CHAP. XVI. The third Voyage of Master HENRIE HVDSON toward Noua Zembla, and at his returne, his passing from Farre Ilands, to New-found Land, and along to [ 10] fortie foure degrees and ten minutes, and thence to Cape Cod, and so to thirtie three degrees; and along the Coast to the Northward, to fortie two degrees and an halfe, and vp the Riuer neere to fortie three degrees. Written by ROBERT IVET of Lime-house.
ON Saturday the fiue and twentieth of March, 1609. after the old Account, we set sayle from Amsterdam; and by the seuen and twentieth day, we were downe at the Texel: and by twelue of the clocke we were off the Land, it being East of vs two leagues off. And because it is a journey vsually knowne, I omit to put [ 20] downe what passed, till we came to the height of The North Cape of Finmarke, which we did performe by the fift of May (stilo nouo) being Tuesday. On which day we obserued the height of the Pole, and found it to bee 71. degrees and 46. minutes;* 1.1 and found our Compasse to vary six degrees to the West: and at twelue of the clocke, the North Cape did beare South-west and by South, tenne leagues off, and wee steered away East and by South, and East.
After much trouble with fogges, sometimes, and more dangerous of Ice. The nineteenth, being Tuesday, was close stormie weather, with much wind and snow, and very cold: the wind vari∣able betweene the North North-west, and North-east. We made our way West and by North till noone. Then we obserued the Sunne hauing a slake, and found our heigth to bee 70. degrees [ 30] 30. minutes. And the ship had out-runne vs twentie leagues, by reason of the set of the streame of The White Sea: and we had sight of Wardhouse.* 1.2 Then at two of the clocke wee tacke to the Eastward: for we could not get about the North Cape, the wind was so scant; and at eight of the clocke at night, on the one and twentieth, the North Cape did beare South-east and by South seuen leagues off. And at mid-night Assumption Point did beare South and by East, fiue leagues off vs.
The two and twentieth, gusting weather with haile and snow, the Sunne breaking out some∣times: we continued our course along the Land West South-west. And at tenne of the clocke at night we were thwart off Zenam. The bodie of it did beare East off vs fiue leagues: and the course from the North Cape to Zenam, is for the most part West and by South,* 1.3 and West South-west, [ 40] fiftie foure leagues.
The three and twentieth, faire Sun-shining weather; the wind at East and by South, and East South-east, wee steered along the Land South-west, and South-west and by West, eight leagues a Watch, for so we found the Land to lye from Zenam to Lofoote. And the distance is fif∣tie leagues from the bodie of Zenam, to the Westermost Land of Lofoote. And from the one to the other, the course is South-west and by West. For the Needle of our Compasse was set right to the North. At twelue of the clocke at night, the bodie of Lofoote did beare South-east, sixe leagues off.* 1.4
The foure and twentieth, faire cleere Sun-shining weather: the wind variable vpon all points of the Compasse, but most vpon the South-east, and sometimes calme. We continued our [ 50] course West South-west as before. And at eight of the clocke at night, the Souther part of Lo∣foote did beare South-east ten leagues off vs.
The fiue and twentieth, much wind at North-east, with some snow and haile. The first watch the wind came to the East a fine gale, and so came to the North-east, the second watch at foure of the clocke, and freshed in: And at eight of the clocke it grew to a storme, and so continued. At noone we obserued, and made the ship to be in 67. degrees 58. minutes. Wee continued our course South-west, twelue leagues a watch. At nine of the clocke, Lofoote did beare East of vs 15. leagues off. And we found the Compasse to haue no variation. The wind increased to a storme.
The six and twentieth, was a great storme at the North North-east, and North-east.* 1.5 Wee [ 60] steered away South-west afore the wind with our fore-course abroad: for wee were able to maintayne no more sayles, it blew so vehemently, and the Sea went so high, and brake with∣all, that it would haue dangered a small ship to lye vnder the Sea. So we skudded seuenty leagues in foure and twentie houres. The storme began to cease at foure of the clocke.
The seuen and twentieth, indifferent faire weather, but a good stiffe gale of wind at North,