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1578. ble again, had so far advanced the Sea-son, it being now the latter End of .Au-gust, that they were obliged to lay asideall Thoughts of attempting any fartherDiscovery, that Year, and to think ofreturning Home

They build During their Stay, at the Countessa House ; of Warwick's Ifland, their Masons built

a House, of Lime and Stone, as a Trial,to fee what Effect: the Frost and Snowwould have upon it, against the nextSealbn, or whether the Inhabitantswould be so savage to tear it in Pieces.In Order to divert them from such Bar-And leave barity, and, if possible, to give themit, adorned some Sen le or Humanity, they left inwith seve- the House, such Things as they knew'aPny'to the t ^ )e y delighted in, Bells, Knives, Look-Savages. ing-glaffes, Whistles, Pipes, Picturesof*Men and Women in .Lead, and thelike. They likewise built an Oven, andleft Bread ready baked in it. TheTimber of their intended Fort they bu-ried ; And they sowed Pease, Corn, andother Grain, to see what the Soil wouldproduce, against the next Year.

The Fleet The last Day of August, and thereturns Day following, the whole Fleet set Sailhomewards, from Wirwick Ifland, and, notwithstand-ing a very bad Passage, and being se-

parated in Storms, all arrived in Safety, jin some Port or other of England, aboutthe Beginning of October. The Ema-nuel-BAs, of Bridgwater , which wasleft far behind, and in great Danger ofnever getting out of the Ice, was forcedto seek a Way Northward, thro' an un-known Channel, full of Rocks, intothe North-Sea, on the Back side ofForbijkers Streights, where he himself, A n^'ffand afterwards some other of his Com- nel cstf.pany, discovered (as they affirmed) a/^).great Foreland, where they would haveit, also, that there was a great Likelihoodof the widest Paflage towards the South-Sea. The Emanuel , in her Coursehomeward, discovered, to the South-East of Frifeland, a great Ifland, in theLatitude of seven and fifty Degrees ,and thirty Minutes, which had not ’tillthen, been known, along the Coast ofwhich they failed for three Days, andfound the Land seemingly fruitful ,full of Wood, and a Champain Country.

It was remarkable, that in a Fleet of fif-teen Ships, which encountered so manyDifficulties, and Dangers, no more thanforty Persons died, during the wholeVoyage.

CHAP. IX.

-A Particular Account of Captain Francis Drake's famous Voyage round theGlobe , with some other ‘Transactions to the End of the Tear, 1580.

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T HIS Voyage being, perhaps,the most glorious that ever wasperformed, by any Nation,with so small a Force, and at-tended with the most surprizing Events,I believe I can not oblige my Readersmore, than by giving them as circum-stantial an Account of it, as these fewSheets can passibly allow. In doing ofthis, I ssiall follow the most approv-ed Authors who have given us Relati-ons of this celebrated Expedition, with-out confining my-self, however, to anyone in Particular.

To give the Reader a better Idea,as well of Sir Francis Drake's Person,Temper and Qualifications, as of tireUndertaking itself, I ssiall prefix tothis Account Sir William Monfon s Intro-duction to this Voyage.

" I have laboured (fays Sir William W'" Monfon) in all my Relations, to walk" uprightly, and with Integrity, nei-volT^/" ther swaying to the one Hand, or p- Fj. y, 5'" bending to the other; I have en-y^p.

" deavour’d to carry my Intentions so praf e fl" equally, as not to deserve Blame“ for too much commending, nor Re-" proof, for detracting more than Truth" leads me; And as • I have begunso indifferently, so will I continue as" sincerely, and fay something of this .noble Gentleman, Sir Francis Drake,who is to enter into the next Rank of" my Discourse.

" There is no Man so perfect, butis fit to be amended ; nor none so'evil,

<e but he has something in him to be" praised; And comparing the Impei>

" sections of Sir Francis Drake, with

" his