a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1586. 



Unddis- And the 15. of June I discovered land in the latitude 



7e er m tnb °' of 6o ' de g rees > and in longitude from the Meridian of 

 London Westward 47. degrees, mightily pestered with 

 yce and snow, so that there was no hope of landing : the 

 yce lay in some places tenne leagues, in some 20. and 

 in some 50. leagues off the shore, so that wee were con- 

 strained to beare into 57. degrees to double the same, 

 and to recover a free Sea, which through Gods favourable 

 mercy we at length obtained. 



The 29. of June after many tempestuous storms we 

 againe discovered land, in longitude from the Meridian 

 of London 58. degr. 30. min. and in latitude 64. being 

 East from us : into which course sith it please God by 

 contrary winds to force us, I thought it very necessary to 

 beare in with it, & there to set up our pinnesse, provided 

 in the Mermayd to be our scout for this discovery, and 

 so much the rather because the yere before I had bene 

 in the same place, and found it very convenient for such 

 a purpose, wel stored with flote wood, & possessed by a 

 people of tractable conversation : so that the 29. of this 

 moneth we arrived within the Isles which lay before this 

 land, lying North northwest, and South southeast, we 

 know not how farre. This land is very high & moun- 

 tainous, having before it on the West side a mighty 

 company of Isles full of faire sounds, and harboroughs. 

 This land was very litle troubled with snow, and the 

 sea altogether voyd of yce. 



The ships being within the sounds wee sent our boates 

 to search for shole water, where wee might anker, which 

 in this place is very hard to finde : and as the boat went 

 sounding and searching, the people of the countrey 

 having espied them, came in their Canoas towards them 

 with many shoutes and cries : but after they had espied 

 in the boat some of our company that were the yeere 

 before here with us, they presently rowed to the boate, 

 and tooke hold on the oare, and hung about the boate 

 with such comfortable joy, as would require a long dis- 

 course to be uttered : they came with the boates to our 



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