Note 887 — THE THIRD VOYAGE NORTH-WARD TO THE KINGDOMES OF CATHAIA and China, in Anno 1596.

The 4 of August, about the south-east sunne, being gotten out of the ice, we sailed forward with a north-west wind, and held our course [mostly] southerly; and when the sunne was [about] south, at noone time, we saw the coast of Russia lying before vs, whereat we were exceeding glad; and going neerer vnto it, we stroke887 our sailes and rowed on land, and found it to be very low land, like a bare strand that might be flowed ouer with the water.888 There we lay till the sunne was south-west; but perceiuing that there we could not much further our selues, hauing as then sailed from the point of Noua Zembla (from whence we put off) thither ful 30 [120] miles, we sailed forward along by the coast of Russia with an indifferent gale of wind, and when the sunne was north we saw another Russian iolle or ship,889 which we sailed vnto to speake with them; and being hard by them, they came al aboue hatches,890 and we cried vnto them, Candinaes, Candinaes,891 whereby we asked them if we were about Candinaes, but they cryed againe and sayd, Pitzora, Pitzora,892 to shew vs that we were thereabouts. And for yt we sailed along by the coast, where it was very drie,893 supposing that we held our course west and by north, that so we might get beyond the point of Candinaes, we were wholy deceiued by our compas, that stood vpon a chest bound with yron bands, which made vs vary at least 2 points, whereby we were much more southerly then we thought our course had bin, and also farre more easterly, for we thought verily that we had not bin farre from Candinaes, and we were three daies sailing from it, as after we perceiued;894 and for that we found our selues to be so much out of our way, we stayed there all night til day appeared.