FRO 
« Diverfe ingegnofiflime, -rariflime et non. mai piu vifte 
curiofe partite, di toccaté, canzone, ricercate, allemande, 
gighe, di cimbali, orga ni, itromenti, 
pale farabande, et 
ec 
dal eccelentiflimo, e famoiiflimo organifta, Giov. Giacom 
Froberger, per la pee volta col fiesuiae ftudio 
ene 
e to China. t Bie lon 
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o the court of queen Elizabeth, 
enabled 7 fit ins a {mall Sac. conifting of two barks 
of twenty-five tons burthen each, and a pinnace of ten tons. 
He failed from Deptford June 8th, 1576, in about 
‘ e he fpent 
oring and poe fuch ebfervaton Ss as 
cient be ‘afeful - himielf and future navigators, and then 
on Auguft rith, entered and failed t up the frat w onc i 
ever fince borne oe name. This is in N. lat. 62° s5o', on 
the eaftern fide of New Greenland, which terminates to 
failors, he embarked for ae where he arrived fafe o 
— 0 ober. en poffe ion of the country 
é 0 if- 
ing ick ftone, very heavy, but in ot 
{pects refembling . coal: it was probably a kind of pyrite, 
and was, upon trial, kg! ony return, faid to contain a por- 
tion of gold. A new Per now anticipated, and a 
fecond voyage peri e on in He following {pring. 
this period of our mincralogical knowledge it is certain that 
= Fi dad of gold ene found in this black ftony fubftance 
ave proceede 
oO by pu 
for profec ecuting farther difpove 
fraud, if it were a fraud, mee ded; the queen ie Frobifher 
h adeed tons, to which he 
-families in the kingdom, preffed in from all quarters; but as 
e number was ne one hundred and — ae 
were oblige ed . ki uneafy. 
under hid Fpobiher 
re. remit o {covery another time.” 
‘on the 31ft of May, 1577, and proceeding to his maa 
ftrait, explored all” its coatts ae ce and lande 
al iflands, where the crews furnifhed the mifelves wes a 
quantity of the fuppofed ore. On 
mined, and t ened: to 
t bleak country were now ge la 
eis no account left us h ifher 
fpent his time from the termination of this eed till 
Vou. XV. 
Strahan and Pre 
New-Street Square, “Leadon; 
FRO 
the year 1585, when he was appointed to the command of 
the Aid in fir eae wales $ expedition to the Weit Indies, 
which too in Hifpaniola, Carthagena on the 
continent, and Santa 7 eftina 3 in Florida, three towns of con 
a importance. In 1588 he bravely exerted ae 
n defence of his country againft the famous Armada, hav- 
of the” 
he navy, and which 
ber of men o in the w hole Englifh fleet. 
1 he: received the hono 
es, and tceok two very rich 
ith four men ef war tot 
cing of Fra ice againit a body of 
unqueftion: ably a man a great and undaunted courage, and 
inferior no one “OF his age in expericnce and conduct as a. 
naval commander. Biog. ee 
i ography, a narrow io on the 
avis’s ftrait, to the mc = hae Walfingham, 
robifher. N. lat. 61° 50! to’ 63° W. long. 65° 
DSHAM, a {mall town in the hundred of Eddift 
d 
rivers Weaver and Merfey, two miles diftant from Chefter, 
nd one h d ty-three from Lond re was 
formerly a fortified manfion, called Maurice caftle, which, 
together with the town, 
David, brother to Llewelyn, the laft fovereign prince of 
North Wales; with a view ¥ feparating the former, in his 
that of his family and country s 
beautified in 17903 and near it,the free grammar fchool, 
with a good houfe for the mafter; which has a enpola. cu 
the top intended for an ob{ervatory. Behind the fchool is 
rmerly a beacon was ere¢ted, thence de- 
aicending to the fummit, and commanding a 
{pect of the eftuaries of the Merfey and th 
diltant parts of Lancafhire and the furrounding country. 
The town is well fupplied with water by feveral aa. 
one of which, ufed as a cold bath, is notable for its power, 
throwing out the. immenfe asad of 1709 gallons per 
minute. e returns ma rliament in 180r, the- 
ve hae on hardy, ae two annual fairs, A gravin dock. 
and yard have lately been ereéted for building and repairing 
ita which promifes to be of confiderable utility to the 
a arifh is of great extent, being: thirty-one rote in 
cece containing ten {mall villages, befides.the towns, 
and is-famous for the great quantities. of potatoes cultivated 
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