all the Eeuening it rained. At eight in the Eeuening we cast about, and steered all night North and by West, and sometimes North North-west.

The fourteenth, being neere the Land we had Snow. At foure in the morning, the winde vering Northerly, we cast about and stood South-east and by South. This day wee had much winde and raine, we shorted sayle being neere the land. The fifteenth, in the morning it blowed so much winde at Northeast, that wee were not able to maintayne any sayle, we then strooke a hull, and let our ship driue, wayting for a fitter wind; this night was very much raine. The sixteenth, was much winde at North-east. The seuenteenth, we set sayle at noone, we steered away East and by South, and East South-east. The eighteenth, in the afternoone a fine gale South-east, which toward the Eeuening increased, and we steered North-east three Watches, twelue leagues. The nineteenth, we steered away North North-east sixteene leagues. At noone wee had raine with fogge. From twelue to foure we steered North North-east eight leagues, and did account our selues in seuentie degrees neerest hand: purposing to see whether the Land which we made the thirteenth day, were an Iland or part of Groneland. But then the fogge increased very thicke with much winde at South, which made vs alter our course, and to shorten our sayle, and we steered away North-east. Being then as we supposed, in the Meridian of the same land, hauing no obseruation since the eleuenth day, and lying a hull from the fifteenth to the seuenteenth day, we perceiued a current setting to the South-west. This day wee saw three Whales neere our ship, and hauing steered away North-east almost one watch, fiue leagues, the Sea was growne euery way: we supposed wee were thwart of the North-east part of that Land which we made the thirteenth day, and the current setting to wind-ward. The reason that mooued vs to thinke so, was, that after we had sayled fiue or sixe leagues in this Sea, the winde neither increasing

nor dulling, we had a pleasant and smooth Sea. All this night was foggie with a good gale of winde, we steered North-east vntil the next day at noone, and sayled in that course twentie leagues.

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The twentieth, all the morning was a thick fogge with the winde at South: we steered North-east till noone. Then we changed our course, and steered away North North-east, hoping for an open Sea in our course to fall with the bodie of Newland. This day at two in the afternoone it cleered vp, and wee saw the Sunne, which wee had not seene since the second of this moneth. Hauing steered North North-east, two watches and an halfe, fifteene or sixteene leagues wee saw Land on our Larboord, about foure leagues off vs, trending as wee could ghesse North-east and South-west. We steered away East North-east, the winde at South a good gale, but reasonable cleere: wee saw many Birds with blacke backes, and white bellies, in forme much like a Ducke: we saw also many pieces of Ice driuing at the Sea. We loofed for one and went roomer for another. And this morning about foure, a thick fogge we saw a head of vs.

The one and twentieth, in the morning we steered North-east, and East North-east two watches, fiue or sixe leagues. Then it grew thicke fogge. And we cast about, and steered North-east and East Northeast two watches, sixe leagues finding wee were embayed. The winde came at East South-east a little gale: we tacked about and lay South. All this night was a thicke fog with little winde, East we lay with the stemme.

The two and twentieth, in the morning it clecred vp, being calme about two or three of the clocke: after we had a prettie gale, and we steered away East and by North three leagues. Our obseruation was in 72 degrees 38 minutes, and changing our course, we steered North-east, the winde at South-east a prettie gale. This morning when it cleered vp, we saw the Land, trending neere hand East North-cast, and

West South-west, esteeming our selues from it twelue leagues. It was a mayne high Land, nothing at all couered with snow: and the North part of that mayne high Land was very high Mountaynes, but we could see no snow on them. We accounted by our obseruation the part of the mayne Land, lay neerest hand in 73 degrees. The many fogges and calmes with contrary windes, and much Ice neere the shoare, held us from farther Discouery of it. It may bee objected against vs as a fault, for haling so Westerly a course. The chiefe cause that moued vs thereunto, was our desire to see that part of Groneland, which (for ought that we know) was to any Christian vnknowne: and we thought it might as well haue beene open Sea as Land, and by that meanes our passage should haue beene the larger to the Pole : and the hope of hauing a Westerly wind, which would be to vs a landerly wind if we found Land. And considering wee found Land contrarie to that which our Cards make mention of; we accounted our labour so much the more worth. And for ought that we could see, it is like to be a good Land, and worth the seeing.

On the one and twentieth day, in the morning while we steered our course North North-east, we thought we had embayed our selues, finding Land on our Larboord, and Ice vpon it, and many great pieces of Drift Ice: we steered away North-east, with diligent looking out euery cleere for Land, hauing a desire to know whether it would leaue vs to the East, both to know the bredth of the Sea, and also to shape a more Northerly course. And considering we knew no name giuen to this Land, we thought good to name it, Hold with hope, lying in 73 degrees of latitude.

The Sunne was on the Meridian on the South part of the Compasse, neerest hand. Heere is to bee noted that when we made The Mount of Gods Mercie, and Youngs Cape, the Land was couered

with Snow for the most part, and extreame cold, when wee approached neere it: But this Land was very temperate to our feeling. And this likewise is to be noted, that being two dayes without obseruation; notwithstanding, our lying a hull by reason of much contrary wind, yet our obseruation and dead reckoning were within eight leagues together, our shippe beeing before vs eight leagues. This night vntill next morning prooued little Winde.

The three and twentieth, in the morning we had an hard gale on head of vs, with much rayne that fell in very great drops, much like our Thunder showers in England; wee tacked about and stood East Notherly with a short sayle, to our feeling it was not so cold as before we had it. It was calme from noone to three of the clocke with fogge. After the winde came vp at East and East South-east, we steered away North-east with the fogge and rayne. About seuen or eight of the clocke, the winde increased with extreame fogge, wee steered away with short sayle East North-east, and sometimes East and by North.— About twelue at mid-night, the wind came vp at South-west, we steered away North, being reasonable cleere weather.

The foure and twentieth, in the morning about two of the clocke, the Masters mate thought he saw Land on the Larboord, trending North North-west Westerly, and the longer we ranne North, the more it fell away to the West, and did thinke it to bee a mayne high Land. This day the wind being Westerly, we steered away North, and by obseruation wee were in 73 degrees nearest hand. At noone we changed our course, and steered away North and by East, and at our last obseruation, and also at this, we found the Meridian all Leeward on the South and by West, Westerly part of the Compasse, when we had sayled two Watches eight leagues.

The fiue and twentieth, the wind scanted and came vp at North North-west, we lay North-east two

Watches 8 leagues. After the wind became variable betweene the North-east and the North, we steered away East and by North, and sometimes East, we had thicke fogge. About noone three Granpasses played about our shippe. This after-noone the wind vered to the East and South-east, we haled away North and by East. This night was close weather, but small fogge, (we vse the word Night for distinction of time, but long before this the Sunne was alway aboue the Horizon, but as yet we could neuer see him vpon the Meridian North.) This Night being by our accompt in the Latitude of 75 degrees, we saw small flockes of Birds, with blacke Backes and white Bellies, and long speare Tayles. We supposed that Land was not farre off, but we could not discrie any, with all the diligence which we could vse, being so close weather, that many times we could not see sixe or seuen leagues off.

The sixe and twentieth, in the morning was close weather, we had our wind and held our course as afore. This day, our obseruation was 76 degrees 38 minutes, and we had Birds of the same sort as afore, and diuers other of that colour, hauing red Heads; that we saw when we first made the Mount of Gods Mercy in Greenland, but not so many. After we steered away North and by East: two VVatches 10 leagues, with purpose to fall with the Souther part of Newland, accounting our selues 10 or 12 leagues from the Land. Then wee stood away North-east one VVatch fiue leagues.

The seuen and twentieth, about one or two of the clocke in the morning we made Newland, being cleere weather on the Sea; but the Land was couered with fogge, the Ice lying very thicke all along the shoare for 15 or 16 leagues which we saw.Hauing faire wind wee coasted it in a very pleasing smooth sea, and had no ground at an hundred fathoms, foure leagues from the shoare. This day at noone, wee accounted we were in 78 degrees, and