MARTIN FROBISHER ad 



1578. 



When we knew perfectly our instant case, wee cast 

 about to get againe on Sea-bord, which (God be thanked) 

 by night we obtained and praised God. The cleare con- 

 tinued scarce an houre, but the fogge fell againe as thicke 

 as ever it was. 



Then the Rearadmirall and the Beare got themselves 

 cleare without danger of yce and rocks, strooke their 

 sailes and lay a hull, staying to have the rest of the Fleete 

 come forth : which as yet had not found the right way 

 to cleare themselves from the danger of rockes and yce, 

 untill the next morning, at what time the Rearadmirall 

 discharged certaine warning pieces to give notice that she Warning 

 had escaped, and that the rest (by following of her) P ieces °f s ff e 

 might set themselves free, which they did that day. passage du- 



Then having gathered our selves togither we pro- 

 ceeded on our purposed voyage, bearing off, and keeping 

 our selves distant from the coast till the 19. day of July : 

 at which time the fogges brake up and dispersed, so that 

 we might plainely and clearely behold the pleasant ayre, 

 which so long had bene taken from us, by the obscuritie 

 of the foggie mists : and after that time we were not 

 much encombred therewith untill we had left the con- 

 fines of the Countrey. 



Then we espying a fayre sound, supposed it to goe A faire sound 

 into the Straights betweene the Queenes foreland and betweene the 

 Jackmans sound, which proved as we imagined. For our Q ue j nes f ore ' 

 Generall sent forth againe the Gabriel to discover it, who j ac kmans 

 passed through with much difficulty : for there ran such sound. 

 an extreme current of a tide, with such a horrible gulfe, 

 that with a fresh gale of wind they were scarce able to 

 stemme it : yet at the length with great travaile they 

 passed it, and came to the Straights, where they met with 

 the Thomas Allen, the Thomas of Ipswich, and the Busse 

 of Bridgewater : who altogether adventured to beare into 

 the yce againe, to see if they could obtaine their wished 

 Port. But they were so incombred that with much 

 difficultie they were able to get out againe, yet at the 

 last they escaping, the Thomas Allen, and the Gabriel 



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