[394] Gibbons, who was Button's cousin, went in the Resolution as a volunteer. In 1614 he went out again in the Discovery in command, but this voyage proved a complete failure. Button had a very high opinion of him, and so, apparently, had Pett. For an account of the voyages, see Rundall, Narratives of Early Voyages (Hakluyt Soc.), and Christy, Voyages of Foxe and James to the North-west (Hakluyt Soc.).
[395] Presence-chamber.
[396] See [Introduction].
[397] Perhaps Nicholas Pey
[398] Thomas; ship-painter.
[399] Picture, image.
[400] Daughter of the King, married to Frederick, Elector Palatine, subsequently King of Bohemia. Prince Rupert was her third son.
[401] By contract.
[402] Shipbuilders.
[403] St. Stephen's Alley occupied a site near the position of the present Parliament Street, where Charles Street runs into it.