The  sixt,  in  the  morning,  wee  had  the  wind  stormie  and
shifting,  betweene  the  west  and  south-west,  against  us  for
doing  any  good :  we  rode  still,  and  had  much  ice  driuing  by
vs  to  the  eastwards  of  vs.  At  nine  of  the  clocke,  this  eeuen-
ing wee  had  the  wind  at  north  north-west :  we  presently
weighed,  and  set  sayle,  and  stood  to  the  westward,  being  out
of  hope  to  find  passage  by  the  north-east :  and  my  purpose
was  now  to  see  whether  Willoughbies  Land  were,  as  it  is
layd  in  our  cardes  ;  which  if  it  were,  wee  might  finde  morses
on  it ;  for  with  the  ice  they  were  all  driven  from  hence.
This  place  vpon  Noua  Zembla,  is  another  then  that  which
the  Hollanders  call  Costing  Sarch,  discouered  by  Oliuer
Brownell  :   and  William  Barentsons  obseruation  doth  wit-


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nesse  the  same.  It  is  layd  in  plot  by  the  Hollanders  out  of
his  true  place  too  farre  north  :  to  what  end  I  know  not,  un-
lesse  to  make  it  hold  course  with  the  coinpasse,  not  respect-
ing the  variation.  It  is  as  broad  and  like  to  yeeld  passage
as  the  Vaygats,  and  my  hope  was,  that  by  the  strong  streame
it  would  haue  cleered  it  selfe ;  but  it  did  not.  It  is  so  full
of  ice  that  you  will  hardly  thinke  it.
III.
WRITINGS     OF     WILLIAM     BARENTS,    PRESERVED     BY     PURCHAS1.
\_Purchas  his  Ptlgrimes,  vol.  iii,  pp.  518-520.]


I  thought  good  to  adde  hither  for  Barents  or  Barentsons
sake,  certaine  notes  which  I  have  found  (the  one  translated,
the  other  written  by  him  (amongst  Master  Hakluyts  Paper).
