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him to difcover it, wherein he (hewed a great defifc : 

 he propounded his rcafons to proove his opinion, fajN 

 ing , that they have fcene fome remainders of fhippes 

 in the North Tea , like vnto thofe the which the Chi- 

 noisvfe,whichhadbeencimpo(fible, if there were no 

 paflagefrom one (ea vnto another. Moreover, he re- 

 ported,that in a ceitaine great Bay in Florid* , (the 

 which runnes 3 oo. leagues within the landj they fee 

 Whales in fome feafbn of the yeere, which come from 

 the other fea. Shewing moreover other likelihood, he 

 concludes, that it was a thing agreeing with the wife- 

 dome of the Creator , and the goodly order of nature, 

 that as there was communication and a paflage betwixt 

 thetwofeasatthe Pole J*t*rtik , fo there fliould in 

 like fort,be one at the Pole Artikc , which is the princi- 

 pall Pole. Some will fay , that Drake had knowledge of 

 this Straight, and that he gave occafion foto iudge, 

 whenas he parted along the coaft of new Spainc by the 

 South fea. Yea, they hold opinion,that other Englifh* 

 men which this yeere 1 5 87. tookc afhippe comming 

 from the P Mif fines , with great quantitic of gold and 

 other riches, did palle this ftraight, which prize they 

 made neerc to tiitCallifkornes , which courfe the fhips 

 returning from the Philippines and China , to new 

 Spainc, do vfually obferve. They confidently beleeve, 

 tnat (as the courage of man is great,and his defire infi 

 nite, to findc new mcanes toinrich himfelfe) fo with- 

 in few yeercs this fecret will be difcovered. And truly, 

 it is i thing worthie admiration, that as the Ants doal- 

 waies follow the trace of other - fb men in the know- 

 ledge and fearch of new things , nrver ftay, vntill they 

 have attained the defircd end for the content and glo- 

 rieofmen . Andthehighandctcrnall wifedomcof the 



Creator 



