MARTIN FROBISHER ad. 



1577- 

 rowing, and having chased them above two miles into 



the sea, returned into their ships againe. 



The morning following being the first of August, 



Captaine Yorke with the Michael came into Jackmans 



sound, and declared unto the company there, that the 



last night past he came to anker in a certaine baye (which 



sithens was named Yorkes sound) about foure leagues Torkes sound. 



distant from Jackmans sound, being put to leeward of 



that place for lacke of winde, where he discovered certaine 



tents of the countrey people, where going with his 



company ashore, he entred into them, but found the 



people departed, as it should seeme, for feare of their 



comming. But amongst sundry strange things which 



in these tents they found, there was rawe and new killed 



flesh of unknowen sorts, with dead carcasses and bones 



of dogs, and I know not what. They also beheld (to Th$ apparel 



their greatest marveile) a dublet of Canvas made after f°" nd % ain f. . 



i -,-P f i r i ■ i ■ -ii i i r of our English 



the JLnglish fashion, a shirt, a girdle, three shoes tor menw hichtke 



contrary feete, and of unequall bignesse, which they well yere before 



conjectured to be the apparell of our five poore countrey- «w* taken 



men, which were intercepted the last yeere by these ca P twe - 



Countrey people, about fiftie leagues from this place, 



further within the Straights. Whereupon our men being 



in good hope, that some of them might be here, and [HI. 68.] 



yet living : the Captaine devising for the best left his 



mind behind him in writing, with pen, yncke, and paper 



also, whereby our poore captive countrymen, if it might 



come to their hands, might know their friends minds, 



and of their arrivall, and likewise returne their answere. 



And so without taking any thing away in their tents, A g° ^ devise 



leaving there also looking glasses, points, and other of °L '*P tatne 



our toyes (the better to allure them by such friendly 



meanes) departed aboord his Barke, with intent to make 



haste to the Aide, to give notice unto the company of 



all such things as he had there discovered : and so meant 



to returne to these tents againe, hoping that he might 



by force or policie intrappe or intice the people to some 



friendly conference. Which things when he had delivered 



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