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shewed me many instruments, so that 1 did perceive 

 him to bee a practitioner in the mathematicks ; 

 but when I found that hee was no sea-mati, I did 

 blame those very much who had councelled him 

 to make choyce of that shippe for a voyage of 

 such importance, for to indure two winters in, as 

 he must have done, if hee had any such intent, 

 before hee could come about Bona Sperance home; 

 our discourse had been to small purpose if wee had 

 not pried into the errours of our predecessors, (and 

 being demanded) I did not thinke much for his 

 keeping out his flagg ; for my ambition was more 

 ^therial, and my thoughts not so ayerie, so to set 

 my sight towards the skie, but when I either 

 called to God or made celestiall observation ; to 

 this was replide, that hee was going to the Empe- 

 rour of Japon with letters from His Majestie, and 

 that if it were a ship of His Majesties of 40 

 pieces ordnance hee could not strike his flagg; 

 (keepe it up then, quoth I) but you are out of the 

 Avay to Japon, for this is not it ;" — and a great 

 deal more of such stuff. 



Fox, having coasted a considerable time towards 

 the bottom part of Hudson's Bay to no purpose, 

 aoain directed his course to the northward on the 

 4th September, naming the cape he last parted 

 from IVolstenholme's Ultimum Vale ; " for that I do 

 believe Sir John Wolstenholme will not lay out any 

 more monies in search of this bay." On the 8th 

 he had advanced to the land on which is Carey's 



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