A.D. 



.578. 



A valiant 

 mind o/M. 

 Frobisher. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



proceeding. Some desired to discover some harborow 

 thereabouts to refresh themselves and reforme their 

 broken vessels for a while, untill the North and North- 

 west windes might disperse the yce, and make the place 

 more free to passe. Other some forgetting themselves, 

 spake more undutifully in this behalfe, saying : that they 

 had as leeve be hanged when they came home, as without 

 hope of safetie to seeke to passe, and so to perish 

 amongst the yce. 



The Generall not opening his eares to the peevish 

 passion of any private person, but chiefly respecting the 

 accomplishment of the cause he had undertaken (wherein 

 the chiefe reputation and fame of a Generall and Captaine 

 consisteth) and calling to his remembrance the short time 

 he had in hand to provide so great number of ships their 

 loading, determined with this resolution to passe and 

 recover his Port, or else there to burie himselfe with his 

 attempt. 



Notwithstanding somewhat to appease the feeble 

 passions of the fearefuller sort, and the better to enter- 

 taine time for a season, whilest the yce might the better 

 be dissolved, he haled on the Fleete with beleefe that he 

 would put them into harborow : thereupon whilest the 

 shippes lay ofF and on under Hattons Hedland, he sought 

 to goe in with his Pinnesses amongst the Ilandes there, as 

 though hee meant to search for harborowe, where indeede 

 he meant nothing lesse, but rather sought if any Ore 

 might be found in that place, as by the sequele appeared. 



In the meane time whilest the Fleete lay thus doubtfull 

 without any certaine resolution what to do, being hard 

 aboord the lee-shore, there arose a sodaine and terrible 

 tempest at the Southsoutheast, whereby the yce began 

 marvellously to gather about us. 



Whereupon every man, as in such case of extremitie 

 he thought best, sought the wisest way for his owne 

 safety. The most part of the Fleete which were further 

 shot up within the straights, and so farre to the leeward, 

 as that they could not double the land, following the 



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