A.D. 



c. 1380-90. 



Abundance 

 of golde. 

 Trade from 

 Estotiland, to 

 Engroneland : 

 Skins, brim- 

 stone, and 

 pitch : golde, 

 come, and 

 beere, or ale. 

 Many cities 

 and castles. 



[in. .25.] 



A countrey 

 called Drogio. 



The 6 fisher- 

 men ofFris- 

 land onely 

 saved, by 

 shewing the 

 maner to take 

 fish. 



The chicfest 

 of the 6 fishers, 

 specified before 

 and his com- 

 panions. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



he said, that he saw Latin bookes in the kings Librarie, 

 which they at this present do not understand : they have 

 a peculiar language, and letters or caracters to themselves. 

 They have mines of all maner of mettals, but especial 

 they abound with gold. They have their trade in 

 Engroneland, from whence they bring furres, brimstone 

 & pitch : and he saith, that to the Southwards, there is 

 a great populous countrey very rich of gold. They 

 sow corne, and make beere and ale, which is a kinde of 

 drinke that North people do use as we do wine. They 

 have mighty great woods, they make their buildings with 

 wals, & there are many cities and castles. They build 

 small barks and have sayling, but they have not the load 

 stone, nor know not the use of the compasse. Where- 

 fore these fishers were had in great estimation, insomuch 

 that the king sent them with twelve barks to the South- 

 wards to a countrey which they call Drogio : but in 

 their voyage they had such contrary weather, that they 

 thought to have perished in the sea : but escaping that 

 cruell death, they fell into another more cruell : for they 

 were taken in the countrey and the most part of them 

 eaten by the Savage people, which fed upon mans flesh, 

 as the sweetest meat in their judgements that is. 



But that fisher with his fellowes shewing them the 

 maner of taking fish with nets, saved their lives : and 

 would goe every day a fishing to the sea and in fresh 

 rivers, and take great abundance of fish and give it to 

 the chiefe men of the countrey, whereby he gate him- 

 selfe so great favour, that he was very well beloved and 

 honoured of every one. 



The fame of this man being spread abroad in the 

 countrey, there was a Lord there by, that was very 

 desirous to have him with him, and to see how he used 

 his miraculous arte of catching fish, in so much that he 

 made warre with the other Lord with whom he was 

 before, and in the end prevailing, for that he was more 

 mightie and a better warriour, the fisherman was sent 

 unto him with the rest of his company. And for the 



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