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cou|)le, or there aboutes, and so returned for Eng- 

 land. And hauing reported to master Secretory 

 the whole successe of this attempt, hee commanded 

 mee to present unto the most honorable Lorde high 

 thresurer of England some parte of that fish, which 

 when his Lordship saw and hearde at large the 

 relation of this seconde attempt, I receined fauor- 

 able countenance from his honour, aduising mee to 

 prosecute the action, of which his Lordship con- 

 ceiued a very good opinion. The next yeere 

 although diuers of the aduenturers fel from the 

 action, as al the western merchantes and most of 

 those in London yet some of the aduenturers both 

 honorable and worshipful! continued their willing 

 fauour and charge, so that by this meanes the next 

 yeere 2. shippes were appointed for the fishing and 

 one pynace for the discouery. 



" Departing from Dartmouth through Gods mer- ^ 

 ciful fauour I ariued to the place of fishing and 

 there according to my direction 1 left the 2. shipps 

 to follow that busines, taking their faithful promise 

 not to depart vntill my returne vnto them, which 

 shoulde bee in the fine of August, and so in the 

 barke I proceeded for the discouery but after my 

 departure in sixteene dayes the shippes had finished 

 their voyage, and so presently departed for Eng- 

 land, without regard of their promise, my selfe not 

 distrusting any such hard measure proceeded in the 

 discouerie and foUow^ed my course in the free and 

 open sea betweene North and Nor west to the lati- 



