ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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 Inquire driven from some part of the New found land, with the 



further of thh current that setteth from the West to the East. 



The 4. of July we came within the making of Fris- 

 land. From this shoare 10. or 12. leagues, we met great 

 Islands of yce, of halfe a mile, some more, some lesse in 

 compasse, shewing above the sea, 30. or 40. fathoms, and 

 as we supposed fast on ground, where with our lead we 

 could scarse sound the bottome for depth. 



Here, in place of odoriferous and fragrant smels of 

 sweete gums, & pleasant notes of musicall birdes, which 

 other Countreys in more temperate Zones do yeeld, wee 

 Yce f snow,and tasted the most boisterous Boreal blasts mixt with snow 

 /m j } n / une and haile, in the moneths of June and July, nothing 

 inferior to our untemperate winter : a sudden alteration, 

 and especially in a place or Parallele, where the Pole is 

 not elevate above 61. degrees: at which height other 

 Countreys more to the North, yea unto 70. degrees, 

 shew themselves more temperate then this doth. 



All along this coast yce lieth, as a continuall bulwarke, 

 & so defendeth the Countrey, that those that would land 

 there, incur great danger. Our Generall 3. dayes together 

 attempted with the ship boate to have gone on shoare, 

 which for that without great danger he could not accom- 

 plish, he deferred it untill a more convenient time. All 

 along the coast lie very high mountaines covered with 

 snow, except in such places, where through the steepenes 

 of the mountaines of force it must needs fall. Foure 

 dayes coasting along this land, we found no signe of 

 habitation. Little birds, whiche we judged to have lost 

 Friseland sub- the shore, by reason of thicke fogges which that Countrey 

 ject tofoggr. " s muc } 1 su bject unto, came flying into our ships, which 

 causeth us to suppose, that the Countrey is both more 

 tollerable, and also habitable within, then the outward 

 shore maketh shew or signification. 



From hence we departed the eight of July : and the 

 16. of the same, we came with the making of land, which 

 land our Generall the yeere before had named The 

 Queenes foreland, being an Island as we judge, lying 



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