MARTIN FROBISHER ad. 



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gold : so likewise doth the sand in the bright water, yet 



they verifie the old Proverb: All is not gold that 4 common pro- 



glistereth. verbe ' 



On this West shore we found a dead fish floating, 

 which had in his nose a home streight and torquet, 

 of length two yards lacking two ynches, being broken 

 in the top, where we might perceive it hollow, into the 

 which some of our sailers putting spiders they presently 

 died. I saw not the triall hereof, but it was reported 

 unto me of a trueth : by the vertue whereof we supposed 

 it to be the sea Unicorne. The sea Urn- 



After our Generall had found out good harborough for l0rne ' 

 the ship and barks to anker in, and also such store 

 of supposed gold ore as he thought himselfe satisfied 

 withall, he returned to the Michael, whereof Master 

 Yorke aforesaid was Captaine, accompanied with our 

 master and his Mate : who coasting along the West shore 

 not farre from whence the ship rode, they perceived 

 a faire harborough, and willing to sound the same, at the 

 entrance thereof they espied two tents of Seale skins, unto 

 which the Captaine, our said Master, and other company 

 resorted. At the sight of our men the people fled into The people 

 the mountaines : neverthelesse they went to their tents, ^ e ,? r e 



i i- • -n r J i 11 sight of our 



where leaving certaine trirles or ours, as glasses, bels, mttm 

 knives, and such like things they departed, not taking 

 any thing of theirs except one dogge. They did in like 

 maner leave behind them a letter, pen, yncke, and paper, 

 whereby our men whom the Captaine lost the yere 

 before, and in that peoples custody, might (if any of 

 them were alive) be advertised of our presence and 

 being there. 



On the same day after consultation had, all the 

 Gentlemen, and others likewise that could be spared from 

 the ship, under the conduct and leading of Master Master Phil- 

 Philpot, (unto whom in our Generall his absence, and his P ot > 

 Lieutenant Master Beast, al the rest were obedient) went Master Beast. 

 a shore, determining to see, if by faire means we could 

 either allure them to familiarity, or otherwise take some of 



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