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32 VOYAGES OF SIR HUGH WILLOUGHBY AND OTHERS,
The twenty-fifth day about ten cf the clock we departed from St. Ofyth, and fo
failed forward unto the Nase, and there abode that night for wind and tide.
The twenty-fixth day at five of the clock in the morning, we weighed our anchor,
and failed over the Nase, the wind being at the S. W. until we came to Orwell Wands,
and there came to an anchor, and abode there until the twenty-eighth day.
The fame day being Trinity Sunday, about feven of the clock before noon we
weighed our anchors, and failed till we came athwart Walfurfye, and there came to an
anchor.
The twenty-ninth day from thence to Holmehead, where we flayed that day, where
we confulted which way, and what courfes were beft to be holden for the difcovery of
our voyage, and there agreed,
The thirtieth day of May, at five of the clock in the morning, we fet fail, and came
again{t Permouth, about three leagues into the fea, riding there at anchor all ‘that night.
The laft of May into the fea fix leagues N. E. and there tarried that night, where
the wind blew very fore.
The firft of June, the wind being at north, contrary to us, we came back again to
Orwell, and remained there until the fifteenth day, tarrying for the wind, for all this
time the wind was contrary to our purpole.
The fifteenth day being at Orwell, in the latitude of 52 degrees, in the morning we
weighed our anchors, and went forth into the Wands, about two miles from the town,
and lay there that night.
The fixteenth day, at eight of the clock, we fet forward and failed until we came
athwart Alburrough, and there ftayed that night.
The feventeenth day , about five of the clock before noon, we went back unto Orford-
nefle, and there remained until the nineteenth day.
The nineteenth day, at eight of the clock in the morning, we went back to Orwell,
and abode there three days tarrying for the wind.
The twenty-third day of June, the wind being fair in the S. W. we hailed into the feas
to Orfordneffe, and from thence into the feas ten leagues N. E.: then being paft the
fands, we changed our courfe fix leagues N. N. E.: about midnight we changed our
courfe again, and went due N. continuing in the fame unto the twenty-feventh day.
‘The twenty-feventh day, about feven of the clock, N.N. W. 42 leagues, to the end
to fall with Shotland: then the wind veered tothe W. fo that we could lie but N. and
by W. continuing in the fame courfe 40 leagues, whereby we could not fetch Shotland :
then we failed N. 16 leagues by eftimation, after that N. and by W. and N. N.W. then
S. E. with divers other courfes, traverfing and tracing the feas, by reafon of fundry and
manifold contrary winds, until the fourteenth day of July: and then the fun entering
into Leo, we difcovered land eaftward of us, unto the which we failed that night as much
as we might : and after we went on fhore with our pinnace, and found little houfes to.
the number of thirty, where we knew that it was inhabited, but the people were fled
away, as we judged, for fear of us.
The land was all full of little iflands, and that innumerable, which were called (as.
we learned afterwards) Aigeland, and Halgeland, which lieth from Orfordnefle N. and
by E. being ia the latitude of 66 degrees* . The diftance between Orfordneffe and
fiigeland 25oleagues. Then we failed from thence 12 leagues N. W. and found many:
other iflands, and there came to anchor the 1gth day, and manned our pinnace, and
* In fad between 54 and 55. degrees,
went
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