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The World Encompassed; Being His Next Voyage to That to Nombre de Dios Formerly Imprinted, Carefully Collected Out of the Notes of Master Francis ... in the Same. Offered Now at Last to Pu
Sir Francis Drake
Paperback. General Books LLC 2012-01-07.
ISBN 9781150738531
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1628. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... j 578. sea with « at oar departure. Which worke as ir was of great ne ccflitie, and therefore caresully to be performed jfodid not he thinke himsclse discharged of his duty, if he himselse bestowed not the first trauel 1 thereto, as his vse was at all limes in all other things, belonging to the reliening of our wanrs, nnd the maintenance of our good estate, by the supply of what was needfpll. Presently vpon his landing he was vifited by two of the inhabitants of the place, whom ^UgelUnt named Pdtagtw, or rather Ptatagaurs fro n their huge starurcaml strength proportionablr: These as they seemed greatly toreioyce at His amnall, lo di3 they (hew themseiues very samiliar, receiuing at our G enerals hands whatsoeuerhegauetbem, and taking great pleasure in seeing Master Oiuwrthe master gunner ofthe AdmiraTl, to sttoot an English arrow: trying with him to shoot at k ngch, but came nothing necre him. Not long after, came one more of the same laste, but ota sowerer forte, tor he, misliking ofthe samiliarity which his ItU lowes had vfed, seemed very angry with them, and stroue earnestly to withdrawe them, and ro turnc them ro become ourenemiesj Which our generall with his men not suspecting in the", vsed them as before: and one Mr. Robert Winter, thinking of pleasure ro stioote an arrow at length, as Mr. Oliuer had done before, that he which came last also might haue a fight thereof, the string of his bow brake; which, as before it was a terror vnto themjo now broken, it gaue them great iocouragemenr, and boldnes, and as rbey thought, great aduanrage in their treacherous intent and purpose; not imagining that our calliuers, swords, and tat gets, were any munition or weapon of wane. Inwhich perfwafionfas the generall with his companie were, quietly without any s
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