lUGTIT AVOKSHIPFULL SIR HUGH HAM- 



mcrsly, Knight, Alderman of the Citie of London, 



Govcrnour of tlic ^^'ol•shipfull (Jompany 



of the Muscovia Merchants ; 



And to the AVorshipfull Mr. Alderman Freeman, 



Captaine William Goodler ; and to all the rest of 



the Worshipfull Assistants and x\dventurers in 



the said famous Company ; Edward Pellham 



cledicatetb both this and his future Labours. 



Kight "Worshipful] and most famous Merchants : 



THE hard achcnture mij poore selfe and fellowes 



underwent in your Worships service, is a great deale plea- 



santer for others to reade, than it ivas for us to endure. Hon- 



erer hard, xoee have noiv endured it ; and if ever after ages 



shall speahe of it {as the world still doth of the Dutchmens 



hard Winter in Nova Zemhla), thus much of the Voyage shall 



redound to your honours, — that it ivas done hy your servants. 



This may also returne to our countreys good ; that if the first 



inhabiting of a Countrey hy a Princes Suhiects {lohich is the 



King of Spaines best title to his Indyes) doth take piossession 



of it for their Soveraigne : then is Green-land by a second 



right taken livery and Seisin of for his majesties vse,his Sub- 



iects being the first that erer did. {and I holieve the last that 



ecer icill) inhahite there. Many a rich returne may your 



Worships in generall, and the brave adventurers in particular , 



receive from this and other places : and, may your servants 



be ecer hereafter loarned to take hcedc by our harmes. God 



send your worships long life, and much honour, and sufficient 



wealth, to maintaine both. This is the hearty j^r ay er of your 



loorships jjoore servant, 



Edward Pkllhaivi. 



