These Orders If You Diligently Obserue, You May Thereby Perfectly Set Downe In The Plats, That I Haue Giuen You Your Whole Trauell, And Description Of Your Discouery, Which Is A Thing That Will Be Chiefly Expected At Your Hands.

But withall you may not forget to note as much as you can learne, vnderstand or perceiue of the

Maner of the soile, or fruitfulnesse of euery place and countrey you shall come in, and of the maner, shape, attire and disposition of the people, and of the commodities they haue, and what they most couet and desire of the commodities you see, and to offer them all courtesie and friendship you may or can, to winne their loue and fauour towardes you, not doing or offering them any wrong or hurt. And though you should be offered wrong at their handes, yet not to reuenge the same lightly, but by all meanes possible seeke to winne them, yet alwayes dealing wisely and with such circumspection that you keepe your selues out of their dangers.

Thus I beseech God almightie to blesse you, and prosper your voyage with good and happie successe, and send you safely to returne home againe, to the great ioy and reioycing of the aduenturers with you, and all your friends and our whole countrey, Amen.

* * * * *

Certaine briefe aduises giuen by Master Dee, to Arthur Pet, and Charles Iackman, to bee obserued in their Northeasterne discouerie, Anno 1580.

If we reckon from Wardhouse to Colgoieue Island 400.

Enter page number Go  Previous Next
Page 208 of 490
Words from 57928 to 58178 of 136233