And  when  you  are  at  the  easterne  part  of  the  mouth  of  Obba
Reca,  you  shall  from  thence  passe  to  the  eastwards,  alongst
by  the  border  of  the  sayd  coast,  describing  the  same  in  such
perfect  order  as  you  can  best  do  it.  You  shall  not  leaue  the
sayd  coast  or  border  of  the  land,  but  passe  alongst  by  it,  at
hast  iu  sight  of  the  same,  untill  you  haue  sailed  by  it  so  farre
to  the  eastwards,  and  the  time  of  the  yeere  [be]  so  farre  spent,
that  you  doe  thinke  it  time  for  you  to  returne  with  your  barke
to  winter,  which  trauell  may  well  be  300  or  400  leagues  to
the  eastwards  of  the  Ob,  if  the  sea  doe  reach  so  farre,  as  our
hope  is  it  doth ;  but  and  if  you  finde  not  the  said  coast  and  sea
to  trend  so  farre  to  the  eastwards,  yet  you  shall  not  leaue  the
coast  at  any  time,  but  proceed  alongst  by  it,  as  it  doth  lie,
leauiug  no  part  of  it  vnsearched  or  [un-]seene,  unlesse  it  be
some  bay  or  river,  that  you  doe  certeinly  know  by  the  report
of  the  people  that  you  shall  finde  in  those  borders,  or  els
some  certeine  tokens  whereby  you  of  your  selues  may  iudge
it  to  be  so.  For  our  hope  is  that  the  said  border  of  land  and
sea  doth,  in  short  space  after  you  passe  the  Ob,  incline  east,
and  so  to  the  southwards.  And  therefore  we  would  haue  no
part  of  the  land  of  your  starreboord  side,  as  you  proceed  in
your  discouery,  to  be  left  vndiscouered.
