MOST MEIGHTYE, HEIGH, AND REDOVBTED PRINCE: fforasmuch as it hath pleased God and youre heighnes to appointe me as printipall pilote for the conductinge of youre Maiestie's shippes vnto settinge with me as Captaine an honnest and faythfull Gentleman, Captaine John Conningham, youre Maiesties servante: Therefore I can doe no lesse but in duetye to certify your Heighnes of oure proceedinges, to whome of reight it belongeth.

THEREFORE maye it please youre Maiestie to understande that we depted from Copemanhaven the second daye of in this presente yeare of oure redemption, 1605 we cominge to an anker that neight at Elsonvre, where we ankered to take in oure water where in the meane tyme, the Captaines and Levetennants, with the other steeremen, earnistlye desired me to sett downe some covenantes amongst us for the better keepeinge of companie in this our viage the which thinge I did, gettinge the same translated into the Dannish toung, as youre Maiestie at youre best likeinge maye see moreover they settinge to there handes, sweareinge and protestinge to keepe the same covenantes so longe as possible they coulde, but how well and trewelye there othes and covenantes were kept and pformed shalbe further declared in place convenient

So, haveinge taken in oure water, we depted from Elsonvre the third daye at neight we haveinge not beene 24 howers at sea when ye Captaine of yeLion with his steerman, Peter Kelson, complayned that they weere not suffitientlye furnished of wood and water earnistlye intreateinge both the Captaine and my selfe that wee would putt into some harbor in Norwaye where they meight supplye there wantes thewhich at there earnist desirewe consented unto, although both the Captaine and my selfe had a better desire to pceededed on oure viage.