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Chap. III. 



Jerbijitri Expedition: 



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Sect. XIV. 



Four Englifli Expeditions, under the Condutl of our Famous Sea*Captains Martin 

 Forbiflicr, Sir Francis Drake, Thdmas Candifh, and John Smith. 



/"^Aptain Forbijher failing to the Northern Parts of America, J?mo 1)76. chufing 

 ^ a bad time, the Year being too much fpent, and the Ocean fo full of Ice, 

 that it fore'd him to return to England : Not many Months after, he renewed 

 his Voyage, Queen Elizabeth having rigg'd out, and fent under his Command 

 one Frigat and two Ketches, Mann'd with a hundred and forty Men: The 

 twenty fixth of May he weigh'd Anchor, and fail'd to the Orkenies, lying to the 

 North of Scotland, where landing, he found the poor Iflanders fled out of their 

 Huts, into Caves and Dens among the Rocks. From thence he fteer'd North- 

 North-Weft, through abundance of floating Pieces of Timber, which, often- 

 times gave him great flops. The fourth of July he made Friezjand, where he 

 met with a great Storm of Hail, mix'd with Snow : Before the Shore lay a 

 great Ridge of Ice, which hindred for a while their Landing : Here he law 

 feveral Wild People, but could not come to fpeak with them 5 for upon the 

 lead approach they fled ; yet when they faw any advantage, made refiftance : 

 At laft, three of them came anarm'd to the Shore, beckoning Forbi^er to come 

 to them j which he had done, tod not great numbers of the Natives appear'd 

 too foon from an Ambufcadc in a Wood, and behind a Hill, who feeing them, 

 fclves difcover'd, fnarch'd up into the Countrey, three onely flaying on the 

 Shore, of whom the middlemoft feigning to be lame, at laft fell down, whom 

 his Companions took up, and carried a little way, but then forfook, by which 

 the Englijh obferving their Defign, fhot that the Sand flew all about him; 

 whereupon forgetting his Lamenefs, he ran as fwift as a Deer up a Hill. 



Forbijher s Men had by this timefill'd two Barrels with a Mineral not unlike 

 Gold, but was afterwards found to be of little value. Nothing elfe of Re- 

 mark did he find here, except great long-hair'd Men, who being exceeding 

 falvage, fubtilly plot nothing elfe but to murder, lurking for Men, like Wild 

 Bcafts for their Prey, whom, when caught, they tear in pieces. Clofe fitted 

 to their Bodies, they wore the Skins of feveral Wild Beafts, priding in the 

 Tails which hung down betwixt their Legs. Their Tents are of conjoyn'd 

 Whalebones, covered over with the like Skins, the Entrance always facing the 

 South. They ufc Bowes, Arrows, Slings, and two forts of Boats ; In the big- 

 geft they can carry feventeen Men, which are made of feveral Wooden'Planks 

 clinch'd together, and cafed on both fides with Leather : The fmalleft ones 

 are covcr'd juft in the fame manner, much refembling a Weavers Shuttle, ha- 

 ving in the middle a Hole, wherein a Man fits, who drawing the Cover of the 

 Boat about his Wafteby Strings, with one Oar makes fwift Paffage. 



The Countrey it felf is barren, yet feeds abundance of Deer,Hares,Wolves f 

 Bears, and Dogs like Wolves, whofe Flefli ferves the Inhabitants for Food. 



This Countrey feems to be exceedingly troubled with great Earthquakes, 

 becaufe feveral pieces of Rocks, and whole Mountains rent afunder, maybe 

 feen in divers places. 



The fourth of Juguji, Forbijher having elevated the Pole to fixty eight De- 

 grees, beyond what Sebajlwi Gabot, the firft Difcoverer of thofe Parts, and fee 

 out by Henry the Seventh, had done (for Jmertca Northward never before had 



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