in with the land to descrie it, where being on land, they met with the
people of the Countrey, which seemed very humane and ciuill, and offered to
traffike with our men, profering them foules and skins for kniues, and
other trifles: whose courtesie caused vs to thinke, that they had small
conuersation with other of the Straights.

Then we bare backe againe to goe with the Queenes foreland: and the
eighteenth day wee came by two Islands whereon we went on shore, and found
where the people had bene: but we saw none of them. This day we were againe
in the yce, and like to be in as great perill as we were at the first. For
through the darknesse and obscuritie of the fogie mist, we were almost run
on rocks and Islands before we saw them: But God (euen miraculously)
prouided for vs, opening the fogges that we might see clearely, both where
and in what danger we presently were, and also the way to escape: or els
without faile we had ruinously runne vpon the rocks.

When we knew perfectly our instant case, wee cast about to get againe on
Sea bord, which (God be thanked) by night we obtained and praised God. The
cleare continued scarce an houre, but the fogge fell againe as thicke as
euer it was.

[Sidenote: Warning pieces of safe passage discharged.] Then the
Rearadmirall and the Beare got themselues cleare without danger of yce and
rocks, strooke their sailes and lay a hull, staying to haue the rest of the
Fleet come forth: which as yet had not found the right way to cleare
themselues from the danger of rockes and yce, vntill the next morning, at
what time the Rearadmirall discharged certaine warning pieces to giue
notice that she had escaped, and that the rest (by following of her) might
set themselues free, which they did that day.