Henry Hudson Quotations

I used all diligence to arrive at London and therefore I now gave my crew a certificate under my hand, of my free and willing return, without persuasion or force by any one or more of them.

This land may be profitable to those that will adventure it.

A sea setting us upon the ice has brought us close to danger.

These natives are a very good people; for when they saw that I would not remain, they supposed that I was afraid of their bows; and, taking their arrows, the broke them in pieces and threw them into the fire.

On our coming into the house, two mats were spread our to sit upon, and some food was immediately served in well-made red wooden bowls.

That was a dagger in the heart to them. It felt like they couldn't handle it (the game) after that.

With regard to the northern passage, your majesty might undertake the search openly, and in your majesty's name, as a glorious enterprise.

We're trying to get another 1991 season going. This is just a stepping stone.

This is not a case where the law has been misapplied,

It's only about 500 yards from the federal courthouse down there, which makes it very close if he wishes to use the grand jury or should an indictment be returned in Alexandria.

These I saw there, in a house well constructed of oak bark, and circular in shape, so that it had the appearance of being built with an arched roof.