And Haue Not We As Good Cause To Admire, That The Kings Of The Moluccas And Iaua Maior, Haue Desired The Fauour Of Her Maiestie, And The Commerce & Traffike Of Her People?

Is it not as strange that the borne naturalles of Iapan, and the Philippinas are here to be seene, agreeing with our climate, speaking our language, and informing vs of the state of their Easterne habitations?

For mine owne part, I take it as a pledge of Gods further fauour both vnto vs and them: to them especially, vnto whose doors I doubt not in time shall be by vs caried the incomparable treasure of the truth of Christianity, and of the Gospell, while we vse and exercise common trade with their marchants. I must confesse to haue read in the excellent history intituled Origines of Ioannes Goropius, a testimonie of king Henrie the viij, a prince of noble memory, whose intention was once, if death had not preuented him, to haue done some singular thing in this case: whose words speaking of his dealing to that end with himselfe, he being a stranger, & his history rare, I thought good in this place verbatim to record: Ante viginti & plus eo annos ab Henrico Kneuetto Equite Anglo nomine Regis Henrici arram accepi, qua conuenerat, Regio sumptu me totam Asiam, quoad Turcorum & Persarum Regum commendationes, & legationes admitterentur, peragraturum. Ab his enim duobus Asia principibus facile se impetraturum sperabat, vt non solum tuto mihi per ipsorum fines liceret ire, sed vt commendatione etiam ipsorum ad confinia quoque daretur penetrare.

Enter page number Go  Previous Next
Page 12 of 460
Words from 3007 to 3264 of 127955