Note 6 — THE FYRST PART OF THE NAUIGATION INTO THE NORTH SEAS.

The adverb of affirmation, now written ay. A striking instance of its use occurs in Romeo and Juliet:—

“Hath Romeo slaine himself? say thou but I,

And that bare vowell I shall poyson more

Than the death-darting eye of Cockatrice;

I am not I, if there be such an I.”