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Page 77
East , and variable , with short sayle wee steered 3 leagues South and by East ;
then came downe very much wind ; wee strooke a hull . All this afternoone and
night , proued very much wind with raine . The three and twentieth , all the fore ...
East , and variable , with short sayle wee steered 3 leagues South and by East ;
then came downe very much wind ; wee strooke a hull . All this afternoone and
night , proued very much wind with raine . The three and twentieth , all the fore ...
Page 83
The sixe and twentieth , cold but cleere weather , the wind betweene East and
East North - east , we stood North - easterly till twelue a clocke at night : then wee
had the wind at Northeast and North North - east , we stood South - east and East
...
The sixe and twentieth , cold but cleere weather , the wind betweene East and
East North - east , we stood North - easterly till twelue a clocke at night : then wee
had the wind at Northeast and North North - east , we stood South - east and East
...
Page 106
The second mystie weather , the wind at North east . At noone we steered away
West South - west , to find Busse Iland , discouered in the yeere 1578 , by one of
the ships of Sir Martin Frobisher , to see if it lay in her true latitude in the Chart or
...
The second mystie weather , the wind at North east . At noone we steered away
West South - west , to find Busse Iland , discouered in the yeere 1578 , by one of
the ships of Sir Martin Frobisher , to see if it lay in her true latitude in the Chart or
...
Page 107
Wee found that our ship had gone to the VVestward of The sixth , thicke hasie
weather with gusts of wind , and showers of raine . The wind varied betweene
East South - East and South - west , wee steered on many courses a West South
...
Wee found that our ship had gone to the VVestward of The sixth , thicke hasie
weather with gusts of wind , and showers of raine . The wind varied betweene
East South - East and South - west , wee steered on many courses a West South
...
Page 110
The three and twentieth , thicke weather with much wind and some raine . At
eight of the clocke in the morning , the wind came to the West South - west , and
West so stiffe a gale , that we were forced to take our top - sayle , and steered
away ...
The three and twentieth , thicke weather with much wind and some raine . At
eight of the clocke in the morning , the wind came to the West South - west , and
West so stiffe a gale , that we were forced to take our top - sayle , and steered
away ...
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