JOHN DAVIS ad. 



1587. 



July. [III. 113.] 



THe second of July wee fell with a mightie banke of A nightie 

 yce West from us, lying North and South, which * a ? n * e /j% 

 banke wee would gladly have doubled out to the North- and South 

 wards, but the winde would not suffer us, so that we 

 were faine to coast it to the Southwards, hoping to 

 double it out, that wee might have run so farre West 

 till wee had found land, or els to have beene thorowly 

 resolved of our pretended purpose. 



The 3. wee fell with the yce againe, and putting off 

 from it, we sought to the Northwards, but the wind 

 crossed us. 



The 4. was foggie : so was the 5. also with much 

 wind at the North. 



The 6. being very cleare, we put our barke with oares 

 through a gap in the yce, seeing the Sea free on the West 

 side, as we thought, which falling out otherwise, caused 

 us to returne after we had stayed there betweene the yce. 

 The 7. and the 8. about midnight, by Gods helpe we 

 recovered the open Sea, the weather being faire and 

 calme, and so was the 9. The 10. we coasted the yce. 

 The 1 1 . was foggie, but calme. 



The 12. we coasted againe the yce, having the wind at 

 Northnorthwest. The 13. bearing off from the yce, we 

 determined to goe with the shoare and come to an anker, 

 and to stay 5. or 6. dayes for the dissolving of the yce, 

 hoping that the Sea continually beating it, and the Sunne 

 with the extreme force of heat which it had alwayes shin- Extreme heate 

 ing upon it, would make a quicke dispatch, that we might G f the Sunne - 

 have a further search upon the Westerne shore. Now 

 when we were come to the Easterne coast, the water 

 something deepe, and some of our companie fearefull 

 withall, we durst not come to an anker, but bare off 

 into the Sea againe. The poore people seeing us goe 

 away againe, came rowing after us into the Sea, the waves 

 being somewhat loftie. We truckt with them for a few 

 skinnes and dartes, and gave them beads, nailes, pinnes, 



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