwarde Ilarvic 
 
 JVIathew Kindersley 
 
 Thomas Chamberlaine "j 
 
 Abraham Linche > . 
 
 Dennys Potle ) 
 
 Roberto Kindersley "I 
 
 Ilenrie Kirkman / 
 
 Lucko Girido, vice-admirall at Meta Incognita 
 
 The Maistcrs of Shipps and others. 
 Christofer Hall, M"" in thadmirall . 
 Charles Jackman, M'" of the vice-admirall 
 James Beare, M'' of the Reare admirall 
 Andro Dyer, M"" of the shipp that staies in the countrey 
 Nicholas Chauncelo'' havinge been bothe the voyages 
 
 remayne there .... 
 
 Richarde Coxe M"" gonner of thadmirall 
 Nicholas Counzer that tooke the man Thomas Boydcll . 
 James Wall is, hurte and mayraed by the countrey people 
 
 and to 
 
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 xxv" 
 xxv" 
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 [Colonial, 91. Domestic Eliz,, cxxiii. No. 51,] 
 
 INTERTAYNMENT OF GENTLEMEN AND OTHERS IN THE VOYAOE 
 UNDER MR. FENTON, TO INUABITE IN THE NEWLAND 
 META INCOGNITA. 
 
 Mr. Captayne Fenton 
 
 George Beste . . 
 
 Richard Philpot 
 
 Luke Ward 
 
 For ij Icwtcnanttes, eche 
 
 For ij enscignes, eche 
 
 And all the rest of the gentlemen 
 
 And all others, soldyars, maryuar.s, 6i.c. 
 
 
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 STATK rAPFRS RTILATIVK TO THK OUTFIT 
 
 {^Colonial 87. Domestic Eliz. cxix. No. 46.] 
 
 Tlhat Jouas may have Ic^i. pension. 
 
 Shippes to be sent for v">' ton weight. 
 
 A niynor to Jig half ton adaye, in 28 days — a month. 
 
 i'- niynors for a mouth to digg 
 
 ii'' niynors .... 
 
 iiic mynons . . . . 
 
 jmt iii.' ton. 
 ij'"' viij" 
 iij'n' cc ton. 
 
 Y<= freight at iij' y ton 
 
 Wages for yf raynors. 
 . ix"'t poundes. 
 Edm. Ilogan, Sf W'" Wyntcr, Ilumfrcy Lock, Rich. Ydya, Furbisher. 
 
 Dee. 
 Palmer to be allowed as an officer. 
 
 W'" Umfrey to be used. Ilumfrey Cole. Burchard to make a prooff 
 of jc weight of ye ure in y" towre. 
 
 \^Colo7iial, 93. Comcay Papers.'] 
 
 INSTUUCTIONES GEVEN TO O" LOYINGE FKIND MARTINE FFRO- 
 niSEn, ESQUIER, FOB THE ORDER TO BE ORSERVI'.D IN illS 
 VOYAGE NOWE RECOMMENDED TO IIIM FOR THE LANDK 
 NOAV CALLED 13Y HIR MA"f' META INCOGNITA TO THE 
 NORTHWEST PARTES AND CATHAYE. 
 
 Ffyrst, you shall enter as captain generall into the charge and govern- 
 ment of theis shippes and vessells, viz., the Ayde, the Gabriell, MichaeU, 
 Judethe, the Thomas Al/ine, Anne Fraunces, the Jloppewell, the Mone, 
 the Ffea\nices of FfoTj^ the Thomas. 
 
 Item, you shall appoynte for the furnishinge of the Ayde, Gahriell, 
 MichaeU, and Judith, fFour-skore and ten hable and sufficient marinores 
 and 130 pyoners and 50 soldiars, for the sarvycc and ladinge of all suche 
 shippes and vessells as shall go under yo'' charge and be appoynted to 
 retourne againe w''' yo" for that purpose, and of the sayd shippes or 
 vessells, and maryners, pyoners, and soldiors, you shall leave to remaync 
 and to inhabite in the lande nowe called Meta Incoijnita., under the 
 oharg and government of Edward Ffenton, gent, your Lieutenaunte 
 Generall, the O'abrieU, the MichacU, and the Judethe, w^h fortic hable 
 marioners, gonners, shi[)wrights, and carpentars, 30 soldiors and 30 
 j)yoncrs, w"' sufficient vittalle for xviij monthcs for their provisione, re- 
 leife, and mayutcnance, and also munition and armoure for their dee- 
 fence, w'l nomber of pcrsones befor specified you shall not exced to 
 carrie nor levc their. 
 
 Item, that the vittalls for vij monthes w"'' you deliver into the Ayde 
 for provisone of 90 persones goinge, and to retorne in the said shippe, 
 you shall carefulye "ee the same preserved and used in sarvyce w"' out 
 
FOR rilK TllIUl) VOYAOK. 
 
 213 
 
 [e Ayde 
 Ishippc, 
 
 lyth out 
 
 spoyle or hurto takinge by nccligence. Item, you shall make a juste 
 iuventorie of every shippe to the companle bclonginge of all the takcll, 
 munitione, and funiitur, to them lielongingc at their scttinge fourth 
 from hens and the coppie therof under yo"" hand to be delivered to 
 Michaell Lok, Treasorer of the Company. And the like to be done at 
 yo"" retourne home, of all thinges then reinaynyng in the said shijjs. 
 And the like care you and yo'' Lieutenauute Generall shall have of the 
 victualls that shalbe by you delivered into any shippes or vessells what- 
 soever, for the provision of the 100 men appoynted to inhabite their. 
 
 Item, you shall not reccve under yor charge and government any dis- 
 ordred or mutinous ])ersonc w'' shall be appointed to goo or rcmayne 
 their, but upon knowledge had to remove him before you departc hence, 
 or ells by the way assone as you can avoyd hym. 
 
 Item, you shall use all dilligcnce possible to departe, w''' yo'' said 
 ships and vesselles frome the portes where they now rcmayne, before 
 the firste of May next cominge, and to make your course eather by the 
 northe or the west, as the winde will best serve yo". 
 
 Item, when you shall passe the landes of England, Scotlande, or Ire- 
 lande, you shall direct yo'" course w''' all yo' shippes and vessells to the 
 lande now called Mela Incoijiiita, and to an ilaml and sounde' there 
 called the Countess of Warwickes Hand and Sounde, being w'ldn the 
 supposed straight, w^^i we name Ffrobisers Straight, discovered by 
 yo"" selfe 2 yeres past, and in yo"" voyage thither wardes you shall have 
 speciall regarde so to order your course as yo"" shippes and vcs.sclles do 
 not losse the Companye one of an other, but may kepc company to- 
 gether. And the lyke also in yo'' retorne homewards. And yf any 
 wili'ulnes or negligence in this behalfe shall appeare in an}' personc or 
 persons that shall have charge of any of the shippes aforesaide, or yf 
 they or any other shall doo otherNVj-^se then to them appertcyneth, you 
 shall punishe suche ofFendor sharplyo to the example of others. 
 
 Item, that at yo>' arryvall at the Countesse of Warwikes Hand and 
 Sounde, you shall theron saffitee harbour yo"" shipi>s and vesselles, and 
 frome thence ^ou shall repayre to the mynes and myneralls of the same 
 iland wher you wrought this laste ycarc w"' myner.s and other men and 
 furnyture necessarie, and ther shall place the myners and other men to 
 worke and gather the oare, foreseinge they may be placed as well frome 
 dainger and malyce of the people as frome anye other extremitye that 
 maye happen. 
 
 Item, whyles these mynars are workyng in Warwyke Sound, you shall 
 cause serche to be made for other mynes in other [)lace3, and yf uppon 
 good proofe made, you shall happen to fynde other mynes to be richer 
 then thcis frome whence you had yo'' laste yeares ladingc, then you shall 
 
 1 Another hand. Nut fur )•' I^^le of l''<)^/,lin iu tlie wcy. 
 
su 
 
 STATU PAPERS UKLAlIVK TO TIIR OUTFIT 
 
 prcsentlic remove the shippesand myncrs to the same phice of mynerall, 
 and to lade of tho same yf that may be done convcniontlye. 
 
 Item, to searche and consider of an apte place whcr you raaie best 
 plaute and fortefye theise c men wh you shall leave to inhabite there 
 aswell against the dainger and force of tho natyvc' people of ye countrcy 
 and any other y' shall sekc to arryve ther from any other part of Chris- 
 tendom,'^ as also to prevent and fore see as neare (as you cane) all other 
 extremities and perills that mayc happen, and necessaries to be con- 
 sidered of for them. 
 
 Item, you shall leave w'b Captan Fenton, yo' Lieuetenaunte General!, 
 tho government of those TOO persons to remayne in that countrie w''' in- 
 structions howe he maye best observe the nature of the ayrc, and may 
 discover and knowe the state of the countrie from tyme to tyme as 
 mocho as may be, und what tyme of the yeare the Straight is most free 
 frome eysse kepyng to y" end a journall wckly of all accountes, wt-'' 
 whome you shalle leve the (JahrieU, the Michaell, and the Judith, w"^'' 
 suche proportion of victualls and other nccessarie thiugcs as are alrcdye 
 appoynted to him and his companye for that purpose suppliing his want 
 w^'' able and skyllfuU men for that purpose, and wi'^ any other thingea 
 nccessarie w"'' you or any other of the shippes maye conveaioutlie spare 
 at yo'' reatorne. 
 
 Item, we require that you shall instructe all yof people rather to 
 muchc then any thiuge to littell, aswell for yo'' owne saffetyo there as of 
 suche as you shall leave beliinde you, that when you or they shall 
 happen to come to have conference wi'> the people of those partes wher 
 you shall arive, that in all yo'' doyngcs and theirs you so behave yor selves 
 and theyme, towardos the said people as maye rather procure their 
 frindships and good lykings towardos you by courtesyes then move them 
 to any offence or myslikiuge. 
 
 Item, uppon yo"" arrivall at the place before specified, and after you 
 have bothe harbored saftlie yo"" ships, sett yo"" mynurs one worke, and 
 also have taken sufficient order for plantinge of those men w-''* shall in- 
 habite ther, and appoyntinge in yo"" absence governors for all theis 
 causes. We will then, yf leasure and tyme wille permitt the same that 
 you w^'' the ij barkes shall repaire towardos the jilace where the first 
 yeare you lost yo"^ men, aswell to searche for mynes there as to discover 
 GO or 100 leages further wcstwardes frome that place as ye oppening of 
 yn Streight by water will lowe, as you may be certayne that you are en- 
 tride into the Southe Sea couuuonly called Mare di Sun. And in your 
 passage to learneall that you cane in all thinges, and take parfect notes 
 therof, not tarringe longe frome your shippes and workemen, but that 
 you mayc be hable to retorne homewardes w"' them in due tyme. 
 
 ' [Nutyvf] lidded by Lord BurUigli. 
 
 ■ [Of CliiislLiiiluniJ luklcJ by LurJ Burlcigli. 
 
I'OU THK TlIIKl) VOYAGK. 
 
 315 
 
 Item, you shall well consider what place may he most aptcst further 
 to f'ortifyc upon hereafter (yf nede retjuier), hothe for defence of the 
 niyners and also for posscssinge of the countrieaiid bringc home w'" you 
 a perfecte platt and parfecto notes therof to be kept in sccrcat, and so 
 delyvred unto us.' 
 
 Item, you shall not suffer any shippe or shippes beinge laden w''' oaro 
 to sett sayle or departe from the place of their ladinge till the daye fixed 
 in their charter partye except you see good cause othcrwyse. And be- 
 inge so laden and redy to retorne homeward you shall reetayne them in 
 ilote and in companie all togethers as mucho as in you liethe, and as 
 the wether wyll suffer untill your rctorno into this realme of England 
 and arrival! at the place appoynted in the River of Thamnics for un- 
 ladinge of the same. 
 
 Item, for the succession of the Oenerall Governour of this whole 
 voiage (yf he should fortune to die) for avoydinge of stryffc and kepingo 
 of peace and fryndship there be the names of iiij gentlemen privatlio 
 sett downe to succeado liim in his place- on after y other which ar seve- 
 rally wrytten in paper included in balls of wax sealed w'h hyr Ma'ies 
 signett and put into boxes locked w''' sevv-rall keys whcrof on in your 
 custody.* 
 
 Item, for the better and more circumspecte executions and dotermi- 
 nacion in any waightie causes incident on land, we will that you shall 
 call unto you for assistantcs your Lieutenaunt Generall, Captayne Yorke, 
 Richard Philpott, George Beast, and Henry Carewe, gent., w''' whome 
 you shall consult and confere what is beste to be done in the said causes, 
 matteres, and actions of yraportaunce touchinge this service undertaken. 
 And in all suchc matteres so handcled, argued, and delmted upon the 
 some to rest, to be allowed, or disallowed at yor owne ellection, and that 
 alwaies to be executed W'l you shall thiuke meeteste w^h assent of any 
 ij of them in general consent.^ And like wysc in matteres of weight 
 concerninge all yo'" shippes good government, aswell at the sea as in 
 harboure, o'' wille is that the forenamed gent, and Christofer Ilawle, 
 Charles Jackeman, James Beare, and Andrcwe Dier, ministers, in cer- 
 tayne of o"" shippes, presentlie ymployed in this north-west service, 
 shalbe assistaunte unto you and consontinge to all determynacones con- 
 cernynge the same. And in casse that of suche conference and des- 
 coursinge the opiniones of the aforesaid assistaunco be founde in cffecte 
 any waye to differ then o"" will is that thexecution of all suchc matteres 
 
 ' After us, " here to the Treasorer of the Companye " written and ex- 
 pnnctetl. 
 
 - [On custody], Lord Burleij^li's hand; also the note. 
 
 " Three keys, Furbisiier, Feuton, a mr of a shipp. See last paragraph 
 hut tiro. 
 
 * [W'li to consent] also wrilton in margin by Lurd liuilcigli. 
 
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 STATK rAPKllS UKr.ATIVi; TO THK OUTI fT 
 
 so arpfiicd upon shall rest to he i)iit in execution in suchc sorto as you 
 shall thinke inoste motost, having the assent of any ij of them.' 
 
 Item, becauso the tcmitrature of those northe-wcst partes and boundcs 
 of seas and landcs are not yet sufRcicntlie knowne (w'' thingo wc prin- 
 cipallye desyere), and for as much as vcrye good opcrtunitio in sound- 
 ric respectcs mayc fallo out in tyrae of yo'' absence to purchaze or 
 attayne to the same, wc thinko y' verye necessaric and to your better 
 desert worthclic apperteningc that you shall enforme, advise, and aucto- 
 rysho by yo"" owue hande writtinge, in the beste manner you cane devise 
 howe anyc further descoverye, understandinge, or knowledge of the fore- 
 said landes or seas (confynynge, borderinge, or lyinge, wt'jn 200 leages 
 of the place wher at this voyage the habitacone or fortification of o"" peo- 
 ple shalbe sctled or situated) mayo be executed and achevcd by yor afore- 
 said Lieuetenante Oenerall or by suche other parson as he or the most 
 parte of such as hereafter shalbe named to be his assystance shall deme 
 and judge most apte and sufficient for the accomplishingo of the service 
 their unto apperteynirge. 
 
 Item, that you shall have speciall care and geve generall warninge 
 that no persono of what cawlinge soever he be shall make an assayo of 
 any manner of mcttalle matter or oore on the foresaid partes of Meta In- 
 coynita, but onlie he or they to whome the offyco or feate of assayes 
 iTQakinge is asigned or comitted (onlie yo"" selfe, yor Leutenauntc Gene- 
 rall, and yo'' substitutes before named, from this article to be excepted), 
 nor any persone under yo"" government shall take uppe or keape to hira 
 selfe and his private use anye parte or parcell of oare, precious stone, or 
 other matter of comoditie, to be hade or fouude in that lande but he, 
 the said person so seazed of suche oare, stone, or other matter of com- 
 moditie, shall w''' all speade or so sone as he cane detecte the same and 
 make deliverey therof to yo"" selfe or yo'' Lieutenaunte Generall upon 
 payne to forfite for evcrye ounce therof the valewe trible of any wages 
 he is to receave after the daye of suche ofi'ence committed, and further 
 to receave suche punishcment as to hir Ma"'' shall seme good. 
 
 Item, or will is that you shall cause a recorde dilligentlye to be kept 
 in wryttyng of all suchc oare, myncralls, stones and other matters of 
 vallew gotten or founde in that countrie, aswell of the time and place 
 and places when or whear all and everye suche oare, minerall and 
 other matter of suche vallewe is or shulbe founde or gotten, as also some 
 j)arte, portion or example of all and everye the said oares, myneralls 
 and other matter of vallewe in apte and peculiar boxes cause to be re- 
 served w''' theire due titles and notificacones. And further cause dulye 
 to be layed uppe in the said boxes the severall rates and trycd valua- 
 cions of all assayes ther made of any the foresaid oaves and niyneralles, 
 
 ' [lluvinp;o tliem], T,ortl 13urU'it,'b's liaii.1. 
 
 - [llir Mut'eJ altered to us, but alteroil back again by Lord Burleigh, 
 
FOR IMF, TIIIUI) VOYAOK. 
 
 217 
 
 A ilonhle of 
 tblH liixik tu 
 biJ Ill'iiln, 
 Hiid hriiii);lil 
 liniiic III iin 
 other Hlilpp. 
 
 and all those foresaid boxes so furnished and distinctlie noted at 
 yor rcatorno to the citie of Loudon you shall deliver or cause to bo 
 delivered to the tresorer of the corapanyc of adventurers for those 
 northowestc affiiyres, as well for the better directione and dcalingo 
 heare after w^' any the foresaid oares or myncralles ther as for the 
 better and speedie account and reckinge, makinge in grosso heare at 
 home of the valewe of suchc quantitie or masse as any of them shall 
 hether be brought. And of these doinges make two bookos, to bo kept 
 in ij scverall shyps. 
 
 Item, that the marioners of all the hired shippes imployed in this 
 sirvice shall gcve, joyntlyo rv"' all the other companies of o"" owne 
 shipps, iij or iiij dayos travail and labor towardcs thiutrenchinge and 
 fortifiinge of the place, wher tho leutenante generall w''i his charge 
 shall remayne to inhabite there. 
 
 item, that you shall make yo"" directo course from hence as ncare as ^ , |^ j„„. 
 
 you cane, w^'' all suche shippes as passe under yo'' government, to the tey'iinun ye 
 land now called Metn Incoijnita, and their lade 8U0 toones, or so muche IikLmi in 
 more as the shippes of retorne cane safflio carrie of suche oare as you fii'.or i ii'ur-'' 
 / alredic have founde ther this last yearc, or rather richer yf you cane '''*-''' J 
 
 fynd the same. And so havingo laden your shippes w"'' the .said 
 nomber of 800 tonne •/ u.jTq, as is aforesaid, shall make yc direct 
 course frome thence into this realrae of England into the river of 
 Thames, where the shippes be appoynted to be unladen of the .same. 
 
 Item, that everye capten and m'' of every shippe ai)poynted in this 
 voyage shall joyntlie under their handes writingo by indenture deliver 
 unto you a note and estiraacone of suche nomber of toones of oare or 
 other matter of vallew as they shall receve into their shippes theire. 
 And all the sam^ indentures to be registred in one booke, wherof iij 
 copies to be made, and to be put in iij scverall shypes to be delyvred to 
 the tresorer of the corape at retorne home of the shypps. 
 
 That a minister or twoo do go in this jorney to use ministration of 
 devyno service and sacraments, accordyng to ye churche of England, 
 Nota, yt the victalls, munitions and other thynges to be carryed to be 
 equally distributed into ya shippes, for dout of miscarrying of some of 
 tleii.e. 
 
 \ iva, in yor waye outward bound, yf if wylbe no hynderans to the 
 rcHt of yor voyage, you shall doo yo'' cndevour to dyskover the new 
 laud, supposed to be Ffryzeland, and to gett the best knowledge that 
 you can of the state and nature therof. And yf you cannot con- 
 veniently doo it in yo"" waye outward bound, then doo your attempt 
 h . . . . in yo'" waye homeward bound at retorne yf the same may be 
 dou(! convenieutlyc. 
 
 Item, when you shall passe, etc. 
 
 Item, that yf there should happen any person or persons ymployed in 
 
 Vn lincik t . 
 lie iMili'iilC'l 
 (F.ciid liiir 
 leiyli.) 
 
 (I.nrd liiir- 
 leii;li.l 
 
218 
 
 STATR I'ArKHS UKLATIVK TO THE OUTFIT 
 
 chis Hcrvico, of what culling or comlition ho or they shall be, should 
 coriHpiro or attcmpto privatlie or pul>likIio any treason, mutanio or 
 other ile.sonler, either towchingo the takin^jo awiiio of yor owne life or 
 any other of aucthoritie under yo", wliereliy her Ma'*'^ service in this 
 voyaf,'e nii{;ht therhy 1)0 over throwen and ympu^ned, We will therforo 
 that upon justo prooiFe made of any such treasons, mutanio or other 
 desordcrs attempted as aforesaid, the same shalbo punished by you or 
 yC lieutenant gencrall, etc.,' 
 
 w^h are severally wryttcu in paper included in baw'cs of wax, sealed 
 w"' her IMa"'" signet, and jxit into two scverail boxes, locketl w"' iij 
 severall keys, wherof one key in yo^ custodie, and one in custodie of Kd- 
 ward Fcnton, and another in custodie of Christofer Ilawllo. And the 
 same two boxes to be put in ij severall shyps, to saye, one boxe in the Aijde, 
 and the other in the ship where yo"" lieutenaunt gencrall shall passe. 
 
 Item, for the succession of the lieutenant gencrall of those c men 
 w^ti shall reinayno and inhabito there, there bo named iij parsons to 
 succcdc in order and manor as is sett downo before in the Article for 
 the succession of the gencrall. 
 
 Item, that there be made a doblc of this Commyssion to rcmayuc 
 wi'' the lieutenant gencrall. 
 
 Indorsed, 1578. Commyssion instructions to Mr. Ffurljusher to goo 
 to sea, No. 1578. 
 
 IColonud, 127. State Papers. Domestic Eliz., Vol. 12!), No. 30.J 
 
 THE INVENTAHIE OF THE SUYP AYDE. 
 
 (2d page.) 
 
 The Inventarie of the shippo Ayde made the 10th of Fcbruaryo, 157l. 
 
 In primis her furniture as she was bought of the (Queues Ma''o in 
 Aprille, ir.77. 
 
 In primis, the bowsprite w^'i ij double pullies and iij shevers of bras. 
 
 The Bolt Sprite. — Item the yardc ; the saylle (worne) : the hallyares 
 w^'' ij pullies cocked w^'' brasse ; the lifts w"-'' iiij puUes ; the braces, 
 w"^'' 2 puUes, ; the shcate, w^'' pendannts ; the ij shankes paynters w^'' 
 chaynes ; a boult, a collar and chaynes of irone j the mayne staye ; the 
 davctte w"> a claspe of irone ; ij shevers of brasse to the davetts a grap- 
 nell w"' chayne Host) Catts a false tyre for the spritte saile; the clewlynes. 
 
 The Fore-maste. — Item the mast w'l' a shiver of brase in the heade ; 
 the fore topp not ; the yard w^'' gror -ts ; a swifter one aside w^'' iiij 
 puUyes, worne ; the saylle viz., corse and bonnet, iij parts worne ; ij 
 pendants on a sydo w''' iiij pullcs, one shevercd, and one cocked ; ij 
 takels one a syde y/^^ iiij pules iij coked w"' brasse ; vj shroudes on a 
 
 ' There is nothing lost lure. Tlio jjcrson wlio drew up this draft has re- 
 written this passage to make it mure clear. 
 
Foil TIIK Tllinn VOYAOH. 
 
 219 
 
 aydo ; the stayo ; tho lyftcs w'h iiij pullics ; the tyc, wornc ; the hall- 
 yarcs w''' one shcvcr of braso in the raincH head and ij cocked in the ramo 
 hcdd ; tho parell w"" lanycrs and brcst ropes ; ij trusses w"'' ij i)ulio9 j ij 
 liowlines (worne), w''' a dol)le hlockc and ij sliyvers of bras ; the braces 
 wf' iiij pulles (worne) ; tho sheuts w^'' ij puUes cocked w''' bras j tho 
 Hhivcrs of brasse in tho shippea side (none) ; tho tacks (oao of them 
 ncwe) ; the martenetts ; tho botts taclo w"' iij shyvers of bras. 
 
 TliC fore tope muste. — Item, tho toppe niasto w'h a cocko of brasso in 
 the heado ; tho yarde ; the sp.ylle (iij parts worne) ; j taclo on a sido 
 w"| iiij pulles ; iiij shroudes on a side ; iiij puttocks on a sydo ; tho stayo 
 and back.itayo ; tho tye and haliiers w"' ij |iullies one shevercd and ono 
 cocked w^'' brasse ; the liftes w"' iiij pulles ; the sheates ; the parell, 
 broken, laniers and brest ropes ; the trusc w''' ij pulles ; tho boulinos 
 wi'' ono doblo (polle) ; the braces w"^'' iiij polios ; the clulines w"' ij 
 pulles ; j crane line, ba'j;c and one pendante pulle. 
 
 Tlie muijne lauste, — Item, the masto w''' ij shivers of bras in the heado 
 (the uiayne topp nawght) ; tho y.ird w'^ grometts and stapells (broken 
 and nawght) ; tho saylle, viz., corse and bonnetto (good) ; tho drabler 
 (ncwe) ; j swifter on a side w''' iiij pulles (iij parts worne) ; iij pendants 
 one a side W' vj pulles on a shever of brasse, and ij shevers of l)rasse for 
 the botts tacle (tho tackles worne) ; iij tackells on a side w^h xij pulles, 
 iij cocked w<li brasso ; viij shroudes on a side ; tho staye ; tho liftes 
 w"' iiij pulles : the sheates supplied w^'' ij pulles, one shyvered w'l' bras, 
 and th' other cocked with bras (the sheates worne), and ij shivers of 
 brasso in tho shippes sido ; the tacks ; the tyo (halph worne) ; ij 
 shevers of brasse in the knight ; the haliiers w''' iij shevers of brasse, in 
 the knight and ram heado ; the parrell w^'' laniers and brest ropes ; tho 
 trusse w'l' iiij pules (nowght) ; the murlinetts (worne), and vj pulles ; 
 the garnette w''' ij pulles w''' iij shevers of brasse ; tho braces w"' ij pulles ; 
 the bowlines ; the clulines. 
 
 The maijne tope masle. — Item tho topjie and masto w"'' a shever of 
 brasse in the hcade ; the yarde ; tho saylle (ncwe) ; j tacle one a sido 
 w'l' iij pulles ; 4 shroudes one a side ; v puttockes one a side ; the stayo 
 and the backc staye ; the liftes w"' iiij pulles ; the sheatts w"' iiij pulles 
 ij shevers, one of them brasse and ij cocked w^i^ brasse, and ij of brasse 
 iti the bubbridge heado (none of brasso) ; the tye and haliiers w"^ ij 
 pulles one shevered and ono cocked w^'» brasso ; the bowlines wf' one 
 dulilc pulle ; the braces w^'' iiij pulles ; the clulines w^'" ij pulles ; tho 
 the cluliue a rano bagge and one pendante nullc. 
 
 The myson maste. — Item the maste, w''' a shevere of brasse in tho 
 hfiid ; the yarde ; the saylle, viz., cor.se au'! bonct, nawght ; a swifter on 
 a side w'" iiij pulles, the swifter's na'*. ght ; v shrouds one a side ; the 
 staye ; tho tye and haliiers wf' a shyver of bras, and brcst ropes ; tho 
 trusse w^'' ij pulles; the lyfts w''' ij pulles; the bouliues — nou ; tho 
 sniitingo line — non ; tho parell ; the niyzon niartinotts. 
 
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 STATK PAPERS UELATIVE TO THE OUTFIT 
 
 The mison tope mnste. — Item the tope and mastc ; iij shroudcs on a 
 side ; iiij juittocks on a side ; the staye. 
 
 The lioten maste. — Item, a shcvcr of brasse in the headc ; a paynter 
 choyne ; a davett w"' a shcvcr of irone ; a windlcssc ; a mastc w"-'' a 
 sayll ; a rothcr \v"' spindcU and capps — (lost). 
 
 7'he akijjfe. — Item, a skyfle ; xij ores ; a rothcr w''' yronc worke — 
 (none). 
 
 Implements. — Item, a mayne capstaino w''' collor and i)aull of yronc 
 
 and iiij l)ares ; paulc non nor bars ; the fore capstcnc W" a pauU of 
 
 yrono and 2 barros ; a state pompc \vt'> a bracke ; a bed sted and a table 
 
 in the captaincs cabbinc, the table broken ; a payre of bilbowes w"' vj 
 
 shakells; a grinstone vvf' spindle and wiiichc of irone; a coper kettell ; 
 
 ij mcate kettclls, one very smallc ; a barrc w''' a chayne and iij hockcs 
 
 in the cooke rome to hange the kettell one; but iij ankers, ankers great, 
 
 iiij ; cables of xij ynches that the shijjc i.s morcd by, ij ; cables of xj 
 
 ynches — iij, ij of thcni nevve, one of the ij of 13 inches, one of them a 
 
 juncke and cut ; cables of x ynches, j halfe worne ; cables of viij ynches 
 
 for a botte rope, j halfe worn ; cables of vj ynches, j newe, .^^pent and 
 
 gone ; geste ropes of v ynches, j halfe worne ; condinge hausers of v 
 
 ynches, j ; hausers of v ynches, j ; fat>) (fathoms I) of a hauser of v 
 
 ynches, x fathom ; ^ britton tackell w^'' iiiij shcvers of brasse and one of 
 
 irone coked w^'' iij blocks and j pcmlante taclc, j ; boye ropes, j ; catto 
 
 ropes, ij worne ; faeks of coylle of iij ynches, x fcthem ; peces of coyles 
 
 of ynches and ynches and halfe, iij peces ; llaggs of Sainte George, j 
 
 worne : compasses, ij ; runnyngc glasses, j nawght ; soundinge lynes, ij ; 
 
 soundinge leados, iij, ij ; bucketts, ij ; boules, iiij ; shovelles, iiij ; 
 
 skoppes, ij ; spare pulles great and small, vj, ij coked w"i brasse ; niar- 
 
 lienes, ij bundells ; ratline, shyvcs ; twine, x" ; item, uoults of niid- 
 
 drcmaxo, iiij ; calappes, v ; piche pottes, j nawght ; fisho hokes, ij ; 
 
 leache hokes, ij, j ; loft'o hokes, iiij ; balieste basketts, ij ; canne hokes, j 
 
 pare ; fides, ij ; boyes, iiij, iij ; catte hokes sheverod w''' brasse, ij. 
 
 Summa of all, w"'' coste . . " . . viij<' 1'' 
 
 And the ordenans and munition aperiuge hereafter, w«'' 
 
 coste ..... 
 
 Summa of all this shipp as ytt cost, amounteth 
 
 We doo thincke that the foresaid ship, w^'» her masts, 
 
 yards, sayljs, anckers, cables, and other taikle and 
 
 apparell '.onteined in particulers before sett downe in 
 
 this boo'k, so as the saume may be dely vered according- 
 
 lie, to be wortho .... 
 
 Item, more for v peces of brasse in this book a.'"ter specy- 
 
 fied aiuongu the ordenance and munitions, beingc ij 
 
 mynious, and iij" fawcons, weyingc iiiji"''' v<^ xviij" 
 
 waight, at iij" p"" c', cxxxv" x" And more for v 
 
 iij"! xlv" 
 
 xjc iiij XX xv(i 
 
 vij'' 
 
I'OR Tlir, 'IHIKI) VOYAOK. 
 
 OOl 
 
 XVJi 
 
 cariadges pcrtcineinge to the saidc peces pr estima- 
 tion, iij" vj' viij'' .... cxxxviij" xvj« viijJ 
 Suinma totalis . . viij'' xxxviij" xvj" viijJ 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 W. Winter. Will'" Ilolstok. 
 The rest of th' ordenance and munitions, in this inveutorye we tiiinck 
 them nott mete, for the Quenos Ma'''". 
 
 (The above letter is crossed off in the original.) 
 The xxiij ' of Februarie, ITiTS. 
 We doe thinck yf the foresail! ship, wi'" her masts, 
 yards, sailes, anckcrs, calilcs, and other talkie and 
 apparcll contcned in particulars, l)cfore sett downe in 
 this book, so as the same may be delivered according- 
 lic, to be worthc .... dec'' 
 
 We doe also thinck y' the v pcccs of brasse in this book 
 aftc spccefied, amonge the ordenance, to be worthe the 
 monyo they are rated at, and racto for her Ma^'" W' 
 tlior V cariadges, pertaining to them, w"'' dothe 
 amount unto the some of . . . cxxxij'' ij« xj'' 
 
 Totalis . dcccxxxij" ij" xj'' 
 
 And as touchinge th' other ordenance, and munitions conteyned in 
 this inventoryc, we doe not thinck them mete for her highness. 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 W. Wynter. Will"" Ilolstok. 
 More the ordenances and mimitiou put into the shippe, after she was 
 l)rought w^^ dide cost as followcth : — 
 
 Ordenans of brasse 
 Mynyones, ij waingo 22<'«t. 2'i" 4'i'' at 3'' per cwt. , £67 13 4 
 
 Fawcons, i waingo T'^'- 2'i''^- 14"'- at 3'' per cwt. . £22 17 6 
 
 Kaucons, ij wainge IT)''"'- at 40" S' por cwt. . . £Zd 
 
 And for the carriages of all 5 peces . . . £0 13 4 
 
 £132 4 2 
 
 Of cast yrone. 
 
 iSacres, viij waingo . . . .'i'on 12pwt. 
 
 Mynyons, j wainge . . . Unwt. 
 
 Fawcons, v wainge . . . 2'"" 2c"'- 
 
 Summa . . 8""' fl^wt. 
 
 At £12 a ton 
 And for 14 carriages, all . 
 Fowles, vj . . ) 
 
 Chambers to them, xij . J '^""^""^ ^^ ^''' 1^*-''-° ' 
 Munition, as followeth: — 
 
 (•wt. qrn. Ihg 
 
 Sacre shot, round, ij'vij . . . 10 1 (i 
 
 Fawcone shoto, rounde, Ixix . .12 4 
 
 i'9!) 
 17 13 
 
 4 
 
 30 
 
222 
 
 STATE PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE OUTFIT 
 
 Colveringo shot, rounde, xix 
 Mynion shot, rounde, xvij . 
 
 Summe waing . 
 At 10 shillings the cwt. 
 
 Crosbar shotte. 
 
 For sacres, xlix . 
 For fawcone, xxvij 
 For mynione, xj . 
 
 Summe . 
 At xxiij" per cwt. 
 
 Chayne shotte. 
 
 For sacres, 14 
 For fawcone, 7 
 
 1 2 4 
 2 14 
 
 i;j 3 18 
 
 cwt. i|rs. lbs. 
 
 3 1 
 
 1 1 
 
 2 14 
 
 5 14 
 
 cwt. qrs. lbs. 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 Summe . . I 
 
 At xxiij* . . , . 
 
 Stone shote. 
 For fowlers, liij, at xij'' . , . 
 
 Ladells w''> staves for sacres and mynion, 15, at xij'J 
 Sponges and staves for sacre, mynion, and faucon, 12, at 
 AJj"" ...... 
 
 Rammer staves, 20, at 8'^ . 
 
 Formers for sacre, mynion, and fawcone, 3, at G' 
 
 Armo., and weapon, and munitione. 
 Calivers, 38, whcrof 6 w^'out stoks. 
 Flaskes, 16 . ^ 
 
 Toche boxes, 10 . ( at 13''' 4^ . . . 
 
 Moldes, 20 . ) 
 
 Matche skines, weyinge cc''"' at 16 shillings the c 
 Bowes of ewe, 25, at 3^'' 8'' . 
 Shcfcs of arowes, xlv, at 2'*'» 
 Bow stringcs, dossen, vij, at 8'' 
 I'artezans, iiij, at 13"'' 4'' 
 Blackc byllcs, xvj, at xij'^ . 
 Pykes, 5, at 2"'' . 
 Crowes of yrone, 9, at 4'''' 
 Trunkes of wyldc fyer, ij, at 5'*'' 
 Balles, wilde fyer, 15, at 3''' 
 Arowes, wilde fyer, 11, at 1*'' 
 Pykes, wilde fyer, 5, at 5'<'' . 
 A drylle, j, at . 
 Tiiinpyous, 2i), at 1'' pece 
 
 liG 18 
 
 115 18 
 
 !i] 8 6 
 
 (il 13 
 
 no 15 
 
 liO 12 
 
 Ho 13 4 
 
 liO 1 6 
 
 li25 6 8 
 
 in 12 
 
 lU 11 8 
 
 HA 10 
 
 liO 4 8 
 
 li2 13 4 
 
 no 16 
 
 no 10 
 
 ni 16 
 
 no 10 
 
 n2 5 
 
 no 11 
 
 ni 5 
 
 //(» 1 
 
 no -2 a 
 
FOR THE TllIRU VOYAGE. 
 
 223 
 
 A gowge, j, at . 
 
 (Jhjssells, iiij, at dJ . » 
 
 Peckers for stone shot, j, at . 
 
 A sleilgc, j, at 
 
 Spare trockells, ix, at 12'' a pare 
 
 Summe this sydc 
 The last syde 
 
 Summe of all this, which costo 
 
 liO 6 
 
 HO 2 
 
 HO 6 
 
 ^tO 2 
 
 no 4 
 
 IW.i 5 8 
 
 li295 15 
 
 ;;345 8 
 
 8 G 
 
 I 
 
 6 8 
 
 12 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 1:5 
 
 4 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 U! 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 '") 
 
 
 
 11 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 .) 
 
 () 
 
 [Colonial, 133. Domestic Eliz., cxxx, No. 10.] 
 
 MARCH 20^^", 1578. VUOM MR. TIIO. ALLAN. THK "GABRIEIl" 
 PRICED AT LXXX£. MANYE THYNGS IN LOCKES HANBES TO 
 BE SOULD AND TO REE CALLED TO HIS REARE ACCOM PT. 
 
 My dewtie remembred : hit maye please youre honor to undarstando 
 that I have rcceved ij letters this daye from youre honor, the one 
 towchingc tl j ordenancc to he soldo, the other for the G 'iryell, wch letters 
 I ansurc. The ordenance ys solde by the bryngar hereof to one Clement 
 Draper for xij'' the towne, rcdye monye, as he saythe to me, he havingo 
 a lysence to transcporte the same, wich lysence yt maye please your 
 honor to sonde, and then the monye shalbe recevcd by mo, and pado 
 owte agayne to these men. Ilavinge some asystance vi^^ me of the 
 comyssioners at the payment there of wiche I desire to have IFor my 
 dyscharge acordinge to ordar. 
 
 Andc for the Oabryell, she was prascd by Mr. Locke and others at one 
 hundrethe and li pounds. I sawo yt to moche. I browght hire dowi.. 
 to c'' ; yet no mane wyll by here at that prycc, so I have offered hire 
 iiii^x'i, and that I do here that Mr. Furbusher haytho byden for hire ; 
 but I thingke redye monye ys owte of the waye w^'' hymc, so I sent 
 Clynton to knowe whether he wolde have hire or no, or else I wolde yt 
 myght please youre honor that Sr Nycolas Malbe maye have hire, and 
 paye vs this monye I thingke well of yt. 
 
 S'', I wolde these men weare pade; I ame sore trebled wt^'' them; 
 youre honor sonde them to me they sayc, and youre honor knowythe I 
 have no monye to paye them. I have had iij fytes of an agoo ; Gode 
 sunde nie to be quyte of yt. This is the gayne I do posesc by foUoyng 
 of this besynes. 
 
 Sr, there ys manye things to sell yett, wiche do lye and arc in Mr. 
 Lockes kepinge, and there ys no mane taketh charge or care of them, 
 and what he can sell he doythe, but pay the no mane a penye. It weare 
 very goode that youre honor wolde commande that all things myght 
 be solde owte of hande by a daie, and that Mr. Locke myght be 
 
224 
 
 STATK I'APKUS HI-.LATIVK TO THE OUTFIT 
 
 tlyschargcd, and that he myght then bryngke in his rcare acounte, and 
 so to dcalo w^i' hym, for that he doytho owe to the com[)anye, that men 
 myght be pade, and that yourc honor myght certenly knowe what ys 
 yet owynge to men, and agayn what ys owingc to vs to dyscharge them, 
 for yt doythe lyngar to longe for oure proffyt. This I take my leave of 
 youre honor, wryten this xx" of Marche, 1578. 
 
 Your honars to comavnde, 
 
 Thomas Allen. 
 To the Right Honorable S"" Frances AValsingham, 
 Knyght and prensepall Secretorye to the 
 Queues Ma^'^'. 
 20 March, 1678. 
 
 [Colonial, 95. Domestic Eliz, 
 
 THESE HAVE NOT PAYD Til 
 
 My Lord Admirall 
 
 My Lord Tresorer 
 
 My Lord Chamberlan 
 
 My Lord Leycestcr 
 
 My Lady Warrwyk 
 
 Mr. Secretarie Wulsingham 
 
 My Lady Anne Talbot 
 
 Sr John Brockett 
 
 Sr William Wyntar 
 
 S'' Leoncll Duckett 
 
 Mr. William Pcllham 
 
 Mr. Thomas Randolphe 
 
 Mr. Edward Dyar 
 
 Mr. Somers . 
 
 Mr. Coyar . 
 
 Anthony Juukynson 
 
 Jeffrey Turvyle 
 
 William Paintar 
 
 Richard Cowland 
 
 Mathew Fild 
 
 Thomas AUyn 
 
 Robert Martin 
 
 Christofer Androwes 
 
 Sf Thomas Grcsham 
 
 Martin Furbushcr 
 
 My Lord Camberlau, Whaterton 
 
 Thomas Owen 
 
 , cxxiv, No. 2.] 
 
 
 E 3 MAY 1578. 
 
 
 SUik I! 
 
 . ^135 
 
 iildingcs. 
 
 £20 
 
 . £35 
 
 
 . £135 
 
 £20 
 
 . £202 10 
 
 £30 
 
 . £32 10 
 
 
 . £G2 13 
 
 
 £38 15 
 
 £5 
 
 . £43 15 
 
 
 . £250 
 
 £40 
 
 . £67 10 
 
 
 . £67 10 
 
 £1(> 
 
 . £67 10 
 
 
 . £33 15 
 
 £5 
 
 
 £10 
 
 . £33 15 
 
 £5 
 
 £67 10 
 
 £10 
 
 . £67 10 
 
 £10 
 
 . £67 10 
 
 £10 
 
 £67 10 
 
 £10 
 
 . £32 10 
 
 
 . £67 10 
 
 £10 
 
 . £33 15 
 
 £5 
 
 . £33 15 
 
 £5 
 
 . £70 
 
 £40 
 
 . £67 10 
 
 £10 
 
 . £67 10 
 
 no 
 
 £1876 
 
 £260 
 
 . £33 15 
 
 £5 
 
THE THIRDE VOYAGE OF CAPTAINE FRO- 
 J3ISIIER, PRETENDED FOR THE DISCO VERIE 
 OF CATAYA, BY META INCOGNITA. ANNO 
 DO. 1578.* 
 
 The Gcncrall being returned from the second voyage, im- 
 mediatlye after hys arrival in Englandc repayred with all 
 haste to the Court, being then at Windsore, to advertise hir 
 ]\Iajcstie of his prosperous proceeding, and good succcssc 
 in this lastc voyage, and of the plenty of gold ore, with other 
 matters of importance which he haddc in these Scptentrionall 
 partes discovered. He was courteously entertcyned, and , 
 
 luutily welcomed of many noble men, but especially for his 
 great adventure commended of hir Majestic, at whose hands Krobisi.pr 
 
 , , 111 • ODriiiiifiriiled 
 
 he rccevved great thanks, and most sr^'itious countenance, nfiiir 
 according to his deserts. Hir Ilighncsse also greatly com- 
 mended the rest of the gentlemen in this service, for their 
 greac forwardncs in this so dangerous toyling and painefull 
 attempte : but espcciallyc she praysed and rejoiced, that The genti 
 
 men eum- 
 
 among them there was so good order of govcrncment, so 'nenJed. 
 good agreement, everye man so ready in his calling, to do 
 whatsoever the Gcncrall should commando, which due com- 
 mendation gratiously of hir Majestic rcmembrcd, gave so 
 gicate encouragement to all the captaincs and gentlemen, 
 that they, to continue hir highnessc so good and honorable 
 opinion of them, have since neither spared laboure, limme, 
 nor life, to bring this matter (so well begon) to a happie and 
 prosperous ende. And finding, that the matter of the gold 
 ore had appearance and made shew of great riches and pro- 
 tite, and the hope of y" jiassagc to Cataya, by this last voyage 
 * Another account of this voyage was written by Thomas Ellis. 
 
^26 
 
 THE Tin HI) VOYAOIi; 
 
 c<immi3- ffreatly encrcascd, hir Majestic appointed spcciall commis- 
 
 sioiioiH up- c) ./ .1 I i. 1 
 
 poititoato sioncrs, chosen for this purpose, ecntlcmen of great iudjje- 
 the ora ^ ""^ ^'"cnt, art, and skill, to looke thorowly into y'' cause, for 
 y® true trial and due examination thcrof, and for the full 
 handling of al matters thereunto appertaining. And bicausc 
 that place and countrcy, hathe never heretofore bin dis- 
 covered, and therefore had no spcciall name, by which it 
 BivoTtoUio might be called and known, hir jVfajcstie named it very pro- 
 discovered, perly 3Ie(a Incog^iita, as a mark and bounds utterly hitherto 
 unknown. The commissioners after sufficient triall and 
 prooffe made of ye ore, and having understood by sundrie 
 reasons, and substanciall grounds, the possibilitic and likeli- 
 hoode of y^ passage, advertised hir highncsse, that the cause 
 was of importance, and y« voyage gretly worthy to be ad- 
 vanced again. Whereupon preparation was made of ships 
 and al other things necessary, with such expedition, as 
 Yp time of the year then required. And bycause it was as- 
 suredly made accompt of, that the commoditie of mines, there 
 already discovered, would at y" least countervaile in all 
 respects, the adventurers charge, and give further hope and 
 likelihood of greter matters to follow : it was thought need- 
 ful, both for the better guard of those parts already found. 
 The hope of ^^j ("qj. fm>thcr discovcry of the inland and sccreats of those 
 
 the pftSRftge •' 
 
 to cntiija. countries, and also for further search of y® passage to Cataya 
 (wherof the hope continually more and more encrcaseth) 
 that certain numbers of chosen soldiers and discrecte men for 
 those purposes should be assigned to inhabite there. Where- 
 
 Afnrtotobe upon tlicrc was a strong forte or house of timber, artificially 
 
 built in ' , " ^ 'J 
 
 Mela ill- framed, and cunningly devised by a notable learned man 
 here at home, in ships to be carryed thither, whcrby those 
 men that were appointed there to winter and make their 
 abode y® whole yeare, might as wel be defended from the 
 danger of y'' falling snow and coldc ayre, as also to be fortified 
 from the force or offence of those countrie people, which 
 perhaps otherwise with too greate companycs and multitudes 
 
OF CAPTAIN FROniSIlER. 
 
 227 
 
 might oppresse them. And to this greate adventure and 
 notable exploit, many well minded and forward yong gentle- 
 men of our countrey willingly have offered themselves. And 
 first Captaine Fenton, Lieutenant Gcncrall for Captaine 
 Frobisher, and in charge of the company with him there, 
 Captaine Beste, and Captaine Filpot, unto whose good dis- 
 cretions the government of that service was chiefly com- 
 mended, who, as men not regarding perill in respect of the 
 profitc and common wealth of their countrie, were willing to 
 abide the firste brunte and adventure of those daungers 
 among a savage and brutishe kinde of people, in a place 
 hitherto ever thought for extreme cold not habitable. The 
 whole number of men whiche had offered, and were appointed 
 to inhabite Meta Incognita al the yeare, were one hundreth a lumdreth 
 
 <^ •' ' nien ap- 
 
 persons, whcrof xl shouldc be marriners, for the use of ships, {Xlbu ^^ 
 oO miners for gathcringe the goldc ore togyther for the nexte ""*' 
 yeare, and 30 souldiers for the better guarde of the restc, 
 within which last number are included the gentlemen, gold- 
 finerSj bakers, carpenters and all neecssarye persons. To 
 cche of ye captaines was assigned one ship, as well for the 
 further searching of the coast and countrie there, as for to 
 returne and bring backe their companies againe, if the 
 nccessitie of the place so urged, or by miscarying of the 
 fleete in the yeare following, they mighte be disappointed of 
 their further provision. 
 
 Being therefore thus furnished with all necessaries, there 
 were ready to depart upon the said voyage xv sayle of good Kifieene 
 shippes, whereof the whole number was to returne agayne 
 with their loadinge of gold ore in the end of the sommer, 
 except those three bhips, which should be left for the use of 
 those captaynes whiche should inhabite there the whole 
 yeare. And being in so good readynesse, the Generall, with 
 all the captaynes came to the court, then lying at Grecne- 
 wich, to take their leave of hir JNIajcstic, at whose hands they 
 all receyvcd greate encouragemcnte and gracious coun- 
 
 q2 
 
228 
 
 TIIR THIRD VOYAGR 
 
 tenance. II ir Ilighnesse, besides other good giftcs, and 
 A ciiByne of greater promises, bestowed on the Gcnerall a fairc cheync 
 
 RolJ given ,. i, 11 n , . i-ii-ii 1 
 
 t.) I'lo- 01 fcoul, and the rest or the captaines kissed hir hande, tooke 
 
 bishor. . 
 
 their leave, and departed every man towardcs their charge. 
 
 THE NAMES OF THE SHIPPES, WITH THEIR SEVERALL 
 
 CATTAYNES. 
 
 Captaync Frobisher. 
 
 1. In the ^yc/e being Admirall was ") 
 
 the Generall - - j 
 
 2. In the Tho. Allen, Viceadmirall Ca. Yorke. 
 
 3. In the Judith, Lieutenant Generall Ca. Fenton. 
 
 Ca. Best. 
 
 Ca. Curew. 
 Ca. Filpot. 
 Ca. Tanfield. 
 Ca. Courtney. 
 Ca. Moylcp. 
 Ca. Upcot. 
 Ca. Newton 
 Ca. Randal. 
 Ca. Kendall. 
 Ca. Harvey. 
 Ca. Kinnersley. 
 
 4. In the Anne Frances - 
 
 5. In the Hopewell 
 
 6. In the Beare 
 
 7. In the Thomas, of Ipswich 
 a. In the Emanuell, of Exceter 
 9. In the Frances, of Foy 
 
 10. In the Moone - 
 
 11. In the JS'ma, of Bridgewater 
 
 12. In the Salomon, of Weymouth 
 
 13. In the barkc Dennis - 
 
 14. In the Gahriell 
 
 15. In the Michaell 
 
 The sayd xv sayle of shippes arrived and mette togyther 
 at Harwitch, the seauen and twentith day of May, anno 
 1578, where the Generall and the other Captaynes made 
 view, and mustered theyr companyes. And every severall 
 Captaine receyved from the Generall certayne articles of 
 direction, for the better keeping of order and company to- 
 gitlier in the way, which articles are as followeth : — 
 
 Articles and orders to be observed for the fleete, set downe 
 by Captaync Frobisher, Gcnerall, and delivered in writing 
 to every Captaync, as well for keeping company as for the 
 course, the 31 of May. 
 
 1. Inprimis, to bauishe swearinge, dice, and card-playing. 
 
OF CAPTAIN FlU)niSH?:R. 
 
 22J) 
 
 lowne 
 
 the 
 
 and filthy communication, and to serve God twice a day, 
 with the ordinarie service, usuall in churches of England, 
 and to clcare the glasse,* according to the old order of 
 England. 
 
 2. The Admirall shall carric the light, and after his light 
 be once put out, no man to go a head of liim, but every 
 man to fitte his sayles to follow as ncere as they may, with- 
 out dangering one another. 
 
 3. That no man shall by day or by night depart further 
 from the Admirall than the distance of one English mile 
 and as ncere as they may withoutc daunger one of another. 
 
 4. If it chance to growe thicke and the wind contraric, 
 eyther by daye or by night, that the Admirall be forced to 
 cast aboute, before hir casting aboute, she shal gyve warn- 
 ing by shooting off a pecce, and to him shall answere the 
 Vize-admirall and the Rcre- admirall with every one of them 
 a peece, if it be by nighte or in a fogge, and that the Vize- 
 admirall shall aunswerc firstc and the Rcre-admirall last. 
 
 5. That no man in the fleetc descrying any sayle or sayles, 
 give uppon anye occasion anye chace, before he have spoken 
 with the Admirall. 
 
 G. That everye evening all the flecte come uppe and 
 spcake with che Admirall at seaven of the clocke, or be- 
 tweene that and eyght, and if weather will not serve them 
 all to speake with the Admirall, then some shall come to the 
 Vize-admirall, and receyve your order of your course of 
 Maister Hall, chiefe pylot of the flecte, as he shall direct you. 
 
 7. If to any man in the flecte there happen any mischance, 
 they shall presently shoote off two pccccs by day, and if it 
 be by night two pceccs, and shew two lightes. 
 
 8. If any man in y^ flecte come up in y" night, and hale 
 his fellow, knowing him not, he shall give him this watch- 
 
 • In Earl Essex's expedition to Cadiz, Dr. Marbeck records that " to in- 
 culcate discipline and subordination, and to impress the sacrinlness of their 
 cause, the Lord Admiral had service performed three times a day, in ihe 
 niornin;^, in the evening, and at bed-time, at the clearing of the glasse. 
 
 In ISlanekley's Naval Expositor, 1750, under "Glasses Wutcii," will be 
 found " Being fouihours governs them at sea for ehauiging the watch." 
 
mm 
 
 230 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 word, Before the world waa God. The other shall aunswcre 
 him, if he be one of our flcete, After God, came Christ, his 
 Sonne. So that if anye be founde amongst us, not of oure 
 owne company, he that firste dcscrycth anye suche saylc or 
 sayles shall give warning to the Admirall by himsclfe or any 
 other that he can spcake to that sailes better than he, being 
 necrcst unto him. 
 
 9. That every ship in the flcete in the time of foggcs, 
 whiche continually happen with little winds and most parte 
 calmcs, shall kcepe a reasonable noyse with trumpet, drumme, 
 or otherwise to kcepe themselves clccre one of another. 
 
 10. If it fall out thicke or misty that we lay it to hull, 
 the Admirall shall give warning by a peece, and putting out 
 three lightes one over another, to the endc that every man 
 may take in his sayles, and at his setting of sayles agaync 
 do the like, if it be not cleare. 
 
 ] 1. If any man discover land by nighte, that he give the 
 like warning that he doth for mischances, two lightes and 
 two peeces, if it be by day one peece, and putte out hys 
 flaggc and strike all his sayles he hath aboorde. 
 
 12. If any shyppe shall happen to lose company by force 
 of weather, then anye suche shippe or shippcs shall gctte 
 hir into the latitude of and so keep that latitude, untyll 
 they gctte Frcesclandc. And after they be past the west 
 partes of Frcesclandc, they shall gctte them into the latitude 
 of and and not to the northwarde of and 
 beeing once cntrcd within the straytcs, all suclie shippes 
 shall cverye watche shoote off a good peece, and lookc out 
 well for smoke and fire, whych those that gctte in first shall 
 make every night, untill all the flcete bee come togithcr. 
 
 13. That uppon the sighte cf an cnsignc in the mast of 
 the Admirall, a pccce shotte of the whole flcete shall rcpaire 
 to the Admirall, to understande such conference as the 
 Generall is to have with them. 
 
 14. If we chance to meet with any enemies, that foure 
 shippcs shall attend uppon the Admirall, viz.— the Frances 
 
OF CAPTAIN I'llOHISHEU. 
 
 231 
 
 of Foy, the Moone, the barke Dennis, and the Gabricll : 
 and fourc upon my Lieutenant Gcncrall in the Judith, viz. 
 — the Ilopciocll, the Armcnall, the Beare, and the Salomon: 
 and the other foure upon the Vize-admirall — the Anne 
 Frances, the Thovuts of Ipswich, the Emanuell, and the 
 3IichaclL 
 
 15. If there happen any disordered person in the fleete, 
 that he be taken and kept in safe custodie until he may con- 
 veniently be brought aboorde the Admindl, and there to 
 receive such punishment as his or their oft'ences shal deserve. 
 
 By me, Martin e Fkobisher. 
 
 force 
 gcttc 
 
 fourc 
 ranees 
 
 OURE DKrAUTURE FROM ENGLAND. 
 
 Having received these articles of direction, we departed 
 from Harwich the one and thirtith of May ; and, sayling 
 alongst the south partes of England westward, wee at length 
 came by the coast of Ireland, at Cape Clcare, the sixth of 
 June, and gave chace there to a small barke, which was 
 supposed to be a pyrat or rover on the seas ; but it fell out 
 in deede that they were poore men of Bristowe, who hadde 
 mette with suchc company of Frenchmen as had spoylcd 
 and slayne manye of them, and left the rest so sore wounded 
 that they were lyke to pcrishe in the sea, havyng neyther 
 hande nor foote hole, to helpe themselves withall, nor 
 victuals to susteyne theyr hungrie bodyes. Oure Generall, 
 who well understandeth the office of a souldioure and an 
 Englishman, and knoweth well what the necessity of thcAp,,ftjit. 
 sea meaneth, pitying much y" miserie of the poore men, re- * " 
 leived them with surgcrie and salves, to heale their hurtes, 
 and with meate and drinke to comfort their pining hartes. 
 Some of them having neither eatc nor drinke more than 
 olives and stinking water in many days before (as they re- 
 ported). And after this good deed done, havinge a large 
 winde, we kept our course uppon our sayde voyage withoute 
 staying for the taking in of freshe water or any other pro- 
 
232 
 
 TIIK TIIIUI) VOYAOK 
 
 Miiikn thjH 
 
 Glll'lUllt. 
 
 WcRBt 
 Knglnnd. 
 
 vision, whereof many of the flcctc were not thorouf^hly 
 furnislicd (and sayling towardes the north-west partes from 
 IrcLind, wc mcttc with a great currantc from outc of the 
 south-west, which carryed us (by our reckoning) one point 
 to the north-cstwardes of our said course, which currant 
 seemed to us to continue itselfe towards Norway and other 
 the north-cast partes of the world, whereby we may be in- 
 duced to believe that this is the same whiche the Portugallcs 
 meetc at Capo d'Buona Speranza, where, striking over from 
 thence to the Straytes of IMagcllanes, and finding no passage 
 there for the narrowncssc of the sayde Straytes, runnctii 
 alongst into the greate Bay of Mexico, where, also having a 
 let of lande it is forced to strike backc agayne towardes the 
 north-east, as we not only heere, but in another place also, fur- 
 ther to the northwardcs, by good experience this yeare have 
 founde, as shall be hcereaftcr in his place more at large 
 declared. 
 
 Nowe had wee sayled aboute fou.ctccne daycs withoute 
 sight of any land or any other living thing, except certaync 
 fowles, as wylmots, nodies, guiles, etc., whiche there secmc 
 only to live by sea. 
 
 The twentith of June, at two of the clockc in the morning, 
 the Generall descrycd land and found it to be Weast Freese- 
 lande, now named AVcast England. Ilecrc the Generall and 
 other gentlemen wentc ashoare, being the fyrste knowen 
 Christians that we have true notice of, that ever set foote 
 upon that ground ; and therefore the Generall tokc posses- 
 sion thereof to the use of our Sovcraigne Lady the Qucenes 
 JNIajcstic, and discovered heere a goodly harboroagh for the 
 shippes, where were also ccrtaine little boats of that coun- 
 trey. And being there landed, they espied certayne tents 
 and people of that countrey which were (as they judge) in all 
 sortes, very like those of Meta Incognita, as by theyr apparcU 
 and other things wliych we found in theyr tentcs appeared. 
 
 The savage and simple people, so soone as they percey vcd 
 
OF CAPTAIN FHOUISUKR, 
 
 2'.i3 
 
 our men comnunpj towardcs them (supposing there luul bin 
 no other worldc but theirs), flcddc fearfully away, ns men 
 muchc amazed at so strange a sight, and creatures of humane 
 shape, so farre in apparell, eomplexion, and other things 
 differentc from themscdves. They left in their tents all their 
 furniture for haste behindc them, where, amongst other 
 things, were founde a boxc of small nayles and certaino 
 redde hearings, boordes of firrc tree well cutte, with dyvcrs 
 other things artificially wrougiitc, whereby it appeareth that 
 they have trade with some civill j)eoplc, or else arc in deedc 
 themselves artificiall workemen. 
 
 Ourc mcnne broughtc awayc wyth them onelyc two of 
 theyr dogges, leaving in recompcnce belles, looking glasses, 
 and dyvers of oure countrey toyes behynde them. 
 
 This countrie no doubtc promiscth good hope of great 
 commoditie and riches, if it maye be well discovered. 'J"he 
 description whereof you shall finde more at large in my 
 seconde booke, page 5. 
 
 Some are of opinion that this Weast Englande is firme 
 land with the north-cast partes of Meta Incognita, or else 
 with Gronclande. A. id their reason is, bicause the people, 
 apparell, boates, and other things are so like to theirs ; and 
 ani)ther reason is, the multitude of islands of ise whychc lay 
 betweene it and Meta Incognita, doeth argue, that on the 
 north side there is a bay, whych cannot be but by conjoining 
 of these two landes togither. 
 
 And havingc a fayre and large windc, wee departed from 
 thence towardes Frobyshers Straites, the three and twentith 
 of June. But fyrste we gave name to a hyghe cliffc in 
 Weast England, the laste that was in oure sight, and for a 
 ccrtaine similitude we called it Charingc Crosse. Then we ( imiing 
 
 CrosBc. 
 
 bare southerly towardes the sea, bycause to the northwardes 
 of this coaste wee mctte wyth niuclie driving ise, whiclie by 
 reason of the thicke miates and weather might have bin some 
 trouble unto us. 
 
234 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGK 
 
 A wli.ale 
 Htroko 11 
 ship. 
 
 Frobishera 
 
 slriiitcs 
 (•111 Ufil up 
 Willi ice. 
 
 Si>"e wnlc 
 oiuiiiot \ 
 fi'uttue. 
 
 On Monclity, the laste of June, wee mette with manye 
 greate whales, as they hackle beene porposes. 
 
 This same clay the Salamander being under both hir 
 corses and bonets, hapned to strike a greate whale with hir 
 full stemme, wyth such a blow, that the ship stoode stil and 
 stirred neither forwarde nor backward. The whale thereat 
 made a great and ugly noise, and caste up his body and 
 tayle, and so went under water, and within two dayes after 
 there was foundc a greate whale dead, swimminj^ Tvbove 
 water, which we supposed was that the Salamander stroke. 
 
 The seconde daye of July, early in the morning, wee had 
 sight of the Queenes Forelande, and bare in with the lande 
 all the daye, and passing thorow great quantitie of ise by 
 nighte, were entered somewhat within the straites, per- 
 cieving no waye to passe further in, the whole place being 
 frosen over from the one side to the other, and as it were 
 with many wallcs, mountaines, and bulwarkes of ysc, 
 choakcd uppe the passage, and denied us entrance. And 
 yet do 1 not thinke that this passage or the sea hercaboutcs, 
 is frosen over at any time of the yeare ; albeit it seemed so 
 unto us by the abundance of ise gathered together, whyche 
 occupycd the whole place. But I do rather suppose these 
 ise to be bredde in the hollowe soundcs and freshets there- 
 aboutes, whyche, by the heate of the sommers sunne beeing 
 loosed, doe emptic themselves wyth the cbbes into the sea, 
 and so gather in great abundance there togither. 
 
 And to speake somewhat here of the auncient opinion of 
 the frosen sea in these partes, I doe thinke it to be rather a 
 bare conjecture of menne, than that ever anye manne hatho 
 made experience of anye such soa. And that whiche they 
 speake of Mare Glaciale may be truly thought lo be spoken 
 of these parts ; for this inaye well be called indeede the 
 Ysie Sea, but not the Frosen Sea, for no sea consisting of salte 
 water can be frosen, as I have more at large herein shewed 
 my opinion in my seconde booke, page G ; for it seemcth im- 
 
OF CAPTAIN FUOniSIIER. 
 
 235 
 
 possible for any sea to be frozen which hath his course of 
 ebbing and flowing, cspeciallye in those places where the tides 
 doc ebbe and flowc above tonne fadome. And also all these 
 aforesaide :'se, which we sometime met a hundreth mile from 
 lande, beirg gathered out of the salt sea, are in taste fresh, 
 and being dissolved, become sweet and holesomc water. 
 
 The cause why thys yeare we have bernc more combred 
 with ise (than at other times before) may be by reason of the 
 easterly and southerly windes, whyche brought us more 
 timely thither now than we looked for. Whiche blowing 
 from the sea directlye uppon the place of our straites, hath 
 kept in the ise, aiAl not suffered them to be caryed out by 
 the ebbe to the mainc sea, where they woulde in more shorte 
 time have l)ccn dissolved. And all those fleeting ise arc not 
 onelyc so daungcrous, in that they winde and gather so 
 neare togithcr that a man may passe sometimes tenne or 
 twelve myles as it were uppon one lii me ilande of ise, but 
 also for that they open and shutte togithcr againe in suchc 
 sorte wyth the tydes and sea-gate, that whilest one shippc 
 foUoweth the other wyth full sayles, the ise whyche was 
 open unto the foremoste will joyne and close togyther be- 
 Ibrc the latter can come to followe the fyrstc, whereby 
 manye tymes ourc shippes were broughte into greate danger 
 as becing not able so sodaincly to take in oure sayles, or 
 staye the swifte way of oure shippes. 
 
 We were forced manye tymes to stemme and strike great 
 rockcs of ise, and so as it were make way through mightyc 
 mountaines, by which means some of the flecte, where they 
 foundc the yse to open, entred in, and passed bo farre with- 
 in the daunger thereof, with continuall desire to recover 
 their post, t.hat it was the greatest wonder of the world that 
 they ever escaped safe, or were ever heard of againe. I'or 
 even at this present, we missed two of the flcete, that is, the 
 Jndif/i, wherein was the Lieutenant Generall C'aptaino 
 Fenton, and the MichacU, whome both we supposed luidd« 
 
230 
 
 THE THIUD VOYAiiK 
 
 nork 
 
 Iirnnyn 
 Biiiik. 
 
 bene utterlyc lost, having noi heard any tydlngs of them in 
 moe than twcntie daycs afore. 
 
 And one of our fleetc named the barke De7inys, being of 
 an hundrcth tunnc burden, seeking way in amongst these 
 ise, received such a blowe with a rocke of ise, that she sunke 
 downe therewith, in the sighte of tlic whole flcctc. IIow- 
 beit, having signified hir daunger by shooting of a pecce of 
 great ordlnaunce, newe succour of other shippcs came so 
 readily unto them, that the men were al saved with boates. 
 
 Within this shippe that was drowned there was parcel of 
 iiuuBc lout, our house, whiche was to be erected for them that shoulde 
 stayc all the winter in iMeta Incognita. 
 
 Thys was a more fcarcfull spectacle for the flc^ete to be- 
 holde, for that the outragious storme, whiche prescntlyc 
 followed, threatened them the like fortune and daunger. 
 For the ficete being thus compassed (as aforesayde) on every 
 side with ise, having left muchc bchynde them, through 
 M'hich they had passed, and finding more before them, 
 through which it was not possible to passe, there arose a 
 sodaine and terrible tempest at the southeast, which blowing 
 from the mayne sea directlye upon the place of the straytes, 
 brought togither all the yse aseaborde of us upon our backs, 
 and thereby debardc us of turninge backc to recover sea 
 roome againe: so that being thus compassed with danger on 
 every side, sundrie men with sundrie devises sought the 
 best way to save themselves. Some of the shij , where 
 they could find a place more cleare of ise, and get a little 
 berth of sea roome, did take in their styles, and there lay 
 adrift. Other some fastened and mored ancker uppon a 
 great iland of ise, and roade under the lee thereof, supposing 
 to be better garded thereby from the outrageous windcs and 
 the daunger of the lesser fleeting ise. And againe some 
 were so fast shut up and compassed in amongst an infinite 
 number of great countreys and Hands of ise, that they were 
 fayne to submit themselves arid their ships to the mcrcie of 
 
OF CAPTAIN B'ROIMSHER. 
 
 237 
 
 the unmcrcifuU isc, and strengthened the sides of their ships 
 with junckes of caLlcs, beds, masts, pLinckes, and suchlike, 
 wliichc being hanged overboord, on the sides of their 
 shippes, mighte the better defende them from the outrage- 
 ous sway and strokes of the said ise. But as in greatest 
 distrcsse, men of best value are best to be discerned, so it is 
 greatly worthy commendation and noting with what in- 
 vincible mind every captayne encouraged his company, and 
 with what incredible labour the paynefuU mariners and 
 poore miners (unacquainted with suchc extremities), to the 
 everlasting renoune of our nationj dyd overcome the brunt 
 of these so greate and extreame daungers ; for some, even 
 without boorde uppon the isc, and some within boorde, 
 iippon the sides of their shippes, having poles, pikes, peeces 
 of timber, and ores in their hands, stoode almost day and 
 night, withoute anyc rest, bearing off the force, and break- 
 ing the sway of the ise, with suche incredible payne and 
 pcrill that it v/as wonderfuU to behold, which otherwise no 
 doubt had striken quite through and through the sides of 
 their shippes, notwithstanding our former provision; for 
 plancks of timber, of more than three ynches ihick, and 
 other things of greater force and bignesse, by the surging 
 of the sea and billow, with the ise were shevercd and cutte 
 in sunder at the sides of oure shippes, that it will seeme 
 more than credible to be reported of And yet (that which 
 is more) it is faythfully and playuely to be proved, and that 
 l)y many substantiall witnesses, that our shippes, even those 
 of greatest burdens, with the meeting of contrary waves of 
 till; sea, were heaved up betweeiie ilandes of ise a foote wcl- 
 ncere out of the sea above theii watermarke, having their 
 knees and timbers within boorde both bowed and broken 
 therewith. 
 
 And amidst th(!sc extremes, whilest some laboured for de- 
 fence of the chippes and sought to save their bodyes, other- 
 some of more mylder spirit soughte to save the soulc by 
 
238 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 dcvoutc prayer and mediation to tlic Almightic, thinking in- 
 dcedc by no other mcanes possible than by a divine miracle 
 to havo their deliverance ; so that there was none that were 
 eythcr ydle or not well occui)icd, and hee that hclde him- 
 solfe in best securitie had (God knoweth) but only bare 
 hope reniayning for his best safetie. 
 
 Thus all the gallant flcete and miserable men, without 
 hope of ever getting forth agayne, distressed with these ex- 
 tremities, rcmayncd heerc all the whole night and parte of 
 the next day, excepting foure shippes, that is, the Amic 
 Frcmccs, the Moonc, the Frances of Foy, and the Gahridl, 
 which being somewhat a seaboorde of the flcete, and bccing 
 fast ships, by a winde, having a more scope of cleere, i''ycd 
 it out all the time of the stormc under sayle, bccyng hardly 
 able to bcarc a coast of each. 
 
 And albeit, by reason of the fleeting ise, whych were 
 dispersed hccrc almost the whole sea over, they were 
 broughte manye times to the extreamcst poynte of perill, 
 mountaynes of ise tenne thousandc tymes scaping them 
 scarce one ynch, whiche to have stricken, had bin thcjyr 
 prcscnte destruction, considering the swiftc course and way 
 of the shippcs, and the unwildynesse of them to stay and 
 turne as a man would wish. Yet they esteemed it their 
 better safetie, with such perill to secke scaroomc, than with- 
 out hope of ever getting libertie, to lie striving against y° 
 strcame, and beating amongst th isie mountaines, whose 
 hugenesse, and monstrous grcatncssc was suche, that no man 
 woulde credite, but such as to their paynes sawc and felt it. 
 And these foure shippcs by the next day at noone, gote out 
 to sea, and were fyrste cleere of the ise, who nowe enjoying 
 thcyr own libertie, bcganne anew to sorrowe and fearc for 
 their fellowes safeties. And devoutely kneeling aboute theyr 
 mayne mast, gave unto God humble thanks, not only for 
 themselves, but besought him lykewise highly for theyr 
 friends deliverance. And even nowe, whilest amiddesl these 
 
OF CAPTAIN FKOlilSHER. 
 
 2.39 
 
 extremities, thys gallant flectc and valiant men were alto- 
 f^ither«ovcr laboured, and forcwatchcd, with the long and 
 fcarcfull continuance of the forcsayde dangers, it pleased 
 God with his eyes of mercic to lookc downe from heaven, to 
 scndo them help in good time, giving them the next daye a 
 more favourable wind at the west northwest, whiche did not 
 only disperse and drive forthe the ise before them, but also 
 gave them libcrtie of more scope and searoomc, and were by 
 night of the daye following perceyved of the other fourc 
 shippcs, where to their greatest comfort they enjoyed agaync 
 the fellowship of one another. Some in mending the sides 
 of thcyr shippcs, some in setting up their toppe mastcs, and 
 mending thcyr saylcs and tacklings. Agaync, some com- 
 playning of thcyr false stemmc borne away, some in stopping 
 their l(;akcs, some in recounting their dangers past, spent no 
 small time and labour, that I dare well avouche, there were 
 never men more daungerously distressed, nor more merci- 
 fully by God's Providence delivered. And heere of both 
 the torn shippcs, and the forwcerycd bodyes of the men 
 arrived, doe bcarc most cvidcnte niarke and witness. And 
 now the whole flectc plyed off to seaward, resolving there to 
 abide, untill the sunne might consume (or the force of wind 
 disperse) these ise from the place of thcyr passage : and 
 becing a good berth off the shore, they took in their saylcs, 
 and lay adrift. 
 
 The scaventh of July, as men nothing yet dismayed, we 
 cast about towards the inward, and had sigVitc of landc, 
 which rose in forme like the northerlande of the straytcs, 
 which some of the flectc, and those not the worst marriners, 
 iudged to be the north forlandc : howbcit, other some were 
 of contrary opinion. IJut the matter was not well to be 
 (lisccrncd, by reason of the thickc foggc, whiche along tim<; 
 hung uppon the coast, and the ncwc falling snowe which 
 ycarcly altercth the shape of the land, and takcth away 
 oftentimes the marriners markes. And by reason of the 
 
 Aiiiitlinr 
 
 ilKsllUlt. 
 
 Foif, Hti'iw, 
 ami Uii^i.H 
 liimli'i' ilio 
 iiiHt'iiier3 
 marks. 
 
(> 
 
 10 
 
 THK Till HI) VOYAf;K 
 
 darkc mists, whichc continued by the space of twenty daycs 
 togither, this doubt grew the greater and the longer jjerillous. 
 For whcras indecde \vc thouglit our selves to be upon the 
 northeast side ot Frobisliers straytcs, we were now carried to 
 the southwcstwards of tlie (iuecnes forlande, and being de- 
 ceyvcd by a swift currant comming from the northeast, were 
 brought to the southwcstwards of our sayd course, many 
 miles more than we dyd thinke possible could come to passe. 
 The cause whereof we have since found, and shall be at large 
 licreaftcr declared. 
 
 Here we made a poynt of land, which some mistooke for a 
 place in the straytcs, called Mount Warwicke : butliowc wc 
 shoulde be so farre shottc up so suddaynely within tVie sayde 
 straytcs, the expertest mariners began to marvcll, thinking 
 it a thing impossible, that they couhh; be so farre overtaken 
 A ciimiiit. in their accompts, or that any currant coulde so deceyve 
 them heere, whichc they had ur)t by former experience 
 proved and found out. Ilowbeit, many confcesed, that they 
 founde a swifter course of floud than before time they bad 
 observed. And truly it was wonderfuU to heare and see the 
 rushling and noysc that the tydes do make in thys place, 
 ■with so violente a force that our shippes lying a hull, wcire 
 turned sometimes rounde aboute even in a momente, after 
 the manner of a whiilpool, and the noysc of tlie streame no 
 Icsse to be hcardc a farre off, than the waterfall of London 
 Ih'idgc. 
 
 But whilest the flectc lay thus douljtfull amongst grcatc 
 store of isc in a place they knewe not, withoute sighte of 
 sunne, whereby to take the height, and so to know the true 
 elevation of the pole, and withoute any cloare of lightc to 
 make perfite the coast, the Generall with the captayncs and 
 maysters of liis shippes beganue doubtfully to question of 
 the matter, and sent his pinnesse aboorde to heare cache 
 mans opinion, and specially of James licare, mayster of the 
 Anne Frances, who was knowen to be a sufficient and skilfull 
 
 .Tiim''H 
 ■iiitiini'r 
 
nV CAPTAIN FROBISHKR. 
 
 241 
 
 ;,ratc 
 [u-. of 
 
 true 
 Uc to 
 and 
 Ion of 
 
 jachc 
 If tlic 
 
 11 full 
 
 mariner, and having l)in there the ycare before, had well 
 observed the place, and drawnc out cardcs of the coast, liiit 
 the rather this matter grew the more doubtful, for that 
 Christopher Ilall, ehicife pylot of the voyage, delivered a <'Mnv^\>h«r 
 
 ' ' -^ J n ' 11,11 ,.),|u| 
 
 plaine and publike opinion in the hearinge of the wliole ''^'"^• 
 fleetc, that he had never scene the foresayd coast before, 
 and that he could not make it for any place of Frohishers 
 straitcs, as some of the fleete supposed, and yet the lands do 
 lye and trend so like, that the best mariners therin may be 
 deceived. 
 
 The tenth of July, the weather still continuing thicke 
 and darkc, some of the shippes in the fogge loste sighte of 
 the Admirall and the rest of the fleete, and, wandering too 
 and fro with doubtful opinion whether it were best to seeke 
 backe againc to seaward through great store of ise, or to 
 follow on a doubtful! course in a sea, bay, or straytes, they 
 knew not, or alongst a coast, whereof by reason of the darke 
 mists they could not discern the daungers, if by chance any 
 rock or broken ground should lye of the place as commonly 
 in these partes it doth. 
 
 The Vize-admirall, Captayne Yorkc, considering the fore- 
 sayd opinion of the pylot. Hall, who was with him in the 
 Thomas Allen, having lost sight of the fleete, turned back 
 to sea agayne, having two other shippes in eoinpany with 
 him. 
 
 Also the Captaine of the Anne Frannccs having likewise 
 lost companye of the fleete, and being all alone, heldc it for 
 best to turne it out to sea agayne, untyll they mighte have 
 clecre weather to take the sunnes altitude, and wilh in- 
 credible payne and perill got out of the doubtfidl place into 
 tlu; open sea agayne, being so narrowly dit-tressed by the 
 w.iy by meanes of continuall fogge and ise, that they were 
 liiaiiy times ready to leape upon the iland of ise to avoyde 
 the present daunger, and so hopyng to prolong life awhile, 
 inc;inte rather to dye a pining death. 
 
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242 
 
 rilK TIUKI) VOYAOK 
 
 llRI'l HlilflH 
 to HIIVU 
 
 ueim llvoR. 
 
 Mint Alien 
 NiruitH. 
 
 COUlll tlllVI) 
 pIlKXl'li to 
 
 C'uluyH. 
 
 I''nii open 
 way. 
 
 Some hoped to save themselves on chestes, and some de- 
 termined to tye the hatches of the sliippes fast togytlier and 
 to byndc themselves wyth tlieyr furniture fast thereunto, 
 and so to be towed with the shipboat ashore, wiiyche other- 
 wise could not receyve hulfe of the companye ; by vhichc 
 means, if happilie they hadde arrived, tliey shoulde eythcr 
 liave perished for lackc of foodc to eate, or else shoulde 
 themselves have bene eaten of those ravenous, bloudye, and 
 man-eating jjeople. 
 
 The rest of the fleete following the course of the Gencrall, 
 whyche ledde them the way, passed up above 00 leagues 
 within the sayd doubtfull and supposed straytes, havyng al- 
 wayes a fayre continente uppon their starrc.-boorde sydc, and 
 a continuance still of an open sea before them. 
 
 The Generall, albeit with the fyrste perchance he found 
 out the error, and that this was not the old straytes, yet he 
 persuaded the fieete alwayes that they were in tlieyr righte 
 course and knowne straytes. Ilowbeit, I suppose he rather 
 dissembled his opinion therein than otherwyse, meaning by 
 that policie (being hymself ledde with an honorable desire of 
 further discoveriej to enduce y'' fleete to follow him to see a 
 further prooie of that place. And, as some of the company 
 reported, he hath since confessed that, if it had not bin for 
 the charge and care he had of y'- fleete and fraughted 
 shippes, he both \vould and could have gone through to the 
 south se: called Mare del 8ur, and dissolved tin; long 
 doubt of the passage wliich we sceke to find to the rich 
 countrey of Cataya. 
 
 1. Of which mistaken straytes, considering the circum- 
 stance, we have great cause to confirme our opinion to like 
 and hope well of the passage in this place. For the fore- 
 saidc bay or sea the further we sayled therein the wyder we 
 found it, with great likelyhoodc of endlesse continuanc^j. 
 And wherein other places we were muche troubled wyth 
 ise, as in the entrance of the same, so after we liad sayh-d 00 
 
OF (ATTAIN FHOmSHKR. 
 
 243 
 
 |(jircuin- 
 to like 
 no forc- 
 ed (;i- wo 
 Inuunc^. 
 1(1 wylli 
 lylcd 00 
 
 or 60 loairucs therein, we had no let of isc or other tiling at ii"«»on» 
 all, as in other places we found. iH'r,!"*" 
 
 2. Alf-o this })laec scemeth to have a marvellous grcatc in- 
 drafte, and draweth unto it most of the drift yse and other '/."/fi,"' 
 things which do fieete in the sea, eyther to the north or 
 eastwards of the same, as hy good experience we have 
 founde. 
 
 tl. For hcere also we mette with boordcs, lathes, and 
 divers other things driving in the sea, which was of the 
 wraeke of the sliippe called the harke Demiys, wliich 
 perished amongst the ise, as beforesaid, being l(jst at the '^''fant. 
 first attempt of the entrance overthwart the Queens Fore- 
 land, in the mouth of Frobishers Straits, whiche eoulde by 
 no means have bin so brought thither neyther by winde nor 
 tide, being lost so many leagues off, if by force of the sayde 
 currant the same Viad not bin violently brought. For if the 
 same hadde bin brought thither by the tyde of flodde, looke 
 how farrc in the said flodde had caried it, the cbbe wouldc 
 have recarycd it as farre backe agayne, and by the winde it 
 could not so come to passe, bycausc it was then sometime 
 calme, and most times contrary. 
 
 And some marrincrs doe affyrme that they have diligently H.lljriH*'"','/'' 
 observed y- there runneth in this place nine houres flodde I'it'!'. '""" 
 to three ebbe, which may thus come to passe by force of 
 the saide currant : for whereas the sea in most places of the 
 world doth more or lesse ordinarily ebbe and flow once 
 every twelve houres, with sixe houres eljbe and sixe houres 
 Houd, so also would it doc tlu-re, were it not for the violence 
 of this hastning currant, which forceth the floud to make 
 appearance to beginne before his ordinary time one hourc 
 and a halfe, and also to continue longer than his natural 
 course by an other houre and a halfe, until the force of the 
 ebbe be so greate that it will no longer be resisted (accord- 
 ing to the saying: Nalurum expellas furc i licet larncn vsq. 
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 Moreover, it is not possible that so great course of flouds 
 and currant, so liiglie swelling tides with continuance of so 
 deepc waters, can he digested here without unhurdeniiig 
 themselves into some open sea h(;yonde this place, which 
 nrgueth the more likelihood of the passage to be hereahoufs. 
 Also we suppose these great indrafts do growe and are made 
 hy the reverberation and reflection of that same currant, 
 whiche at oure comming by Irelande mette and crossed us, 
 of which in the firste parte of this discourse T spake, whyehc 
 ef)mming from the bay of Mexico, passing by, and washing 
 the south weast i)arts of Ireland, reboundeth over to the 
 northest parts of the world, as Norway, Tslande, etc., where, 
 not finding any passage to an open sea, but rather is there 
 cncreased by a new accesse, and another currant meeting 
 with it from y" Scythian Sea, passing the bay of Saint 
 Nidiolas westwarde, doeth once againe rebounc^e backe by 
 the coasts of Grocnland, and from thence uppon Frobisheis 
 straites being to the southwestwardes of tlie same. 
 
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 fcriora corpora rajxinlcr d supcriorihun , that is, if inferior 
 bodies be governed, ruled and earied after the manor and 
 course of the superiors, then the water being an inferior 
 element, must needes be governed after the superior Heaven, 
 and so to lollow the course of Primum mohiic from east to 
 weast. 
 
 G. But everyc m.an that bathe written or considered anye 
 tiling of this j)assage,hath more doubted the relourne by the 
 same waye, by reason of a greate downefall of water, whyche 
 they imagine to be thereabouts (which we also by experience 
 partly find) than anye mistruste they have of the same 
 I)assage at all. For we find (as it were) a great downfall in 
 this place, but yet not muche, but that we may return, al- 
 though with suchc adoc. For we were easilyer earied in in 
 
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 by an other experience at anothcir time we founde thys cur- 
 rant to deceive us in this sort: — That, wliereas we supposed 
 to bee 15 leagues off, and lying a hull, we were brought 
 within 2 leai'ues of the shoare, contrarie to al expecta- 
 
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 iiiriiliiit 
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 tion. 
 
 Oure m(;nne that sayled furthest in the same mistaken 
 Rtraites (having the maine lande uppon their starbord side), 
 aflyrme that they mettc with the outlet or jjassage of water 
 whiche cornmeth throwe Frobyshers straites, and foUoweth 
 as all one into this passage. 
 
 Some of our companye also affyrme that they had sighte 
 of a continent upon their larbord side, being 00 leagues 
 within the supi)osed straiten; : howbeit excopte certuino 
 ilandes in the entrauncc hereof, wc could make no parte 
 j)erfect thereof. All the foresaid tract of land seenieth to be 
 more fruitful and ]>etter stored of grassc. Deere, wildc fouh,-, 
 as partridges, larkes, seamews, guls, wilmots, falcons, and 
 tassell genlils, ravens, beares, hares, foxes, and other things, 
 than any other parte wc have yet discovered, and is more I'smo. 
 populous. And here Luke Ward, a gentleman of y'- com- 
 pany, traded merchandize, and did exchange knives, bells, 
 looking-glasses, &c., with those countrey people who brought 
 him foule, fishe, beares-skinnes, and suche like, as their 
 countrey yccldeth for the same. Here also they saw of 
 those greater boatcs of the country with twentie persons in 
 a])cece. 
 
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 dayi.s here, not without many duungers, he returned backe 
 againe. And by the way sayling alongst this coaste (being 
 the backside of the supposed continent of America), and the 
 (iueenes Forelaade, he perceived a great sounde to goe 
 thorowe into Frobyshers Straits. Whcreuppon he scnte 
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 Great 
 diuit'ere, 
 
 straites, which they did, and as we imagined before, so the 
 Queenes Forelande proved an iiand, as I thinke most of 
 these supposed continentcs will. And so he departed to- 
 wardes the straites, thinking it were highe time nowe to re- 
 cover hys porte and to provide the fleete of their lading, 
 whereof he was not a little carefull, as shall by *he processe 
 and his resolute attempts appeare. And in his retuire with 
 the rest of the fleete, he was so entangled by reason of the 
 darke fogge, amongst a number of ilandes and broken ground 
 that lyeth of this coast, that many of the ships came over 
 the top of rocks, which presently after they might perceive 
 to ly a drie, havyng not halfe a ioote water more than some 
 of their ships did draw. And by reason they coulde not 
 with a small gale of wind stem the force of y** floud, wherby 
 to go cleare of y^ rocks, they were faine to let an ancker fall 
 with twoo bent of cable togither, at a c and odde fadome 
 deapth, where otherwise they had bin by the force of the 
 tides carried upon y" rocks again, and perished : so that if 
 God in these fortunes, as a merciful guyde, (beyond y* ex- 
 pectation of man) had not carried us thorow, we had surely 
 more than x. m. times perished amiddest these dangers. For 
 being many times driven harde aboorde the shoare withoute 
 any sighte of lande, untill we were readye to make ship- 
 wracke thereon, beeing forced commonly with oure boates, 
 to sound before oure shippes, least we might light thereon 
 before we could discerne the same. It pleaeed God to give 
 us a cleare of sunne and light, for a short time, to see and 
 avoide thereby the daunger, having been continually darke 
 before, and presently after, Manye times also by ipeans of 
 fogge and currants, being driven neare uppon the coaste, 
 God lent us even at the very pintch one prosperous breath 
 of winde or other, whereby to double the land and avoydo 
 the perill, and when that we were all withoute hope of helpe, 
 every man recommending himselfe to death, and crying out, 
 Lorde now helpe or never : nowe Lorde look downe from 
 Heaven and save us sinners, or else oure safetie commeth too 
 
OK CAPTAIN FROBJSUKR. 
 
 24T 
 
 late : even then the mightie maker of Heaven, and oure 
 merciful! God, did deliver us : so that they who have bin 
 partakers of those daungers, do even in their souls confesse, 
 that God even by miracle hath sought to save them, whose 
 name be praised evermore. 
 
 Long tyme nowe the Anne Frances had layne beating oflf 
 and on all alone, before the Queenes forelandc, not beeing 
 able to recover their porta for ise, albeit many times they 
 daungerously attempted it, for yet the ise choaked up the 
 passage, and woulde not suffer them to enter. And havyng 
 never seen any of the fleete since twentie daycs past, when 
 by reason of the thicke mistcs they were severed in the mis- 
 taken straitcs, did nowe this present three and twentith of 
 July overthwart a place in the straites called Ilattons Hed- 
 land, where they met with seven shippes of the fleete again, 
 which good happe did not only rejoice them, for themselves, 
 in respect of the comfoite whiche they received by suclie 
 good companye, but especially, that by this means they were 
 l^ut out of doubt of their freendes, whose safeties long time 
 they did not a little suspect and feare. 
 
 At their meeting they haled the Admirall after the manner 
 of the sea, and with great joy welcomed one another with a 
 thundring voly of shot. And now every man declared at 
 large the fortunes and dangers which they hadde passed. 
 
 The foure and twentith of July we mctte with the Frances 
 of Fot/, who with much adoe soughte way back againe 
 thorowe the yse from out of the mistaken straites, where to 
 their greate perill, they proved to recover their porte. 
 They broughte the first newes of the Vizeadmirall Capitaine 
 Yorke, who many dayes with themselves, and the Basse of 
 Bridgcwater was missing. They reported that they left the 
 Vizeadmirall reasonably clcare of the ise, but the other 
 shippe they greatly feared, whom they coulde not come to 
 helpe, being themselves so hardly distressed, as never men 
 more. Also they told us of the Gabriel, who having got 
 
 Anne 
 Francea 
 met with 
 aiime of the 
 fleet. 
 
 Frances 
 o/Foy. 
 
 llrid))fe- 
 water ship. 
 
^48 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 Straits 
 froseu iivcr. 
 
 thorow from the backside, and wester point of the Queens 
 forclandc, into Frobyshers Stratcs, fell into their companye 
 about the Cape of Good Hope. 
 
 And uppon the seaven and twentith of Julye, the ship of 
 I3ridgewater gote oute of the ise, and met with the fleete 
 whiche laye off and on under Plattons Hcdland. They re- 
 ported of their marvellous accidents and daungers, declaringc 
 their shyppe to be so leaky, that they must of necessitie 
 seeke harborow, having their stem beaten within theyr 
 buddings, that they hadde muchc adoe to keepe themselves 
 above water. They had (as they say) five hundreth strokes 
 at the poupe in lessc than half a watche, being scarce two 
 lioures. Their menne being so over-wearied therewith, and 
 with the former dangers, that they desired helpe of menne 
 from the other shippes. Moreover, they declared, that there 
 was nothing but ise and daunger, where they hadde bin and 
 that the straites within was frosen uppe. And that it was 
 the mostc impossible thyng in the world, to passe up unto 
 the Couutesse of Warwicks sounde whiche was the place of 
 our porte. 
 
 The reporte of these daungers by these shyppes thus pub- 
 lished amongst the fieete, wyth the remembraunce of the 
 perills past, and those present before their face, brought no 
 small feare and terror into the hartes of many considerate 
 men. So that some beganne privily to murmur against the 
 Generall for this wilfuU manner of proceeding. Some de- 
 sired to discover some harborowe thereaboutes, to refreshe 
 themselves, and refoniie their broken vesselles for a while, 
 untill the north and northwest winds might disperse the ise, 
 and make the place more free to passe. Other some for- 
 getting themsolves, spake more undutifully in this behalfc, 
 saying : that they hadde as leeve be hanged when they came 
 home, as without hope of safetie, to seeke to passe, and so to 
 porishe amongst the ise. 
 
 'J'iie Ccucrall not opening his earca to the pccvishe passion 
 
OF CAPTAIN FnoniSIIEU. 
 
 249 
 
 iucens 
 iipanye 
 
 ship of 
 2 fleete 
 hey re- 
 ilaringc 
 jcessitic 
 \ theyr 
 mselves 
 strokes 
 roe two 
 ith, and 
 [■ menne 
 lat there 
 bin and 
 •t it was 
 up unto 
 place of 
 
 lus pub- 
 of the 
 ugUt no 
 isiderate 
 xinst the 
 ome de- 
 rcfreshe 
 a while, 
 the isc, 
 ome for- 
 behalfe, 
 icy came 
 and so to 
 
 c passion 
 
 of anye private person, but chiefly caryng for the publicke 
 profite of his countries cause, and nothing at all regardyng 
 hys owne ease, lyfe, or safetie, but espcciallye respecting 
 the accomplishment of the cause he had undertaken, (wherein 
 the chiefe reputation and fame of a Generall and Capitaine 
 consisteth), and calling to his remembrance the shorte time 
 he hadde in hande, to provide so great number of shyppes 
 their loading, determined with this resolution, to passe and 
 recover his porte, or else there to bury himselfe with hys 
 attempte, and if suche extremitie so befell him, that he muste 
 necdes perish amongst the ise, when all hope shoulde be 
 past, and all hope of safetie set aside, having all the or- 
 dinaunce within boorde well charged, resolved wyth pouder 
 to burne and bury himselfe and all togither with hir Majesties 
 shyppes. And with this peal of ordinance, to receive an 
 lionourable knell, instead of a better burial, esteeming it 
 more happy so to end hys life, rather than himself, or any of 
 his company or anye one of hir Majesties shyppes shoulde 
 become a praye or spectacle tc those base bloudye and man 
 eating people. 
 
 Notwithstanding, somewhat to appease the feeble passions 
 of the fearefuller sorte, and the better to cntertaine time for 
 a season, whilest the ise might the better be dissolved, hee 
 haled on the fleete, wyth belcefe, that he would put into 
 luirborowe : thcrcuppon whilest the sheppes laye ofl'and on, 
 under Hattons Hedlandc, he soughte in wyth his pynnesses 
 amongest the islands there, as thoughe hee meant to searche 
 for harborow% where indeede he meant nothinge less, but 
 rather sought if any ore mighte be found in that place, as by 
 the sequel appeared. 
 
 In the mean time, whilest the fleete laye thus doubtfuU 
 withoutc anye ccrtaine resolution what to do, being harde 
 aboorde the leeshore, there arose a sodainc and t'^'rible 
 tempest at the southsoutlicst, whereby the ise began marvel- 
 lously to gather about us. 
 
 A valinnt 
 iiiiiiil of 
 Frobiahor. 
 
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 250 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 Snow in 
 Ju'y. 
 
 I'',xtrome 
 wiuter. 
 
 Grentheat 
 ill Mi'ta In- 
 cogniLii, 
 
 Unconstant 
 weutlier. 
 
 Whcreuppon everyc manne, as in such case of extremitie 
 he thoughte beste, soughte the wisest waye for his owne 
 safetie. The most parte of the fleete whych were further 
 shotte uppe within the straites, and so farre to the leewarde, 
 as that they coulde not double the lande, following the 
 course of the General, who led them the way, tooke in their 
 sailes, and Liide it a hull amongst the ise, and so passed over 
 the storme, and hadde no extreamitie at all, but for a short 
 time in the same place. 
 
 Howbeit the other shyppcs whiche plyed oute to seawarde, 
 hadde an extreame storme for a longer season. And the 
 nature of the place is suche, that it is subject diversely to 
 divers winds according to the sundric situation of the great 
 alps and mountaynes there, every mountayne causing a 
 sevcrall blaste, and pirrie, after the manner of the Levant. 
 
 In this storme being the sixe and twentith of July, there 
 fell so much snow, with such bitter cold air, that we could 
 scarce sec one another for the same, nor open our eyes to 
 handle our ropes and sayles, the snow being above halfe a 
 footc deepe uppon the hatches of oure shippe, which did so 
 wette thorow oure poore marriners clothes, that he that 
 hadde five or sixe shifte of apparcll, had scarce one drie 
 thrcede to his backe, whiche kindc of wette and coldnesse, 
 togither with the over labouring of the poore menne 
 amiddest the ise, breed no smril sicknesse amongest the 
 fleete, which somewhat discouraged some of the poor men, 
 who had not experience of the like before, everye man per- 
 SN\ aJing himselfe, that the wynter there must needs be ex- 
 treme, where they be found so unseasonable a sommer. 
 
 And yet notwythstandyng this cold ayre, the sunne many 
 times hathe a marvellous force of heate amongst those 
 mountains, insomuche, that when ther is no breth of wind 
 to bring y^ cold ayre from the dispersed ise uppon us, we 
 shall be weary of the blominge heate, and then sodainly with 
 a perry of wind whiche commeth down from y® hollownes ot 
 
OK CAPTAIN FROBISHER. 
 
 251 
 
 trcmitie 
 IS owne 
 
 further 
 ewarde, 
 ing the 
 
 in their 
 sctl over 
 f a short 
 
 jfiwarde, 
 And the 
 ersely to 
 the great 
 ausing a 
 Levant, 
 ily, there 
 we could 
 L- eyes to 
 e halfe a 
 ch did so 
 he that 
 one drie 
 oldnesse, 
 [e menne 
 igest the 
 oor men, 
 I man per- 
 ls be ex- 
 Iner. 
 
 ine many 
 test those 
 of wind 
 m us, we 
 iiuly with 
 llownes of 
 
 y« hilles, we shal have such a breth of heate brought upon 
 our face, as though we were entred some bastow or hote- 
 house, and when the first of the pirry and blast is past, we 
 shall have the winde sodainly anew blow cold againe. 
 
 In this storme the Atine Fraunces, the Moone, and the 
 Thomas of Ipswich, who founde themselves able to holdc it 
 up with a sayle, and could double aboute the Cape of the 
 Queens forelande,plyed oute to seawarde, holding it for better 
 policie and safetie, to seeke sea roome, than to hazard the 
 continuance of the storme, the daunger of the ise and the 
 leeshorc. 
 
 And being uncertaine at this time of the Generalls private 
 determinations, the weather being so darke, that they coulde 
 not discerne one another, nor perceive which waye he 
 wrought, betooke themselves to this course for best and 
 safest. 
 
 The Gcnerall notwithstanding the greate storme, following 
 his owne former resolution, soughte by all meanes possible, 
 by a shorter way, to recover his port, and where he saw the 
 ise never so little open, he gat in at one gappe, and out at 
 another, and so himself valiantly ledde the way through 
 before, to induce y" fleete to foUowe after, and with in- 
 credible payne and perill, at length gat through the ise, and TheCenerfti 
 nppon the one and thirtith of July, he recovered his long iiis p rt. 
 wished porte after many attempts, and sundry times being put 
 backc, and came to anker in the Countesse of Warwicke's 
 sound, in the entrance whereof, when he thoughte all perill 
 past, he encountred a great iland of ise, whyche gave the 
 Ayde suche a blow, having a little before wayed hir anker a 
 cocke bill, that it stroke the anker flouke through the shippes 
 bowes under the water, whych caused so greate a Icake, that 
 with muche adoe they preserved the shippe from sinking. 
 
 At theyr arivall heere, they perceived two shippes at anker 
 within the harborough, whereat they began muche to marvel, 
 and greatelye to rejoice, for those they knew to be the 
 
252 
 
 TJIE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 VVo'liiill 
 lircuohgr. 
 
 Michaell, wherein was the Lieutenant gcnerall Captayne 
 Fenton, and the small barke called the Gabricll, who so long 
 tyme were missing, and never hearde of before, whome every 
 man made the last reckning, never to heare of agayne. 
 
 Heere every man greately rejoysed of their happie meet- 
 ing, and welcomed one another after the sea manner, with 
 their great ordinance, and when cache partie hadde reaped 
 up their sundrie fortunes and perils past, they highlyc 
 praised God, and altogither uppon their knees gave hym 
 due, humble and harty thanckcs, and Mayster Wolfall, a 
 learned man, appoynted by hir Majesties Councell to be 
 thcyr minister and preacher, made unto them a godly 
 sermon, exhorting th*^ a especially to be thankefuU to God 
 for theyr strange and miraculous deliverance in those so 
 dangerous places, and putting them in mynde of the un- 
 certainctie of mans life, willed them to make themselves 
 alwayes ready as resolute men to enjoy and accept thanke- 
 fuUy whaiEOf^vor adventure his divine Providence should 
 appoynt. This Mayster Wolfall being well seated and 
 setlcd at home in his ownc countri j , with a good and large 
 living, having a good honest woman to wife, and very 
 towardly children, being of good reputation among the 
 best, refused not to take in hand this payncfull voyage, for 
 the only care he had to save souls, and to reform those in- 
 fidels if it were possible to Christianitie ; and also partly for 
 the great desire he hadde that this notable voyage, so well 
 begun, might be brought to perfection, and therefore he 
 was contented to stay there the whole yeare, if occasion had 
 served, being in every necessary action as forward as the 
 resolutest men of all. Wherfor in this bchalfc he may 
 rightly be called a true pastor and minister of Gods word, 
 
 I not to venture his 
 
 spr 
 
 owne 
 
 life. 
 
 The ftdven- 
 turcs of 
 Captiiiii 
 I'oiitoii and 
 his cum- 
 puny. 
 
 But to retorne agayne to Captayne Fentons company, and 
 to speake somewhat of their dangers (albeit they bee more 
 
OF CAPTAIN FROniSIIER. 
 
 ^53 
 
 than by writing can be expressed). They reported, that 
 from the night of the first storme, whiche was aboute the 
 first day of July, untill seaven dayes before the Gcneralls 
 arrivall, which was the sixc and twentith of the same, they 
 never saw any one day or houre wherein they were not 
 troubled with continuall daunger and feare of death, and 
 were twentie dayes almost togither fast amongst the isc. 
 They had their shippe stricken through and through on 
 both sides, their false stem borne quite away, and could go 
 from their shippcs in some places uppon the ise very many 
 miles, and might easily have passed from one iland of ise 
 to another, even to the shore, and if God had not wonder- 
 fully provided for them and theyr necessitie, and time had 
 not made them more cunning and wise to seeke strange 
 remedies for strange kinds of dangers, it had been impossible 
 for them ever to have escapeil : for among other devises, 
 wheresoever they founde any iland of ise of greater big- 
 nesse than the rest (as there be some of more than halfe a 
 mile com passe aboutj and almost 400 fadome high), they 
 commonly coveted to recover the same, and thereof to make 
 a bulwarke for their defence, whereon having mored anckcr, 
 they roade under the lee thereof for a time, beeyng therby 
 garded from y danger of the lesser driving ise. But when 
 they must necdcs forgoe this newe founde forte, by meanes 
 of other ise, whiche at lengtb woulde undermine and com- 
 passe them round aboute, and when that by heaving of the 
 billow they were therwith like to be brused in pcces, they 
 used to make fast the ship unto the most firme and broad 
 peece of ise " they could find, and binding hir nose fast 
 thereunto, would fill all theyr sayles, whereon the windc 
 havinge great power, would force forward the ship, and so 
 the ship bearing before hir the yse, and so one yse driving 
 forward another, should at length get scope and searoom. 
 And having by this means at length put their enemies to 
 flight, occupied the cleere place for a prettie season, among 
 
 Exlromltlo 
 cftuaotli 
 mull to de- 
 vise now 
 nrta and ro- 
 uiodiea. 
 
 Hard sliifts. 
 
254 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 MV'i 
 
 Strnn(?e 
 wouderg. 
 
 sundry mountaynes and Alpes of ise. One there was foundc 
 by measure to be sixty-five fadomc above water, M-hich for 
 a kind of similitude was called Salomons porch. Some think 
 those ilands eight times so muchc under water as they arc 
 above, by-cause of their monstrous weight. Jiut now I re- 
 member, I saw very strange wonders, men walking, running, 
 leaping, and shoting upon the maine seas forty miles from 
 any land, withoute any shippe or other vessell under them. 
 Also I saw fresh rivers running amidst the salt sea a hundred 
 myle from land, v/hich if any man will not beleeve, let him 
 know that many of our company lept out of their shippe 
 uppon ilandes of ise, and running there uppe and downe, 
 did shoote at buttes up^jon the ise, and with their calivers 
 did kill great cealcs, whiche use to lye and slecpe upon the 
 ise, and this ise melting at the top by reflexion of the sun, 
 came down in sundrye streams, whychc, uniting togither, 
 made a prettie brooke able to drive a mill. 
 
 The sayd Captaync Fenton recovered his porte tenne 
 dayes before any man, and spent good time in searching for 
 mine, and found good store thereof, which bycause it proved 
 good, was after called Fentons Fortune. He also discovered 
 about tenne miles up irto the countrey, where he perceived 
 neyther towne, village, nor likelyhoode of habitation, but 
 seemeth (as he sayeth) barrenous as the other parts which 
 as yet we have entred upon; but their victuals and provision 
 wen;, so scant with them, that they had determined to re- 
 turne homeward within seaven dayes after, if the fleete had 
 not then arrived. 
 
 The Generall after his arrivall in the Countesses Sound 
 spent no time in vayne, but immediately at his first landing 
 called the chiefe captaynes of his councell togither, and con- 
 sulted with them for the speedier execution of such things 
 as then they had in hand. At first, for searching and find- 
 ing out good minerall for the miners to be occupied on. 
 Then to give good orders to be observed of the whole 
 
OF CAPTAIN FROniSHER. 
 
 255 
 
 5 foundc 
 hich for 
 nc think 
 :hcy arc 
 ow I re- 
 running, 
 Ics from 
 ;r them, 
 hundred 
 , let him 
 r shippc 
 I downe, 
 calivers 
 upon the 
 the sun, 
 togither, 
 
 te tennc 
 hing for 
 t proved 
 scovered 
 crceived 
 
 1, but 
 s which 
 provision 
 
 to re- 
 eete had 
 
 s Sound 
 landing 
 and con- 
 things 
 Lud find- 
 ■)ied on. 
 c whole 
 
 company on shore. And lastly, to consider for the erecting 
 up the forte and house for the use of them which were to 
 abide there the whole yeare. For the better handling of 
 these and all other like important causes in this service, it 
 was ordeincd from hir Majestic and the Counccll that the 
 Generall should call unto him certayne of the chiefc cap- 
 taynes and gentlemen in councell, to confcrre, consult, and 
 determine of all occurrcts in this service, whose names are 
 here as folow : 
 
 Captaync Fenton 
 
 Captayne Yorke 
 
 Captaync Best 
 
 Captayne Carcw 
 
 Captayne Philpot 
 And in sea causes to have as assistants, Christopher Ilal 
 and Charles Jackman, being both very good pylots and 
 sufficient mariners, whereof the one was chiefe pylot of the 
 voyage, and the other for the discoverie. From the place 
 of our habitation weastward, Maister Selman was appointed 
 notarie, to register the whole manner of proceeding in these 
 affaires, that true relation thereof might be made, if it pleased 
 hir Majestic to require it. 
 
 The first of August every captaine, by order from the 
 Generall and his counsell, was commanded to bring ashore 
 unto the Countesses Hand al such gentlemen, souldicrs, and 
 myners, as were under their charge, with such provision as 
 they had of victuals, tents, and things nccessarye for the 
 speedie getting togither of mine, and fraught for the shippes. 
 The muster of the men being taken, and the victuals with 
 all other things viewed and considered, every man was set 
 to his charge, as his place and office required. The myners 
 were appointed where to worke, and the mariners discharged 
 their shippes. 
 
 Uppon the seconde of August was published and pro- 
 claymed, uppon the Countesse of Waricks Hand, with sound 
 
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 of trumpet, certain orders by ihe General and his counsel 
 appointed to be observed of the companyc during the time 
 of their abiding there. The copie whereof here followeth : 
 
 OllDEUS SETT DOWN BY M. FROniSHER, EsQUIRE, CaPTAINE 
 GeNERALL FOR THE VOYAGE TO " CaTAYA," TO HE 
 OBSERVED OP THE COMPANIE DURING THE TIME OF 
 THEIR AliODE IN " MeTA InCOGNITA." PUBLISHED 
 THE SECOND DAY OF AuGUST, 1578. 
 
 1. Inprimis, the Gcncrall, in hir Majesties name, straightly 
 chargeth and commandcth that no person ''r persons, with 
 boatc nor pinncssc, shall go ashoarc, for any cause, but to 
 the Countcssc of Warwickcs Ilande and Winters Fornace, 
 without licence of the General, or his deputies. And if they 
 fortune at anye time, having licence, to meet with any of 
 the countrcy people, that they shall not enter into any con- 
 ference or amies wyth them, untill they have give >. intelli- 
 gence thereof to the Generall or hys lieutenant. 
 
 2. Item, that no person, of what calling soever he be, 
 shal make an assay of any maner of mettall, matter, or ore, 
 in ye partes nowe called Meta Incognita, but only suche as 
 shal be appointed by the General, or in his absence by his 
 lieutenant, to do the same : nor that anye person shall take 
 up and keepe to his pyivate use anye parte or parcel of ore, 
 pretious stone, or other matter of commoditie to be had or 
 founde in that lande, but he the sayde person so seased of 
 such ore, stone, or other matter of commoditie shall with all 
 specde, as soon as he can, defect the same, and make 
 deliverie thereof to the generall, or his lieutenant generall, 
 uppon paine to forfaite for everye such ounce thereof, the 
 value treble of anye wages he is to receive after the daye of 
 such ofTence committed : and further, to recey ve suche 
 punishment as to hyr Majestic shall seem good. 
 
 3. Item, that no shippe or shippes shall take uppon them 
 
OK (ATTAIN I'UOniSHKH. 
 
 867 
 
 wi 
 
 ith 
 
 he be, 
 or ore, 
 iche as 
 by bis 
 11 take 
 f ore, 
 \ad or 
 scd of 
 ith all 
 make 
 nerall, 
 of, the 
 aye of 
 suche 
 
 them 
 
 to loade any manner of ore without licence of the general, 
 or he that shal be appointed deputie for him, for y« view of 
 the same. 
 
 4. Item that all the maisters of evcrye shippe or Hhippes 
 within the flcete shal ujjon Mundayc next comniing, by 
 fourc of the clocke in the morning, wyth all the most parte 
 of theyr companies, make theyr repayre to tiie Countesses 
 Ilande aforesaide, there to view and make such places, for 
 loading and unloading of ore and other thyngs, as shall be 
 most commodious and meetc for that purpose. 
 
 ;"). Item, th.at no person or persons within this service, by 
 sea or lande, shall use anye discovered' speeches, swearing, 
 brauling, or cursing upon payne of imprisonmentc. 
 
 0. Item, that no person or persont., eyther by sea or lande, 
 shal draw his or theyr weapons in quarrellyng manner, to 
 the intente to ofFende or disturbe the quietc of anye person or 
 persons wythin thys service, uppon paii.r that being so taken, 
 he or they whatsoever immediately to loo^-e his right handc. 
 
 7. Item, that no person or persons shall washe their 
 handcs or anye other things, in the spring, uppon th(! 
 Countesses Hand, where the water is used, and preserved 
 for the dressing of their victuals, upon paine to receive such 
 punishment as shall be thought good, by the Generall or his 
 Lieutenant, for the same. And for the better preservation 
 and health of everye manne, that no person or persons shall 
 doe his easement but under the cliffcs where the sea may 
 washe the same aw lye, upon paine that everye one so offend- 
 ing, for the first time shall be imprisoned in the billowe 
 fourteene houres, and for the second lime being so taken by 
 the provost Martiall, to pay twelve pense. 
 
 8. Item, that no person or persons, of what nature or con- 
 dition soever, shall cast out of their snippe or shippes, anye 
 ballast or rubbish, into the roade, where- these shippes now 
 rydeth, or may conveniently ride, within this sounde, that 
 
 ' Sic in orijjiiial. 
 
 S 
 
258 
 
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 lidii i'or 
 liiiliitini,' 
 M.'iii III- 
 iii'timtii. 
 
 theiby the same sounclc or roade stcacle may be impaired, but 
 shall carric the same, and lay it where it may not offend. 
 Uppon paine that every man so offendinii^, the owner of such 
 shippe or shippes, shall torfaite the fraught of one tunne. 
 
 By me Mautyn Frobish'^r. 
 In the meane time, whylest the mariners plyed their 
 work, y" Captains sought out new mynes, the goldfinders 
 mude-tryallof the ore, the mariners discharged their shippes, 
 the gentlemen for example sake laboured hartily, and 
 honesuye encouraged the infcriour sorte to v/orke. So that 
 small time of that little leasure, that was left to tarrie, was 
 spent in vaine. 
 
 The second of August the Gabriel arrived, who" came from 
 the Vizeadmirall, and being distressed sore with yse, put 
 into harborrow neere unto Mount Oxford. And now was 
 the whole iicete arrived safely at their port, excepting foure, 
 be.-'idcs the shippe that was loste, that is, the Thomas Allen, 
 the Anne Frances, the Thomas of Ipswich, and the Moonc, 
 whose absence was some let unto the workri and other pro- 
 ceedings, as well for that these shippes were furnished with 
 the better sort of myncrs and other provision for the 
 habitation. 
 
 The ninth of Augusl,, the Generall with the Captaynes of 
 his counsell assembled togither, beganne to consider and take 
 order for the erecting up of the house or forte, for them that 
 were to inhabit there the whole yeare, and that presently the 
 masons and carpenters might go in hande therewith. First 
 . therefore they perused the bills of ladyng what every man 
 received into his shippe, and found that there was arrived 
 only the east side, and the south side of y'= house, and yet 
 not that perfect and intier, for many peeces thereof were used 
 for fenders in many shippes, and so broken in peeces, whyles 
 they were distressed in the ise. Also after due examination 
 had, and tri'.e accompt taken, there was founde want of 
 drinkc and fuel, to serve one hundrcth men, which was the 
 
OF CAPTATN FROBISIIKK. 
 
 259 
 
 id, but 
 
 offend. 
 
 )f such 
 
 ine. 
 
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 Ifindcrs 
 
 ihippes, 
 
 y, and 
 
 So that 
 
 de, was 
 
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 yse, put 
 now was 
 
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 o 
 
 IS Allen, 
 2 Moone, 
 her pro- 
 led with 
 for the 
 
 tayncs of 
 and take 
 licm that 
 cnitly the 
 1. First 
 |vcry man 
 Is arrived 
 and yet 
 ivere used 
 s, whyles 
 lamination 
 want ot 
 1 was the 
 
 number appointed firstc to inhabite there, bycause their 
 greatest store was in the ships which were not yet arrived. 
 'I'hcn Captaine Fenton seeing the scarcity of y" necessary 
 things aforesaid, was contented, and oflVed himselfe to in- 
 habite there, with sixtie men. Wlierupon they caused the 
 carpenters and masons to come before them, and demaunded 
 in what time they woukle take upon them to erect up a lesse 
 house for sixtie men. They required eight or nine weeks, if [j",,'',"',')'^"' 
 there were tymber sufficient, whereas now they had but six ^'"^' 
 and twentie dayes in all to remayne in that countrey. 
 Wherefore it was fully agreed upon, and resolved by the 
 General and his counsell, that no habitation shoulde be there 
 this yeare. And therefore they willed Maister Sclman the 
 Register, to set down this decree, with all their consents, for 
 the better g .tisfying of hir Majestic, the Lords of the Coun- 
 sel, and the advenrurers. 
 
 The An7ic Frances, since she was parted from the flcete, 
 in the last storme before spoken of, could never recover 
 above five leagues within the straights, the wind being i ine- 
 tyme contrarie, and moste times the ise compassing them 
 round about. And from that time, being aboutc the seaven 
 and twentith of July, coulde neyther h-are nor have sight 
 of any of the flcete, untill the third of August, when they 
 descried a sayle near to Mount Oxford, with whome when 
 they had spoken, they could understando no newes of anye 
 of the fleete at all. And this was the Thomas of Ipstvich, 
 who hadde layne beating oiF and on at sea, with very foule 
 weather, and contrarye wiuds, ever since that foresaide 
 storme, without sight of any man. They kept company not 
 long togyther, but were forced to lose one another again, the 
 Moone being consort always with the Anne Fvaunccs, and 
 keeping verie good companye plycd up togither into the 
 straites, with great desire to recover their long wished port; 
 and attempted as often, and passed as far as possible the 
 winde, weather, and ise, gave leave, whyche eommonlv they 
 
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 2f)0 
 
 TTTR THIRD VOYAOK 
 
 'J'liB ^[o^nll^. 
 
 found ry contrary. For when tho weather was cloarc, and 
 withoute fogge, then commonly y" wind was contrarie. And 
 when it was eythcr easterly or southerly, which wouldc serve 
 their turnes, then had they so great a fogge, and darkc miste 
 therewith, that eythcr they could not disccrne way throw 
 the ise, or else the ise lave so thicke togither, that it was 
 impossible for them to passe. And on the other side, when 
 it was calme, the tydes hadde force to bryng the ise so 
 sodaynlye about them, that commonlye then they were moste 
 therewith destrcssed, having no winde to carry them from the 
 daungcr therof. 
 
 And by the sixte of August, being with much adoe got 
 up as high as Leicester point, tliey had good hope to find 
 the souther shore clearc , and so to passe uppe towardes their 
 porte. I5ut being there becalmed, and lying a hull 'openly 
 upon the greate bay whiche commethc oute of the mys- 
 takcn straitcs before spoken of, they were so sodainely com- 
 passed with ise roundc about, by means of the swifte tydes 
 whiche runne in that place, that they were never afore so 
 hardly beset as nowe. And in seeking to avoyde these 
 dangers in the darke weather, the Anne Frances lost sighte 
 of the other two ships, who being likewise hardly distressed, 
 signified their daunger, as they since reported, by shooting 
 off their ordiuauncc, which the other couldc not heare, nor 
 if they had hearde, could have given them no rcmedie, being 
 so bubily occupied to winde themselves out of their owne 
 troubles. 
 
 The fleeboate called the Moone, was here heaved above 
 the water with the force of the ise, and received a great Icake 
 therby. Likewise the Thomas of Tpsicich, and the Anne. 
 Fraticcs were sore brused at that instant, having their false 
 stemme borne aw.iy, and their shippc sides strokcn quite 
 through. 
 
 Now considering the continuall daungers and contraries, 
 and the little leasure that they had lefte to tarrie in these 
 
OF CAI'TAIN FUOHISHKR. 
 
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 c, and 
 
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 Ice got 
 to find 
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 tressed j 
 hooting 
 [are, nor 
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 Id above 
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 10 Anni^ 
 leir false 
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 Intraries, 
 lin these 
 
 partes, besides that every night the roj)es of theyr shippes 
 were so frosen, that a man coulde not handle them without 
 cutting his handes, togither with the great doubt they had 
 of the flcetes safety, thinking it an impossibility for them to 
 passe unto their port, as well for that they saw themselves, as 
 for that they harde by the former reporte of the shippes which 
 had proved before, who affirmed that the straites were all 
 frosen over within. 'Ihey thought it now very hie time to 
 consider of their estates and safeties that were yet left to- 
 gither. And hereuppon the Captaines and niaisters of these 
 shippes desired the Captaine of the Anne Frcmccs to enter 
 into consideration with them of these matters, wherefore 
 Captaine Tanfield of the Thomas of Ijisioich, with his pylot 
 Kicliard Coxe, and Captaine Upcotc of the Moono, with his 
 maister John Lakes came aboorde the Anne Frances the 
 eight of August to consult of these causes. And being as- 
 sembled togither in the Captayne's cabin sundrie doubtes 
 were then alleagcd. For the fearefullcr sortc of mariners 
 being overtyred with the continuall labour of the form(>r 
 daungcrs, coveted to rcturne homewarde, sayinge that they 
 woulde not againe tempt God so much, who had given them 
 so many warnings, and delivered them from so wonderfull 
 daungcrs ; that they rather desired to loose wages fraughte 
 and all, than to continue and follow such desperate fortunes. 
 Again their shippes were so Icake, and the men so wearie, 
 that to amende the one, and refreshe the other, they muste 
 of necessitie sceke into harborow. 
 
 ]3ut on the other side, it was argued againe to the con- 
 trarie, that to seeke into harborowe thereaboutcs was but to 
 subject themselves to double daungcrs, for if hajjpilye they 
 escape the daungcrs of rockcs in their entring, yet being in, 
 they were nevertheless subject there to the daunger of the 
 ise, which with the swift tydes and currents is carried in and 
 out in most harborows thereaboutcs, and may thereby gaule 
 their cables asunder, drive them uppon the shoare, and bring 
 
 The Aniif 
 Fraui'iK, 
 llie Thomas 
 
 of fpHllil'lt 
 
 Hiid tho 
 
 .UiiOHccmi- 
 
 Bult. 
 
262 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGK 
 
 them to much trouble. Also the coast is so much subject to 
 broken ground and rockes, especially in the mouth and en- 
 trauncc of every harborow, that albeit the channell be sounded 
 over and over againe, yet arc you never tlio neare to disccrne 
 the daungers. For the bottome of the sea, holding like !?hape 
 and forme as the lande, bcyng full of hilles, dales, and ragged 
 rockes, suffereth you not, by your soundings, to knowe and 
 kecpe a true gesse of y° depth, for you shall soundc upon 
 the side or hollownesse of one hil or rocke i:nder water, and 
 have a hundrcth, fiftic, or fortie fulome depth ; and before 
 the next cnst, ere you shall bee able to have your lead againe, 
 you shall be uppon the toppe thereof, and come aground to 
 your utter confusion. 
 
 Another reason against going to harborow, was, that the 
 colde ayrc did threaten a sodainc freezing uppe of the 
 sounds, seeing y' every night there was new congealed ise, 
 even of that water which remained within their sbippes. 
 And therefore it should seeme to be more safe to lye off and 
 on at sea, than for lacke of winde to bring them forth of 
 harborow, to hazard by sodaine frostes to be shut up the 
 whole yeare. 
 
 After many such daungers and reasons alleaged, and large 
 cnpiiii.io debating of these causes on both sides, the Captaine of the 
 
 liosts rcso- *^ ' 
 
 Anne Frances delivered his opinion unto the company to 
 this effect. First, concerning the question of returning 
 home, he thought it so much dishonorable, as not to grow 
 in any further question : and, agayne, to returne home at 
 length (as at length they must needes), and not to be able 
 to bring a certaync report of the fleet, whether they were 
 living or lost, or whether any of them had recovered their 
 port or not in the Countesses Sounde (as it was to be thoughte 
 the most part would if they were living), he sayd that it 
 would be so great an argument, cyther of wante of courage 
 or discretion in them, as he resolved rather to fall into any 
 danger, than so shamefully to consent to retourne home, 
 
 08ts r 
 lutiuii. 
 
OF CAPTAIN FROUISHKR, 
 
 2()3 
 
 jirotcsting that it should never be spoken of him, that he 
 wouklc ever rcturne withoute doing his endeavour to finde 
 the ficete, and knowe the certaynctie of the Generals saf'etie. 
 lie put his companic in remembrance of a pinasse of five 
 tunne burthen, which he hadde within his «!'iip, which was 
 carycd in pceces, and unmade up for the use of :hose which 
 shoulde inhabitc there the whole yeare, the which if they 
 coulde fynde meanes to joync togithcr, hee offered himselfc 
 to prove before therewith, whether it were possible for any 
 boate to passe for ice, whereby the shipps myghte bee 
 brouglite in after, and mighte also thereby gyve true notice, 
 if any of the fleete were arrived at theyr porte or not. 
 
 But, notwithstanding, for that he well pcrceyvcd that the 
 most parte of hys companye were addicted to i)ut into liar- 
 borow, he was willing the rather for these causes somewhat 
 to encline thereunto. As first, to search alongst the same 
 coast, and the soundes thercaboutes, he thoiighte it to be to 
 good purpose, for that it was likely to fynd some of the 
 llccte there, whiche being leake, and sore brused with the 
 ise, was the rather thoughte lykely to be put into an yll 
 harborough, bcying distressed with foule weather in the last 
 stormc, than to hazard theyr ixncertayne safeties amongst the 
 ise ; for about this place they lost them and kftc the ilcetc 
 then doubtfully questioning of harborow. 
 
 It was lykely also, that they might fynde some fitte har- 
 borow thercaboutes, whychc myghte be hovefuU for them 
 against another tyme. It was not likewise impossible to 
 fynde some ore or myne thercaboutes, wherewithall to 
 fraughte theyr shyppes, whiche woulde bee more commo- 
 dious in this place, for the neerenesse to seawarde, and lor a 
 better outlette, than further within the straytes, beyiig 
 lykely heere alwayes to loade in a shorter time, howsoever 
 the straytc shoulde be pestered wyth ise within ; so that if 
 it myghte come to passe that thereby they mighte eyther 
 fynd th(> fleete, mine, or convenient harborough, any of 
 
2«4 
 
 TIIK THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 these tlircc would well serve thcyr presente turnes, and 
 gyve some hope and comfortc unto thcyr companyes whiclie 
 nowe were altogyther comfortlessc. But if that all fortune 
 shouldc fall out so contrarye that they coulde neythcr re- 
 cover theyr porte nor anye of these aforcsaidc helpes, that 
 yet they would not yet dcparte the coast, as long as it was 
 possible for them to tarrie there, but would lye off and on 
 at sea athwart the place. Therefore hys final conclusion 
 was sette downe thus : — Firste, that the Thomas of Ipsioichc 
 and the Moonc shoulde consortc and kocpe companye to- 
 gyther carefully with the Anne Frances as neere as they 
 could, and as true Englishmen and faythful friends should 
 supplye one anothers want in all fortunes and dangers. In 
 the morning following every shippe to sende of hys boate 
 with a sufficient pylot to searchc out and sounde the har- 
 boroughs for the safe bringing in of theyr shippcs. And 
 beeyng arrived in harborough where they miglite finde con- 
 venient place for the purpose, they resolved forthwith to 
 joine and set togythcr the pinasse, whercwythall the Cap- 
 tayne of the Anne Frances might, according to his former 
 determination, discover up into the straytes. 
 
 After these determinations thus sette downe, the Thomas 
 of Ipsioiche the nyghte following lost company of the other 
 shyppes, and afterwarde shaped a contrarye course horae- 
 warde, whyche fell oute, as it manyfestlie appeared, very 
 much agaynst theyr Captayne, Mayster Tanficldes, mynde, 
 as by due examination before the Lordes of Hir Majesties 
 most Honorable Privic Counsell, it hathe since been proved 
 to the greate discrcdite of the Pilot Coxe, who specially per- 
 suaded his company againste the opinion of hys sayde Cap- 
 tayne to returnc home. 
 
 And, as the Captayne of the Anne Fra?ices dothc witnesse, 
 even at theyr conference togithcr, Captayne Tanfield tolde 
 hym that he did not a little suspect the said Pylot Coxe, say- 
 ing, that he had neythcr opinion in the man of honest (luetic. 
 
OF CAPTAIN FKOniSriF.R. 
 
 265 
 
 ;, and 
 
 ^rtune 
 icr re- 
 s, that 
 it was 
 incl on 
 elusion 
 )Sioiche 
 lye to- 
 is they 
 should 
 IS. lu 
 s boate 
 he har- 
 . And 
 idc con- 
 iwith to 
 le Cap- 
 former 
 
 Thomas 
 lie other 
 
 horae- 
 
 cd, very 
 
 niynde, 
 
 llajcsties 
 
 proved 
 |ally per- 
 ■de Cap- 
 
 Ivitnosse, 
 [id tolde 
 )xc, say- 
 It duetie, 
 
 manhoodc, or constancie. Notwithstanding the sayde shijjpcs 
 (lc])arturc, tlic Captaync of the An)ie Frances, becying de- 
 sirous to putle in execution liys former resolutions, went with 
 hys shyppeboate (bceyng accompanied filso -.vyth the Muoncs 
 ^kyl{e) to prove amongst the ilandes which lye under Ilattons 
 Headland, if anye convenient harborough, or any knowledge 
 of the fleete, or anye good ore was there to be found. The 
 shyppes lying off and on at sea the whyle under sayle, and 
 searching through many soundcs, they saw them all full of 
 nianye dangers and broken grounde, yet one there was which 
 seemed an indifferent place to harborow in, and whiche they 
 did very diligentlye sounde over and searched agayne. 
 
 rieerc the sayde Captayne founde a great blacke iland, 
 whereunto lie had good liking, and certifying the company 
 therof tliey wer somewhat comforted, and with the good 
 hope of his words, rowed cheerfully unto the place where, 
 when they arrived, they founde such plentie of blacke ore 
 of the same sorte whiche was broughte into Eyglande thys 
 last yearc, that if the goodnesse myghte aunswcre the greate 
 plentye thereof, it was to be thoughte that it might reason- 
 ably suffise all the golde gluttons of the worlde. Thys ilandc 
 tlie Captayne, for cause of his good happe, called after his 
 owne name, Bestes blessing, and wyth these good tydings 
 returning aboorde hys shippc the ninth of August, about 
 tenne of the clockc at night, he was joyfully welcomed of 
 hys companye who before were discomforted and greatelic 
 expected some better fortune at hys handcs. 
 
 The next daye bceyng the tenth of August, the weather 
 reasonably fayre, they put into the foresayde harborough, 
 having their boate for theyr better sccuvitie sounding before 
 theyr ship. But for all the care and diligence that coulde 
 be taken, in soundyng the Channell over and over agayne, 
 the Anne Frances came aground uppon a sunken rockc 
 within the harborough, and lay thereon more than halfe 
 drye untill the next flood,, when, by (Jods Almighty Provi- 
 
 lilessiiig. 
 
 'I'lip Anne 
 Fiiinccs ill 
 ilKiiger. 
 
266 
 
 rilE TIIIIID VOYAGK 
 
 'I'he Moone 
 in liiir- 
 borow. 
 
 1lii<l(ins 
 Jloilluiul. 
 
 dciicc, contraryc almost to all expectation, they came afloatc 
 agayiie, bceyng forced all that tyme to underscttc thcyr 
 slii])pc wytli their niayne yarde, whyche otherwyse was 
 lykely to ovcrscttc and put thereby in daunger the whole 
 company. They hadde above two thousande strokes togythcr 
 at the pumpc, before they couldc make thcyr shyppe free of 
 the water agayne, so sore shoe was brused by lying uppon 
 the rockes. The Moone came safely, and roade at ancker 
 by the Anne Frances, whose helpe in theyr ncccssitie they 
 couldc not well have missed. 
 
 Now, whilest the marrincrs were romaging theyr shyppes 
 and mending that whiche was amisse, the miners followed 
 their laboure, for getting togither of sufficient quantitie of 
 ore, and the carpenters endeavoured to do tlu^yr best for 
 the making uppe of the boate or pinnesse, whiche to bring 
 to passe, they wanted two spcciall and moste necessary 
 things ; that is, ccrtaine principal timbers that are called 
 knees, which are the chiefcst strength of any boate, and 
 also nayles wherewithall to joine the plancks togither. 
 Whereupon, having by chance a smyth amongst tliem (and 
 yet unfurnished of his ncccssarie toolcs to worke and make 
 nayles withall), they were fainc of a gunne chamber to make 
 an anvil to worke upon, and to use a pickaxe instead of a 
 sledge to beat withall, and also to occupy two small bellows 
 instccde of one payre of greater smyths bellows. And for 
 lack of small iron, for the easier making of the nayles, were 
 forced to breake their tongs, grydiern, and fiershovcll in 
 peeces 
 
 The eleventh of August, the Captaine of the Amie Frances 
 taking the maistcr of hys ship with hym, Avent up to the 
 toppe of Hattons Tledland, which is the highest lande of 
 all the straites, to the endc to descry the situation of the 
 country underneath, and to take a true plot of the pkce, 
 whereby also to see what store of the ise was yet lefte in the 
 straites, as also to searche what mine, matter, or fruite that 
 
OF CAPTAIN FROIUSTIEK. 
 
 2C7 
 
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 make 
 
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 cllows 
 
 nd for 
 
 , were 
 
 veil in 
 
 plrce, 
 ) in the 
 ite thai 
 
 soylc myght ycoldc. And the rather for the honor y" said 
 Captainc doth owe to that honorahlc name which hiniselfc 
 gave thereunto the last yeare in the highest parte of this 
 hedlandc, he caused his couipanye to make a columnc or 
 crosse of stone, in token of Christian possession. In this 
 place there is plenty of hlacke ore and divers preatic stones. 
 
 The seaventccnth of Augustc, the Captaines wyth their 
 companies chased and killed a greate white bcare, whichc 
 adventured and gave a fierce assaulte upon twentie men 
 being wcaponcd. And he served them for good meat many 
 dayes after. 
 
 The eighteenth of August, the pinnesso with muche adoc 
 being set togythcr, the saide Captaine Bcstc determined to 
 depart upon the straitcs to prove and make trial, as before J^,J'ro"|^„-" 
 was pretended, some of his companye grcatlyc persuading 
 hini to the contrarie, and specially the carpenter that set 
 the same togithcr, who saide that he would not adventure 
 himsclfe therein for five hundreth poundes, for that the 
 boatc hung togithcr but onclye by the strength of the 
 nayles, and lacked some of her principall knees and tymbers. 
 
 These words somewhat discouraged some of the company 
 which should have gone therein. Whereupon the Captaine, 
 as one not altogithcr addicted to his ownc selfc will, but 
 somewhat foreseeing how it might be afterwards spoken, if 
 conlrarye fortune should happen him (lo, he bathe followed 
 his owne opinion and desperate resolutions, and so thereafter 
 it has befallen him), calling the maister marriners of bcstc 
 judgement togythcr, declared unto them howe much the 
 cause imported him in his creditc to seeke out the Generall, 
 as well to confcrre with him of some causes of waight as 
 otherwise to make due examination and triall of the good- 
 nesse of the ore, whereof they had no assurance but by 
 guesse of the eye, and was wcl like the other : which, so to 
 carry home, not knowing the goodnesse thereof, might bo as 
 much as if they should bring so many stones. And, there- 
 
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 11 IK Tin HI) VOYAOK 
 
 
 fore, hec ilcsired them to dclyvcr tlicir plaiiie and hoiicht 
 opinion, whether the" pinnasse were suiHcicnt for him so to 
 adventure in or no. It was answered, that by carefull heedc 
 taking thereunto amonght the is>e and the foulc weather, the 
 pinnesse might suffice. And hereuppon the nial.'-ters nuitc 
 of the Anne Frances, called Joim Ciray, manfully and 
 honestly ofTering himself unto his Captain in this adventure 
 and service, gave cause to others of hys marriners to folloyv 
 the attempt. 
 
 And upon the nineteenth of August the said Captain 
 being acconijKinicd with Captainc Upcote of the Moone, and 
 xviii persons in the small pinnesse, having convenient por- 
 tion of victualles and things necessary, departed upon the 
 said pretended voyage, leaving their shippc at ancker in a 
 good readinesse for the taking in of their fraight. And 
 having little winde to saile withall, they plyed alongest the 
 souther shoare, and passed above 30 leagues, having the 
 onely helpe of mans labour with ores, and so entendyng to 
 keepe that shoare aboorde untill they were gote up to the 
 fuithest and narrowest of y*' straites, minded there to crosse 
 over and to search likewise alongest the northerland unto 
 the Countesses Sound, and from thence to passe all thi't 
 coaste along, whereby if any of the fleete hadde been dis- 
 tressed by wracke of rocke or ise, by that meanes they 
 might be perceived of them, and so they thereby to give 
 them such helpe and reliefe as they could. 'Ihey did greatly 
 feare and ever suspecte that some of the fleete were surely 
 caste awaye and driven to seeke sowre sallets amongest the 
 colde clifl'es. 
 
 And being shot up about 40 leagues within y" straites, 
 they put over towards y* norther shore, which was not a 
 little daungerous for theyr small boatc. And by meanes of 
 sodaine llawe were driven and faine to seek harborow in the 
 niiiht amongst all the rockes and broken grounde of Ga- 
 briells llandcs, a place so named within the btraites above 
 
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 2Gi) 
 
 itiaitcs, 
 s not a 
 >ancs of 
 in the 
 ot" Cja- 
 s above 
 
 the Countossp of Warwioks Soiuulc. Antl by the way where 
 they landed they did tiiid certaine great stones settc uppc 
 by tlic count rie people, as it seemed for niarkes, where they 
 also made nuinye crosses of stone in token that Christians 
 had bin there. The xxii of Au'^ust they hadde sighte of 
 the Countessc Sounde, and made the place pcrfccte from 
 the toppe of a hill, and keopyng along the norther shoare 
 perceived the smoake of a fyre under a hylles side, whereof 
 they diverslye deemed when they came nearer the place, 
 tliey perceyved people whiclie wafted unto them, as it 
 seemed, with a flaggc or auncient. And bycause the can- 
 niballes and countrie people had nsed to doe the lyke when 
 they perceived any of our boats to passe by, they suspected 
 them to be the same. And coming somewhat nearer they 
 might perceive certayne tents and disecrne this auncient to 
 be of mingled colours, black and white, after the English 
 fashion. But bycausp they could see no shippe nor likeli- 
 hoode of harborow within five or sixe leagues aboute, and 
 knewc that none of oure men were wonte to frequent those 
 partes, they coulde not tell what to judge thereof, but 
 imagined tliat some of the shyppes being caried so highe 
 wyth the storme and mistes, had made shipwrackc amongest 
 the ise or the broken ilandes there, and were spoylcd by 
 the country people, who might use the sundrio coloured 
 fiaggc for a policie to bring them likewise within their 
 daunger. Whereupon the saide C'aptaine, wyth his com- 
 panies, resolved to recover the same auncient, if it were so, 
 from those base, cruell, and man-eating people, or else to 
 lose their lives, and all togither. One promised himselfe a 
 payre of garters, another a scarffe, the third a lace to tye 
 hys whistle withal of the same. In the ende, they discerned 
 them to be their conntreymcn, and then they deemed them 
 to have lostc theyr shyppes, and so to be gathered togythor 
 for theyr better strength. On the other side, the companye 
 a shoare feared that the Captayne having loste his shippe, 
 
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 270 
 
 THK THIIU) VOYAGE 
 
 Hunt eijomel 
 mihl. 
 
 OnptRino 
 
 York 
 
 nrrivcil. 
 
 came to sceko forth the fleotc for his rclicfV' in hys poorc 
 pinncssc, so that their extremities caused cache parte to 
 suspect the worste. 
 
 The captaiiie nowc with his pinncsse being come neere 
 the shoarc, commanded his boate carefully to be kepte 
 afloat, least in their nccessitie, they mii^ht winne the same 
 from hym, and secke first to save then)selvcs (for everye 
 mannc in that cause is nexte himsclfe). They haled one 
 another according to the manner of the sea, and demanded 
 what cheare ; and either partie answered y'' other, that all 
 was well ; whereuppon there was a sodaine and joyfull oute- 
 slioote, with grcate flinging up of cappes, and a brave voly 
 of shotte to welcome one another. And truelyc it was a 
 mostc straungc case, to sec howc joyfull and gladdc everye 
 partie was to sec themselves mectc in safeti ■ againe, after so 
 strange and incredible daungcrs ; yet to be shorte, as theyr 
 daungcrs were greate, so their God was greater. 
 
 And here the company were workyng uppon newc mines, 
 which Cajitayn Yorkc being here arrived not long before, 
 hadde foundc out in this place, and it is named the Countr.se 
 of Sussex Mine. 
 
 After some conference wyth ourc friends here, the Cap- 
 taine of the Atme Frances departed towardes the Countesse 
 of Warwickes Sounde to speake with the Generall, and to 
 have triall made of suchc mettall as he hadde broughte 
 thither, by the goldfinders. And so determined to dispatche 
 againe towards his shippc. And having spoken wyth the 
 Generall, he received order for all causes, and direction as 
 well for the bringing uppe of his shippe to the Countesses 
 Sounde, as also to fraight his shippc with the same ore he 
 himsclfe hadde found, which upon triall made, proved to be 
 very good. 
 
 The thirteenth of Auguste, the saide Ciapitainc mcttc to- 
 gither with the other Ca])itaines (Commissioners in counscU 
 with the Generall) aboorde the Aydc, where they considered 
 
 lit 
 
OF CAI'TAIN KUOHISIIER. 
 
 271 
 
 poorc 
 irtc to 
 
 ; nccrc 
 
 kcptc 
 
 le same 
 
 evevyc 
 icd one 
 mandcd 
 tliat all 
 ill oute- 
 ive voly 
 t was a 
 ; evcryc 
 
 after so 
 as thcyr 
 
 e mines, 
 
 before, 
 
 ountr ^sc 
 
 jhe Cap- 
 lountesse 
 , aiiil to 
 n-oughte 
 ^ispatclie 
 ^yth the 
 bction as 
 iuutcsses 
 ore he 
 led to be 
 
 lictte to- 
 Icounsell 
 Insidovcd 
 
 and consulted of sundric causes, which, particularly rei»istrcd 
 by the notarle, were appointed, where and howe to be done 
 againste an other yeare. 
 
 The fourteenth of August the Generall with two plnncsses 
 and good numbers of men, wcnte to IJearc's Sounde, com- 
 luanding the said capitaine with his pinnessc to attend the 
 service, to see if ho could encounter or apprehend any of the 
 caniballcs, for sundry tynies they showed themselves busy 
 thereabouts, sometimes with seven or eight boates in one 
 company, as though they minded to encounter with ourc 
 compauye, whichc were working there at the mines, in no 
 greate numbers. Tint when they perceived anyc of ourc 
 shippes to ride in that roade (being belike more amazed at 
 the countenance of a shippe, and a more number of men) 
 didde never shewe themselves againe there at all. Where- pe!I[,'i„"'„'i!r 
 fore oure men soughte with their pinnesses to compassc ®'"'"' 
 aboute the ilaud, where they did use, supposing there 
 sodainely to intercept some of them. But before ourc men 
 coulde come neare, having belike some watch in the toppc 
 of the mountaines, they conveyed themselves privily away, 
 and lefte (as it shouldc seeme) one of their great dartes be- 
 hinde them for haste, whiche we foundc neare to a place of 
 their caves and housing. Therefore, though our Generall 
 were very desirous to have taken some of them to have 
 broughtc into Englandc, they being nowe growen more wary 
 by their former losses, would not at any time come within 
 our daungers. About midnight of the same day the captaine 
 of the Anne Frances departed thence and set his course over 
 the straites towards Hattons Tlcdland, being about fiftecne 
 leagues, and returned aboord his ship over, the five and 
 twcntithf^ of Auguste, to the greate coniforte of his company, 
 who long expected his comming, where he foundc hys 
 shyppes ready rigged and loaden. Wherefore he departed 
 from thence agayne the next morning towardes the Count- 
 esses Sounde, where he arrived the eight and twentith of the 
 
m 
 
 
 THK THIllI) VOYAGK 
 
 A lioiise 
 biiildnil nnd 
 Icit tliuru. 
 
 same. By the waye he sctte hys miners ashoare at Beares 
 Soundc, for the better dispatche and gathering the ore to- 
 githcr, for that some of the ships were behinde with their 
 fn ighto, the time of the yeare passing speedily aM'ay. 
 
 The thirtith of August the Anne Frances was brought 
 aground, and had viij great Icakes mended, whiche she had 
 received by means of the rocks and isc. This daye the 
 masons finished a house whiche Captaine Fenton caused to 
 be made of lymc and stone upon the Countosso of Warwickes 
 Uande, to the ende we mighte prove against the nexte yeare, 
 whether the snow coulde overwhelm it, the frosts break uppe, 
 or the people dismember the same. And the better to allure 
 those brutish and uncivill people to courtesie, againste other 
 times of our comming, we Icfte therein dyvers of our coun- 
 trie toyes, as bells, and knives, wherein they specially de- 
 light, one for the necessarie use, and the other for the great 
 pleasure thereof. Also pictures of men and women in lead, 
 men a horsebackc, lookinghisses, whistles, and pipes. Also 
 in the house was made an oven, and brcade left baked 
 therein, for them to see and taste. 
 
 We buried the timber of our pretended forte, with manye 
 barrels of meale, pease, griste, and sundrie other good things, 
 which was of the provision of those whych should inhabite, 
 if occasion served. And insteede therof we fraight oure 
 ships full of ore, whiche we holdc of farre greater price. Also 
 here we sowed pease, corne, and other graine, to prove the 
 fruitfulncsse of the soyle against the next yeare. 
 
 ^Nlaister Wolfall on AVinters Fornacc preached a godly 
 sermon, which being ended, he celebrated also a communion 
 upon the lande, at the partaking whereof was the capitainc 
 of the Anne Frances, and manye other gentlemen and 
 soldiours, marrincrs and miners wyth hym. The celebration 
 of divine mistery was y" first signe, senle, and confirmation 
 of Christcs name, death and passion ever knowen in all 
 these quarters. I'hc said M. Wolfall made sermons, and 
 
OF CAPTAIN FROmSHER. 
 
 273 
 
 t Beares 
 L' ore to- 
 ith their 
 
 y- 
 
 brought 
 ; she had 
 daye the 
 ;aused to 
 '^arwickes 
 cte yeare, 
 3ak uppc, 
 : to allure 
 istc other 
 our coun- 
 cially de- 
 thc great 
 n in lead, 
 es. Also 
 •ft baked 
 
 th manye 
 I things, 
 inhubite, 
 iht oure 
 cc. Also 
 
 -irovc the 
 
 a godly 
 iininunion 
 capitaine 
 men and 
 Icbration 
 firmation 
 en in all 
 ions, and 
 
 celebrated the communion at sundrie other times, in severall 
 and sundrie ships, bicausc the whole company could never 
 meet togither at any one place. The fleet now being in 
 some good readinessc for their lading, y^ General calling 
 togither the gentlemen and captains to consult, told them 
 that he was very desirous y' some further discovery should 
 be attempted, and y' he wouldc not only by Gods help bring 
 home his shippes laden with gclde ore, b it also meant to 
 bring some certificat of a further discoverie of y" countric, 
 which thing to bring to passe (having sometime therein con- 
 sulted) they foundc veryc harde, and almost invincible. 
 And considering that aliCvidy they hadde spcnte some time 
 in searching out the trending and fashion of the mistaken 
 straites, and had entred verye farrc there^i, therefore it 
 coulde not be saide but that by thys voyage they have 
 notice of a further discovery, and that the hope of the 
 passage thereby is much furthered and encreased, as ap- 
 peared before in the discourse thereof Yet notwythstand- 
 ing, if anye meanes mighte be further devised, the captayncs 
 were contented and willing, as the Gencrall shoulde ap- 
 pointe and commando, to take any enterprise in liandc. 
 MHiichc, after long debating, was fouiul a thing veryc im- 
 possible, and that rather consultation was to bee had of re- 
 turning honiewarde, cspeciallye for these causes following. 
 First, the darke foggy mistes, the continuall fallyng snowe 
 and stormy weather which they commonly were vexed with, 
 and nowc daylye ever more and more encreased, have no 
 small argument of the winters drawing neare. And also the 
 froste everye nighte was so harde congealed within the 
 sounde, that if by cvill happe they shoulde be long kepte in 
 wyth contrarye windes, it was greatly to be feared that 
 they shouUl be shutte uppe there faste the whole yeare, 
 whych being utterly unprovided, would be their utter de- 
 struction. Againe, drinckc was so scant throughout all the 
 flectc, by means of the great leakage, that not onely the 
 
 T 
 
 emisulta- 
 tioii for ii 
 tuillier ilia- 
 coveiio. 
 
274 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 provision whyche was laydc in for the habitation was want- 
 ing and wasted, but also cache shyppes severall provision 
 spent and lost, which many of oure companye, to their great 
 griefe, founde in their returne since, for al the way home- 
 wards they drank,, nothing but water. And the great cause 
 of this lekage and wasting was, for that y® great timber and 
 seacole, which lay so waighty upon y^ barrels, brake, 
 brused, and rotted y« hoopes in sunder. Yet notwithstand- 
 ing these reasons alledged, y" Gcnerall himselfe (willing the 
 rest of the gentlemen and captaines every man to looke to 
 his severall charge and lading, that against a day appointed 
 they shoulde be all in a readinesse to sctte homeward) him- 
 selfe went in his pinnesse and discovered further northward 
 in the straytes, and found that by Beares Sound and Halles 
 Hand the land was not firme, as it was first supposed, but 
 all broken ilandes in manner of an archipclagus ; and so, 
 with other secret intt^igence to himselfe, he returned to 
 the fleete. AVhere presentlve, upon his arrivall at the 
 Countesses Sound, he began to take order for their return- 
 ing homeward, and first caused certayne Articles to be pro- 
 claymed, for the better keeping orders and courses in their 
 returne, which Articles were delivered to every captayne, 
 and a»*e these that follow : — 
 
 ARTICLES SETTE DOWNE BY MARTIN FROBISHKR, ESQUIKR, 
 CAPTAYNE GKNERALL OF TIIK WHOLE FLEETE, AP- 
 POYNTED FOR THE NORTHWEAST DISCOVERIES OF 
 CATAYA, PUBLISHED AND MADE KNOWEN TO THE 
 FLEETE FOR THE BETTER OBSERVING CERTAYNE ORDERS 
 AND COURSE IN THEIR RETURNE HOMEWARDE. 
 
 1. Firste and principallie he doth straytcly charge and 
 commaunde, by vcrtue of hir Majesties commission which he 
 hath, and in hir Majesties name, that every captayne and 
 captaynes, master and masters of the sayde fleete do vigi- 
 Icntly and carefully kcepc company with the Admirall, and 
 
OF CAPTAIN FUOniSHER. 
 
 275 
 
 by no manner of mcanes brcakc companyc willingly now in 
 our returne homewards, uppon pcync of forfeture his or 
 their whole freyte, that shall be found culpable therein, and 
 further to receyvc suche punishment, as to hir Majestie shal 
 seeme good therein, and also to answere all such damages 
 or losses as may happen or growe by dispersing and break- 
 ing from the fleete. And therefore for the better keeping 
 of companye, the Generall straytely chargeth and com- 
 maundeth all the maysters of these shippes, and every of 
 them, that they repayre to speake with the Adinirall once 
 every daye, if he or they may convenientlye doc it, uppon 
 payne of forfeting of one tunne fraightc to hir Majestie, for 
 every daye neglecting the same. 
 
 2. Item, that every mayster in the sayde fleete observe 
 and keepe orderly and vigilantly all such articles as were 
 outwards bounde, drawen, and published by the Generall 
 in hyr Majesties name, whereof there was dcly vered to every 
 shippe a copie. 
 
 3. Item, that all captaynes and maysters of everye ship 
 and shippes doe proclaime and make it knowen to their 
 companye, that no person or persons within the sayde fleete, 
 of what condition soever, doe take or keepe to theyr use or 
 uses any ore or stones, of what quantitie so ever it be, but 
 forthwith upon publication hereof, to dcly ver them and yeelde 
 them to the custodie of the captayne to deliver unto the Gene- 
 rall his officers, that shr.U be appointed to call for them 
 upon payne or losse of his or their wages, and treble the 
 value of them or him that shall be founde giltie, the one 
 halfe thereof to be given unto him that shal apprehend any 
 suche person^ and the other halfe at hir Majesties appoynt- 
 ment, and the partic founde guiltie therein to be appre- 
 hended as a fellon. 
 
 4. Item, that no person or persons convey or carrie out 
 of any ship or shippes any ore or stone or other commoditie 
 whatsoever were had or found in the land called Meta In- 
 
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27G 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 cognita, before they came in the place appoyntcd, which is 
 against Dartford Crecke in y® River of Thames, and then 
 and there to deliver none to anye person or persons, but 
 such as shall be appoynted by hir Highnesse most honorable 
 Privie Counsell, upon the payne and danger abovesaid. 
 
 5. Item, forasmuche as in my voyage hither bounde, I 
 landed upon Freseland, and divers other of the said ileete, 
 which land I named "West England, from which land some 
 brought stones, ore, and other commodities, whereby here- 
 after they might use coulorable means, to convey as well 
 ore, stones, and other things found in the abovesayd land, I 
 do therefore charge every person and persons in th' sayd 
 flcete to deliver, or cause to be delivered, al maner of ore, 
 stones, and other commodities founde as well there as here, 
 to the captaynes of every shippe or shippcs, to be redelivered 
 by him or them to the Gencrall, upon payne and danger 
 aforcsayd. 
 
 6. Item, that if any shippe or shippes by force of weather 
 shall be separated from the Admiral), and afterwards happen 
 to fall, or shall be in danger to fall into the handcs of their 
 enimies, that then all and everye suche shippe or shippes 
 shall have spcciall regard before his falling into theyr 
 handes, to convey away and cast into the seas all suche 
 plattes or cardes, as shall be in any suche shippe or shippes 
 of the abovesaide discovered lande, and all other knowledge 
 thereof. 
 
 7. Item, that if any such shippe or shippes by force of 
 weather shall be separated from the fleete or Adniirall, and 
 shall afterwardcs arrive at any port in England, that then in 
 such case he shall not depart from that porte, but shall give 
 order and advertisement to Michaell Locke, treasourer of 
 the companye, by whom hee or they shall have order from 
 the Lordes of the Privie CounccU what they shall do. 
 
 8. Item, forasmuch as sundry of the fleets companies have 
 had lent them crowes of iron, sledges, pixeaxcs, shovels, 
 
OF CAPTAIN FROmSJlER. 
 
 277 
 
 liich is 
 d then 
 as, but 
 lorable 
 id. 
 
 indc, I 
 . llcete, 
 d some 
 y here- 
 as well 
 
 land, I 
 IP sayd 
 
 of ore, 
 as here, 
 divercd 
 
 danger 
 
 ^veather 
 happen 
 of their 
 shippcs 
 
 theyr 
 
 1 suche 
 shippes 
 
 owlcdge 
 
 force of 
 
 all, and 
 
 then in 
 
 lall give 
 
 ourer of 
 
 cr from 
 
 ■ 0. 
 
 ucs have 
 shovels, 
 
 spades, hatchets, axes, and divers other instruments for 
 mines and mining used. And also dyvers of the sayde kind 
 of instruments above named, was Icfte at the Countesse of 
 Sussex mine by ^he Aydcs companye, and are yet kept 
 from their knowledge by such as wrought at the sayd myne, 
 which instruments do apperteyne to the righte honorable 
 and worshipfull company of the abovesaide discoverie. I 
 do therefore charge all captaynes and maysters of every 
 shippe or shippes to make it knowen to his or their com- 
 panies, to the end that all such instruments, as well those 
 lent, as those that are otherwise dcteyned and kept away, 
 may be agayne restored, and broughte aboord the Admirall 
 upou payne and danger expressed in the third article. 
 
 By me, Martin Frobisher. 
 
 THK FLEETES RETURNING HOMEWARD. 
 
 Having nowc receyved articles and direction for oure 
 returne homewardes, all other things being in forwardnesse 
 and in good order, the last day of August the whole ileete 
 departed from the Countesse Sound, excepting the Judilh 
 and the Anne Frances, who stayed for the taking in of fresh 
 water, and came forth the next dayc and mette the flcete 
 lying off and on, athwart Bcares Sounde, who stayed for 
 the Generall, which then was gone ashore to dispatch the ^^^^^^ 
 two barkes and the Bussc, of Bridge water, for their load- i'"""=^^'"'J- 
 ing, whereby to get the companycs and other things 
 aboordc. The captayne of the Anne Frances having most 
 part of Lis company ashore the first of Sciitember, went also 
 to Bcares Sound in his pinnessc to fetch hys men aboordc, 
 but the winde grew so great immediately uppon their land- 
 ing that the shippes at sea were in great danger, and some 
 of them hardly put from their ankers, and greatly feared to 
 be utterly lost, as the Hopewell, wherein was Captayne 
 Carew and others, who could not tell on which side their 
 di'nger was most, for having mightie rockcs threatening on 
 
HIS 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 the one side, and drivin^.^ ilands of cutting isc on the other 
 side, they greatly feared to make shipwrack, y* ise driving 
 so neare them that it touched their borde sprete. And by 
 meanes of y^ sea that was growen so hie, they were not able 
 to put to seas with their smal pinnesses, to recover their 
 shippes. And, againe, the ships were not able to tarrie or 
 lye athwarte for them by meanes of the outrageous windes 
 and swelling seas. The General willed the captaine of the 
 Aime Frances with his companye for that nighte to lodge 
 aboorde the Basse of Bridgewater, and went himself with 
 the rest of his men abordc the barkes. But their numbers 
 were so great and the provision of the barkes so scant that 
 they pestered one another exceedingly. They had good 
 hope that the next morning the weather woulde be faire, 
 wherby they might recover their shippes. But in the 
 morning following it was farre worse, for the storme con- 
 tinued greater, the sea being more swollen and the fleete 
 gone quite out of sighte. So that now their doubts began 
 to growe great, for the ship of Bridgewater which was of 
 greatest receit, and wherof they had best hope and made 
 most accompt, roade so far to leewarde of the harborow 
 mouth, that they were not able for the rockes (that lay be- 
 tweene the winde and them) to leade it out to sea with a 
 sayle. And the barkes were so already pestered with men 
 and so slenderly furnished of provision, that they had scarce 
 meate for sixe dayes for such numbers. 
 
 The Generall in the morning departed to sea in the 
 Gahriell, to seeke for the fleete, leaving the Busse, of Bridge- 
 water, and the Michael bchinde in Beares Sound. The 
 Busse set sayle, and thought by turning in the narrowe 
 channell within the harborow, to get to windewarde ; but 
 being put to leewarde more by that meanes was faine to 
 come to ancker for hir better safetie amongst a number of 
 rockes, and there left in great danger of ever getting forth 
 againe. 'I'he Michacll set sayle to follow the Generall, and 
 

 OF CAPTAIN FROBISHER. 
 
 279 
 
 could give yo Busse no rcliefc, although they earnestly de- 
 sired the same. And the captaine of the Amie Frances 
 was Icftc in hardc election of two evils : either to abide his 
 fortune with the Basse, o[ Bridgewatcr, which was doubtfull 
 of ever getting forth, or else to be towed in his smal pin- 
 ncssc at the sterne of the Michael thorow the raging seas, 
 for that the barkc was not able to receive or releeve halfe 
 his company, wherein his daunger was not a little perillous. 
 
 So, after resolved to committe himselfe, with all his com- 
 pany, unto that fortune of God and sea, hee was daunger- 
 ously towed at the sterne of the barke for many myles, untill 
 at length they espyed the Anne Frances under sayle, harde 
 under their lee, which was no small comforte unto them. 
 For no doubt both those and a great number moe had 
 perished for lackc of victuals, and convenient roome in the 
 barkcs, without the helpe of the sayde ships. But the 
 honest care that the maister of the Anne Francos had of his 
 captaine and the good regarde of dutie towards his General, 
 suffered him not to depart, but honestly abode to hazarde a 
 daungerous roadc all the night long, notwithstanding all the 
 stormy weather, when all the fleete besides departed. And 
 the pinnesse came no sooner aborde the shippe, and the men 
 entered, but she presently sheavered and fel in pecces, and 
 sunke at the ships sterne with al the poore mens furniture : 
 so weake was the boate with towing, and so forcible was the 
 sea to bruse hir in peeces. But (as God woulde) the men 
 were all saved. 
 
 At this presento in this stormc manye of the fleete were 
 dangerously distressed, and were severed almost al asunder. 
 And there were lost in the whole fleete well neere xx boates 
 and pinnesses in this storme, and some men strokcn over 
 boorde into the sea, and utterly lost. Manye also spente 
 their mayne yardes and mastes, and with the continuall 
 frostes and dcawe, the roapes of our shippes were nowe 
 growen so rotten, that they went all asunder. Yet, thanks 
 
wmm 
 
 280 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAOK 
 
 A fruitful 
 new iliiiid 
 discovcieJ. 
 
 be to God, all the flcetc arrived safely in Englande aboute 
 the first of October, some in one place, and some in another. 
 But among other, it was most marvellous how y^ Basse, of 
 ]>ridgewatcr, got away, who being lefte bchinde the flecte 
 in great daunger of never getting forth, was forced to sccke 
 a way northwarde, thorowe an unknowen channel full of 
 rockcs, upon the back side of Bcares Soundc, and there by 
 good hap found out a way into the north sea (a very 
 daungcrous attempted, save that neccssitie, which hath no 
 lawe, forced them to trie masteries. This foresaide north 
 sea is the same which lyeth upon the backc side of all the 
 northe lande of Frobishcrs Straits, where first y" Generall 
 himself in his pinnesscs, and some other of our company 
 have discovered (as they affirmc) a great forelandc where 
 they would have also a greate likclyhoode of the greatest 
 passage towardes the South Sea, or Marc del Sar. 
 
 The Basse, of Bridgcwater, as she came homeward to 
 y" southestwarde of Frescland, discovered a great ilande in 
 the latitude of degrees which was never yet founde before, 
 and sayled three daycs alongst the coast, the land seeming 
 to be fruitcful, full of woods, and a champain countrie. 
 
 There dyed in the whole flecte in all this voyage not 
 above fortie persons, whiche number is not great, consider- 
 ing howe manye ships were in the flecte, and how strange 
 fortunes we passed. 
 
 A GENERALL BRIEFE DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTREY, AND 
 CONDITION OF THE I'EOrLE, WHICH ARE FOUND IN 
 
 "WETA INCOGNITA." 
 
 Having now sufficiently and truly set forth y® whole cir- 
 cumstance, and particular handling of every occurence in 
 the three voyages of our worthy Generall, Captayne Fro- 
 bishcr, it shal not be from the purpose to spcake somewhat 
 in generall of the nature of this countrcy called Mcta In- 
 
OF CAPTAIN FROBISIIKR. 
 
 281 
 
 : aboute 
 another, 
 iussc, of 
 be flccte 
 to sceke 
 I full of 
 there by 
 (a very 
 hath no 
 lie north 
 f all the 
 Gcncrall 
 company 
 ie where 
 greatest 
 
 Dward to 
 
 ilande in 
 
 e before, 
 
 seeming 
 
 rie. 
 
 yagc not 
 consider- 
 strange 
 
 EY, AND 
 
 i:nd in 
 
 lolc cir- 
 rence in 
 •ne Fro- 
 omewhat 
 lie fa In- 
 
 cognita, and the condition of the savage people there in- 
 habiting. 
 
 First therefore concerninp' the topo"raphicall description a topofpn 
 
 °^ . pliioill do- 
 
 of the place. It is nowe foundc in the last vo acfc that H'riiti"" < 
 
 '■ ~ Metii In- 
 
 Queen Elizabeths Cape, being situate in latitude of oouuita. 
 
 degrees and a halfe, whiche before was supposed to be parte 
 of the firme land of America. And also all the rest of the 
 south side of Frobishers Straytes, are all severall ilands and 
 broken land, and likewise so will all the north side of tlie 
 said straytes fall out to be, as I thinke. And some of our 
 company being entred above 60 leagues within the mistaken 
 straytes, in the third booke mentioned, thought certaynely 
 that they had deserved the firme lande of America towards 
 the south, which I thinke will fall out so to bee. 
 
 These broken landcs and ilandes, being very many in 
 number, do seemc to make there an archipelagus, which as 
 they all differ in greatncsse, forme, and fashion one from 
 another, so arc they in goodnesse, couloure and soyle muche 
 unlike. They all are very high lands, mountayncs, and in 
 most parts covered with snow, even all the summer long. 
 The norther lands have lesse store of snow, more grasse, and 
 are more plaync countreys ; the cause may be, for that the 
 souther ilands receive all the snow, y' the cold winds and 
 percing ayre bring out of the north. And contrarily the 
 norther partes receive more warme blastes of milder aire 
 from the south, whereupon may grow the cause why the 
 people covet and inhabit more upon the north partes, than 
 the south, as farre as we can yet by our experience perceive 
 they doe. These people I judge to be a kinde of Tartar, or 
 rather a kind of Samowey, of the same sort and condition of 
 life y' the Samoweides be to the northeastwards, beyond 
 Moscovy, who are called Samoweyes, which is as much to 
 say in the Moscovy tong, as eaters of themselves, and so the 
 Russians their borderers doe name them. And by late con- 
 ference with a friend of mine (with whome I dyd sometime 
 
282 
 
 THE Tlimn VOYAGE 
 
 travcll in the parts of Moscovy) who hath great experience 
 of" those Somoweides and people of y" northeast, I finde, that 
 in all their manor of living, those people of the northeast, 
 and these of the northwcast, are like. They are of the 
 eoloure of a ripe olive, wiiich how it may come to passe, 
 being borne in so cold a climate, I referre to y® judgement 
 of others, for they are naturally borne children of the same 
 couloure and complexion as all the Americans are, which 
 dwell under the equinoctiall line. 
 
 They are men very active and nimble. They are a strong 
 people, and very warlike, for in our sighte, uppon the toppcs 
 of the hilles, they would often muster themselves, and after 
 the man<^r of a skirmish, trace their ground very nimbly, and 
 mannagc their bowes and dartes with great dexteritie. They 
 goe clad in coates made of the skinnes of beastes, as of ceales, 
 dere, beares, foxes, and hares. They have also some gar- 
 ments of feathers, being made of the cases of foules, finely 
 sowed and compact togither. Of all which sortes, we 
 broughte home some with us into England, which we founde 
 in their tents. In sommer, they use to weare the hearie side 
 of their coates outwarde, and sometime go naked for too 
 much heatc. And in winter (as by signes they have de- 
 clared) they weare foure or five folde uppon their bodies 
 with y^ heare (for warmth) turned inward. Hereby it ap- 
 peareth, that the ayre there is not indifFerente, but eyther it 
 is fervent bote, or else extreeme colde, and far more exces- 
 sive in both qualities, than the reason of the clymate shoulde 
 yeclde. For there it is colder, being under degrees in 
 
 latitude than it is at Warhus in the voyage to Saint Nicholas 
 in Moscovie, being at above 70 degrees in latitude. The 
 reason hereof, perhaps, maye be, that thys Meta Incognita is 
 much frequented and vexed with eastern and northeastern 
 windes, whiche from the sea and ise bringeth often an intoller- 
 able cold ayre, whiche was also the cause that this yere our 
 straites were so long shutte up. But there is great hope and 
 
OK CAPTAIN FHOHISIIER. 
 
 283 
 
 cricnce 
 Ic, that 
 rthcast, 
 of the 
 I passe, 
 gcmcnt 
 le same 
 , which 
 
 I strong 
 ; toppcs 
 nd after 
 bly, and 
 . They 
 f ccalcs, 
 me gar- 
 !S, finely 
 ptes, Ave 
 n founde 
 aric side 
 for too 
 lave de- 
 bodics 
 )y it ap- 
 ythcr it 
 exccs- 
 shoulde 
 rees in 
 'Nicholas 
 The 
 )gnita is 
 icastcrn 
 ■intoller- 
 ere our 
 ope and 
 
 likclyhoodc, that further within the straights it will be more 
 constant and temperate weather. 
 
 These people are in nature vcryc subtil, and sharpe wittcd, 
 rcadye to conceive our meaning by signcs, and to make 
 answere, well to be undcrstoode againe. As if they have 
 not scene the thing whereof you askc them, they wyll winck, 
 or cover their eyes with their hands, as who would say, it 
 hath bene hyd from their sighte. If they undcrstande you 
 not, whereof you aske them, they will stoppe their cares. 
 Tiiey will teach us the names of cache thing in their lan- 
 guage, which we desire to learne, and are apt to learne any 
 thing of us. They delight in musickc above measure, and 
 will keep time and stroke to any tune which you shal sin^,", 
 both wyth their voycc, hcadc, handc and fcete, and wyll sing 
 the same tunc aptlyc after you. They will rowc with our 
 oarcs in our boates, and kepe a true stroke with ourc 
 mariners, and scenic to take great delight therein. They 
 live in caves of the earth and hunte for their dinners or 
 prayc, even as the beare or other wildc beastcs do. They 
 cate rawe fleshe and fishe, and refuse no meatc, howsoever 
 it be stinking. They are desperate in their fight, sullen of 
 nature, and ravenous in their manner of feedinge. 
 
 T'heir sullen and desperate nature doth herein manifestly 
 appeare, that a com panic of them being environed of our 
 men, on the toppe of a high cliffe, so that they coulde by no 
 meanes escape our handes, finding themselves in this case 
 distressed, chose rather to cast themselves headlong downe 
 the rockes into the sea, and so to be bruscd and drowned, 
 rather than to yceld themselves to our men's mercies. 
 
 For their weapons, to offende their enimies, or kill their 
 pray withall, they have dartes, slings, bowes, and arrows 
 headed with sharp stones, bones, and some with yron. They 
 arc exceedingly friendly and kinde harted, one to the other, 
 and mourne greatly at the losse or harme of their fellowes, 
 and cxprcssc their griefc of minde, when they part one from 
 
^^p 
 
 ^84 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 an other, with a mouriicfuU sonj,', and DirgQiP. They arc 
 very shamclast in bewraying the secretes of nature, and 
 verye chaste in y* manor of their living : for when the man 
 which we brought from thence into Enghind (y" hxst voyage) 
 shouhl put of his coat, or discover liis whole body for change, 
 he would not suffer the woman to be present, but put hir 
 forth of hys cabin. And in all the space of two or three 
 moncthes, while the man lived in company of the woman, 
 there was never any thing scene or perceived betwecnc them 
 more than might have passed betwecnc brother and sister : 
 but the woman was in all things very servicable for the man, 
 attending him carefully, when he was sick, and he likewise 
 in al the meatcs whiche they did eatc togithcr, would carve 
 unto her of the sweetest, fattest, and best morsels they had. 
 They wondred muche at all our things, and were afraide of 
 our horses, and other beastes, out of measure. They be- 
 gannc to grow more civill, familiar, pleasant, and docible 
 amongst us in a verye shorte time. 
 
 They have boatcs made of leather, and covered clcanc 
 over, saving one place in the middle to sit in, planckcd 
 within with timber, and they use to rowe therein with one 
 ore, more swiftly a great dcale, than we in our boatcs can 
 doc with twentie. They have one sort of greater boatcs 
 Avherin they can carrie above twentie persons, and have a 
 mast wyth a sayle thereon, whiche sayle is made of thinnc 
 skinncs or bladders, sowed together with the sincwes of 
 fishes. 
 
 They are good fishermen, and in their small boatcs, beeing 
 disguised with their coates of cealcs skinncs, they deceyve 
 the fishe, who take them rather for their fellowe ceales, than 
 lor deccyving men. 
 
 They are good marke men. With their darte or arrowe 
 they will commonly kill ducke or any other foule in the 
 head and commonly in the eye. 
 
 When they shoote at a greate fishe with anye of theyr 
 
01' CAPTAIN VIlOMISIIEn, 
 
 285 
 
 hey are 
 re, ami 
 he man 
 voyage) 
 ehange, 
 put hii' 
 jr three 
 woman, 
 me them 
 1 sister: 
 the man, 
 likewise 
 Id carve 
 hey had. 
 fraide of 
 rhey be- 
 l docible 
 
 d clcane 
 
 )lanckcd 
 ilh one 
 
 )ates can 
 boates 
 have a 
 ■ thinnc 
 
 icwes of 
 
 , becing 
 
 deceyvc 
 
 dcs, than 
 
 r arrowe 
 e in the 
 
 of theyr 
 
 dartes, thry use to tyc a bladder tlicrounto, whereby they 
 may the better findo them ngaine, and the fishe not able to 
 Carrie it so easily away, for that the bladder dothc boy the 
 darto, will at length be wcerie and dye therewith. 
 
 They use to traflikc and exchange their commodities with 
 some other people, of whome they have such things as their 
 miserable country and ignorance of arte to make, denyeth 
 them to have, as barres of iro«, heads of iron for their 
 dartes, needles made foure-squarc, certayne buttons of cop- 
 per, whiche they use to wearc uppon theyr forheads for 
 ornaments, as oure ledycs in the Court of England do use 
 great pcarle. 
 
 Also they have made signes unto us that they have 
 seen gold and such bright plates of mcttals whiche arc used 
 for ornaments amongst some people with whome they have 
 conference. 
 
 We found also in their tents a Guiney bcane of rcddc 
 couloure, the which dothe usually grow in the bote coun- 
 treys : whereby it appereth they trade with other nations 
 Avhiche dwell farrc off, or else themselves are great travel- 
 lers. 
 
 They have nothing in use among them to make fyre 
 withali, saving a kind of heath and mosse which groweth 
 there. 
 
 And they kindle their fyre with continuall rubbing and 
 fretting one sticke againste another, as we do with flints. 
 They drawe with doggcs in sleads upon the isc, and remove 
 their tents thcrwithal, wherein they dwcl in sommer, when 
 they goe a hunting for their praye and provision againste 
 winter. They doc sometime parboyle their meate a little 
 and seeth the same in kettles made of beasts skins : they 
 have also pannes cutte and made of stone very artificially : 
 they use preaty ginr is wherewith they take foule. The 
 women carry their sucking children at their backs, and do 
 feed them with raw flesh, which first they do a little chawe 
 
 ]\'<vi lli»y 
 
 Tlif) k('ll1i?8 
 iiijil piiiiiiea. 
 
••BP 
 
 286 
 
 THK TIIIRI) VOYAGE 
 
 Tlip ppojile 
 Blirubbes. 
 
 Tlip mooiie 
 iiiiikpih n 
 ipvdlutioii 
 nbiive 
 groin I J. 
 
 in their ownc mouths. The women have their faces marked 
 or painted over with small blewe spots : they have blacke 
 and long haire on their heads, and trimmc the same in a 
 decent order. The men have but little haire on their faces, 
 and very thinne bcardes. For their common drincke, they 
 cate ise to quench their thirst withal. Their earth yceldcth 
 no graine or fruite of sustenance for man, or almost for 
 beast to live uppon ; and the i)coplc will eatc grasso and 
 shrubs of the grounde, even as our kinc do. They have no 
 woode growing in theyr countrcy thercaboutes, and yet wee 
 finde they have some timber among tlieni, whichc we thinke 
 doth grow farrc ofl' to the soutln\ardcs of this place, about 
 Canada, or some other part of Ncwe Foundc Land : for 
 there belike, the trees standing on the clifics of the sea side, 
 by the waight of ise and snowe in winter overcharging them 
 with waight when the sommcrs thawe commcth above, and 
 also the sea underfretting them beneath, whiche winneth 
 daylye of the lande, they are undermined and fall down 
 from those clifFes into the sea, and with the tydcs and cur- 
 rants are driven to and fro upon the coasts further off, and 
 by conjecture are taken uppe here by these countrie people 
 to serve them, to plancke and strengthen their boats witliall, 
 and to make dartcs, bowcs, and arrc. es, and suche other 
 things neccssaric for their use. And of this kind of drift 
 wood we finde all the seas over great store, which being 
 cutte or sawed asunder, by reason of long driving in the 
 sea, is eaten of wormes, and full of hoalcs, of whych sorte 
 theirs is founde to be. 
 
 We have not yet foundc anye venomous serpent or other 
 hurtefull thing in these partes, but there is a kinde of small 
 fly or gnat that stingeth and offendcth sorelyc, leaving 
 manye red spots in the face, and other places where she 
 stingeth. They have snowe and hayle in the beste time of 
 their sommcr, and the ground froscn three fadome deepe. 
 
 These people are great inchauntcvs, and use many charms 
 
OF CAVTAIN FROHISIIEU. 
 
 287 
 
 marked 
 
 blacke 
 T\c in a 
 ir faces, 
 ic, they 
 rccUlcth 
 nost for 
 lssc atid 
 have no 
 yet wee 
 c thinkc 
 ;c, about 
 md : for 
 sea side, 
 mg tlicm 
 10 ve, and 
 
 winnctli 
 ill down 
 and cur- 
 ■ off, and 
 
 c people 
 witliall, 
 
 he other 
 of drift 
 bein 
 the 
 ch sorte 
 
 11 Deing 
 
 IS III 
 
 or other 
 
 of small 
 
 leaving 
 
 here she 
 
 b time of 
 
 jlecpe. 
 charms 
 
 of witchcraft : for when their heads do ake, they tyc a great 
 stone with a string unto a stickc, and with certaync prayers 
 and wordes done to the sticko, they lift up the stone from the 
 ground, which sometimes wyth all a mans force they cannot 
 stir, and sometime againe they lift as easily as a feather, 
 and hope thereby with certayne ceremonious words to have 
 ease and hclpe. And they made us by signes to understand, 
 lying groveling with their faces uppon the ground and 
 making a noise downwarde, that they worshippe the devill 
 under them. 
 
 They have great store of deere, beares, hares, foxes, and 
 innumerable numbers of sundry sortcs of wilde foule, as 
 sc.amewes, guiles, wilmotes, duckcs, &c., whereof our men 
 killed in one day fiftcene hundred. 
 
 They have also store of hawkes, as falcons, tassels, &c., 
 whereof two alighted upon one of our shippes at theyr re- 
 turne, and were brought into England, which some thinke 
 wi^' prove very good. 
 
 There are also grcate store of ravens, larkes, and partridges, 
 whereof the countrey people feede. 
 
 All the fowles are farre thicker clothed with downc und 
 feathers, and have thicker skinnes than any in England 
 have : for, as that country is colder, so Nature bathe pro- 
 vided a remcdie thereunto. 
 
 Our men have eaten of their beares, hares, partriches, 
 larkes, and of their wilde fowle, and find them reasonal'lc 
 good mcate, but not so delectable as ours. 
 
 Their wilde fowle must be all Heyne, their skinnes are so 
 thick : and they tast best frycd in pannes. 
 
 The countrie seemeth to be much subjccte to earthquakes. 
 
 The ayre is very subtile, piercing, and searching, so that 
 if any corrupted or infected body, especially with the dis- 
 ease called Moi'htis Gallicus, come there, it will prcsentlye 
 brcake forth and shewe it selfc, and cannot there by anye 
 kindc of salve or medicine be cured. 
 
288 
 
 THE THIRD VOYAGE 
 
 Their longest sommers day is of greate length, without 
 any darkc night, so that in July all the night long we might 
 perfitcly and casilie wright and rcadc whatsoever had pleased 
 us, which lightsome nights were very beneficiall unto us, 
 being so distressed with abundance of ise as wee were. 
 
 The sunne setteth to them in the evening at a quarter of 
 oi''iiiH"!iiIy, ^'^ houre after tenne of the clocke, and riseth agayne in the 
 morning at three quarters of an houre after one of the 
 clocke, so that in sommcr thcyr sunne shineth to them 
 twcntic houres and a halfe, and in the nighte is absent three 
 houres and a halfe. And although the sunne be absent 
 these 3^ houres, yet is it not darke that time, for that the 
 sunne is never above three or foure degrees under the 
 edge of the horizon : the cause is, that the tropicke cancer 
 doth cutte their horizon at very uneaven and oblique angles. 
 But the moone at any time of the ycare beeing in Cancer, 
 having north latitude, doth make a full revolution above 
 their horizon, so that sometimes they sec the moone above 
 24 houres togither. Some of oure companic, of the more 
 ignorant sort, thought we might continually have scene the 
 sunne and the moone had it not bin for two or three high 
 mountaynes. 
 
 The people arc nowe become so warye and so circum- 
 spect, by reason of their former losses, that by no means we 
 can apprehend any of them, although we attempted often in 
 this last voyage. But to saye truth, we could not bestowe 
 any great time in pursuing them, bycause of oure greate 
 businesse in lading and other things. 
 
 To conclude, I finde all the countrie nothing that may be 
 to dclite in, either of pleasure or of accompte, only the 
 shewe of mine, bothe of golde, silver, Steele, yron, and 
 blacke leadc, with divers prcaty stones, as blcwe saphire 
 very perfect, and others, whereof we founde great plentic, 
 maye give encouragement for men to secke thyther. And 
 there is no doubt, but being well looked unto and thorowly 
 
 rommn- 
 dilics of 
 Meta 111' 
 L'ogiiita. 
 
THE TIHRD V„VAOE OF CUr^.x PROBISHEB. 289 
 
 discovered, it wyl, m.Ue our countrie both nch and happyo 
 «.au„te. to .,Z ,e ., ;. JX'! A^r ""^'^ 
 
 At London ; 
 
 Printed by Henry Bynnyman, 
 
 Anno Domini lo7^, 
 
 Decemhris 10. 
 
 u 
 
«?■<■"■*■ 
 
 ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE THIRD VOYAGE, 
 BY EDWARD SELLMAN. 
 
 Edward Skllmann wrote this bookc; and he delivered yt 
 to Michael Lok, the 2 of October 1578, in London : — 
 
 The 2 of May 1578, we departed from Bristoll with the 
 Ayde and the Gabriell, Christopher Hall, and Robert 
 Davis Ms. 
 
 The 6 said we arrived at Plymouth, where we stayed to 
 take in our myncrs. 
 
 The 19 said we departed from Plymouth, with the Ayde, 
 the Fraunces, and the Moone of Foy, the Achnirrcll, and the 
 bark Denis, and arrived at the Downes the 24''' said and the 
 said at midnight we departed thence and arrived at Har- 
 wiche the 22 said to stay for the reste of the flcete, where 
 we found the Thomas of Harwich. 
 
 The 27 said, there arrived at Harwich, the Thomas AUn, 
 the An Fraunccs, the Hopewell, the Beare Lester, the 
 Judith, the Gabriell, and the Michael, the Salomon of Wey- 
 mouth came to us to Harwich, and the Emanuel 
 of 
 
 The 31 said the Aide with all the above named ships de- 
 parted from Harwiche with the winde at N.E. making our 
 passage towards the west coast and arrived at Plymouth the 
 3 of June. 
 
 The 3 of June, 1578, at night we departed from Plymouth, 
 with the winde west hand at east, and to the westwards of 
 the Cape 7 leags we had sight of a bark of Bristoll with 
 whome after we had spoken, they declared that they came 
 out of Spayne and were robbed by 2 French men-of-war, 
 
THIUD VOYAGE, IIY KDWARP SELLMAN. 
 
 291 
 
 AGE, 
 
 cred yt 
 
 ith the 
 Robert 
 
 ;ay' 
 
 ;d to 
 
 le Ayde, 
 , and the 
 1 and the 
 at Har- 
 c, where 
 
 las Alin, 
 \stcr, the 
 of Wey- 
 Emanuel 
 
 I ships dc- 
 Iking our 
 liouth the 
 
 hy mouth, 
 twards of 
 Btoll with 
 Ihey came 
 In-of-war, 
 
 and five of their companye slayne, their hiding was oyle and 
 sack, they spoiled them of all their victuall allso and left 
 them nothing to eate of but oyle bcrycs : The Gencrall 
 gave them 3 sackes of biskct, and j barrell of butter, peas 
 and chese to releve them withall, by which bark 1 wrote a 
 letter, and sent it to Mr. Kitchen to be conveyed to my 
 master, Mr. Michael Lock, advertising him of all the fleets 
 arrivale uppon the coast of Zealand. 
 
 The 7 said we sailed N.W. and by W. the windc at S.E. 
 a fyne bearing gale, with the winde sometimes at N.E. 
 sometimes at E. sometimes at S.W. still k(>ping our course 
 (for the most part) N.W. and by W. and N.W. untill the 
 19 said at none, at which time we went in 60 degrees of 
 latitude, and to the eastwards of Friscland, 30 leags, by the 
 rcckening of some 40, and 50 by others, and bearing N.W. 
 and by W. and W.N.W. of us at the going clown of the 
 sunne, but at that time we had not made th j land perfect, and 
 so sayling untill mydnight, we came nerer unto yt and made 
 yt perfectly. At which tyme we shot of a pece of ordo- 
 nance to geve the flete warning thereof: I judge the voyage 
 is better to be attempted, followed and used by the west 
 parts, then by the north parts, as well for the avoyding of 
 much cold within the north passage we had, ar, allso redyer 
 windes to follow our said viadge, as by the falling out of 
 this passage doth appere. 
 
 The 20 of June, lo78,earely in the morning, the Generall 
 caused a small pynnas to be hoysed out of the Ayde, and 
 with her he passed a boord the Gahricll, and did beare in 
 with the land sayling alongst yt, untill he found a sound to 
 enter in uppon the south side of the land, which sound after 
 he was cntred, called yt Luke's Sound, by reason of one 
 Luke Ward that went with him a land ; in which sound 
 tliey found people and tents, but the people fl.pd from them, 
 and they entred their tents, finding thereby by all things 
 therein that they arc a people like the people oi Aleta In- 
 
 r -2. 
 

 ANOTHKK ACCOUNT OF I Ml', 
 
 co'^nita with like boalcs of .ill sortcs, hnt the Gcncrall doth 
 tiikc them to be a more delicat people in lodging and feeding 
 then the other : They found of their seals whieh they had 
 taken sundry, and other victuaill which they could not tell 
 what flcbh or fish y t was : At their said tcntc they found allso 
 40 yong whelps, whereof 2 they brought away with them, they 
 are allso like the dogs of the place afore named : Some of 
 our men that were witli the Generall aland did see in their 
 tente nayles like scupper nayles, and a tryvet of yron, but 
 the Generall toke order with the company, that none shold 
 bring any of their things away: The Generall hath named 
 this iland. West England, and a certayn hedland up[)on the 
 south side, he hath called yt Furbushers foreland, with 
 other names he hath geven to particular places which I 
 know not. 
 
 The said at night we departed thens with the winde N.E. 
 and sayled W.N.W. towards the Streits untill 9 or 10 a 
 clock the 21 said. 
 
 The 21 said the winde N.W. we sayled N.E. and by E. 
 towards the said West England to make better discovery of 
 yt, bycause yt served not iis to precede of our pretended 
 viagc, and so sayling till 3 a clock, yt fell caulme, being 10 
 leags from yt: About 6 a clock the winde at N.N.E. we 
 sayled N.W. and by W. towards the straits. 
 
 The 22 the winde at E.S.E. we sayled N.W. and by W. 
 untill none, and then we met with great store of yse, of 
 broken ilands in great peeces, which we iudge to be the 
 ilands dissolved, that were there scene the last yere and 
 driven upon the N.W. coast, by reason of the easterly windes 
 which we had comming hitherwards, and for that we coveted 
 to discover more of the north west coast by reason of clere 
 weather which we had, we were the rather put amongst 
 them, and thereby to clere ourselves of them againe, to sayle 
 south, S. and by W. and S.W. for the space of 3 or 4 howres 
 with a great gale of winde : And we feared the coast to lye 
 
IlllUD VOYAGK, IJV r.DWAIll) SKlJ-MAiN. 
 
 293 
 
 all (loth 
 . feeding:? 
 they had 
 
 not tell 
 und alUo 
 icm,lhcy 
 Some of 
 e in their 
 yron, but 
 one shold 
 th named 
 ippon the 
 and, with 
 
 which I 
 
 indc N.E. 
 9 or 10 a 
 
 and by K. 
 
 iscovcry of 
 pretended 
 , hcin^^ Ifi 
 N.E. wc 
 
 [ind by W. 
 of ysc, of 
 to be the 
 
 t yere and 
 prly windes 
 
 |we coveted 
 Dn of clere 
 Jit amongst 
 he, to sayle 
 |)r 4 howres 
 :'oast to lye 
 
 out more westerly then we could make yt by reason of fof,'gy 
 weather and thereby might have bin driven uppon a lee 
 coast, but ofter we found ourselves clere of the yse wc saylcd 
 agayne N.W. and by W. with the winde at S.E. untill the 
 25 said, and then the winde came \V. and we mailed N.N.W. 
 untill the 27 said, at which time we came amongst as well 
 great ilands of yse, as allso great quantity of broken yse of 
 botii sides of us being shotte within chunnells' of them, 
 whereby yt was iudged that we were open of the straits, and 
 we made sundry foggy land to be the Queens foreland, and 
 thereuppon did beare the bolder in amongst them, at which 
 tyme wc found our selves in the latitude of 62^ and some 
 02}^. And the 28 said they observed the latitude by the 
 sunne and found them in G2!^ of latitude and afterwards had 
 sight of 2 ilands to the northwards of Warwicks foreland, 
 and after had sight of the same foreland, we being to north- 
 wards of yt 14 or 16 Icags. And the said day we lay to the 
 ofwards south-east and south-south-east : And the 29 said 
 south-west, tlie winde at W.N.AN . untill the 30 said, and 
 then we sayled south and by E. and S.S.E. untill v/e came in 
 the latitude of GIJ^ the first of July, at \v-hich tyme we had 
 the winde at S.S.E. and then wc sailed in W. And the 2 
 said wc had sight of the Queens foreland and sometimes did 
 beare in N.W. and by W. and N.W. finding stragling over 
 all the straicts and after we did beare in further uppon the 
 south side we found great quantity of yse driving together, 
 yet we had sundry channels to pas betwene them, and after 
 that wc sent the pynnas from the ship to discover the best 
 way our passage amongst them, and so wc followed with 
 divers other of the ^leete after tiie pyntuis, untill she could 
 not pas any furdcr, fynding the yse all closed abowt us, and 
 afterward sent our boate and pynnasscs of divers of the fletc 
 to brcake a small neck of yse for passage farder places that 
 we did see clere : and at tliat tyme the winde began to blow 
 vcre boystrous at the S.S.E. and caused the sea to heave aud 
 
294 
 
 ANOTHKH ACCOUNT OF TUB 
 
 set very ciuell ; at that instant \vc were divers of llie ficto 
 in a f^reat clianiicU indifferent free of ysc, in which ehannell 
 we determined to spend the night with bearing small sayles, 
 being environed with yse : The bark Denis at that tyme 
 plying up and down, did strike uppon a great yse and there 
 perished, so that the boates which were sent to breake the 
 yse for passage, returned to her to save her men and pre- 
 sently after the ship did sink down right ; divers of the 
 flete, notwithstanding with small sayles did ply up and down 
 in the same ehannell, and others as they could fynde all that 
 night, but we in the Aydc, and the Thomas Alia did forsake 
 yt, bearing no sayle, but lay adrift amongst the yse all the 
 night, being terribly tormented therewith untill 11 of the 
 clock, the 3 of July, occupying our men with oares, pikes 
 and other powlcs to break the force of the yse from beating 
 of the ship as much as we might, notwithstanding we had 
 terrible blowes therewith, and were preserved by the mighty 
 power of God from perrishing, contrary to our expectations. 
 The winde afterwards comming to the S.W. and having the 
 with us, we did drive out, soraetyme setting sayle 
 and sometimes a hull south east: And being allmost out 
 of the danger of the yse, we did discrye the most of the flete, 
 which rejoyced us very much : And the said 3 day about 
 night, some of us talking with others did understand we 
 were all in safFety, except onely the Michael of whome as 
 yet we cannot understand where she ys, we did armc the 
 bowe of the ship with sundry planks of 3 inches thick and 
 with capstayne barrs and junks, for that the yse stroke 
 terribly against that place of her in so much that some of 
 the planks did perrish with the blowes : The rest of the flete 
 except one or twc more did not pas the like mysery, by 
 reason they did kepe the ehannell betwene the yse with 
 small sayles, which we could not do, for that our ship was 
 long, and could not work with her as others did : And be- 
 sides that yf we had kept that ehannell with sayle, where 
 
THIRD VOYAGE, BY EDWAIU) BELLMAN. 
 
 ildb 
 
 lie fletc 
 
 Imnnell 
 
 I saylcs, 
 
 at tynie 
 
 1(1 there 
 
 :ake the 
 
 ind pre- 
 
 s of the 
 
 lid down 
 
 c all that 
 
 1 forsake 
 
 50 all the 
 
 1 of the 
 
 res, pikes 
 
 1 beating 
 
 cr we had 
 
 le mighty 
 
 icctations. 
 
 aving the 
 
 ting saylc 
 
 Imost out 
 
 the flete, 
 
 ay about 
 
 ■stand we 
 
 Iwhome as 
 armc the 
 
 Ithick and 
 sc stroke 
 some of 
 f the fletc 
 ysery, by 
 yse with 
 ship was 
 And be- 
 le, where 
 
 the rest did, we had burdcd one an other and thereby 
 perished, as we had like to have don by the ship of Wey- 
 nioutii (owner Hugh Randall) in boording of us that night 
 by drift and forcing uppon us by yse, the boystrous winde 
 that then did blow did cause us to unrig and take down both 
 our topmasts for the ease of the ship, the which topmasts we 
 did hang over boord allso to save the ship from the yse. 
 
 The 4 said being in the morning clere withowt the streicts 
 and the winde at west, we did sayle S.S.VV. bearing alongst 
 the coast of America, fynding yse driving from the coast as 
 though yt were long hedges into the sea to the eastwards, 
 we sayled as aforesaid untill 4 a clockc at afternonc, and then 
 we layde yt a hull, untill 6 aclock the 5 said, and then we 
 sailed southwest alongst America coast, the winde at W. 
 northwest untill the 5 said at night about 6 aclock at which 
 tyme we had sight of the coast, and very huge ilands of yse, 
 higher than ever we did see any, at which time we did cast 
 about and did lye north of the land, the winde as before 
 untill the 6 said at night, at which time we were within the 
 streicts and did perfectly make the Queens forelande ; to the 
 southwards of the Queens foreland, we had sight of a head 
 of a land, being from yt about 20 leags, which untill we had 
 taken the latitude of yt we made yt to be the Queens foreland 
 all but the Master Robert Davis oncly, but he would not 
 agree to yt, nor so allow yt, alledging sundry reasons 
 to prove the contrary by his marks when he saw yt 
 a few dayes before. The 6 said being as aforesaid shot 
 within the Queens forelande on the south side, the winde 
 ( ime up to the S.S.E. and did blow a great gale, and the 
 weather waxed thick and foggy, and therefore all the night 
 we layde yt a hull. And uppon the 7 said following we had 
 sight of the north shore as we toke yt : And the 8 and 9 we 
 did beare wyth yt and alongst yt lying north and by west, 
 but did not make yt perfectly ; some imagining rather that 
 yt was the S. side of the Queens foreland (as afterwards yt 
 
•w^ 
 
 296 
 
 ANOTHKK ACCOUNT OF TIIK 
 
 proved in dcdo), and Master Hall of the same opinion, but 
 yf yt fall out so, they were decey ved with the settMig of the 
 tides. The Gcnerall and our master could not be dissuaded, 
 but doth still make yt to be the north shore, thr Gcnerall 
 assuring himself thereof to this present (the 10 said) that yt 
 is so, and Jame Bcare allso, but being foggy and darkened 
 with mystcs, they cannot yet make yt perfectly, I pray 
 God send yt clere, that we may make yt perfectly : Alongst 
 the said shore in sight and out of sight by reason of fogs, we 
 did runne in by the judgement of the master 35 leags 
 
 bearing sayle and hulling, and there did remaine hulling 
 being dark and foggy untill the 16 said, at which tyme we 
 had yt somewhat clere, and thcreuppon did bcare towards 
 the shore to make yt, at which tyme we did fall with the 
 opening of a sound which we made the Counte's Sound and 
 did beare in with yt, all men that had scene it the yere 
 before (except two, called Stobern and Bert) allowed yt to 
 be the same, which afterwards proved the contrary : The 17 
 said we toke the altitude of the sunne and found us but in the 
 latitude of 62 and 10 minuts, and thereuppon found the error 
 which wc were in, then knowing that we were uppon the S.side 
 of the S. shore called the Queens foreland, and with the winde 
 at W. we did beare out agayne, and the 18 said being shot 
 out so far as to the masters judgement that we had sight of 
 the Queens foreland being E. from us and then running 
 alongst till we brought yt thwart of us the weather being 
 foggy, notwithstanding wc did alter our course more 
 northerly and brought us to be impatched with great quan- 
 tity of yse and dark weather, being allso shot very nere the 
 6hore,'still thinking that we had byn at the Queens foreland, 
 and altering our course more northerly, did bring ourselves 
 hard aboord the shore, at which tyme yt pleased God to geve 
 us sight of yt, and thereby found yt did not lye as the 
 Queens foreland did, fynding us deceyved and not so far 
 shot as the said foreland, but being imbayed uppon a lee 
 
THIRD VOYAOR, BY KDVVARD SKI.I.MAN. 
 
 21)7 
 
 on, but 
 ; of the 
 suadcd, 
 jcnerall 
 ) that yt 
 arkencd 
 I pray 
 Alongst 
 fogs, we 
 35 Icags 
 ! hulling 
 tyme we 
 ; towards 
 with the 
 ound and 
 the yeie 
 iwcd yt to 
 i: Then 
 )ut in the 
 the error 
 he S. side 
 the winde 
 )cing shot 
 id sight of 
 n running 
 her being 
 Irse more 
 reat quan- 
 nere the 
 s foreland, 
 ourselves 
 tod to geve 
 lye as the 
 not so far 
 ppon a lee 
 
 coast and in sight of divers ilands and rocks, not knowing 
 
 how to escape with life, and in the depe of 50 faddoms of 
 
 water, so that we could not well anker, but yet sometimes in 
 
 niynde to anker yf we could have got a poynt of an iland 
 
 which we made unto, and then fearing allso we shold have 
 
 had byn put from our anker, or greatly impatched with yse 
 
 which we were allso amongst and then caulmc, and could 
 
 not get of from the rocks or ilands which we did sec, did 
 
 strike all our sayles to anker, but before we were all ready 
 
 to cast anker, the Eternall God (who dclivereth all men 
 
 being in pcrills) did send us a gale of winde to beare of 
 
 from the said ilands, but afterward we wished that we had 
 
 ankercd there, for that when we were of a small way from 
 
 yt we sounded and found us in but 7 faddoms of water and 
 
 hard rocks, we lying under sayle towards the west which 
 
 was our best way, for sure we were we could not dubble the 
 
 land to the eastwards, the winde being at S.S.E. and the 
 
 land lying E.S.E. and W.N.W. we after yt pleased God to 
 
 send us 10 faddoms and then 17, and then 25, and so into 30 
 
 and 40, and allso did sonde us the winde at W.S.W. so that 
 
 we did lye S.S.W. of into the sea untill we came into l!20 
 
 faddoms with our sayling and towing out with our boates, 
 
 still having the eb with us untill night and then being caulme 
 
 and little winde, we did strike our sayles and did lye a 
 
 hulling, so that the find did port us in towards the shore 
 
 againe untill we came into 80 faddoms, and then we were 
 
 forced to make a brude of cabells, and did anker untill 
 
 the eb did come being the 19 day of July in the morning, at 
 
 which tyme we did set sayle with a small gale of winde, the 
 
 winde at S. and by E. and did sayle S.W. and by W. the 
 
 weather still foggy. The 20 said the weather began to clere, 
 
 the winde westerly, at which tyme we had sight of the ships 
 
 that were before in our company, and towards the afternone 
 
 we came to speake^ with some of them, and they declared 
 
 that some of our company were in 2 faddoms of water uppon 
 
•iwf 
 
 298 
 
 ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 • 
 
 the lee shore, being in great danger amongst the rocks and 
 broken grounds, and delivered by Gods all mighty power 
 thus twise from perisshing, towards night yt waxed somwhat 
 foggy agayn, and a little before night we having sight of a 
 point of land, bearing E.S.E. of us making yt the Queens 
 foreland, wc did beare with i ach sort as we thought to 
 
 go clere of yt, and the land ^^ .ng out farder then we had 
 sight of yt, we being not so far shot out of the streict that 
 we were in by 20 leags which 20 leags we were in furder 
 then we made account of, being entred within yt at the least 
 60 leags, fell agayn in danger of that land in the night, but 
 kept us of from yt, by our sounding lead : And in the 
 morning the 21 said yt waxed clerer, and then we made the 
 land of the Queens foreland perfect and towards night 
 opening a great bay at the wester end of the souther parte of 
 that land, which we imagined to go through into the Streicts 
 of Frobusher, which to make *-iall thereof, the Gabriall was 
 sent to discover, and we bea about with the easier end 
 
 of yt the 22 towards nigix^, td sight of the Gahriell 
 comming into the streicts through that sound passage at the 
 Cape of Good Hope, so that it is proved that the land of the 
 Queens foreland to be an iland ; the Gahriell having order 
 to passe to the Countesses Sound, did beare in towards yt, 
 and we followed untill we could not passe any farder for yse 
 lying so thick, and the Gahriell being within the yse, did 
 still beare up into the streicts, and we forced to retire out- 
 wards agayn, being very much impatched therewith all the 
 whole night. 
 
 The 23 said we had sight of the Anfraunces, whose com- 
 pany we lost as before said, and when we came to the 
 si)ceche of the captayne and master, they declared they had 
 layn of and on open of the streicts 12 dayes and could not 
 entre for fogs and yse, and was in danger before that uppon 
 the lee shore of the S. side after she de^^tirted from us. 
 
 The 24 said the Generall being mynded to beare into the 
 
iC8 and 
 
 power 
 jmwhat 
 ;ht of a 
 Queens 
 light to 
 wc had 
 iict that 
 1 furder 
 the least 
 ght, but 
 I in the 
 nadc the 
 Is night 
 r parte of 
 ; Streicts 
 hriell was 
 ister end 
 
 Gabricll 
 ice at the 
 md of the 
 \\\<r order 
 Ivards yt, 
 
 n- for yse 
 yse, did 
 
 Itire out- 
 |h all the 
 
 lose com- 
 le to the 
 Ithey had 
 tould not 
 [at uppon 
 I us. 
 into the 
 
 TIIIKD VOYAOK, BY F.DWARI) SKM.MAN. 
 
 299 
 
 streicts, bycauso tlie Gabricll passed up in our sight, sup- 
 posing allso the Tho. Alin, the Frauncea ofFotj, the Emamtell 
 of ]Jriclgewatcr, tlic Judith, and the H/ichacl, to be above in 
 the sound ; nutwitlistanding the great quantity of yse, avc 
 were impatchcd withall the 23 said, and the winde at S.W. 
 a good and reasonable gale, did mynde to bcare up into the 
 streicts agayn this present, alledging that the said wynde 
 had brouglit out all the yse, whereof great quantity we did 
 see blown uppon tiie lee coast : but yt pleased God to send 
 us a niessingcr out of the streicts called the Fraunccs of Fuy, 
 who did kcpe company with the Tho. Alin, and the Emanuel 
 of Britlgcwater, and did enter into the streicts the 19 said 
 and the 20 said, being shut up as far as Jackmans Sound, 
 did put over with the Countcs Sound among very much yse 
 and were cnvironned therewith, frosen and shut up therein, 
 being marveylously tormented therewith, not oncly with 
 yse comming down, but allso with yse carried up with the 
 winde and tyde. This Ffraunces of Foy (I say) was a 
 blessed niessingcr of God, sent to us to warn us of the 
 daungcrs that she and the others passed, who still did leaye 
 the Thn. Alin, the Bussc or Emanuel of IJridgcwater, and 
 the Gabricll, last come unto them in great danger, being 
 carried towards the coast lee in the frosen and thick yse as 
 the winde did carry them. God deliver them for his mercyes 
 sake and for his blessed sonne Jesus Christcs sake. The 
 Master Tho. Noris of the said ship the Ffraunces of Foy, 
 before Master Hall, and he with others entred the strcict 
 was in a sound uppon the N. side of the Queens Foreland, 
 where they were they found very good owr by our judge- 
 ments to the sight, and therefore the Generall is gone this 
 morning a land to soke the same, purposing to go into the said 
 sound with all our 9 ships now in company untill tyme may 
 serve us to go farder and other our ports of lading. The 25 
 at night we did beare into the streicts and then had sight of the 
 Emanuel of Bridgewater. And, comming to the spcche of 
 
■ 
 
 300 
 
 ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 them, the master of her affirmed that the yse did ly very thick 
 over all the streicts, so that we could not attayn to the Countess 
 Sound as yet ; the Generall, notwithstanding, wold geve no 
 credit thereunto, but did beare in with the streicts to make 
 triall thereof the 26 in the morning, and finding great store 
 of yse did retire back or out agayn with the winde at north 
 and much yse following us. At that tyme (the 25 said) 
 these ships did entre in with us, the Emanuel, the Armoncll, 
 the Ilopcioell, and the Beare, anc 5 others of the flete did 
 put to sea, having the winde then at the S. E. and east, 
 which was a scant winde for them to dubble out the fore- 
 land, being ncrc the laud. 
 
 The 26, at night, we came back to the sea againe and 
 brought the foreland of us south-west. 
 
 The 27, towards night, the winde at west, we did beare 
 in tcrwards the foreland, an did lye of and on all the night. 
 
 The 28, in the morning, we did beare agayn into the 
 straight, the winde westerly, bearing inwards still untill we 
 were repulsed and forced to put out agayn by reason of 
 much yse driving out, but the IIoj), til finding some clercr 
 slade then we could do, did still beare in. God send her 
 good hap. And then we did seke to recover the wether 
 shore which was the foreland, the winde at AV.N.W., blow- 
 ing somewhat boystrous. 
 
 The 29, in the morning, we did beare into the strcict 
 agayn with winde at \V., a small leading gale, and sometimes 
 at W.S.W., we lyiiig up N.W., passing up amongst great 
 quantity of yse, sometime thick, and sometime thinner, and 
 so did still procede, bearing inwards untill the 30 said at 
 none, kcping about the middle of the strcict. And in the 
 morning the 30 said we were thwart of Yorks Sound, which 
 I affirmed to the Generall to be so : but he dcnyed yt, 
 saying that we were not shot up as high as Jackmaus Sound 
 by 16 leags, at which instant the Generall went up to the 
 top ond descried Gabriels Hand, making yt to be Penbroke 
 
THIRD VOYAGE, BY EDWARD SELLMAN. 
 
 301 
 
 i^ery thick 
 
 Countess 
 
 I geve no 
 
 s to make 
 
 ;reat store 
 
 e at north 
 
 I 25 said) 
 
 Armo7icll, 
 
 fletc did 
 
 and east, 
 
 the forc- 
 
 gaine and 
 
 did beare 
 
 the night. 
 
 1 into the 
 
 untill we 
 
 reason of 
 
 me clercr 
 
 send her 
 le wether 
 
 V^, blow- 
 
 |he strcict 
 iometinics 
 igst great 
 iner, and 
 lO said at 
 iid in the 
 id, which 
 |nyed yt, 
 ns Sound 
 ip to the 
 'enbrokc 
 
 Hand, going into the Countess Sound ; and so directing his 
 course with yt, Christopher Jackson, the trumpctter, being 
 in the top, did make yt playnly Gabriels Hand, and allso 
 made the Countess Sound, to the which the Gencrall yelded, 
 and then presently did allter his course, and embarked him 
 self in a pynnas with sayles and oarcs, bycause yt did blow 
 but little wynde for the ship, and gave us tokens to follow 
 him, and so signifyed to us thereby that yt was the right 
 place or sound as before is said. Into the which he cntred 
 with his pynnas, and being entrcd therein fownd there the 
 Judith and the Michael, and cause them to shote of ccrtayn 
 paces of ordonance, to geve knowledge there were certayn 
 of our flete which comforted us very muche ; but we 
 imagined those shipc to be the Tho. Alin and the Gabriel; 
 for we did think verily the Judith and the Michael could 
 not have escaped the dangers that they were in, being not 
 of our company a month or more. 
 
 The 30 of July, at night, wc entred into the mowth of 
 the Cowntesse Sound, and there came to us sent from the 
 generall, Charles Jackman, to bring in the Ayde, and for 
 that yt fell caulme we came to an anker in the entring 
 thereof, being ebbing water abowt 9 of the clock at night, 
 the master, his mate, and Uharles Jackman going then to 
 supper, gave charge to the company to lookc well owt for 
 yse, driving towards the ship, willing them to prevent yt in 
 tyme ; and before the master had half supped, one of the 
 company came to the master to know whether they shold 
 watche half watche or quarter watche. The master gave 
 order to watche halfe watche, charging them to loke Avell 
 owt for yse; but the watche neglecting their dutycs, there 
 came driving thwart the halsc of the ship a great pece of 
 yse, and the weather being caulme did ly uppon the cabcll 
 I of an howre before we could be clere of yt fretting the 
 cable in suche sort, that yf yt had put us from our anker wo 
 had byn in danger of rocks lying not far from us. God be 
 
soz 
 
 ANOTIIKH ACCOUNT OF THK 
 
 honored, there chaunced no hurt of yt. Notwithstniidinp;, 
 I thought yt good and my duty to say something unto the 
 watche of their negligence therein, bycauso the charge of 
 the vyagc did depend upon the savegard of the Aijde being 
 the Admirall, whereuppon I rebuked one Holmes, a quarter 
 master, and Hill, bote swayn mate, charging them they 
 shold aunswere their negligent loking to so greet a charge, 
 but they with one other called did will me to med- 
 
 dle with that I had to do, demaunding whether I had 
 
 commissioned to spcake or deale therein, and this did Hill, 
 and willed me to get me to my cabbcn, and wold not 
 
 be checked it my hands. I aunswered them, whither I had 
 commyssion or not, I wold tell them their duties, and go to 
 my cabben when I did sec cause, and thus with multiplying 
 of words they abused me very much, which I was fayn to 
 put up at their hands. The master can beare no rule 
 amongst them, bycausc he is not cowntcnanced by the 
 General, and therefore all things hath fallen owt the worse 
 with us, and that hath caused me to speake more earnestly 
 in this cause ; for weyther the boat swayn, nor any oflicer 
 yet hitherto hath byn obedient to the master, and the dis- 
 obedience of the officers, doth cause the company allso to 
 disobey and ncglegt their duties. We had not byn above 2 
 howres at an anker, but that there came very muche ysc 
 driving inwards t-'.drds us: at which time, I being still 
 abrode, and the masters mate allso, I said to him, yt were 
 good to way our anker to prevent the danger of the yse ; 
 and presently he called vp Charles Jack man, .ind they 
 caused the company to way the anker with the winde 
 Ciisterly, a smale gale j and after they had purchased home 
 their said anker, there came yse uppon us, but they setting 
 sayle before the anker was catted, the yse stroke the Hole of 
 the anker through the bow of the ship, that the water came 
 in ferccly, in so muche that we had water in hold t fote 
 above the sealing within an howrc or Ics. And our pumps 
 
THIRD VOYAGE, BY EDWARD SKLLMAN. 
 
 303 
 
 listen (linjif, 
 g unto the 
 charge of 
 iyde bcinf^ 
 , a quarter 
 them tliey 
 t a charge, 
 ne to mccl- 
 ;ther I had 
 s did Hill, 
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 itlicr I had 
 , and go to 
 nuhiplying 
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 re no rule 
 ed by the 
 ; the worse 
 e earnestly 
 any oflicer 
 d the dis- 
 |iy allso to 
 n above 2 
 nuche yse 
 being still 
 |n, yt were 
 the yse ; 
 md they 
 le winde 
 ised home 
 setting 
 iic Hok of 
 later came 
 lid t fotc 
 \v pumps 
 
 being unready, could not free the ship of yt, but kept yt 
 still at a stay, the leak being stopped as well as they could 
 with beffe and other provisions. And thus we remayncd 
 pumping and freeing of the ship with buckets from 12 
 a clock at night, being the 30 of July, until 9 a clock in the 
 morning, the 31 said, at which tyme we were come into 
 harbour. And then provision was made to beare the ship 
 over of the one side, and the hole mended with lead untill 
 we may come better to yt. 
 
 There came into the Cowntesse Sound in company with 
 us and in our sight, the Ilopcivell, the Ffranccs of Foy, thc- 
 Armotiell, the Emanuell, the Salomon of Weymouth, and 
 the Bear. The Judith and the Michael came into this sownd 
 the 21 of July, and for the space of 3 wekes before they con- 
 tinually were tormented up and down within the strcicts 
 amongst the yse, and could not by any mcanes get this place 
 nor clere themselves of the yse : the Judith being bilged 
 with yse in the bowes, having 2 great holes made in her, 
 every howre loking when they shold perish therewith, but 
 God delivered them, geving them fayre weather to work for 
 their savegard. 
 
 The fyrst of August the Generall did order to make tents 
 uppon the iland of the myne for the myners to succour them 
 in their working there, and then began their work. 
 
 The second said, the Generall with 2 pynnasses, passed 
 to 13eares Sownd, to bring proofl's of the owr there, and to 
 vew what quantity there was to be had, and returned 
 agayn at night, being distant from the Cowntesse Sound 
 9 leags. 
 
 The said, at night, the Gabriel came into the Cowntess 
 Sound and Master Hall in her to vew whither the streicts 
 Avcre clere of yse, and left the Tho. Alin in a sownd nerc 
 Oxford mount untill his return thither agayn. 
 
 The fyrst of August the Fraunces of Foy toko in 2 pyn- 
 nasses, ladings of owre, and the 2 day as much. 
 
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 ANOTHEn ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 The said the Generall, with 4 pynnasses and boates with 
 a men, soldiers, and marriners, and Donham with 
 
 him, went to Jonas Mownt, to seke for owr, and brought 
 sundry saUiples, whereof as yet no assay is made, but of the 
 riche owr that Jonas fownd the hist yere, we could not light 
 of any suche. 
 
 The 8 of August the Thomas Alin and the Gabriel ar- 
 rived here towards night, by whome we could not here of 
 the Thomas of Ipsioiche, the Anfraunces, and the Mane. I 
 pray God send us good newes of them. 
 
 The 9 said, the Generall with the Gabriell and the 
 Michael, with mariners, myners, and soldiers, departed to- 
 wards Beares Sound to get owr, for that the myne in the 
 Countess Hand fayled. 
 
 The said, the most part of the myners and soldiers were 
 removed to a place called Fentons Fortune, being at the 
 entrance of Countesse Sound to the eastwards. And yt was 
 reportc d that there were a 1000 tunnes to be had there ; but 
 Master Denham, at his returne from thence, this present at 
 night, sayeth he can not see how 40 tunnes will there be 
 had, and that with great travayle to bring yt to the sea side. 
 
 The 11 sayd, the muster, Kobcrt Davis, Thomas Morice, 
 master of the Fraunces of Foy, and I in company with 
 them, travyled with a pynnas to the northwards of the 
 Cowntesse Sound, about 4 myles alongst the coast, and there 
 fownd a myne of black owr, and allso an other of red and 
 of sundry sortes of both, of which sorts we brought cnsani- 
 ples, whereof Denham made proof; and the 13 said Captcn 
 Fenton and Denham passed thy thcr, liking the place very well, 
 and aswell our mariners as the mariners of the said Fraunces 
 were there set to work, and by the 15 said we had gotten 
 aboord the Aydc of the black sort and some of the red 
 abowt 15 tunnes. 
 
 The 15 said, towards the evening, the Gabriell and the 
 Michael came to the Countesse Sound, both laden with owrc 
 
THIRD VOYAGE, BY EDWARD SKLI.MAN. 
 
 S05 
 
 ,tes with 
 am with 
 brought 
 at of the 
 not light 
 
 ibi'iel ar- 
 t here of 
 Mone. I 
 
 and the 
 carted to- 
 ne ill the 
 
 Lliers were 
 ing at the 
 uid yt was 
 there ; but 
 present at 
 1 there be 
 c sea side. 
 as Morice, 
 )any with 
 Ids of the 
 and there 
 f red and 
 lit ensam- 
 id Captcn 
 very well, 
 Fraunces 
 ad gotten 
 If the red 
 
 1/ and the 
 Lvith owre 
 
 from Bcares Sound, and the IG said discharged yt into the 
 Ayde, theire lading was irliudged to be abowt 50 tunnes of 
 owr. 
 
 The said, all such myners and soldiours as were sent from 
 the Countcsse Sound to Fentons Fortune, were removed to 
 the myne that we found to the northwards, which was 
 better liked than yt of Fentons Fortune, where, in the tyme 
 they were there was but 00 or 70 tunnes of owre, they 
 being myners and souldiours that wrought their 6 dayes 60 
 persons. 
 
 The 16 said, the Generall and Denham with him, is gon 
 to a sownd called Dyers Passage, which is uppon the 
 souther land of the Cowntess Sound, to vow a myne there, 
 fownd by Andrew Dyer, and to make assayes thereof. 
 
 The said, God called to his mercy Philip, who had charge 
 of cerlayn apparcll brought in by the Generall for the mar- 
 riners and myners, and allso one of the bark Demjs, men 
 called Trelos, one allso owt of the Armonell, and an other 
 owt of the Frminccs of Foy, all bui'yed uppon Winters Fur- 
 nace this present day. 
 
 The 18 sayd, the Gahriell and the Michael departed 
 hence to Beares Sound to lade owr and to bring yt hither 
 to the Aydc. 
 
 The 19 said, the Solomon of Weymouth departed towards 
 Bears Sound to take in her lading of owr. 
 
 The 20 said, the Bcare departed towards Dyers Passage 
 to lade there. 
 
 The 19 said, the Hopewell departed towards Dyers Passage 
 to lade there. 
 
 The 21 said, the Biisse of Bridgewater departed to Dyers 
 Passage to take her lading of owr there. 
 
 The 21 of August, the Fraunces of Foy was full laden, 
 part of the owr of the Countesse Hand, and the rest of the 
 owr of the myne to the northwards of the Countesse Sound, 
 carrying in all tunnes by estimation 140, whereof 70 from 
 the Countcsse Hand, and the rest as aforesaid. x 
 
30() 
 
 ANOTHKU ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 The 19 said, Capten Fenton ranie to make complaint to 
 the Gencrall of the boatswayn, and others of the Aydes 
 mariners, for disobeying him in ccrtayn service to have 
 byn don for the furderancc and dispatchc of the ships hiding 
 at two severall tymes, his spechcs tending to due punish- 
 ment for the same, and after long rccitall of their abuses, 
 did loke that the Gencrall shold have aydcd. him therein, 
 and to have commanded due punishments for their deserts. 
 The Generall not taking order, therefore ]Mastcr Fenton and 
 he did grow to hoat speches, by whome eche others credit 
 came by him, and he denying the same, loft their former 
 matter, and fell to reason uppon the same with many hoat 
 woords, in somuche that in the end, the Generall affirming 
 he preferred Master Fenton to be the Queens servant, and 
 he denying, alledging that the Generall did not well to rob 
 them that did prefer them both to that service ; and then at 
 Master Ffeutons departure, he said he had offred him great 
 disgrace in that he wold not punnish the offenders which he 
 complayned of, but rather did animate them against him in 
 neglecting of yt, which he could not take in good part, 
 being his lieutenant generall, and recommending them to do 
 nothing but their duties in their Maiesties service. 
 
 The 22 said the Gabriel arrived here at the Countess 
 Sound being ladden with owr from Bears Sound, and dis- 
 charged, yt a boord the Ai/de, bringing tunnes 25 by esti- 
 mation. 
 
 The said, here at the Countess Sound arrived a pynnas 
 of the An Fraunces, wherein Captayn Best came, leaving 
 the A)i Fraunces and the 3Ione of Foy at anker in a sownd 
 nere the Queens forelande, and they reported that they had 
 not sene the Thomas of Ipsioich this 14 daycs, with the said 
 pynnas they came costing up allongst the sowth coast to seke 
 us, and did seke us in Jackraans Sound and Yorks Sound 
 and passed up as far as Gabriels Hand and returned hither 
 this present, bringing them samples of owres, much like that 
 
THIilD VOYAOK, BY EDWARD SELLMAN. 
 
 ,^07 
 
 iplaint to 
 he Aydes 
 ! to have 
 ips lading 
 \c punish- 
 iir abuses, 
 [n therein, 
 311 deserts, 
 i'cnton and 
 hers credit 
 icir former 
 many hoat 
 il affirming 
 srvant, and 
 well to rob 
 and then at 
 1 him great 
 •s which he 
 inst him in 
 good part, 
 them to do 
 
 le. 
 
 [c Countess 
 id, and dis- 
 25 by csti- 
 
 [d a pynnas 
 10, leaving 
 I in a sovvnd 
 ^t they had 
 ith the said 
 )ast to sel<e 
 hrks Sound 
 [ned hither 
 :h like that 
 
 of Winters furnace, and doth purpose that Denham shall 
 make tryall thereof, and fynding yt good, they will lade of 
 yt, having great plenty of yt as they report, they have by 
 report passed great troubles sins they departed from us, by 
 dangers of yse, and rocks, I pray God send us good newes 
 of the Thomas of Ipswich. 
 
 The 23 said the Generall, Captayn Fenton (his lievtenant), 
 Gilbert York, and George Beste, gentlemen, assembled them- 
 selves together, Christopher Hall, and Charles Jaekman, 
 masters, Avith them, for causes touching their instructions, 
 and amongst other matters, did call in question the abuses of 
 the botcswayn and one Eobinson used towards the Generalls 
 said lievtenant, and after yt had byn argued of amongst the 
 said Commissioners, the Generall referred the pnnnishment 
 thereof to them to determyn ; then they called the said 
 ofienderj before them, who acknowledged their abuses, and 
 uppon their submission, as allso affirming they did not know 
 Capteyn Fenton to be the Generalls said lievtenant, they 
 were pardoned and forgeven. 
 
 The 23 said of August, the Michael arrived here laden 
 with owr from Bears Sound bringing tunnes 25 by estimation 
 and discharged yt aboord the Ayde. 
 
 The 24 said the SoUo'ition of Weymouth arrived here laden 
 with owr of Bears Sound and with owr taken in her before 
 her departure hence, all tunnes by estimation 130 tunnes, 
 whereof Bears Sound tunnes 60, and of the Countesse Hand 
 Sussex myne 60 tunnes, and Wynters furnace tuns 10. 
 
 The Generall departed this present towards Bears Sound 
 in a pynnas and will return hither agayn before he go up 
 into the Streicts. 
 
 The said Captayn Beste departed with his pynnas to- 
 ward the Queens foreland to a sownd where the An Fraimces 
 and the Mone resteth and stayeth his comming. The said 
 Ffraunccs and Mo7ie by their marriners reports were 
 almost laden with owr before their comming hither, the 
 
 X 2 
 
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 308 
 
 ANOTHKK ACCOUNT OP THE 
 
 samples thereof hath byn proved and arc reasonably well 
 liked of Denham, and therefore I here order is taken that 
 the 3Ioone shall discharge all her owr into the An Fraunces, 
 and that the said Mone shall take in all such here as the An 
 Fraunces hath discharged there a land which was provided 
 for Captayn Fenton and his company, and as wyndc and 
 weather shall serve to come hither with the same, and at 
 Bears Sound she shall have her lading of owr provided. 
 
 The said the Thomas Alin departed hens, having taken 
 in here 100 tunnes of owr had at the north mync called the 
 Countesse of Sussex Myne, and the rest of her lading she is 
 to take in at Beares Sound, and to that end she is gon thither 
 where she is to lade GO tuns more. 
 
 The 26 at night the Generall returned from Bears Sound 
 with the pynnas that he departed from hens. And the 27 in 
 the morning he passed with the same up into the Streict as 
 well to discover mynes as allso to take of the people yf he 
 may conveniently have them. 
 
 The 27 said at night the Thomas Alin arrived here from 
 Bears Sound being fully laden. 
 
 The 28 said in the morning the An Fraunces arrived here 
 from a sownd called being nere the Queens foreland 
 
 and laden with owr of that place. 
 
 The said at night, the Generall returned with fowle 
 weather and the winde easterly with rayne and snow and so 
 continued till the 30 towards night. 
 
 The 31 said in the morning we wayed and made saylo from 
 Countesse of Warwick Sound with the Ayde, the Thomas 
 Alin, the Bear, the Salomon, the Armoncll, and the two 
 barks, and for that yt foil caulme, we ankercd all that night 
 at the mowth of the sownd, being all night caulme and the 
 Fraunces of Foxj. 
 
 The fyrst of September 1578 in the morning the Gahriell 
 and the Michael did put into Bears Sound to lade there. 
 
 The said the Generall with a pynnas departed towards 
 
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 309 
 
 Bcarcs Sound to provide 10 or 12 tunnes of lading more for 
 the Ayde and to send yt owt to us with boats and pynnasses. 
 
 The said the Aydc and all the other ships aforesaid wayde, 
 the winde northerly, bearing alongst towards Bears Sound 
 with a small gale, and about none ankered thwart of Bears 
 Sound. 
 
 The 28 of August before, God called to his mercy Roger 
 Littlcstonne the Ccneralls servant, who by the judgement of 
 the surgian had the horrible disease of the pox. 
 
 The lust of July at night, God called to his mercy Anthony 
 Sparrow, one of the quarter-masters of the Ayde. 
 
 The Fraimces of Foy, the Armoncll, the Thomas Alin, 
 the Beare, the Salomon came all laden owt of the Countess 
 Sound, the Ayde lacked 10 or 12 tunnes but laden of sundry 
 mynes as before is said. 
 
 The Ati Fraimces, the Ilopeivell, and the Judith arrived 
 with us thwart of the said Bears Sound the fyrst of September 
 and kept under sayle by us. 
 
 The first of September said we recey ved tunns of owre 
 into the Ayde, and all the niyners this present at night were 
 ready to come aboord from thens. 
 
 The said at night the winde chopping up to the N.W. 
 a small gale and the sea growing thereby, forced us to way 
 and made sayle, bearing of S.W. untill we came into 23 
 faddoms, and then ankered agayn, staying for the comming 
 of the Generall, and abowt 2 howres after, our ship did 
 drive, our anker being broken, which caused us to set saile 
 agayn and did beare of W. and W. and by S. and afterwards 
 did lye a hull, staying for the Generall, the winde still 
 growing of great force at N.N.W. caused us to set our fore- 
 saile agayn, bearing of sowth towards the foreland the second 
 day of September and towing our gondelo at starn, she did 
 split therewith and so we were forced to cut her of from the 
 ship and lost her and then we did strike our sayle and 
 spooned before the sea S.E. untill the Queens foreland did 
 
310 
 
 ANOTIIKR ACCOUNT OF TIIK 
 
 beare of us, the Gencrall is condemned of all men for bring- 
 ing the fiete in danger to anker there, thwart of Beares 
 Sound onely for 2 boates of owrc and in daungering him 
 self allso, whome they iudge will hardly recover to come 
 aboord of us, but rather forced to go with the barks or the 
 Emanuel of Bridgewatcr into England ; of the whole flete, 
 there is now in our company, or to be seen but 6 sailes. 
 
 Master Hall went aland after the ship came first to an 
 anker thwart the said Bears Sound, and did geve him coun- 
 saill to make hast a boord before night: God send him well 
 to recover us and all his company. 
 
 The Aydc hath lading of owr in her as followeth : — Of 
 Bears Sound tunucs by estimation 110; of the Countess of 
 Sussex niyne, tunnes ;20. 
 
 The Thomas Aim, owr in her as followeth t — Of the 
 Countess of Sussex mync, tunnes 100 ; of Beares Sound 
 owrc, tunnes GO. 
 
 The Hopewell, owr in her as followeth : — Of Dyers 
 Passage or Sound, tunnes 140. 
 
 The Fraunces of Foij hath our laden in her as followeth : 
 — Of the Cowntcss of Warwiks myne, tuns 50 ; of the 
 Countess of Sussex mync, tunnes 80. 
 
 The All Fraunces hath owr in her as followeth : — Of the 
 Queens foreland, tunnes 130. 
 
 The Mone of Foy hath owr in her as followeth :— Of the 
 Queens foreland, tunnes 100. 
 
 The Beare Leyccstr hath owr laden in her — Of Dyers 
 Passage, tunnes 100. 
 
 The Judith hath owr laden in her as followeth : — Of the 
 Countess of Sussex mync, tunnes 80. 
 
 The Gahriell hath owr laden in her as followeth : — Of 
 Beares Sound, tunnes 20. 
 
 The Michael hath owr laden in her as followeth : — Of 
 Beares Sound, tunnes 20. 
 
 The Armoncll hath owr laden iu her as followeth: — Of 
 
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 311 
 
 Fcntons fortune, tunurs 5 ; of the Countess of Warwicks 
 
 mync, tunncs 
 
 of Winters furnace, tunnes 5 ; of the 
 
 Countcsse of Sussex inyne, tunnes 85. 
 
 'J'hc Emanuel oi Bridgewater hath owr laden in her as 
 foUoweth : — Of the Countess of Sussex myne, tunnes 30 ; of 
 Dyers Passage, tunnes 20; of Bears Sound, tunnes 00. 
 
 The Salomon hath owr Laden in her as foUoweth : —Of the 
 Countess of AVarwicks myne, tuns 10 ; of the Countess of 
 Sussex mync, tunnes GO ; of Bcares Sound, tunnes GO. 
 
 Forasmuch as the Countcsse of Warwick myne faylcd 
 being so hard stono to breke and by iudgemcnt yvlded not 
 above a hwidrcth timnes, we were driven to sekc mynes as 
 above named and having but a short tyrae to tarry and some 
 proofs made of the best owr fownd in those mynes abovesaid, 
 men were willed to get there la<ling of them and every man 
 so employed him self to have lading, that many symplc men 
 (I iudge) toko good and bad together : so that amongst the 
 Hects lading I think much bad owr will be found. 
 
 If the owr now laden doth prove good, at the mynes and 
 places abovesaid is plenty thereof, but gotten with hard 
 labour and travaylo : uppou the Countcsse of Warwick's 
 Hand Captcyn Fenton hath hidden and covered in the place 
 of the mync all the tymber that came hither for the bowse, 
 and divers other things, to whose note I refer me. 
 
 Allso he hath caused to be buylded a little howse uppon 
 the same iland and covered yt with boords to prove how yt 
 •will abyde or stand untill the next yere and bath left in yt 
 sundry things. 
 
 The second said of September, the Queens foreland 
 bearing from us to N.W. and by north, there passed by us 
 these ships bearing m seawards we lying a hull : the Hope' 
 loell, the Fraiinces of Fuy, the Beare Leycestr, the ArmoncU, 
 and the Salotnon, the Armonell at that instant lost her boat 
 and one man j the Salomon lost her boat before her comming 
 by us. All Avhich ships the 3 present in the morning was 
 
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 ANOTHKIl ACCOUNT OF THE 
 
 owt of our sightc homewards hound lying to seawards S.S.E. 
 with the windc at N.W. a great gale of wync\. 
 
 The second said at night came unto us our pynnas with <S 
 mariners in her who came from Hears Sound that morning, 
 and hearing over with the S. coast with 18 mariners in her, 
 landed uppon certayn ilands to loke to sea*, ards for us, and 
 after them came the Gcnorall in the CahricU and in their 
 company the Judith and the Michael, our men at that instant 
 aland and loking I'or us, did scry 2 ships one under saylc 
 and the other at hull, whereof we in the Aijde was one and 
 the Arni07idl the other, she under saylc and we a hull, allso 
 bctwene us and them was the Mone of Foy, our men wliicli 
 were landed as beforesaid embarked them selves agayn in 
 theyr pynnas an did bearc after the Gabriell, the Michael, 
 and the Judith, and did put aboord the Gabriell and Michael 
 all the 18 mariners and then being somewhat nearer the 
 Judith did put a man n"so aboord her : and having order 
 before of the Generall, the mariners remayning in the pynnas 
 did beare from the Judith towards the Mo)ie of Ffoy willing 
 them to remayn with her, but they having a bold pynnas 
 with sayles afterwards espying us a hull, but not knowing 
 us to be the Ayde did owt saylc the Mone of Foy and at the 
 closing up of the evening we made the said pynnas to, be the 
 Michael and the Moo7ie to be the Gabriel and sometymes 
 lying spooning before the sea and sometymes thwart re- 
 mayning their comming up at length we fownd yt the pynnas 
 as abovesaid : then they bringing us newes that the Generall 
 was comming in the bark abovesaid and in the company of 
 the ships allso aforesaid with the An Frawices allso, the said 
 night we did ly a hull and did hang owt lights for them all 
 night long to show him and burnt a pike of wylde fyre to 
 the end they might the better fynde us we hoping to have 
 had them a boord long before day ; but when day was come, 
 we loking owt for them could not sec any of them but the 
 Mone of Foy : then we iudging they had overshot us or did 
 
THIHI) VOYAOE, BY EDWARD SELLMAN. 
 
 313 
 
 d8 S.S.E. 
 
 as with S 
 morning, 
 rs in her, 
 »r U8, and 
 I in their 
 lat instant 
 idcr saylo 
 i one and 
 hull, ivllso 
 rtcn which 
 af^ayn in 
 3 Michael, 
 id Michael 
 nearer the 
 ving order 
 |thc pynnas 
 f'oij willing 
 d pynnas 
 knowing 
 and at the 
 s to .be the 
 iometynies 
 :hwart rc- 
 ;hc pynnas 
 e Geneiall 
 )mpany of 
 o,the said 
 them all 
 2 fyre to 
 Jor to have 
 |was come, 
 but the 
 us or did 
 
 afterwards spone before the sea 3 or 4 howrcs, and the 
 Thomas Alin I'len being to seawards and wyndwards of us 
 came bearing toward us and after we had spoken with them, 
 they allso iudgcd them to be a hed of us and then wc made 
 our sayle with our corses and foretopsailc, the winde at 
 N.W. a great gale, and we saylcd S.S.E. and towards night 
 the winde came at W.S.W. and we sayled allso S.S.E. the 
 winde somwhat slacked our lesser still keeping company 
 with the Thomas Alin and the 3fonc of Foy. 
 
 The second said allso our mariners of the pynnas declared 
 that they at their comming over from Bears Sound did sec 
 the Emanuel of Uridgcwater in great danger to be lost to the 
 leewards of the sownd and did strike their sayles uppon the 
 last of the flud to anker as they did iudge amongst the rocks, 
 and then yt was not likely they shold ride to escape all the 
 next eb, the winde at N.N.W. and a very great gale: God 
 be mcrcifuU unto them. 
 
 The said allso they declared that the captayn of the An 
 Fratmccs, George Bcste, was with his pynnas in Beare's 
 Sound laden with owr and the number of niyncrs and 
 mariners in her about 30 persons : they rowed with the said 
 pynnas towards the Michael, but whither they boordcd her, 
 they cannot tell, and at that instant the Michael had the 
 27iotnas Alins pynnas at her starn, which the master said he 
 wold cut of yf she did hinder him his comming owt as yt 
 was thought she wold do : and afterwards our said men did 
 sec the Michael withowt any pynnas at her starn, and thereby 
 do iudge that the An Fi-aunces pynnass and her men rc- 
 mayned in the said sownd and are in dowt of their getting 
 their ship. 
 
 The 4 said still keping our course homewards S.S.E. the 
 winde at N.W. a reasonable bearing ^ale : in the morning 
 our c .lipany did hale up our pynnas which we towed at her 
 starn to clere the water owt: the sea thrust her up with 
 great force against the starn of the ship whereby she 
 
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 ANOTIIKU ACCOUNT OF llli: 
 
 m 
 
 polished, and so tlicy did cut of tlic tow ropes : she came up 
 with such force, that yf she had byn strong as she was but 
 weak, she mought have put the ship allso in dant^cr striking 
 in some ph\nk ; tlie blow was sucVi that a company were 
 commaunded to loke whether we had hurt thereby or not, 
 but God be thanked we had none. 
 
 The 5 said, at night in a stormc we lost the company of 
 the Mo?ie of Foy. 
 
 The 6 said. Thomn-: Battcrby God called to his mercy. 
 
 The 10 said, being in the latitude of 53J,, about 2 of the 
 clock after niicnight, our mayn yard did break a sundre in 
 niydds which to recover in wc did beare romc with our fore- 
 sailc before the winde, the winde at S.W. and presently did 
 put owt 2 lights and shot of a pece to geve the Thomas Ali?i 
 knowledge of our mishap, but yt shold seme they lokcd not 
 owt for owr light nor pcce, but still carry all their sailes and 
 in the morning wc could not see her : the sayd yard was 
 pcryshcd 5 or 6 dayes before striking of yt tarrying for them 
 at which tyme yt gave a great crak, but we could not finde 
 where yt was, nor what yt was that crakcd. 
 
 The 11 said yt was amended and strengthened, with a 
 plank and anker stocks and wouldcd with ropes, and then 
 wc brought a new mayn saile to the yard ; and about 7 of 
 the clock at night we did set saile with yt with a reasonable 
 gale of winde and immediately yt being but weakly fisshed 
 gave a great clak and thcrewilhali wc stroke yt agayn and 
 so rested with it all that night. 
 
 The 12 said yt fell caulmc and then we fished the said 
 yard and wouldcd yt with ropes in sundry other places and 
 so strengthened yt very strong so that wc had the use of yt 
 agayne. 
 
 The 14 said at 3 of the clock at afternone, the winde at 
 sowth S.E. began very fiercely and fo encreasod all that night 
 growing to a terrible stormc contynuing untill the 15 said 
 to 8 a clock but altered uppon sundry points iucrciising that 
 
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 315 
 
 came up 
 was \)ut 
 striking 
 ,ny were 
 J or not, 
 
 npany 
 
 of 
 
 lercy. 
 a of the 
 undre in 
 our forc- 
 icntly did 
 wins Aliii 
 lokcd not 
 sailes and 
 yard was 
 r for them 
 not finde 
 
 ;d with a 
 and then 
 |\bout 7 of 
 tcasonablc 
 ly fisshed 
 
 an( 
 
 the said 
 lh\ccs and 
 I use of yt 
 
 winde at 
 [hat night 
 [c 15 said 
 
 tHing that 
 
 yt was not sayle worthy, whereuppoii we were forced to 
 sponc before the sea withowt sayle and at the end of the 
 second watche, the seas was so terribly grown that one sea 
 came so fast after the other, the one carrying up her head and 
 an other came with such force that yt brake in all the staru 
 of the Generalls cabbin and did beare down with yt the 
 cowbredge head of the said cabben, striking allso one 
 Fraunces Austin from the helme, who called to the company 
 for help fearing we shold have perished, but withall spede 
 yt was amended, God be praysed, and we by his Godly 
 providence wonderfully delivered. 
 
 The IT said God called to his mercy George Yong myncr. 
 
 The 19 said being in the latitude of 52 degrees we en- 
 countred with the IIopciocll being to leewards of us they 
 declared that the Bcnre and the Salomon were to weather- 
 wards of us, and that they were separated in the great storme 
 from the Armonell and the Fraunces of Foij : the Ilopexoell 
 lost her boat and a cable and an anker at her comming from 
 the stroict. 
 
 The ^1 said we had sight of .'3 sayles being in the latitude 
 of 51, whereof 2 was to leewards of us and one to weather- 
 wards, we did suspect them to be men of war by their 
 working, and therefore we did hale close by the winde to 
 speak with the wcathermost sliip, and being inowgh in the 
 weather of the leeward ships did ly Ics in the winde untill 
 the weathermost ship did come witliin our knowledge, and 
 then we did fyndc her to be the An Fraunces at the shutting 
 in of the evening and did lose sight of the other 2 sayles, 
 but we iudge them to be of our company, the vinde was 
 then at N.W. and by W. by the An Fraunces we had un- 
 derstanding the Generall to be in the Gabricll, and was 
 scperated from their company the 14 said in a storme, they 
 iudge them tc be a head of us : the Juclilh and the Michael 
 they left in company together, which they judge to be a starn 
 and allso the Alone, they spake with her and left her a staru 
 
316 
 
 ACCOUNT OF THE THIRD VOYAGE. 
 
 allso. And the Basse of Bridgewater they left at an anker 
 to leewards of Beares Sound amongst the rocks. God send 
 good newes of her, she was left in great perill. 
 
 Owt of the Ati Fraunces we received men of ours this 
 instant 22 said. 
 
 The 23 said we lost the company of the Hopetoell and the 
 An Fratmccs in a stormc, which began the 22 at 6 a clock at 
 night and continued till 8 of the clock the 24 in the morning, 
 the winde at west and west N.W. 
 
 The 24 said God called to his mercy Water Krelle and 
 Thomas Tort. 
 
 The said we sownded and had 70 faddcms oosy sand, 
 whereby we iudged us to the northwards of Silly, and after- 
 wards sayled sowth east all that night, the winde at north 
 stormy weather. 
 
 The 25 said God called to his mercy Thomas Coningham. 
 
 The 27 in the morning we had sight of the Start, 5 Icags 
 of, God be prayscd therefore and make us thankfull for de- 
 livering us from innumerable dangers this present vyage. 
 
 The said, God called to his mercy Corncyles Riche a 
 Dutchman. 
 
 The 28 of the said God called to his mercy John Wilmet. 
 
 s 
 
 i 
 
 FINIS. 
 
an anker 
 jod send 
 
 ours thio 
 
 II and the 
 a clock at 
 morning, 
 
 relle and 
 
 osy sand, 
 and after- 
 ; at north 
 
 oningham. 
 ii-t, 5 Icags 
 full for dc- 
 vyage. 
 llichc a 
 
 n Wilmct. 
 
 STATE PAPERS SUBSEQUENT TO THE 
 THIRD VOYAGE. 
 
 I. MINUTES TO MR. liOCKE ABOWTE MB. FURBISnERS VIAOE. 
 II. THE QUEENS AUTIIOKITY TO COLLECT OF THE ADVENTURERS 
 TIIEIU SUnSCRII'TIONS. 
 III. PROM MY LORDS TO CERTAYNE GENTLEMEN FOR PAYMENT OF 
 
 OERTAYNE SOMMES. 
 IV, THE EXCLAMATION OF THE MARRINERS FOR THEIR PAYMENT. 
 V. FROM M'- LOK TOWCUYNOE TUE ADDITAMENTS. 
 VI. MR. LOKS ACCOUNT. 
 
 VII. AN ANSWEARE TO MR. LOCKBS ACCOUNT. 
 VIII. SECOND MINUTE FOB THE PAYMENT OP TUE WAGES. 
 
 rX. THE ANSWER OF ME MICHAEL LOK TO THE AUDITORES OF MT 
 ACCOUNTS. 
 X. THE IIUMULB BUTE OF THOMAS RONHAM. 
 XI. FROM SIR THOMAS GRAHAM TOUCHYNOE THE ORDER FOR THE 
 PAYMENT OF THE MARINERS. 
 XII. THE VENTURERS NOT PAVDE. 
 XIII. THE HUMBLE PETITION OF M'' LOK FOR CHARGES DISBURSED. 
 XIV. AN ORDER SETT DOWNE BY THE QOEENES MAJ"E TOBCHYNO THE 
 PAYMENT. 
 XV. THE OFFER OF .r'f'IIAEL LOK FOR THE NORTHWEST EWR AT 
 DARTFORD. 
 XVI. AN OFFER MADE AT MUSCOVY HOUSE BY JONAS SUTE BEFORE 
 MR. FEELD, MR. LOK AM) MR. ANDREW PALMER. 
 XVir. ALL THE STOK OF THE VENTURERS IN ALL THE IIJ VOYAGES. 
 XVIII. THE ABUSES OF CAPTAIN FURBISHEtt AGAYNST THE COMPANYE. 
 
STATE PAPERS SUBSEQTTENT TO TTIE 
 TIIIllD VOYAGE. 
 
 [Colonud, 102. J)om. £1,':., cxxvi, No. 22.] 
 
 OCTOBER 29^'", 1578. MINUTI'.S TO MK. LOCKE AliOWTE 
 MR. FURBISIIEK VIAGE. ' 
 
 After our very harty commendations. Whereas the shyps imploied in 
 the viage of Jleta Tnco<inita are nowe retorned all home in saft'ctie 
 w"' Mr. Ffurbusher, and forasnmchc as we are informed y' in this 
 voyage dyver."? new phices and uiyncs have hyn d}scovrcd. Wo have 
 thought yt uecessarye to roquire you to have a care in these matters, 
 and to call before you the gcnerall, and the captayncs, masters and 
 I'ilotfS of the shyps, and to demand of them account in wryting severallie 
 of their doinges and procedinges in this voyage, w"' discourse of the 
 tliinges happened in the same, And also to demand and take of them 
 such platts and cartes of descriptions of the countries and places as they 
 have made, and to forhyd them and others to publish or gyve out to 
 others any platts or descriptions of the same countries. 
 
 And also we rci(uyre you to have dew oonsyderation of the state of 
 the shyps and goodes now retorned home, and to sett sucho order thcriu 
 as best may be for the saflctye of tiie goodes, and the commoditie and 
 credite of the companie of venturers, and avoydans of unnccessaric 
 ^.■cpenses. And furdormorc, wee doo crnestly pray and reijuyrc you 
 throughlye to con.syder of the state of the workes at Dartford, that withe 
 all expedition sum good proolFe and triall may bo had of the trew valew 
 of the ewr brought home, aswell in this voyage as in the other before; 
 and that we may be certified tlierof from you, for that her Ma''"*' bathe 
 very great expectation of tlie same. 
 
 The Commyssioners. 
 
 Indorsed. 
 
 [Colonial, 100. Dom. Eliz., cxxvi, No. 20.] 
 
 THE QUEENS AUTIIORrTY TO MICHAEL LOK TO COLLECT OF TITE 
 ADVENTUUERS THEIR SUBSCRirTIONS. 
 
 After our harty commendacions. Fforasmoche as the shipps now come 
 liome w^'' oure lovinge frende Martyn Furbusher have brought doble 
 the "juantitie of cwar that was expected, wherby the charges of the 
 
r, • 
 
 320 
 
 STATK PAPEUS SUBSEQUENT 
 
 ffraight therof, and of the raaryncrs and mynars employed in the voyage 
 are doble the rate sett downo at the begynnyng tlierof, as it is certiffyed 
 to us by the Coramyssioners therunto appoynted for the payment 
 whcrof and discharge of the said men, it is requysyt to collect of the 
 venturars presently the sum of vj'" pounds of money. And forasmocho 
 as it is greatly nccdfull to use all dylygcns for the present spedye collec- 
 tion of the said sum of money, aswell for the avoyding of excessyve 
 great charges w^h grow theruppon daylyo untill the said men be paid 
 and ships discharged, as also for the performans of dewtye and raayn- 
 taynans of credito of the companye. This is therfore to wyll and re- 
 quire you (being thresorcr appointed) presentlyc, wiii all the dyllygcns 
 that you can, to collect and reccave of the venturars in this voyage the 
 severall sums of money dew by them for the rate of their venture, 
 according to a ccdule of their names and suras herewithall under the 
 handos of the said coramyssyoners. And in case that you shall fynd 
 any of the venturers to bo remysse in i)ayment, and doo not presently 
 pay his part and dewty as aforesaid (w'' we trust shall not happen), 
 then doe you thiiike nieate that you gyve knowledg therof unto the 
 Lord Mayor of London, and to S'' W. Cordcll, Master of Records, whome 
 we have appointed to be assystant unto you in that case, according to 
 the tenor of our letters directed unto them in that behalfe. 
 Michael Lok. 
 
 [Colonial, 101. Bom. Eliz., cxxvi, No. 21.] 
 
 After our very harty commendacions. Wheras our loving frynd 
 Michael Lok is appointed presently and spedely to collect and receave 
 of the venturars in the voyage of Mr. Ffurbusher, according to a ccdule 
 of their names delyvred to hym, a good sum of money for the payment 
 of the maryners and discharge of the ships now come. And for that it 
 may happen sum of them wyll not make ready payment of their partes, 
 or wyll refuse to pay the same, w*^'' thinge would be a hynderans to the 
 rest by great charges dayly groweng theron untill the maryners be paid 
 and the ships dyscharged. 
 
 Therefore we have thought good to requyre you twayne to be assystant 
 to the said Michael Lok in this case, and uppon his information or 
 complainte unto you to be made to calle before you suche parsons as 
 shalbe found slak in payment, or shall refuse to pay their partes as 
 aforesaid, and to pcrswade them eyther to pay the same presentlie, or 
 els to comaunde them, as so dyrected by us, to appcarc before us pre- 
 sentlyc to shew cause why they doe not make payment accordingly. 
 And so — 
 
 My L. Mayor. 
 Cordell, 
 
TO TMK rilini) VOYAGK. 
 
 '.V21 
 
 ho voyage 
 I certiffyed 
 
 I payment 
 lect of the 
 Porasmoche 
 jdyc collec- 
 ' cxcessyvo 
 en be paid 
 and raayii- 
 vyll and re- 
 c dyllygena 
 
 voyage tbc 
 sir venture, 
 
 II under the 
 I shall fynd 
 ot presently 
 lot happen), 
 •of unto the 
 ordsj whome 
 according to 
 
 [oving frynd 
 
 and receave 
 
 to a cedule 
 
 [the payment 
 
 id for that it 
 
 |their partes, 
 
 irans to the 
 
 icrs be paid 
 
 Ibcassystant 
 formation or 
 parsons as 
 lir partes as 
 Iresentlie, or 
 Ifore us prc- 
 laccordingly. 
 
 [Colonial, 107. Bom. EUz., cxxvii, No. 8.] 
 
 nKOKMBEH 1578. M" from my lords to CKRTAYNE OUNTr.K- 
 MKN FOR TIIK PAYMKNT OF CKRTAYNE SOMMES DUE HY TUKM 
 FOR THEIR ADVENTURE T ^f MR. FURBISIIERS VIAGE. 
 
 After our harty commendacions. The Quencs ;\Ia''" l>eing geven to 
 understand that the myners, maryners and others iinj)loyed in the late 
 vyage under our loving frynd Martin Furbusher, gentilman, are not yctt 
 paid all their wagys for their sarvys in the sayd voyage, but doo lye 
 styll at the great charges of all the venturars, for lak of payment of the 
 money dew by dyvers of the particuler venturars, althoughe her Ala''" 
 and many of the venturers have paid their partes dew for the same. 
 
 And for that uppon thaccount taken it appere that for yo"" part 
 
 thcrof you are to paye tlie suui of {Uanh). She hatlie therefore geven 
 us expresse commaundemeut to require you amongest others and stray tly 
 to charge you in her name to geve order for the payment of the sayd 
 somme in London unto the handcs of Thomas Allen, tresorcr therunto 
 
 !i])pointed, wti'in ten days after the receyt herof w"'out ttbr that other- 
 
 wyse yt is ordered that suche as shall or fayle to make payment at 
 
 the daye liinyted shall bo »iuyt exempted from all manor of benefytt and 
 priviledg that may grow unto them by their former ventures made in 
 the said voyages. And thus we harteiy bid you Farcwoll.' 
 
 In the countrio. 
 The Erie Pembroke 
 
 The Countcsse Pembroke . . - 
 
 The Lord Ilunsden - - - - 
 
 Sr Henry Wallop - . - - 
 
 S'' John Brocket! - - - - 
 
 Mr. William Pellhain 
 
 Anthoiiye Jcnkinson . - . 
 
 The Ladye Anne Talbot 
 
 In the Court. 
 
 In Loudon. 
 S'' Thomas Gresham 
 S'' Leouell Ducket 
 Nexte weke. \ Mathe Fyld - 
 Edmond llogan 
 William llarington 
 
 fl72 
 
 10 
 
 
 - 28 
 
 15 
 
 
 - 85 
 
 
 
 
 - 57 
 
 10 
 
 
 - 77 
 
 10 
 
 
 - 1.3.5 
 
 
 
 
 - 57 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 - 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 i()23 
 
 15 
 
 U 
 
 £ 
 
 
 
 - IHO 
 
 
 
 
 
 - 1)1 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 - 57 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 - 115 
 
 
 
 
 
 - 28 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 [And — FareweU], expunctcil MS. 
 
322 
 
 STATK PAPKRS SUHSKQUKNT 
 
 Christmas. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Riiridiill 
 „ William Paintor 
 ,, JelFrey Turvilo 
 „ Richard IJowlatid 
 Mrs. Anne Kyuncrsley 
 Mathcw Kyncrsley 
 Robert Kynersley 
 William Boncle 
 William J>urde 
 Thomas Owen 
 William Ormshaw 
 William Dowgle 
 
 Sr W'l' Wiutar 
 Christofer Andrews 
 Robert Martin 
 
 - 45 
 
 
 
 
 
 - 57 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 - 57 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 - 57 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 - 8G 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 - 28 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 - 57 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 - 115 
 
 
 
 
 
 - 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 - 28 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 - 28 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 - 28 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 .£1123 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 - 40 
 
 
 
 () 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 [^Colonial, 110. l)om. Eliz., c-xxvii, No. 12.] 
 
 DECKMBER 8, 1578. THE EXCLAMATION OF THE MAURINEUS, 
 KTC, FOR TIIEIK PAYMENT FOR SERVICE UNDER MR. FUR- 
 HI 811 EK. 
 
 My dewty remembryd unto your honar. This is to syngnyfy unto 
 yo'" honar that we, commyngo home w''' out mony where hit was 
 (leclaryd btffore we came that we wolde bryngo hit w"' us, they keppe 
 a gretor store nowe then they dyd before, and wyl beleve nothyng that 
 we do saye. If hit mayo please your honar that suche order may be 
 taken that those w" was taxyd by your honars maye be recevyd w '' the 
 reste that owght to paye who be in the corte by somrac one yor honar 
 mayo please to apoynt. And that hit maye please you' honar to sonde 
 the messenger wt the letter to those in the syete (city) that they maye 
 paye presently, and I shall geve my attendance there to recevo hit and 
 to paye hit ageyne accordynge to order, ffor lyvynge at the corte 
 is great chargys, and all moste be put to accownt. All so there is 
 a great dell of fFreyt to paye: no .shippe p'd but one, w'' is caulyd the 
 lieare, Lester, wc'' is Mr. Lockes shippe, and she is holy paydc, as 
 your honar may se in his accownt of the mony w'l' he dyd receve; hit is 
 350/j*. the laste par.sell. There is other that wolde bo p'd as, well, as ho 
 Crystmas beynge so nere every man cryythe out for mony. I wyshe all 
 myght be payde before the tyme and hit be possybell, desycryngc 
 your honar to helppe at a pynche, or elce I wolde I had my mony aTul 
 another had my oft'ece. This I take my leve, commyttynge your honar 
 
ro THK THIIM) \(lYA(iK 
 
 to the Loi'do, who blesso you and kepo you for over. Wryttcn at uiy 
 howsso iu Lcndon this viij December in anno 1578. 
 
 You''» to commiiundc, 
 
 Thomas Allen, 
 To the Right honorable S"" Francis Walsingham, 
 knight and principall Secretary to y^ quenes 
 highncs gcve these. 
 
 [Colon'ud 111. Dom. Eliz.^ exxvii, No. If!.] 
 
 DKC". 11, ir)7H. rUOM MICHAi;!/ I.OK TOWCIIYNOK TlIK 
 
 ADniTAMENTS. 
 
 ] 
 
 MAURINKUS, 
 EH MB. FUU- 
 
 syngnyfy unto 
 Iwhere hit was 
 us, they kcprc 
 uothyng that 
 order may he 
 icevyd w i> the 
 one yoi- honar 
 Ihonar to sende 
 hat they maye 
 recev<^ hit and 
 Ic at the corte 
 kll so there is 
 u is caulyd the 
 holy paydc, as 
 d rcecve; hit is 
 ai, well, as he 
 I wyshe all 
 ;11, desycrynge 
 my niony and 
 l^./c youf honav 
 
 Right honorable. This bcrar the messenger wyll report unto you 
 what he hathc done w^'' the venturars for their money. We have not 
 yet recevcd anyc but of Wylliam Ormshawc. We hoi)e the rest will 
 come shortlye. This messingcr sayethe ho must have his il'oes. I know 
 not what to answere him thereon but as yo^ honor will appoint. 
 
 The great workes at Dartford stand still untill additament come from 
 the northe or the west ; that of the northe wyll come shortlie I hope, 
 that of the west is not yet sent for, byciiuse the commyssioners had not 
 l)yn togetheres sins I was at the court, but to morrow S' Thomas Gresham 
 and others of them wilbe in towne as I am infor ned, but when they 
 meete I think they cannot do mochc for Mr. Edgccomc's dytament, 
 w^''out sum speciall letters to hym from the courte. And in the meane 
 tyme I think it very neodt'ull that letters were wrytten to hym to send 
 a ton thcrof by land w''' the very first spcdy convayans, for that we are 
 very ccrtaynclye assured by Jonas and Denan that that is most good and 
 most fitt to work w"' our ewre, and the like surans have we by one 
 Goodycrc an English workman, who hathe wrought in my hows these 
 iiij or V dayes on divers small -sayes of our cwr by appointemcnt of S"" 
 LeoncU Duckett, whose report yo'' honor shall know wti'in ij or iij dayes. 
 And thus I commit ydr honor to Almighty God. From London this 
 Thursday xj December 1578. 
 
 Yo> honors most bounden 
 
 Michael Lok. 
 To the right honorable S"" Francis Walsingham, knight, 
 her .Ma''*"* princii)all Sccretarie. 
 
 at the Court. 
 
 V '' 
 
 1 iW 
 
324 
 
 RTATK I'APKRS SUHSEQITRNI 
 
 [Colonial, 112. Dam. Eli:., cxxvii, No. 20.] 
 
 PECn. 15'" 1578. MB. I,0CKE3 ACCOUNT. 
 
 Right honorable, I have recevcd presently yor letter whcrin y honor 
 (lotho write me of informations gyvcn against nic to dctaync in my 
 handcs the companyes money and their goodcs, for answero thcrof I can 
 Baye no more, l)ut that I have none of their money in my handes, and 
 for prooflc therof I referre roe to mync accounttes,' wo'' I am redye to 
 showe in particulcrs, whensoever the commyssyoners and audytors wyll 
 take a tyme to paruse the same. And syn.s that Mr. Allyn was ap- 
 pointed to be trcsorer I have not receved one pony of money of any of 
 the venturars, but onely xxviij" of my Lady Martin, wherof I paid out 
 xx(' unto Denam for his journey into the northc, and the rest w^'' a more 
 summe is paid outt for divers petty parscUs w''' grow dayly uppon the 
 workes of Dartford and amonges men for their sarvyce. Ami I am fully 
 determyned not to receavo one penny of money nor other matter of any 
 of the venturers but to gyve over mync ofFyce unto Mr. Allyn, althoughe 
 dayly I doo styll take payne to passe all accountts w^'' all men, and wyll 
 doo styll to bring this busynes to a good end, the best I can. And I 
 have not receved of any of the venturers any one parcell of wares syns 
 Mr. Furbusher retorned home into England nor before he went on the 
 voyage, but onelye of iij or iiij of them, summe munition or tackeling 
 for the ships, w"'' stode for money for their venture outwardes, wo'' is 
 answered in thaccounttes, butt nothing at all have I receved of any of 
 them for this their dewtye for the ffraight of the ships nor wagys of the 
 men. And I have uo goodes in my handcs belonging to any of the ven- 
 turers in particuler, but I have my howsse full paystered of the goodes 
 of the companye dyscharged out of their ships come home, w^'' is tac- 
 keling of ships, monytion, vyttclls, and many od things, w^^'' is all by 
 inventarye receved under the handes of the masters and offycers of the 
 ships, well goodes I am ready at all tymes to delyver into the handes 
 and charge of Mr. Allyn when soever it pleases hym to receave ytt. 
 
 Herein have I wrytten to yo'' honor the trewthe of my doingcs w^h I 
 wyll justyfye. I beseche yo*' honor to stand my ffrynd as you shall see 
 cause of defect by my doinges. And bycaus that sclanderous tonges 
 wyll not be stopped by wordes, I make no answerc to them, but a,bydc 
 the tyme when God shall make my doingcs knowen wherby he shall 
 stop them for me. And I comytt yo»' honor to Almighty God. From 
 London this Monday xv December 1578. 
 
 Yo"" honors most bounden 
 
 Michael Lok. 
 To the right honorable S^ Francis Walsingham, knight, 
 her Mamies principall Secretarie. 
 
 at the Court. 
 
 1 Two volumes of these accounts arc in tlic Miscell. of tlu' lOxcliciimn-, 
 vol. on, fil. 
 
n y honor 
 ync in my 
 icrof I can 
 laufles, and 
 m reilyo to 
 (lytors wyll 
 yn was ap- 
 y of any of 
 I paitl out 
 w^l' a more 
 ' uppon the 
 I I ain fully 
 itter of any 
 ;i,althouglic 
 en, and wyll 
 can. And I 
 f wares syns 
 went on the 
 or tackcling 
 lavdes, w^'' is 
 cd of any of 
 wagys of the 
 y of the vcn- 
 f the goodcs 
 e, w^'' is tac- 
 ych is all hy 
 'yccrs of the 
 the handes 
 :ave ytt. 
 loingcs W^^ I 
 ou shall see 
 .erous tonges 
 lu, but a.byde 
 irhy he shall 
 God. From 
 
 TO 1 UK I II I 111) VoY\(iK. 
 
 {Colonial 123. Dom. Eliz., cxxvi, No. 57.] 
 
 325 
 
 xiji'ii ixr Ixiij'' xv 
 
 ml iiij\^'' 
 
 v"" vij- Ixxviij'' xv^ 
 xix"'tviij'xxij'' x* 
 
 [(' Kxfhc<|Ut'r, 
 
 THK NORTH-WEST VOIAOK. A UUIEP REroRTE OF THE ACCOMPTE 
 OF MICHAKLI, LOCKE CONCERNING THE JHARDdES OK 11,1 
 VOIAOES INTO THE NORTH-WEST PARTES UNDER THE CON- 
 DUICTE OF MARTIN FURUUSSHER, TOOUITHER W' THE 
 CHARGES OF IIUILDINGES AT DERTFOHU. 
 
 Divers sommes of money recevcd by Mi- 
 chacll Locke of the adventurers, viz., for 
 the furst voiago, viij'' Ixxv" ; the second 
 voiage, v""^ cccv", and the iij''" voiage, 
 vjint viju iiij"" iij" xv . 
 
 Divers sommes of money roceved of the 
 said adventurers for buildcngea at Dartford 
 
 Divers sommes of money recevid for pai- 
 ment of fraightos 
 
 Sum totall of the rcceiptes . 
 
 Wherof 
 
 Allowed in the said accoraptes forbuildeng 
 repaireng and furniture of shippes, victuals, 
 implements, wages, jiaiment of fraightes and 
 buildonges at Dertford, and divers other 
 thinges as in the accomptcs male appere 
 
 And then remaineth to be accomj)ted for . 
 
 Wherof 
 
 Due by Thomas Allen, Thrcasurer of the 
 voiage for money by him recevid of the said 
 adventurers .... 
 
 Divers other persons for their adventures 
 yet unpaidc .... 
 
 Michaell Locke for money supposed to 
 remaine in his handes . 
 
 Whereof he demandoth allowaunce of m'cc'' for his attendance and 
 charges sustained in the causes of the said iij voiages. 
 
 Tho : Neale, Audit. 
 
 On the hack occurs — Articles to be inquired of by Mr. Thomas Neale 
 and Mr. — IJaynham, Audito'^ appoynted to take the accompt of the 
 northwest viage. 
 
 Wliat som the whole adventure in the sayd viage dothe amount unto. 
 
 What sommes the adventurers in that viage have payd of the same. 
 
 To whom the same was payde. 
 
 What is bchinde by the sayd adventurars. 
 
 What Michaell Lock is forthcr to be charged w'^''all for wares sowlde 
 pertaynyug to the compaguyc. 
 
 ;/ 
 
 \'l 
 
 XV""C111J'"'VIJ" X" lllj' 
 
 iiij"''vj''xxxiiij'' xix" viiij'' 
 
 viijniij'"'ij'' x« 
 
 ijuitycxxxv" xiijs iiij'' 
 mtccxvj" xvjf iiij'' 
 
1^^ 
 
 
 32(> 
 
 STATE I'Al'KHS Sir HSKUl'KNT 
 
 What liatho been paydJ to Mr. Tli. Aliii the 5' Miirclicaiit m 
 Threasorer, and howc the Haino liathe been usHodc and what rcmayiietho 
 ill Ills liiiiidus. 
 
 Wliat is dewe by the compagiiy for I'raight of Hliippcs niid othci-wyso 
 and to wLoin the oanio is dowo. 
 
 IColonial, 126. Domestic Ehz., exxvi, No. Srj.] 
 AN AUNSWEAHE TO MH. I.oCKKS UKQUKST FOR 1 2()()'' W'" 
 UK DKMAUNDKTH OF THE COMI'ANIE Ol' TUK NOUTHWEST 
 VOIAOE I'OU iriS SKRVICK I'OR IIJ VEUKM, 
 
 1570. The first ycro. 
 
 1. Ffirst, where the aaido Lot-ko deiniiuiidcth for three yeves charges 
 and for wareiiouses and for kcpingc of house. It is thought y' the first 
 yere is not to be brought into this rcckoningo, for thiit lie was theii in 
 the service of ^tlio coinpanie of Muscovia, and that yeare also the coiii- 
 panic of the Northwest voiagc had no need to use warehouses or anio 
 nieetinges ; fTor in the said first yere there went fortho but two pinasses, 
 and the adventure was but H7"V' w'' was all lost and spent. Therefore, 
 if the said Lock be allowed iij" for the huudrcth, it is verye niuehe for 
 875" wci' is 2U" ..... £20 
 
 1677. The second voiagc. 
 
 2. This yere went out the A>/de, w''' two piiuisses, and the adventure 
 was 1076''. And if the said Locke be allowed for 2U()'' after iiJ'' for the 
 hundreth, w:'' is Ofi : that is, «>•'' the most, he tarying at home and not 
 travailiiige. Moreover, in this yere he was not inuche troubled w"' house 
 roome, servantes, or greatt dyett. IJut ktt there be allowed him above 
 his provision towards his charges and se vants, xx" . XI IG 
 
 1.078. The third voiage. 
 
 3. In this third voiagc there went out ten ships, w^ii the said Lock 
 had to deale w''' all the Ai/de, the JiulUh, and two pinasses, and the ad- 
 venture this yere was 7000", wherof the said Lockes adventure was 
 20:}(i''. Beingc allowed for 5000", after iij ', for the hundreth 250"', and 
 for his servantes, three in number, at xiij" vj'^ viij'' the pceee, w^'' is 
 40" (thoughc in the said Lockes accompt nothing is putt downe for 
 their charges), and for meetinge of the commissioners diverse times 
 after, 10" the monthc, for iiij monthes, w^'i is x" ; this may be thought 
 sufficient, ffor the commissioners did not eate often w"' him, and but a 
 I'ewc of them at a time .... .£230 
 
 Touchingo the interest of money taken upp by the said Locke 
 
 by exchange. 
 
 4. It is not thought meet that he shoulde be allowed anie thingc, be- 
 cause it is verely thought he tookc not upp anie monie for the use of 
 
TO TIM. rUlHI) VOYAfiK. 
 
 lliil 
 
 chciinl as 
 iimiyiietho 
 
 othcrwyHO 
 
 20(P' W" 
 )HTinVKST 
 
 [•res charges 
 t y' the first 
 was theii in 
 Iso the coiii- 
 )use8 or aiiie 
 ;\vo pinasscs, 
 
 Therefore, 
 yc muche for 
 
 £20 
 
 be adventure 
 
 |r iij" for the 
 
 omc and not 
 
 ,cil w''' house 
 
 il him above 
 
 I'llG 
 
 lie said Lock 
 and the ad- 
 [venture was 
 Ith 2.')0", and 
 Leece, w'' is 
 It downe for 
 iiversc times 
 he thought 
 \\, and but a 
 
 U231) 
 Locke 
 
 thinge, bc- 
 jr the use of 
 
 the said compiinie, but rather for him sclfe, I)ecau80 he was hu groato an 
 adventurer in the voiages aforesaid : at the Kastc, if he did take upp 
 anie it could not be verie muche. Tnis donniundo l)eing so j.'rcate, it is 
 like he knoweth for whom ho tooko upp so muche money, who arc to re- 
 pay the same to him, and no reason that other adventurers w^h have 
 paide tlieir money should pay him interest. 
 
 <'}. Ffor boatu hire, to and from the L'ourto at sundrie times in two 
 ycres, the said Lock nuiy have allowance of x", wob is reasonable. 
 
 '). Ffor the time of the l)uildinge at Dartforde, for his riding charges, 
 and kcepinge three horses aliuut sixe monthcs after, xv the wceke, 
 w<='' amouiiteth tu xviij''. As fur his mens and his ownc diats are allowed 
 before : yet, because riding charges bo great, ho may bo allowed for him 
 selfo and his men xxij" more .... 40'* 
 
 7. Ffor the said Lockes charges to the Courtes, and following hir 
 Mali" in progrcsso, a certain cstimat cannot be made thereof: it being 
 uncertain howc often and howo favre ho did ryde ; but it is to be sup- 
 posed not farre, becau.se hir !\Ia''<' was ever in hir progrcsso whun the 
 ships were absent in their voiages, at what time Locko had least to doo 
 w"i the Courtc. And his ridinge in this case and time could bo but 
 part of two progresses in the two last yeres, for W^ he may be al- 
 lowed xx'' ..... ^430 U 
 
 \_ColoHial, 114. State Papers, h'ltz., No. 4, Vol. IsJt).] 
 13 JANUARY, l;378-9. 
 
 The Second Minute for this purpose. 
 After 0'" hartie comendacions, i\:c., albeit that not longc sithence up- 
 pon informacion given unto the Quenes Ma"'", that themyners, maryners, 
 & others imploied in the late voiage under 0' loving freind, Mr. Martyn 
 Fui'iushor, wcare unpaidc of their uaiges for their service in the said 
 voiage (and thereby do lye still at the great increase of charges of all 
 the adventures). We wrote o'' letters by her jNLi's precise commandemi to 
 Lyor L.] cmongo others, to make paicm' of [clxxij"], w^'' remayned un- 
 paid of the sonime that [yo'" L.] assented to contribute to the said ad- 
 venture to the hands of Mr. Thom^ Allin, thresourcr, appointed for that 
 p'poso w"' in x dales after the receipt of o^said letters : yet the same not 
 wt-i' .standinge her Mai''' is eftesones given to understand that the saidsomme 
 gevou by your L., as also lyke somnies gcvcn by other theadventorers,re- 
 mayne yet un payed, whereby as the inconvenience aforesaid, onelie by the 
 wante of paiement of suche money, is increased. So is her Ma''« the more 
 moved to mislike thereof (Her llighnes & diverse of us & others having 
 paid o'' parts according to o'promisse). Theise arc therefore once againe 
 to prayc yo' L. tu gevc present order for tho payment of the sayd some, for 
 besides her Ma'** good contentacion, that hathalwaies bone welleflected to 
 
'6'2H 
 
 STAIK I'Al'KKS .SI USI-.QIJKM' 
 
 tliu voiaye ; tliough soinuic iiiun, ujjpoii inihlikinj,^, can l)u cuntciiteil to 
 withiJrawo theinsclfs, & to be exempted from the adveuture & all privi- 
 leges of the same, as was mencioiied in o'' former letters that all sueho 
 rihouM he as refused to make j)aiemciit hy the daie lyinitted : yet is it 
 not tiiuught in any wise rcsonalile, howc suever the tiling iiall fall out ; 
 but that they should make satisfaction of so uiuche as they have pro- 
 mised, fur without these pronii.scs tlie voiage had never bene taken in 
 hand. And tlius trusting that for the respects aforesaiil, we shall neilc 
 in this case to vrite no more ; we bidd yo' L. hartely farewell. 
 
 {I'Jadorsed.) 
 M'l To the adventurers. 
 
 [Colonial, \\'.). State Papers. Vol. 1:^!). Domestic Eliz.,'^0.^.'] 
 
 My dewtie remcmbred. Hit mayc plcise youre honor to iindarstand 
 that .Mr. Furbn.shur doyth nioche mysouse me in words, saynge, I have 
 coniplayned to the con.sell of hym. And that I have .^aide that all ys 
 nothing worth at Dartforde, and howc he hayth receyved so inochc 
 nionye iuid donue w"' it, he pleaseth w"' all, whore in I ami; une oneste 
 and hiiv\! no onestie in mo. 1 do remcbar I dide declare unto yoi own 
 honor, wiche was .vrytcn in my byll of debts at the lower emle, tliat he 
 dido resevo 8C'* of iMr. Frances, SO'' of my L. of \\arwieke, 7'' of Mr. 
 Tuiwill, wiche I most nedcs declare, be cause I have gyven no (juyttans 
 for yt. Ami youre honor axed mc what he hade donne w"^'' all. I an- 
 sured, I colde not well tell ; but, :>s 1 dide here p'ade frawght unto some 
 of those shiitpcs wiche he dide frawght in tlic west "ontryc, & some of 
 the myners, he sayth those shiiipcs elide hym the best serves when owre 
 other shippes dide rune awayo. 8'', he wyll werye us all, and he have 
 the brydell to moehe. W'', under youre correction, I do not thincke yt 
 umyse, and yt l)e youre honors pleasure, that there weare comysion 
 fromc youre honors that Jlr. Furbnsher accounte diolde be nowe pre- 
 sentlye'awdited w"' these same auilitors, for .Mr, Lockes wyU'o dowjc 
 this daye, and .so shall youre honor .see lioythc «hc accounts to gether, 
 and what ys owyng by them. And that ordar may be gyven by youre 
 honors, that all supcifliius charges may be cutt of whyth sfiede or else 
 yt wyll rowne one styll to great charge. I wolde 1 wean; <Iyscharged, 
 ratlier then I wyll be th.is ralcd at for my paynes. This I take my leave 
 of youre honor, comn. ■t^ing youe to the ,\li ]\Iightie. Wryttea at my 
 howhc in Ljndoii, the xiij of Janewary, 1578. 
 
 You' honars to coi'imaundc, 
 
 Thomas Allen. 
 
 (Endorsed ) 
 To the right honorable S' Frances Walsingham, knight, 
 and prensepall secretory to hir Ma''", gevc these. 
 
 
 
 \>S^ 
 
TO TllK TllIKI) VoYAfiK. 
 
 '.i^l\) 
 
 oiiteiitcd U» 
 & all iiiivi- 
 it all suclu! 
 ;(1 : yet is it 
 liill i'ivll out ; 
 cy have pro- 
 uuc taken in 
 e sliall ucile 
 ell. 
 
 12., No. '.).] 
 
 to iiinlarstaiiil 
 ayiige, I liave 
 ae that all ys 
 kX'il so moche 
 no uue onesto 
 unto yoi- own 
 elide, that he 
 eke, 7'' of Mr. 
 Ml no (juyttans 
 til all. 1 in>- 
 ht unto .some 
 c, & some of 
 ves when owre 
 anil he have 
 t thinckc yt 
 !irc coniysion 
 je nowe pre- 
 wyll>c (low'ie 
 iits to gether, 
 ven hy youre 
 siicilc or else 
 ilyschargcil, 
 take my leave 
 ^ryttcn at my 
 
 Ic, 
 lumas / 
 
 Ml en. 
 
 ICotonidl, 120. iilale J'apers, Vol. 129. Ihineslic Elh., No. 11.] 
 
 M" W liOUOUGli, TO S" 1\ WAI.SXNOIIA.M. 11 J.\NV l-OTS-O. 
 
 After my dewty unto yo"' hoiiourc, dewly considered, this daye hein'^ 
 Weiisday, the xiiij''' Jancwary, I receved yc letters hering datj at 
 lliehemoud the xij"' of this present, wherby I understand it hathr hen 
 informed yo'' honour that I shuld owe for myno adventure in thi.s last 
 voyage wil' Mr. Frohisher, the som of Ivij" x--, the w'' yo" re<|uyre mc to 
 paye out of hiiiiil, or els to repayr presently to the court, wher I shuld 
 mi<lerstand her Mai'"* furdcr plca.sure. 
 
 True it is, right lionoralde. that iit the setting forth of this last voyage 
 to Meta Inc('gi)it:i, IMyghell Loke, then treasurer, and cheefe dealer for 
 the same voyag", bought of mc (to serve in the same voyage) a shipp 
 called the Judetk, of burden about l.xxv ton.s, for the som of U20", the 
 w'l' he condieioned to pay me in Maye last, wher of I allowed him then 
 Ixvij'' x" for my adveiitur, in the sayd last voyage. Aft'Twaids (in 
 June last) I recevld of lain Ixxxx". So I accompt to have reccvid 
 157'' x", (and he then rested dettor to me lfJ2'' 10'), the wd' rest 1 cold 
 by no mcancs get of him, uiilest I .shuld have recovered it by lawe, 
 well I was loth to doo. 
 
 Since the commyng home of the fleet of that voyage, and the charges 
 of the same knownc ; an<l, theruppoii, every man allotted his jioreion 
 lliereol", according to his adventure, my parte (as I understand) eoniyth 
 to Ivij" x", the w'-l' I accompt to be payd out of the sayd 1()2'' 10". 
 And yet reinaynyth dew to me, 106". 
 
 Thus, as ap[)earitii, I have pay<l my porcion fully w^'' the first, and 
 ouirht not to have ben brouglit in now as a ilettor. Hut, seeing iMr. 
 Lok, his dealing towards mc herein, hat ben w''' so small cre<lit or 
 honesty, that neyther he woM paye me the money that hath ben so long 
 time dew to mc, nor yet accompt my porcion of charges to be payd as 
 before I have shewed ; but hath geveii report unto yo'' honour that 1 
 shuld yet remayne dettor for the sayd som of Ivij'' x'. I will no longer 
 credit him. And therforc doo bescch yo'' honourc, that by yo'' good 
 meancs I maye be appointed payment of my rest, 10(;", w'' hath ben 
 dewe to me so longe since. 
 
 1 wold have attended uppon yo' honourc according to yor order ; but, 
 true it is, tirvt I have ben ever since Cliristmas very much trobled 
 w'li an extreme p.ayne in my hed, so as 1 have ben forced to kcepc my 
 bowse, antl yet am not clear of the same, hut hope of amendment shortly. 
 Thus I commyt ray caw.se to yo"" honourc, and yo"" sclfe to the tuicioii of 
 the AJmyghty, who blesse the Quencs i\Ia'i"' w"' longe most helthfull, 
 hajipy life au<l rayne. Amen. 
 
 Lymchowsc, the xiiij^'' of .Janeuary, 1578. 
 
 Yo' honours most humble to use and eommande, 
 
 W Borowgh. 
 
sm 
 
 STATE I'Al'KRS SUHSEUUKNT 
 
 ( Kadorscments.) 
 To the right honorable, Sir IVancis Walsiiigam, knyght, 
 
 principal secretary to the Qiieencs most excellent 
 
 IMa'i'', at the Court. 
 14 Januarie, 157 . 
 From Mr. Will'" a Burrough. 
 lie hatlie payd the .0... lO" detnanrlcrl, in a shipp Mr. 
 
 Locke had of him for Furliisliors last viage ; ir. 
 
 there reinayneth due to him more for that shippe 
 
 IOC". 
 
 [Colonial, 121. ,^'UUe Papers. Vol. 12!), No. 12.] 
 
 MICTIAKL LOKE TO s" F. WAI.SINOIIAM. 
 
 Right honorable, — 
 
 I have rccevcd yo"' letter, whcrin I am charged to 
 payc ix*^ x" to Mr. Allyn, for my part of the fraight of the ships retorncd 
 since w''' Mr. Furbussher, in this third voyage. For answere whereof, it 
 may please yo'' II : to be ailvcrtysod, my part of that fraight comcth to 
 iij'' xvj" v w«'' I have paid, as by myne accountt dothe appere, w-'' ac- 
 countt the Awditors are now in hand v '■' all, and by them yo'' II : shalbe 
 advertised very shortlys, bothe of thatt, and of all the rest of my doinges 
 in the companies Ijusynes. And for more part of the said ix'' x'' it is sett 
 downc that the right honorable th'erle of Oxford, ys to payc iiij'" 1'' ac- 
 cordingc to the order and rate of all the rest of the venturars, wherfore it 
 may please yo>" II : to call on his 11 : for the same sum. And yf that his 
 II : be not satisfied of this matter, 1 am to be ruled by yo'' II : and others, 
 uppon vew of the bargayne w''' I made w^'' his honor, w''' he hathe under 
 my hand and sealle, for I will not doc any wrongo wyttingly to any man 
 lyving, espcciallye to his II : to whome I doo owe bothe dewtye and 
 reverence. 
 
 And thus for this tynie 1 take my leave humbly of yo' II : and commy tt 
 the same to aluiightie God. From London the xiiij Januarie 1./78. 
 
 Yoi' II : most boundon 
 
 Michael Loke. 
 jrsement 
 
 (K 
 
 ^) 
 
 To the right honi»raliIe S'' Francis Walsingham Knight 
 
 her Ma'i'-^ priuciptiU Socretaric. 
 
 14 Januarie 157H. 
 
 at the Court. 
 
 From X Michaell Lock^ 
 
 Towchyng the money w-'' he was writcon unto to pay Id .Mr. Alien for 
 his ailventure in Mr. Furbishers viagc. 
 
lO l UK TIIIKI) VOYAGK. 
 
 iv.n 
 
 charged to 
 
 ips ictorncd 
 
 whereof, it 
 
 ; comcth to 
 
 ere, w'-'' iic- 
 
 1 II : shiilbe 
 
 my (loin<?cs 
 
 x'' it is sett 
 
 3 iiij'" 1'' ac- 
 
 whcrfore it 
 
 yf that his 
 
 anil others, 
 
 the under 
 
 to any man 
 
 .wtye and 
 
 id coininytt 
 
 1.-7 H. 
 
 Alien IV>r 
 
 [Colo7iial, 132. Domestic Eliz., cxxix, No. 44, i.] 
 
 THE 20 JANUAUVK loTS. THE ANSWKK 01' ME MICIIAEI,!, 
 LOK UNTO THE AVOUSIIH' EU LT THE COM YSSIONEKS AND 
 AUDITOUES OF MYNE ACC0UNTE9 UPON TU E SECONDK AUDITE 
 TIIEROE. 
 
 In the month of Auguste laste 1578 my iij bookes of accountes of the 
 iij voyages made hy .Martino Ffurlnisher for the nortliwest partes were 
 audited by sufficient jiarsones therunto appoynted, who upjion the par- 
 ticular oxaminacon of the same, dide certifye under their handes 
 writtinge that nppon those accounttes dide remayne dewe unto nic the 
 summe of ix. iiij^'^ix'' iiij' vj'^ of money, besydes all my stocke in venture 
 w"' the companye, w<='> was about iiijim/t in all thes voyages. 
 
 Aftcrwardes M. Furbusher beinge retorned home, he of his owne evell 
 disposed mynde dislyked of myne accounttes, and made greatecoinplaynt 
 of the audite thcrof and procured you the new comyssyoners and new 
 auditore.s to revewe and examine better all mync accounttes and doinges 
 well you have done. And now by that w^' you have scne well provide 
 agayne, you doo fynde my said accountes to be juste and trewe as they 
 wcr befor in all partes excepte onlye in iij poyntes following, to tho 
 whiehe I doo now annwcre. 
 
 Ffirste you wold dysalowe me a sorame of 96" w<='i I make paid to the 
 shippe 7'c('nr/f6'<f?*for vittelsof men that were passingers therin,wherunto 
 1 answer that I ditle paye that some of mo;iy and agreatcr summe unto 
 that shippe befor her departure from London, and I dide knowe by a 
 covenaunt of agrcment made in the charter partic, that the said shippe 
 was to oarrye xx men passingers, for the w^l^ was dew eyther that somme 
 of monye or so muche vittells as should suffice ^'ot them. And 1 did know 
 that shipj)e dide carrye from London to Ilawicuc more than xxx men 
 wil'out any mai'ucr of vittalls put into the shippe for them, and they 
 fedd only of the shippes ownc provissioiiC, ai.d 1 dido know that thcs 
 vittelles were denyed her in the Tames, and i dide not knowe that any 
 vittells were put into that shi; e for then at Ilarwiche, but I was in- 
 formed that none would be ther ileliver.d thrrfor although this jtaymcnt 
 be sett doune and allowed unto me ui account, yctt is yt but uppon a 
 good accounte, for mysrcconynge is no payment for I have rccevid no 
 mony for yt of tho company upi)ou that account made, but now yt 
 standeth stille as mony paid uppon the i'raight dew to that shii)pe. 
 
 The second poynte is matter of yor dislykinge of the order of my .said 
 accounttes, in that you saye I ought to have charged myselfe uppon the 
 fottc of that myne accounte for suche del)ts as were owinge for the goodca 
 bought and were not then paid : to this I answere that in <lede yf I had 
 so done ther nflld not so great aremayner ol' ixi'iiii-''ix'' haveappereil to 
 be then dew unto me by the somme of y'yii w^'" I hade not then paid, 
 
 Kirst nuiliti' 
 iif inj'iii! 
 
 UCCUUiltVH. 
 
 Soeriiiiie 
 Bwilyte (if 
 III) wo, 
 iK'Cuuiites. 
 
 Tho .j oli- 
 ji'ciicjii I'dr 
 \.i\'<ti. |iiucl. 
 
 'I'lip ij oh- 
 .it'eliiiuy fill' 
 Uic uiiici- uf 
 mjhe 
 
 UCCUUIltH. 
 
OOni 
 
 STATE PAPERS SUBSKQUKNT 
 
 'I'll!) ii.j lib- 
 lectioiin for 
 my sloko. 
 
 'I'llO (j'l'i'llt 
 Hiiinea of 
 inoiiy well t 
 Imve (lis- 
 bui'iioii for 
 tile Com- 
 pany. 
 
 but I fyude no cause ncathcr in reason nor in justyce that I should have 
 made suchc manner of accounte forasmoche as no day of payment was 
 assigned but present mony and for the same by appoynteracnt of the 
 commissioners I was become boumlen unto those men that were unpaidc, 
 and they daly and howerly calleynge and exclaiminge on me for the 
 mony and thretening mo to prissone for yt, from w"** how hardly and 
 ehargablye hether to I have keptc myself, bothe I and my frindes doo 
 knowe and fello ; whcrin 1 coulde fynde no helpe of any of all the com- 
 panyc w '' trouble might have bene avoydcd yf the comjianye accordinge 
 to equitie and right had payed me that some of mony that therW'all I 
 might have paid the creditors. 
 
 The thirde poynte is an olijection made uppon my stoke that I have 
 in venture w''' the Company in these iij voyages ; to the whiche I uede 
 not answer, for the account shewcth yt planly, that I and my partencrs 
 have in stoke and venture in all the summc of £4.080 of money W^'' is 
 all paide exceptc £450 w^'' muste he paide shortlye, whcrof God graunt 
 good successe and then all this ware wilbe turned into peace. 
 
 Morover you doo nowe see by myne accounttcs that over and besydes 
 all the said suinme of mony for any stoke and venture and over and 
 above all that I dido roceave of all the companye I dide disburse of myne 
 owne mony for the Company as follow^'' : In the firste voyage more then 
 y'yll, and in the second voyage xiij^'^/ w<=ii afterwardes 1 dyde lette stande 
 styllc for ray stoke and venture therin. 
 
 And in the thirde voyage iij^^i, and in the buildinges and workes at 
 Dartcforde viij '^t besydes other great sumes dysbursed in other meane 
 tymcs v,'^^'' myne accounttcs cannot declare particularlye, bycause the 
 same are made up wi.''out dystinction of dayes or tymes but onlyc one 
 daye at theude of every jeres accounte. 
 
 All w^'' said summes of mony I have forborne longe tyme to my great 
 troble and charges of intercsse, and I was not repayd the same untille 
 of late, about amonthc laste paste, as myne accounttcs doo declare whcrof 
 I know that you wille have dew consideracone a.'; reason requirethe. 
 
 This answcre may suffice unto you that be wise and reasonable, and as 
 for Mr. Furbushors faustye in this matter, yt deservcthe none answer 
 at all. 
 
 XHK 26 .TANUARYE 1578. MICHAEM. LOK SALUTETII TIIK 
 WOUSIITPFULI, COMYSSIONEUS AND AUDITOllS 01' HIS AC- 
 COMrXS OK THE ILT VOYAOES OF C. I'UUCUSirEB. 
 
 Ffor as muche as wordes are but windc and are easely forgotten of 
 those whome they towche not, and yet boinge misiilassed by igi.orauns 
 of the speker, or mishard by negligence of the hearer, or misconstrued 
 by the nialitious, they do breed oftcntyuics contention and di-splcasure 
 w'l'out cause, therfor 1 have thought good to set downe my mind in this 
 
Iiould have 
 yraent was 
 icnt of the 
 re uupaidc, 
 ine for the 
 hardly aud 
 frindes doo 
 ill the coin- 
 ! accordingo 
 ;hcrw'''all I 
 
 that I have 
 iche I uedc 
 
 ly partcners 
 
 uoney W^'' is 
 
 God graunt 
 
 and bcsydes 
 id over and 
 iirse of myne 
 TQ more then 
 J Ictte stande 
 
 id workes at 
 
 lother rueane 
 
 bycause the 
 
 At onlyc one 
 
 to my great 
 Isame untille 
 iclare whcrof 
 lUirethe. 
 luable, and as 
 Inouo answer 
 
 ItKTH TllK 
 fl' Ills AC- 
 
 1 forgotten of 
 ,y igi.orauns 
 luisconstrued 
 displeasure 
 Imind in this 
 
 TO THR TIIIKI) VOYAGK. 
 
 333 
 
 writtingc wherby you mayo the better consider therof and so resolve 
 iippon that w'' reason and cnuitie will rcnuier. 
 
 Nowe that you have gonne throughe all myne accountes and have 
 partioularlie examined the same, you do fynd that I have made them 
 justclyc and trulye, and have not charged them w"' and matter wrong- 
 fullie nor falselye. And by the course of them you rnayc parccavc my 
 great labour cost and treble had w'''" this busynes in these iij yeres 
 voyages. 
 
 And by conclttsion of thes accomptes you do fynde that I have a 
 great somme of mony of myne owne in stoke and venture in thes voy- 
 ages, and that I have disbursed ami paid from time to tyme great somes 
 of monye uppon the credit of my selfe and my frindes for the com- 
 panyes busynes, to furnishe those voyages. And that in my handes no 
 monye dothe remayne dew unto the companye. 
 
 And wheras in thende of that myne accompt I do set downe a summe 
 of xij''^4 of monye in divers particuler parcells followingc, w^i' I have 
 paid and disbursed in the companyes busynes in these iij yearcs, and 
 have not had any allowance therof, nor have sett downe anye demande 
 untille nowe at thend and conclusion of these myne accountes to saye, 
 
 1. I'first for my ridinge charges in iij yeres to the courte 
 and abroade for collection of monye of the venturares and 
 
 otlier busynes of the company . . . Summe £12*) 
 
 2. for my ridinge charges to Darteford in viij monthes 
 solicitinge the buildinges thear . . . Summe £(<(} 
 
 3. for my boathire to the corte at Grenwhiehe and to the 
 shipes and other places about the foresaid busynes in these iij 
 
 yeares ..... Summe i,'2(i 
 
 4. for the table diate of the commissioners, auditores, cap- 
 taynes and others, dalye meatingc at my bowse about the 
 busynes of these 3 yeres . . . Summe £ir)i\ 
 
 5. for intcresse of money taken uppe frome tyme to tyme 
 to furnishe this busyness and dispatche of the shippes on 
 ther voyagL in dewe tyme for lacke of the vcnturars mony 
 
 Sununo .£jrj(i 
 Summo £G00 
 
 (]. for charges and travayle of my selfo, my servauutes, and 
 howshold, to followc this busynes, and takinge charge of 
 thaccomptes and howserome of the goodes in these iij yeres 
 
 Summe £000 
 
 Myiin 
 fi(!ci)riittea 
 fiiutiil rijjilit 
 mill trcw ns 
 Ht tilt! first 
 awtiite. 
 
 .My grpaf 
 vpiiture ill 
 tliose 
 voyages. 
 
 'I'liP charges 
 in iij jeres 
 
 Summe £1^00 
 uppon w<"'' said parcellcs some of you the commissioners do make dowbt 
 of the spendinge of the mony of some of these paicci's and of the dewtic 
 of other some of tiiem, wherefore hercumler I do declare unto you my 
 reason and prooffe of dewtie for the same. 
 
334 
 
 STATK PAPKUS SimsKQUENT 
 
 Tho tirste 
 lippyiiiiige 
 of tfies 
 voyiitjcii. 
 
 M, L(ik 
 Joviii'llio 
 nth M. 
 l''iiibiislior. 
 
 At the firstc hoj^iiiiiigc of these voyages for tho discovery of Cathay, 
 etc., Martinc Ffurliusher did jjroouro the same to be taken in hand of a 
 good mynd towardes his contrye and comodito towardes him selfe, by 
 the good likingc of tho right honoral)le the Lorde Burghley, Lord 
 llighe Trcasorcr of England, and others of her lAIai'^^* honoral)lc privio 
 counsel!, whose letters ha brought in that behulfc, dated in December 
 1574, directed to the Company of Mtiskovie for their lycens by their 
 privcledge to doo the same, w<''' first they refused to graunte, of whoso 
 bi lies I had then the chiefe charge and whole doinges, whereby I 
 entered into knowledge of the matter, and althoughe (accordinge to my 
 dutic towardes the Company of j\Iuscovic, knowirige the inconveniences 
 that therl)y might growe unto their trade of marchandiz) I did also 
 dislyke of this motion for a tyme ; yet aftcrwardes, uppon consideracion 
 of my dutye towardes my contrye, and knowinge by myne owne know- 
 ledge (as my manifob^ writtinges therof willo witnes) the greatc beny- 
 fittc that therby might growe to the same, and perceavinge the corrage 
 and knowinge the aptncs of Martine Furbusher (liy former acquayn- 
 tance w"' him, and uppon newe conference had w"' him) to execute that 
 attemptc, I did so enterelie joync wt'> him therein, that through ray 
 frindshippe W' the company I obtayncd of then a previledgo and 
 lycens to followe that attempt, datid the thirde of Ffebruaryo 1574, 
 w^'' I have, and so gave out my solfe openlyc for a chiefe fryndc and 
 followar of the matter, wherby many men wcr brought into a good 
 lickiuge of tho matter, w^'' before could fynde no trace therof. And 
 hereuppon J used M. Furbusher as my fellow and frinde, and opened 
 unto him all myne owne private studies and labores passed in twentye 
 yeares continuans befor, for knowledge of the state cf the worlde, and 
 shewed him all my bookcs, cartes, mappes, instruments, so many as cost 
 me yo poundes of mony, and writtinges, and my nottes collected theiof. 
 And dalye instructid him therin to my skyll, and lent him the same to 
 his owne lodginge nt his will for his hotter defence in talk J thereof 
 w"' other men. And to be short, dalye inrieased aiy good will towardes 
 him, makiiige ray howse his howse and my purse his purse at his neede, 
 and my credite to his crcdite to my powre, when he was utterlye des- 
 titute boath of mony and credilo and of friudes, as his letters unto me and 
 his protection of her M''" dothe witnes, when he was first lodged at the 
 house of one Browne in Flete Street, and afterwardes to have my better 
 iiclpe and relief removed nearer to me to the howse of a widowc named 
 Mrs, Ilancokes in Jlarke Lane, who cane bare witnes of the same, 
 v.''' others more that I cowld name. IIerewt''all M. Furbusher was a 
 glad man, and hoaped of great good fortune towardes him, and towld 
 me great matters of venlnrars that he would procure to furnishe this 
 matter, wheruppon to bcgine the matter I made a writiinge dated the 
 9 of Februarie 1574, for the venturars to sett downc their some of 
 monye w"' their owne handes, and for the better inoorraginge of others 
 
TO TMK TIIIKI) VOYAGK. 
 
 335 
 
 )f Cathay, 
 hand of a 
 no selfc, hy 
 iley, Lord 
 iihle privio 
 I December 
 39 by their 
 ,e, of whose 
 whereby I 
 linge to my 
 onvcniences 
 I I did al!?o 
 onsideracion 
 owne know- 
 create bcny- 
 . the corrage 
 ler acquayn- 
 cxecute that 
 throut;h my 
 iviledtjo and 
 ruaryo ITiTt, 
 fc fryndc and 
 into a good 
 thcrof. Anil 
 |, and opened 
 sd in twentye 
 worlde, and 
 many as cost 
 ,ected thciof. 
 II the same to 
 tall>3 thereof 
 [will towardes 
 at his neede, 
 vitterlyo dcs- 
 t unto me and 
 .odged at the 
 ,ve my better 
 idowe named 
 if the same, 
 |b usher was a 
 in, and towld 
 lurnishe this 
 Le dated the 
 Iheir some of 
 iige (if others 
 
 I first sett doune my selfe for one Inindrcth ponndes, whernppon divers 
 others foHowid in the cittie tothesomeof v<"^t,andaftcr\vards M. Furl)usher 
 carried that in writtiuge to tlie court (for befor that tyme no handcs 
 wold be hade there), and tliere lie had the huudcs of divers of hor M''*"* 
 honourable privy councell to the [sum] of nj^li, wherin the right honor- 
 able the Lordc Burghlcy sette downc a condicion that a convenient 
 parson should take charge of this sarvice, and afterwardes divers other 
 parsones did sett downc divers sommes of munyc of small value. And 
 more venturars 6ould not be gotten for that time, wheruppon thenter- 
 pricc was geven over for that yerc. 
 
 And now Mr. Furbusher was become a sade man, for that by this 
 meanes his credite grew dalye in questione, and more & more dislikinge 
 grew of his dcalinges ; yet he contenewcd styll abowt London and the 
 Court, hoapiuge and solicitingo what he could agaynst the next yearc. 
 And my good will and good word contynewed still towardes him as be- 
 fore, well clid him no hurte, but in the mcane tyme coste muche monyc 
 for thingos provided and charges bestowed for the same voyage. 
 
 The next yere beinge anno 1570, the enterprice of the voiage was re- 
 vyved agayn, and the question beinge asked of the venturars, they said 
 they wold contynew their goid will and venture .sett downc the yerc 
 before. Ilereuppon, M. Furbusher was alyvo agayne, and solicited the 
 furtheraunco of the matter by the helpe of Mr. Burdc, then costonior 
 of London, and Mr. Alderman Bonde, now deccassed, at whose hoAvse wo 
 had divers conferences of the maters. 
 
 Now, in procedinge to the preparacion of this voyage questione grcwc 
 amongest the venturars, accordinge to the noate of condicion sett 
 downe by my Lord Treasorer, who should take charge of the mony 
 to be colccted of the vonturares, and who fc the provieionand furnitviro 
 of the shippes, and who in the conducte of the voyage w''' the shippes 
 at sea ; yt was aunswered, that for the monye I would not meadell ; and 
 theruppon Mr. llogan and Mr. Borow was named ; but Mr. Borrowe 
 uterly refused, and would not medell. Wheruppon Mr. llogan tookc 
 paynes for a tyme and reccaved suchc mony as he cowld gette, and por- 
 cevinge the travell thcrin or ells no \oyagc at all, had bine made that 
 yere ncyther, and for the provicion and furniture of the shippes M. 
 Furbusher did sett doune divers noats of divers thingcs w'''' growe t(' a 
 great somme, W" the said 3 or 4 of the venturares dide correct, iind did 
 ordayne dalye what they wolde have donne, and I daly kcapte rcgestar 
 in writtingo of all there agreementes, and accordingly I did see all 
 thinges accomplished and executed, and tooke charge of the accompts of 
 all thinges ; but now the greatest matter remayned still in doubto, and 
 not satistied amongest the vemurares, w^'' was who should take charge 
 of conducte and commandcmcnt of the sliippos behigc alrcadie at the 
 see ; for that M. Furbusher had vcrie littell credite at home and muche 
 lesse to be credited w''' the shippes abroadc; this matter was the cause 
 
 Tlicftttcini't 
 over- 
 llirowiio 
 lii.--t jere, 
 l.'i;.'). 
 
 Tliftttpinplc 
 rpvivoii 
 iicxi yerp, 
 
 isro. 
 
 Or.Urof 
 llitliusyiies. 
 
 A trpiisorcr. 
 
 A pliefo 
 governor nf 
 llio sliipa lit 
 sen. 
 
'^mai 
 
 336 
 
 STATK PAPKKS SITRSEQUKNT 
 
 l.ylle mony 
 ol the 
 vininiarrs 
 iiiit M. I.ok 
 
 M. Kiir. 
 I)iisher re- 
 
 lioine. 
 
 'I'lie fust 
 stone c I 
 ewer 
 liroiiRliI 
 Inline. 
 
 of tho overthrow of the voyage in the yore before, and this matter also 
 now was like to overthrow it this ycre, and did cause most of the ven- 
 tnrarcs to keape backe their moncyc in thcnd ; but, to forther the 
 voyage, I dide helpo this matter tho best that 1 cowld, and 1 steped in 
 w"" my crcditc for his creditc to satisfie all the venturars that he should 
 dealo honestlye and lyke a trewe man w"' the ships in the voyage ; but 
 this would not sarve their torne. Whcruppon, aftcrwardes, by their con- 
 sent, I devised a writtinge wherin was joyncd w"' him in comission 
 Chrlstofer Ilall and Owen Griffon, M^s of tho shippes, and Nicholas 
 Chaunslcr, niarcliaunt & purser of the voyage, who were knowne for 
 trustye men, w"' out whoso consent he should not comaund nor carric 
 the shippes, but accordiugo to the comission geven them by indenture 
 under their handcs and scales, w^'i I have to showe. This did satisfie 
 most of the venturars, but all this dilligens would not bringe in mony to 
 furnishe owt one quarter of the shippinge intended for the voyage. 
 Wheruppon the shi[)pingc was tlyminyshed, and insteade of iij shippes, 
 we could scante furnishe two small barkes and one lyttell boate wher- 
 w"i all he went w"' cost xvjo'' of mony whei'of ix''' came out of my 
 purse alone, as thaccomptes doo wittnes, besydcs other thinges not de- 
 clared in myne accomptes. And now this was the bcggiuinge of ray 
 travell and service done to the Company in thcis iiJ voyages. 
 
 Now, when Martyn Furbushcr was retornod horn againe, in October 
 1576, w"i his strange man of Cataye, and his great rumor of the passage 
 to Cathai, he was called to the .':ourte and greatly embraced and lyked 
 of the best. And up])on his gre;it informacione of many great matters 
 of this new world, yt pleased her xMa''^^ ilouovable Privie Counscll to 
 directe their letters and comissioues unto S'' William Winter, Mr, 
 Thomas Raudall, my selfe, and others, to calle unto us M. Furbushcr 
 and Christofcr Ilawle, and to tr.ke accompt of iheni of all their doinges 
 in this voyage, and to take knowledge what were requisite to be doiiue 
 in the followingc of this discoverie made for the passage to Cathai, for 
 another voiagc the next yere, and to ccrtide their honors therof. 
 
 Ilercuppon manyc mettingos were at my howsc and sometymes at 
 S"" William Wintares howse, and certificat was made by the comis»ioncr. 
 to their honors of good lykinge of the passages to Cathai. 
 
 In this meane tyme happened to be discovered the riches of a mynerall 
 stone brought home by chauuce by Mr. Furlnisher and delivered to me, 
 wherof I caused proolfe to be naade by skilfull meu, and was sertilycd 
 the same to be of a myne of golde, wherof I gave knowledge to her 
 INIa'^i'-'accordinge to my dutye, wheruppon muchc marvale was made and 
 muche enquire and triall made by others of more credite, by whome att 
 the last it was confirmed to bo trewe, and so was certifyed ; wheruppon 
 M. Furbushcr was called to knowe what (piantitie therof was to be had 
 in that new worlde ; he aunswered, that thcr was inough to lade all the 
 
TO THE THIRD VOYAOK 
 
 337 
 
 tter also 
 tho veii- 
 ther the 
 stcpctl in 
 le shoultl 
 
 age 
 
 l)Ut 
 
 heir con- 
 comission 
 Nicholas 
 lownc for 
 lor carric 
 iiiilentuvc 
 id satistic 
 Q tnony to 
 10 voyage, 
 ij shippes, 
 oate whcr- 
 out of my 
 es not de- 
 nge of ray 
 
 in October 
 ;hc passage 
 iiud lyked 
 at matters 
 ounscU to 
 inter, Mr. 
 Furbusher 
 icir doinges 
 to be donne 
 Cathai, for 
 
 lelymes at 
 lomiss-ioner 
 
 a mynerall 
 3rcd to me, 
 |as scrtilycd 
 tdgc to her 
 Is made and 
 whome att 
 I whci'uppou 
 Is to be bad 
 [liulo all the 
 
 shippes of her ^la '" and thcruppon now was prepared the second voyage Secoml 
 anno 1.077, w^'' niuche greater preparacione then was purposed before ^"^"'''' ' ' 
 for that her Mai'" would be a great venturar therin. 
 
 And here uppon daly grew new busynes and new venturars and new 
 collectioncs for greater matters then befor and dalye new couiyssiones 
 and new directiones from her Ma"«» Honorable Councell, w"'out whose 
 knowledge no great matter might be donne. And stille the chief charge 
 coinitted unto me as treasorcr as many of their honors letters to mo 
 directed in that bchalfe doth wittnes ; wheruppon many assembles of 
 the Comissioncrs and others wer made at my howse dalye, as the reges- 
 ters of manyc of their meetinges and agrementes of the busynes can de- 
 clare. And thus now may you see how and by whose comaundem'^ my 
 travaylles, trebles and charges in this busynes was contynewed and en- 
 creased stille unto this daye. 
 
 Thes foresaid matters beinge well considered, and callinge to yo"" re- The iiiirde 
 memberaunce the great busynes wd' ther uppon followed in the thirde 157"^"' 
 voyage made in the next yeare followinge, w^'' was anno 1578, w<^'' re- 
 mayneth stille befor your eyes. I trust you will thinke my foaresaid 
 demaundes of xij'" for my charges layd out of my purse in this busynes 
 to be verye reasonable. 
 
 And never the letse, bicause you shall know that I do not demaund M. I.okes 
 ytt w'l'out ground of dutie, I will now answer unto your doubtes and uiToh'Hr(;>'8 
 make proofe w"' a good conscience, as followithe : — ''"'''• 
 
 Ffor my ridinge chardges I have sett downe exx'' for these iij No. l. 
 yeres, w"'* is xl" by yere, in w"'' tyme I have travyled to the courte in ciiinill^s. 
 the countrie, and in progresse not so fewe as c dayes yerlye, for collec- 
 tion of niony and comissions for busynes, somctyme w^'' one man, some- 
 tym wil» twayne, w"' my horses and comp.vnye that hath drawne to me 
 about this busynes, hath cost me some tymes xx', sometymes xv', and 
 when least xiij' iiij'^ a daye. 
 
 For my ridiuge chardges to Darteford, I have set downe Ix'' in the tyme No. 2. 
 of viij monthes, y t is well knowne I was there everye weke sometymes iiij *•*'"""■' • 
 dayes, sometymes iij dayes, and most comcnly ij dayes w^'i iij horses, some- 
 tymes iiij or vj by the workemen carried w"^'' me for the buyldinges where 
 I was lodged in a oomyu yn as I am stille when I go thcthcr and all my 
 folke also, when they be there by cause. C. Furbusher hathe nowe taken 
 uppe the lodgiiige that is at the worke houses, leste I and my men 
 w^u have cliarge of the thingcs there, should lye neare unto o' chardges 
 to loke to the salfe garde of the thinges there, w'-"'' hath cost me w"' the 
 workemen, resortinge to me dalye about bussynes xl* adaye xxx", and 
 never under xx, everye dnye that I tarried there. 
 
 Ffor my boiit hire to the Court at Greuew-'' and to the shippes and ko. 3. 
 othi^r places about this busynes, for these iij yeres, I have sett downe '""" '''"•■■ 
 xx''. The uomber of jonicys I cannot rememl)er, they were so many ; 
 
338 
 
 STATE PAl'KRS SIJHSKQUKNT 
 
 Nn. 1. 
 table dyftt 
 of tlio CO- 
 mysBioiiers, 
 etc. 
 
 No. 6. 
 IiiteresBes 
 ]micl fur 
 moiiy fortho 
 veiituinrs. 
 
 but well I do remember that cveryc jorney to flrcncw<^'' didc cost me 
 and my men, and his mcato theare gevinge attendance cvcrye dayc 
 vs, and when least iij« liij'/, and manye dayes makinge two Jorneys the- 
 thor in one daye. 
 
 Ffor the table diatt of the comyssioncrs, auditorcs, captaynes, shippc 
 masters, and other daly metingc and resortinge to my howse, about the 
 busynes in these iij ycares, I have sett downc the sommc of cl", vi^^ is 
 after 1;,-, by the yere, one w^'' another. What resort hathc byn there at 
 daly about this busynes, the men themselves can wittiies makinge my 
 howse as their howse, and my table as their tjible, and what yt hath 
 cost me above mync ordenarie, I do knowe and il'eale, and those that 
 have experience of howshold chardges in thes daycs, also can consider; 
 but sure I knowe that, yf I were allowed iij'" for thes iij yere yt would 
 not recompense my charges therof. 
 
 Ffor the int cresses of mony taken upp from tyme to tyme to furnishc 
 this busynes and r'ispatchc of the shippes on their voyages in dewe tyme 
 for lacke of the venturares mony, I have set downe but ccl", Wh par- 
 chaunce somme of you maye thinke to be veryc mucho, not havinge byn 
 acquantcd befor w^'' my deallinges in the busynes, nor havinge con- 
 sydered by myne accomptes what great souies of mony I have disbursed 
 and paid for the Oompanye from tyme to tyme for the furniture of the 
 voyages above all y' w'' I receaved for them ; yet I praye you thinke 
 of my doinge thus faborably, as the rest of my doinges dothe gcve you 
 cause, that I will not willingly charge the accomptes w^** any more 
 somme then that I thinke may stand y/^^ equitye and good concience. 
 Trewe it is, that I have a great somme of mony for myne owne stoke 
 and venture in the secondc and third voiages, w^'' would have stoped a 
 great hole in the paymentes of those ij voyages, wherby you maye sus- 
 pecte that I neaded not to have taken uppc so mucho mony for the sar- 
 vice of the rest of the venturares ; but verrie trewe is this also, that it 
 were to hard dealinge w"'' me to make my mony stope the gape for 
 other mens dutyes, and make me stylle bare theyr burden ; and reason 
 would that yf anye of all the venturares be favorabley borne w"'all for 
 the payment of this monye, I should have the most favor of all others 
 therein, consideringe my charge and my care and travell for all ; but for 
 playne proft'o of my uppright dealinge in this matter, yt shall appeare 
 unto you by wytnes of the brokers by whose handes I have taken upe 
 the mony from tyme to tyme for the sarvice and furniture of this busy- 
 nes, that the interesse w'' I have paid for mony taken uppe, therfor 
 w^'Mn these iii yeres hath cost me of my purse the somme of v", besydes 
 c" more w^^'' I payed for the surans of v<^'' W^i' remayned in the seconde 
 voyage, at I cannot telle whose venture, but at the least lighted uppon 
 myne owne venture and coste, w*-'' is togeathers vj"^^'' of reddie monye 
 paid out of my owne purse, w'' is not charged in any of myne accomptes, 
 
 'I I 
 
TO IIIK IIIIKI) VOYAHK. 
 
 339 
 
 J cost mc 
 rye flayo 
 ncys thc- 
 
 08, 8hipi>c 
 about the 
 
 clii, w*^^!' is 
 n there at 
 [vkingc my 
 at yt hath 
 
 those that 
 n consider ; 
 :o yt would 
 
 to furnisho 
 I dewe tymo 
 ;l'i w":'' par- 
 Ivavingc byn 
 lavingo con- 
 ,ve disbursed 
 liturc of the 
 I you thinkc 
 the gcve you 
 th any more 
 id concience. 
 owne stoke 
 ave sloped a 
 lU maye sns- 
 ly for the sar- 
 also, that it 
 [the gape for 
 and reason 
 |rne w'^'all for 
 of all others 
 ,r all ; but for 
 shall appeare 
 ,ve taken upe 
 of this busy- 
 |uppe, therfor 
 ,f V'", besydes 
 the seconde 
 ighted uppon 
 reddie mouye 
 ne accomptes, 
 
 but only now in thend of my no accomptes I have sett downe ij"" for the 
 coHipanyes jiartc of that v'" of interest paid the other rest being iij' 1". I 
 do bare and j)ayc of myne owne purse, w'' I thinke may suffice for the 
 interest of myne owne stoke yf it were not paid to thaccompto so sonc 
 as you would have it, but so sone as reason rccj wired that it should bo. 
 
 All these foresaid sommes of mony sett downe do amount to the 
 Honime of vj '7t. of rcdye mony wct> I have paid out of my purse by 
 extraordinarye charges in the sarvico donno for the busyncs of tho 
 company, wherof I trust you do now sec good cause to be owt of dowbto 
 of my dutyc therof, and so to allowo mc the same. 
 
 Also I have sett downe at thende of myne accompt the sommc of 
 vj<'^i. of mony, Wf'i I demaund of the ordinarie charges and travaylc of 
 my selfe, my sarvantcs and howshold to foUowc this busyncs and 
 takinge charge of thaccorapts and howsc rome of the goodes in these iij 
 yeares, w^'i is after the rate of cc" by yeare, wherin I trust I shall not 
 neade to saye muchc, considcringe that all of you be men of good reason 
 and can consider what belongeth to the mayntcnaunce of suche a famely 
 as I have. 
 
 And somme of you by yo*" owne experience have founde, and all of 
 you have scene, what a chargable travaylc and great troblo bothc I and 
 all my hows hold have had in the executionc and followinge of this 
 linsynes in thes iij yeares, and also all of you do know that whcraa 
 I was well placed in the busynes of the Companye of Moskovia, w'l' I 
 did execute quietlye, and for the doinges therof I had of thum a pt.ntion 
 of cc markes by yeare, bysides my howse rent ft'rce and other thingcs 
 well worthe to me cc'' by yeare ; I have forsaken and geven over that 
 office and assured trade of quiet lyvinge purposly to follow this bussincs 
 of the companye w"' better eflfccte, according to my good wiilo and 
 mynde desirous to sarve them to the best of my skille and power, w'l I 
 trust shall not be cvill bestowed on them nor evell recompensed towardes 
 me, havinge now torncd all my goodes into the stones at Darteforde, and 
 left to my selfe a howse full of children, w'li maye bagge their bread yf 
 the stones at Dartford be but stones. 
 
 Thus, I trust I have satisfied you consernynge my dutie of the vj'-'^t 
 sett downe for luonye paid owte of my purse for the extraordinarye 
 charges in matters of the Companyes busynes, and also conserninge the 
 other vyii for the ordinarye mayntena"'^ce of my selfe and famely during 
 this tyme that I have sarved the companye and followed their busynes 
 accordinge to the office and charge comitted and conuiundod unto mc 
 from tyme to tyme by the letters and comissioucs of her Ma''"* most 
 honorable privye counccll and accordinge to the agreements and 
 directiones sett downe by the comissioners in writtinge reniayninge by 
 me w^^'' 1 have faithfully and dutifully executed from tyme to tyme to 
 the l)est of my skille and power, w'' sommes of mony you ought justly 
 
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 No. 0. 
 M. I.okH 
 iiwiin 
 
 c'lmrKi's fill- 
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 iij jeiirti*. 
 
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 lll.ll I'd- 
 
 iMiiiiii(le> 
 iniiit tjcvoii 
 to M. I,(,U 
 
 to I'uIImW 
 this l,:isy 
 lies. 
 
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 STATE PAPKRS SUBSKQUENT 
 
 C. Fur- 
 buslier paid 
 and iilli>wed 
 hira viiieJi. 
 
 The objec- 
 tion t'>r the 
 
 Q. >r«tic9 
 
 01011)6, 
 
 C. Fiir- 
 bii.ihers 
 rune 
 agHiiiRte 
 M. t.()k. 
 
 M. Tioks 
 
 Rreat stoke 
 »nii venture 
 in theg 
 voyngoa. 
 
 to allowp unto me, and may© as lawfuUye so doo by yo"" owne dis- 
 cretione wihout expectinge any further auctoritie as you and other 
 comissioners by their owne discretiones have all redye paid and allowed 
 unto C. Furbusher more then viij''^i for his sarvice not so well bestowed 
 as inyne. 
 
 But yo" maye object against rae that when I had receaved the Queues 
 Mat'i^s monye dewe towardes the fraight of the shipps and wages of men 
 come home, I might have paid it owt unto them. To this I aunswer 
 that in dede I might have so done and so I did the moste parte of it, 
 but in all that tyme that I was in the courte suter for hir Ma'ies monye 
 and for others of the venturars w^ii was more then 3 wekes tyme con- 
 tinewally, C. Furbusher was at Darteford solicitinge the workemen their 
 to make some good proffe of their worko wob thinge bcinge so greatlye 
 longed for at the courte as wt'>out that ther was no money to be had 
 amongest the venturars, and havinge so evell successe at Darteforde as 
 cowld not be worse then was reported, the matter grew to so great dis- 
 credit, as I could not parceave any hope where to receave any more mony 
 amonge the venturares to parforme this busynes, and here w"'all my debt 
 beinge great for mony taken for the Company for the furniture of this 
 busynes and my venture knowue to be so great therin as all that I had 
 was worth, my credit decayed w"i the discredit of these workes, so as I 
 could not prolongo my debtc any longer tyme, but was forced to paye 
 the somme w^'" suche mony as I hade left me, w^^^' was dewe to me by the 
 Company, And heruppon all matters growinge to miserie throughe 
 scarcitie of mony because the rest of the venturares would not paye their 
 dewtyes. And C. Furbusher lackinge now the mony he was wont to 
 have still at my handes for the askinge, and I havinge no mony now 
 for him to paye his men, he entrcd into great stormes and rages 
 w'*" me lyke a made best, and raysed on me suche shamefull reportes and 
 false Sclav nders as the whole court and cittie was full therof, w<^'' did 
 me g/eat hurt, and did muche more hurte to the state of the corapanyes 
 busynes, w^'' is not yet recovered, but wilbe shortlye, at w'' tyme his 
 false talles wilbe retorned uppon his owne heade, but in the mean tyme 
 his slaunderous reportes have byn made agaynst me vr^^ suche vement 
 wordes of affirmation to be trewo, that through their sound of matter 
 for the venturares profite and vantage, they are yt credited to be trew 
 amongest them in the court, and so will remayne stylle untyll you do 
 scertifye them of the truth of my doinges uppon yo"" audite made of 
 myne accomptes. 
 
 Moreo/er you doo see that uppon my good hoape and desier of the 
 good successe of this busynes I have put in stoke and venture in the 
 same all the goodes that I have in the world w^'iout exceptione, and for 
 the accomplisshinge of the same to the corapanyes desire, I have gaged 
 all that I have and have pressed my selfe and my frindes w*'' all the 
 
ne dis- 
 1 other 
 allowed 
 estowcd 
 
 ! Quenes 
 s of men 
 aunswer 
 :te of it, 
 B8 monye 
 ^me con- 
 men their 
 greatlye 
 
 be had 
 ;eforde as 
 great dis- 
 lore mony 
 U my debt 
 ire of this 
 that I had 
 Lcs, so as I 
 ■d to paye 
 
 me by the 
 
 1 throughe 
 paye their 
 ,s wont to 
 mony now 
 and rages 
 ;porte8 and 
 of, W^'' did 
 companyes 
 ii tyme his 
 [mean tynie 
 
 he vement 
 of matter 
 to be trew 
 yll you do 
 ,e made of 
 
 Uier of the 
 Iture in the 
 Ine, and for 
 |havc gaged 
 viii all the 
 
 TO THK THIRD VOYAGE. 
 
 341 
 
 creditc that I could make, and have spent all my tymo and oppressed 
 my selfe w^^ continuall labour and treble therein, wherby maye appeare 
 that thear haths not byn any lacke of goo'l wille nor dewtie on my 
 parte, for the good successe of this busynes, wherfore yf any evell suc- 
 cesse should happen in this busynes of the ewre at Darteford, w«h I ^'- lok •">' 
 
 , ,, . , , . , , . giltie In the 
 
 trust shall not yet is not that any way to be imputed to me, whose in- busynes at 
 nocentie therin my goodes bestowed and ventured therin shall witnes *'^'* ""^ *' 
 and my writtinges delivered to her Ma"e8 honorable privie counsell of 
 my dewtifuU sarvis donne in that behalfe shall declare, but yf any suohe 
 mischief should happen, w^h Qod forbed, the same wer rather to be 
 imputed and layed on Martine Furbusher, who therin hatho comytted 
 great abuses agaynst the companye, as in a paper of artickells therof 
 shall appeare in dewe tyme, and uppou Jonas and Denham who be the 
 chiefe workemen thereof. And on them the same were to be ponished 
 sharplye as men who have byno the fynders and bringers of that ewer 
 w"^ is brought, and causers of the cost bestowed for the fetchinge and 
 workinge of the same, but I trust no suche cause shalbo geven. 
 
 And now I praye you waye upprightly my former doinges and con- Re„i,e(,t of 
 sider w"^ equitie my present state, and give not care to the false ^' '.:''' '" 
 reportes and sclanderous clamores latly raysed aud sprede against mo tmtiio of 
 by Martine Furbusher w'^out any foundacion of trewth, but defend my " '*'"*■ 
 cause as my inocentie deserveth. Aud certifye her Ma^'ea honorable 
 privie councell planly the effecte of my doinges in this sarvice and 
 busynes, as you do fyud it by myne accomptes, that their honors maye 
 be satisfied of me. And that I maye satisfie the worlde by the tryall of 
 my doinges w^l^ I will justifye. And yf you thus do, yo" shall do 
 justice, and I shall give thanks. And yf you thinke otherwise of the 
 premises, I referre me to that w^ shall stand w*'' reason and equitie. 
 The 18 of Ffebruarie 1578. 
 
 And nowe to conclude this my aunswer unto yo", 1 must saye that ^.|,q p„. 
 yoii have delt verrie hardly with me in that you have suffered myne myBmnners 
 accomptes to lye dead and not touched ever syns the xviij of Januarie Inge wth 
 last uutill yesterdaye, by w^'i meanes muche suspicion and clamor is 
 growen agaynst me withowt just cause. Albeit yo" maye saye in trewthe 
 that in this tyme the chief commissioners have byn so occupied abowt 
 the busynes of Duke Ccsimirus, and the awJitors abowt their busynes in 
 the tearme tyme that yo>' cowld not assemble togethers, yet when some 
 of yo" did assemble, ones to make aunswer to the busynes of Captayu 
 Ffenton in the west countrye aud agayne to make iuventorie and prays- 
 ment of the shipps to be sould, some thing more then is donne myght 
 have byn donne in myne accomptes, yf the awditors would or could 
 have come to yo", in ""hose absence yo" would do nothing in myne 
 accomptes. 
 
 Also I maye saye that yo" have donne me great wrong in writting 
 
 M. Lok 
 

 342 
 
 STATK PAPERS SUUSEQUKNT 
 
 The co- 
 in .vBHidiiers 
 would Iii>t 
 li««rc itiB 
 iiiiswere of 
 M. I.' k. 
 
 Mr. Auditor 
 Neiill con- 
 troUotlib 
 
 not tllHO 
 
 couutlos. 
 
 M. Lnk 
 disliur.tcd 
 ijin/i for I 
 ('ouipBiiye 
 
 yesterdaye unto her Ma'ies honorable privie councell yo*" aunswer uppon 
 the conclusion of myne accomptes w'tiout having had anny maner of 
 considcracion of my dcmaundcs sett downe in my book of accomptes 
 delivered to you for my great chardges paid and sustayned for the doing 
 of the companyes busynes in these iij yeres voiages, and chieflye in that 
 I having made this present book of myne aunswer uppon yo'' awdit of 
 myne accomptes and making some jf yo" acquaynted therwii'all privatlyc 
 bifoare, and yesterday laying it open byfoarc yo" to consyder, you would 
 not vowchesafe to here it readde, which justyce requyrethe to be donne, 
 alledging that the tyme was spent and yo" cowld not tell when to mete 
 agayn any more. And tharfore (in post haste) yo" would make aunswer 
 uppon myne accomptes and referre my demandes to their honors. 
 
 And wheras Mr. Awditor Neale of privat affection hathe set down in 
 the letter of yo^ aunswer that myne accomptes are w^howt controlement, 
 sucrly he dothe me great wrong theriu for myne accomptes are controlled 
 by billes and quyttaunces w^ii I have showed and delivered to the 
 awditors in presens of yo" the coraissioners and of Captayn Furbishcr, in 
 whose presentts they have byn exarayneJ vi'-^ my bookes of accomptes' 
 for the proffe of all the omptions of the goodes and the payementes of 
 monuey sett down therin w^'' said bills and bookes have byn now iij 
 monthes in custodio of Mr. Neale, Mr. FurbisLer dayly comyng to his 
 howse as hys famyliar frynd, who in all this tyme might have controlled 
 the same, and would have doune it, yf they cowld have found anny 
 matter. And yet never the lesse yf all thesse awdy tinge and reawditinge 
 be not sufficient to justifie my trewe dealinges in myne accomptes I will 
 tpke no vantage thcrbye, but let them be awdited and controlled agayn 
 by soil c others, and I will abyde the uttermost tryall of anny man that 
 can controll anny part of my doiuges in myne accomptes. And for all 
 the payementes therin contayned I will bring before them the partyes 
 themselves of whom the goodes were bought and to whome the monny 
 was paid (yf^they be lyving) or ells a sufficient testimoniall from them 
 by othe or wyttnesses by notarie. 
 
 And whereas by the examynacion of myne accompts yt dothe playnly 
 he appeare that I did paye and disburse of myne owne for the companyes 
 busynes, the somme of ij'" poundes of monney at dyvers tymes for yers 
 and monthes of tyme W^h is repaid me but w"'in these ij or iij mounthes 
 last past, you the comissioners and awditors have not made anny manner 
 mention in this yo'' last letter unto her Ma^'«s honorable councell of that 
 good tome donne by me for the companye w<='> equytie requiereth 
 yo" should have donne. 
 
 And thus it may appeare that yo" have a thoruc in yo'" owne foote 
 w^l' dothe somwhat prick yo" w'' now yo" would pull owt and put into 
 
 ' Misc. Exchequer, Qu. Rev., vols. 00, 01. 
 
it uppon 
 oaaner of 
 ccoinpte8 
 the doing 
 re in that 
 awdit of 
 privatlye 
 you would 
 be donne, 
 1 to mete 
 e aunswer 
 )r8. 
 
 t down in 
 trolement, 
 controlled 
 ed to the 
 irbisher, in 
 iccomptes' 
 jmentes of 
 yn now iij 
 yng to his 
 ; controlled 
 ound anny 
 eawditingc 
 iptes I will 
 )lled agayn 
 man that 
 IViid for all 
 ;he partyes 
 the monny 
 from them 
 
 [he playnly 
 Icompanyes 
 les for ycrs 
 h mounthes 
 Lny manner 
 [cell of that 
 requiereth 
 
 lowne foote 
 Id put into 
 
 TO THE THIRD VOYAGE. 
 
 343 
 
 mync who am not able to cure it so well as yo'selves, but I prayc yo" put no an you 
 
 ,. . , ,, , ,1 ijij\ would be 
 
 yo''selfe into my place and then do to me as yo'^selves would be donne to. done to. 
 And so shall God prosper us all. 
 
 [Colonial, 131. Dom. Elk., cxxix, No. 44.] 
 
 fi:b. 18, 1578, from michell locke certefiethe the 
 auditors and commissioners proceadinoe w" him 
 about his last accompte. 
 
 Right honorable, — Ilereinclosed I send to yo"" honor the letter of the 
 report of the Commyssyoners and Audytoi^s uppon their last awdyte of 
 myne accounttes, wherein they have delt very hardly wt^'' me bothe in 
 wordes and in deedes, but I trust I shall fynd their honors of her Ma''«8 
 counccU bothe reasonable and good unto me, according to my trew 
 delynges in thaccounttes and paynfull sarvyce in their busynes. Wherof 
 to the end their honors may be better informed I send to yor honor 
 herew'i'all a large declaration in wrytynge wcii I directed unto the com- 
 myssyoners, purposinge therby to gyve them knowledge thcrof to their 
 satisfaction, but for lak of tyme convenient they have not read ytt, for 
 ttheir mcetynges hathe byn so selldome and the busynes in thaccountts 
 hathe byn so tedious unto them to paruse that they waxed wearye be- 
 fore their tyme and so have knytt up the end in hast as yo"" honor may 
 see and would not read myne answere but referred it to their honors. 
 Yo"" honor was my fyrst and chief frynd at myne entrans into this 
 troblesom and chargeable busynes, and I would be right sorye that any 
 of my doinges should move you to repent, and I trust there is no suche 
 cause. Wherfore, I beseche yo'' honor to stand styll good unto me, and 
 to gyve me styll yo"" favor and good countenans, and to thinke of me as 
 of a trew man, for so wyll I trye my sellf in all my doinges, and wyll 
 abyde the uttermost tryall of any man that can controU any part of my 
 doinges in myne accounttes. This booke of myne answere uppon this 
 awdyte of myne accounttes may seeme to yo' honor tedious to reade, 
 wherfore ytt may please yo' honor that one of yo'" men may read ytt and 
 report unto you the effect therof and afterwardes that yt may be used 
 lor the information of my Lords of her Ma^^s Councell, as my cause 
 shall requyre. And I wyll not be furder tedious unto yo"" honor at this 
 tyme, but onely agayne I crave yo"" favour towardes my trewthe. And 
 I corumytt yo"" honor to Almightye God. From London the 18th of 
 Februarie 1578. 
 
 Yo"" honors most bounden, 
 
 Michael Lok. 
 To the right honorable S"" Francys Walsingbim, knight, 
 her .Mai'«» chycf Secrctaric. 
 
344 
 
 STATE PAPERS SlIHSKQUENT 
 
 Colonial, 103. Dom. Eliz., cxxvi, No. 33. 
 
 '-'( 
 
 THE HUMBLE 8UTE OF THOMAS BONHAM. 
 
 Ffirstc the said Bonham firnished a shippc called the Thomas of 
 Ippiswiche, beiiigo of the berthen of viii"" or thear aboutes, and victualed 
 the same, and ifirnished hir with all thinges necessarye to the somme of 
 above iij''^i. 
 
 Item, the said shippe was so beaten by weather in hire viadgc as 
 cli. will not suffice to repayer hir, besides continuall charges of victualles 
 for yo mariners sinste hir comminge home. 
 
 Item, the pilate being apoyuted by the companie of adventurers, and 
 by Mr. Ffurbusher, so as I ame not to be charged withe hir retorne 
 without ffraight, the same being happined onely by the ffaulte of thcim. 
 
 My humble sute therfore is, yt^ by yo'' honorable good meanes some 
 spedie order may be taken yt thextreame charges I have bene at for not 
 paymint of cnie ffraight maybe presently releved withe the satisfaction 
 of siche somes of monye as yo"" honor, withe ye reste of hir Majesties 
 .moste honorable counsell, shall thinke mete and requisite for the sayd 
 shii)e3 ffraightc. 
 
 Indorsed. Thomas Bonhams sute. Towchyng allowance to be ycaldcd 
 him for Furbishers viagc. 
 
 Colonial, 1:35. Domestic Eliz., cxxx. No. 21. 
 
 MAllCH 28, 1579, FROM SIR THOMAS GRKSHAM AND OTHr.K 
 TOUCHYNGE \^ ORDER THEY HAVE TAKEN FOR THE PAYMENX 
 OF THE MARINERS. 
 
 Ytt may lyke yo"" good LL. to understand that we haue receaved 
 yo'' LL. letter of the 26 Marchc, wherby yor LL. plesure is, that we shall 
 appoint iiij men for the sale of the other ships and other thinges re- 
 maynynge, for the payment of the men not yett paid. Accordiuglie, we 
 haue appointed men therto, who shall see the same executed as spedelie 
 as may be, but that beinge done, is but a verie small matter to pay that 
 wih is owinge to the men that are unpaid, and the fFraightts of the shyps 
 owinge. Wherfore yt may pleise yo"" LL, to gyve order, that suche of 
 the venturars as have not yet paid their partes towardcs the said fraights 
 and wagys may pay the same forthwth, for that othervvyse wee see not 
 other present remedye for the same. The names of the venturars 
 woh have not yet paid their full part is in a wrytinge hereinclosed, to 
 wliome ytt may please yo^ LL. to gyv suche straight order, as that they 
 may pay their partes owinge, as the other venturars have done, or ells 
 to be secluded from all beuefytc that may t.;row to them by their former 
 
fc~M«> .riiifi'iia 
 
 Thomas of 
 
 i victUcaled 
 
 somrae of 
 
 viadge as 
 f victualles 
 
 turers, and 
 hir retorne 
 ;e of theim. 
 :;anes some 
 e at for not 
 satisfaction 
 r Majesties 
 )r the sayd 
 
 3 be ycalded 
 
 ID OTTII-.U 
 PAYMENT 
 
 lie receavcd 
 lat we shall 
 Ithinges re- 
 Irdiuglie, wc 
 as spedclie 
 to pay that 
 If the shyps 
 lat suche of 
 iid fraights 
 jree see not 
 venturars 
 tnclosed, to 
 Is that they 
 |oue, or ells 
 icir former 
 
 TO THB THIRD VOYAGE. 
 
 345 
 
 ventures made, and other ventures hereafter to he made, and to lose all 
 that wch alreadye they have disbursed. 
 
 Also yt may lyke yo' LL. to understand that this daye we have had 
 conferens w'h one John Barton, gentleman, who semethe to have expe- 
 riens of myneral workes, who hathe offered to make a proffe of the ewr 
 at Dartford, at his owne charge? in the great workes at Dartford, and 
 theruppon will precede in the work of all the ewr there, to have for his 
 industrie, vppon the valew of the ewr after this rate ; to saye, for everie 
 ton yeldinge the valew of xx ponds money clere above all charges, he to 
 have ten shillings for his paynes and industrie, and yelding the valew 
 of XXX ponds the ton clere of all charges, he to have xx shillings ; and 
 yeldinge the valew of xl ponds the [ton] to have xxx shillings for his 
 Industrie ; and he to work ytt at his charges, and wyll work xvo tons by 
 yere, to whom (yf yo'' LL. lyke of ytt) we have consented he shall make 
 prooffc ymediatelie after Ester, wherof yt may plese yo"" LL. to adver- 
 tyse us yor plesures, for that we doo staye the man in towne uppoa 
 yof LL. answere to be had. 
 
 And for the prooedinge of the great workes at Dartford by Jonas, wo 
 thynk ytt very requysytt to precede in the same, and therto is needfull 
 of dyttamentts to be provyded for them, and other necessarie charges at 
 Dartford for the working of the same, w<:h in all would ask the suum of 
 vo pondes untill the workes wyll mayntaiuo ytt sellf for the reste, for 
 the web money we have nott any means heere, for that the former 
 oessementts wyll not suffyce for ilie fraights and wagys of men yet un- 
 paid, neyther doo we know how to provyde the same but by a new 
 cesscmentt uppon all the venturars, and the charge and accountt therof 
 to be commytted to a severall man. 
 
 Thus humbly we take our leave of yo"" LL., and commytt the same to 
 the tuition of Almightie God. From London the xxviij Marche, 1579. 
 
 At yo' LL. couimaudcments, 
 
 Thomas Qresh'm. 
 
 John Dee. 
 
 Thomas Allen. 
 
 X"pfer Hoddesdonn. 
 
 Michael Lok. 
 To the Right Ilouoralde our very goods Lordes 
 the LL. of Uer Ma''«3 Honorable Privie 
 Counccll. 
 
 Lionell Duckett. 
 Martin Frobisher. 
 Edwarde Fentou. 
 Gylbert Yorke. 
 Mathew Fyeld. 
 
S4G 
 
 STATE PAPKRS 8UHSEQUKNT 
 
 [Colonial, 138 Domestic Eliz., cxxx, No. 42.] 
 
 THE VENTUBABS W^« HIM NOTE PAYDE AT THE 25 APRILL 1579. 
 
 The Lord High Tresorer 
 The LorJe High Admerall 
 The Erie of Sussex . 
 The Earle of Warwicke 
 The Earle of Lecester 
 The Lorde Ilondeston 
 Sr Francs Knowles, Tresore 
 The Earle of Oxforde 
 The Earle of Penbroke 
 The Countesse of Warwick 
 The Countesse of Penlrokc 
 The Lady Ann Talbott 
 Sr \^m. Winter 
 S"" Johane Broquete 
 Mr. Phallapp Sydney 
 Mr. Edward Dyer . 
 Mr. Willm Pelhame 
 Mr. Thomas Randolphc 
 Johne Somers 
 Symonde Boyero 
 Antony Jenkenson 
 Jeffry Turvill 
 lliclicrd Bolando 
 Mathewe Kcnersley 
 llobarte Kinersley . 
 William Burde 
 Thomas Owene 
 Christopher Androwes 
 llobart Marline 
 Marten Furbysher . 
 
 Thes whos names be under wrytten be suche as adventured in the 
 second viage, and not in the thirde, except the Countesse of Sussex, who 
 was no venturer in the second vyage, and S'' Lionell Duckett who hathe 
 adventured the moytie in the third viage accordiiigc to the some adven- 
 turid by in the second viage the w'^'' moste be referred unto 
 
 the consideratione of your Honors. 
 
 
 
 li. 8. d. 
 
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 . 066 00 00 
 
 
 
 . 065 00 00 
 
 
 
 . 065 00 00 
 
 
 
 . 065 00 00 
 
 
 
 . Oil 03 04 
 
 
 
 . 085 00 00 
 
 
 
 . 032 10 00 
 
 
 
 . 450 00 00 
 
 
 
 . 172 10 00 
 
 
 
 . 057 10 00 
 
 
 
 . 028 15 00 
 
 
 
 . 010 00 00 
 
 
 
 . 040 00 00 
 
 
 
 . 077 10 00 
 
 
 
 . 067 10 00 
 
 
 
 . 067 10 00 
 
 
 
 . 135 00 OO 
 
 
 
 . 085 00 00 
 
 
 
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 . 005 00 00 
 
 
 
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 . 270 00 00 
 
 Sui 
 
 u of all . 2167 03 04 
 
LL 1579. 
 
 It. a. d, 
 65 00 00 
 65 00 00 
 165 00 00 
 65 00 00 
 11 03 04 
 (85 00 00 
 )32 10 00 
 150 00 00 
 i72 10 00 
 )57 10 00 
 )28 16 00 
 no 00 00 
 340 00 00 
 377 10 00 
 067 10 00 
 [)67 10 00 
 135 00 00 
 1)85 00 00 
 67 10 00 
 i28 15 00 
 157 10 00 
 07 00 00 
 )27 10 00 
 328 15 00 
 57 10 00 
 20 00 00 
 12 15 00 
 05 00 00 
 05 00 00 
 70 00 00 
 
 L07 03 04 
 
 [•ed in the 
 
 issex, who 
 Ivho hathe 
 luc adven- 
 Irrcd unto 
 
 TO TIIK HI nil) VOYAOK. 
 
 The Countesss of Sussex 
 The Lady Ann Talboto 
 Sr Lyouell Duckctt 
 8r William Winter . 
 Willni Burde 
 Christopher Andrwes 
 llobart Martyne 
 
 347 
 
 . 135 00 00 
 . 062 10 00 
 . 067 10 00 
 . 500 00 00 
 . 250 00 00 
 . 062 10 00 
 . 062 10 00 
 
 There is also owinge by Migholl Locke for the footo of his accompto 
 1217^1. 10a. 04(/., the consideracion whereof uioste bo in like case referrid 
 to the deterniynatione of your Honors. 
 
 There is aluo a reare acompt of Mr. Locks for dy vers marchandizes and 
 victualcs, etc., retornid in the shipps, and by him sould unawdited. 
 
 Kven so in leke case the whole and full acompt of Mr. Furbyshcr as 
 yetc to awditc to bothe w •' aconipts I cann saye nothingo untell the 
 same be fynyshed and by the comyssioners throughly seane. 
 
 Indorsed. — A note of the accompt towchynge the northwest viace. 
 
 [^Colonial, 140. Doniest'c Eliz., cxxx. No. 47.] 
 After 0'' hartie commendations, whereas for want of the pairacnt of 
 suclie somes as arc due l)y sundrie thu adventurers to the northwest in 
 the late voiage made by Mr. Frobisher, not onely manie that served 
 in the saide voiage be yet unpaidc and undischarged, but also the cwre 
 brought home remainethe untried and so unprofitable Ilcr Ma"'- bath 
 caused an order to be sette downe by my LL for the aunswearingo of 
 the saidc sommes whereunto her pleasure is that so manie as be behinde 
 hand in their paiments, and intend by continewinge in the societie of 
 this companie to reape the benefitte that may happely growe thereof, 
 shall subscribe their names in the testimonie that they will see the 
 sommes due by them paide to such person, and w^'dn such time as is 
 expressed in the saide order. And to that ende we are willed to sonde 
 to you, as we do by this bearer the same order to be by you subscribed 
 in case you meane to continue an adventurer, otherwise purposinge to 
 venture no more, to require you to subscribe to one other bill w^i' this 
 bearer also hathe to exhibite to you, thereby testifyingc yo"" refusall to 
 be for the presente anic longer an adventurer of this companie. Hy a 
 note w'* this bearer hath under the hands of the Commissioners ap- 
 pointed to regarde the accounts of this Companie, you may see what is 
 behinde to be by you paide, w if you shall like to see paide accordiuge 
 to the order, then are you by a note of yo'" hand to signifie the day of 
 yo'' subscription to the order, that accordingly the sommes w '' you are 
 tu pay may be looked for and receaved here by the Threasurer of the 
 Companie. And so we bid you hartcly farewell from the courtc tho 
 of Aprill, 1571). 
 
 Yoi lovingc frendc. 
 
318 
 
 8TATI5 rAPKRS SUnSEQUKNT 
 
 [Colonial, 109. Slate Papers. Dom. L'liz., cxxx. No. 16.J 
 
 XUE VKNXUUAUS W*-" HAVE NOT PAID TO M. LOK, UUT MUST 
 
 PAIE TO M" ALl.EN. 
 
 
 W'Ri^eg Diiyld- 
 
 Third 
 
 KrAiKlll 
 
 
 second i 
 
 lUS 
 
 Vl)l«l{ 
 
 reiuriia. 
 
 
 voIrbb. DariCord. 
 
 uulwaidi. 
 
 
 
 1&7 
 
 7. 
 
 
 
 
 167H. 
 
 The Lord Ilighc Treasurei 
 
 •- li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 118 
 
 The Lord IliKho Admirall 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 118 
 
 The Erie of Sussex 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 118 
 
 The Erie of Warwick 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 118 
 
 The Erie of Leycester 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 11 3 4 
 
 The Lord of Ilunsdon 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 10 li 
 
 17 
 
 10 li 
 
 67 10 
 
 Sr Frauucs Knowlls 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 67 10 
 
 The Erie of Oxford 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 460 
 
 The Eric of Penbrook 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 172 10 
 
 The Countesse of Penbroke- li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 28 15 
 
 The Countesse of Sussex 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 10 li 
 
 67 
 
 10 li 
 
 57 10 
 
 The Countesse of Warwiclt 
 
 .- li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 67 10 
 
 The Ladie Anne Talbot 
 
 - li 
 
 6 li 
 
 6 '; 
 
 
 li 
 
 
 Sr llenrye Wallope 
 
 ■■ li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 57 10 
 
 Si Thorns Qresham 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 230 
 
 Sr Leonell Ducket - 
 
 • li 
 
 li 
 
 5 li 
 
 33 
 
 15 li 
 
 28 16 
 
 Sr Will'" Wynter - 
 
 - li 
 
 li 40 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 
 Sr John Brocket - 
 
 - li 10 li 
 
 10 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 67 10 
 
 Mr Phillip Sidney - 
 
 - li 
 
 10 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 67 10 
 
 Edward Dier 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 5 li 33 
 
 15 li 
 
 28 15 
 
 Will"' Pelham 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 10 li 
 
 67 
 
 10 li 
 
 67 10 
 
 Thomas Randolph - 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 27 
 
 10 li 
 
 57 10 
 
 John Somers 
 
 - li 
 
 10 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 57 10 
 
 Symon Bowyer 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 28 15 
 
 Anthony Jenkynson 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 67 10 
 
 Jeffrey Turvile 
 
 ' li 
 
 .li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 37 
 
 Willm Paynter 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 67 10 
 
 Richard Bowland - 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 n 
 
 
 li 
 
 57 10 
 
 Mathew Kyndersley 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 28 15 
 
 Robert Kyndersley 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 57 10 
 
 MrsAnneFrauncs Kyndersl 
 
 ey li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 86 6 
 
 Will™ Burd Mercer 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 20 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 
 Will™ Ormeshawe - 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 28 15 
 
 Thorns Allen 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 57 10 
 
 Richard Young 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 57 10 
 
 Willra Bond 
 
 . li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 115 
 
 Thorns Owen 
 
 - li 
 
 li 
 
 li 
 
 
 li 
 
 28 15 
 
TO THK THIRD VOYAGK. 
 
 311) 
 
 
 \Viij{(>a 
 RenoiiU 
 volu^u. 
 
 nnylil- Third 
 Dttiifuril. oulwiiriU 
 
 t'rttlKlil 
 ri'tiiiiifl. 
 
 
 15; 7. 
 
 
 ir,78. 
 
 Will'" Dowgcll 
 
 - li 
 
 li li 
 
 li 2H 15 
 
 Anthony Marlor 
 
 - H 
 
 li li 
 
 li 28 15 
 
 Christopher Androwos 
 
 - ti 
 
 li 6 li 
 
 li 
 
 Robert Marfcyn 
 
 - li 
 
 li 6 li 
 
 li 
 
 Martyn Furbiahcr - 
 
 - li 
 li 35 
 
 li 20 li 138 
 
 li 115 
 
 
 n 146 /t382 1C 
 
 li'2Hr}r) 13 4 notrc'' 
 
 
 
 
 2!)23 1 8 received 
 
 38 
 145 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 /i5778 18 
 
 382 10 
 2H55 13 4 
 
 3418 3 4 Not rec'i by Mr Lok 
 72 1578 
 
 The Venturars money not paid to M"" Luk but to M"" Allyn. 
 
 [Colonial, 124. Dam. Eliz., cxxx, No. 18.] 
 
 THE HUMBLE PETITION OF MICHAEL LOK FOR CHARGES 
 
 DYSnURSEI). 
 
 To the right Honorable the Lordes and othe. ^ of Her Ma"** mosto 
 Honorable Privie Councell. 
 In most humble dewtye besechcthe yo' Honors, yo' most humble sup- 
 pliant Michael Lok, that wheras by the manyfold coma idementts of 
 yo' honors, and by the dayly directions of the comyssyoncrs appointed 
 for the voiages lately made by Martin Purbusher, yo"" said suppliant for 
 the space of these iij yeres hathe taken the charge and dewtyfully to hia 
 power hathe followed and scene executed all the busynes therunto ap- 
 pertainingc, according to the orders to him appointed in that behalf 
 from tyme to tyme, wii he hathe to shew to his continewall great paynes 
 and trouble, and his very great charges and expenses. And of all his 
 doinges in the premisses he hathe made dew and trew accountt, v^^ is 
 awdyted and certiflSed unto yc Honors, in woh accountt yo^ said humble 
 suppliant hathe sett downe the sum of xij^^t by hymn expended and 
 layd out of his owne purse for dyvers particular charges, for the fol- 
 lowiuge of the said busynes in the said tyme of iij yeres, as therin dotho 
 appeare ; w^i" said awditors would not allowe unto yo"" said suppliant 
 uppon his said account sayenge that they had none auctoritie therto, 
 but doo referro the same to the consideration of yo"^ Honors. Now 
 
350 
 
 STATK I'APKKS SUUSEQt'KNT 
 
 yof Honors said huitil>lo siippliant, most humlily l>escchotl»o yo' Honors 
 to have consyderation of the premysscs, in respect of his dcwtyfull 
 sarvyce done thcriii, and his trcw dualynRCH in his accountt made, as 
 also for that most trewlye he hatho expended and layd out of his owno 
 jturse for the said busynes the said sum of xiyli sett downe in thaceoiintt, 
 and also iuyli more not sett downe in thaccountt, as ho wyll niuko dew 
 j)roffb hesydcs the great sum beingo ijinij i/t of money w >' he hiithe paid 
 in the said voyages, for his owne stok and venture therin, whiche is all 
 the goodes that he hatho in the >vorld w'l'out exception ; wherby now 
 hym sellf and wyfc and xv children are left in state to beg their bread 
 hensforthe except God turne the stones at Dartford into his bread agayne, 
 and that yor lienors bo good unto hym in this his humble sutc, accord- 
 inge to his dewtifull trcw mcaninge in this his sarvyce done. And 
 yo'' said humble suppliant and his children, according to their boundon 
 dewtye, shall pray to God contynewallye for the encrcas of all yo"" Honors 
 estates with all prosperitie. 
 
 [Colonial, 125. Dom. Eliz., cxxx. No. If).] 
 
 MICHAEL LOK HATIIE PAIO FOR PYVERS CHAIKIKS Vnti TFIK 
 
 AFFAYRES OF THIC CO-MPANYE IN THE II.I YKUKS OF THE 
 
 IIJ VOYAGES OP MAIITIN FURBU8HEK, OENT., KOK THE 
 NORTHWEST PARTS, AS FOLOW^" : — 
 
 For my rydyngo charges to the Court at Hampton, 
 Wyndsore, Rychemond, and other places in progresse 
 to attend on Her Ma''®* most Honorable Privie 
 Councell, for comyssyons, directions, and money col- 
 lections of the veuturars in iij yeres, at xl" by yere . cxx'' 
 
 For my ryding charges to Dartford, and for the bylldings 
 and workes thoare, and to other places, daylye, for 
 necessaries in these viij monthes . . . lx'» 
 
 For my botehyer to the Court at Gronewiche to attendc 
 on the Councell for the comyssyons, and money col- 
 lections of the venturars, and to the ships, and other 
 places li . . . . . xx" 
 
 For the table dyatt of the comyssyoners, awdytors, 
 captaynes, and others of these voyages, at my howsse 
 often and daylye in these iij yeres, at 1'' by ycre li . cl'' 
 
 For interesses of money taken up from tyme to tyme to 
 furnishe thes iij voyages and dyspache of the shi[)s in 
 dew tyme, for lak of the venturars money li ccl'' 
 
 S'nim vj li 
 
TO THK THIRD VOYAdK. 
 
 351 
 
 yo' Honors 
 (Icwtyfull 
 tt made, as 
 if his owno 
 thacoountt, 
 luiiko dew 
 hathe paiii 
 :iicho is all 
 irhorby now 
 their broad 
 •cad agayne, 
 ute, accord- 
 done. And 
 cir bounden 
 1 yo' Honors 
 
 
 For tho ordynary chagos and travayll of in" sollfe and 
 my sarvants and howshold to follow this busynus and 
 take charge of thaccountts, and howscromo of the 
 goodes in these iij yores voyages at cc" by ycrc 
 
 S'mm of all xij'7t 
 
 Thus moche money xij'7i', and more hathc ytt cost rac out 
 of my purse, wherof nothinge is yett allowed me in 
 accountts. Allow me what reason and cquitic rc- 
 quyretho. 
 
 And Michael Lok hathe in stok and venture for hym 
 sellf and hys chyldron w"'' ho hatho paid 
 
 And in tho name of John Dee 
 
 yyii 
 
 ij"'clij'' x« 
 iiij^xvij" 
 
 S'mm iji'iccUi 
 
 Bcsydcs the stok and vonturro of tho Right Honorable 
 
 tho Erie of Oxford, w'' is . . . ij"'iiij' xxx/i 
 
 By me, MionAKii Lok. 
 
 I J'OK TIIK 
 
 K8 "I" TIIK 
 
 KOU TIIK 
 
 IColonial, 105. Dom. Eliz. cxxvj, No. 56.] 
 
 THE VENTOnARS W*^" HAVE NOT PATD THEIR PARTES For 
 FFRAIGHT AND WAOES THE LAST NOVEMBKR, l.OTB. 
 
 Off the Court. 
 The Lord High Treasurer 
 The Lord High Admirall 
 The Erie of Sussex . 
 The Erie of Warwick 
 The Lord Hunsdon . 
 S"" Ffraunces Knowles 
 The Erie of Oxford. 
 The Erie of Pembroke 
 The Countez of Sussex 
 The Uountez of Warwick 
 The Countez of Penbroke 
 Sr Henrie Wallope . 
 Sr John Brocket . 
 Mr. Philip Sidney . 
 Mr. William Pelhara 
 ]\Ir. Thomas Itandolphe 
 
 CXV'i 
 
 60 
 
 
 
 . cxv" 
 
 50 
 
 Ffor third voiag 
 
 . cxv« 
 
 50 200 
 
 venture outwardes 
 
 . cxv" 
 
 50 
 
 • 
 
 . lvij« x» 
 . Ivij'' x» 
 
 25 
 
 ->R 50 
 
 25 
 
 xxvij" x" 
 
 . iiij'-l'i 
 
 200 
 
 1 
 
 
 . cixxij" x' 
 
 60 
 
 ■275 
 
 
 . Ivij'i X' 
 
 25, 
 
 
 Ixx'i x" 
 
 . Ivij'i x» 
 
 25) 
 , ■ 40 
 
 
 . xxviij" XV' 
 
 15) 
 
 
 . Ivij'i x» 
 
 25 
 
 
 . Ivij" x« 
 
 25 
 
 xx'' 
 
 . Ivij" X* 
 
 26,125 
 
 X'' 
 
 . Ivij" x" 
 
 25 
 
 Ixxvij'' x" 
 
 . Ivij" x" 
 
 25 
 
 J 
 
 xxxvij'' X* 
 
352 
 
 STATIi PAPERS SUBSEQUENT 
 
 Edward Diar 
 John Somers 
 Symon Boyer 
 Martyn Ffurbisher . 
 Anthonye Jenkynsou 
 Jeffrey Turvile 
 William Paynter 
 Richard Bowland 
 John Dee . 
 
 Sr Thomas Qressham 
 Sr Leonell Ducket . 
 My Ladye Martyn 
 Mathewe Kyndersleye 
 
 '1 
 5) 
 
 xxviij'' XV' 15 
 lvij» x« 25 
 xxviijw xV lij| 
 cxv« 50 1 
 
 Ivij'i x« 25 1 
 IvijJi x" 25 
 Ivij'i x« 25 1- 
 Ivij'i x» 26 I 
 xxviij" xv« 15 J 
 x« 
 Off the Cittie. 
 . clxxx'i 66 
 . Ivij'i x» 25 
 xxviij'' XV' 15^ 
 xxviij'i xV 15 
 
 40 
 
 65 
 
 116 
 
 xxxviij'i xv» 
 
 Clv'i 
 
 
 Sum ijn'cxvij'i 
 
 !6| 
 261 
 
 90 
 
 Robert Kyndersleye . 
 
 . Ivij'i X' 
 
 15V 105 
 
 Mrs. Anne Fraunces Kyndersley Ixxxvj'' v« 
 
 36 
 
 Mathew Ffield 
 
 . Ivij'i x» 
 
 26; 
 
 Edmund Ilogan 
 
 , cxv'i 
 
 50 
 
 
 William Bond 
 
 . cxv'i 
 
 50 
 
 •115 
 
 Thomas Owen 
 
 . xxviij" xv' 
 
 16 
 
 
 William Borrowe 
 
 . Ivij'i x" 
 
 26 
 
 William Ormeshawe. 
 
 . xxviij'"' xv« 
 
 15\ 
 
 William Dowgle 
 Anthonye Mario"' . 
 
 . xxviij'i xv« 
 . xxviij'i xv» 
 
 16 
 16 
 
 .100 
 
 William Harrington 
 
 . xxviij'i xv« 
 
 16j 
 
 
 Michael Lok 
 
 . iiij'lx'i 
 
 220 
 
 Sum 
 
 jiniiijclxxxvij" xs 
 
 
 
 XXXUj'' XV* 
 
 and iju'cxvj'i x» 
 
 Not receved fraight iijmv<v" 
 outwardes venture vj^x'i x" 
 
 Sum iij"Jcxv'i x' not receved 
 
 Ffor the second voiag. 
 — x'i My Ladic Auue Tali)0t 
 
 Sr William Wynter 
 
 William Burde 
 
 Christo^er Androwes 
 
 Robert Martyn 
 
 . xl'i 
 -xx'i 
 
 . v'i 
 
 Sum vji'x'i x" 
 
 w 
 g 
 g 
 
TO THK THIRD VOYACJK. 
 
 353 
 
 ACCOMPT OF MICHAEL I.OK, TUKASURKR, MADK 
 NOVKMHER, 1578, OF MONXKY RECEIVED 
 HYM SYNS I'l" LAST ACCOMPT, AUDITED IN 
 
 Rccciptts. 
 Off the Quens Ma''e for fiai;j;lit, and wages 
 Of Therle of Leycester, for fraight . 
 Of Therle of Oxford, part for fraight 
 Of Mr. Secretario Walsingham, for fraight 
 Of hym, for venture owtwardes 
 Of Mr. Secretarie Wilson, fraight . 
 Of S. Thomas Gre«ham, venture owtwards 
 Of hym, for parte of fraight 
 Of Thomas Alien, fraight 
 Of Christopher Iladson, fraight 
 Of Richard Young, fraight . 
 
 Sum receved, xxve iiij"'''' iij 
 Payments. 
 To Michael Lok, rest of his accompt 
 For the workes at Dartford, above all recoved 
 To the Erie Leycester, ewr from Bristow 
 To the shippe Iloapioell, part of fraight 
 To the shippe Anne Fraunces, part fraight 
 To the shippe Tho. Allen, part fraight 
 To the mynars and men part of wages 
 To the shippe lieare Leicester, fraight 
 
 Si'.m paid, XXV iiij^x xix'' 
 By me. 
 
 THE LAST OF 
 ,\Nn VATD IIY 
 
 AUGUST 1;)7S. 
 mcl'' 
 
 Clxxj'i X« 
 
 vo Ixxxv'i 
 ij« xxx" 
 Ixij'i xiij' 
 cxij" X" 
 
 c" 
 
 1« 
 
 Ivij'' x'' 
 Ivi.j'' X'* 
 Ivij" x' 
 
 ixc Ixxxix" 
 iiij'- Ixxx" 
 clxxij'' x" 
 c« 
 c" 
 clxij" x'' 
 
 ijop. 
 
 iijol" 
 Michael Lok. 
 
 Colonial, VAl. Dom. Eliz., cxxvii, No. 10. 
 
 AX ORDER SETT DOWNE BY THE QUEKNES MA^'^^^ EXPH I'.SS I', 
 COMMANDEMENT, TOUCHINO THE SUPrLYING OF SUCH 
 8UM.ME8 OF MONEY AS ARE DUE BY THE ADVENTURERS IN 
 THE NORTHWEST VOYAGE, OTHERWISE CALLED META I.\- 
 COONITA. 
 
 The Q. Ma*'8 being given to understand that diverse of those that 
 were adventurers in the late viages performed by Martin Ffurbusher, 
 gent., into the northwest partes (not w''' standing sondrie admonitions 
 given by letters directed unto them from the lords and others of the 
 j)rivy councell), that they ahold bringe in such summea of money as 
 
 A A 
 
354. 
 
 STATK. I'APKUS SrHSKQUKNT 
 
 M 
 
 
 were due l)y them at lymes ami dales limited by the said letters, have 
 not brought in the said summcs accordingly ; wherby diverse mariners 
 continewed a long seaaon undischarged, and the fraught of the niostc 
 parte of the shippes employed in that voyage unpayed to th' utter un- 
 doing of diverse of the owners of tlie said shippes, and greatly to her 
 Ma"''" dishonor, being an adventurer in the said voyage, and having 
 payed all such summcs of money as were due by her. Ffor rcdresse 
 wherof her Ma''"' doth thcrforc order that all such adventurers as have 
 not yet payed in such summcs of money as are by them due, shall 
 w<'' in ten dayes after notice given to them of this her Ma''''*' pleasure 
 bring in and deliver into the hands of Thomas Allen, appoynted to be 
 the treasorer for this purpose, the moytie of such summcs as are by 
 them yet due, and th' other moytie w"' in a moneth after, w''' if they 
 shall not observe that than they shall not only be forthw"' excluded out 
 of the company, but also loose the bencfitt of such summes of money as 
 they have alreaddy putt in, being a matter agreeable w"' lawe and 
 justice for not observing the rules of societie. And for that it may be 
 knowcn out of hand who meanc to continewe the said adventure by 
 making ))ayment of such somnics as are by them due accordingly, as is 
 above mentioned, and who shall refuse: yt is by her highncs thought 
 meetc, and so ordered that such as meane to continew the same shold 
 subscribe there names to this order, as thereby binding themselves to 
 the payment of the summes by them due, as above is expressed. And 
 that such as shall refuse to subscribe the hiuiic therby to bind themselves 
 to the payement, but meaning to adventure no more money in the said 
 voyage shalbe herafter utterly excluded in suche sorte as is above 
 specified. And to thintcut that no man shall pretend ignoraunce what 
 he ought to paye at this present, the bearer hcrof hath a scedule con- 
 teyning the names of all such as have adventured w''' the summes by 
 them payed, and what summc, are remayning due to be payd, subscribeil 
 by such commissioners as have had authorysic to have regard thereto. 
 A/so, The L. Treasorer. 
 
 The Ti. Admiral!. 
 
 The L. Chamberlain. 
 
 The K. of Warwycko. 
 
 The E. of Leyccstor. 
 
 The li. of Ihinsdon. 
 
 Mr. Thresorer 
 
 Secret. \\ alsinjihiim. 
 
 Mr. Secret. W'vlson. 
 
TO THK THIRD VOYAOK. 
 
 355 
 
 
 ettcrs, have 
 se mariners 
 f the niostc 
 ii' utter un- 
 •catly to her 
 and having 
 'for rcdrcsse 
 rcrs as have 
 I due, shall 
 j,tic9 pleasiiro 
 lyntcd to be 
 3S as arc by 
 , vfh if they 
 excluded out 
 of money as 
 ytli lawo and 
 at it may be 
 idventure by 
 rdingly, as is 
 hues thought 
 e same shold 
 ;hemselves to 
 [iresscd. Aud 
 themselves 
 in the said 
 as is above 
 raunce what 
 sccdule con- 
 summcs by 
 , subscril)etl 
 •d thereto. 
 
 [Colonial. 141. Dom. KHz., cxxvi, No. 36.] 
 
 THK NA.MES t»F THEM THAT III'. I,KFTE OWTE OF THIS LAST BIM, 
 AND THOSF, THAT liF, SKTT LKSSE IN THIS LAST UYLI, THEN 
 IN THK OTHER THESE NAMES FFOLLOINOE. 
 
 Thomas Ilandolpho 
 Jeffrayc Turvell 
 Jhon Dice 
 S" Lyonell Duckett 
 My Liidye Martyu . 
 Mathew P'felde 
 Hdnioiid Huggan . 
 Wyiliam Hiirroo 
 \Vy Ilium Ilarrvngton 
 Mvchc!! Locke 
 
 £ 8. 
 
 d. 
 
 lu 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 . 28 15 
 
 
 
 . 28 15 
 
 
 
 . 28 15 
 
 
 
 . 57 
 
 
 
 . 115 
 
 
 
 57 
 
 
 
 . 28 15 
 
 
 
 4«5() 
 
 u 
 
 s:j5'< 0" 
 
 U'' 
 
 [Lansdoivne, xxx, No. 4, fol. 1:2. Colonial, 153.] 
 
 THE OFFER OF MICHAEL LOK FOR THE NORTHWEST KWK AT 
 
 DAHTFORD. 
 
 He requirethe to have lycense for iij yeares to serche for myneralls 
 by the patent made to William Ilumfrey or by the mynes Royall. And 
 libertye to work them at his pleasure at his owne charges, gyving ther- 
 fore V of the c, of the clcre gayne that shall grow therbye. 
 
 To have the use of the workhouses at Dartford for iij yeres, and 
 libertye to work the northwest ewr that is there at his pleasure, at his 
 owne charges. 
 
 To have a man assigned to be of his councell, aud take accouut under 
 hymn in all that shalbe done. And all the clere gaynes that shall grow 
 by this workes, he is content shalbe gyven to the jjayment of the debtts 
 owing by the <;onipanyc, for the northwest \oiages of Captaine Fur- 
 busher. 
 
 That he may have recompenses of the Royal Majestic for hib land 
 bought and recovered from hym, the which recompens he is content 
 shalbe emploied in these workes, to be repaid hym in account of the 
 workes, withall his owne travayll aad industrie. 
 
 That he have a protection of her Majestic for iij yeres, and a (luietiis 
 est of his accotintes, ami a clere discharge for all his bondes, and all the 
 debtes of the companve of the voiages of ('aj)taiii Furbuslicr. 
 
 A a2 
 
356 
 
 STATK PArKKS SUHSEQUENT 
 
 That may have coiniuyssion to collect the goodes of the cora- 
 
 panye that lye scattered, and to recover the debtes owing to the com- 
 panye, and set downc what is owingo to them and to take account of the 
 state of the companye. 
 
 And after that he hath paid and sattysffied the creditors of the com- 
 panye for the debttes owing to them, he shall have frcelye the leasse of 
 the workhouses ;<*■ Dartford, with all the companyes interest therein. 
 
 A letter to be ^vrytten from my Lords of the Counsell uato the Com- 
 rayssyoners, to exarayne all the workmen for the addytaments used with 
 the northwest ewr, in the small sayes made in iVIeta Incognita, which 
 shewed clene gold. 
 
 Coi.^myssyoners. 
 Sir William Wyntar. 
 Sir W.lliam Pclham. 
 Mr. Thomas Randolphe. 
 Mr. Dyar. 
 Mr. Dee. 
 Mr. Yonge. 
 Mr. Ilogan. 
 Mr. Lok, 
 Mr. Palmar. 
 
 Workmen. 
 John Baptista Agnello. 
 Jonas Shutz, 
 Robert Denam. 
 William Humfrey. 
 lliimfrey Cole. 
 
 D. Burcot is deade. 
 
 T(i have 
 l.i'ller 
 s'lerty than 
 by self. 
 
 The VHllew 
 of the lesse 
 lo be 
 knoweii. 
 
 The excopt- 
 yiig all 
 
 lllllXI' 
 follllfl' 
 
 \_La7isdowne MS., xxx, No. 4, fol. 10. Colonial, 152.] 
 THE OFFKll OF MICHAEL I.OK. 
 
 All the northwest ewr brought home by Captayne Furbusher is 
 estemed xij' "^ tons. 
 
 For the which ewr Michael Lok shall paye v' the ton, which 
 amountethe vj'"' of money. 
 
 The first payment to begyn at the end of one yere, and then to pay 
 every monthe c' of money untill the vj"'' be payd. 
 
 And for suretye of this payment ho shall fyrsb receve 1 ton of ewr 
 uppon his owne bond, and afterward shall gyve suretye for the ewr as 
 he recevethe yt. 
 
 And he shiU have the whole leasse of the mylles and workhowsses at 
 Dartford, and benefyt therof in suche state as the same is taken of the 
 Quenes farraar, and as the same now ys. 
 
 lie shall have freelyo all the implements and furnyture for the workes 
 now beinge at Dcartford, and all the niyncralls and mettals that are 
 there being wroughte. 
 
 He shall have lycens for terme of the said leasse to serche and myne 
 for ewrs and myneralis in all groundes which are not already opened 
 and niyncil, and tlicrotit dygged the (juantyte of fyve ton of ewr within 
 
the com- 
 
 the com- 
 
 unt of the 
 
 ' the com- 
 
 e leasse of 
 
 herein, 
 the Coin- 
 used with 
 
 lita, which 
 
 llo. 
 
 ■J 
 
 Irbusher is 
 
 [on, which 
 
 icu to pay 
 
 [on of ewr 
 Ithe ewr as 
 
 [lowsses at 
 <cn of the 
 
 the workes 
 that are 
 
 ind myne 
 [ly opened 
 \\\v within 
 
 TO THE THIRD VOYAGE. 
 
 357 
 
 all the Quenes Majesties domynyons, except the priviledges of the ""pde by 
 
 • »j--i 11* ■• Ti _il6r IMBj68iy 
 
 stannerie ot Cornwall tor their tyune ewrs, and the same ewrs and or by any 
 inyneralls to take and carye away and use at his pleasure, compoundyng genitori. 
 with the ownars for the hrekynge of their ground. 
 
 And, nevertheles, this Lycens shall not restrayne any other man to 
 serchc and dygge also for any ewrs and myneralls in "ny other place not 
 bcinge within fyve myles of the place that shalho dygged and followed 
 by vertew of this Lycens. 
 
 He shalbe clerely dyscharged and kept harmeles, ^uyet of all maner 
 debtes and deruandes of all men, for all the busynes of the Oompauye 
 done before this day. 
 
 The Qaenes Majestic shall have iibertie to take agayne into her handes 
 this grant and contract at the end of vij yeres, payenge and recom- 
 pensyng the charges done and doniage to be sustayned therebye by the 
 arbitremeut of vj indyffereut parsons. 
 
 iiiuiiey 
 
 Lansdoiviie MS.^ xxx, No. 4, fol. 11. 
 
 Or ells yf the forsaid offer be not lyke^I, then Michael Lok shall cause 
 to be wrought all the said northwest ewr, for the account and use of the 
 couipanye of venturars. 
 
 And shall make yt worthe v'* the ton at the least, and better yf yt 
 wilbe clere of almaner charges from hens forthe to be done. 
 
 And the company of venturars shall ^jve hym the awcthoritie to 
 governe, command, and direct all the workes. 
 
 And shall pay hym x" a day for his owne charger, and traviyll, out of j-jig (-„„, 
 the sayd valew of the ewr. And shall ])rovyde a stok of money iiij''.£, to !'""'' '^*''' 
 buye and provydc addytamcnts and to begyn the workes. And shall i"ii«h 
 appointe a man to be of counsell of his doinges and to kepe the money 
 and to take thaccounts daylye of all that passethe. 
 
 And he shalbe clerely dyscharged and kept quyet of all maner debtts 
 and demandes of all men, for all the busynes of the companye done be- 
 fore this day. 
 
 And after that all this northwest ewr is wrought as aforesaid, Michael 
 Lok shall have the state and right of the said leasse of the sayd mylles 
 and workhowsses at Dartford for the rest of the yeres therein then to 
 come. 
 
 And allso the Lycence to serchc and myne and work all ewrs and 
 myneralls as aforesaid, duringe the rest of the yeres of that leasse for 
 his owne account and use, payeng to the Queues Majestic fyve shillinges 
 money for every tonne of ewr that shalbe dygged and melted by vertew 
 therof. 
 
358 
 
 STATE PAPERS SUHSEQUKNT 
 
 Colonial, 104. Dom. KHz., cxxvi, No. 47. 
 
 18 NOVEMBKIS, 1578. VN OFFER THEN MADE AT MOSKOVY 
 HOUSE BV .TONAS SUTE BEFOKE M" FEILD, M" LOCK, AND 
 
 ANDREW PALMER. 
 
 A tonne of ewer 
 
 vj« of copper rcnjuisite from Keswicke 
 
 Of lead, i'-wt . 
 
 Of lead ewer, vi*^"' 
 
 Wood for roste, di (2owt) mt ? (500) 
 
 Coles for meltinge 
 
 Fft-es and wages a tonne 
 
 Ffor extraordinaiy charges 
 
 Sum, xiij'i xv» 
 Hereof Jonas will deliver gold and silver nctt to the valewe of xxiij'' xv 
 Indorsed. j\Ir. Palmers note touchynge Jonas offer abowt Furbishers 
 cwre. ISiii Nov., 1578. 
 
 viij" 
 xx« 
 
 x» 
 
 xxiiij' 
 v» 
 
 XX( 
 
 xx» 
 
 xvj» 
 
 Colonial, 103. Bom. Miz., cxxvi, No. 34. 
 
 ALL THE 8'1'OK OF THE VENTURERS IN ALL THE IIJ VOYAGES. 
 
 Sum of all the stok of 
 
 all the veuturars. 
 For the first voyage, anno 1570 
 For the second voyage, anno 1577 
 For wagys at retorne therof 
 For byldinges at Dartford 
 
 All the ^ . I Michael Lok and 
 
 venturars. ^ '^ ^^^ \ his children. 
 
 £875 . . £100 
 
 , £4275 . . £1075 
 
 £1030 . . £225 
 
 £1105 •. . £260 
 
 For the third voyage, anno 1578 £6952 10s. 
 Forfraight&wagysatretornetherof, £3347 lOs. 
 
 Sum . 
 For the second rate of fraight 
 
 . £17585 
 . £2575 
 
 . £1755 
 . £845 
 
 . £4270 
 . £650 
 
 Sum all . £20160 . . £4920 
 
 And note that of the forsaid summe of £4270 of his venture, the 
 
 Erie of Oxford became partner w"' him for £2000 in suche order and 
 
 maner as hym sclfe was and is venturar. 
 
 And over and besydes the said summe of £4920 of his venture 
 
 Michael Lok dyd pay of his owne purse for the furnyture of the first 
 
 voyage £700, whichc was restored to him in account of the second 
 
 voyage. 
 
TO TlIK I'lUKl) VOYAfiK. 
 
 359 
 
 
 And he dyd also paye of his owiie purse, fui- the fiirnyturc of Kccoud 
 voyaj^e, i,'4()0, whiche is now hitulye repaid iiyni in accounlt. 
 
 And he did also pay of his ownc imr.se, for fiitnyture of the third 
 voyage and hyldyng at Dartford, i)7U(), whichc is uowo latelyc repaid 
 hym in accountt. 
 
 And, more over, he hathe taken great payncs and travayll, and l>yn 
 att very great charges and expenses in doinge the con)j)anies husynos in 
 all these iij voyages, and hathe not yet charged anye of his acconnUcs 
 withe one penye for the same, kuowinge that the vcuturars wyll ton- 
 syder of it withe reason. 
 
 And now, Michael Lok havinge done all the |)reiny.s!<es in sarvyce nf 
 her Ma''^ and the venturars, he is opeulie sclandered hy Captaine Fm- 
 liusher thus to be : — 
 
 A false accountant to the companye. 
 
 A cossener of my L. of Oxford. 
 
 No venturer at all in the voiages. 
 
 A hankerot knave. 
 
 Wherfore most huniblyehe hesechelheyo' Lordships to direct yo' letters 
 unto the commyssioners of the husynesand the awdito"* of his accounttes 
 to certyffye yC Lordships wUat he hathe done in the i)remys8es. 
 
 OYAGES. 
 
 \_Coloii\al \-l-Z. iJont. Eliz.^ cxxx, No. 17.] 
 
 THE AlUTSES OF CAI'lAYN rUlllil'SHKK AfiAYNST TlIK ( (I.M I'A.N Y K. 
 
 AN« 1578. 
 
 In the first voyage he brought home by chaunce a stoane of riche 
 cwre, and being examyned by S'' William Wynter, ls\^' Randall, IVl'' llogan, 
 and the rest of the Comissioners, what quautitie was to be had, he said 
 that in that countrie was iuoughe therof to lade all the Queues shippes, 
 and promised to lade the shippes of the seconde voiage ther w"'all, 
 wheruppon tiic seconde voiage was prepared, and coniyssion geven him 
 to bringe of the same. And Jonas, Uenhaui, and Grigorie, were sent 
 with him for the same ; but he jjcrformed nothinge at all, & brought 
 not so muche as one stoane therof ; for ther was none to lade, as Jonas 
 and the rest do witnes, but laded the ships w^' other myues founde by 
 chaunse. 
 
 In the seconde voyag he retorned the shipps laden w"' stoanes of 
 strainge cwr found by chaunce there, saingc they were of gold myne 
 worth iiii"" poundes a tonne, w«'' is not yet so founde ; and also he 
 l)rought some stoanes of redde ewre and yellow ewer of Jonas mount, 
 verye riche of gold, as 1). Burcot witnessed, and the stoanes arc yett to 
 be seen. And prouii.scd to the coniissioneres that ther was muuntaynes 
 therof, and he would lade all the .--hiijpcs thcrw'l'al in the thirde voiage, 
 
 N.I. I. 
 Till; t'wr 
 
 |lll'lll.VKI'll 
 WltH IKll 
 
 No. 2. 
 The Bwr 
 |ii'ouiiaeil 
 
 \MIS ml 
 
 bruuijlu. 
 
am 
 
 STATK PAIMCRS SUBSKQUKNT 
 
 Wtllollt 
 
 cuiiiisHiuii 
 
 No. 4. 
 He woiiM 
 uot pliicu 
 C, Keiitoii 
 thert). 
 
 wheriippon tho thirdo voiage was prepared w"' so great chardg ; hut ho 
 
 lirought home not one stoane therof afterwards that is yet found. 
 
 No. s. lu the thirde voiaije he prouiisod to hide all the shipncs w"' the cwr 
 
 oiH Hiiippes ui Jonas mount, uud other so riche cwre as tlic Lest ot the second 
 
 iin c mrgg. y^j^gg ^yj^^^ ^„J carried owt a noinhur of ships for that purpose, and a c. 
 
 men to inhabit there under culler of the Frencho mens preparacon to 
 
 that countrie, and be.sydes the nomher appoyuted to him i)y the Comis- 
 
 li«ruiTieii sioncrs, ho carried mor 4 shippes and a c. uieu more for his owne pur- 
 
 !• iMPn." "" I'"' ^J) wii'out the knowledge of the Comissioners, wci» now rest uppon the 
 
 charge of the Companye, and he brought home those ships hiden 
 
 wi" none of the ewre that he promised, but w''' other strainge ewr, wher 
 
 he could fynd yt, w '' he said was better then the best that was brought 
 
 tho yeare befor, w"'' is not yt so found. 
 
 Also he promised to the Comissioners and had special! charge by 
 comissioue tirst to plant C. Fcntou and the c. men to inhabit in that 
 new land, wheruppon tho great preparacon wa,s^made ; but afterwards, 
 before his departure from London, he dislyked that euterprice, and 
 diswaded the same cullcrablie, and when he came there he would uot 
 heliie them therin one jote, uot so muche as for 50 men wherwithall C. 
 Fenton would hAve tarried there, he feringe that C. Fentons deedc 
 therin woulde dashe his gloryc, and because he toke the victualls of that 
 provicion to victuall his owne 4 shippes takcu wt'> him extraordinare, 
 w"'' went from hens unvictualled uppon his promisse made them to 
 victuall them, as Captayn Fenton and others witncs. 
 ^.,, J lie promised and had oomission to send the two barks this yere to 
 
 li" """?*"" make some discoveric of the passage for Cathai, w"'' he niii^ht have 
 
 disoonrie of . . 
 
 paBsiige. douue ; but when he came at iMeta Incognita, he would do uothinge at 
 
 all therin as Ilawll & Jakmau wyteues, but made all his endevour to 
 
 lade his owne shippes, and the rest home agayne w"' cwre. 
 
 j,^ g lie hathe byn still verrie costlyc and prodigall in the furniture of 
 
 His owno ti^u shii)i)es and men for the voyage, and his owne men beinge shipped 
 
 men evell ^ J\ „ , , . , ■, • ., , 
 
 oftieers in for officicres of the shippes have made verie great spoile, wast, and 
 nppes. pjjf^.^.g yf ^j^jj goods in the shippes, for the w'*' he must give account. 
 
 He did practyso to advaunce D. Burcot into the place of Jonas, & 
 mayntan Burcots false profFes made of the ewre, to theud he might be 
 sett on agayn in this third voyage, as the Comissioneres and Denham 
 canne witnes. 
 
 lie was sent to Bristowe to dispatche the ships, the Ayde on the thirde 
 iievitteliea voyage, wheriu he was made victualler of the shippe, for the whiche 
 AudV ' " sarvice he had money before hand, but he dide so evell vittell the same, 
 as whcras the Companye allowed him to vittell her w^'' fleshe 4 daye in 
 the weke, he sarved the men therof onlye 3 dayes, and 2 dayes in the 
 weke, and the rest of the weke w'lJ evill fishe, and that w'^ scarsctie 
 wherbyc raanyc of them died, as the men do reporte. 
 
 No. 7. 
 lie ninyn- 
 tiiyneil I). 
 IJiircott's 
 doings. 
 
 No. 8. 
 
 11 
 
TO TIIR rillUn VOYAOK. 
 
 361 
 
 Ig ; hut ho 
 
 uud. 
 
 sv"' the cwr 
 
 the second 
 ISC, und 11 c. 
 2paracon to 
 
 the Comis- 
 i owne pur- 
 t iippon the 
 ships laden 
 ;e ewr, wher 
 (vas brought 
 
 charge by 
 ibit in that 
 ; afterwards, 
 L'rpricc, and 
 le would not 
 lerwithall C. 
 ntons deede 
 ualis of that 
 ctraordinare, 
 [ide them to 
 
 lis ycre to 
 might have 
 nothinge at 
 endevour to 
 
 furniture of 
 shipped 
 wast, and 
 
 account, 
 f Jonas, & 
 
 le might be 
 
 nd Denham 
 
 the thirde 
 the whiche 
 
 1 the same, 
 e 4 daye in 
 lyes in the 
 
 ti' scarsetie 
 
 lie was sent into the west countrie to provide the 120 niyners for the No. ;•. 
 voiage, fi)r whose furniture he receiveil money of the (!ompanye by fore ii„i,l.' in 
 hande, for their wags ^/:i4(J, and for their weapons /il2(), but therof he proviiton'* 
 paid these men uppon their wags, to some xx", to some xiii" iiii', and to 
 some nothinge the man, as the accounts declare. And what weaponcs 
 they had, or he for them, as yet is unknoune. But in the west countrie 
 is spreadc agrcat clamor that those mynarcs beinge prest by comLssione 
 many of them were afterwards chaunged by favour for showmakeres, 
 taylores, and other artificers, no workemen, and were furnished to see at 
 the charge of the townes and villages in manor of a subsedyc as it is re- 
 ported openlye. 
 
 He toke the shipe the Hallomoa of Weymoth, in the west countrie, No. in. 
 
 1.1 11 .• 1 • • 1 .• !• II »«• 11 H" like the 
 
 wii'out knowledge ot tlie comissionercs, tiy torce of Her Ma'""" gcnerall »\m,ye 
 comission to him geven, and therby caused the owner. Hew Randall, to comibBion.'' 
 furnishe her, and to be with him in this sarvice of the thirde voyage, pro- 
 misinge hime victualls and other great matters, w'' he performed not, 
 as Hewe Randall dothe sayc. 
 
 He led all the .shipps this yere to a wronge place of Meta Incognita, n,,. ii. 
 throughe his obstinate ignorance, wherby they were all in great danger dHR^It''*' 
 to perrishe, as Hawll, Davis, and the rest of the shipps masters will "'I'l'" t<> 
 witnes. pince. 
 
 He, beinge at Meta Incognita, did refuse conference and counsell of No. 12. 
 all others, and said his instructiones, geven by her Ma''*** Honourable the coun- 
 Privic Councell, were but the device of Fenton and Lok, and never reade million' 
 by the Councell, though the'r hands were at the same, as Captayn 
 Fenton and the other captayncs, and Ilawell do witnes. 
 
 And when the shippes were mored salf in harbor in the countey of n^. jg. 
 Warwick- ^'ounde, where they should lade, and from whence they should f,'^ '""scJ 
 
 ' "' ' •' the (jreHl 
 
 have departed orderlye, he beinge at Beares Sound, comaunded all the 'lisorder of 
 
 * , . , tlieKliip8 
 
 shippes (w'l'out anney advice or discretion) to come thether to take him retome 
 and his men in, w'='' place beinge no harbor, but wilde see, a storme of 
 weather happened w'=*' put all the shippes to see to save them selves, 
 wtii losse of all their boates and pynnesses, and other spoile, leavinge 
 him there behind them in the barke Gahriell. And so they came home 
 in suche disorder as is openlye knowne. 
 
 He is so arrogant in his governement, as Hawle, Jakman, Davis, nor No. 14. 
 the other of the masters wille no more take charge of ships under him, ga,^c"e!" 
 and so imperious in his doinges as some of the Comissioners are werie of 
 his company, and manney of the venturares mynded to medle no more 
 wth him. 
 
 He drew his dagger and furioslye ranne uppon Jonas, beinge in his «so. 1,5 
 worke at Tower hill, and threatned to kill him yf he did not finishe his ,"" '!'** 
 worke owt of hand, that he might be sett owt againc on the thirde »" Joims. 
 voiage, wheruppon Jonas did conseave so eavcU nature in him, that he 
 
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 SI'AI K I'Al'KUS SUHSKQIKNT 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 Nn. Iti. 
 Ill' iln w 
 lii*- iliih'uiir 
 on r. 
 
 Kl'IltHII. 
 
 No. ir. 
 
 I.iilo 
 
 trowthn in 
 hi« Ulke. 
 
 No. IH. 
 He Hclnn- 
 ilori'il M. 
 I.'ik, Id lUe 
 uri'iti iloni- 
 HKc iil'ilie 
 I'liniiiHnje. 
 
 N(l. I!l. 
 
 Ilo |Ul|ll 
 Wli(,'t'H to 
 
 men iiKiuMHt 
 
 n<iinHun<l- 
 
 inpiil. 
 
 Nil. -Ml. 
 
 He lii'i>uv.'lu 
 
 tiiitii into 
 
 WHRBWtlloUt 
 
 order. 
 
 No. 'Jl. 
 'I'liH ni«n ill 
 tlio Aiidc 
 iiinke Mieiil 
 spojle. 
 
 No. Ti. 
 \\h hiith 
 not dixtri' 
 bitted the 
 o/i to th« 
 iiieu. 
 
 No. U3. 
 
 made a sollonipu vowo ho wuuld never go to sou iiny more wth him, 
 w'li hath hyn no small donmgo to the Comi>!iny in the ewro hrotigiit 
 lioiuo tlie thirdo vo^iij.;o. 
 
 Ho drew liis daj^cr on Cuptayno Kenton at Darteiord, tiiipon a inuirrel- 
 ouH humor, and woldo hauo mi.Mchcfcil him uppon the sodayno, yf 
 Mr. Pulham and others had not bine present. 
 
 He i.H so I'll!! of lyinp;c talko as no man -laye credit anyc thiiijj^o that 
 he doth Rpeake, and ho impudent of iiis tonge as liis best frindes are must 
 sclanndercd of him when he cannot have his willo. 
 
 He hath raysed hitcly such .sclannderous reportes against Mr. Lok, 
 and gcven suelie vehement false informficiones of iii'"//, and other greato 
 somes of money to remayne in his hands dew to the Company, to piiyo 
 the shipps fraights and mens wages, as hath well lykcd some of the 
 venturares, which hoaped therby to be forborne of the payment of their 
 owne parts of money dewe for that purpo.se, wherliy littell money cane 
 yett be had of them of the /(;3,40O dewe by them to dyscharg that dutye 
 wliiche hath caused the Company to spend mli of utonye in vayne, for 
 chardgs of the shippcs and men synes they came home, and by that 
 mcanea for lake of payment of their dewtyc, a schmderoiis rumoor is 
 spreade over all the realmc, to the great discredito of the Company. 
 
 lie did paye wages to the men of the shipe Thomas of Ipswichc for 
 V monthes, wheras the Comissioners did agree and ct.mannd to payc 
 them but for iiij monthes. 
 
 He bathe brought into wages of the Companye so many men, and 
 sucho men as he lysto, and many of them at suche wages as ho lyste, 
 w'l'out regard of their sarvyce or deserts wherof he is to gevc accouiitt 
 for that many of them are dead, and gone awayo. 
 
 He hath plased styll in the shippe Aijile, now in the Tames, a uomber 
 of men at the Companycs charges, wherof many are suoho disordered 
 men, bothe of their tonges and of their hands, as are the cause of moche 
 sclander to the Company, and great spoyle done in their shippcs, and yt 
 have but small dutye of wages owiuge to them, when their accounts 
 shalbe examined particulcrlie. 
 
 Ho receaved cli of mony by Her Mat'»« order, at retornc of the 
 socondo voiage, as of Her Ma''*^^ gyfte and reward to be distrybutcd 
 amonge the marineres and other men w'' sarved in that voyage, but no 
 distribution is made therof as yett, as tiie men doo complayne. 
 
 To conclude, yf his doinges in thes iij voyages be well looked into, 
 parchanse he wilbe found the most unjiroffitablc sarvanto of all that 
 have sarved the Companye thcrin. 
 
e will liiin, 
 ro bruuglit 
 
 1 ;i i|iiiirrel- 
 oJiiyne, yj' 
 
 thiiigc that 
 les ai'o mobt 
 
 t Mr. Lok, 
 ither groiitc! 
 ny, to payo 
 OHIO of tlie 
 ■lit of their 
 noiiey cauc 
 that dutyc 
 vayiie, for 
 u(l by that 
 i nnnoor is 
 npaiiy. 
 I>s\vifhc for 
 11(1 to jiayu 
 
 men, and 
 
 ,s ho lyste, 
 c accouutt 
 
 a iiombcr 
 
 disordered 
 
 of mochf 
 
 l)es, and yt 
 
 Ir accounts 
 
 ne of the 
 listrybuted 
 i, but no 
 
 [oked into, 
 If all that 
 
 1(1 THK llllltl) V()VA(iK. 
 
 nVyS 
 
 •JlIK S(I,AN1)K.K()U8 CLAMOKH Ol' CvrTAINK HJKIH.srillt A(iAINST 
 
 ..IICUAEL IA)K. Id78. 
 
 lie hntiie made falne accountts to the (Jompanyc, and lialhe cusMeiied 
 them of iii"'/i' of money. 
 
 He bathe cosscncd my Lord of Oxford of ni^t". 
 
 Ho bathe not one grotc of venture in these voiages. 
 
 lie is a baukerot knave. 
 
 THK AN9WKK8 OF MICHAKI. I. OK. 
 
 All these forsaid clamorH are proved to be false sclanders, aswell l>y 
 the new awdyto made of M. Lok.s aecoiintts as alt^o by tiie o|icii know- 
 ledge had of all his tloiiiges certiffied to Her Ma'^''"* Honorable Privie 
 Councell. 
 
 And now, yf any evell successo should happen in the work of the ewr 
 now layd at Dartford, w'' I trust shall not happen, yet wear not that 
 to be imputed anyc waycs unto M. Lok, whose innoccntie therein is 
 j)rovcd by his great goodes beinge ij'uvi'^i of money bestowed and ven- 
 tured tberin, and by tiic tcstimonie of the Comyssioners eertifheiigc the 
 first proffc of the work made in the second voiage, but rather yi' any 
 such myschyef should happen, w^^'' God forbyd, the same wear to bo 
 layed on Captainc Furl)usher, whose great abusscs tberin are before de- 
 clared, and on Jonas and Dciiani, l)eing the workmen therof, as men who 
 have byn the fyndars and l)ringars of that ewr w''' is brought, and 
 causars of the cost bestowed for the fetchingc and workinge of the same, 
 and on them the same wearo to be punished sharplic, but I trust no 
 suche cause shalbc gyven. 
 
 1578. 
 
 Tin; AIIUSSKS (II' CAl'TAYNK I'U UHUSII KK A(;AINsT 1 II !•. 
 
 CUM VAN IE. 
 
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A DKSCRtl'TIVK CATAr.OOUK 
 OF 
 
 KELICS 
 
 01" 
 
 FKOKISIIER'S EXPEDfTfONS 
 
 10 
 
 'HE ARCTTC REGIONS IN THE YEARS U7i).7.H, 
 
 DiaoOVEKED IIY 
 
 Mn. CHARLES F. HALL, op Cincinnati, U.S.A., 
 
 WHILR ON AN 
 
 TO Till.; umnsii peopj.i.; '>"mm> 
 
 THROUOH THK KOYAI, OEOCttAPHICAT. 80C.KTV ,.r r.ONDON. 
 
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DKSCRIPTIVE CATALOfiUE 
 
 OF 
 
 Note. The references by letters followinq description in tin. r',„r.U 
 are to the accompanying map of Kod-lu-narn. ^ ''^'■^"' 
 
 n, small map of Kod-lu-narTi ^ «!o;^ u "'^ |^<Jt> lu narn.* (Vide 
 
 ^.^A^I. Round box containing several stones cen.ented together with 
 
 A 2. Stono and lime cement. 
 A 3. Ditto. 
 A 4 Ditto. 
 A .">. Ditto. 
 
 A 6. Two stones, lime cement (one of these wi^, ,po..s .... if ed^e) 
 A /. Two stone.s, and lime cement. ' " '' 
 
 A s. Ditto. 
 
 A 9^ stone and lime cement, moss upon its upper surface. 
 A 10. Small round Imx containing lime conent-fll„. , 
 ments of tiJr. '•• ^^'-10111—1111,1 ,s'.,nes and frag- 
 
 All. i?ame as a 10. 
 
 A 12. Lime cement and huint Hint stone.<!. 
 A 13. Stone, and lime cement. 
 A 14. Four small stones, and lime cement. 
 
 * Kodlunarn is ,he C unfs of Wanick Yland of th. .,,. 
 
.308 
 
 nKS(;RlI'TIVK CATALOGUK 
 
 A 15. Stone, and lime cement. 
 
 A 16. Ditto. 
 
 A 17. Lime cement, partly reduced to powder-Hint. 
 
 A 18. Lime cement, mostly reduced to powder. 
 
 A I'J. .iimo cement, burnt Hint stones, oxidu "^r iron, fragment red 
 Htone. 
 
 A 20. Lime cement and small stone. 
 
 A 21. Thrje pieces lime cement. 
 
 A 22. Lime cement with small stone. 
 
 A 23. Three pieces lime cement. 
 
 A 24. Powdered lime cement with burnt flint stones. 
 
 A 25. Stone, and lime cement. 
 
 A 26. Thick moss with lime cement at its base, stem of dwarf willow 
 in the moss. 
 
 A 27. Sod and dwarf willow (in large box by itself), fDm over the 
 foundation wall of house of lime and stone. 
 
 B. 
 
 B 1. Seuiisphere of iron, found under east embankment (o) of ship's 
 trench (a a). The exact spot where I found this at f. 
 
 B 2, Sand that was fast cemented to bottom of it 1 by oxide of iron. 
 
 C. 
 
 (J 1. Stone covered with black afiQss of ages found on one of the em- 
 bankments (o «) of the ship's trench (a a). 
 
 2. Same as c 1. 
 
 c 3. Ditto. 
 
 c 4. Ditto. 
 
 c 5. Three .stones from ship's embankments (o o). 
 
 c 6. Two stones from ship's embankments (a a). 
 
 c 7. Same as c 5. 
 *c 8. Twelve stones from reservoir embankments (c). 
 
 c 9. Small stone with white moss, from reservoir embankments (c). 
 
 c 10. fcimall stone with black moss of ayes, from ship's embankments 
 (ao). 
 
 ell. Four stones from ship's embankments (a o). 
 
 c 12. Small stone with black moss of ages, from ship's embankments 
 
 (G C). 
 
 c 13. Two stones with black moss of ages, from ship's embankments 
 (o o). 
 
 c 14. Two stones ; one, quartz, has upon it a spot of black moss of 
 ages. 
 
 c 15. Stone with black moss of ages, from reservoir embankments (c). 
 
 16. Stone with black moss of ages, from reservoir embankments (c). 
 
 c 17. Three stones from ship's embankments {a a). 
 
ginent red 
 
 varf willow 
 tn over tiio 
 
 a) of ship's 
 le of iron, 
 
 of the em- 
 
 lents (c). 
 Ihaukments 
 
 Dankmeuts 
 
 taukments 
 
 Ik moss of 
 
 Imcnts (c). 
 pents (c). 
 
 OF FROBISUKR KKFJCS. 
 
 369 
 
 18. Two stones from ship's eml)ankiiient3 (o «)• 
 c 19. Stone from ship's emlmnkiuents (o o). 
 
 D. 
 
 D 1. Lony box — wood, dug out of base of ship's trench (a a). 
 D 2. Same as D 1. 
 D 3. Same as D 1. 
 
 D 4. Sand and wood dui; out of base of ship's trench (a a). 
 Note. Frobisher left the timber of his intended fort on the "Coun- 
 tess of Warwick's Island." Vide Ilakluift, p. 91, vol. o, edition of KiUO.* 
 
 E. 
 
 Note. The hi.story of Frohisher^s Second Voijage as written l/i/ 
 Oeoi-ije Best, in referring to the natives (Esquimaux) building their 
 " poor caves and houses which serve them for their winter dwellings," 
 says, " From the gtouiid upwards they build with whales' bones, for 
 lack of timber, which, bending over one another, arc handsomely com- 
 pacted in the top together, and are covered over with seal skins, which, 
 instead of tiles, fence them from the rain," etc. Pinkerton, vol. 12, p. 
 ^^22. Is not this reference indirect proof that Frobisher had "tiles" as 
 covering for the house or " fort " which he took out with him in 1578 i 
 
 See "Notes framed by M. Richard Ilakluyt, of the Middle Temple, 
 Esquire, given to certain gentlemen that went out with M. Frobisher 
 in his north-west discoverie," wherein the word "tile" or "tyle" occurs 
 several times. Ilakluyt, p. ()3(i, edition 1589. 
 
 E 1. Fragments of tile ; some dug from under ship's embankments 
 (g o) and trench (a a), the rest picked up on same side of the island. 
 Two or three pieces of oxide of iron. 
 
 E 2. Fragments of tile, charcoal, sea-coal, flint stones, oxide of iron, 
 picked up on the island of Kod-lu-naru. 
 
 E 3. Fragments of tile, few pieces of charcoal, and oxide of iron. 
 Some of the tile dug up at ship's embankments ((i o), remainder picked 
 up oa the island. 
 
 E 4. Frag.jients of tile, few pieces of sea-coal, oxide of iron, slag, coke, 
 flint stones, small bone covered with moss, small stones. All picked up 
 on the island. 
 
 E u. Fragments of tile, flint stones, coke, sea-coal, charcoal. Some of 
 the tile dug up at ship's embankments (o a). 
 
 E 6. Fragments of tile, charcoal, small roots, dug up from the ruins 
 of blacksmith's shop. {() (d) 
 
 E 7. Fragments of tile, oxide of iron, sea-coal, picked up on the 
 island (Kod-lu-narn). 
 
 E 8. Fragments of tile dug up from ruins of blacksmith's shop. (?) (d) 
 
 • See pa{;;H 'll'-l. 
 
370 
 
 DKSCRII'TIVK CATALOaUR 
 
 
 R 9. Three fra<;ment8 glazed tile dug from under ship'n embankments | 
 
 
 (fl .'). 
 
 
 
 E 10. 
 
 Two fragments same as e 9. 
 
 
 E 11. 
 
 Nine fragments same as e 9. 
 
 
 K 1'2. 
 
 Four fragments same as e 9. 
 
 
 E 13. 
 
 Two fragments tile and gravel stone united by moss. 
 
 
 K 14. 
 
 Two fragments tile with moss of ages upon them. 
 
 
 B 15. 
 
 Fragment tile and stone united by moss of ages. 
 
 
 E 16. 
 
 Same as e 15. 
 
 
 E 17. 
 
 Three fragments tile (two with glazing). 
 
 
 E 18. 
 
 Fragment of tile with moss. 
 
 
 E 19. 
 
 Fragment of tile. 
 
 
 e20. 
 
 Fragment tile and stone united by moss. 
 
 
 e21. 
 
 Fragment of tile found embedded in the coal deposit, etc.. on 
 
 
 Ek-ke-1 
 
 u-zhun.* 
 
 
 E 22. Fragments tile, sea-coal, flint stone, oxide of iron. All these 
 covered with the moss of ages. From that portion of Kod-lu-narn 
 between ship's trench (a a) and reservoir (c). 
 
 E 23. Ten fragments tile (nine glazed). 
 
 Note. Nos. 13 to 20 inclusive, from vicinity of ship's trench (a a). 
 
 F. 
 
 F 1. Oxide of iron. Some pieces found in the centre as the nucleus, 
 the scales lying around. Found on the ground, most of it near the 
 head of the ship's trench (a a). Some at " Best's Bulwark" (e). 
 
 F 2. Large piece of coke, small piece of charcoal in one of the pro- 
 tuberances. Found on Kod-lu-narn. 
 
 F 3. Coke dug from under ship's embankments (a o). 
 
 F 4. Oxide of iron and gravel, found on the ground south-east side of 
 island at ii. 
 
 G. 
 u 1 . Lime stone found in Kod-lu-narn. 
 
 H. 
 
 11 I. Sea-coal, coke, fragments of tile, oxide of iron, lime stone, small 
 piece of bone with moss upon it. All as picked up on Kod-lu-narn. 
 
 L 
 
 I 1. Burnt stones, charcoal, fragments of tile, dug up from beneath 
 
 ruins of blacksmith's shop. (?) (d) 
 
 r 2. Sod, with charcoal, from ruins of blacksmith's shop. (?) (d) 
 
 I 3. Fragments of tile, charcoal and earth from ruins of blacksmith's 
 
 shoj,. (?) (d) 
 
 * F,k-kelu-zliiiii is n Imv on ilii> east side of Countess of Warwick's Sound 
 
Tibankinents 
 
 posit, etc., on 
 
 a. All these 
 Kocl-luiiiirn 
 
 ench (a a). 
 
 p the nucleus, 
 ' it near the 
 
 of the pro- 
 
 -east side of 
 
 stone, small 
 lu-narn. 
 
 rem beneath 
 
 (?) (d) 
 blacksmith's 
 
 wick's Sound 
 
 OF lUOBISllliK KKLICS. 
 
 J. 
 
 371 
 
 Note. Iu box marked j, velvet lined. 
 
 J 1. Fragment of tile and four gravel stones united by moss of ages. 
 
 J 2. Fragment of jiottery found near " Best's Bulwark " (e). 
 
 J 3. Small piece of cord, apparently of hair, found deeply embedded 
 in the coal deposit of Ek-ke-lu-zhun. 
 
 J 4. Four fragments glass, apjiarcntly of a jar or bottle, found on the 
 ground near ship's trench — the exact spot marked i. 
 
 J 5, Piece oxide of iron with moss of ages upon it, found near ship's 
 trench (a a). 
 
 J (i. Piece of wood dug up from base of ship's trench (a a). 
 
 J 7. Sea-coal, with moss of ages upon it, found near " Best's Bul- 
 wark " (e). 
 
 J 8. Piece of pottery found near " Best's Bulwark" (e). 
 
 J 9. Fragment white pottery, (?) black glazing outside and inside, 
 f mnd near ''Best's Bulwark" (e). 
 
 J 10. Choice specimen of tile, covered with moss of ages, from Kod- 
 lii-narn. 
 
 J 11. Sea-coal, covered with moss of ages, from coal deposit at Ek-ke- 
 lu-zhun. 
 
 J 12. Stone, covered with moss of ages, from top of ship's embank- 
 uieuts (a (i). 
 
 J 13. Flint stone, covered with moss of ages, found near the head of 
 ship's trench (a a). 
 
 J 14. Fragment of tile, glazed, apparently portion of human (i;,'uro 
 represented upon it: leg and foot in relievo. Largest piece of tile found. 
 Dug up from beneath one of the ship's embankments (o a). 
 
 J 15. Stone with lime cement from ruins stone house (b). 
 
 J IG. Probably one of the ears or knob-handles of an earthen jar. 
 From near " Best's Bulwark " (e).* 
 
 J 17. Flint stone, with moss of ages upon it. 
 
 J 18. Chip found deeply embedded iu coal deposit on Ek-ke-lu-zhun. 
 
 J 19. Burnt flint stone with lime cement, from ruins stone house (b). 
 
 J 20. Charcoal of coarse grained wood, apparently of thrifty growth, 
 found under stones and sods by the ruins of blacksmith's shop. (?) (d) 
 The grain of this charcoal indicates it to be from the same kind of wood 
 as that found at the base of ship's trench (a a). Vide Box n 1. 
 
 K. 
 
 K 1. (In keg). Sea-coal, ilinl slmies, wood chips, fhe latter found 
 deeply embedded iu the coal. All iu this keg precisely as gathered from 
 coal deposit Ek-ke-lu-zhun. 
 
 K -2. Sod of moss with sea-coal. 
 
 * Sif put,'!' Un. 
 
372 
 
 DKSCKirnVE CATAF-OOUK 
 
 K 3. Sea- coal overgrown with moss of ages. 
 K 4. Four pieces coal covered with moss of ages. 
 K 5. Three pieces coal and one of coke with moss of ages. 
 K 6. Coal with moss of ages upon it. 
 K 7. Three pieces coal with moss of ages upon them. 
 K 8. Small pieces of coal enveloped in moss. 
 K 9. Two pieces of coal with moss of ages upon them. 
 K 10. Siniill pieces enveloped in moss. 
 K 11. Two pieces coal with moss of ages. 
 K 12. Same as k 11. 
 
 K 13. Tliree very small pieces coal united by moss. 
 B 14. Fifteen bits of wood excavated from coal deposit. 
 Note. All the above from Ek-ke-luzhun, except coke in k 5, which 
 is from Kod-lu-narn. 
 
 L. 
 
 h 1. Two pieces coal from Ek-ke-lu-zhun. 
 
 li '2. Coal from near " Best's Bulwark," (e) Kod-lu-narn. 
 
 Ti 3. Three pieces coal from Ek-ke-lu-zhun. 
 
 h 4. Same as l 3. 
 
 ii C). Five pieces coal from Ek-ke-lu-zhun, 
 
 For Ek-kc-lu-7,hun, vide Chart " Countess of Warwick's Sound." 
 
 M. 
 M 1. Sod with coal intermixed. 
 M 2. Two sods with coal intermixed. 
 M 3. Moss interlocking and covering coal. 
 M 4. Earth, first layer beneath coal. 
 M 5. Earth, second layer beneath coal. 
 M (i. Earth, third layer beneath coal. 
 Note. All under m from the island Ni-oun-te-ling.* 
 
 N. • 
 N 1. Flint stones found embedded in coal deposit on Ni-oun-te-ling. 
 X 2. Flint stones found embedded in coal deposit on Ek-ke-lu-zhun. 
 .V 3. Same as n 2. 
 
 0. 
 
 1. Red stone found on top of the coal deposit on Ni-oun-te-ling. 
 
 P. 
 
 i> 1. Two pieces iron pyrites from above Countess of Warwick's Sound. 
 V 2. Two pieces, apparently mineral (iron), "like to sea-coal," found 
 at Ek-ke-lu-zhun. 
 
 * Nioun-te-ling is a small island on the east side of the Countess of 
 Warwick's Sound. 
 
1 K 5, which 
 
 3ouud." 
 
 In-tc-ling. 
 2-Iu-zhuu. 
 
 -te-ling. 
 
 i;k's Sound. 
 Dal," found 
 
 Countess of 
 
 OF KROBISHliK HKI.ICS. 
 
 Q. 
 
 373 
 
 Q 1. Walrus rib with heavy moss upon it. Another bone with moss, 
 ound on the Esquimaux Deserted Land (Frobisher's North Foreland). 
 
 R. 
 
 R 1. Wood model of an anvil made by an old man Esquimaux named 
 An-na-vva, Oct. 15, 18G1. I have three other models of like fashioning 
 made by three Esquimaux, one apart from another. These, I am con- 
 fident, from Esquimaux traditions, are models of a relic of Frobisher's 
 expedition. Some six years ago the Esquimaux cast the anvil of which 
 those are models into the sea from point x of Oo-pung-ne-wing (see 
 Chart of Countess of Warwick's Sound), an island three miles distant 
 from Kod-lu-narn. I have endeavoured to recover it at lowest tides, 
 new and full moon, but the ice has probably carried it away. Only the 
 strongest Esquimaux could lift it. 
 
 S. 
 
 s 1. (In small square box). Thick sod, grass, moss and coal and 
 flint stones intermixed. Loose coal, flint stones and sand put into the 
 box to fill up. Contents of this box gathered from coal deposited on 
 Ni-oun-te-ling. 
 
 Note. 
 
 About one ton coal at Ni-oun-te-ling. 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 In relation to sea-coal, Hakluyt, vol. 3rd, ed. 1598-1600, p. 91, has 
 the following : — " And the great cause of this leakage and wasting was 
 for that the great timber and sea-coal, which lay so waighty upon the 
 barrels, brake, bruised and rotted the hoops in sunder." 
 
 A truthful description of " Countess of Warwick's Sound." 
 
 Nine recognisable physical facts in a few words. 
 
 "The 29th July (1577), about five leagues from Bear's Sound, we 
 discovered a bay, which, being fenced on each side with small islands 
 lying off" the main, which break the force of the tides and make the 
 place free from any indrafts of ice, did prove a very fit harbour for our 
 ships, where we came to anchor under a small island, which now, 
 together with the sound, is called by the name of that right honorable 
 and virtuous lady, Anne Countess of Warwick. And this is the furtherest 
 place that this year we have entered up within the straights, and is 
 reckoned from the Cape of Queen Elizabeth's Foreland (Cape Resolution 
 of Resolution Island, C. F. II.), which is the entrance of the straights 
 not above thirty leagues." Pinkerton., vol. xii, p. 522.* 
 
 The Reservoir (?) or Frobisher's " Gold Diggings," vide c, small map 
 of Kod-lu-narn. Read Hakluyt, ed. 1589, p. 026. 
 
 " In this isle (Countess of Warwick's), our General (Frobisher) 
 
374 
 
 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
 
 thought good for this voyage to fraight both the ships and barkes with 
 such stone or gold mineral as he judged to countervail the charges of 
 
 his first and this his second navigation to these countries 
 
 It (stone or gold mineral) riseth so abundantly, that, from the beginning 
 of Aug. to the 22nd thereof (every man following the dilligence of our 
 General, we raysud above ground 2U0 tuune, which we judged a 
 reasonable fraight for the ship and two barks, in the sayd Anne 
 Warwick's Isle." 
 
 For what I recognise excellent descriptions of Bear's Sound (channel), 
 see Pinkerton, \ol. xii, pp. 521 and 555, and IlaLiuyt, ed. 1581), p. ()35. 
 
 Ek-ke-lu-zhun (where a coal deposit is) is about ten miles east of 
 Oo-pung-nc-wing. 
 
 Oo-puug-ne-wing and Ni-oun-te-ling are about three miles from 
 Kod-lu-uarn (Countess of Warwick's Island). 
 
 On the small map of Kod-lu-narn will be noticed E (Best's Bulwark). 
 At this point I found considerable oxide of iron, several pieces of 
 pottery and sea-coal. 
 
 In Pinkerton, vol. xii, p. 527, read the following : — " On Thursday, 
 the Dth Aug. [1577] we began to make a small fort for our defence in 
 the Countess's Island, and entrenched the corner of a cliff, which, on 
 three parts, like a wall of good height, was encompassed and well fenced 
 with the sea, and this was called Best's Bulwark, after the lieutenant's 
 name, who first devised the same. The above description of cliff (e) is 
 truthful." 
 
 C. F. HALL. 
 
 Sew York, Feb. 7, 1863. 
 
barkes with 
 3 charges of 
 
 le beginning 
 ;euce of our 
 e judged a 
 sayd Anno 
 
 i N D E X. 
 
 d (channel), 
 i«l), p. ()35. 
 tiles east of 
 
 miles from 
 
 s Bulwark). 
 1 pieces of 
 
 1 Thursday, 
 defence in 
 ', which, on 
 well fenced 
 lieutenant's 
 cliff (e) is 
 
 . HALL. 
 
 Affnel, dPHcription of ore, 00. loo 
 Antrtrctic Pole, :17 ' ' • 
 
 Arrioles and orders to be observed by 
 
 Australia, description of. ;(() 
 W//rfc, inventory of the ship, 218 
 
 Baptista, trial of ore by, 05 
 Borowes, vo\a2e of, .'tO 
 Biircot, triaf of the ore, 170 1 74 
 TnT^'.o'!.'''''''''' °^ agreement with, 
 
 Jol, J ',1',) ' 
 
 Cabotte, Sebastian, .t 
 
 Chancelor, Richard, .'lO 
 
 Columbus, 22 
 
 Cold repfions, temperature of. 60 
 
 Cortes Reales, 3 
 
 Cuba, no 
 
 Dennys barque sunk, 9:t(l 
 
 Eli/abelh, Queen, letter to Sir M. 
 
 I'rohisher, xxii 
 EnRlishmen,five,taken by the savages, 
 
 Equinoctial, climate of, 40, TiO 
 Ethiopians, ry.i, 55 
 
 Friesland described, 125 
 
 Frohis^ln^r, bis fitness for the voyage, 
 
 — — Rold chain given him by the 
 Queen, '22H 
 
 abuses of, 359 
 
 ■ Ht'e of, xix 
 
 Oahrh-n, inventory of the ship, 92.1 
 Oen.Ie.nen names of the, who went 
 on^the first and second voyages, 
 
 Graunt from tiie Queen to the Com- 
 pany of Kath ay, ] 1 1 
 
 Houses, description of in Meta In- 
 (■of,'nita, |:)7 
 
 House buil.led on Countesse of War- 
 wick island, 272 
 
 Instruc tions for second voyafje, 117 
 
 ~ -, third voyage, 212 
 
 rnventoneoftbeship^yrf^aiH 
 
 ■ Gahriell, 228 
 
 Kathnyn, articles agreed to by tbo 
 Company of, 114 j ••■ t 
 
 Loadstone, account of, 20 
 
 Lok, Michael, account of first voyage, 
 
 —^memorial after second voyage, 
 — accounts, 325 
 
 Hail's island, discoverie of, m, 127 
 Hall, Mr. C. F.. relics of Frobisher'.s 
 
 voyage, xiv, ;Jfi7 
 Hatton, Sir C, dedication to, 17 
 
 Msps and nautical instruments, bill 
 
 Mnriners- demand for their payment. 
 
 Medicines supplied to the first voy. 
 
 Meta Incognita, name given bv the 
 Queen, 22(1 ^ 
 
 description of the people nn.l 
 
 country, 28(t ' 
 
 Moscovia, early voyages to, .*)0, 40 
 
 Orders to he ol.served by the Com- 
 
 pnny in Jleta Incognita, 2r)(! 
 Ore. how it was first found, 75, 01 ')•) 
 
 ~174"l'i"'^"*^'°'' ''''^"'"' ''°^'''^*'' ^'l' 
 
 soodnesse of, 102 
 
 ~lo8''*2oT' '" '"Siting down, 105, 
 
 Postillus Gulielmus, account of the 
 role, .15 
 
 Persia, voyage to, 42 
 
 Queen Elizabeth's Foreland, discovery 
 ol, /2, 82 •' 
 
INDKX. 
 
 SavaKO flrHt taken, 74, Hit 
 
 flrHt moi'ting with, H'i 
 
 description of, H7 
 
 death at liriHtol, 180 
 
 description of woman, 100 
 
 Tropics, grcutt>8t lieat in, 68 
 Tw.vlights under the I'ole, (10 
 
 Variation of the needle, .'10 
 Veniurars names in second voynge, 
 
 107 
 
 ■ in goodcH come home after 
 
 second voyage, 103 
 
 Venturars, in bnthe voyngis. 1 01 
 Voyage, furniture for Hrsi, ■; 1 
 cost of ditto, 1 IT) 
 
 107 
 
 — (tecond, coste and phargi', 103 
 account of money for third, 
 
 clinrgcH of, '^10 
 account of, 'ii!> 
 Sellmaii's account of, 200 
 
 WiliouRhhy, Sir Hugh, :10, .'10 
 Woman, tuiiing of tlie savage, 1411 
 
 ZoneR, description of Ave, 44 
 
 T. UtCIIAllIiS, rniNTEB, 37, OT. QVKKN STEKKT. 
 
Hrst, U 
 
 liri 
 
 and phHrgc, infl 
 
 loney for third, 
 
 mit of, i»(K) 
 
 , 30, 30 
 
 ravage, 1 »;) 
 
 ve, 44 
 
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