weather, continued his course towards the Northwest, knowing that the sea
at length must needs haue an ending, and that some land should haue a
beginning that way; and determined therefore at the least to bring true
proofe what land and sea the same might be so farre to the Northwestwards,
beyond any man that hath heretofore discouered. And the twentieth of Iuly
he had sight of an high land, which he called Queene Elizabeths Forland,
after her Maiesties name. And sailing more Northerly alongst that coast, he
descried another forland with a great gut, bay, or passage, diuided as it
were two maine lands or continents asunder. There be met with store of
exceeding great ice all this coast along, and coueting still to continue
his course to the Northwards, was alwayes by contrary winde deteined
ouerthwart these straights, and could not get beyond. [Sidenote: Frobishers
first entrance within the streights.] Within few dayes after he perceived
the ice to be well consumed and gone, either there ingulfed in by some
swift currents or indrafts, carried more to the Southwards of the same
straights, or els conueyed some other way: wherefore he determined to make
proofe of this place, to see how farre that gut had continuance, and
whether he might carry himselfe thorow the same into some open sea on the
backe side, whereof he conceiued no small hope, and so entred the same the
one and twentieth of Iuly, and passed aboue fifty leagues therein, as he
reported, hauing vpon either hand a great maine or continent. And that land
vpon his right hand as he sailed Westward he iudged to be the continent of
Asia, and there to be diuided from the firme of America, which lieth vpon
the left hand ouer against the same.

[Sidenote: Frobishers streights.] This place he named after his name,
Frobishers streights, like as Magellanus at the Southwest end of the world,
hauing discouered the passage to the South sea (where America is diuided
from the continent of that land, which lieth vnder the South pole) and
called the same straights, Magellanes straits.