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the maine land : and we remained there until the 30 day, 

 being in latitude 68 degrees, and from the foresaid Rost 

 about 30 leagues Northnortheast. 



The 30 day of July about noone we weyed our ankers, 

 and went into the Seas, and sayled along these Islands 

 Northnortheast, keeping the land still in sight untill the 



August. second day of August : then hailing in close aboord the 



land, to the entent to knowe what land it was, there came 

 a skiffe of the Island aboord of us, of whom we asked 

 many questions, who shewed unto us, that the Island was 



Seynam in 70 called Seynam, which is the latitude of seventy degrees, 

 egrees. an ^ f rom Stanfew thirtie leagues, being also under the 



king of Denmarke, and that there was no merchandise 

 there, but onely dryed fish, and traine oyle. Then we 

 being purposed to goe unto Finmarke, inquired of him, 

 if we might have a pilot to bring us unto Finmarke, & 

 he said, that if we could beare in, we should have a good 

 harbour, and on the next day a pilot to bring us to 

 Finmarke, unto the wardhouse, which is the strongest 

 holde in Finmarke, and most resorted to by report. But 

 when wee would have entred into an harbour, the land 

 being very high on every side, there came such flawes of 

 winde and terrible whirlewinds, that we were not able to 

 beare in, but by violence were constrained to take the sea 

 agayne, our Pinnesse being unshipt : we sailed North and 

 by East, the wind increasing so sore that we were not 

 able to beare any saile, but tooke them in, and lay a drift, 

 to the end to let the storme over passe. And that night 

 by violence of winde, and thickenesse of mists, we were 

 not able to keepe together within sight, and then about 

 midnight we lost our pinnesse, which was a discomfort 

 unto us. Assoone as it was day, and the fogge overpast, 

 we looked about, and at the last we descried one of our 

 shippes to Leeward of us : then we spred an hullocke of 

 our foresaile, and bare roome with her, which was the 

 Confidence, but the Edward we could not see. Then the 

 flaw something abating, we and the Confidence hoysed 



[I. 236.] up our sailes the fourth day, sayling Northeast and by 



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