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The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
1. First, by example may be gathered, how a discoverer of new countries is to proceede in his first attempt of any discoverie.
2. Item, how he shoulde be provided of shipping, victuals, munition, and choice of men.
3. Howe to proceede and deale with straunge people, be they never so barbarous, cruell and fierce, eyther by lenitie or otherwise.
4. How trade of marchandize may be made withoute money.
5. How a pilot may deale, being environed wyth mountaines of ise in the frosen sea.
6. How lengths of dayes, chaunge of seasons, sommers and winters, do differ in sundry regions.
7. How dangerous it is to attempt new discoveries, either for the length of the voyage or the ignorance of the language, the want of interpretors, newe and unaccustomed elementes and ayres, straunge and unsavery meats, daunger of theeves and robbers, fiercenesse of wilde beasts and fishes, hugenesse of wooddes, daungerousnesse of seas, dreade of tempestes, feare of hidden rockes, steepenesse of mountaines, darknesse of sodaine falling fogges, continuall paines taking withoute anye reste, and infinite others.
8. How pleasaunt and profitable it is to attempt new discoveries, either for the sundry sights and shapes of strange beastes and fishes, the wonderful workes of nature, the different manners and fashions of diverse nations, the sundry sortes of gouernmente, the sight of straunge trees, fruite, foules, and beastes, the infinite treasure of pearle, gold and silver, the newes of new found landes, the sundry positions of the sphere, and many others.
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