[5] De witte Zee—the White Sea. [↑]
[6] The adverb of affirmation, now written ay. A striking instance of its use occurs in Romeo and Juliet:—
“Hath Romeo slaine himself? say thou but I,
And that bare vowell I shall poyson more
Than the death-darting eye of Cockatrice;
I am not I, if there be such an I.”
[7] Thus it appears that Gerrit de Veer was not on the first voyage, as has been supposed by some writers. [↑]
[8] By the Russians called Nóvaya Zémlya, i.e., “the New Land”. [↑]
[9] Namely, between Nóvaya Zémlya and Spitzbergen, which latter was, by Barentsz and his companions, thought to be a part of Greenland. [↑]