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at least six ships at the whaling this year, two of 

 the Muscovy Company's vessels and four inter- 

 lopers, two English and two foreign. The intro- 

 duction of the foreign element appears to have been 

 due to English renegades, since the Hollanders 

 " came to Greenland with one ship, being brought 

 thither by an Englishman, and not out of any 

 knowledge of their owne discoveries, but by the 

 direction of one Allan Sallowes, a man imployed by 

 the Muscovia Companie in the Northerne seas for 

 the space of twentie yeeres before ; who leaving his 

 country for debt, was entertayned by the Hollanders 

 and imployed by them to bring them to Greenland 

 for their Pylot." Similarly the Spanish ship was 

 piloted by the Englishman Woodcocke, who, how- 

 ever, was subsequently arrested on complaint by the 

 Company, and imprisoned for sixteen months in the 

 Tower. 



The Muscovy Company's ships were very 

 successful this year, getting seventeen whales as well 

 as some sea-horses, of which they made one hundred 

 and eighty tons of oil " with much difficultie ; as 

 not being experimented in the businesse." The 

 Company for both periods (this and the preceding 

 year) paid two dividends of ninety per cent. 1 



In 1613 great preparations were made, the 

 Muscovy Company alone fitting out five ships and a 

 pinasse for the whaling. These ships were the 

 Tigre, Admiral; the Matthew^ Vice- Admiral ; the 

 sea-horse called the Gamaliel, Rear- Admiral ; the 



1 Scott, " Joint Stock Companies to 1720," Vol. ii., p. 53. 



