Frobishers first voiage for the disco|uerie of Ca|taia.The fiftéenth of Iune Martine Frobisher being furnished of aduenturors, with two small barkes & one pinnesse departed from Blackewall, vpon his voiage for the discouerie of a passage to Cataia by the northwest seas. Upon the first of Iulie he had sight (as he iudged) of Fréesland, but durst not ap|proch the same, by reason of the great yee that laie a|longst the coast. Not far from thense he lost his pin|nesse and one of his barkes, who mistrusting the dan|ger of tempests returned home, with report that their generall Martine Frobisher was cast awaie: which worthie capteine notwithstanding continued his course northwest,A rumor that capteine Fro|bisher was cast awaie. Queene Eli|sabeths fore|land. beyond anie man that hath heretofore discouered, and the twentith of Iulie had sight of a high land, which he named Quéene Elisa|beths foreland; and after that another foreland with a great passage, diuiding (as it were) the two maine lands asunder: this place he named Frobishers streits. After he had passed sixtie leagues further, he went ashoare, found the same to be inhabited with sauage people, caught one of them into his barke, and returning, arriued in England in the moneth of August following. One of his companie brought from thense a péece of a blacke stone, much like to a seacole in colour, which being brought to certeine goldfiners in London, to make a saie thereof, found it to hold gold, and that verie richlie for the quantitie.

A woman burnt at Tun|bridge for poi|soning hir husband.The ninteenth of Iulie a woman was burnt at Tunbridge in Kent for poisoning of hir husband: and two daies before a man, named Oxleie, was hanged at Maidstone for being accessarie to the same fact. The tenth of August a rare péece of worke and almost incredible,Rare worke|manship shew|ed in the com|passe of a penie by the hand|writing of an Englishman. was brought to passe by an Englishman borne in the citie of London named Peter Bales, who by his industrie and practise of his pen, contriued and writ within the compasse of a pe|nie in Latine, the Lords praier; the créed, the ten commandements, a praier to God, a praier for the quéene, his posie, his name, the daie of the moneth, the yeare of our Lord, and the reigne of the quéene. And on the seuentéenth of August next following at Hampton court he presented the same to the quéens maiestie in the head of a ring of gold, couered with a christall, and presented therewith an excellent specta|cle by him deuised for the easier reading thereof: wherewith hir maiestie read all that was written therein with great admiration, and commended the same to the lords of the councell, and the ambassa|dors, and did weare the same manie times vpon hir finger.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This yeare, by reason of the troubles in the low countries, Anno Reg. 18. 1576 the English merchants susteined great losses diuers waies. For the men of warre that kept the seas,English mer|chants su|steine great losse by sea; and why? aduowing themselues to be reteined with the prince of Orenge, vnder colour to serch for their aduersaries goods, oftentimes boorded the English ships as they met with them on the seas, smallie to the profit of them to whome the same ships and goods apperteined. Some they staied and tooke awaie with them. And at length there was a generall restraint made by the prince of Orenge, that no English ships should passe to or fro the towne of Antwerpe by the riuer of Scheld, such being arrested and detei|ned at Flishing as were comming downe that ri|uer, and other likewise that were bound vp the same time towards Antwerpe.