MARTIN FROBISHER a.d. 



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 the North Starre is so much elevated above the Horizon, 

 that with the staffe it is hardly to bee well observed, and 

 the degrees in the Astrolabe are too small to observe 

 minutes. Therefore wee alwaies used the Staffe and the 

 sunne as fittest instruments for this use. 



Having spent foure or five dayes in traverse of the 

 seas with contrary winde, making our Souther way good 

 as neere as we could, to raise our degrees to bring 

 our selves with the latitude of Sylley, wee tooke the 

 height the tenth of September, and found our selves 

 in the latitude of degrees and ten minutes. The 

 eleventh of September about sixe a clocke at night the 

 winde came good Southwest, we vered sheat and set our 

 course Southeast. 



And upon Thursday, the twelfth of September, taking 

 the height, we were in the latitude of and a halfe, 

 and reckoned our selves not past one hundred and 

 fifty leagues short of Sylley, the weather faire, the 

 winde large at Westsouthwest, we kept our course 

 Southeast. 



The thirteenth day the height being taken, wee found 

 our selves to be in the latitude of degrees, the wind 

 Westsouthwest, then being in the height of Sylley, and 

 we kept our course East, to run in with the sleeve or 

 chanel so called, being our narrow seas, and reckoned 

 us short of Sylley twelve leagues. 



Sonday, the 1 5 of September about foure of the clocke, 

 we began to sound with our lead, and had ground at 

 6 1 fadome depth, white small sandy ground, and reckoned 

 us upon the backe of Sylley, and set our course East 

 and by North, Eastnortheast, and Northeast among. 



The sixteenth of September, about eight of the clocke 

 in the morning sounding, we had 65. fadome osey sand, 

 and thought our selves thwart of S. Georges channell 

 a little within the banks. And bearing a small saile all 

 night, we made many soundings, which were about fortie 

 fadome, and so shallow, that we could not well tell 

 where we were. 



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