. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres. th. The I, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of May, wee sayled through thesea of Weedes, about the space of 100 leagues, being underthe Tropicke of Cancer. From whence wee kept our coursetowards the North-east, untill wee had the pole raysed 47degrees. The 22 of May we ranne Eastnortheast. The 29 we sounded and had 70 fathomes with whiteoaze ; having the North pole raysed 51 degrees. The 30of M
. The principal navigations voyages traffiques & discoveries of the English nation : made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeeres. th. The I, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of May, wee sayled through thesea of Weedes, about the space of 100 leagues, being underthe Tropicke of Cancer. From whence wee kept our coursetowards the North-east, untill wee had the pole raysed 47degrees. The 22 of May we ranne Eastnortheast. The 29 we sounded and had 70 fathomes with whiteoaze ; having the North pole raysed 51 degrees. The 30of May wee had sight of S. Ives on the North sideof Corne-wall, and the 2 of June 1579 we arrived atIlfoord-combe in Devon-shire. And thus after our manifold troubles and great dangersin having passed The streights of Magellan into the SouthSea with our Generall M. Francis Drake, and having benedriven with him downe to the Southerly latitude of57 degrees, and afterward passing backe by the samestreights againe, it pleased God to bring us safe intoour owne native countrey to enjoy the presence of ourdeare friendes and kinsefolkes, to whom bee prayse,honour, and glory, for ever and ever. Amen. Edward Cliffe, INSTRUCTIONS TO EDWARD FENTON ad. 1582. Instructions given by the right honourable the [HI. 754]Lordes of the Counsell, to M. Edward FentonEsquire, for the order to be observed in thevoyage recommended to him for the EastIndies and Cathay. Aprill 9. 1582. Irst you shall enter as Captaine Generall,into the charge and government of theseshippes, viz. the Beare Gallion, theEdward Bonaventure, the Barke Francis,and the small Frigate or Pinnesse. 2 Item you shall appoint for the fur-nishing of the vessels in the whole, to thenumber of 200 able persons, accompting in that numberthe Gentlemen and their men, the Ministers, Chirurgians,Factors, &c. which sayd number is no way to be ex-ceeded, whereof as many as may be, to be sea-men ; andshal distribute them into every vessel,
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