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A09429	A true discourse of the late voyages of discouerie, for the finding of a passage to Cathaya, by the Northvveast, vnder the conduct of Martin Frobisher Generall deuided into three bookes. In the first wherof is shewed, his first voyage ... Also, there are annexed certayne reasons, to proue all partes of the worlde habitable, with a generall mappe adioyned. In the second, is set out his second voyage ... In the thirde, is declared the strange fortunes which hapned in the third voyage ... VVith a particular card therevnto adioyned of Meta Incognita ...	Best, George, d. 1584.	1578 (1578)	STC 1972; ESTC S104566	113,756	182

Captayne hée dreamed that he was cast ouerboorde and that the Boateson hadde hym by the hande and coulde not saue hym and so immediately vppon the ende of hys tale hys Dreame came right euelly to passe and in déede the Boateson in like sort helde him by one hande hauyng hold on a rope with the other vntill hys force fayled and the Mayster drowned The heygth being taken we found oure selues to bée in the Latitude of Degrées and a halfe and reckned our selues from the Quéenes Cape homeward about two hundreth leagues The last of August aboute midnighte we had two or thrée great and suddayne flawes or stormes The firste of September the storme was growne very great and continued almoste the whole day and night and lying a hull to tarry for the barkes our ship was much beaten with the Seas euery Sea almoste ouertaking oure poope that we were constrained with a bunte of oure saile to try it out and ease the rolling of oure shippe And so the Gabriel not able to beare any saile to kéepe company with vs and oure shippe being higher in the poope and a tall shippe whereon the winde had more force to driue went so faste awaye that we loste sight of them and lefte them to God and their good fortune of Sea. The seconde daye of September in the morning it pleased God of hys goodnesse to sende vs a calme whereby we perceiued the Rudder of oure shippe torne in twaine and almost ready to fal away Wherfore taking the benefite of the time wée slung halfe a dosen couple of our best men ouerboord who taking great paines vnder water driuing plancks and binding wyth ropes did wel strengthen and mend the matter who returned the most parte more than halfe deade out of the water and as Gods pleasure was the Sea was calme vntill the worke was finished The fifth of September the height of the sterne being taken wée founde our selues to be in the latitude of degrées and a half In all this voyage we took the latitude of the place by the height of the sunne bycause the long day taketh away the light not only of the Polar but also of all other fixed Starres And here the North Starre is so muche eleuated aboue the Horizon that with the Staffe it is hardly to be wel obserued and the degrées in the Astrolobe are too small to obserue minutes Therefore we alwaies vsed the Staffe and the Sunne as fittest instrumentes for this vse Hauing spent foure or fiue dayes in trauerse of the seas with contrarye winde making oure Souther way good as neare as we could to raise oure degrées to bring our selues with the latitude of Sylley wée tooke the height the tenth of September and founde our selues in the latitude of degrées and ten minutes The eleauenth of September about sixe a clocke at night the winde came good sowthwest we were shot and set our course southest And vpon Thursday the twelfth of September taking the height we were in the latitude of and a halfe and reckened oure selues not paste one hundred and fiftie leagues shorte of Sylley the weather faire the winde large at westsouthwest we kepte our course southest The thirtéenth daye the height being taken we founde our selues to be in the latitude of ● degrées the wind westsouthwest then being in the height of Sylley we kept our course East to run in with the sléeue or channell so called being our narrow Seas and reckened vs shorte of Sylley twelue leagues Sonday the fiftéenth of September aboute foure of the clocke wée beganne to sounde with oure lead and hadde grounde at .61 fadome depth white small sandie grounde and reckned vs vpon the backe of Sylley and set our course Easte and by North Easte Northeast and Northeast among The sixtéenth of September about eight of the clocke in the morning sounding we had .65 fadome osey sande and thought our selues thwart of Saint Georges channell a little within the bankes And bearing a small saile all nighte wée made many soundings whiche were aboute fortie fadome and so shallowe that wée coulde not well tell where we were The seauentéenth of September we sounded and had fortie fadome and were not farre off the landes and branded sande with small wormes and Cockle shells and were shotte betwéen Sylley and the landes ende and being within the baye we were not able to double the pointe wyth a South and by East way but were fayne to make another boorde the wynde béeyng at Southweast and by Weast and yet coulde not double the poynte to come cléere of the landes ende to beare along the Channell and the weather cléered vp when we were hard aboorde the shore and wée made the landes ende perfite and so put vp alongst Sainte Georges Channell And the weather béeyng very foule at Sea we coueted some harborough bycause our Stéeradge was broken and so came to Ancker in Padstowe roade in Cornewall But riding there a very daungerous roade we were aduised by the Countrey to put to Sea agayne and of the two euils to choose the lesse for there was nothing but present perill where we roade where vppon we plyed along the Channell to gette to Londy from whence we were agayne driuen being but an open roade where our Ancker came home and with force of weather put to Seas agayne and aboute the thrée and twentith of September arriued at Milforde Hauen in Wales whyche béeyng a very good harborough made vs happy men that we hadde receyued suche long desired safetie And more happie we helde our selues not for the safetie of our selues so muche as the comforte that we had that oure Countrey shoulde thereby haue perfecte knowledge of oure discouerie to the greate benefyte of oure common wealth Aboute one moneth after oure arriuall héere by order from the Lordes of the Counsell the Shippe came vp to Bristowe where the Ore was committed to kéeping in the Castell there Héere we founde the Gabriell one of the Barkes arriued in good safetie who hauing neuer a man within boorde very sufficient to bring home the Shyppe after the Mayster was lost by good fortune when shée came vpon the coast mette with a Shyppe of Bristowe at Sea who conducted hir in safetie thither Héere we heard good tidings also of the arriuall of the other Barke called the Michaell in the North partes whyche was not a little ioyfull vnto vs that it pleased God so to bring vs to a safe méeting agayne and lost in all the voyage only one man besydes one that dyed at Sea whiche was sicke before he came aboorde and was so desirous to followe this enterprise that he rather chose to dye therein than not to be one to attempte so notable a voyage FINIS ¶ The thirde voyage of Captayne Frobisher pretended for the discouerie of Cataya by Meta Incognito Anno Do. 1578. THE GEnerall béeing returned from the second Uoyage immediatlye a●ter hys arriual in Englande repayred with all

places a fruitefull ●oy●e and is not yet thorowly discouered but onl●e seene and touched on the North edge therof by the trauaile of the Portingales and Spaniards in their voyages to their East and Weast Indies It is included almost by a Paralell passing at .40 degrées in South latitude yet in some places it reacheth into the Sea with greate Promontories euen vnto the Tropicke Capricornus Onely these partes of it are beste knowen as euer against Capo d'buona Speranza ●where the Portingales 〈◊〉 Popingayes commonly of a wonderfull greatnesse and againe it is knowen at the South side of the straight of Magellanus and is called Terra del Fueg● It is thoughte this Southlande about the pole Antar●●ke is farre bigger than the North land aboute the pole Articke but whe●her it be so or not we haue no certaine k●ow●●dge for we haue no particular description hereof as w● h●ue of the lande vnder and aboute the North p●le Thus I haue briefly ●utted bounded out all the parts o● the Earth according vnto thys latter diuision into si●e p●rts Which that i● might be more apparant sensible to euery mans vnderstāding● I haue here vnto adioyned an vniuersall Map wherein my minde was to make knowne ●o the eye what Countries haue béene discouered of late yeares and what before of olde time The olde knowne partes haue their boun●es traced and drawen with whole lines the new● dis●ou●r●d C●u●tri●s 〈…〉 ●oun●s draw●n w●th po●nts or broke● l●n●● w●●rb● the 〈◊〉 sh●ll at the firste sight see both the shape and fa●h●on of the whole vn●uersall face of the Earth compared al●●og●ther and also all the seuerall partes the●●of w●ether ●hey were of old tim● discouered or of l●te yeares th● w●●ch M●ppe though it be roughly fram●d w●thoute degrees of Longitude or L●titude yet is it suffic●ent for the purpose it w●s ordeyned for heerein as in all the rest of this di●co●rse of the thrée voyages of our wo●th● Generall Capt●●ne F●obisher my intente is more to sette out simply the true and playne procéeding and handling of th● whol● m●tter than to vse circumstance of many words o● f●ne ●loquent phrases wherein if I shoulde once goe about to ●n●angle my selfe it would doe nothing else but bewray my owne ignorance and lacke of Schole sk●ll The●efore of me there is nothing else to be loked for but such playne talke and writing as Souldyers and Marriners doe vse in theyr dayly méetings and voyages and this of necess●t●e must anye man vse that will deale with suche a m●tter as thys is although he w●re curious to the contr●rie By this discourse and Mappe is to be séene the v●liante cour●ges of men in this later age within th●s● 8● yeares that haue so muche enlarged the bound●● o● the Wo●lde● that now we haue twice and thrice so mu●●e s●o●e for ●ure earthlie p●●●grination as we haue had●e in 〈…〉 so th●t nowe men neede no more content●ou●●● to 〈◊〉 for ro●me to bui●d an house on or for a little 〈…〉 of one acre or two when greate Countr●●s 〈…〉 Worldes offer and reache out themselues 〈…〉 will first voutsa●e to possesse inhabite and 〈…〉 there are Countreys yet remayning 〈…〉 and possessors whiche are fertile to b●●●g forth 〈…〉 of corne and grayne infinite sortes of lande 〈…〉 Horse Elephantes Kin● Shéepe great varietie 〈…〉 Fowles of the ayre as Ph●sants Partridge Quayle Po●●ngeys Ostridges c. infinit● kinde of fruts as Almonds ●ates Quinces Pomgranats Oringes c. holesome mediem●ble and delectable Greate varietie of floures c●ntinu●llie springing Winter and Sommer beautifull for couloure odorif●rous and comfortable Abundance of faire hilles and valleys furnished with all maner woddes and pleasante riuers Millions of newe fashions and strange beastes a●d fishes both in Sea and fresh waters Mountaines bringing forth a●l maner of Mettals as gold siluer yron● c. All sorts of pretious stones and spices in al which land wa●teth nothing that may be desired eyther for pleasur● p●ofite or ●ecessarie vs●s which sundry Countreys to possesse and obte●ne as it is an easie thi●g so would I not haue our Englishe Nation to be slacke therein le●st perh●ppes agayne they ouershoote themselues in refusing oc●casion offered as it was in the time of King Henry the seauenth when all the West Indies were firste pr●fered to the Englis●men to be giuen into their handes whiche they little regarding was aft●●w●rd offer●d to the Spany●rdes who presently a●cepted th● occasion and now enioy the infinite treasure and commo●itie thereof I would not wishe Englishme● to b● newe vnlike themselues ●or in all the later discouerie● the Englishe n●tion hath bin as forw●rd as an● other ●s first●● by their Nauigations North●●stward the boūds of Europe wer made perf●ct on the North syde for Ptolomie St●abo and al other Geogr●phers ●e●te it des●ribed but onel● to the Ilandes Orcad●s i● I●elande and Hyperboreos Montes in Sarma●i● a●d finding the l●nd on ●he North sid● o● ●●rm●ny Poland Moscouia and Asia 〈◊〉 e●tend Northw●●d ●hey le●t ●on●u●●dly ● kn●w ●ot whether it re●c●ed to the Pol● as one 〈…〉 or 〈…〉 voyage hath since bin perfected by the two bréethren the Borowes other valiant yong mē of our time Eastward beyonde the great Riuer Obij as farre as the Empire of the great Cam or Cane of Tartari● as ●ppéereth in my general Map by the pricked boūds therof Th●t voyage was then takē in hand of the valiant Knight with pretēce to haue gone Eastward to the rich Coūtrey of Cat●ya was groūded briefely vpon these reasons First bicause ther was a Unicornes horne found vpon the coast of Tarta●ia by the Riuer Obij which said he was like by no other ways to come thither but frō India or C●taya where the saide Unicornes are only foūd that by some sea bringing it thither Also a fishermā of Tartari● reported that he sailed verye farre South eastward found no end of sea or likelyhoode therof Lastly a Tartarian inhabiting néere the Scithian Se● reported such a streame and currant to runne there cōtinually● towards the West that if you cast any thing therein it would presently be caried out of your sight towards the West whereby necessaril● foloweth ther should be some passage to some larg●r sea wherin this cō●inua●l streame might emptie it self And by the experience of this vo●age it w●s found that the frosen ●ones were not fros●n bu● h●b table and nauigable a thing that almost all the old Philosophers did deny went about with sundry reasons ●o impugne ●or ●n this voyage to Moscoui● our men passed be●ond .72 degrées in No●th Latitude wheras the frosen Zone beginneth at .66 d●grées a halfe This enterprise althogh it t●ke not eff●ct to find the passage to Cataya Eastw●rd b●c●use the worthy knight the chiefe Author therof dyed in the way thither yet hath it bin very beneficiall to England in finding out the trade to S. Nicholas both for the mainten●nce of the N●u●e the yerely profit is reaped therby

places where she stingeth They haue snowe and hayle in the beste time of their Sommer and the ground frosen thrée fadome déepe These people are greate inchaunters and vse manye charmes of Witchcraft for when their heads do ake they tye a great stone with a string vnto a sticke and with certaine prayers wordes done to the sticke they litte vp the stone frō ground which sometimes wyth all a mans force they cannot stir sometime againe they lifte as easily as a feather and hope thereby with certaine ceremonious words to haue ease and helpe And they made vs by signes to vnderstand lying groueling with their faces vppon the grounde and making a noise downewarde that they worshippe the Diuell vnder them They haue great store of Déere Beares Hares Foxes and innumerable numbers of sundry sortes of wilde Foule as Seamews Gulles Wilmotes Duckes c. wherof our men killed in one day fiftéene hundred They haue also store of Hawkes as Falcons Tassels c. whereof two alighted vpon one of our Shippes at theyr returne were brought into England which some thinke wil proue very good They haue also great heards of Dogs which they vse for theyr ready prouision to eate There are also greate store of Rauens Larkes and Partridges whereof the Countrey people féede All these Fowles are farre thicker clothed with downe and feathers and haue thicker skinnes than anye in England haue for as that Countrey is colder so nature hathe prouided a remedie therevnto Our men haue eaten of their Beares Hares Partriches Larkes and of their wilde Fowle and find them reasonable good meate but not so delectable as oures Their wilde Fowle must be all fleyne their skinnes are so thicke and they tast best fryed in pannes The Countrie séemeth to be muche subiecte to Earthquakes The ayre is very subtile piercing and searching so that if any corrupted or infected body especially with the disease called Morbus Gallicus come there it will presentlye breake forth and shewe it selfe and cannot there by anye kinde of salue or medicine be cured Their longest Sommers day is of greate length without any darke night so that in Iuly all the night long we might perfitely and easilie wright reade whatsoeuer had pleased vs which lightsome nightes were very beneficiall vnto vs being so distressed with abundance of Ise as wee were The Sunne setteth to them in the Euening at a quarter of an houre after tenne of the clocke and riseth agayne in the morning at thrée quarters of an houre after one of the clocke so that in Sommer theyr Sunne shineth to them twentie houres and a halfe and in the nighte is absent but thrée houres a halfe And although the Sunne be absent these 3 ½ houres yet is it not darke that time for that the Sunne is neuer aboue thrée or foure degrées vnder the edge of their Horizon the cause is that the Tropicke Cancer doth cutte their Horizon at very vneauen and oblique Angles But the Moone at any time of the yeare béeing in Cancer hauing North Latitude doth make a full reuolution aboue their Horizon so that sometimes they sée the Moone aboue .24 houres togither Some of oure companie of the more ignorant sort thought we mighte continually haue séene the Sunne and the Moone had it not bin for two or thrée high Mountaynes The people are nowe become so warye and so circumspecte by reason of their former losses that by no means we can apprehend any of them althoughe we attempted often in the laste voyage But to saye truth we could not bestowe any great time in pursuing them bycause of oure greate businesse in lading and other things To conclude I finde in all the Countrie nothing that maye be to delite in either of pleasure or of accompte only the shewe of Mine bothe of golde siluer stéele yron and blacke lead with diuers preaty stones as blewe Saphyre very perfect and others whereof we founde great plentie maye giue encouragement for men to séeke thyther And there is no doubt but being well looked vnto and thorowly discouered it wyll make our Countrie both rich and happye and of these prosperous beginnings will growe hereafter I hope moste happye endings Whiche GOD of hys goodnesse graunte to whom be all Prayse and Glorie Amen Cicero O●fi●● Lib. 1. Astronomie This is the flourishing age Abundance of all things To what end Man is created Printing of Bookes The arte of Warre Nauigation The Stone called Magnes Two and thirt● poynts of the compasse The variation of the Needle Newe discoueries The W●east 〈◊〉 of ●●e 〈…〉 The E●st ●nd o●●●e old Worl●● The ende of the old ●orld Southward The end of the olde ●orld Northward The greate discoueries of late yeres The Earthe de●ided into syxe partes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 As●● Terra S●p●●ntriona●●s A●●ri●a 〈…〉 In Iune is greater heat at Paris than vnder the Equinoctial The Twylights are shorter and the nights darker vnder the Equinoct●al● al than at Paris They vse and haue neede of fire vnder the Equinoctiall The complexion of the people of Meta Incognica The cause of the Ethiopiās blackenesse The Arke of Noe. Chus y sonne of Cham accursed A●frica was called Chamesis Under the Equinoctiall is greatest generation Greatest heare vnder the Tropiks Cuba Hispaniola Under the Tropickes is a mode●nte temperature Nine Climates A comparison betweene Marochus and England Al the North regions are habitable Elephant Orange tree ●●uses 〈◊〉 Hote nightes neere● 〈◊〉 Colde nights vnder the Equinoctiall One day of sixe moneths The Sunne neuer letteth in a 18● da●es Horizon and Equinoctial al on vnder the Pole. London Cōmo●io●s d●elli●● vnder y Poles The nightes vnder the Pole The twylights gyue light vnder the Pole almoste al the Winter The ending of twylight But sixe weekes dark vnder the Pole. The Creatures of that Countrie are are prouided for the colde An obiection of Meta Incognita Meta Incognita inhabited Captayne Frobi●her Frobishers first voyage Captayne Frobisher pretended this discouerie aboue .xv. yeares agoe Furniture for the firste voyage Gabriell and Michaell The Pinnesse lost The Michaell returned home Queene Elizabeths forlande Frobishers first entrance ●ithin in the s●reightes Frobish●rs s●reytes Deere The first sight of the Saluage Salmon Fiue Englishmen intercepted and raken Ta●●ng of y ● ●irs● Sa●age Frobishers returne The taking possession of Meta Incognita ● ●ow the Ore was ●ounde ●● c●aunce Many aduentures In the secōd voyage commission was giuen only for the bringing of Ore. The number of men in this voyage The cōdemned men discharged The first ariuall after our departing from Englande ●●●ne of Siluer ●ound in O●●ney Kyrway the chiefe towne of Orkney Saint Magnus sound why so called Great bodies of trees dryuing in the Seas Mons●rous fis● strange Fowle ●yuiug only by the Sea. Water beeyng blacke and smooth signifyeth lād to be neere Ilandes of Ise. The f●rste fyght of Freeselande Freeseland des●rib●d On easie kind of Fishing Whyte Corrall