ABSTRACT
ThefollowingarethecontemporaryEnglishnarrativesknownto beextant.
Thesetwojournals,typicalofthemostelementarykindofElizabethansea-journal,areofaboutI,ooowordseach.Thoughof unknownauthorship,theyareclearlyconnected,sincetheirtexts arenearlyidentical,exceptfortheomissionfrom2ofallthe eventsbetweenI2November1595andIMarchI595/6andfrom Iofthelistoflostshipsandofficers,whichappearsasanappendix to2.Theyaddlittletootheravailableinformation.
