to the Weft, whence without cfFcaing anything he came into 
Imd, Afeerwar4sy being fent oucagaiaby theEnglifli, A.i6io, and 
having failed 300 Dqtch. mijes and come to the Weft of Bakalacs^ 
and wintered thereat about 52 dcg.North-latitude,and defirous to 
ftarch further, he was, together with the reft of the Governors of 
tl)<^Sbip, fet oivfliore by the Seamen, who refufed to go further, 
but came homf, having been atSea ro moncths, whereas they had 
been vidualle4 but for 8,The hope of this new Paffageabove Tend 
mva^^ttmpttcji by this Hudfon, is ftrengthen*d by the teftimony of 
the Virginims ind thofc of Florida, who folemnly affirm,thac to the 
North- Wefir of their Country there is a great Sea, )Whcre they fay to 
have feen Shipslike thofe of the Engl ifli. We read a1 fo in Jof.Acofia^ 
Chaz. ofthethirdBffpkoftheNmrdHiJl.oftheWeJl'lndies, that 
tkit Spmurds are ofopinion, the Englifli Captains, Drake arid Can* 
^//I&,hadgood kfjovvledg of this Paffage. 'Tis faid aIfo,that the Sfa- 
mards feck to keep this way undifcover'd, and that fomeof that 
Nation, returning from the Conqueft of the Fhilippwes, canje home 
by this very way. King Fhilip the Second the; efbre caufed a ftrong 
Fort to be built on the upper end of Mar Vermeio to the Weft of 
Nova Granada^ to hinder the Dutch and others from invading the 
riches he pofTefleth upon the South-Sea 5 as we are told for a certain 
trutheThis way therefore if purfued,niay direfl our People not only 
to fail to Chim^ the MokcC(ts,^Vid Feru ; but alfo to go and fee what 
People there are.on the South-fide of the South-Seaid^r. 
Thus far this Heffel G.erritfen: And the fame year, r 6 1 2,fome at- 
tempt was made in profecution ofthat d^fign,but it proved fuccefs- 
kfs, becaufe that feme Land, came in the way of the Navigators, 
which obftrufted their progrefs^as is fliew'd in theMaps,t]bat were 
fince made, where thrpugb Str^ig^t yQu come in^.eed into ^ 
fpaciousSea, cMtd Butkni May, but pi^th^ Weft-fide this is befet 
with Land. It' feems,thatMr.&^^ wasgptthprow 
it,^caufe he fb much endeavoured to get South'Vi>ard^^'htrt at length 
he was conftrain'd to winter at the latit..iG>f 5.2 d^grwithput efFefting 
any thing. But if he had direfted his c<^urfefUi|icwhat more Weji- 
rvard, he might have better goL tborow. 
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