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Bennet master, the Amitie, and the Resolution ; a.d. 



_ , 1611. 



but the two last-mentioned vessels were to leave 

 him off the North Cape, from whence the Amitie 

 was to proceed to Nova Zembla, and the Reso- 

 lution to Archangel. The ships were separated 

 by a gale of wind, in latitude 65° N. But the 

 Margaret and Elizabeth met again off Cherie 

 Island, and proceeded to Spitzbergen together, 

 and anchored in Crosse Bay on the 29th May. 



Poole remained in this bay until the 16th of 

 June, and then proceeded on his discovery to 

 the north. He found the ice close upon the 

 land, in latitude about 80° N., and seeing no 

 prospect of a passage that way, he returned, 

 and kept the ice in sight all the way to Green- 

 land, which he expected to see about Hudson's 

 Hold with Hope, but having sailed forty leagues, 

 by his own account, to the westward of its 

 position, without any indications of land, he re- 

 turned to Cherie Island. Here Poole found part 

 of the crew of the Margaret, which had been 

 wrecked at Spitzbergen, and returned with them 

 to that place, to take on board the cargo they 

 had provided for their vessel before she went 

 down. They reached their destination, and 

 found a ship of Hull in the port, a most for- 

 tunate occurrence for all parties, for as the 

 Elizabeth, Poole's ship, was discharging her 



