MARTIN FROBISHER ad. 



'577- 

 Generall and Master, and the most of our best sailers, 

 which were on the shoare destitute of victuals : but by 

 the valure of our Master Gunner, Master Jackman, and Richard Cox, 

 Andrew Dier, the Masters Mates, men expert both in Master ,gun ~ 

 navigation, and other good qualities, wee were all content Master Jack- 

 to incurre the dangers aforerehearsed, before we would man. 

 with our owne safetie, runne into the seas, to the destruc- Andrew Dier. 

 tion of our sayd Generall, and his company. 



The day following, being the 19. of Julie, our captaine 

 returned to the ship, with report of supposed riches, 

 which shewed it selfe in the bowels of those barren 

 mountaines, wherewith wee were all satisfied. 



Within foure daies after we had bene at the entrance 

 of the streights, the Northwest and West winds dispersed 

 the yce into the sea, & made us a large entrance into the 

 streights, so that without any impediment, on the 19. of 

 Julie we entred them, and the 20. thereof, our Generall 

 and Master with great diligence, sought out and sounded 

 the West shoare, and found out a faire Harborough 

 for the ship and barkes to ride in, and named it after our 

 Masters mate, Jackmans sound, and brought the ship, Jackmans 

 barkes, and all their company to safe anker, except one sound - 

 man, which died by Gods visitation. 



At our first arrivall, after the ship rode at anker, our 

 generall, with such company as could well be spared from 

 the ships, in marching order entred the lande, having 

 speciall care by exhortations, that at our entrance there- 

 into, wee should all with one voyce, kneeling upon our 

 knees, chiefly thanke God for our safe arrivall : secondly 

 beseech him, that it would please his divine Majestie, 

 long to continue our Queene, for whom he, and all the 

 rest of our company in this order tooke possession of the Possession 

 Countrey : and thirdly, that by our Christian studie and ta ^ en - 

 endevour, those barbarous people trained up in Pagan- 

 isme, and infidelitie, might be reduced to the knowledge 

 of true religion, and to the hope of salvation in Christ 

 our Redeemer. With other words very apt to signifie 

 his willing mind, and affection toward his Prince and 



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