A.D. 



1576. 



June. 



j| M. Matthezc 

 Kinderslye 

 was Captaine 

 of the Michael. 



Faire Island. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



The first Voyage of M. Martine Frobisher, to 

 the Northwest, for the search of the straight 

 or passage to China, written by Christopher 

 Hall, Master in the Gabriel, and made in the 

 yeere of our Lord 1576. 



He 7. of June being Thursday, the two 

 Barks, viz. the Gabriel, and the II Michael 

 & our Pinnesse set saile at Ratcliffe, and 

 bare down to Detford, and there we 

 ancred : the cause was, that our Pinnesse 

 burst her boultsprit, and foremast aboard 

 of a ship that rode at Detford, else wee 

 meant to have past that day by the Court then at 

 Grenewich. 



The 8. day being Friday, about 12 of the clocke we 

 wayed at Detford, and set saile all three of us, and bare 

 downe by the Court, where we shotte off our ordinance 

 and made the best shew we could : Her Majestie behold- 

 ing the same, commended it, and bade us farewell, with 

 shaking her hand at us out of the window. Afterward 

 shee sent a Gentleman aboord of us, who declared that 

 her Majestie had good liking of our doings, and thanked 

 us for it, and also willed our Captaine to come the next 

 day to the Court to take his leave of her. 



The same day towards night M. Secretarie Woolly 

 came aboorde of us, and declared to the company, that 

 her Majestie had appointed him to give them charge 

 to be obedient, and diligent to their Captaine, and 

 governours in all things, and wished us happie successe. 

 The 12. day being over against Gravesend, by the 

 castle or blockehouse, we observed the latitude, which 

 was 51. degrees 33. min. And in that place the variation 

 of the Compasse is 11. degrees and a halfe. 



The 24. day at 2. of the clocke after noone, I had 

 sight of Faire yle, being from us 6. leagues North and 

 by East, and when 1 brought it Northwest and by North, 



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