Item, if you goe from Bergen in Norway, the course is right West, till you bee South of Roke∣nesse in Island: and distant from it thirteene miles, or leagues. And with this course you shall come vnder that high Land that lyeth in the East part of Groneland, and is called Swafster. A day before you come there, you shall haue sight of a high Mount, called Huit-sarke: and betweene Whitsarke and Groneland, lyeth a Head-land called Hernoldus Hooke; and thereby lyeth an Hauen, where the Norway Merchants Ships were wont to come: and it is called Sound Hauen.
Item, if a man will sayle from Island to Gronland, hee shall set his course to Snofnesse, which is by West Rokenesse thirteene miles, or leagues right West, one day and nights sayling, and after South-west to shun the Ice, that lyeth on Gombornse-skare; and after that one day and night [ 10] North-west. So shall hee with this course fall right with the abouesayd Swafster, which is high Land, vnder which lyeth the aforesayd Head-land, called Hornoldus Hooke, and the Sound Hauen.
Item, the Easter Dorpe of Groneland lyeth East from Hernoldus hooke, but neere it, and is cal∣led Skagen Ford, and is a great Village.
Item, from Skagen Ford East, lyeth a Hauen called Beare Ford: it is not dwelt in. I•• the mouth thereof lyeth a Riffe, so that great Ships cannot harbour in it.
Item, there ir great abundance of Whales: and there is a great Fishing for the killing of them there: but not without the Bishops consent, which keepeth the same for the benefit of the Ca∣thedrall Church. In the Hauen is a great Swalth: and when the Tide doth runne out, all the [ 20] Whales doe runne into the sayd Swalth.
Item, East of Beare Ford, lyeth another Hauen c••lled Allabong Sound: and it is at the mouth narrow, but farther in, very wide: The length whereof is such, that the end thereof is not yet knowne. There runneth no Streame. It lyeth full of little Iles. Fowle and Oxen are there com∣mon: and it is playne Land on both sides, growne ouer with greene Grasse.
Item, East from the Icie Mountayne, lyeth an Hauen called Fendebother; so named, because in Saint Olafes time there was a Ship cast away, as the speach hath beene in Groneland; In which Ship was drowned one of Saint Olafes men, with others: and those that were saued did burie those that were drowned, and on their Graues did set great stone Crosses, which wee see at this day.
[ 30] Item, somwhat more East toward the Icie Mountayne, lyeth a high Land, called Corse Hought, vpon which they Hunt white Beares, but not wi••hout the Bishops leaue, for it belongeth to the Cathedrall Church. And from thence more Easterly, men see nothing but Ice and Snow, both by land and water.
Now wee shall returne againe to Hernoldus Hooke, where we first began to come to the first Towne that lyeth on the East side of Hernoldus Hooke, called Skagen Ford: and so we will write the Names of all that lye on the West-side of the Ford or Sound.
Item, West from Hernoldus Hooke, lyeth a Dorpe called Kodosford, and it is well built: and as you sayle into the Sound, you shall see on the right hand a great Sea and a Marsh: and into this [ 40] Sea runneth a great streame: and by the Marsh and Sea standeth a great Church, on which the Holy Crosse is drawne, of colour white: it belongeth to E••elnesse de Hokesong, and the Land to Peters Wike.
Item, by Peters Wike, lyeth a great Dorpe called Wartsdale, by which lyeth a water or Sea of twelue miles or leagues ouer: in which is much Fish: And to Peters Wike Church belongeth Wartsdale Boy or Towne, and the Villages.
Item, neere this Boy or Towne, lyeth a Cloyster or Abbey, in which are Canons Regular, it is Dedicated to Saint Olafes, and Saint Augustines name. And to it belongeth all the Land to the Sea side, and toward the other side of the Cloyster.
Item, next Godosford, lyeth a Ford called Rompnes Ford: And there lyeth a Cloyster of Nuns of Saint Benedicts Order.
[ 50] Item, this Cloyster to the bottome of the Sea, and to Weg•••• Kerke, was Dedicated to Saint O∣lafe the King. In this Ford lye many small Iles. And to this Cloyster belongeth halfe the Ford and the Church. In this Sound are many warme Waters. In the Winter they are intollerable hot: but in the Summer more moderate: and many Bathing in them are cured of many diseases.
Item, betweene R••mpn•••• and the next Sound, lyeth a great Garden called Vose, belonging to the King. There is also a costly Church dedicated to Saint Nicolas. This Church had the King before this. Neere it lyeth a Sea of Fresh water, called, in which is great abundance of Fish, without number. And when there falleth much Rayne, that the Waters doe rise there∣with, and after fall againe, there remayneth vpon the Land much Fish drie.
Item, when you sayle out of Emestnes Ford, there lyeth an Inlet, called South-woders Wike: [ 60] and somewhat higher in the same Sound, and on the same side, lyeth little Cape called Bl••ming: and beyond that lyeth another Inwike called Gronwike, and aboue that lyeth a Garden called Daleth, which belongeth to the Cathedrall Church. And on the right hand as you sayle out of the same Sound, lyeth a great Wood, which pertayneth to the Church, where they feede all