yeere also the company furnished and sent out a Pinnesse named the Serchthrift to discouer the Harborowes in the North coast from Norway to Wardhouse and so to the Bay of Saint Nicholas There was in her Master and Pilot Stephen Borough with his brother William and eight other Their discouerie was beyond the Bay toward the Samoeds people dwelling neere the Riuer of Ob and found a sound or sea with an Island called Vaigats first by them put into the Card or Map In that place they threw Snow out of their said Pinnesse with shouels in August by which extremitie and lacke of time they came backe to Russia and wintred at Golmogro Anno 1557. The companie with foure good Ships sent backe the said Russe Ambassadour and in companie with him sent as an Agent for further discouerie Master Antonie Ienkinson who afterward Anno 1558. with great fauour of the Prince of Muscouia and his letters passed the riuer Volga to Cazan and meaning to seeke Cathay by Land was by many troupes and companies of vnciuill Tartarians encountred and in danger but keeping companie with Merchants of Bactria or Boghar and Vrgeme trauelling with Camels he with his companie went to Boghar and no further whose entertainment of the King is to be had of Master Ienkinson which returned Anno 1559. to Muscouie And in Anno 1560. hee with Henrie Lane came home into England which yeere was the first safe returne without losse or shipwracke or dead fraight and burnings And at this time was the first trafficke to the Narue in Liuonia which confines with Lituania and all the Dominions of Russia and the Markets Faires Commodities great Townes and Riuers were sent vnto by diuers seruants the reports were taken by Henrie Lane Agent and deliuered to the companie 1561. The trade to Rie and Reuel of old time hath beene long since frequented by our English Nation but this trade to the Narue was hitherto concealed from vs by the Danskers and Lubeckers Anno 1561. the said Master Antonie Ienkinson went Agent into Russia who the next yeere after passing all the riuer of Volga to Astracan and ouer the Caspian sea arriued in Persia and opened the trade thither Also betweene the yeeres of 1568. and 1573. sundry Voyages after Master Ienkinsons were made by Thomas Alcock Arthur Edwards Master Thomas Banister and Master Geffrey Ducket whose returne if spoyle neere Volga had not preuented by rouing Theeues had altogether salued and recouered the Companies called the old Companies great losse charges and damages But the saying is true By vnitie small things grow great and by contention great things become small This may bee vnderstood best by the Companie The frowardnesse of some few and euill doing of some vniust Factors was cause of much of the euill successe Arthur Edwards was sent againe 1579. and dyed in the voyage at Astracan About which matters are to bee remembred the Voyages of Master Thomas Randolph Esquire Ambassadour Anno 1567. And late of Sir Ierome Bowes Anno 1583. both tending and treating for further Discoueries Freedomes and Priuiledges wherewith I meddle not But in conclusion for their paines and aduentures this way as diuers doe now adayes other wayes as worthie Gentlemen sent from Princes to doe their Countrey good I put them in your memorie with my heartie farewell From Saint Margarets neere Dartforth in Kent To the Reader I Haue had much trouble to giue thee this Authour both for his Language being Portugall which for this and some other parts of this worke I was forced to get as I could and for the raritie of his Relations seeming both in themselues so stupendious and not seconded in many things that I say not contraried by other Authours Besides his booke came not out till himselfe was gone out of the world I answere that Ricius the Iesuite his Relations came not to vs till himselfe was likewise gone and that that might rather plead not onely for the Maturitie but the sinceritie by that Cassian rule Cui bono for whom should a dead man flatter or for what should hee lye Yea hee little spares his owne companie and Nation but often and eagerly layeth open their vices and which is more I finde in him little boasting except of other Nations none at all of himselfe but as if he intended to expresse Gods glorie and mans merit of nothing but miserie And howsoeuer it seemes incredible to remember such infinite particulars as this Booke is full of yet an easie memorie holdeth strong impressions of good or bad Scribunt in marmore laesi is said of one and of the other Omnia quae curant senes meminerunt Neither is it likely but that the Authour wrote Notes which in his manifold disaduentures were lost otherwise but by that writing written the firmer in his memorie especially new whetted filed forbushed with so many companions of miserie whom in that state Haec olim meminisse juuabat their best musicke in their chaines and wandrings being the mutuall recountings of things seene done suffered More maruell it is if a lyar that he should not forget himselfe and contradict his owne Relations which somtimes he may seeme to doe in the numbers of the yeere of the Lord yea and other numbers but his leaues were left vnperfect at his death and those numbers perhaps added by others after and besides mine owne experience hath often found figures mistaken from my hand which being by the Compositor set at large haue runne at large by ten times so much and girt in otherwhiles as narrow with the tenth place diminished or one figure set for another And none but the Authour or he which knowes the subiect can easily amend that fault being so great by so small and easie a lapse The graduations of places I doe confesse otherwise then in the Iesuites and as I suppose not so truely as theirs for I thinke that he neither had Arte or Instrument to calculate the same but contented himselfe in the writing of this Booke to looke into the common Maps of China and to follow them in setting downe the degrees and so the blind led the blind into errour no printed Map that I haue seene being true And perhaps the Chronicler to whom the papers were brought vnfinished might out of those Maps doe it erring either of ignorance or which we haue often seene in Cards of remote places East and West purposely to conceale from others that which they haue found sweet and gainfull the Mariner and Merchant not looking with the generous eyes of the ingenious ingenuous Scholer For his repute at home it was dedicated to King Philip the Third of Spaine which impudence would not haue obtruded if altogether a tale on such Maiestie licenced by the Holy Office and printed at Lisbon translated into the Spanish by the Licentiate Francisco de Herrera Maldonado Canon of the Church Riall of Arbas and dedicated to a Clergie-man Senerin de Faria
not one of these hath as long as hee liueth any charge or gouernment at all They giue themselues to eating and drinking and bee for the most part burley men of bodie insomuch that espying any one of them whom wee had not seene before wee might know him to bee the Kings Cousin They bee neuerthelesse very pleasant courteous and fayre conditioned neither did wee finde all the time we were in that Citie so much honour and good entertainment any where as at their hands They bid vs to their houses to eate and drinke and when they found vs not or wee were not willing to goe with them they bid our seruants and slaues causing them to sit downe with the first Notwithstanding the good lodging these Gentlemen haue so commodious that they want nothing yet are they in this bondage that during life they neuer goe abroad The cause as I did vnderstand wherefore the King so vseth his Cousins is that none of them at any time may rebell against him and thus bee shutteth them vp in three or foure other Cities Most of them can play on the Lute and to make that kinde of pastime peculiar vnto them onely all other in the Cities where they doe liue bee forbidden that Instrument the Curtizans and blinde folke onely excepted who bee Musicians and can play This King furthermore for the greater securitie of his Realme and the auoyding of tumults letteth not one in all his Countrey to bee called Lord except hee be of his bloud Many great Estates and Gouernours there be that during their office are lodged Lord-like and doe beare the port of mightie Princes but they bee so many times displaced and other placed anew that they haue not the while to become corrupt True it is that during their Office they be well prouided for as afterward also lodged at the Kings charges and in pension as long as they liue payed them monethly in the Cities where they dwell by certaine officers appointed for that purpose The King then is a Lord onely not one besides him as you haue seene except it bee such as be of his bloud A Nephew likewise of the King the Kings Sisters sonne lyeth continually within the walls of the Citie in a strong Palace built Castle-wise euen as his others Cousins doe remayning alwayes within doores serued by Eunuches neuer dealing with any matters Their festiuall dayes new Moones and full Moones the Magistrates make great banquets and so doe such as bee of the Kings bloud The King his Nephew hath name Vanfuli his Palace is walled about the wall is not high but foure square and in circuit nothing inferiour to the walls of Goa the out-side is painted red in euery square a Gate and ouer each gate a Tower made of timber excellently well wrought before the principall Gate of the foure that openeth into the high-street no Loutea bee he neuer so great may passe on horsebacke or carried in his seate Amidst this quadrangle standeth the Palace where that Gentleman lyeth doubtlesse worth the sight although wee came not in to see it By report the roofes of the towers and house are glased greene the greater part of the Quadrangle set with sauage Trees as Oakes Chesnuts Cypresse Pine-apples Cedars and other such like that wee doe want after the manner of a Wood wherein are kept Stagges Oxen and other beasts for that Lord his recreation neuer going abroad as I haue said One preheminence this Citie hath aboue the rest where wee haue beene and it of right as we doe thinke that besides the multitude of Market-places wherein all things are to bee sold through euery streete continually are cryed all things necessarie as Flesh of all sorts fresh-Fish Hearbes Oyle Vineger Meale Rice In summa all things so plentifully that many houses need no seruants euerie thing being brought to their doores Most part of the Merchants remayne in the Suburbs for that the Cities are shut vp euery night as I haue sayd The Merchants therefore the better to attend their businesse doe choose rather to make their abode without in the Suburbs then within the Citie I haue seene in this Riuer a pretie kinde of Fishing not to bee omitted in my opinion and therefore will I set it downe The King hath in many riuers good store of Barges full of Sea-crowes that breed are fed and doe dye therein in certaine Cages allowed monethly a certaine prouision of Rice These Barges the King bestoweth vpon his greatest Magistrates giuing to some two to some three of them as hee thinketh good to Fish therewithall after this manner At the houre appointed to Fish all the Barges are brought together in a circle where the Riuer is shallow and the Crowes tyed together vnder the wings are let leape downe into the water some vnder some aboue worth the looking vpon each one as hee hath filled his bagge goeth to his owne Barge and emptieth it which done hee returneth to fish againe Thus hauing taken good store of Fish they set the Crowes at libertie and doe suffer them to fish for their owne pleasure There were in that Citie where I was twentie Barges at the least of these aforesaid Crowes I went almost euery day to see them yet could I neuer bee throughly satisfied to see so strange a kinde of Fishing ⸪ PEREGRINATIONS VOYAGES DISCOVERIES OF CHINA TARTARIA RVSSIA AND OTHER THE NORTH AND EAST PARTS OF THE WORLD By English-men and others THE SECOND BOOKE CHAP. I. The beginning of English Discoueries towards the North and North-east by Sir HVGH WILLOVGHBY RICHARD CHANCELLOR and others of the Muscouie Trade as also Voyages by Russia ouer the Caspian Sea and thorow diuers Regions of Tartaria §. I. The first Voyage for Discouerie with three ships set forth vnder the charge of Sir HVGH WILLOVGHBY Knight in which he died and Moscouia was discouered by Captaine CHANCELLOR IN the yeere of our Lord 1553. the seuenth of the Raigne of King Edward the sixth of famous memorie Sebastian Cabota was Gouernour of the Mysterie and Companie of the Merchants Aduenturers for the discouerie of Regions Dominions Ilands and places vnknowne Certaine instructions were agreed on by him and the said Companie subscribed by Master Cabota the ninth of May the Kings Letters also procured vnto remote Princes in diuers languages and a fleet of three Ships set forth at that time vnder the command of Sir Hugh Willoughby Knight Captaine generall which went in the Bona Esperanza Admirall a ship of an hundred and twenty tunnes hauing with her a Pinnace and a Boat William Gefferson was Master of the said ship The Edward Bonauenture was of an hundred and sixty tunnes and had with her a Pinnace and a Boat in which went Richard Chancellor Captaine and Pilot Maior of the fleet and Stephen Burrough Master The Bona Confidentia of ninety tunnes had with her a Pinnace and a Boat of which Cornelius Durfoorth was Master The Captaines and Masters were sworne to doe
to discouer by Sea North-east and North-west named for Cathay being chiefly procured by priuiledge from King Edward the sixt and other his Nobilitie by and at the cost and sute of Master Sebastian Cabota then Gouernour for Discoueries with Sir Andrew Iudde Sir George Barnes Sir William Garrard Master Anthony Hussie and a companie of Merchants was in the last yeere of his Maiesties raigne 1553. The generall charge whereof was committed to one Sir Hugh Willoughbie Knight a goodly Gentleman accompanied with sufficient number of Pilots Masters Merchants and Marriners hauing three Ships well furnished to wit The Bona Sperança the Edward Bonauenture and the Confidentia The Edward Bonauenture Richard Chancelor being Pilot and Steuen Burrough Master hauing discouered Ward-house vpon the Coast of Finmark by storme or fogge departed from the rest found the Bay of Saint Nicholas now the chiefe Port of Russia there wintred in safetie and had ayde of the people at a Village called Newnox The other two ships attempting further Northwards as appeared by Pamphlets found after written by Sir Hugh Willoughbie were in September encountred with such extreame cold that they put backe to seeke a wintring place and missing the said Bay fell vpon a desaâ—t Coast in Lappia entring into a Riuer immediately frozen vp since discouered named Arzina Reca distant East from a Russian Monasterie of Monkes called Pechingho from whence they neuer returned but all to the member of seuentie persons perished which was for want of experience to haue madâ— Caues and Stoues These were found with the Ships the next Summer Anno 1554. by Russe-fishermen and in Anno 1555. the place sent vnto by English Merchants as hereafter appeareth Anno 1554. the said ship Edward Bonauenture although robbed homewards by Flemings returned with her companie to London shewing and setting foorth their entertainments and discouerie of the Countries euen to the Citie of Mosco from whence they brought a priuiledge written in Russe with the Kings or great Dukes seale the other two ships looked for and vnknowne to them where they were Anno 1555. the said companie of Merchants for a discouerie vpon a new supply sent thither againe with two Ships to wit the Edward Bonauenture and another bearing the name of the King and Queene Philip and Marie whose Maiesties by their Letters to the said Muscouite recommended sundry their subiects then passing whereof certaine to wit Richard Chancelor George Killingworth Henrie Lane and Arthur Edwards after their arriuall at the Bay and passing vp Dwina to Nologda went first vp to Mosco where vpon knowledge of the said Letters they with their trayne had speciall entertainment with houses and dyet appointed and shortly permitted to the Princes presence they were with Gentlemen brought through the Citie of Mosco to the Castle and Palace replenished with numbers of people and some gunners They entred sundry roomes furnished in shew with ancient graue personages all in long garments of sundry colours Gold Tissue Baldekin and Violet as our Vestments and Copes haue beene in England sutable with Caps Iewels and Chaines These were found to bee no Courtiers but ancient Muscouites Inhabitants and other their Merchants of credit as the manner is furnished thus from the Wardrobe and Treasurie waiting and wearing this apparell for the time and so to restore it Then entring into the Presence being a large roome floored with Carpets were men of more estate and richer shew in number aboue one hundred set square who after the said English-men came in doing reuerence they all stood vp the Prince onely sitting and yet rising at any occasion when our King and Queenes names were read or spoken Then after speeches by interpretation our men kissing his hand and bidden to dinner were stayed in another roome and at dinner brought through where might bee seene massie siluer and gilt Plate some like and as bigge as Kilderkins and Wash-bowles and entring the Dining place being the greater roome the Prince was set bare-headed his Crowne and rich Cap standing vpon a pinacle by Not farre distanâ— sate his Metropolitan with diuers other of his kindred and chiefe Tartarian Captaines none sate ouer against him or any at other Tables their backes towards him which tables all furnished with ghests set there was for the English-men named by the Russes Ghosti Carabelski to wit Strangers or Merchants by ship a table in the midst of the roome where they were set direct against the Prince and then began the seruice brought in by a number of his young Lords and Gentlemen in such rich attire as is aboue specified and still from the Princes table notwithstanding their owne furniture they had his whole messes set ouer all in massie fine Gold deliuered euery time from him by name to them by their seuerall Christian names as they sate viz. Richard George Henrie Arthur Likewise Bread and sundry drinkes of purified Mead made of fine white and clarified Honey At their rising the Prince called them to his table to receiue each one a Cup from his hand to drinke and tooke into his hand Master George Killingworths beard which reacheth ouer the table and pleasantly deliuered it the Metropolitane who seeming to blesse it said in Râ—sse This is Gods gift As indeed at that time it was not onely thicke broad and yellow coloured but in length fiue foote and two inches of assize Then taking leaue being night they were accompanied and followed with a number carrying pots of drinke and dishes of meate dressed to our lodging This yeere the two Ships with the dead bodyes of Sir Hugh Willoughbie and his people were sent vnto by Master Killingworth which remayned there in Mosco Agent almost two yeeres and much of the goods and victuals were recouered and saued Anno 1556. The Companie sent two Ships for Russia with extraordinarie Masters and Saylers to bring home the two ships which were frozen in Lappia in the riuer of Arzina aforesaid The two ships sent this yeere from England sayling from Lapland to the Bay of Saint Nicholas tooke in lading with passengers to wit a Russe Ambassadour named Ioseph Napea and some of his men shipped with Richard Chancelor in the Edward But so it fell out that the two which came from Lappia with all their new Master and Marriners neuer were heard of but in foule weather and wrought Seas after their two yeeres wintring in Lapland became as is supposed vnstanch and sunke wherein were drowned also diuers Russes Merchants and seruants of the Ambassadour A third ship the Edward aforesaid falling on the North part of Scotland vpon a rocke was also lost and Master Chancelor with diuers other drowned The said Russe Ambassadour hardly escaping with other his men Marriners and some goods saued were sent for into Scotland from the King Queene and Merchants the messenger being Master Doctor Laurence Hussie and others And then as in the Chronicles appeareth honorably entertayned and receiued at London This
on the North-west side of Nottinghams Ile where are two or three smal Iles lyeth off from the greater which make very good Sounds Harbors about this I le we had store of Ice but nothing as we had heretofore in other places We staied about this Iland til the seuen and twentieth day hauing much foule weather many stormes often fogs and vncertaine windes many times we weighed anchor to goe to that side of the I le where this Ship road when Captaine Button was in her finding in other places of this I le the tyde of floud to come from the South-east ward and the time of high water on the change day to be at halfe an houre past ten and not at halfe an houre past seuen as they supposed In these ten dayes we staied about this I le we fitted our Ship with ballast and other necessaries as we had neede of Then proceeded as followeth the sixe and twentieth day being indifferent faire weather we passed betweene Salisburies Ile and Nottinghams Ile at the South Point thereof I meane of Nottinghams Ile where are many small low Iles without the which had beene a fit place for vs to haue anchored to haue found out the true set of the Tyde But our Master being desirous to come to the same place where they had rode before stood along by this I le to the Westward and came to an anchor in the eddy of these broken grounds where the ship rode at no certaintie of Tyde The seuen and twentieth the next morning the weather proued very foule with much raine and winde so that our Reger anchor would not hold the ship at eightie fathoms scope but was driuen into deepe water that wee were forced to set saile the winde being at East and then come to the East North-east and about noone at North-east still foule weather being vnder saile we stood away towards Sea horse Point our Master as I suppose was perswaded that there might bee some passage betweene that Point of Land and that Land which they called Swan Iland so this afternoone we saw both Sea horse Point and Nottinghams Iland the distance betweene them is not past fifteene or sixteen leagues bearing the one from the other North-west and South-east The eight and twentieth day in the morning wee were neere to Sea horse Point the Land trending away West South-west so farre as wee saw and very much pestred with Ice At seuen a clocke our Master caused vs to tacke about and stood away South-east and by South The nine and twentieth the next day at eleuen a clocke we came to anchor at Digges I le hauing very foule weather At this place where we rode it lyeth open to the West hauing two of the greatest Iles breake off the force of the Flood till the Tyde be well bent for after the water were risen an houre and a halfe by the shoare then would the ship ride truly on the Tyde of Flood all the Tyde after Now the time of high water on the change day is halfe an houre past ten or neere thereabout The thirtieth day being faire weather wee weighed and stood along close by Digges I le where we presently perceiued the Saluages to bee close on the top of the Rocks but when they saw we had espyed them diuers of them came running downe to the water side calling to vs to come to anchor which we would haue done if conueniently we could But in this place the water is so deepe that it is hard to finde a place to ride in which we seeing lay to and fro with our ship while some of our men in the Boat killed about some seuentie fowles for in this place is the greatest number of fowles whom we call Willocks that in few places else the like are not seene for if neede were we might haue killed many thousands almost incredible to those which haue not seene it Here also as we lay to and fro with our ship wee had sufficient proofe of the set of the Tyde but when our men were come aboord againe we set all our sailes for homewards making the best expedition we could but on the third of August wee were forced to come to anchor about thirtie leagues within the Resolution I le on the North shoare The next day wee weighed anchor And the fifth day in the forenoone we past by the Resolution Iland but saw it not Thus continuing our courses as in the briefe Iournall may be seene with much contrarie windes and foule weather Wee had sight of Cape Cleere in Ireland the sixt of September the next morning by day light we were faire by Seely and that night at two a clocke the next morne we came to anchor in Plymouth Sound with all our men liuing hauing onely three or foure sicke which soone recouered The next yeere being againe employed in discouerie amongst other instructions they receiued this For your course you must make all possible haste to the Cape Desolation and from thence you William Baffin as Pilot keepe along the Coast of Groenland and vp Fretum Dauis vntill you come toward the height of eightie degrees if the Land will giue you leaue Then for feare of inbaying by keeping too Northerly a course shape your course West and Southerly so farre as you shall thinke it conuenient till you come to the latitude of sixtie degrees then direct your course to fall with the Land of Yedzo about that height leauing your farther sayling Southward to your owne discretion according as the time of the yeere and windes will giue you leaue although our desires be if your voyage proue so prosperous that you may haue the yeere before you that you goe so farre Southerly as that you may touch the North part of Iapan from whence or from Yedzo if you can so compasse it without danger we would haue you to bring home one of the men of the Countrey and so God blessing you with all expedition to make your returne home againe CHAP. XIX To the Right Worshipfull Master IOHN WOSTENHOLME Esquire one of the chiefe Aduenturers for the discouerie of a passage to the North-west WOrthy Sir there neede no filling a Iournall or short Discourse with preamble complement or circumstance and therefore I will onely tell you I am proud of any Remembrance when I expose your Worth to my Conceit and glad of any good fortune when I can auoid the imputation of ingratitude by acknowledging your many fauours and seeing it is not vnknowne to your Worship in what estate the businesse concerning the North-west hath beene heretofore and how the onely hope was in searching of Fretum Dauis which if your selfe had not beene the more forward the action had well nigh beene left off Now it remayneth for your Worship to know what hath beene performed this yeere wherefore I entreat you to admit of my custome and pardon me if I take the plaine highway in relating the particulars without vsing
The description of the land of Groenland Of the fertility of the Countrey Store of fowle Blacke Foxes Fishes Of the Coast. Of the people The colour of the people The people very actiue They eat their meat most part raw Of their apparell Of their weapons We could see no Wood. Drift-wood Iuly 1605. Frost Iland Our meeting againe with the ship Three of the people taken Two men set aland A great current setting to the Southwards Drift Ice A mighty bank of Ice A great scul of Whales A great current We fell with Orkeney Godske Lindeno Captaine Cunningham Hans Browne a Gentleman of Norway Rickerson a Dane Andres Noll of Bergen Our comming to Flecorie Our departure One of our Groenlanders dyed The fift and sixt most what calme· Shotland Our Groenlander dyed Sight of Land with Ice A current The Pinnasse came foule of the Lion South current Variation obserued A current setting South-west Sight of Amerâ—ca in 58. degrâ—es and 30. mâ—nutes A Current Variation obserued Compassed about with Ice Land of America A mightie current setting to the westward Note Here I did giue direction to the other steer-man to direct their course for Groenland Variation obserued The Current Variation obserued Variation obserued Wee lost the Lion and Gilliflowre The siluer Myne The place of the siluer Myne Barter for Seales skinnes and Whales finnes Many greene Ilands Another foord Queene Sophias Cape Reine Deere Ramels Foord A hollow Sea Fos Bay No ground at 100. fathoms in the middest of Fos Bay Fos Riuer in 66. degrees 25. minutes A Town found teach 〈◊〉 vp the Riuer A man left on Land Fiue of the people taken againe Groenland called by the Inhabitants Secanunga Knights Ilands We met againe with the Lion Sight of Land Frost Iland Variation obserued A great Southerne Sea Variation obserued A Bas Goose. Variation obserued to the North-east Sight of Ferris The streame vnder the Ilands of Farre Turco April 18 1606. Pentlefrith in Orkney Saint Margarites Sound Two small Ilands The Bling-head the North-east part of Lewis Fifty eight degrees 27. min. Eighteene degrees of variation A current to the Northward Many Gulles and much Rock-weed A current to the North eastward The variation 13. degrees Westward An Owle The variation 14. degrees and an halfe to the West Fiftie eight degrees of latitude White fowles Dead Cowes The variation of the Compasse 24. degrees North-westward Iune 1. Many blacke wild fowles Latitude 56. degrees Variation 24. degrees Westward Fifty eight degrees A small current to the South-west Sight of Land like Ilands The Land of America descryed in 56. degrees 48. minutes America here sheweth like broken Ilands Edward Gorrell the Masters Mate M. Iohn Knight with fiue more passeth ouer to a great Iland where he and three of his company seem to haue bin intercepted by the Sauages Their Trumpettor Their Shallop noâ— finished They could not passe to the great Iland for Ice The Sauages of the Countrie assault our men at one of the clocke at night Our men expulse the Sauages Aboue fiftie Sauages in sight Very great Boates of the Sauages The descriptioÌ„ of the Sauages A great Current setting to South Pintels are small Iron pins made fast to the Rudder and hung the Rudder to the Stern-post c. They get out of the Bay where they rode Our Shippes Keâ—le was splintâ—d in two or three places They consult to touch at New found Land Broken Ilands in 49. degrees and a halfe of latitude Many broken Ilandâ— which weâ—e the Isles de Fogo Sunken Rocks Twelue Shallops of Fishermen 60. degrees 30. minutes difference of longitude betweene the meridian of London and Cockins Sound in Groenland Obiection Answere Cockins Ford in 65. deg 20. min Variation 23. deg 58. min. Many good Rodes Great footing Ramels Riuer Iames Hall deadly wounded by a Sauage The death of Iames Hall Queene Sophias Cape Cunninghams Riuer The supposed Mine found to be of no value A pleasant Valley Many of their winter houses in Ramels Riuer The fashion of their greater Boates. Ramels Ford in the latitude of 67. degrees The variation is 24. degrees 16. minutes William Huntrice Master of the Hâ—â—rts-â—ase They come out of harbour Thick and foggie weather the winde being South Burnils Cape Variation 13. degr 22. min. Variation 11. degr 10. min. Variation 7. degrees 23. minutes Variâ—tion 7. degrees 20. minutes The true variation 6. deg 4. minutes They lose company of their consort The Hartsease Variation 6. degrees to the East Ground found Land descryed The Iles of Orkney The lying of the Channell in Orkney Buquham-ness They arriue at Hull High Mountaynes of stone very pure No profitable Vre Continuall Snow Grasse No Trees Balls Riuer A Groue of small wood Foxes White Hares Deere These seeme to be Elkes or Loâ—shes Dogges like Wolues The pizzelâ— of Dogges and Foxâ—s are bone so also is the Morses pizzle of which I haue by me one of stone The great swiftnesse of their Boats Their Oares broad at both ends Salmons and Morses c. Angles and Lines Their great Boats 32. foot long They worship the Sunne Their salutation Their burials They burne the weapons and all other Furniture of the dead They vse fire They are not Man-eaters Nailes old Iron greatly desired of the Sauages Men are not to goe among Sauages without theâ—r weapons The first by Hudsâ—â— in which hee perished the second by Sir Thoâ—aâ— Button the third by Captaine Gibbins Groenland Cape Farewell High Icie Ilands I le of Resolution No night Variation 24. degrees Sauage Iles. Dogges Great Boat with 14. men Bagge of Images Their Dogges described The people described Situation Many Ilands and seuerall tyde Sets Brokâ—n Point Obseruations of longitude Master Rudston Mill Iland Nottinggams Iland Cape Comfort Sea Horse point Salisburie I le Swan Iland Digges I le Saluages Willocks Howsoeuer the passage this way was embayed yet that former discouerie of Sir Tho. Button then by him kept secret for some intent of his is both more probable and to the most iudicious more then probable and that by that Tyde argument from the West as in Master Brigs his Map and notes appeareth Store of Grand Bay Whales Baffin twice at Greenland Morses Sea Vnicorne· The horne is still kept in the Robes at Windsore where I haue seene it neere seuen foot long and cressed c Variation of the Compasse admirable March 26. Groinland Men and dogs Dead Whale Hope Sanderson Tents Men and Women Womens Ilands The people described Women Religion Buriall of Men and Dogs 42. Inhabitants Vnicornes hornes Horne Sound They see many Sea Vnicornes Sharp frost on Midsummer day Sir Dudly Digs his Cape Wostenholme Sound Whale Sound Sir Thomas Smiths Sound in 78. deg Variation of the compasse 56. degrees to the West Which may make questionable D. Gilberts rule Tom. 1 l. 2. c. 1. that where more earth is more attraction of the compasse happeneth by variation toward it Now the known continents of Asia
huntings Court and Counsell His Citie Cambalu and glorious Palace pag. 81. § 6. The Cans prouisions for Embassadours and for Posts against Dearth for High-wayes for the Poore in Cambalu for Astrologers Tartars Wine Fuell Religion Opinions Behauiour Court-neatnesse Polos proceeding from Cambalu westward Of Pulisangan Gouza Tainfu Pianfu Thaigin Cacianfu Quenzaufu Sindinfu Thebeth Caindu Caraian Carachan Cardandan and Vociam pag. 87. § 7. Of the Prouince of Mien and Bengala how they were conquered to the Can Of Cangigu Amu Tholoman Cintigui and some other parts of Cataio And of the Conquest of Mangi pag. 93. § 8. Of the Cities of Mangi now called China and the rarities thereof the many wonders of Quinsai the Palaces Pleasures Rites and Gouernment obserued by the Natiues and the Tartars pag. 96. § 9. The ships of India described the I le of Zipangu the Sea Chin and World of Ilands the two Iauas Zeilan and other Ilands with the rarities therein pag. 102. § 10. Of the firme Land of the Creater India pag. 104 CHAP. V. The Historie of Ayton or Anthonie the Armenian of Asia and specially touching the Tartars H. P pag. 108. § 1. Of the Kingdome of Cathay and diuers other Prouinces of Asia and of the first habitation of the Tartars and of Cangius or Cingis his beginnings ibid. § 2. Of Changius Can his second vision and conquests Of Hoccoâ—â— and his three sonnes expeditions of Gino Can of Mangu Can who was visited by the King of Armenia and â—aptâ—â—ed of the expedition of his brother Haloon pag. 112. § 3. Of Coâ—na Can the fift Emperour of the Tartarâ—ans Of the warre with Barcha and Tartarian quarrell with the Christians Haolaons death Acts of the Solâ—an of Egypt Of Abaya and other sonnes and successours of Haloon pag. 117. § 4. Of Argon the sonne of Abaga and 〈◊〉 his brother of Baâ—do and of the exploits of Casan against the Soldan of Egypt and others pag. 120. § 5. Casan dyeth Carbanda succeedeth his Apostasiâ— The Authors entrance into a Religious habit Of Tamor Can the sixt Emperour and of Chapar Hochtaâ— and Carbanda three other Tartarian Kings pag. 125. CHAP. VI. Trauels and Memorials of Sir Iohn Mandeuile pag. 128. CHAP. VII The Voyage of Nicolo di Conti a Venetian to the Indies Mangi Cambalu and Quinsai with some obseruations of those places pag. 158. CHAP. VIII Extracts of Alhacen his Arabike Historie of Tamerian touching his Martiall trauels done into French by Iean de Bec Abbat of Mortimer pag. 160. § 1. Tamerlans birth and person his Expedition against the Muscouite his marriage with the Cans daughter his ouer-throwing of Calix ibid. § 2. Cataio Cambalu Tamerlans Expedition into China entring the Wall conquering the King and disposing of the Countrey and returne to Cataio pag. 14◠§ 3. The differences betwixt Tamerian and Baiazet the Turke his returne to Samarcand and Expedition against Baiazet the battell and victorie his Caging of Baiazet and making him his foot-stoole pag. 155. § 4. Encrease of Samarcand Affaires of China Funerals of the Can comming to Quinza and description thereof His disposition of his estate and death pag. 160. CHAP. IX Reports of Chaggi Memet a Persian of Tabas in the Prouince of Châ—â—an touching his trauels and obseruations in the Countrey of the Great Can vnto M. G. Baptista Ramuâ—ic pag. 164. CHAP. X. A Treatise of China and the adioyning Regions written by Gaspar da Cruz a Dominicanâ—riar â—riar and dedicated to Sebastian King of Portugall here abbreuiated H. P. pag. 166. Of Camboia and the Bramenes there the cause of his going to China Of China and the neighbouring Regions ibid. § 2. Cantan described the publike and priuate buildings and gouernment The shipping and husbandrie of China their contempt of the idle and prouision for impotent poore pag. 170. § 3. Of their mechaâ—ix all Trades Merchandises and Moneyes their prouisions of flesh and fish the Persons and attyre of Men and Women their Feasts pag. 176. § 4. Of their Loâ—thias Mandarines or Magistrates their creation priuiledges maintenance of Prisons and Tortures of the King and of Embassadours pag. 183. § 5. Of the Portugall commerce with the Chinois of the seuere Iustice executed vpon certaine Magistrates for wrongs done to the Portugals pag. 190. § 6. Of the Religion in China difficultie of bringing in Christianitie Terrible Earth-quakes and Tempests in China pag. 195. CHAP. XI The relation of Galeotto Perera a Gentleman men of good credit that lay prisoner in China pag. 199. The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the second Booke of the Second part of Purchas his PILGRIMS CHAP. I. THe beginning of English Discoueries towards the North and North-east by Sir Hugh Willoughby Richard Chancellor and others of the Muscouie Trade as also Voyages by Russia ouer the Caspian Sea and thorow diuers Regions of Tartaria pag. 211. § 1. The first voyage for discouerie with three ships set forth vnder the charge of Sir Hugh Willoughby Knight in which he dyed and Muscouia was discouered by Captaine Chancellor ibid. Some additions for better knowledge of this Voyage taken by Clement Adams Schoole-master to the Queenes Henshmen from the mouth of Captaine Chancellor pag. 218. The Copie of the Duke of Moscouie and Emperour of Russia his Letters sent to King Edward the Sixth by the hands of Richard Chancellor pag. 221. § 2. The first voyage made by Master Anthonie Ienkinson from the Citie of London toward the Land of Russia begun the twelfth of May in the yeere 1557. pag. 222. § 3. Notes taken out of another mans Relation of the same voyage touching the Russian Rites pag. 226. § 4. The voyage of Master Anthony Ienkinson made from the Citie of Mosco in Russia to the Citie of Boghar in Bactria in the yeere 1558. written by himselfe to the Merchants of London of the Moscouie Companie pag. 231. § 5. Aduertisements and reports of the sixt voyage into the parts of Persia and Media gathered out of sundrie Letters written by Christopher Borough and more especially a voyage ouer the Caspian Sea and their shipwracke and miseries there endured by the Ice pag. 243. A Letter of Master Henrie Lane to the worshipfull Master William Sanderson contayning a briefe discourse of that which passed in the North-east discouerie for the space of three and thirtie yeeres pag. 249. CHAP. II. Obseruations of China Tartaria and other Easterne parts of the World taken out of Fernam Mendez Pinto his Peregrination pag. 2â—2 § 1. Mendez his many miserable aduentures his strange Expedition with Antonio de Faria diuers Coasts visited Pirats tamed miseries sâ—ffered glorie recouered pag. 252. § 2. Antonio Faria his taking of Nouda a Citie in China triumph at Liampoo strange voyage to Calempluy miserable shipwrack pag. 258 § 3. Their shipwrack in which Faria and most of them were drowned the miserable wandrings of the rest to Nanquin their imprisonment sentence and appeale to Pequin rarities obserued in those places and wayes of the
of the Second part of Purchas his PILGRIMS CHAP. I. A Voyage set forth by the Right Worshipfull Sir Thomas Smith and the rest of the Muscouie Company to Cherry Iland and for a further Discouerie to bee made towards the North-Pole for the likelihood of a Trade or a passage that way in a Ship called the Amitie of burthen seuentie tunnes in the which I Ionas Poole was Master hauhauing foureteene Men and one Boy Anno Dom. 1610. H. pag. 699. A briefe note what Beasts Fowles and Fishes were seene in this land pag. 707. CHAP. II. A Commission for Ionas Poole our Seruant appointed Master of a small Barke called the Elizabeth of fiftie tunnes burthen for Discouery to the Northward of Greeneland giuen the last day of May 1610. H. P. ibid. CHAP. III. A briefe Declaration of this my Voyage of Discouery to Greeneland and towards the West of it as followeth being set forth by the right Worshipfull Sir Thomas Smith Gouernour of the right Worshipfull Company of new Trades c. written by Ionas Poole H. pag. 711. CHAP. IIII. A Relation written by Ionas Poole of a Voyage to Greeneland in the yeere 1612. with two Shippes the one called the Whale the other the Sea-horse set out by the right Worshipfull the Muscouie Merchants H. pag. 713. CHAP. V. A Iournall of the Voyage made to Greeneland with sixe English Shippes and a Pinnasse in the yeere 1613. written by Master William Baffin H.P. pag. 716. CHAP. VI. A Voyage of Discouery to Greeneland c. An. 161â— written by Ro. Fotherbye H.P. pag. 720. CHAP. VII A true report of a Voyage Anno 1615. for Discouerie of Seas Lands and Ilands to the Northwards as it was performed by Robert Fotherbie in a Pinnasse of twenty tunnes called the Richerd of London H.P. pag. 728. A Letter of Robert Fotherby to Captain Edge written in Crosse-rode Iuly 15. 1615. pag. 731. CHAP. VIII Diuers other Voyages to Greenland with Letters of those which were there employed communicated to me by Master William Heley in the yeere 1617. 1618. 1619. 1620. 1621. 1623. pag. 732. A Letter of Master Robert Salmon to Master Sherwin In Sir Thomas Smiths Bay the 24. of Iune 1618. pag 733. A Letter of Master Th. Sherwin Bell-sound this â—9 of Iune 1618. â—bid A Letter of Iames Beuersham to Master Heley From Faire-hauen the 12. of Iuly 1618. ibid. A Letter of Iohn Chambers to W. Heley Bel-sound Iune 16. 1619. pag. 734. A Letter of I. Catcher to Master Heley from Faire-hauen Laus Deo this seuenteenth of Iune 1620. pag. 735. A Letter of Robert Salmon from Sir Thomas Smiths Bay Iuly 6. 1621. ibid. Laus Deo in Faire-Hauen the foure and twentieth of Iune 1623. pag. 736. Master Catchers Letter the nine and twentieth of Iune 1623. pag. 737. Captaine William Goodlards Letter â— Bel-sound this eight of Iuly 1623. ibid. CHAP. IX The late changes and manifold alterations in Russia since Iuan Vasilowich to this present gathered out of many Letters and Obseruations of English Embassadours and other Trauellers in those parts pag. 738. § 1. Of the reigne of Iuan Pheodore his sonne and of Boris ibid. The most solemne and magnificent coronation of Pheodor Iuanowich Emperour of Russia c. the tenth of Iune in the yeere 1â—84 seene and obserued by Master Ierom Horsey Gentleman and seruant to her Maiestie pag. 740. § 2. Occurrents of principall Note which happened in Russia in the time while the Honorable Sir Thomas Smith remained there Embassadour from his Maiestie pag. 748. § 3. One pretending himselfe to be Demetrius with the Popes and Poles helpes attaineth the Russian Empire his Arts Acts Mariage fauour to the English and miserable end pag. 755. The Copie of a Letter sent from the Emperor Demetry Euanowich otherwise called Grishco Otreapyoue pag. 758. The Copie of the translation of a Commission that was sent from the Mosko from the Emperour Demetry Euanowich alias Gryshca Otreapyoue by a Courtier named Gauaryla Samoylowich Salmanoue who was sent downe to the Castle of Archangell to Sir Thomas Smith then Lord Embassadour pag. 759. The Copie of the Translation of a new Priuiledge that was giuen to the Company by the Emperour Demetry Euanowich otherwise called Gryshca Otreapyoue the which Priuiledge was sent into England ouer-land by Olyuer Lysset Merchant and seruant to the foresaid Company ibid. The Copie of the translation of a Contract made by the Emperour Demetry Euanowich otherwise called Gryscha Otreapyoue and the daughter of the Palatine Sendamersko chiefe Generall of Poland pag. 761. § 4. The Copie of the Translation of a Letter sent from the new Emperour Vassily Euanowich Shoskey to the Kings Maiesty by Master Iohn Mericke pag. 765. Captaine Margarets Letter to Master Mericke from Hamborough Ian. 29. 1612. pag. 780. § 5. Of the miserable estate of Russia after Swiskeys deportation their election of the King of Polands Sonne their Interregnum and popular estate and choosing at last of the present Emperour with some remarkeable accidents in his time H.P. pag. 782. Pacta inter Primarium Ducem Exercituum Regni Poloniae inter Heroes Moscouiae pag. 783. CHAP. X. A briefe Copie of the points of the Contracts betweene the Emperours Maiestie and the Kings Maiestie of Sweden in Stolboua the seuen and twentieth of February 1616. pag. 792. CHAP. XI A Relation of two Russe Cossacks trauailes out of Siberia to Catay and other Countries adioyning thereunto Also a Copie of the last Patent from the Muscouite A Copie of a Letter written to the Emperour from his Gouernours out of Siberia pag. 797. The Copie of the Altine Chars or golden Kings Letter to the Emperour of Russia ibid. A Description of the Empires of Catay and Labin and other Dominions as well inhabited as places of Pasture called Vlusses and Hords and of the great Riuer Ob and other Riuers and Land passages pag. 799. CHAP. XII Notes concerning the discouery of the Riuer of Ob taken out of a Roll written in the Russian tongue which was attempted by the meanes of Antonie Marsh a chiefe Factor for the Moscouie Company of England 1584 with other notes of the North-east H. pag. 804. The report of Master Francis Cherry a Moscouie Merchant and Master Thomas Lyndes touching a warme Sea to the South-east of the Riuer Ob and a Note of Francis Gaulle H.P. p. 806. CHAP. XIII Discoueries made by Englishmen to the North-west Voyages of Sir Sebastian Cabot Master Thorne and other Ancients and Master Weymouth H.P. ibid. The Voyage of Captaine George Weymouth intended for the discouery of the North-west Passag toward China with two flye Boates. pag. 809. CHAP. XIV Iames Hall his Voyage forth of Denmarke for the discouery of Greenland in the yeere 1605. abbreuiated H. pag. 814. CHAP. XV. The second Voyage of Master Iames Hall forth of Denmarke into Greeneland in the yeere 1606. contracted H. pag. 821. CHAP. XVI The Voyage of Master Iohn Knight which had beene at Greeneland once
1155. § 1. The Ships employed in the Voyage and accidents on the Coasts of Spaine in the Canaries and the Nauigation thence to Dominica ibid. § 2. Description of Dominica and the Virgines Their landing on Port Ricco March fights and taking the Towne pag. 1157. § 3. The Fort Mora besieged and taken The Towne described the Mines Purpose to hold the place altered by the death and sicknesse of manie pag. 1162. A resolution which they were to trust to p. 1163. § 4. Purpose of returne Treatie with the Spaniards His Lordships departure Description of the Iland the Beasts Fruits Plants c. pag. 1168. § 5. Accidents by Sea in their way to the Azores and there pag. 1174. CHAP. IIII. The first Voyages made to diuers parts of America by Englishmen Sir Sebastian Cabot Sir Thomas Pert also of Sir Iohn Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake and many others collected briefly out of Master Camden Master Hakluit and other Writers pag. 117â— A briefe Historie of Sir Francis Drakes Voyages pag. 1179. A briefe recitall or nomination of Sea-fights other Englishmens Voyages related at large in the printed Workes of Master Hakluit pag. 1186. CHAP. V. The Relation of Peter Carder of Saint Verian in Cornwall within seuen miles of Falmouth which went with Sir Francis in his Voyage about the World begun 1577. who with seuen others in an open Pinnasse or Shallop of fiue tunnes with eight Oares was separated from his Generall by foule weather in the South Sea in October Anno 1578. who returning by the Straites of Magellan toward Brasill were all cast away saue this one onely aforenamed who came into England nine yeeres after miraculously hauing escaped many strange dangers aswell among diuers Sauages as Christians H. pag. 1187. CHAP. VI. Master Thomas Candish his Discourse of his fatall and disastrous Voyage towards the South Sea with his many disaduentures in the Magellan Straits and other places written with his owne hand to Sir Tristram Gorges his Executor H. pag. 1192. CHAP. VII The admirable aduentures and strange fortunes of Master Anthonie Kniuet which went with Master Thomas Candish in his second Voyage to the South Sea 1591. H. P. pag. 1201. § 1. What befell in their Voyage to the Straits and after till hee was taken by the Portugals ibid. § 2. Anthonie Kniuet his comming to the R. of Ianero and vsage amongst the Portugals and Indians his diuers Trauels thorow diuers Regions of those parts pag. 1207. § 3. His strange trauels with twelue Portugals whom the Sauages did eate His life with the Canibals and after that with the Portugals from whom hee fleeth to Angola is brought backe and after manifold chances is shipped to Lisbone pag. 1216. § 4. The diuers Nations of Sauages in Brasill and the adioyning Regions their diuersities of Conditions States Rites Creatures and other thinges remarkeable which the Author obserued in his many yeeres manifold Peregrinations pag. 1225. The Giants of Port Desire and Inhabitants of Port Famine also Angola Congo and Massangana and Angica Countries of Africa pag. 1232. § 5. The description of diuers Riuers Ports Harbours Ilands of Brasill for instruction of Nauigators pag. 1237. CHAP. VIII Relations of Master Thomas Turner who liued the best part of two yeeres in Brasill c. which I receiued of him in conference touching his Trauels pag. 1243. CHAP. IX The taking of Saint Vincent and Puerto Bello by Captaine William Parker of Plimouth the seuenth of February 1601. ibid. CHAP. X. Certayne Notes of a Voyage made by Dauid Middleton into the West Indies with Captaine Michael Geare Ann. Dom. 1601. H. pag. 1242. CHAP. XI The Description of the I le of Trinidad the rich Countrey of Guiana and the mightie Riuer of Orenoco written by Francis Sparrey left there by Sir Walter â—aileigh 1595. and in the end taken by the Spaniards and sent Prisoner into Spaine and after long Captiuitie got into England by great sute H. pag. 1247. CHAP. XII Captaine Charles Leigh his Voyage to Guiana and plantation there H. pag â—250 CHAP. XIII A true Relation of the traiterous Massacre of the most part of threescore and seuen English men set on Land out of a Ship of Sir Oliph Leagh bound for Guiana in Santa Lucia an Iland of the West Indie the three and twentieth of August written by Iohn Nicol. H. P. pag. 1255. CHAP. XIIII The Relation of Master Iohn Wilson of Wansteed in Essex one of the last tenne that returned into England from Wiapoco in Guiana 1606. H. pag. 1260. CHAP. XV. Part of a Treatise written by Master William Turner Sonne to Doctor Turner of London a Physitian touching the former Voyage H. pag. 1265 CHAP. XVI A Relation of a Voyage to Guiana performed by Robert Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt in the Countie of Oxford Esquire pag. 1267. The names of the Riuers falling into the Sea from Amazones to Dessequebe and of the seuerall Nations inhabiting those Riuers pag. 1282. CHAP. XVII A Relation of the habitation and other Obseruations of the Riuer of Marwin and the adioyning Regions pag. 1283. Riuers from Brabisse to the Amazones p. 1286 CHAP. XVIII A Description and Discouerie of the Riuer of Amazons by William Dauies Barber Surgeon of London pag. 1287. The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the Seuenth Booke of the second part of Purchas his PILGRIMS CHAP. I. A Treatise of Brasill written by a Portugall which had long liued there H. pag. 1289. § 1. Of the beginning and originall of the Indians of Brasill and of their Customes Religions and Ceremonies ibid. § 2. Of their manner of killing and eating of Humane flesh and of their creating Gentlemen pag. 1294. § 3. Of the diuersitie of Nations and Languages and of the Soyle and Climate pag. 1297. § 4. Of the Beasts Land-serpents and Fowles pag. 1301. Of Land-snakes and Serpents pag. 1303. Of the Fowles that are in the Land and are thereon sustained pag. 1304. § 5. Of the Brasilian Trees for Fruit Medicine and other vses and their Herbes of rare operations pag. 1306. Of the Herbes that yeeld Fruit and are eaten pag. 1309. § 6. Of the Fishes that swimme in the Salt-water also Shel-fishes Trees and Fowles of the Sea of Riuers and the Creatures which liue therein and the Beasts and Plants brought thither out of Portugall pag. 1312. Birds that doe feed and are found in the Salt-water pag. 1316. Fresh-water Snakes and Creatures of the water pag. 1317. Of the Beasts Trees and Herbes that came from Portugall and doe grow and breed in Brasill pag. 1318. CHAP. II. Articles touching the dutie of the Kings Maiestie our Lord and to the common good of all the estate of Brasill Written as is thought by the Author of the former Treatise H. pag. 1320. CHAP. III. Extracts out of the Historie of Iohn Lerius a Frenchman who liued in Brasill with Monsieur Villagagnon Anno 1557. and 58. H.P. pag. 1325 § 1. Of the Beasts and other liuing Creatures and Plants
of Brasill ibid. § 2. Of the Warre Battailes Fortitude and Weapons of the Barbarians and of their Religion pag. 1333. § 3. Of their Marriages Education of Children Policie Hospitalitie Diseases Physitians Funerals and Lamentations pag. 1341. CHAP. IIII. The Trauels of Hulderike Schnirdel in twentie yeeres space from 1534. to 1554. abbreuiated H. P. pag. 1347. § 1. His Voyage vp the Riuer of Plate foundation of Townes their expedition vp the Riuer of Parana and Parabol the people of these parts ibid. § 2. Martin-Eyollas made Generall Gabreros comming Scherues Voyage Nunner his insolence Diuers people and accidents described pag. 1354. § 3. A long and troublesome March from Assumption into Peru. The Authors returne p. 1362 CHAP. V. The Obseruations of Sir Richard Hawkins Knight in his Voyage into the South Sea An. Dom. 1593. once before published now reuiewed and corrected by a written Copie illustrated with Notes and in diuers places abbreuiated pag. 1367. § 1. What happened in this Voyage before they came neere the Aequinoctiall Line with diuers accidentall Discourses vsefull for Nauigators pag. 1367 § 2. Considerations of Currents the Scorbute fire in Ships Fishes which attend them Sea-hawking and Hunting their comming to Brasill and obseruations thereof pag. 1372. § 3. Tharltons treacherie Discouerie of Land vnknowne Entrance of the Straits accidents therein and description thereof Diuers occasionall discourses for the furtherance of Marine and Naturall knowledge pag. 1382 § 4. Entrance into the South Sea Discouerie of the South parts of the Straits to bee but Ilands by Sir Francis Drake which the Hollanders ascribe to Maire and Schouten Of the Iland Mocha and the parts adioyning pag. 1391. § 5. The Vice-roy sends an Armado against the English which vieweth them and returneth is againe set foorth their fight the English yeeld vpon composition diuers Martiall discourses pag. 1398. CHAP. VI. A briefe Note written by Master Iohn Ellis one of the Captaines with Sir Richard Hawkins in his Voyage through the Strait of Magelan begun the ninth of Aprill 1593. concerning the said Srait and certaine places on the Coast and Inland of Peru. pag. 1415. CHAP. VII A briefe Relation of an Englishman which had beene thirteene yeeres Captiâ—e to the Spaniards in Peru c. H. pag. 1418. CHAP. VIII The Relation of Alexandro Vrsino concerning the Coast of Terra Firma and the secrets of Peru and Chili where hee had liued foure and thirtie yeeres H. ibid. CHAP. IX Notes of the West Indies gathered out of Pedro Ordonnes de Ceuallos a Spanish Priest his larger Obseruations pag. 1420. CHAP. X. Relation of the new discouerie in the South Sea made by Pedro Fernandez Giros Portugez 1609. with his Petitions to the King one Englished another in Spanish pag. 1422. The Copie of a Petition presented to the King of Spaine by Captaine Peter Ferdinand de Quir touching the discouerie of the fourth part of the World called Terra Australis Incognita and of the great riches and fertilitie of the same Printed with license in Siuill An. 1610. ibid. A Note of Australia del Espiritu Santo written by Master Hakluyt pag. 1432. CHAP. XI The Historie of Lopez Vaz a Portugall taken by Captaine Withrington at the Riuer of Plate Anno 1586. with this discourse about him touching American places discoueries and occurrents abridged ibid. CHAP. XII Briefe extracts translated out of Ierom Benzos three bookes of the New World touching the Spaniards cruell handling of the Indians and the effects thereof pag. 1448. CHAP. XIII Obseruations of things most remarkable collected out of the first part of the Commentaries Royall written by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega Naturall of Cozco in nine bookes Of the Originall Liues Conquests Lawes and Idolatries of the Incas or ancient Kings of Peru. pag. 1454. CHAP. XIIII The suppliment of the Historie of the Incas briefly collected out of the Authors second part or Generall Historie of Peru. pag. 1485. CHAP. XV. Briefe Notes of Francis Pizarro his conquest of Peru written by a Spanish Captaine therein employed pag. 1489. CHAP. XVI The Conquest of Peru and Cusco called New Castile and directed to the Emperour by Francisco de Xeres Secretarie to Captaine Francis Pizarro which conquered them pag. 1491. CHAP. XVII Relations of occurrents in the Conquest of Peru after Fernand Pizarros departure written at Xauxa Iuly 15. 1534. by Pedro Sancho Notarie Generall in the Kingdoms of New Castile and Secretarie to the Gouernour Fr. Pizarro subscribed by the said Gouernour himselfe and others and sent to his Maiestie pag. 1494 The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the Eight Booke of the Second part of Purchas his PILGRIMS CHAP. I. A True Relation of Aluaro Nunez called Capo di Vacca concerning that which happened to the Fleet in India whereof Pamphilo Naruaez was Gouernour from the yeere 1527. vntill the yeere 1536. who returned vnto Siuill with three of his Companions onely Translated out of Ramusio and abbreuiated H.P. pag. 1499. § 1. Their Fleet and admirall and vnheard of Tempest their entrance into Florida the Lakes troublesome passages incounters disastrous successe building Boates for returne ibid. § 2. Misery pursues them at Sea and betrayes them to the Indians their miserable Liues and Death pag. 1506. § 3. Their flight from the Indians to others wonderfull cures backe and belly cares their trauels thorow the Countrey and hungry aduentures Diuers peoples and their Customes pag. 1514. § 4. They come to the South Sea and trauell through a plentifull Countrey till they meet with Spaniards whose crueltie manner of conuerting Sauages is related pag. 1524. CHAP. II. Ferdinando de Soto his Voyage to Florida and Discouerie of the Regions in that Continent with the Trauels of the Spaniards foure yeeres together therein and the accidents which befell them written by a Portugall of the Companie and heere contracted pag. 1532. § 1. Sotos entrance into Florida taking of Iohn Ortiz one of Naruaz his Companie comming to Paracossie and diuers other Caciques with accidents in the way ibid. § 2. Sotos further Discoueries in Florida and manifold Aduentures till hee came to Tulla pag. 1528. § 3. His departure to Autiamque Ortiz his Death and disasters following Soto takes thought and dyeth Moscosco succeedeth They leaue Florida and arriue at Panuco pag. 1550. CHAP. III. Diuers expeditions from Mexico and other parts of New Spaine and New Biskay especially to the more Northerly parts of America by diuers Spaniards in a hundred yeeres space pag. 1556. § 1. The Relation of Nunno di Gusman written to Charles the fift Emperour translated out of Ramusios third Tome and abridged ibid. § 2. The Voyage of Frier Marco de Nica Don Fr. Vasquez de Coronado Don Antonio de Espeio and diuers into New Mexico and the adioyning Coasts and Lands pag. 1560. § 3. Extracts out of certaine Letters of Father Martin Perez of the Societie of IESVS from the new Mission of the Prouince of Cinoloa to the Fathers of
Mexico dated in the moneth of December 1591. With a Letter added written 1605. of later Discoueries H. pag. 1562. A Letter written from Valladolid by Ludouicus Tribaldus Toletus to Master Richard Hakluyt translated out of Latine touching Iuan de Onate his Discoueries in New Mexico fiue hundred leagues to the North from the Old Mexico H. pag. 1565. The Prologue of the Bishop Frier Bartholomew de las Casas or Casaus to the most high and mightie Prince Our Lord Don Philip Prince of Spaine pag 1568. CHAP. IIII. A briefe Narration of the destruction of the Indies by the Spaniards written by a Frier Bartholmew de las Casas a Spaniard and Bishop of Chiapa in America pag. 1569. Of the I le of Hispaniola pag. 1570. Of the two Iles Saint Iohn Iamayca pag. 1573 Of the I le of Cuba ibid. Of Terra Firma or the firme Land pag. 1575 Of the Prouince of Nicaragua pag. 1576. Of New Spaine pag. 1577. Of the Prouince and Realme of Guatimala pag. 1579. Of New Spaine and Panuco and Xalisco pag. 1580. Of the Realme of Yucatan pag. 1581. Of the Prouince of Saint Martha pag. 1583. Of the Prouince of Carthagene pag. 1584. Of the Coast of Pearles and of Paria and of the I le of the Trinitie ibid. Of the Riuer Yuia pari pag. 1587. Of the Realme of Venesuela ibid. Of the Prouinces of the firme Land or quarter that is called Florida pag. 1589. Of the Riuer of La plata ibid. Of the mightie Realmes and large Prouinces of Peru. ibid. Of the new Realme of Granado pag. 1591. Part of a Letter written by one which saw things mentioned pag. 1596. The summe of the Disputation betweene Frier Bartholomew de las Casas or Casaus and Doctor Sepulueda pag. 1601. CHAP. V. Notes of Voyages and Plantations of the French in the Northerne America both in Florida and Canada pag. 1603. CHAP. VI. The Voyage of Samuel Champlaine of Brouage made vnto Canada in the yeere 1603. dedicated to Charles de Montmorencie c. High Admirall of France H. pag. 1605 CHAP. VII The Patent of the French King to Monsieur de Monts for the Inhabiting of the Countries of La Cadia Canada and other places in New France pag. 1619. The Voyage of Monsieur de Monts into New France written by Marke Lescarbot pag. 1620. CHAP. VIII Collections out of a French Booke called Additions to Noua Francia contayning the Accidents there from the yeere 1607. to 1611. pag. 1642. CHAP. IX The first Plantation of English Colonies in Virginia briefly mentioned pag. 1645. CHAP. X. The Relation of Captaine Gosnols Voyage to the North part of Virginia begun the six and twentieth of March Anno 42. Elizabethae Reginae 16â—2 and deliuered by Gabriel Archer a Gentleman in the said Voyage H. pag. 1647. CHAP. XI Notes of the same Voyage taken out of a Tractate written by Iames Rosier to Sir Walter Raileigh and of Maces Voyage to Virginia pag. 1651. CHAP. XII A Voyage set out from the Citie of Bristoll at the charge of the chiefest Merchants and Inhabitants of of the said Citie with a small Ship and a Barke for the Discouery of the North part of Virginia in the yeere 1603. vnder the command of mee Martin Pringe H. pag. 1654. A Relation of the voyage made to Virginia in the Elizabeth of London a Barke of fiftie tunnes by Captaine Bartholmew Gilbert in the yeere 1603. Written by Master Thomas Canner a Gentleman of Barnards Inne his Companion in the same Voyage H. pag. 1656. CHAP. XIII Extracts of a Virginian Voyage made An. 1604. by Captaine George Waymouth in the Archangell Set foorth by the Right Honourable Henrie Earle of South-hampton and the Lord Thomas Arundel written by Iames Rosier H.P. pag. 1659 CHAP. XIIII The description of the Ilands of Azores or the Flemish Ilands taken out of Linschoten with certaine occurrents and English acts pag. 1667. Of certaine notable and memorable Accidents that happened during my continuance in Tercera in which are related many English Fleets Sea-fights and Prizes pag. 1672. The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the Ninth Booke of the Second part of Purchas his PILGRIMS CHAP. I. PArt of the first Patent granted by his Maiestie for the Plantation of Virginia Aprill the tenth 1606. pag. 1683. CHAP. II. Obseruations gathered out of a Discourse of the Plantation of the Southerne Colonie in Virginia by the English 1606. Written by that Honorable Gentleman Master George Percy H. pag. 1684 CHAP. III. The Description of Virginia by Captaine Iohn Smith inlarged out of his written Notes pag. 1691. Of such things which are naturall in Virginia and how they vse them pag. 1694. Of their planted Fruits in Virginia and how they vse them pag. 1696. Of the naturall Inhabitants of Virginia and their Customes pag. 1697. Of their Religion pag. 1701. Of the manner of the Virginians Gouernment pag. 1703. CHAP. IIII. The proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia taken faithfully out of the writings of Thomas Studley Cape-Merchant Anas Todkill Doctor Russell Nathaniel Powell William Phetiplace and Richard Pot Richard Wiffin Tho. Abbay Tho. Hope and since enlarged out of the Writings of Captaine Iohn Smith principall Agent and Patient in these Virginian Occurrents from the beginning of the Plantation 1606. till Anno 1610. somewhat abbreuiated pag. 1705. The Proceedings and Accidents with the second suppy pag. 1719. CHAP. V. A Letter of Master Gabriel Archer touching the Voyage of the Fleet of Ships which arriued at Virginia without Sir Thomas Gates and Sir George Summers 1609. H. pag. 1733. CHAP. VI. A true reportorie of the wracke and redemption of Sir Thomas Gates Knight vpon and from the Ilands of the Bermudas his comming to Virginia and the estate of that Colonie then and after vnder the Gouernment of the Lord La Warre Iuly 15. 1610. written by Wil. Strachy Esq H. p. 1734 § 1. A most dreadfull Tempest the manifold deaths whereof are heere to the life described their Wracke on Bermuda and the description of those Ilands pag. 1734. § 2. Actions and Occurrents whiles they continued in the Ilands Rauens sent for Virginia Diuers Mutinies Paine executed Two Pinnaces built pag. 1742. § 3. Their departure from Bermuda and arriuall in Virginia Miseries there departure and returne vpon the Lord La Warres arriuing Iames Towne described pag. 1747. § 4. The Lord La Warres beginnings and proceedings in Iames Towne Sir Thomas Gates sent into England his and the Companies testimony of Virginia and cause of the late miseries pag. 1754. CHAP. VII The Voyage of Captaine Samuell Argal from Iames Towne in Virginia to seeke the I le of Bermuda and missing the same his putting ouer toward Sagadahoc and Cape Cod and so backe againe to Iames Towne begun the nineteenth of Iune 1610. H. pag. 1758. CHAP. VIII A short Relation made by the Lord De la Warre to the Lords and others of the Counsell of Virginia touching his vnexpected returne home and
afterwards deliuered to the generall Assembly of the said Companie at a Court holden the 25. of Iune 1611. Published by authority of the said Counsell pag. 176â— CHAP. IX A Letter of Sir Samuell Argoll touching his Voyage to Virginia and Actions there Written to Master Nicholas Hawes Iune 1613. H. p. 1764. CHAP. X. Notes of Virginian Affaires in the gouernment of Sir Thomas Dale and of Sir Thomas Gates till Ann. 1614. taken out of Master Ralph Hamor Secretarie to the Colonie his Booke pag. 1766. CHAP. XI A Letter of Sir Thomas Dale and another of Master Whitakers from Iames Towne in Virginia Iune 18. 1614. And a peece of a Tractate written by the said Master Whitakers from Virginia the yeere before pag. 1768. To the R. and my most esteemed friend M. D.M. at his house at F. Ch. in London ibid. Part of a Tractate written at Henrico in Virginia by M. Alexander Whitaker Minister to the Colonie there which then gouerned by Sir Thomas Dale 1613. pag. 1771. CHAP. XII Of the Lotterie Sir Thomas Dales returne the Spaniards in Virginia Of Pocahuntas and Tomocomo Captaine Yerdley and Captaine Argoll both since Knighted their Gouernment the Lord La Warres Death and other occurrents till Anno 1619. pag. 1773. CHAP. XIII The estate of the Colonie Anno 1620. and Master Dermers Letter to me from Virginia touching his Voyage for the South Sea pag. 1775. A Note of the Shipping Men and Prouisions sent to Virginia by the Treasurer and Companie in the yeere 1619. pag. 1776. CHAP. XIIII A true Relation of a Sea-fight betweene two great and well appointed Spanish Ships or Men of Warre and an English ship called the Margaret and Iohn or the Black Hodge going for Virginia pag. 1780 CHAP. XV. Virginian affaires since the yeere 1620. till this present 1624. pag. 1783. § 1. A Note of the shipping Men and prouisions sent and prouided for Virginia by the Right Honourable Henry Earle of South-hampton and the Companie and other priuate Aduenturers in the yeere 1621. c. With other Occurrents then published by the Companie ibid. Ships and People ibid. And for the benefit of the Plantations these things following haue beene here done this yeere ibid. Other Occurrents of note ibid. Gifts pag. 1784. § 2. Newes from Virginia in Letters sent thence 1621. partly published by the Company partly transcribed from the Originals with Letters of his Maiestie and of the Companie touching Silke-workes pag. 1787. His Maiesties gracious Letter to the Earle of South-hampton Tresurer and to the Counsell and Companie of Virginia here commanding the present setting vp of Silke-workes and planting of Vines in Virginia pag. 1787. § 3. The barbarous Massacre committed by the Sauages on the English Planters March the two and twentieth 1621. after the English accompt pag. 1788. § 4. A Note of prouisions necessarie for euery Planter or personall Aduenturer to Virginia and accidents since the Massacre pag. 1719. CHAP. XVI English Voyages to the Summer Ilands Henry Mays Shipwracke there 1593. The first Colony sent 1612. pag. 1793. A Copie of the Articles which Master R. More Gouernour Deputie of the Summer Ilands propounded to the Company that were there with him to be subscribed vnto which both hee and they subscribed the second of August in his House Anno 1612. which about the same time hee sent into England to the Worshipfull Companie of the Aduenturours pag. 1795. CHAP. XVII Relations of Summer Ilands taken out of Master Richard Norwood his Map and Notes added thereto printed 1622. The Historie of the Creatures growing or liuing therein being inlarged out of Captaine Smiths written Relations pag. 1796. CHAP. XVIII Extracts out of Captaine Iohn Smiths Historie of Bermudas or Summer Ilands touching the English acts and occurrents there from the beginning of the Plantation pag. 1801. CHAP. XIX Briefe intelligence from Virginia by Letters a supplement of French-Virginian occurrants and their supplantation by Sir Samuel Argal in right of the English plantation pag. 1â—05 CHAP. XX. Virginias Verger or a discourse shewing the benefits which may grow to this Kingdome from American-English Plantations and specially those of Virginia and Summer Ilands p. 1809. The Contents of the Chapters and Paragraphs in the tenth Booke of the Second part of Purchas his PILGRIMS CHAP. I. A Briefe Relation of the discouerie and plantation of New England and of sundrie accidents therein occurring from the yeer of our Lord 1607. to this present 1622. published by the President and Councell and dedicated to the Princes Highnesse here abbreuiated p. 1827. CHAP. II. The voyage of Master Henrie Challons intended for the North plantation of Virginia 1606. taken by the way and ill vsed by Spaniards written by Iohn Stoneman Pilot. H. pag. 1832. CHAP. III. Extracts of a Booke of Captaine Iohn Smith printed 1622. called New Englands trialls and continuing the storie thereof with Motiues to the businesse of fishing there pag. 1837. An Abstract of Letters sent from the Colonie in New England Iuly sixteene 1622. p. 1840. CHAP. IIII. A Relation or Iournall of a plantation setled at Plimoth in New England and proceedings therof printed 1622. and here abbreuiated p. 1842. CHAP. V. Good newes from New England or a relation of things remarkable in that Plantation written by E. Winslow and here abbreuaited pag. 1853. CHAP. VI. Noua Scotia The Kings Paâ—ent to Sir William Alexander Knight for the plantation of New Scotland in America and his proceedings therein with a description of Mawooshen for better knowledge of those parts pag. 1871. The description of the Country of Mawooshen discouered by the English in the yeere 1602.3 5 6 7 8 and 9. H. pag. 1873. CHAP. VII The beginning of the Patent for New-found-land and the plantation there made by the English 1610. deliuered in a Letter dated thence from M. Guy to M. Slany Also of the weather the three first winters and of Captaine Weston with other remarkable occurrents H. pag. 1876. Master Iohn Guy his Letter to Master Slany Treasurer and to the Counsell of the New-found-land plantation pag. 1877. To Master Iohn Slany Treasurer and others of the Councell and Companie of the New-found-land plantation the 29. of Iuly 1612. pag. 1879. CHAP. VIII Captaine Richard Whitbournes voyages to New-found-land and obseruations there and thereof taken out of his printed booke p. 1882. A Relation of New-found-land pag. 1884. CHAP. IX The names of diuers honourable persons and others who haâ—e vndertaken to helpe to aduance his Maiesties plantation in the New-found-land written by the said R. W. with extracts of certaine Letters written from thence pag. 1888. The second Part of the tenth Booke CHAP. X. DIuers warlike Fleets set forth to Seâ— against the Spaniards by our English Debora Queene Elizabeth of glorious memorie Her manifold deliueries and victories pag. 1891. CHAP. XI The Popes Bull the King of Spaines preparations the Duke of Medinas Expedition the Duke of Parmas Forces for the inuasion of England diuers Sea fights twixt
those parts obserued the great number of Sea-horses at Cherie Iland and likewise the multitude of Whales that shewed themselues vpon the coast of Greenland They first applyed themselues to the killing of the Morces which they continued from yeere to yeere with a Ship or two yeerely in which Ships the Companie appointed Thomas Welden Commander and in the yeere 1609. the Companie imployed one Thomas Edge their Apprentice for their Northeren Voyage and joyned him in Commission with the foresayd Welden Now the often vsing of Cherie Iland did make the Sea-horse grow scarse and decay which made the Companie looke out for further Discoueries In the yeere 1610. the Companie set out two Ships viz. the Lionesse for Cherie Iland Thomas Edge Commander and the Amitie for a Northerne Discouerie the Master of which Ship was Ionas Poole who in the moneth of May fell with a Land and called it Greenland this is the Land that was discouered by Sir Hugh Willoughby long before which Ship Amitie continued vpon the coast of Greenland discouering the Harbours and killing of Morces vntill the moneth of August and so returned for England hauing gotten about some twelue Tunnes of goods and an Vnicornes horne In the yeere 1611. the Companie set foorth two Ships for Greenland the Marie Margaret Admirall burthen one hundred and sixtie tunnes Thomas Edge Commander and the Elizabeth burthen sixtie tunnes Ionas Poole Master well manned and furnished with all necessarie Prouisions they departed from Blackwall the twentieth of Aprill and arriued at the Foreland in Greenland in the Latitude of 79. degrees the twentieth of May following the Admirall had in her six Biskayners expert men for the killing of the Whale this was the first yeere the Companie set out for the killing of Whales in Greenland and about the twelfth of Iune the Biskayners killed a small Whale which yeelded twelue Tunnes of Oyle being the first Oyle that euer was made in Greenland The Companies two Shalops looking about the Harbour for Whales about the fiue and twentieth of Iune rowing into Sir Thomas Smith his Bay on the East side of the Sound saw on the shoare great store of Sea-horses after they had found the Morses they presently rowed vnto the Ship being in crosse Road seuen leagues off and acquainted the Captayne what they had found The Captayne vnderstanding of it gaue order to the Master Stephen Bennet that he should take into his Ship fiftie tunnes of emptie Caske and set sayle with the Ship to goe into Foule Sound The Captayne went presently away in one Shallop with sixe men vnto the Sea-morse and tooke with him Lances and comming to them they set on them and killed fiue hundred Morses and kept one thousand Morses liuing on shoare because it is not profitable to kill them all at one time The next day the Ship being gone vnto the place well mored where the Morse were killed all the men belonging to the Ship went on shoare to worke and make Oyle of the Morses and when they had wrought two or three dayes it fortuned that a small quantitie of Ice came out of Foule Sound and put the Ship from her Moring The Master and ten men being a board of the Ship let fall their Sheat anchor which brought the Ship vp to ride the Ice comming vpon her againe brought her Anchor home and ranne the Ship ashoare where shee by the Masters weake Iudgement was cast away and all their Bread spoyled not fit to eate The Ship being cast away without hope of recouerie the Commander Thomas Edge gaue order that all the Morse liuing on shoare should be let goe into the Sea and so gaue ouer making of Oyle and presently haled vp ashoare all his Shallops and Boates being fiue setting the Carpenter to trim them the Saylers to make Sayles and Wastcloathes for the Boates fit to serue them at Sea Hauing fitted their Boates as well as they could with the small prouision they had being in number foure small Shallops and the ships Boate they diuided their men into them equally with what prouisions of victuals they could well carrie and after they had sayd Prayers all together on Land being fiftie men they departed from the place where they lost their Ship on the fifteenth of Iuly with the winde Southerly and rowed thirtie or fortie leagues to the Southward and then they lost companie of one Shallop and their ships Boate of Horne Sound which two Boates met with a Hull Ship and acquainted him with the losse of the London Ship and that shee had left on land goods woorth fifteene hundred pounds So our men carryed the Hull Ship into Foule Sound to take in the Companies goods and to kill some Sea-horses for her selfe at that place The Captayne and two other Shallops put from the Coast of Greenland in the height of 77.1 â— Degrees and set their course for Cherie Iland which lyeth in 74. Degrees sometimes Sayling and sometimes Rowing and made Cherie Iland the nine and twentieth of Iuly hauing beene in their Shallops at Sea fourteene dayes and comming into the Iland with a great storme at North-west with much difficultie they landed on the South side of the Iland Being on shoare the Captayne sent three of his Saylers ouer land vnto the North roade being three miles distant from that place to see if the Elizabeth was there and they saw a Ship riding in the North roade and being ouer-joyed they returned backe vnto the Captayne to acquaint him without staying to speake with any of the Ships companie and by good hap the Master of the Elizabeth espyed men on the Shoare being at that time weighing Anchor to set sayle for England vpon which hee stayed and sent the Boate ashoare to see what men they were and when the men of the Elizabeth came ashoare they found them to bee men of the Mary Margaret and so went aboard vnto the Master to acquaint him whereupon the Master caused Anchor to bee weighed and went to the South side of the Iland and there tooke in the Captayne and hee being aboard vnderstanding what a poore Voyage the Elizabeth had made gaue order to the Master to goe for Greenland there to take in such Goods as the sayd Edge had left in Foule Sound They departed from Cherie Iland the first of August and arriued at Foule Sound the Fourteenth Dicto where they found two Boates which they had lost companie of before and all their men being come thither with a Hull Ship which they met with and brought to that place which Ship had spent all the yeere in Horne Sound and got little goods The Elizabeth being mored the Captayne gaue order vnto the Master to deliuer out of his Ship all the goods hee had got at Cherie Iland which was Sea-horse hydes and Blubber being of little woorth And to take in the Oyle and Whale-finnes which were gotten by the Marie Margarets companie
in and found some in an hundred and odde fathomes of water The next day we weighed and stood to the East but before wee came heere we had put our selues to hard allowance as halfe a foule a day with the pottage for yet we had some meale left and nothing else Then they beganne to make triall of all whatsoeuer wee had â—layed our Fowle for they wil not pull and Robert Iuet was the first that made vse of the skins by burning of the Feathers so they became a great dish of meate and as for the garbidge it was not throwne away After we were cleere of these Ilands which lie out with two points one to the South-east and the other to the North making a Bay to the sight as if there were no way through we continued our course East South-east and South and by East to raise the Desolations from thence to shape our course for Ireland Thus we continued diuers dayes but the wind comming against vs made vs to alter our course and by the meanes of Robert Iuet who perswaded the company that they should find great reliefe in Newfound Land if our Country-men were there and if they were gone before we came yet should we find great store of bread and fish left ashoare by them but how true I giue God thankes we did not trie Yet we stood to the South-west and to the West almost to fiftie seuen degrees when by the will of God the winde came vp at South-west Then the Master asked me if he should take the benefit of this wind and shape his course for Ireland I said it was best to goe where we knew Corne grew and not to seeke it where it was cast away and not to be found Towards Ireland now wee stood with prosperous winds for many dayes together then was all our Meale spent and our Fowle restie and dry but being no remedie we were content with the Salt broth for Dinner and the halfe Fowle for Supper Now went our Candles to wracke and Bennet our Cooke made a messe of meate of the bones of the Fowle frying them with Candle-grease till they were crispe and with Vineger put to them made a good dish of meate Our Vineger was shared and to euery man a pound of Candles deliuered for a weeke as a great daintie Now Robert Iuet by his reckoning saith wee were within sixtie or seuentie leagues of Ireland when wee had two hundred thither And sure our course was so much the longer through our euill steeredge for our men became so weake that they could not stand at the Helme but were faine to sit Then Robert Iuet dyed for meere want and all our men were in despaire and said wee were past Ireland and our last Fowle were in the steep-tub So our men cared not which end went forward insomuch as our Master was driuen to looke to their labour as well as his owne for some of them would sit and see the fore-sayle or mayne-sayle flie vp to the tops the sheetes being either flowne or broken and would not helpe it themselues nor call to others for helpe which much grieued the Master Now in this extremitie it pleased God to giue vs sight of Land not farre from the place our Master said he would fall withal which was the Bay of Galloway and we fell to the West of the Derses and so stood along by the coast to the South-west In the end there was a joyful cry a sayle a sayle towards which they stood then they saw more but to the neerest we stood and called to him his Barke was of Fowy and was at anchor a Fishing he came to vs and brought vs into Bere Hauen Here we stayed a few dayes and delt with the Irish to supply our wants but found no reliefe for in this place there was neither Bread Drinke nor mony to be had amongst them Wherfore they aduised vs to deale with our Country-men who were there a fishing which we did but found them so cold in kindnesse that they would doe nothing without present money whereof we had none in the Ship In the end we procured one Iohn Waymouth Master of the Barke that brought vs into this Harbour to furnish vs with money which hee did and receiued our best Cable and Anchor in pawne for the fame With this money our Master with the helpe of Iohn Waymouth bought Bread Beere and Beefe Now as wee were beholding to Waymouth for his money so were wee to one Captaine Taylor for making of our contracts with Waymouth by whose meanes hee tooke a Bill for our Cable and Anchor and for the mens Wages who would not goe with vs vnlesse Waymouth wold passe his word for the same for they made shew that they were not willing to goe with vs for any wages Whereupon Captaine Taylor swore hee would presse them and then if they would not goe hee would hang them In conclusion wee agreed for three pound ten shillings a man to bring our Ship to Plimouth or Dartmouth and to giue the Pilot fiue pound but if the winde did not serue but that they were driuen to put into Bristow they were to haue foure pound ten shillings a man and the Pilot sixe pound Omitting therefore further circumstances from Bere Hauen wee came to Plimouth and so to an anchor before the Castle and from Plimouth with faire winde and weather without stop or stay wee came to the Downes from thence to Grauesend where most of our men went a shoare and from thence came on this side Erith and there stopped where our Master Robert Billet came aboord and so had mee vp to London with him and so wee came to Sir Thomas Smiths together Forasmuch as this report of Pricket may happely bee suspected by some as not so friendly to Hudson who returned with that Companie which had so cruelly exposed Hudson and his and therefore may seeme to lay heauier imputation and rip vp occasions further then they will beleeue I haue also added the report of Thomas Widhouse one of the exposed Companie who ascribeth those occasions of discord to Iuet I take not on mee to sentence no not to examine I haue presented the Euidence iust as I had it let the Bench censure hearing with both eares that which with both eyes they may see in those and these notes to which I haue first prefixed his Letter to Master Samuel Macham MAster Macham I heartily commend meâ— vnto you c. I can write vnto you no newes though I haue seene much but such as euery English Fisherman haunting these Coasts can report better then my selfe Wee kept our Whit sunday in the North-east end of Island and I thinke I neuer fared better in England then wee feasted there They of the Countrey are very poore and liue miserably yet we found therein store of fresh Fish and daintie Fowle I my selfe in an after-noone killed so much Fowle as feasted all our Companie being
per suas literas intimaâ—it vobis mandamus quatenus si cundem Regem vel ipsius Nauigium per mare coâ—tiguum terrae nostra tranâ—irâ— contingat vel in Terram nostram vel in feâ—da nostra alicubi applicarâ— ipsum suos benignè honorificè recipiatis permittentes eosdem in terra nostra a victualia 〈◊〉 sibi pâ—r forum legitimum de sibi necessarijs prouidere Actum apud Sanctum Germanum in Laia A. D. 1248. When the King of Norway had read this for hee is a discreet and modest and well learned man hee reioyced much and was gratefull to the bearer respecting him with Royall and bountifull gifts Thus writeth Matthew Paris of himselfe and his employment The cause of his going into Norway he further relateth that King Cnuto or Canutus hauing founded a famous Monastery of Saint Bennet of Holm in Norway of which title and order hee had founded another in England it happened that the said Abbie with the appurtenances was almost ruined by an impious Abbat who forsaking his Order and stealing away priuily the Seale of the Chapiter either sold or by forged writings fraudulently engaged almost all the possessions thereof wherein hee had the Sacrist the keeper of the Seale his copartner both in this fugitiue apostacie and treacherie Heereupon the Archbishop of Nidrosia in whose Diocesse the said Abbie was situate seised the same and the appurtenances into his hands alledging that the Monkes had only the habite but were altogether ignorant of Monastike order and Saint Bennets rule some of them also theeues and fugitiues The Monkes appealed to the Pope which caused the Archbishop to suspend his proceedings and the Prior recouering somewhat and gathering together a summe of money went to the Roman Court where the Abbat had beene a little before and intangled by writings the said house in fiue hundred markes which caused the Prior to returne frustrate and full of griefe But in his way hearing that the said Abbat was dead in the Abby of Saint Alban in Selio in Norway he and the Couent made choice of an Abbat and this Prior with another Monke and three hundred markes in mony together with the Kings letter being sent to Matthew Paris to take paines for their freedome it was procured happily that the temporalties of the said house were freed from the Caursines the Popes Vsurers then residing at London within one yeeres space But their Spiritualities were much maimed they by bribes purchasing delayes lest the Archbishop should take possession of the Iland which wholly belonged to the Abby and of it also expelling the Monkes Now the Cardinall Bishop of Sabine then comming Legate into Norway the Monkes sought to him for succour and hee counselled them to go and petition the Pope to prouide them of an Instructor and Reformer and he would write in their behalfe The Abbat therefore and Prior went with Letters from the King and Legate to the Pope who gaue them leaue to chuse any man of whatsoeuer Region or Monasterie to be their Instructer They answered the next day that all the World had not Monkes of that Order liuing in more composed order then England nor England any comparable by report to Saint Albans of which House they desired Matthew to be their Reformer of whose wisdome and faithfulnes they had had experience a man also almost familiar and friendly to their King and able by his meanes to order the rebellious and vnruly Hereupon the Pope gaue them this Briefe to the Abbat of Saint Albans Innocentius c. Dilecto Filio Abbati Sancti Albani in Anglia Ordinis S. Benedicti c. Cum sicut ex parte dilecti filij Abbatis Monasterij de Holâ—s Ordinis S. Benedicti Nistorsiensis Diocesis fuit propositum coram nobis idem Monasterium propter Pradecessorum suorum negligentiam sit in his quae ad Monasticum Ordinem pertinent deformatum nec inueniator in illis partibus aliquis qui statuta obseruantias eiusdem Ordinis bene sciat Nos ad supplicationem eiusdem Abbatis discretionem tuam rogamus attentius hortamur per Apostolica tibi scripta mandantes quatenus dilectum filium Fratrem Mattheum Monachum tuum qui dicitur probeta vitae ac religionis expertae ad idem Monasterium vt dictum Abbatem Monachos suos in regularibus disciplinis statutis quae ad eundem ordinem pertinent informet instruat transmittere pro diuina Apostolicae sedis ac nostra reuerentia non postponas Datum Lugduni c. Hereto the Abbat obeying and Matthew to his Abbat the businesse luckily succeeded and Monkerie both in that of Holâ—s and other Norwegian Monasteries was reformed I might here shew the great stirres which in the first Ages after the Conquest the Norwegians haue caused in Ireland Wales Man Anglesey the Hebrides and Orcades as also of Harald whom the Conquerour slue his two sonnes and daughter fleeing to Sueno King of Denmarke who gaue the daughter in Marriage to Ieruslaus or Waldemarus King of Russia and of Nicolas de Lynna a Franciscan Frier and Mathematician of Oxford before mentioned of whom Iacobus Cuoyen saith in his Iournall that he learned of a Priest who had descended of those which King Arthur had left to people the Ilands of Norway Anno 1364. that in the yeere 1360. the said Frier had comne into those Ilands and proceeding further by Art Magicke had described those Aâ—â—ike parts as the Map presents with foure Whirl-pooles or In-draughts Yea as Master Dee addeth at the Northerne Ilands the Record whereof at his returne he gaue to the King of England the Booke being called Inuentio fortunata or fortunae contayning a description from fiftie foure degrees to the Pole I might also adde out of Thâ—mas of Walsingham the Trauels of Henrie Earle of Darbie afterwards Henrie the Fourth King of England into Prussia and Lettow or Lithuania where by his helpe especially was taken Vilna the chiefe Citie Skâ—rgalle the King of Lettow hauing fled thither for refuge his Colours being first aduanced on the walls foure thousand slaine of which the King of Polands Brother and three thousand captiued Also I might adde the Voyage of Thomas of Woodstocke Duke of Glocester sonne to King Edward the Third along the Coasts of Denmarke Norway and Scotland Other Letters likewise of King Edward the Second to Haquin or Hacon King of Norway in behalfe of English Merchants there arrested with Entercourses betwixt the English and the Dutch Knights in Liefland But hauing only briefe mentions of these and them or the most of them recorded by Master Hakluyts industrie before I doe here but Index-wise referre the Reader thither I rather choose to giue new things and rare and such may seeme these Notes which Anno 1605. I writ from the mouth of Master George Barkeley HONDIVS his Map of the Arctike Pole or Northerne World POLUS ARCTICUS cum vicinis regionibus CHAP.
ships being laden vnder the command of Captaine Thomas Edge An. 1617. Witches Iland was discouered and what voyage was made appeareth in the Letter following written to Master Decrow by William Heley Laus Deo in Portnick the 12. of August 1617. Worshipfull Sir MY dutie remembred May it please you to vnderstand that through Gods blessing our Voyage is performed in all the Harbours in the Countrie this yeere with a greater ouerplus then our ships will carry so that in some places wee must of force leaue good store of Oyle and Blubber behinde for the next yeere Wee are all for the most part readie to set sayle being full laden onely I desire to see the Coast cleere of Interlopers whereby our prouisions may be left in securitie We tooke a ship of Flushing called the Noahs Arke Master Iohn Verlile in Horne-sound hauing out of him two hundred hogsheads of Blubber and two Whales and a halfe to cut vp a great Copper and diuers other prouisions and sent him away ballasted with stones There were two more of them who were gone laden with Blubber before we could get thither hauing intelligence of our comming There were also two Danes who made one hundred and odde tunnes of Oyle and laded one ship for Copen-hauen the other with halfe the Oyle and Finnes for Amsterdam and left the Country about the sixth or seuenth of August And for Master Cudner he rid in Portnick where he killed eleuen Whales and made some seuentie and odde tunnes of Oyle which is laden aboord him and his Finnes In whom if our ships had come together thither as I desired I would haue laden fortie or fiftie tunnes of Oyle in him and displaced his men and sent him for England but bad weather hindring our ships getting thither and his sudden departure after our comming in with the Pleasure shee being laden and not sufficiently fitted to surprise him he escaped but I sent her away in company with him whereby he may not doe any hurt in other places in the Country I would haue had him to haue taken in some Oyle for which I offered him fraight so I might put some men into him to see to it and that it might be brought safe to London but he refused yet protesteth he purposeth to bring his ship and goods to London his voyage is by the thirds so that his men will rather dye then forgoe that they haue got The small ship Iohn Ellis is returned from the South Eastward hauing made some further discouery and killed some eight hundred Seamorse and laden the teeth and thirtie tunnes of hides and the rest of his lading in Oyle he brought some Sea-horse blubber with him He met with Thomas Marmaduke of Hull in those parts who had not done any thing when he saw him towards making a voyage but went for Hope Iland and no doubt but hee will doe much spoile there As for the Beare shee departed for Hamborough the third of August out of Crosse-road and the Gray-hound in company with her for England who I hope is safely arriued and by whom I hope you vnderstand of her proceedings at full The Whales killed this yeere in the Country are about one hundred and fiftie in number and the Oyle made will be about one thousand eight hundred and odde tunnes besides the blubber left for want of caske The lading of this ship is one hundred and eightie tunnes as by the Bill of lading here enclosed Thus hauing not further wherewith to acquaint your Worship withall praying God to send all home in safety with a good passage I humbly take my leaue and doe rest Readie at your Worships command in all dutifull seruice WILLIAM HELEY A Letter of Master ROBERT SALMON to Master SHERWIN In Sir THOMAS SMITHES Bay the 24. of Iune 1618. LOuing friend Master Sherwine I kindly salute you wishing you as much prosperitie as vnto my selfe c. Since our comming into the Bay we haue beene much troubled with Ice and Northerly windes so as we haue not beene two dayes free of Ice We had a storme Northerly which brought in much Ice so as we were inclosed withall eight dayes therâ— went such a Sea in the Ice that did beate our ships very much for foure and twentie houres that I did thinke we should haue spoyled our ships but I thanke God we cannot perceiue any hurt at all it hath done to vs also we haue broken two anchors with the Ice we haue killed thirteene Whales but they yeeld but little in regard of the Ice which hath much hindred vs in our worke for in ten dayeâ— we could not doe any worke the Bay was so full of Ice the Bay was full as low as Fox noâ—e and now at this present the Bay is full of shattered Ice the windes hanging Northerly keepes it in Here is fiue sayle of Flemmings which haue fourteene and sixteene pieces of Ordnance in a ship and they doe man out eighteene Shallops so that with theirs and ours here is thirtie Shallops in the Bay too many for vs to make a voyage there is at the least fifteene hundred tunnes of shipping of the Flemmings we haue reasonable good quarter with them for we are merry aboord of them and they of vs they haue good store of Sacks and are very kinde to vs proffering vs any thing that we want I am very doubtfull of making a voyage this yeere yet I hope Crosse-road will helpe vs for one ship the Company must take another course the next yeere if they meane to make any benefit of this Country they must send better ships that must beat these knaues out of this Country but as farre as I can vnderstand by them they meane to make a trade of continuance of it they haue euery one of them Graue Maurices Commission vnder his Hand and Seale we will let them rest this yeere and let who will take care the next yeere for I hope not to trouble them I pray remember my dutie to the Captaine and also to honest Master Thornbush and to Iohn Martin Master Smith doth remember his loue to you and to all the rest of his friends we are well at this present I thanke God I pray let vs heare from you when you haue any conuayance I hope wee shall goe home in companie together as wee came out Thus with my loue once againe remembred to you beseeching God to send vs all a prosperous voyage and ioyfully to meet I rest A Letter of Master TH. SHERWIN Bell-sound this 29. of Iune 1618. MAster William Heley your Letter I receiued wherein I vnderstand you haue tooke very great griefe which I am very sorry for but I am in good hope to come to you my selfe one of these dayes that I may comfort you with a good couple of Hennes and a bottle of Canary wine but I pray bee carefull of your selfe and keepe you warme and take heede the Nodis doe not pick out your eyes but as for the Flemmings let
wherein I vnderstand of the backwardnesse of your Voyage the which I am hartily sorrie for but you must be content seeing it is the will of God it shall be so and that other harbours take neighbours fare with you our best hopes of our Voyage was vpon you for of our selues we doe little in regard we are much troubled with Ice and haue bin so this ten dayes which hath made vs hale ashoare sixe or seauen times for it we haue had the windes at North-east and East North-east and at North-west which now keepes in the Ice we haue killed ten Whales whereof eight are made into Oyle which hath made one hundred and eleauen Tuns a halfe the other two were killed the fourth of this present being very large fish not doubting but they will make sixe and thirtie or fortie tunnes we haue the hundred tunnes aboord the rest Master Barker taketh in in regard Master Bushes shippe is not fitted up we shall make her fore-Mast to serue againe and all things else for this Voyage The fourth of this present George Wiuelden came from Horne-sound where they haue killed foure Whales they haue bin much troubled with windes Easterly also much Ice there is so much Ice off of Point Looke out that George could not get about This Ice hath put in young Duke of Hull into Horne-sound his ship being much torne with the Ice his Merchant is now aboord of vs his name is Medcafe whom the Captaine doth detaine his Voyage is vtterly ouerthrowne for he hath lost one shallop with sixe men and another shallop broken with the Ice his Ruther Irons being all broken his Steeme broke a way close to the Woodings also George did meete with a Fleming of Flushing burthen two hundred tuns the which he thinkes is cast away with Ice for the Ice did beate her very sore I vnderstand by M. Catchers Letter that there is eleauen saile of Flemmings and Danes about them I doubt not but we shall call them to account of how many tunnes of Oyle they haue made as they did call vs the last Voyage to account my loue is such vnto them that I protest I could wish with all my heart that we might goe and see them and to spend my best bloud in the righting of our former wrongs Also I vnderstood by Robert Foxe that Aâ—rian of Flushing is one of them I should be very glad to see him that I might balance the account with him The Captaine willed mee to write vnto you concerning the Russe house that if you cannot set it vp that then you should make an English house of it and to place the post of a Deales length and to be three Deales in length and so much in breadth and so to couer it with Deales the next yeare and so he thinketh that it will make two frames also hee could wish that you would remoue the Coppers more vp into the Bay I pray you commend me to my louing friend Master Sherwine Master Wilkinson Master Henderson and Michael Greene also my loue remembred vnto your selfe I take my leaue hoping we shall see you at the Fore-land ere it be long till when I pray God to blesse you and prosper you in all your proceedings Resting still Bell-sound the fifth of Iuly 1619. Your assured friend to command ROBERT SALMON Iunior A Letter of I. CATCHER to Master HELEY from Faire-hauen Laus Deo this seuenteenth of Iune 1620. LOuing Brother with my best loue I salute you wishing you better then we at this time to haue good store of Whales to make for you and vs a Voyage for we haue seene small store of Whales but haue killed none as yet In the Flemish harbour there is three Flemings great shippes whereof is one Statesman of Warre who haue set to Sea eighteene shallops with three Biscaners in euerie shallop and in our harbour two of the Kings of Denmarkes ships who haue set to Sea seauen shallops with three Biscainers in euerie shallop the Hollanders haue killed one Whale and found one Whale of the last yeares killing I thought good to send to you the sooner because we hope you haue good store of Whales that you may send for vs to you which I pray God you may for we are in great doubt but our hope is if that you are not yet prouided to send for vs we haue a great time to stay in this Countrie in which time it may so please God that we may here make a Voyage For our selues one of our men is dead and one other sicke so that wee haue but one and fiftie men which is too little as you know therefore if you can spare vs three men they will stand vs in good stead if our Voyage commeth in there is to the Northward good store of Ice which putteth vs in good comfort that we shall haue Whales the Danes doe report that there is two shippes to come from Denmarke to our harbour but as yet are not come I pray you commend vs to Master Wilkinson Master Greene Master Hedlam Master Cleyborne Master Alpho and all the rest of our good friends Humfrey Moore is very sicke so that we shall want a Harponiere I know not what to write more to you for with griefe I write this Thus kindely taking my leaue beseeching God to blesse vs and send vs a good Voyage with a merry meeting I rest Your louing brother to vse IOHN CATCHER A Letter of ROBERT SALMON from Sir THOMAS SMITHS Bay Iuly 6. 1621. LOuing friend Master Heley with-my loue I salute you c. These are to certifie you that vpon the fifteenth of the last we arriued at Sir Thomas Smiths vnfortunate Bay since which time we haue killed sixe Whales which are almost reduced into Oyle being some seuentie tunnes or somewhat more so within a day or two we may goe sleepe for I feare we haue our portion of Whales in this place wee haue not seene a Whale this fourteene dayes and faire weather is as scarce as the Whales for ten daies together nothing but blow sometime Southerly and sometime Northerly I doe verily perswade my selfe that God is much displeased for the blood which was lost in this place and I feare a perpetuall curse still to remaine yet God I know is all sufficient and may if it please him send a Voyage in this place Newes from Faire-hauen I can write you none for as yet we haue not heard from him the reason thereof I cannot conceiue I feare his Shallop is miscarried for certainely else we should haue heard from him ere this or some other cause there is I pray God it be not so I pray commend me to Master Iohn Hedlam and tell him that the Master and Pilot doe set both their horse together being very great friends also I pray commend me to my Coseu William Driuer and Master Wilkinson wishing them all happinesse I am in good hope that you haue done some good vpon the Whale not doubting but
destructions of their fellowes besides what hee got in Siberia and from the Pole Sweden Prussian extending his Conquests East West North and South yea his memorie is sauourie still to the Russians which either of their seruile disposition needing such a bridle and whip or for his long and prosperous reigne or out of distaste of later tragedies hold him in little lesse reputation as some haue out of their experience instructed me then a Saint His loue to our Nation is magnified by our Countrimen with all thankfulnesse whose gaineâ— there begun by him haue made them also in some sort seeme to turne Russe in I know what loues or feares as if they were still shut vp in Russia to conceale whatsoeuer they know of Russian occurrents that I haue sustayned no small torture with great paines of body vexation of minde and triall of potent interceding friends to get but neglect and silence from some yea almost contempt and scorne They alledge their thankfulnesse for benefits receiued from that Nation and their feare of the Dutch readie to take aduantage thereof and by calumniations from hence to interuert their Trade This for loue to my Nation I haue inserted against any Cauillers of our Russe Merchants though I must needs professe that I distaste and almost detest that call it what you will of Merchants to neglect Gods glorie in his prouidence and the Worlds instruction from their knowledge who while they will conceale the Russians Faults will tell nothing of their Facts and whiles they will be silent in mysteries of State will reueale nothing of the histories of Fact and that in so perplexed diuersified chances and changes as seldome the World hath in so short a space seene on one Scene Whiles therefore they which seeme to know most will in these Russian Relations helpe me little or nothing except to labour and frustrated hopes I haue besides much conference with eye witnesses made bold with others in such books as in diuers languages I haue read and in such Letters and written Tractates as I could procure of my friends or found with Master Hakluyt as in other parts of our storie not seeking any whit to disgrace that Nation or their Princes but onely desiring that truth of things done may bee knowne and such memorable alterations may not passe as a dreame or bee buried with the Doers Sir Ierome Horsey shall leade you from Iuans Graue to Pheodores Coronation The most solemne and magnificent coronation of PHEODOR IVANOVVICH Emperour of Russia c. the tenth of Iune in the yeare 1584. seene and obserued by Master IEROM HORSEY Gentleman and seruant to her Maiestie WHen the old Emperor Iuan Vasilowich died being about the eighteeenth of April 1584. after our computation in the Citie of Mosco hauing raigned fiftie foure yeares there was some tumult vprore among some of the Nobilitie and Comminaltie which notwithstanding was quickly pacified Immediately the same night the Prince Boris Pheodorowich Godonoua Knez Iuon Pheodorowich Mesthis Slafsky Knez Iuan Petrowich Susky Mekita Romanowich and Bodan Iacoulewich Belskoy being all noble men and chiefest in the Emperours Will especially the Lord Boris whom he adopted as his third son and was brother to the Empresse who was a man very well liked of all estates as no lesse worthy for his valour and wisedome all these were appointed to dispose and settle his Sonne Pheodor Iuanowich hauing one sworne another and all the Nobilitie and Officers whosoeuer In the morning the dead Emperour was laid into the Church of Michael the Archangell into a hewen Sepulchre very richly decked with Vestures fit for such a purpose and present Proclamation was made Emperour Pheodor Iuanowich of all Russia c. Throughout all the Citie of Mosco was great watch and ward with Souldiors and Gunners good orders established and Officers placed to subdue the tumulters and maintaine quietnesse to see what speede and policie was in this case vsed was a thing worth the beholding This being done in Mosco great men of birth and accompt were also presently sent to the bordering Townes as Smolensko Vobsko Kasan Nouogorod c. with fresh garrison and the old sent vp As vpon the fourth of May a Parliament was held wherein were assembled the Metropolitane Archbishops Bishops Priors and chiefe Clergie men and all the Nobility whatsoeuer where many matters were determined not pertinent to my purpose yet all tended to a new reformation in the gouernement but especially the terme and time was agreed vpon for the solemnizing of the new Emperours coronation In the meane time the Empresse wife to the old Emperour was with her childe the Emperours son Charlewich Demetrie Iuanowich of one yeares age or there abouts sent with her Father Pheodor Pheodorowich Nagay and that kindred being fiue brothers to a towne called Ouglets which was giuen vnto her and the yong Prince her sonne with all the Lands belonging to it in the shire with officers of all sorts appointed hauing allowance of apparell iewels diet horse c. in ample manner belonging to the estate of a Princesse The time of mourning after their vse being expired called Sorachyn or fortie orderly dayes the day of the solemnizing of this coronation with great preparations was come being vpon the tenth day of Iune 1584. and that day then Sunday he being of the age of twenty fiue years at which time Master Ierom Horsey was orderly sent for and placed in a fit roome to see all the solemnity The Emperour comming out of his Pallace there went before him the Metropolitane Archbishops Bishops and chiefest Monkes and Clergie men with very rich Coapes and Priests garments vpon them carrying pictures of our Lady c. with the Emperors Angell banners censers and many other such ceremonious things singing all the way The Emperour with his nobility in order entred the Church named Blaueshina or Blessednes where prayers and seruice were vsed according to the manner of their Church that done they went thence to the Church called Michael the Archangell and there also vsed the like prayers and seruice and from thence to our Lady Church Prechista being their Cathedrall Church In the middest thereof was a chaire of maiestie placed wherein his Ancestors vsed to sit at such extraordinary times his roabes were then changed and most rich and vnualuable garments put on him being placed in this Princely seate his nobilitie standing round about them in their degrees his imperiall Crowne was set vpon his head by the Metropolitane his Scepter globe in his right hand his sword of Iustice in his left of great riches his six crowns also by which he holdeth his Kingdomes were set before him and the Lord Boris Pheodorowich was placed at his right hand then the Metropolitan read openly a booke of a small volume with exhortations to the Emperour to minister true Iustice to inioy with tranquility the Crowne of his ancestours which God had giuen him and vsed these
exposed to scorne and manifold miseries hee dyed in a forraine countrie But before that Tragedie the Poles are said to haue more then acted others For when they held him prisoner before his departure from Moscouia they sent for many Grandes in Suiskeys name as if he had much desired to see them before his fatall farewell to take a friendly and honourable leaue of them They come are entertayned and in a priuate place knocked on the head and throwne into the Riuer and thus was most of the chiefe remayning Nobilitie destroyed The Poles fortified two of the Forts at Mosco and burnt two others as not able to man them But the Muscouite also there held them besieged till famine forced them to yeeld the Russians finding there sixtie barrels of pouldred mans flesh it seemeth of such as had dyed or were slaine that their death might giue life to the Suruiuers a iust but miserable and tragicall spectacle We shall conclude this Discourse with giuing you two Letters the one taken out of a Letter written from Colmogro Sept. 7. the yeere is not dated amidst these broiles the other from Captaine Margaret before mentioned by Thuanus and after them for further illustration and profitable vse of this storie is added part of a Letter of Doctor Halls ON Thursday morning came George Brighouse from Mosco he hath beene three weekes on the way but by reason of his small staying here I can learne but small occurrents which is still Mosco holdeth out of late some of the Nobilitie issued out and gaue the Enemie a small skirmish slue neere foure thousand of them tooke prisoners one hundred and seuentie whereof eleuen Polish Gentlemen gallant men are almost starued in prison Sandomirsky is entred the borders with a new supply of Souldiers the which Demetrie his sonne in Law hath long since expected The Crim Tartar is returned from thence into his owne Country hath taken more then twentie thousand prisoners captiues out of Resan and thereabouts Knez Scopin is two nineties from Yeraslaue he meanes to march from thence to Mosco but by Georges speeches he makes no great haste Bouginsky that was Secretarie to Demetrie is still vnder prestaue with an Officer was almost starued with hunger but Master Brewster doth daily releeue him to his great comfort George Brighouse came Poste by Volodemer the Princesse wife to Euan Euanowich that was eldest sonne to the old Emperour shee to whom you gaue the good intertainment to is there at his going vp and comming backe made very much of him he dined in her Presence after dinner sent him a great Present of many dishes and drinkes for your sake and often remembred you and your great kindnesse to her and hers still remembring T. La. and kept him so a long time in her owne Cell There is a great conspiracy still in the Mosco against the Emperour Vasili Euanowich onely the Muscouites stand with him and very few of the Nobilitie Daily there issueth out by force or stealth diuers of the Gentrie most of the Dutch specially the Women are gone out of the Mosco to the Tartar It is supposed that the Emperour cannot long hold out and Demetrie Euanowich is reported to bee a very wise Prince Captaine MARGARETS Letter to Master MERICK from Hamborough Ian. 29. 1612. RIght worshipfull Sir I could not omit this commoditie without commending my seruice to your Worship and also briefly to aduertise you of the State of Mosco which is not as I could wish Also I left Master Brewster in good health at my departure but three dayes after the Towne within the red wall was burnt with certaine fire Bals shot in by the Russes so that there is but three houses left whole the English house also being burnt Master Brewster is constrained to haue his dwelling in a Seller vnder the Palace without great friends except Misslofsqui The Generall Cotqueuilsh is arriued there and left a sufficient number of men to keepe the Castle and the red Wall hee himselfe with his Armie is gone towards Resan and he hath sent with much to doe and vpon certaine conditions to the Riuer of Sagia towards the Volga to bring victuals to maintayne them that are in the Castle besieged of the Muscouites The King of Poland is altogether resolued to goe there in person this summer and if the Russes haue no forraine helpe as there is no appearance no question it will come to passe as I writ last to your Worship that they will be forced to yeeld I write briefly to your Worship because I hope to take my voyage to France through England and there to meet with your Worship intreating your Worship to accept these few lines as a testimony of the seruice I haue vowed to your Worship c. and so I end in haste Thus haue we finished foure Acts of this Tragedie the first ending with the end of Bealas family the second with the ruine of that of Boris the third with that whatsoeuer Demetrius the fourth with this Suiskey attended with that shadow or ghost of another Demetrius Now as I haue seene sometimes the Spectators of Tragedies whiled with discourse of a Chorus or as in our vulgar entertayned with musicke to remit for a time those bloudie impressions fixed in attentiue mindes so haue we represented Pheodâ—res Coronation added to the first Boris his Charter to the English to conclude the second that of Demetrius to the third and for this fourth I haue here made bold with a Letter of my worthy friend so am I bold to call that good Man zealous Protestant elegant Writer industrious Preacher learned Doctor and Reuerend Deane Doctor Hall a Hall adorned with so rich Arras and with all the ground light life the All of these Christian humilitie which may serue as a Letter of commendation to my intent as it was intended to another worke which had it beene publike might haue preuented the greatest part of this A worke of Master Samuel Southeby in Sir Th. Smiths Voyage mentioned touching those Russian occurrents which he in part saw As a Traueller he deserueth place here And howsoeuer I haue neither beene so happy to see the Worke nor the Workman yet this Epistle tells what we haue lost and my worke easily proclaimes the defect of such a Wardrobe being as you see like a Beggars cloke all of diuersifyed patches so much more labour to mee in both getting and stitching them though so much lesse satisfaction to thee Once as I haue placed this long Russian storie in the midst of Marine Discoueries to refresh the Reader a while on Land so amidst these tragicall harsh Relations I thus seeke to recreate thy wearie spirits with this chat of mine and after these Minda gates more really with this Letter so vsefull to the present subiect so pleasing in the stile The whole and the next following to Buchinski the Reader may finde in his so
demeanour like to bruâ—t beasts whom the King kept a long time after Two yeeres after I saw two of them at Westminster apparelled like English c. Master Robert Thorne writes that his Father and Master Hugh Eliot a Merchant of Bristoll were the first discouerers of New-found Land and if the Mariners would haue beene ruled and followed their Pilots minde the West Indies had beene ours so that it seemeth this Discouerie was before that of Columbus Master Hakluyt hath published the particulars of these things more fully as also diuers Treatises touching the North-west of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and others to which I referre the Reader and no lesse for the Voyages made by diuers English into those parts three by Sir Martin Frobisher in the yeeres 1576 77 and 78. Two of Captaine Iohn Dauies in 86 and 87. that of Master Hore An. 1536. that of Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1583. that of Master Charles Leigh to Ramea An. 1597. and before in 1593. that of George Drake with those of Iaques Cartier and diuers others My purpose is not to steale Master Hakluyts labours out of the World by culling and fleecing them for our purpose but by this Index to instruct men where they may haue festiuall store in this kinde I had rather giue you new things Such are to the World these that you had before in Hudsons voyages set together as also those of Greenland and such are those of Waymouth Knight Hall Baffin c. And first as Foreman of our Quest we will giue you Sir Humphrey Gilberts Letter written with his owne hand from New-found Land whereof he tooke formall possession to the Crowne of England and was as a Martyr of those Discoueries It was written to Sir George Peckham a great Aduenturer in that voyage and a greater in one of longer life his written Treatise of Westerne planting extant in Master Hakluyts third Tome and I haue here inserted it being hitherto vnprinted as a memorial of both their worths and after it though in time before wee will recreate you with a plaine Mariners Letter endorsed in homely phrase To the Honorable Kings Grace of England here as I thinke giuen you from the Originall I haue also another written to Cardinall Wolsey touching the same voyage in Latin by Albertus de Prato for the antiquitie rather then any remarkable raritie worthy here to be mentioned SIr George I departed from Plymouth on the eleuenth of Iune with fiue sailes and on the thirteenth the Barke Rawley ran from me in faire and cleere weather hauing a large winde I pray you solicite my brother Rawley to make them an example of all Knaues On the third of August wee arriued at a Port called Saint Iohns and will put to the Seas from thence God willing so soone as our ships will be ready Of the New-found Land I will say nothing vntill my next Letters Be of good cheare for if there were no better expectation it were a very rich demaynes the Country being very good and full of all sorts of victuall as fish both of the fresh water and Sea-fish Deere Pheasants Partridges Swannes and diuers Fowles else I am in haste you shall by euery Messenger heare more at large On the fifth of August I entred here in the right of the Crowne of England and haue engrauen the Armes of England diuers Spaniards Portugals and other strangers witnessing the same I can stay no longer fare you well with my good Lady and be of good cheare for I haue comforted my selfe answerable to all my hopes From Saint Iohns in the New-found Land the 8. of August 1583. Yours wholly to command no man more HVM GILBART I mentioned before Master Thornes fathers finding New-found Land with Master Eliot These animated King Henrie the eight to set forth two ships for discouerie one of which perished in the North parts of New-found Land The Master of the other Iohn Rut writ this Letter to King Henrie in bad English and worse Writing Ouer it was this superscription Master Grubes two ships departed from Plymouth the 10. day of Iune and arriued in the New-found Land in a good Harbour called Cape de Bas the 21. day of Iuly and after we had left the sight of Selle we had neuer sight of any Land till we had sight of Cape de Bas. PLeasing your Honorable Grace to heare of your seruant Iohn Rut with all his Company here in good health thanks be to God and your Graces ship The Mary of Gilford with all her thanks be to God And if it please your honorable Grace we ranne in our course to the Northward till we came into 53. degrees and there we found many great Ilands of Ice and deepe water we found no sounding and then we durst not goe no further to the Northward for feare of more Ice and then we cast about to the Southward and within foure dayes after we had one hundred and sixtie fathom and then wee came into 52. degrees and fell with the mayne Land and within ten leagues of the mayne Land we met with a great Iland of Ice and came hard by her for it was standing in deepe water and so went in with Cape de Bas a good Harbor and many small Ilands and a great fresh Riuer going vp farre into the mayne Land and the mayne Land all wildernesse and mountaines and woods and no naturall ground but all mâ—sse and no inhabitation nor no people in these parts and in the woods wee found footing of diuers great beasts but we saw none not in ten leagues And please your Grace the Samson and wee kept company all the way till within two dayes before wee met with all the Ilands of Ice that was the first day of Iuly at night and there rose a great and a maruailous great storme and much foule weather I trust in Almightie Iesu to heare good newes of her And please your Grace we were considering and a writing of all our order how we would wash vs and what course wee would draw and when God doe send foule weather that with the Cape de Sper shee should goe and he that came first should tarry the space of sixe weeks one for another and watered at Cape de Bas ten dayes ordering of your Graces ship and fishing and so departed toward the Southward to seeke our fellow the third day of August we entered into a good Hauen called Saint Iohn and there we found eleuen saile of Normans and one Brittaine and two Portugall Barkes and all a fishing and so we are readie to depart toward Cape de Bas and that is twentie fiue leagues as shortly as we haue fished and so along the coast till we may meete with our fellow and so with all diligence that lyes in me toward parts to that Ilands that we are commanded by the grace of God as we were commanded at our departing And thus Iesu saue and keepe your honorable Grace and all your honourable Reuer in
Turkish add other Letters and not onely the transcript from their languages As for translations and collections thou hast them here also out of the Hebrew Auncient and Moderne Greeke Abassine Tartarian Russian Polonian Aegyptian and innumerable other Nations Christian Iewish Mahumetan Ethnike Ciuill Barbarian and Sauage innumerable wayes diuersified Yet all these in letters or characters In hieroglyphicall mysticall pictures the ancient Aegyptians and Ethiopians haue by way of Emblemes obscurely and darkly deliuered their obscure mysteries vncertaine waxenly pliant conceits to the world some of which our Pilgrimage hath mentioned But a Historie yea a Politicke Ethike Ecclesiastike Oeconomike History with iust distinctions of times places acts and arts we haue neither seene of theirs nor of any other Nation but of this which our light and slight apprehensions terme not barbarous alone but wilde and sauage Such an one we here present a present thought fit for him whom the senders esteemed the greatest of Princes and yet now presented to thy hands before it could arriue in his presence For the Spanish Gouernour hauing with some difficultie as the Spanish Preface imports obtained the Booke of the Indians with Mexican interpretations of the Pictures but ten daies before the departure of the Ships committed the same to one skilfull in the Mexican language to be interpreted who in a very plaine stile and verbatim performed the same vsing also some Morisco words as Alâ—aqui and Mezquitas for Priest and Temples import This Historie thus written sent to Charles the fifth Emperour was together with the Shippe that carried it taken by Fâ—enchmen of war from whom Andrew Theuet the French Kings Geographer obtained the same after whose death Master Hakluyt then Chaplaine to the English Embassadour in France bought the same for 20. French crownes and procured Master Michael Locke in Sir Walter Raleighs name to translate it It seemes that none were willing to be at the cost of cutting the Pictures and so it remained amongst his papers till his death whereby according to his last will in that kinde I became possessour thereof and haue obtained with much earnestnesse the cutting thereof for the Presse The rather was I eagerly vehement herein as being a thing desired by that most industrious Antiquary iudicious Scholler Religious Gentleman our Ecclesiastike Secular the Churches champion Sir Henry Spelman Knight whom for honors sake I name that his name may honour our ruder lines a name so fitting to the Man as one which â—an in regard of his wise spell and science in diuine humane learning and is ready with maine courage and alacritie to shew himselfe the Churches Man and to exhibit himselfe in deede whatsoeuer any man can spell out of Spel-man The commending from such a friend let the Muses impetrate pardon for so bold a name was a commanding vnto me which here I againe commend to Him and thee It is diuided into three parts the first being the Annales and Mexican Chronicle the second their Exchequer or the Accounts of their seuerall Tributes paid them from the Nations and peoples tributary whereby may be seene the Naturall riches of those parts peculiarly sorted the third the Mexican Oeconomie and Policie in warre and peace religious and secular their priuate and publike rites from the graue of the wombe to the wombe of the graue Obscure places I haue explained besides what before in Acosta thou hast read comparing the translation with the originall adding many of mine owne and perhaps there is not any one History of this kinde in the world comparable to this so fully expressing so much without Letters hardly gotten and easily lost that thou maist here finde it CHAP. VII The History of the Mexican Nation described in pictures by the Mexican Author explained in the Mexican language which exposition translated into Spanish and thence into English together with the said Picture-historie are here presented §. I. The Mexican Chronicle HEre beginneth the Historie and foundation of the Citie of Mexico founded and inhabited by the Mexicans who at that time were called Meçiti whose originall beginning of being Lords and their acts and liues are declared briefely in this Historie according as it is signified and set out successiuely by the pictures and paintings following In the yeare 1324. after the comming of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ the Mexican people first arriued at the place of the Citie of Mexico and because they liked well the greatnesse and the scituation of that place after that they had trauailed in their Iournies and wandered many yeares from Country to Countrey in some of them had made their abode for some yeares being come from far Countries in following their Iournies and not being contented with the other places where they had made their abode they came and setled themselues in the place of Mexico The which place at that time was all drowned with water and was couered with great bogs and bankes of moorish shegs and bulrushes which they call Tuli and it had Carrizales and great plats of dry ground couered with shrubbes bushes and briars like woods And through all the space of that place there went a spring streame of fair cleere water which was free from all segges and bushes which water streame went through it crossewise in manner of Saint Andrewes crosse as it is shewed in the picture and about the middle of that place of that water-streame the Meçiti found a great rocke of stone and growing thereon a great Tree or bush called Tunal wherein a great Eagle Candal had her haunt and abode for her foode so as all about that place was scattered full of bones and feathers of diuers Birds and Foules of diuers colours And they hauing gone throughout all that place and Countrie thereabout and finding it very fruitfull and full of wilde beasts wilde Foules Birds and Fishes and things of the water wherewith to sustaine themselues and to profit themselues in their businesse in dealing with the Townes thereabouts and finding the water-courses of that place so commodious and that their Neighbours could not trouble nor hurt them and for other things and causes to their good liking they determined to passe no further on their iourneyes in trauelling but to settle themselues and dwell still And according to their determination they did settle themselues there effectually And made themselues a strong Citie of defence with bankes and walles about the waters and on the plats of ground among the â—egges and Bushes of Tulis and Carrizales And for a beginning of that their seate and habitation it was determined by them to giue name and title to that place calling it Tenultitlan By reason and cause of the Tunal growing out of the Rocke for Tenuchtitlan interpreted in our Castilian Spanish Tongue is Tunal growing vpon a Rocke The armie of the Mexican people had with them for chiefe Gouernours ten persons named Ocelopan Quapan Acacitli Ahuexolt Teâ—uch Tâ—cincuh 〈◊〉 Xocoyol Xuihcaqui Atototl as it is
Cin in Italian is pronounced Chiâ— The Monsons Ziamba Iaua maior I suppose this is Borneo and Iaua minor that which still is called Iaua Lochac A Souâ—h Continent if true Pâ—ntan Malaâ—ur Iaua minor in which are eight Kingdomes The Mahometans by commerce first and after by conquests religion haue here altered all things both Names Peoples and Rites that hardly they can now be designed and recoâ—ciled to lâ—ter names Vnicornes or rather some kind oâ— Rhinoceros Pigmeysâ—ow â—ow made Samara See of this Wine â—addy in Master â—â—rry pag 1469 c Coco-nuts Dragoian Lambâ—i Fanfur Sagu see in Sir F. Drâ—ke and other Indian stories Heauie Wood. Nocueran Angaman Zeilan A glorious Rubie Malabar See my Pilg. l. 5. c. 12. Bread-deuotion Most of these following customes are still in vse as in Linschoten and in my Pilg. l. 5. is seene Det-circle Boyes put to timely 〈◊〉 Their Idols Votaâ—ies Malabar is by this Author extended to Choromandeâ— also Murphil Lac. Bramines Betre or Beâ—â—le after called Temâ—ul and Areâ—â—a Adams sepulchre Sogomonbarchan the fiâ—st cauâ—e of Idolatrie Cans superstition Cael. Cumari or Cape Comâ—râ— Dâ—ly Pirates still vsed * Hereby appeares the Vnicorne hee mentions is the Rhinoceros for India hath no other These Relations which follow by relation of others are of lesse weight yea therefore I haue omitted the greatest part I had trouble enough to finde and translate the truth and for such as loue such hearesay-fables as that of Ruch c. let them seeke elsewhere 12700. Ilands India maior media and minor Abascia or India media Soldan of Adem Frankincense Caidu and his Northerne Tartars Tragule * Perhaps these are a kind of Deere Region of Darknesse Russia See Tom. 1. l. 8. c. 4. §. 3. Haiton and Mandeuils agree in many things The reason of our method in thus ordering our Pilgrimes * Strab. l. 11. ad eum Nat. Casaub * Dionys. Alex. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vid. Eustach com The largenesse of the Kingdome of Cathay Ilands Oile of oliues Their arrogant preâ—umption Effeminate fearfulnesse See Sir Iohn Mandeuils trauels Of the Kingdome of Tarsa Wit and inclination Manners and Rites Sym. Of the Kingdome of Turquestan The Inhabitants Shepherds Ocerra Cursia Turkes Of the Kingdome of the Corasmians Corasme Soldini Of the Kingdome of Cumania This extremitie comes by the long presence in Summer and absence of the Sunne by Winter Cocas or Caucasus See after Chapter 47. India Note that of Alexander the great the Saracens and Pagans haue many and strange Fables neuer heard of in these parts as here of Orlando Arthur Ogerus and others See in Polo Persia and Media are omitted Armenia Miralis or the Iron gate now Derbent Georgia Chaldea Mesopotamia Euphrates Turkie Nations of Turkie Syria Cilicia how it came to bee called Armenia Cap. 15. Of the Saracen Empire is omitted Of the Countrey where the Tartarians formerly inhabited * Such dreames as the Saracens and Asians haue of Alexander whom they cal Bicornis c. as before * Moâ—â—s Changius or Cingis See sup c. â— Haiton an eye-witnesse of the Tart. Coronation Changius ordaineth Lawes Preuayleth in fight against his borderers He escapeth by meanes of an Owle Iosephus in his 13. Booke chap. 8. reciteth a like matter of Agrippa the great Ramusiâ— hath vn certo vccello chiamaso Alloccho The Allocho honoured A new Victory The Authour excuseth himselfe The second Vision Iosephus mentions a vision of Alexander one like the Iewish high Priest imposing on him his Expedition The Sea also gaue him way Ant. l. 11. l. 2. The fatall expedition The miraculous way The sicknesse of Changius Can. His allegorical exhorting of his sonnes to vnitie The like Historie hath Stobaeus serm 82. of Sciluâ—us see Iornands also of the sonnes of Attila disagreeing His death The number of Nine esteemed among the Tartarians So they vse still to the Mogull sup pap 556 Of Hoccota Can the second Emperour of the Tartarians Gebesabada The Turkes ouercome by the Tartarians Of Gino Can the third Emperour The former Friars mention these two I. de Plâ—no Câ—rpini was with the former and Rubruq with Mangu Mango Can drowned Cobila or Cublai Can. Ions the great Citie Iochi raigneth ouer Turquestan See 47. Chapt. The successe of Baydo Northward His victorie ouer the Cumanians so called as may seeme of the Castle Cumania mentioned by Pliny l. 6. c. 11. now Derbent Now Muscouia His drowning in Austria His posteritie a Of him after 47. Chapt. Cangadays enterprise b Or rather of Bagoday for the Successors of Iochi were named in the 20. Chapter Of Mango Can the fourth Emperour Haiton King of Armenia his iourney c It seemes Caracarum which then was Almalech the Kings Citie or Cambalu as Ramusio hath it The King of Armenia his Demands The answere of the Tartarian See the 18. and 24 Chapters Polo calls this Haloon Vlau Mango Can with his people is baptised The Voyage of Haloon with King Haython Persia possessed by the Tartars * Senex de monte see Polo §. 2. Tigado besieged In the Latine it is 27. Ramus 7 Polo hath but 3. Haloon soiourneth in Sorloch The siâ—ge of Baldach The Citie and Caliph taken The Parsimonie of the Caliph His death amongst his Treasure The fauour of Haolono towards Christians His Wife King Haython bringeth ayde to Haolono Halappi or Aleppo Balestri Halepo taken * 1260. yet both Latine Italian haue 1240. The Ciuill war betweene Haolon and Barcat or Barcha See Polo §. 1. Guiboga of the Kindred of the three Kings that came to worship the Natiuitie of Christ. Belforte He destroyeth the Citie of Sidon The Soldans enterprize against Guiboga Haolono preparing to renew the wars dieth Abaga his Son and Successor Bendecar Soldan of Egypt inuadeth Armenia Ramusio cals him Bunhocdore He concludeth a truce with the Soldan * That the Greeke Monkes changed their names appeareth by the example of Alexander Comneus in Nicet p. 48.6 and of Andronicus the Emperour in Gregoras lib. 9 p. 47 and of Cantacuzenus the Emperour in Calcondilas lib. 1. Abaga entred the Kingdome of Egypt and destroyed Turkie Paruana Paruana cut asunder and eaten King Liuono refuseth the offer of the Kingdome of Turkie Hee vrgeth the deliuering of Ierusalem from Pagans Corazen The death of the Soldan Melechahic his sonne and successor Elsi the Soldan Mangodanior deputed Generall by his Brother He commeth to battell against the Soldan Turara Almach The King of Armenia his great losse at his returne 1282. Abaga prepareth a reuenge He is poisoned wiâ—h his Brother Tangodor the brother and Succâ—ssor of Abaga Of a Christian turneth Saracen Hee seeketh to betray the Kings of Armenia and Georgia Hee is accused to Cobila Can. He slayeth his Brother Argon of a Prisoner is made King His reuenge on Tangodor Argon is confiâ—med by Cobila Can. He dyeth Baydo succeedeth him The death of Baydo Casan succeedeth Melechnaser the Soldan
of his way at the last in his direct returne hee met as he was comming our Captaine on the way To whom hee by and by deliuered the Emperours letters which were written to him with all courtesie and in the most louing manner that could bee wherein expresse commandement was giuen that post Horses should be gotten for him and the rest of his company without any money Which thing was of all the Russes in the rest of their iourney so willingly done that they began to quarrell yea and to fight also in striuing and contending which of them should put their poste horses to the Sled so that after much adoe and great paines taken in this long and wearie iourney for they had trauelled very neere fifteene hundred miles Master Chancelor came at last to Mosco the chiefe Citie of the Kingdome and the seate of the King HONDIVS his Map of Russia Russia cum Confinijs Touching the Riphean Mountaines whereupon the Snow lyeth continually and where hence in times past it was thought that Tanais the riuer did spring and that the rest of the wonders of nature which the Grecians fained and inuented of old were there to bee seene our men which lately came from thence neither saw them nor yet haue brought home any perfect relation of them although they remayned there for the space of three moneths and had gotten in that time some intelligence of the language of Moscouie The whole Countrey is plaine and champion and few hils in it and towards the North it hath very large and spacious Woods wherein is great store of Firre trees a wood very necessarie and fit for the building of houses there are also wilde beasts bred in those woods as Buffes Beares and blacke Wolues and another kinde of beast vnknowen to vs but called by them Rossomakka and the nature of the same is very rare and wonderfull for when it is great with young and ready to bring foorth it seeketh out some narrow place betweene two stakes and so going through them presseth it selfe and by that meanes is eased of her burthen which otherwise could not bee done They hunt their Buffes for the most part a horse-backe but their Beares a foot with woodden forkes The North parts of the Countrey are reported to bee so cold that the very Ice or water which distilleth out of the moyst wood which they lay vpon the fire is presently congealed and frozen the diuersitie growing sodainly to bee so great that in one and the selfe-same fire-brand a man shall see both fire and Ice When the winter doth once begin there it doth still more and more increase by a perpetuitie of cold neither doth that cold slake vntill the force of the Sunne beames doth dissolue the cold and make glad the earth returning to it againe Our Mariners which wee left in the ship in the meane time to keepe it in their going vp onely from their cabbins to the hatches had their breath oftentimes so suddenly taken away that they eft-soones fell downe as men very neere dead so great is the sharpenesse of that cold Climate but for the South parts of the Countrey they are somewhat more temperate The Copie of the Duke of Moscouie and Emperour of Russia his Letters sent to King EDWARD the Sixth by the hands of RICHARD CHANCELOVR THe Almightie power of God and the incomprehensible holy Trinitie rightfull Christian Beliefe c. We great Duke Iuan Vasiliuich by the Grace of God great Lord and Emperour of all Russia great Duke of Volodemer Mosco and Nouograd King of Kazan King of Astracan Lord of Plesko and great Duke of Smolensko of Twerria Ioughoria Permia Vadska Bulghoria and others Lord and great Duke of Nouograd in the Low Countrey of Chernigo Rezan Polotskoy Rostoue Yaruslaueley Bealozera Liefland Oudoria Obdoria and Condensa Commander of all Siberia and of the North parts and Lord of many other Countries greeting Before all right great and worthy of honour Edward King of England c. according to our most heartie and good zeale with good intent and friendly desire and according to our holy Christian Faith and great Gouernance and being in the light of great vnderstanding our Answere by this our Honourable Writing vnto your Kingly Gouernance at the request of your faithfull Seruant Richard Chancelour with his company as they shall let you wisely know is this In the strength of the twentieth yeare of our Gouernance be it knowne that at our Sea-coasts arriued a ship with one Richard and his company and said that he was desirous to come into our Dominions and according to his request hath seene our Maiestie and our eyes and hath declared vnto vs your Maiesties desire as that wee should grant vnto your Subiects to goe and come and in our Dominions and among our Subiects to frequent free Marts with all sorts of Merchandizes and vpon the same to haue warreâ— for their returne And they haue also deliuered vs your Letters which declare the same request And hereupon wee haue giuen order that wheresoeuer your faithfull Seruant Hugh Willoughbie land or touch in our Dominions to be well entertayned who as yet is not arriued as your Seruant Richard can declare And we with Christian beliefe and faithfulnesse and according to your Honourable request and my Honourable commandement will not leaue it vndone and are furthermore willing that you send vnto vs your ships and Vessels when and as often as they may haue passage with good assurance on our part to see them harmlesse And if you send one of your Maiesties counsell to treate with vs whereby your Countrey Merchants may with all kindes of Wares and where they will make their Market in our Dominions they shall haue their free Mart with all free Liberties through my whole Dominions with all kinde of Wares to come and goe at their pleasure without any let damage or impediment according to this our Letter our Word and our Seale which wee haue commanded to be vnder sealed Written in our Dominion in our Citie and our Palace in the Castle of Mosco in the yeare 7060. the second Moneth of Februarie This Letter was written in the Moscouian Tongue in Letters much like to the Greeke Letters very faire written in Paper with a broad Seale hanging at the same sealed in Paper vpon Waxe This Seale was much like the Broad Seale of England hauing on the one side the Image of a man on Horse-backe in complete Harnesse fighting with a Dragon Vnder this Letter was another Paper written in the Dutch Tongue which was the Interpretation of the other written in the Moscouian Letters These Letters were sent the next yeare after the date of King Edwards Letters 1554. After this entercourse of Letters and Embassages passed betwixt King Philip and Queene Marie and the Moscouite and the Moscouie Company was instituted and receiued Priuiledges both from their owne and that Forraine Prince a second Voyage beeing set
forth in May 1555. and Master George Killingworth was made their first Agent the particulars whereof are found at large in Master Hakluyts first Tome of Voyages as also other things touching that Trade then setled which heere I omit and come to Master Ienkinsons Voyage to Mosco and thence to Tartaria §. II. The first Voyage made by Master ANTHONIE IENKINSON from the Citie of London toward the Land of Russia begunne the twelfth of May in the yeare 1557. FIrst by the grace of God the day and yeare aboue mentioned I departed from the said Citie and the same day at Grauesend embarked my selfe in a good ship named the Primrose being appointed although vnworthy chiefe Captaine of the same and also of the other three good ships to say the Iohn Euangelist the Anne and the Trinitie hauing also the conduct of the Emperour of Russia his Ambassadour named Osep Nopea Gregoriwich who passed with his company in the said Primrose And thus our foure tall ships being well appointed as well for men as victuals as other necessary furniture the said twelfth day of the moneth of May we weighed our Anchors and departed from the said Grauesend in the after-noone and plying downe the Thames the wind being Easterly and faire weather the thirteenth day we came a ground with the Primrose vpon a sand called the blacke tayle where wee sate fast vntill the fourteenth day in the morning and then God bee praysed shee came off and that day we plyed downe as farre as our Ladie of Holland and there came to an Anchor the winde being Easterly and there remayned vntill the twentieth day then wee weyed and went out at Goldmore gate and from thence in at Balsey slade and so into Orwell wands where we came to an Anchor but as we came out at the said Goldemore gate the Trinitie came on ground on certayne Rockes that lye to the North-ward of the said gate and was like to be bilged and lost But by the ayde of God at the last she came off againe being very leake and the one and twentieth day the Primrose remaining at an Anchor in the wands the other three ships bare into Orwell Hauen where I caused the said Trinitie to be grounded searched and repayred So we remayned in the said Hauen vntill the eight and twentieth day and then the wind being Westerly the three ships that were in the Hauen weighed and came forth and in comming forth the Iohn Euangelist came on ground vpon a Sand called the Andros where she remayned one tyde and the next full Sea she came off againe without any great hurt God be praysed The nine and twentieth day in the morning all foure ships weighed in the Wands and that tyde went as farre as Orfordnesse where we came to an Anchor because the wind was Northerly And about sixe of the clocke at night the wind vered to the South-west and we weighed Anchor and bare cleere of the Nesse and then set our course North-east and by North vntill mid-night being then cleare of Yarmouth sands Then wee winded North and by West and North North-west vntill the first of Iune at noone then it waxed calme and continued so vntill the second day at noone then the wind came at North-west with a tempest and much raine and we lay close by and caped North North-east and North-east and by North as the wind shifted and so continued vntill the third day at noone then the winde vered Westerly againe and we went North our right course and so continued our way vntill the fourth day at three of the clocke in the after-noone at which time the winde vered to the North-west againe and blew a fresh gale and so continued vntill the seuenth day in the morning wee lying with all our ships close by and caping to the Northwards and then the winde vering more Northerly we were forced to put roomer with the Coast of England againe and fell ouerthwart New-castle but went not into the Hauen and so plyed vpon the Coast the eight day and the ninth The tenth day the wind came to the North North-west and wee were forced to beare roomer with Flamborow head where we came to an Anchor and there remayned vntill the seuenteenth day Then the wind came faire and we weighed set our course North and by East time and so continued the same with a merry wind vntill the one and twentieth at noone at which we took the Sunne and had the latitude in sixtie degrees Then we shifted our course and went North North-east North-east and by North vntill the fiue and twentieth day Then we discouered certain Ilands called Heilick Ilands lying from vs Northeast being in the latitude of sixty sixe degrees fortie minutes Then we went North and by West because we would not come too nigh the Land and running that course foure houres we discouered and had sight of Rost Ilands joyning to the mayne Land of Finmarke Thus continuing our course along the Coast of Norway and Finmarke the seuen and twentieth day we tooke the Sunne being as farre shot as Lofoot and had the latitude in sixtie nine degrees And the same day in the afternoone appeared ouer our heads a Rain-bow like a Semicircle with both ends vpward Note that there is betweene the said Rost Ilands and Lofoot a Whirle-poole called Malestrand which from halfe ebbe vntill halfe floâ—d maketh such a terrible noyse that it shaketh the Rings in the doores of the Inhabitants Houses of the said Ilands ten miles off Also if there commeth any Whale within the current of the same they make a pittifull cry Moreouer if great Trees be carryed into it by force of streames and after with the ebbe be cast out againe the ends and boughes of them haue beene so beaten that they are like the stalkes of Hempe that is bruized Note that all the Coast of Finmarke is high Mountaynes and Hils being couered all the yeare with Snow And hard aboard the shoare of this Coast there is one hundred or one hundred and fiftie fathomes of water in depth Thus proceeding and sayling forward we fell with an Iland called Zenam being in the latitude of seuentie degrees About this Iland wee saw many Whales very monstrous about our ships some by estimation of sixtie foote long and being the ingendring time they roared and cryed terribly From thence we fell with an Iland called Kettlewicke This Coast from Rost vnto Lofoot lyeth North and South and from Lofoot to Zenam North-east and South-west and from Zenam to Kettelwicke East North-east and West South-west From the said Kettelwicke we sayled East and by North ten leagues and fell with a Land called Inger sound where we fished being becalmed and tooke great plentie of Cods Thus plying along the Coast we fell with a Cape called the North Cape which is the Northermost Land that we passe in our Voyage to Saint Nicholas and is in the latitude of seuentie one