they found growing: they saw many Deere, and so did we in our after-dayes sayling. They being come aboord, we presently set sayle with the wind at North North-west, and we stood out againe to the Southwestwards, with sorrow that our labour was in vaine : for, had this Sound held as it did make shew of, for breadth, depth, safenesse of harbour, and good anchor ground, it might haue yeelded an excellent passage to a more Easterly Sea. Generally, all the Land of Noua Zembla that yet wee haue seene, is to a mans eye a pleasant Land; much mayne high Land with no Snow on it, looking in some places greene, and Deere feeding thereon and the Hills are partly couered with Snow, and partly bare. It is no maruell that there is so much Ice in the Sea toward the Pole, so many Sounds and Riuers being in the Lands of Noua Zembla, and Newland to ingender it; besides the coasts of Pechora, Russia, and Groneland, with Lappia, as by proofes I finde by my trauell in these parts by meanes of which Ice I suppose there will be no nauigable passage this way. This Eeuening wee had the wind at West and by South: wee therefore came to anchor vnder Deere Point; and it was a storme at Sea, wee rode in twentie fathomes, Ozie ground: I sent my Mate, Ladlow, with foure more ashoare to see whether any Morses were on the shoare, and to kill some Fowle, (for we had seene no Morses since Saturday, the second day of this moneth, that wee saw them driuing out of the Ice.) They found good landing for them, but no signe that they had beene there but they found that fire had beene made there, yet not lately. At ten of the clocke in the Eeuening, they came aboord, and brought with them neere an hundred Fowles called Wellocks; this night it was wet fogge, and very thicke and cold, the winde at West South-west.

The sixt, in the morning wee had the wind stormie and shifting; betweene the West and South

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west, against vs for doing any good: we rode still and had much Ice driuing by vs to the Eastward of VS. At nine of the clocke, this Eeuening wee had the wind at North North-west: we presently weighed, and set sayle, and stood to the Westward, being out of hope to find passage by the North-east: And my purpose was now to see whether Willoughbies Land were, as it is layd in our Cardes; which if it were, wee might finde Morses on it; for with the Ice they were all driuen from hence. This place vpon Noua Zembla, is another then that which the Hollanders call Costing Sarch, discouered by Oliuer Brownell: and William Barentsons obseruation doth witnesse the same. It is layd in plot by the Hollanders out of his true place too farre North: to what end I know not, vnlesse to make it hold course with the Compasse, not respecting the variation. It is as broad and like to yeeld passage as the Vaygats, and my hope was, that by the strong streame it would haue cleered it selfe; but it did not. It is so full of Ice that you will hardly thinke it. All this day, for the most part, it was fogge and cold.

The seuenth, cleere but cold weather: in the morning the wind was at the North; from the last Eeuening to this morning, we set saile and kept our course West and by South, fifteene leagues. From morning to eight a clocke in the Eeuening it was calme: then we had the wind againe at North, and we sayled till nine a clocke next morning West South-west, eight leagues; then the wind being West and by South, wee went North and by West, three leagues, and wee had the Sunne at the highest South South-west, in the latitude of 71 degrees 2 minutes. The eight, faire weather; at noone we had the wind at East North-east, we stood North three leagues till foure a clocke: then the wind being at west and by North, wee stemmed North and by West one league and a halfe, till six a clocke in the Eeuening; then the wind was at North-east a hard gale,

and wee stood till next day at noone West and by North, by account three and twentie leagues: we had the Sunne on the Meridian, South and by West, halfe a point neerest West, in the latitude of 70 degrees 41 minutes. The ninth, cleere weather: from this to the next day at noone, we sayled South-west and by West, twelue leagues, and Northward three leagues and in these courses had these soundings, 41, 42. 46. 48. and 45 fathoms: we had the Sunne South and by VVest, halfe a point to the VVest part of the Compasse. The Sea was loftie: our latitude was 70 degrees 20 minutes.

The tenth, cleere but close weather: from this till next day noone, wee had little wind at West North-west: by account we made our way fiue leagues North-easterly. Wee had the Sun at the highest on the South and by West point, and a terce Westward, in the latitude of 70 degrees 55 minutes, and I thinke we had a rustling tide vnder vs; and in this time had sounding betweene fortie fiue and fortie fathomes, white sand. The eleuenth, cleere weather: from this to the next day at noone, little wind at North North-east, and sometimes calme; wee sayled West and by North by account fiue leagues; and had the Sunne on the Meridian on the South and by West point one third West in the latitude of 70 degrees 26 minutes, and found a rustling vnder vs. This fore-noone we were come into a greene Sea, of the colour of the mayne Ocean, which we first lost the eight of Iune: since which time wee haue had a Sea of a blacke blue colour, which (both by the last and this yeeres experience) is a Sea pestered with Ice.

The twelfth, faire weather: from noone to midnight wee had the wind shifting betweene the North and West; our course was betweene VVest Northwest, and South South-west. Then we had the wind at South, we sayled till the next day at noone, West and by North, thirteene leagues: wee ac.

counted our way from the last day till this day noone Westward, eighteene leagues. This after-noone wee saw more Porpoises then in all our Voyage afore, The thirteenth, close weather in the after-noone hauing much wind at South, with short sayle we stood away West and by North, till eight a clocke in the Eeuening: then we had the wind at South, but most times calme till noone the next day: wee stood away as afore, foure leagues, which made in all twelue leagues: we had the Sunne ere it began to fall, South and by West, in the latitude of 70 degrees 22 minutes.

The fourteenth, wee stood West North-west till mid-night, seuenteene leagues: then the wind scanted and came at West, we stood North North-west, one league and a halfe; then the wind being more Southerly, wee sayled West North-west, fiue leagues. From the last till this day at noone, our way was out of diuers courses North-west and by West, foure and twentie leagues. We had the Sunne beginning to fall at South and by West, in the latitude of 70 degrees 54 minutes.

The fifteenth, faire; but towards night like to be stormie with thunder, the wind betweene South and South South-east; from this, till the sixteenth day at noone, our course was West and by North, seuen and twentie leagues, and the Sunne then began to fall at South, three quarters of a point Westward, in the latitude of 70 degrees 42 minutes. The sixteenth, faire; our way was from this till next day at noone North-west, twelue leagues, out of diuers courses: and we had the wind shifting, sometimes at East, at West South-west, and West and by North; the latitude by a bad obseruation, 71 degrees 44 minutes. The seuenteenth, in the fore-noone faire; the wind being at West and by North. At foure a clocke this morning we saw Land beare off vs, West and South South-west, which was about Ward-house: this after-noone wee had a storme at West and by North,

we layed it to trie till eight a clocke in the Euening, and then set sayle with the wind betweene West North-west, and North-west: our course till the next day at noone, was South-west and by South, twelue leagues: the Cape Hopewell bore off vs South South-west, and we were foure or fiue leagues from land.

The eighteenth, gusty, with raine all the forenoone; then we had the wind shifting till next day at noone from South South-east to East, and Southeast: our course in generall was North-west, foure and twentie leagues: then did North Kene beare off vs West halfe a point Southward, being from vs foure leagues; and the North Cape in sight bearing West and by North, &c.

The seuen and twentieth, cold with raine and storme; this night we began to burne Candle in the Betacle, which we had not done since the nineteenth of May by reason wee had alwaies day from thence till now. The thirtieth, we had the Sunne vpon the Meridian due South, in the latitude of 68 degrees 46 minutes; whereby we found vs to bee afore our ship, ten or twelue leagues, and Lowfoot bore East of vs, but not in sight.

The seuenth of August, I vsed all diligence to ar riue at London, and therefore now I gaue my companie a certificate vnder my hand, of my free and willing return, without perswasion or force of any one or more of them: for at my being at Noua Zem, bla, the sixt of Iuly, voide of hope of a North-east passage, (except by the Vaygats, for which I was not fitted to trie or proue,) I therefore resolued to vse all meanes I could to sayle to the North-west; considering the time and meanes wee had, if the wind should friend vs, as in the first part of our Voyage it had done, and to make triall of that place called Lumleys Inlet, and the furious ouer-fall by Captayne Dauis, hoping to runne into it an hundred leagues, and to returne as God should enable mee.