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pany fliould continue to ^ay the 100 rofe-nobles yearly, for pafTing the 

 North Teas to Archangel ; and alfo that the Englifli fliould not fifh at 

 Ferroe, Iceland, nor Wardhoufe, without a licence from Denmark ; and 

 fo the congrefs broke off. 



All thofe pretenfions, excepting the toll in the Sound, are long lincc 

 wifely dropped by the Danilli court, as points untenable in thefe more, 

 enlightened times. 



After fixteen years fufpenfion of failing from England to America, 

 owing to the unfuccefsful attempts of Raleigh, &c. in the later part of 

 the laft century, Captain Gofnol, who was an expert failor, and had been 

 employed in thofe former attempts, now made a voyage to the coafts of 

 Virginia *, where he traded with the Indians for peltry, faflafras, cedar- 

 wood, 8cc. in latitude 42, in the country now called New England. 

 On Martha's vineyard (an ifland fo named by him) he fowed Englifli 

 corn, which he faw come up kindly, and returned home, making a pro- 

 fperous voyage. 



For his credit it ought to be related, that lie was the firft; Englifhman 

 who found out the fhorter courfe to the coafls of North America, with- 

 out failing (as hitherto) to the Weft-Indies, and through the gulf- of 

 Florida; which, befide the great compafs about, was alfo much more 

 dangerous, more efpecially in pafling that gulf. And in the year follow- 

 ing two Briftol fliips traded there, as did alfo Captain Gilbert from Lon- 

 don, with the Indians, and alfo with thofe of St. Lucia, Dominica, Ne- 

 vis, and St. Chriftopher, ifles not yet planted. 



In this laft year of Queen Elizabeth's reign one more expedition was 

 fet on foot againft the coafts of Spain, where, with eight of the queen's 

 fhips, and fome hired ones, commanded by Sir Richard Levifon and Sir 

 William Monfon, the Spanifli flota was unfuccefsfully attacked: yet they 

 had better fuccefs in attacking a number of fhips in the haven of Ce 

 zimbra, two of which they deftroyed, and from thence carried home a 

 rich carrack worth a million of ducats. Soon after, feven of the eight 

 fhips which had efcaped from Cezimbra were deftroyed near Dover by 

 Sir Robert Vlanfel. 



1603. — After innumerable diftradlions, many rebellions and infur- 

 reftions, and much confufion, the entire pacification of Ireland was this 

 year effeded, by the abfolute fubmiflion of the grand rebel Tyrone to 

 Queen Elizabeth's mercy, he not knowing (fays Sir James Ware's Hif- 

 tory of Ireland) that the queen died fix days before. During Queen 

 Ehzabeth's reign, (fays Sir John Davies), fhe fent over more men, and 



* The reader will remember, what h?s been al- name of Virginia to the whole continent of North 

 ready obiervedi thit the Engl-lh th.-a gave t\ ■ , ntrica, j__ 



