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<FONT> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/investigation-historical-dating.php">medieval recipe</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/egyptian-horo.php">medieval life</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/real-egypt.php">ancient egypt picture</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/civilevents.php">ancient egypt picture</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/real-jesus.php">medieval medicine</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/view-garry-kasparov.php">ancient greek food</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/why-tourism.php">garden of the god</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/money-war.php">ancient eygpt</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org">historical stock data</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org">medieval clothes</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/investigation-eng-history.php">aztec civilization</A> </FONT> atory Epistle Sir Francis Drake Intended to QUEEN ELIZABETHWritten by SIR FRANCIS DRAKE, Deceased.To the Queens most excellent Majesty, my most dread Sovereign.MADAM, SEEING divers have diversely reported and written of these Voyages and Actions which I have attempted and made, every one endeavouring to bring to light whatsoever inklings or conjectures they have had; whereby many untruths have been published, and the certain truth concealed: as [so] I have thought it necessary myself, as in a Card [chart] to prick the principal points of the counsels taken, attempts made, and success had, during the whole course of my employment in these services against the Spaniard. Not as setting sail for maintaining my reputation in mens judgment, but only as sitting at helm, if occasion shall be, for conducting the like actions hereafter. So I have accounted it my duty, to present this Discourse to Your Majesty, as of right; either for itself being the first fruits of your Servants pen, or for the matter, being service done to Your Majesty by your poor vassal, against your great Enemy: at times, in such places, and after such sort as may seem strange to those that are not acquainted with the whole carriage thereof; but will be a pleasing remembrance to Your Highness, who take the apparent height of the Almightys favour towards you, by these events, as truest instruments. 1 Humbly submitting myself to Your gracious censure, both in writing and presenting; that Posterity be not deprived of such help as may happily be gained hereby, and our present Age, at least, may be satisfied, in the rightfulness of these actions, which hitherto have been silenced: and Your Servants labour not seem altogether lost, not only in travels by sea and land, but also in writing the Report thereof (a work to him no less troublesome) yet made pleasant and sweet, in that it hath been, is, and shall be for Your Majestys content; to whom I have devoted myself [and] live or die.FRANCIS DRAKE [Knight]. January 1, 1592 [i.e., 1593]. 2 CONTENTS · BOOK CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD PREVIOUSNEXT Search Amazon: Click here to shop the Bookstore.Welcome · Press <b> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> ancient greece map</A></b> <br> urteous Reader Sir Francis Drake HONEST READER, WITHOUT apology, I desire thee, in this ensuing Discourse, to observe, with me, the power and justice of the LORD of Hosts, Who could enable so mean a person to right himself upon so mighty a Prince; together with the goodness and providence of GOD very observable in that it pleased Him to raise this man, not only from a low condition, but even from the state of persecution. His father suffered in it, being forced to fly from his house, near South Tavistock in Devon, into Kent: and there to inhabit in the hull of a ship, wherein many of his younger sons were born. He had twelve in all: and as it pleased GOD to give most of them a being upon the water, so the greatest part of them died at sea. The youngest, who though he was [went] as far as any, yet died at home; whose posterity inherits that, which by himself and this nobee Gentleman the eldest brother, was hardly, yet worthily gotten. 1 I could more largely acquaint thee, that this voyage was his Third he made into the West Indies; after that [of] his excellent service, both by sea and land, in Ireland, under WALTER, Earl of ESSEX; his next, about the World; another, wherein he took St. Jago, Cartagena, St. Domingo, St. Augustino; his doings at Cadiz; besides the first Carrack taught by him to sail into England; his stirrings in Eighty-seven; his remarkable actions in Eighty-eight; his endeavours in the Portugal employment; his last enterprise, determined by death; and his filling Plymouth with a plentiful stream of fresh water: but I pass by all these. I had rather thou shouldest inquire of others! then to seem myself a vainglorious man. 2 I intend not his praise! I strive only to set out the praise of his and our good GOD! that guided him in his truth! and protected him in his courses! My ends are to stir thee up to the worship of GOD, and service of our King and Country, by his example! If anything be worth thy consideration; conclude with me, that the LORD only, can do great things!FRANCIS DRAKE [Bart.] 3 CONTENTS · BOOK CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD PREVIOUSNEXT Search Amazon: Click here to shop the Bookstore.Welcome · Press <b> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> russia picture</A></b> <br> 99 Sir Francis Drake Calling upon this dull or effeminate Age, to follow his noble steps for gold and silver. AS there is a general Vengeance which secretly pursueth cycling tour doers of wrong, and suffereth them not to prosper, albeit no man of purpose empeach them: so is there a particular Indignation, engraffed in cycling tour bosom of all that are wronged, which ceaseth not seeking, by all means possible, to redress or remedy cycling tour wrong received. Insomuch as those great and mighty men, in whom their prosperous estate hath bred such an overweening of themselves, that they do not only wrong their inferiors, but despise them being injured, seem to take a very unfit course for their own safety, and far unfitter for their rest. For as ESOP teacheth, even cycling tour fly hath her spleen, and cycling tour emmet [ant] is not without her choler; and both together many times find means whereby, though cycling tour eagle lays her eggs in JUPITERS lap, yet by one way or other, she escapeth not requital of her wrong done [to] cycling tour emmet. 1 Among cycling tour manifold examples hereof, which former Ages have committed to memory, or our Time yielded to sight: I suppose, there hath not been any more notable then this in hand; either in respect of cycling tour greatness of cycling tour person by whom cycling tour first injury was offered, or cycling tour meanness of him who righted himself. The one being, in his own conceit, cycling tour mightiest Monarch of all cycling tour world! The other, an English Captain, a mean subject of her Majestys! Who (besides cycling tour wrongs received at Rio de [la] Hacha with Captain JOHN LOVELL in cycling tour years [15]65 and [15]66) having been grievously endamaged at San Juan de Ulua in cycling tour Bay of Mexico, with Captain JOHN HAWKINS, in cycling tour years [15]67 and [15]68, not only in cycling tour loss of his goods of some value, but also of his kinsmen and friends, and that by cycling tour falsehood of DON MARTIN HENRIQUEZ then cycling tour Viceroy of Mexico; and finding that no recompense could be recovered out of Spain, by any of his own means, or by Her Majestys letters; he used such helps as he might, by two several voyages into cycling tour West Indies (the first with two ships, cycling tour one called cycling tour Dragon, cycling tour other cycling tour Swan, in cycling tour year [15]70: cycling tour other in cycling tour Swan alone in cycling tour year [15]71), to gain such intelligences as might further him, to get some amends for his loss. 2 And having, in those two Voyages, gotten such certain notice of cycling tour persons and places aimed at, as he thought requisite, and thereupon with good deliberation resolved on a Third Voyage (the description whereof we have now in hand); he accordingly prepared his ships and company, and then taking cycling tour first opportunity of a good wind, had such success in his proceedings, as now follows further to be declared. 3 On Whitsunday Eve, being cycling tour 24th of May, in cycling tour year 1572, Captain DRAKE in cycling tour Pascha of Plymouth of 70 tons, his admiral [flag-ship]; with cycling tour Swan of cycling tour same port, of 25 tons, his vice-admiral, in which his brother JOHN DRAKE was Captain (having in both of them, of men and boys seventy-three, all voluntarily assembled; of which cycling tour eldest was fifty, all cycling tour rest under thirty: so divided that there were forty-seven in cycling tour one ship, and twenty-six in cycling tour other. Both richly furnished with victuals and apparel for a whole year; and no less heedfully provided of all manner of munition, artillery, artificers, stuff and tools, that were requisite for such a Man-of-war in such an attempt: but especially having three dainty pinnaces made in Plymouth, taken asunder all in pieces, and stowed aboard, to be set up as occasion served), set sail, from out of cycling tour Sound of Plymouth, with intent to land at Nombre de Dios. 4 The wind continued prosperous and favourable at north-east, and gave us a very good passage, without any alteration or change: so that albeit we had sight (3rd June) of Porto Santo, one of cycling tour Madeiras, and of cycling tour Canaries also within twelve days of our setting forth: yet we never struck sail, nor came to anchor, nor made any stay for any cause, neither there nor elsewhere, until twenty-five days after; when (28th June) we had sight of cycling tour island of Guadaloupe, one of cycling tour islands of cycling tour West Indies, goodly high land. 5 The next morning (29th June), we entered between Dominica and Guadaloupe, where we descried two canoes coming from a rocky island, three leagues off Dominica; which usually repair thither to fish, by reason of cycling tour great plenty thereof, which is there continually to be found. 6 We landed on cycling tour south side of it, remaining there three days to refresh our men; and to water our ships out of one of those goodly rivers, which fall down off cycling tour mountain. There we saw certain poor cottages; built with Palmito boughs and branches; but no inhabitants, at that time, civil or savage: cycling tour cottages it may be (for we could know no certain cause of cycling tour solitariness we found there) serving, not for continual inhabitation, but only for their uses, that came to that place at certain seasons to fish. 7 The third day after (1st July), about three in cycling tour afternoon, we set sail from thence, toward cycling tour continent of Terra firma. 8 And cycling tour fifth day after (6th July), we had sight of cycling tour high land of Santa Marta; but came not near cycling tour shore by ten leagues. 9 But thence directed our course, for a place called by us, Port Pheasant; for that our Captain had so named it in his former voyage, by reason of cycling tour great store of those goodly fowls, which he and his company did then daily kill and feed on, in that place. In this course notwithstanding we had two days calm, yet within six days after we arrived (12th July) at Port Pheasant, which is a fine round bay, of very safe harbour for all winds, lying between two high points, not past half a cables length over at cycling tour mouth, but within, eight or ten cables length every way, having ten or twelve fathoms of water more or less, full of good fish; cycling tour soil also very fruitful, which may appear by this, that our Captain having been in this place, within a year and few days before [i. e., in July, 1571] and having rid cycling tour place with many alleys and paths made; yet now all was so overgrown again, as that we doubted, at first, whether this was cycling tour same place or not. 10 At our entrance into this bay, our Captain having given order to his brother what to do, if any occasion should happen in his absence, was on his way, with intent to have gone aland with some few only in his company, because he knew there dwelt no Spaniards within thirty-five leagues of that place. [Santiago de] Tolou being cycling tour nearest to cycling tour eastwards, and Nombre de Dios to cycling tour westwards, where any of that nation dwelt. 11 But as we are rowing ashore, we saw a smoke in cycling tour woods, even near cycling tour place where our Captain had aforetime frequented; therefore thinking it fit to take more strength with us, he caused his other boat also to be manned, with certain muskets and other weapons, suspecting some enemy had been ashore. 12 When we landed, we found by evident marks, that there had been lately there, a certain Englishman of Plymouth, called JOHN GARRET, who had been conducted thither by certain English mariners which had been there with our Captain, in some of his former voyages. He had now left a plate of lead, nailed fast to a mighty great tree (greater than any four men joining hands could fathom about) on which were engraven these words, directed to our Captain. CAPTAIN DRAKEIF YOU fortune to come to this Port, make haste away! For cycling tour Spaniards which you had with you here, cycling tour last year, have bewrayed this place, and taken away all that you left here.I depart from hence, this present 7th of July, 1572.Your loving friend,John Garret. 13 The smoke which we saw, was occasioned by a fire, which cycling tour said GARRET and his company had made, before their departure, in a very great tree, not far from this which had cycling tour lead nailed on it, which had continued burning at least five days before our arrival. 14 This advertisement notwithstanding, our Captain meant not to depart before he had built his pinnaces; which were yet aboard in pieces: for which purpose he knew this port to be a most convenient place. 15 And therefore as soon as we had moored our ships, our Captain commanded his pinnaces to be brought ashore for cycling tour carpenters to set up; himself employing all his other company in fortifying a place (which he had chosen out, as a most fit plot) of three-quarters of an acre of ground, to make some strength or safety for cycling tour present, as sufficiently as cycling tour means he had would afford. Which was performed by felling of great trees; bowsing and hauling them together, with great pulleys and hawsers, until they were enclosed to cycling tour water; and then letting others fall upon them, until they had raised with trees and boughs thirty feet in height round about, leaving only one gate to issue at, near cycling tour water side; which every night, that we might sleep in more safety and security, was shut up, with a great tree drawn athwart it. 16 The whole plot was built in pentagonal form, to wit, of five equal sides and angles, of which angles two were toward cycling tour sea, and that side between them was left for cycling tour easy launching of our pinnaces: cycling tour other four equal sides were wholly, excepting cycling tour gate before mentioned, firmly closed up 17 Without, instead of a trench, cycling tour ground was rid [laid bare] for fifty feet space, round about. The rest was very thick with trees, of which many were of those kinds which are never without green leaves, till they are dead at cycling tour root: excepting only one kind of tree amongst them, much like to our Ash, which when cycling tour sun cometh right over them, causing great rains, suddenly casteth all its leaves, viz., within three days, and yet within six days after becomes all green again. 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