letters patent t,, timrid a c.hmv in Newfimndl:md. and for the discovery of Xoruml)ega. ]iis training had been rather in the war aainst Spaniards in the low ('ountries than at se[; but he was t[ man of fitr-seeing views. [ patriotic an(i hih-mimlcd entle- man. lh, made one disastrouq voyage with his half-lu'othcr, X�altt,r 11aleh, in 1379. and in 158:1 he equipped t[ mm'e importan[ expedition.

Five vessels h. ft ('awsmM Bay on the 11th of Jmm; but the largest. named tim lhtleffh. pu[ back .wing t- the outbreak of mortal sickness. The others were the lh'liflht, of 120 hms, the Nu'ttllou, and f;.lth'n Illmi. each of -11} tons, aml the little Nqttirrel, of 10 tmis. {)n the 31}th of July they had crossed the Ariantie and sighted land, visi[in the island where the !h'etons were accustomed to sal[ down quantities o[ grea[ auks in casks. .k[ fit. John's, Newfoundland. Sir Ilmnphrey (Illbet[ fmmd thirty-six sail vessels of all mirions, and, in accordance with his orders, he took possessim in the name of the queen. {}n the -lth of fantit,d, and was entertained Iy the English merchants. l,eltx'ing St. John's {m the 20th of .kugusL the ships were steered in the direction of the Isle of SMdes, and on the �lth the Drlilht ran shore and became t[ total wreck. Among those who perished were Stephanus l'armenius of Buda, who was to have been the historian of the expedition, the captain, and lnany others. The master, llielmrd {'lu'ke. ff.t away in a sm:tli boat, which was dangerrarely ovet<rowded. {)ne of the party. ntuned liedicy, proposed th:[t they should draw lois fir four to be thrown overb,ard. But ('l:trke "No We will live or die together" After having been fmr dD's withou[ fiod they succeeded in landing. md relieved their hunger by eating berries. I;inally. thcy were taken on board a vessel behmin� to St..Jean dr, IiUZ, and were lamh,d tt[ l'[sajes in Spain, whence they found their way hmne.

These disasters induced Sir I lumlhrey Gilbert to resolve upon returninE to England. with the intenti.n of continuing the enterprise in the ensuing spring. tlt, was urged to fro m I}ottrd the Hi.d: but as the Nquirrcl, owing to her small size, wuhi be exposed [o the reatest d:mer in erossing the Atlantic, he chose to go in her, and his resolution eouhi not be shaken. {}n the evening of the 9th of September he was seen sittin with [ book in his hand, trod he cried on[ to those m board the Ilind. ahen within hailing distance, "We are as near to heaven by sea as by land."