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many ylandes, where the water did eb and flowe- 

 sixe fadome vpright, and where there had beene 

 great trade of people to make trayne. But by 

 such thinges as there we found wee knewe that 

 the}^^ were not Xtians of Europe that vsed that 

 trade, in fine by seaching with our boate, w^ee 

 founde small hope to passe any farther that way/, 

 and therefore retourning againe recouered the sea 

 and so coasted the shore towardes the South, and 

 in so doing (for it was to late to search towardes 

 the North) wee founde an other great inlett neere 

 fortie leaoes broade where the water entred in with 

 violent swiftnes, this wx likewise thought might be 

 a passage, for no doubt but the North partes of 

 America are all ylands, by ought that I could 

 perceiiie therein, but because I was alone in a 

 small barke of thirtie tonnes, and the yeere spent I 

 entered not into the same for it was now the 

 seuenth of September, but coasting the shore 

 towardes the South we saw an incredible number 

 of birdes, hauing diners fishermen aborde our 

 barke they all concluded that there was a great 

 scull of nsh, wee beeing vnprouided of fishing 

 furniture, with a long spike nayle mayde a hoke, 

 and fastening the same to one of our sounding 

 lynes, before the bay te was changed wee tooke 

 more then fortie great cods, the fishe swimming so 

 aboundantly thicke about our barke as is incredible 

 to be reported of, which with a small portion of 

 salte that we had, wee preserued some thirtie 



