We began our voyage for the north-west passage, the seventeenth of Aprill, 1610. Thwart of Shepey, our master sent Master Colbert back to the owners with his letter. The next day we weighed from hence and stood for Harwich, and came thither the eight and twentieth of Aprill. From Harwich we set sayle the first of May, along the coast to the north, till we came to the isles of Orkney, from thence to the iles of Faro, and from thence to Island: on which we fell in a fogge, hearing the rut of the sea ashoare, but sawnot the land whereupon our master came to an anchor. Heere we were embayed in the south-east part of the land. Wee weighed and stood along the coast, on the west side towards the north: but one day being calme we fell a fishing, and caught good store of fish, as cod, and ling, and butte, with some other sorts that we knew not. The next day we had a good gale of wind at south-west, and raysed the iles of Westmonie, where the king of Denmarke hath a fortresse, by which we passed to rayse the Snow Hill foot a mountayne so called on the north-west part of the land. But in our course we saw that famous hill, Mount Hecla, which cast out much fire, a signe of foule weather to come in short time.