MARTIN FROBISHER a.d. 



Upon another small Hand here was also found a great 

 dead fish, which as it should seeme, had bene embayed 

 with yce, and was in proportion round like to a Porpose, 

 being about twelve foote long, and in bignesse answer- 

 able, having a home of two yardes long growing out of The finding of 

 the snoute or nostrels. This home is wreathed and f or ^ tcornes 

 straite, like in fashion to a Taper made of waxe, and 

 may truely be thought to be the sea Unicorne. This 

 home is to be seene and reserved as a Jewell by the 

 Queenes Majesties commandement, in her Wardrope of 

 Robes. 



Tuesday the three and twentieth of July, our Generall 

 with his best company of gentlemen, souldiers and saylers, 

 to the number of seventie persons in all, marched with 

 ensigne displayde, upon the continent of the Southerland 

 (the supposed continent of America) where, command- 

 ing a Trumpet to sound a call for every man to repaire 

 to the ensigne, he declared to the whole company how 

 much the cause imported for the service of her Majestie, 

 our countrey, our credits, and the safetie of our owne 

 lives, and therefore required every man to be conformable 

 to order, and to be directed by those he should assigne. 

 And he appointed for leaders, Captaine Fenton, Captaine 

 Yorke, and his Lieutenant George Beste : which done, 

 we cast our selves into a ring, and altogither upon our 

 knees, gave God humble thanks for that it had pleased 

 him of his great goodnesse to preserve us from such 

 imminent dangers, beseeching likewise the assistance of 

 his holy spirite, so to deliver us in safetie into our 

 Countrey, whereby the light and truth of these secrets 

 being knowen, it might redound to the more honour of 

 his holy name, and consequently to the advancement of 

 our common wealth. And so, in as good sort as the 

 place suffered, we marched towards the tops of the 

 mountaines, which were no lesse painfull in climbing 

 then dangerous in descending, by reason of their steep- 

 nesse & yce. And having passed about five miles, by 

 such unwieldie wayes, we returned unto our ships with- 



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