Cent On The Original Subscription,
Notwithstanding The Cargo Of One Of The Vessels (The New-Year's Gift)
Cost Only 40,000 Rials Of Eight, And The Sale Produce, In England,
Amounted To L80,000 Sterling."
It is not the purpose of this Collection to enlarge on the history of
the East India Company, any farther
Than by giving relations of its
early voyages, so far as these have come down to us in the Pilgrims of
Purchas, their only published record; and we now therefore proceed with
such of these voyages as are contained in that curious collection, and
seem to be worth including in this work. - E.
SECTION I.
Voyage of Captain Nicholas Downton to India, in 1614.[122]
The ships employed on this voyage, the second set forth by the joint
stock of the East India Company, were the New-year's Gift admiral, of
650 tons, on board of which Captain Downton sailed as general or chief
commander; the Hector of 500 tons, vice-admiral; the Merchant's Hope,
of 300 tons; and the Salomon of 200 tons. We have thus only four ships
enumerated by Purchas, as employed in the second voyage of the new
joint stock, instead at eight mentioned in the Annals, as before
stated in the introduction to the present chapter. In this voyage, Mr
William Edwards was lieutenant, or next in command under Captain
Downton, being likewise Cape merchant, and commander of the Hector. Mr
Nicholas Easworth was Cape merchant, and commander of the Merchant's
Hope.
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