south part of Newfound land.] There were of al sorts of berries plentie, and as goodly a Countrey as euer I saw:  we found a very faire plaine Champion ground that a man might see very farre euery way:  by the Sea side was here and there a little wood with goodly trees as good as euer I saw any in Norway, able to mast any shippe, of pyne trees, spruse trees, firre, and very great birch trees.  Where we came on land we made a little house with boughes, where we rested all that night.  In the morning I deuided the company three and three to goe euery way to see what foode they could find to sustaine thenselues, and appointed them to meete there all againe at noone with such foode as they could get.  As we went aboord we found great store of peason as good as any wee haue in England:  a man would thinke they had bene sowed there.  We rested there three dayes and three nights and liued very well with pease and berries, wee named the place Saint Laurence, because it was a very goodly riuer like the riuer of S. Laurence in Canada, and we found it very full of Salmons.  When wee had rested our selues wee rowed our boate along the shore, thinking to haue gone to the Grande Bay to haue come home with some Spanyards which are yeerely there to kill the Whale:  And when we were hungry or a thirst we put our boate on land and gathered pease and berries.  Thus wee rowed our boate along the shore fiue dayes:  about which time we came to a very goodly riuer that ranne farre vp into the Countrey and saw very goodly growen trees of all sortes. [Sidenote:  Foureteen of our men brought out of Newfound land in a ship of S. Iohn de Luz.] There we happened vpon a ship of Saint Iohn de Luz, which ship brought vs into Biskay to an Harborough called The Passage.  The Master of the shippe was our great friend, or else we had bene put to death if he had not kept our counsayle.  For when the visitors came aboord, as it is the order in Spaine, they demanding what we were, he sayd we were poore fishermen that had cast away our ship in Newfound land and so the visitors inquired no more of the matter at that time.  Assoone as night was come he put vs on land and bad vs shift for our selues.  Then had wee but tenne or twelue miles into France, which we went that night, and then cared not for the Spanyard.  And so shortly after we came into England toward the end of the yeere 1583.

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A true report of the late discoueries, and possession taken in the right of
  the Crowne of England of the Newfound lands, By that valiant and worthy
  Gentlemen, Sir Humfrey Gilbert, Knight.

Wherein is also briefly set downe, her highnesse lawfull Title thereunto,
  and the great and manifold commodities, that are likely to grow therby,
  to the whole Realme in generall, and to the aduenturers in particular: 
  Together with the easinesse and shortness of the Voyage.

Written by Sir George Peckham Knight, the chiefe aduenturer and furtherer
  of Sir Humfrey Gilberts voyage to Newfound Land.