ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Countrey : whereby all suspicion of an undutifull subject, 

 may credibly be judged to be utterly exempted from his 

 mind. All the rest of the Gentlemen and other deserve 

 worthily herein, their due praise and commendation. 



These things in this order accomplished, our Generall 

 commanded all the company to be obedient in things 

 needfull for our owne safegard, to Master Fenton, Master 

 Yorke, and Master Beast his Lieutenant, while he was 

 occupied in other necessarie affaires, concerning our 

 comming thither. 



After this order we marched through the Countrey, 



with Ensigne displaied, so farre as was thought needfull, 



and now and then heaped up stones on high mountaines, 



and other places in token of possession, as likewise to 



signifie unto such as hereafter may chance to arrive there, 



that possession is taken in the behalfe of some other 



Prince, by those who first found out the Countrey. 



Tee needefull Whoso maketh navigations to those Countreys, hath 



to be regarded not Q nely extreme winds, and furious seas to encounter 



o/sea/artng w ithall, but also many monstrous and great Islands of 



yce : a thing both rare, wonderfull, and greatly to be 



regarded. 



We were forced sundry times, while the ship did ride 

 here at anker, to have continuall watch, with boats & 

 [III. 35.] men ready with halsers to knit fast unto such yce, as 

 with the ebbe & flood were tossed to and fro in the 

 harborough, & with force of oares to hale them away, 

 for endangering the ship. 



Our Generall certaine dayes searched this supposed 

 continent with America, and not finding the commodity 

 to answere his expectation, after he had made triall 

 thereof he departed thence with two little barks, and men 

 sufficient to the East shore being the supposed continent 

 of Asia, and left the ship with most of the Gentlemen, 

 souldiers, and sailers, untill such time as he either thought 

 good to send or come for them. 



ton J S ^ U u The stones of this supposed continent with America 



with sparkles *r m 



like gold. be altogether sparkled, and glister in the bunne like 



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