JOHN DAVIS 



saw foure very faire faulcons ; and M. Bruton tooke 

 from one of them his prey, which we judged by the 

 wings and legs to be a snite, for the head was eaten off. 



The 24 in the afternoone, the winde comming some- 

 what faire, we departed from this road, purposing by 

 Gods grace to returne for England. 



The 26 we departed from sight of the North land of 

 this entrance, directing our course homewards untill the 

 tenth of the next moneth. 



The 10. of September wee fell with The land of desola- 

 tion, thinking to goe on shoare, but we could get never 

 a good harborough. That night wee put to sea againe 

 thinking to search it the next day : but this night arose 

 a very great storme, and separated our ships, so that we 

 lost the sight of the Mooneshine. 



The 13. about noone (having tried all the night before 

 with a goose wing) we set saile, & within two houres 

 after we had sight of the Mooneshine againe: this day 

 we departed from this land. 



The 27. of this moneth we fell with sight of England. 

 This night we had a marveilous storme and lost the 

 Mooneshine. 



The 30. of September wee came into Dartmouth, 

 where wee found the Mooneshine being come in not 

 two houres before. 



a.d. 



.585. 



Faulcons. 



Their returne. 



September. 

 [III. 103.] 



They saile 

 from The land 

 of desolation to 

 England in 

 14. dayes. 



The second voyage attempted by M. John Davis 

 with others, for the discovery of the North- 

 west passage, in Anno 1586. 



He 7. day of May, I departed from the 

 port of Dartmouth for the discovery of 

 the Northwest passage, with a ship of an 

 hundred and twentie tunnes named the 

 Mermayd, a barke of Go. tunnes named 

 the Sunneshine, a barke of 25- tunnes 

 named the Mooneshine, and a pinnesse 

 of tenne tunnes named the North starre. 



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