EDWARD FENTOX ad. 



1583. 

 winde larboord-tacked Eastsoutheast till at night : after 

 it was a little winde all night we went North next hand. 



The 2 1 day, after service, I declared unto my company 

 the intent of our returne to the port of S. Vincent, where- 

 with they were well satisfied, being before doubtfull that 

 we should not proceed, but returne without performance 

 of our voyage. It continued calme all day till six at night, 

 then we went Northwest by west till eight at night, 

 and then we cast about, and stood off Eastsoutheast, and 

 East by south all night with a good gale. 



The 22 day in the morning we missed the Francis, John Drake in 

 which by all presumption went roome in the beginningf of ^'^ ^'"^^"^ 

 the night. ^ '';^""Vp/ 



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The 25 day, being Christmasse day, it was little winde zvherein his 

 in the forenoon e till ten a clocke ; then it blew a fresh ship was cast 

 gale, with which wee went our course Northnortheast. ^^^y^ ^^^ ^^^ 

 In the after noone it was lesse wind : yet went we our 'J^^'/^^ j%, j 

 course North by east, and Northnortheast, and North, and i - moneths 

 North by west, till midnight. Then being in shoaled among the 

 water, wee cast about, and lay Southsoutheast, and South- ^^^'^g^^- 

 east by south, an houre ; and seeing our admirall came 

 not after us, we cast about backe againe, and presently 

 met him : so we went both together next hand Southsouth- 

 east all the rest of the night. This afternoone we saw the Inji7iite mm- 

 skim of fishes so thicke in the sea, that it seemed a water ^^^ offish. 

 troubled with trampling of horses ; which was thicke, and 

 slimy : for we had taken up some of it. 



The 17 day of January, about seven a clocke, the 

 master, M. Blaccoller, and I went in our skiffe, and rowed, 

 and sounded round about an ile, and found 16 fadoms 

 within a stones cast hard aboord the shore, and faire 

 ground : after we landed, and found nothing but woods 

 and bushes, and strange wormes : we saw a faulcon, and [III. 764.] 

 one other small bird, and therefore named it Faulcon ile : A small Island 

 it is a mile about, with a rocke on the East side, which "^^hich our men 

 lieth close to it, and it is in sight without danger. After '-^H'^ ^''''^''" 

 we came aboord, and dined ; at two a clocke we set saile, 

 with winde Southeast, and ran in Northeast a while, till the 



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