of Warwicke, whose fauourable minde and good disposition hath alwayes bene
ready to countenance and aduance all honest actions with the authours and
executors of the same: and so by meanes of my lord his honourable
countenance he receiued some comfort of his cause, and by litle and litle,
with no small expense and paine brought his cause to some perfection and
had drawen together so many aduenturers and such summes of money as might
well defray a reasonable charge to furnish himselfe to sea withall.

He prepared two small barks of twenty and fiue and twenty tunne a piece,
wherein he intended to accomplish his pretended voyage. Wherefore, being
furnished with the foresayd two barks, and one small pinnesse of ten tun
burthen, hauing therein victuals and other necessaries for twelue moneths
prouision, he departed vpon the sayd voyage from Blacke-wall the 15 of Iune
anno Domini 1576.

One of the barks wherein he went was named the Gabriel, and the other The
Michael; and sailing Northwest from England vpon the II of Iuly he had
sight of an high and ragged land, which he iudged to be Frisland (whereof
some authors haue made mention) but durst not approch the same by reason of
the great store of ice that lay alongst the coast, and the great mists that
troubled them not a litle. Not farre from thence he lost company of his
small pinnesse, which by meanes of the great storme he supposed to be
swallowed vp of the Sea, wherein he lost onely foure men.

[Sidenote: The Michael returned home.] Also the other barke named The
Michael mistrusting the matter, conueyed themselues priuily away from him,
and returned home, with great report that he was cast away.

The worthy captaine notwithstanding these discomforts, although his mast
was sprung, and his toppe mast blowen ouerboord with extreame foule