that her Maiestie had good liking of our doings, and thanked vs for it, and
also willed our Captaine to come the next day to the Court to take his
leaue of her.

The same day towards night M. Secretarie Woolly came aboorde of vs, and
declared to the company, that her Maiestie had appointed him to giue them
charge to be obedient, and diligent to their Captaine, and gouernours in
all things, and wished vs happie successe.

The 12. day being ouer against Grauesend, by the castle or blockehouse, we
obserued the latitude, which was 51. degrees 33. min. And in that place the
variation of the Compasse is 11. degrees and a halfe.

[Sidenote: Faire Island.] The 24. day at 2. of the clocke after noone, I
had sight of Faire yle,[47] being from vs 6. leagues North and by East, and
when I brought it Northwest and by North, it did rise at the Southermost
ende with a litle hommocke, and swampe in the middes.

[Sidenote: Shotland.] The 25. day from 4. to 8. a clocke in the forenoone,
the winde at Northwest and by North a fresh gale, I cast about to the
Westward, the Southermost head of Shotland called Swinborne head
Northnorthwest from me, and the land of Faire yle, West Southwest from me.
I sailed directly to the North head of that said land, sounding as I ranne
in, hauing 60. 50. and 40. fathoms, and gray redde shels: and within halfe
a mile of that Island, there are 36. fathoms, for I sailed to that Island
to see whether there were any roadesteede for a Northwest winde, and I
found by my sounding hard rockes, and foule ground, and deepe water, within
two cables length of the shoare, 28. fathome, and so did not ancre but
plied to and fro with my foresaile, and mizen till it was a high water
vnder the Island. The tide setteth there Northwest and Southeast: the flood