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on the twentieth, and they afterwardsgave and returnedVisitsstill the thirtieth.Henry was detained some Days longer,by contrary Winds, at Calais, and thenreturned to England. During this Stay,some will have it, he was married pri-vately to Ann Bnllen. But thoseHistoriansseem to have as much Probability ontheir Side, who fix this Marriage tothe five and twentieth of January fol-lowing. In September the Queen wasdelivered of the Princess Eliza-beth, who afterwards mounted theThrone.

In Hackluyt, we have an Account ofthe Voyages of two Merchant-Ships,one of one Hundred and sixty, and theother of three Hundred Tuns, in theYears 1534. and 1535. to Candia andChio. These Accounts contain nothingvery memorable in them, only shew,by several Circumstances, that theseVoyages were in those Days esteemedlong and dangerous Voyages.

In the Year 1535. Wales, which hadhitherto been only a Province of theEnglish Nation, was incorporated, uni-ted and annexed, for ever, to the Realmof England: And this Year Henry mar-ried Jane Seymour , Ann Bullen beingbeheaded for Adultery.

In the Year, 1536. Mr. Hore, ofLondon, a Gentleman well skilled inCosmography and Navigation, proposeda Voyage or Discovery, towards theNorthwest Parts of America ; For theeffecting of which, he found great Fa-vour and Encouragement, not onlyfrom the King himlelf, but from seve-ral Gentlemen of the Inns of Court,Chancery, &c. some of whom had theCuriosity to undertake the Voyage withhim, in Person. Among these were Mr.Weekes, a Gentleman of the We (I Coun-try ; Mr. Luke, a Gentleman of Kent ;Mr. Lucks eld ; Mr. Thomas Butts, Sonof Sir William Butts, of Norfolk ; Mr.Hardie ; Mr. Biron ; Mr. Carter ; Mr.Wright ; Mr. Raftal, theBrother of Ser-jeant R ajlal; Mr. Ridley, and diversothers of good Families and Circumstan-ces. All these embarked with Mr.Hore, in the Admiral-Ship, called theTrinity, of one Hundred and FortyTuns.

In another Ship, called the Minion,went Mr. Annigal Wade, afterwardsClerk of the Council to King Henry VIII.and King Edward VI. Mr. Oliver Daw-beney, Merchant of London, Mr. Joy,afterwards Gentleman of the King’s

Chappel, and several others. In bothShips were one Hundred arid twentyPersons, thirty of whom were Gentle-

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They departed from Grdvefend, a- They departbout the latter End of April, arid, af-^d® Vter they left the Coast of England, sawno Land in two Months, ’till they touch-ed at a Part of the We/t-Indies, aboutCape Briton. From thence they shaped -Arrive attheir Course North-Eaf wards, ’till they c A Briton ’came to the Istand of Pengwin, a rocky, f ^ g jstony Country. Here they went ori jiandefPen-Shoar, and found a prodigions Quantity gwin.of white and grey Birds, as big as Geese,which, when stead, proved very goodEating. They likewise found Bears,both black and white, some of whichthey killed, and found tolerable Food.

After their Arrival in New-found- They feeland, they were several Days at A n cho r,without being any of the Natives; At Newfound-last, they espied a Boat of Savages, row- ^nd.ing towards their Ships, They manneda Boat to follow them ; But t;he Savagesretreated, and gaining the Shoar first,st ed into an Istand, which lay in the Bayor River, where they rode at Anchor.

They pursued them, but the Savagesescaped, and they only found a Fire,*and the Side of a Bear, on a woodenSpit.

After some Time, they were in Are reducedgreat Want of Provisions, and found no to greatDi-other Relief there, but the Nest of anOj'prey, which brought thither great Provisions,Plenty of all Sorts of Fish, for the Sup-port of her young; And as their Wantsen creased, they supplied them, in someMeasure, by eating raw Herbs andRoots,-v which they found on Shoar. At Length,the Famine growing more severe, andthe Officers misting, fromTimeto Time*several of their Men, it was discovered,that when they went onShoar, in Searchof Herbs and Roots, they murdered an d eat oneand eat one another, in the Woods. another ;

In this Distress, they came to an A-^ /w/Jgreement among themselves, that rather die by Lot.than all sliould perish, they would castLots, who should be killed, to furniffiFood for the Rest: But before theybrought this inhumane Resolution toPractice, the very same Night, a French Are reliev -Ship arrived in the Port, where they lay e * b aat Anchor, well stored with Provisions. 1They made no Scruple, being too power-ful for the French, to exchange Shipswith them, and, being now suppliedwith Necessaries, set Sail, in Order toreturn to England .

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