A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1592. 



proportionally answering to this lower building. Our 

 most gracious King Lord Frederick, whose memory is 

 most sacred unto us, in the yere 1588. did most liberally 

 bestow timber for the reedifying of this body being cast 

 downe in the yere 1584. by an horrible tempest. But 

 the Church it selfe doth manifestly exceed the body 

 thereof in all quantity : also the inner part of the Church, 

 which is commonly called the quier is somwhat lesse, 

 both then the middle part of the Church, and also then 

 the bodie. 



The Church of Schalholt was farre greater as I have 



[I. 578.] heard in olde time, then this our Cathedrall, which 

 having now beene twise burnt, is brought to a lesser 

 scantling. Likewise there be some other Churches of 

 our Hand, although not matching, yet resembling the 

 auncient magnificence of these. For here the matter 

 seemeth not to require that I should runne into a long 

 description of these things. For as wee doe not greatly 

 extoll our houses and buildings, so are we nothing 

 ashamed of them : because being content with our 

 povertie, we render unto Christ immortall prayse who 

 despiseth not to be received of us under a base roofe, and 

 contemneth not our temples and houses, (which Munster, 

 Krantzius and Frisius doe not truely affirme to be built 

 of fishes and Whales bones) more then the marble vaults, 

 the painted walles, the square pavementes, and such like 

 ornamentes of Churches and houses in other countries. 



The third section. 

 Krantzius. They and their cattell use all one house, all one foode or 

 Munsterus. victuals, all one state (here Krantzius hath it lodging.) 



Also. They live onely by feeding of cattell, and 



sometimes by taking of fishes. 



THese be the things together with those that followe, 

 which Krantzius hath champed, and put into 

 Munsters mouth, so that Munster shall not neede so 

 much as once to chewe them, which may appeare by 

 comparing them both together. For Munster, as hee 



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