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certain_a month_n build_v themselves_o a_o bark_n sail_v to_o newfoundland_n and_o so_o home_n 1593._o pag._n 573._o &_o 574_o the_o voyage_n of_o sir_n robert_n duddeloâ—_n to_o the_o isle_n of_o trinidad_n and_o the_o coast_n of_o paria_fw-la with_o his_o return_n homeward_o by_o the_o yle_n of_o granata_n santa_n cruzâ—_n sant_n juan_n de_fw-fr puerto_fw-la rico_fw-it mona_n zacheo_n the_o sholde_n call_v abre_n ojos_fw-la and_o the_o isle_n of_o bermuda_n anno_fw-la 1594._o &_o 1595._o pag._n 574_o the_o voyage_n of_o sir_n amias_n preston_n and_o captain_n george_n summer_n to_o the_o west_n indies_n begin_v in_o march_n 1595_o wherein_o diverse_a yland_n city_n town_n and_o fort_n be_v part_v take_v and_o ransom_v and_o part_v burn_v pag._n 578_o the_o last_o voyage_n of_o sir_n francis_n drake_n &_o sir_n john_n hawkins_n intend_v for_o some_o special_a service_n on_o the_o yland_n and_o main_a of_o the_o west_n indies_n anno_fw-la 1595._o in_o which_o voyage_n both_o the_o 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and_o the_o state_n of_o the_o south_n sea_n and_o the_o trade_n to_o the_o philippinas_fw-la pag._n 557._o and_o the_o page_n follow_v the_o interpretation_n of_o certain_a word_n of_o the_o language_n of_o trinidad_n annex_v to_o the_o voyage_n of_o sir_n robert_n duddeley_n pag._n 577_o a_o libel_n of_o spanish_a lie_v write_v by_o don_n bernaldino_n delgadillo_n de_fw-fr auellaneda_n general_a of_o the_o king_n of_o spain_n armada_n concern_v some_o part_n of_o the_o last_o voyage_n of_o sir_n francis_n drake_n together_o with_o a_o confutation_n thereof_o by_o m._n henry_n savile_n etc._n etc._n villaâ—â—â—_n pag._n 591_o &_o 593._o a_o excellent_a rutty_a for_o the_o island_n of_o â—he_n west_n indies_n and_o for_o tierra_n firma_fw-la and_o nueva_n espanna_n pag._n 603_o a_o principal_n rutty_a contain_v most_o particular_a direction_n to_o sail_v from_o saint_n lucar_n in_o andaluzia_n by_o the_o canary_n the_o antillas_n and_o the_o other_o great_a isle_n westward_o of_o 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london_n who_o be_v embark_v in_o a_o fleet_n of_o 3_o ship_n to_o wit_n the_o bear_n the_o bear_n whelp_n and_o the_o benjamin_n set_v forth_o principal_o at_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o honourable_a knight_n sir_n roberâ—_n duddeley_n and_o commit_v unto_o the_o command_n and_o conduct_v of_o m._n benjamin_n wood_n a_o man_n of_o approve_a skill_n in_o navigation_n who_o together_o with_o his_o ship_n and_o company_n because_o we_o have_v hear_v no_o certain_a news_n of_o they_o since_o the_o month_n of_o february_n next_o after_o their_o departure_n we_o do_v suppose_v may_v be_v arrive_v upon_o some_o part_n of_o the_o coast_n of_o china_n and_o may_v there_o be_v stay_v by_o the_o say_a emperor_n or_o perhaps_o may_v have_v some_o treachery_n wrought_v against_o they_o by_o the_o portugal_n of_o macao_n or_o the_o spaniard_n of_o the_o philippinas_fw-la elizabetha_n dei_fw-la gracia_fw-la angliae_fw-la francia_fw-la &_o hiberniae_fw-la regina_fw-la verae_fw-la &_o christianae_fw-la fidei_fw-la contra_fw-la omnes_fw-la falso_fw-la christi_fw-la nomen_fw-la profitentes_fw-la invictissima_fw-la propugnatrix_fw-la etc._n etc._n altissimo_fw-la serenissimoque_fw-la principi_fw-la potentissimo_fw-la magni_fw-la regni_fw-la chinae_fw-la dominatori_fw-la summo_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la asiae_n partibus_fw-la insulisque_fw-la adia_fw-la centibus_fw-la imperatori_fw-la &_o magno_fw-la in_o orientalibus_fw-la mundi_fw-la regionibus_fw-la monarchae_n salutem_fw-la multosque_fw-la cum_fw-la omni_fw-la optimarum_fw-la rerum_fw-la copia_fw-la &_o affluentia_fw-la laetos_fw-la &_o foelices_fw-la annos_fw-la cum_fw-la honesti_fw-la &_o fideles_fw-la subditi_fw-la nostri_fw-la qui_fw-la have_v literas_fw-la nostras_fw-la ad_fw-la serenitatem_fw-la vestram_fw-la perferunt_fw-la richardus_fw-la allot_v &_o thomas_n bromefield_n civitatis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la londini_fw-la iâ—_n dicto_fw-la nostro_fw-la regno_fw-la angliae_fw-la mercatores_fw-la impensè_fw-la a_o nobis_fw-la efflagitaverint_fw-la ut_fw-la eorum_fw-la studia_fw-la ad_fw-la imperij_fw-la vestri_fw-la regiones_fw-la commercij_fw-la gracia_fw-la navigandi_fw-la commendaremus_fw-la cumque_fw-la regni_fw-la vestri_fw-la fortitèr_fw-la prudenterque_fw-la administrati_fw-la fama_fw-la per_fw-la universam_fw-la terrarum_fw-la orbem_fw-la disseminata_fw-la &_o diwlgata_fw-la subditos_fw-la hos_fw-la nostros_fw-la invitaverit_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la ut_fw-la dominationis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la regiones_fw-la invisant_fw-la sed_fw-la ut_fw-la regni_fw-la vestri_fw-la legibus_fw-la &_o institutis_fw-la dum_fw-la in_o illis_fw-la mundi_fw-la partibus_fw-la commorati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la regendos_fw-la se_fw-la &_o moderandos_fw-la permittant_fw-la prout_fw-la mercatores_fw-la decet_fw-la qui_fw-la mercimoniorum_fw-la commurandorum_fw-la causa_fw-la ad_fw-la tam_fw-la longè_fw-la dissitas_fw-la nec_fw-la adhuc_fw-la nostro_fw-la orbi_fw-la satis_fw-la cognitas_fw-la regiones_fw-la penetrate_v cupâ—unt_n illud_fw-la unum_fw-la spectantes_fw-la ut_fw-la mercimonia_fw-la sva_fw-la mercimoniorunque_fw-la quorundam_fw-la quibus_fw-la ditionis_fw-la nostrae_fw-la regiones_fw-la abundant_a exemplaria_fw-la quaedam_fw-la sive_fw-la specimina_fw-la serenitatis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la subditorumque_fw-la vestrorum_fw-la conspectui_fw-la offerant_fw-la &_o diligenter_n cognoscere_fw-la studeant_fw-la si_fw-la quae_fw-la aliae_fw-la sint_fw-la apud_fw-la nos_fw-la merces_fw-la quae_fw-la vestro_fw-la usui_fw-la inseruiant_fw-la quas_fw-la honesto_fw-la &_o ubique_fw-la terrarum_fw-la licito_fw-la commercij_fw-la ritu_fw-la alijs_fw-la mercibus_fw-la quarum_fw-la in_fw-la imperij_fw-la vestri_fw-la regionibâ—_n tam_fw-la artis_fw-la quam_fw-la naturae_fw-la beneficio_fw-la magna_fw-la copia_fw-la est_fw-la commutare_fw-la possint_fw-la nos_fw-la equissimis_fw-la honestorum_fw-la hominum_fw-la precibus_fw-la acquiescentes_fw-la quia_fw-la nihil_fw-la ex_fw-la iustissimo_fw-la hoc_fw-la mercaturae_fw-la usu_fw-la incommodi_fw-la sive_fw-la dispendij_fw-la oâ—â—turum_fw-la sed_fw-la plurimum_fw-la potius_fw-la emolumenti_fw-la utriusque_fw-la regni_fw-la tum_fw-la principibus_fw-la tum_fw-la subditis_fw-la proventurum_fw-la existimamus_fw-la dum_fw-la earum_fw-la rerum_fw-la quibus_fw-la ahundamus_fw-la exportatione_fw-la &_o aliarum_fw-la quibus_fw-la egemus_fw-la invectione_fw-la aequissimis_fw-la precijs_fw-la iâ—uari_fw-la utrinque_fw-la &_o locupletari_fw-la possimus_fw-la serenissimam_fw-la maiestatem_fw-la vestram_fw-la rogamus_fw-la ut_fw-la subditis_fw-la his_fw-la nostris_fw-la cum_fw-la mercimoniorum_fw-la vendendorum_fw-la &_o permutandorum_fw-la gratia_fw-la ad_fw-la imperij_fw-la vestri_fw-la stationes_fw-la pottus_fw-la loca_fw-la oppida_fw-la civitates_fw-la accesserint_fw-la eundi_fw-la redeundi_fw-la &_o cum_fw-la subditis_fw-la vestris_fw-la negotiandi_fw-la plena_fw-la &_o libera_fw-la fiat_fw-la potestas_fw-la illisque_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la libertates_fw-la immunitates_fw-la &_o privilegia_fw-la quae_fw-la aliorum_fw-la principum_fw-la sâ—bditis_fw-la apud_fw-la vos_fw-la mercaturam_fw-la exercentibus_fw-la concedi_fw-la solent_fw-la serenitatis_fw-la vestrae_fw-la clementia_fw-la inviolota_fw-la conseruentur_fw-la &_o nos_fw-la vicissim_fw-la non_fw-la tantùm_fw-la omne_fw-la amicae_fw-la principis_fw-la officia_fw-la serenitati_fw-la vestrae_fw-la deferemus_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la maiorem_fw-la communis_fw-la inter_fw-la nos_fw-la â—ubditosque_fw-la nostros_fw-la amicitiae_fw-la &_o commercij_fw-la propagationem_fw-la subditis_fw-la vestris_fw-la omnibus_fw-la &_o singulis_fw-la si_fw-la serenissime_fw-la maiestati_fw-la vestrae_fw-la ita_fw-la visum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la plenam_fw-la &_o integram_fw-la in_o ditionis_fw-la nostre_fw-fr quascunque_fw-la regiones_fw-la veniendi_fw-la commorandi_fw-la negotiandi_fw-la &_o revertendi_fw-la
de_fw-fr san_n barâ—ardo_n la_fw-fr bacilla_n the_o shoald_n of_o serrana_n serranilla_n cape_n de_fw-fr corrientes_n cape_n de_fw-fr san_n antonio_n the_o tâ—â—tugâ—â—â—_n seranilla_n a_o island_n in_o 16._o degree_n 〈◊〉_d câ—â—â—_n de_fw-fr cameron_n the_o variation_n of_o the_o compass_n isla_n de_fw-fr pinos_n the_o currentâ—_n sâ—t_v here_o sometime_o wesâ—_n isla_n de_fw-fr coâ—â—â—_n the_o latitude_n of_o 〈…〉_o 19_o deg_fw-la and_o one_o â—ieâ—â—e_n las_o tortugas_n the_o little_a islâ—_n call_v vermâ—â—â—_n marâ—â—_n oâ—_n vâ—â—la_fw-la rica_fw-la the_o low_a ground_n of_o almeria_n lâ—s_v sierras_n 〈◊〉_d papalo_n saint_n paul_n monte_fw-fr de_fw-fr câ—rneâ—os_n casa_n de_fw-fr buytroâ—_n the_o castle_n of_o s._n juan_n de_fw-fr vâ—lâ—â—_n the_o hospital_n the_o river_n of_o 〈◊〉_d alacranes_n or_o â—â—â—pâ—orâ—_n the_o triangle_n â—â—rta_fw-la or_o â—aâ—â—a_fw-la the_o high_a hill_n 〈◊〉_d â—_o maâ—tin_n 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr medelin_n s._n juan_n de_fw-fr vllua_o 〈◊〉_d in_o 18._o deg_fw-la and_o a_o half_a the_o tortugas_n the_o current_n to_o the_o east_n â—an_v de_fw-fr cabanas_n â—avana_n â—eâ—_n martyr_n the_o shold_n of_o mimbresâ—_n that_o be_v of_o osier_n the_o channel_n reach_v to_o 28_o degree_n la_fw-fr bermuda_n bermuda_n the_o variation_n of_o the_o compass_n flores_n and_o câ—eruo_n saint_n george_n terzera_n the_o cape_n of_o s._n vincent_n the_o wind_n be_v always_o at_o northwest_o in_o the_o summer_n the_o mark_n oâ—_n capâ—_n s._n vincent_n the_o asagresal_n the_o cape_n of_o saint_n mary_n the_o course_n in_o winter_n from_o the_o channel_n of_o baâ—ama_n the_o variation_n of_o the_o compass_n many_o lose_v upon_o bermuda_n by_o negligence_n the_o isle_n of_o s._n marry_o marry_o faial_a the_o bar_n oâ—_n s._n lucar_n sierras_n de_fw-fr monchico_fw-la to_o aâ—oyde_v man_n of_o war_n the_o castle_n of_o aimonte_n the_o cape_n of_o s_o nâ—colas_n on_o the_o east_n end_n of_o cuba_n pontâ—_n de_fw-fr mayâ—ca_n â—araâ—oa_o a_o â—lâ—â—â—d_n on_o the_o east_n side_n of_o baracoa_n â—aâ—o_o de_fw-fr â—â—a_fw-la this_o word_n cayo_n in_o the_o biskapur_n â—â—â—gue_n signify_v a_o date_n â—_o shall_v pracellas_fw-la the_o mosâ—wes_n camoloquea_n the_o flat_n of_o mecaâ—a_n to_o be_v avoid_v cropeda_n a_o flat_a island_n 2._o rock_n of_o stone_n punta_n de_fw-fr caveus_fw-la matanâ—as_n the_o current_n the_o teat_n of_o havana_n the_o â—arbour_n of_o xâ—â—oca_n mark_v to_o know_v the_o harbour_n of_o havana_n caio_n de_fw-fr moa_n caio_n romanâ—â—_n alcane_n de_fw-fr barasoga_n savano_n basquo_n the_o flat_n of_o mecala_n take_v heed_n of_o that_o which_o be_v here_o saâ—d_v for_o it_o have_v little_a reason_n sierras_n de_fw-fr camaloquâ—a_n caio_n de_fw-fr moa_n pracellas_fw-la havana_n punta_n de_fw-fr mance_n sierra_n del_fw-it hama_fw-la caio_n romano_n the_o mark_n of_o the_o flat_a of_o caio_n romano_n punta_n de_fw-fr naga_n punta_n de_fw-fr hidalgo_fw-la the_o calm_n of_o 〈◊〉_d the_o variation_n of_o the_o compass_n deseada_n in_o 15._o degree_n and_o a_o halâ—e_n warlike_a and_o dangerous_a indian_n like_v â—hose_v oâ—_n dominica_n these_o 2._o the_o white_a and_o the_o gray_a island_n be_v rather_o baâ—â—_n rock_n in_o the_o sea_n foâ—_n so_o do_v farrallon_n the_o spanish_a word_n signify_v but_o i_o interprâ—te_v it_o island_n because_o all_o the_o rock_n separate_v from_o the_o big_a island_n be_v saâ—d_v to_o be_v little_a island_n this_o white_a &_o bare_a island_n be_v make_v whitâ—_n up_o the_o dâ—ng_n of_o bird_n and_o sea-foule_n that_o resort_v unto_o it_o these_o rock_n be_v call_v los_fw-la 〈◊〉_d or_o the_o spoâ—tes_n the_o point_n oâ—_n causedo_n â—an_v domingo_n the_o point_n of_o niâ—ao_n the_o isle_n of_o beata_fw-la ocoa_n puerto_n hermoso_fw-la the_o isle_n of_o alto_n veloâ—_n 〈◊〉_d frail_n 〈◊〉_d las_o sierras_fw-la de_fw-fr donna_fw-fr maria._n isla_n baque_n cape_n tiburon_n the_o isle_n of_o navaza_n sierras_n de_fw-fr cobâ—â—_n sierras_n de_fw-fr tarquino_n los_fw-la caimanes_n los_fw-la jardines_n las_o sierras_fw-la de_fw-la guanaguarico_fw-la a_o convenient_a water_a place_n the_o isle_n vermeja_n villa_n rica_fw-la â—_o juan_n de_fw-fr vllua_o â—_o volcan_fw-fr or_o burn_a hill_n â—ierras_fw-la de_fw-la sant_z martâ—n_n sierras_n de_fw-fr villa_n 〈◊〉_d â—io_fw-mi de_fw-fr las_fw-fr palmas_fw-la rio_n de_fw-fr las_fw-fr monâ—anâ—as_fw-fr rio_n de_fw-fr panuco_n rio_n heâ—moâ—o_o oâ—_n the_o beautiful_a â—iver_n the_o current_n of_o the_o bay_n of_o mexico_n the_o wind_n be_v at_o the_o east_n set_v to_o the_o northâ—_n and_o 40._o league_n from_o thâ—â—hoâ—e_n to_o the_o north-east_n the_o mountain_n oâ—_n tamaclipa_n 〈◊〉_d tide_n at_o the_o river_n of_o panuco_n laâ—_n sieâ—ras_fw-fr de_fw-fr tarquia_fw-la â—_o luis_n de_fw-fr tamâ—ice_n cabo_n roxo_fw-la a_o water_a place_n the_o bay_n â—â—_o cassone_n all_o these_o be_v upon_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o tabasco_n las_o sierras_fw-la de_fw-fr â—_o pabâ—â—â—_n punta_n delgada_o oâ—_n the_o slend_a pointâ—_n cabezaâ—_n anegada_n be_v 〈◊〉_d head_n 〈◊〉_d under_o water_n comedera_fw-mi de_fw-mi peâ—cado_fw-it cabo_n de_fw-fr coâ—â—ienteâ—_n cabo_n de_fw-fr s._n aâ—â—ton_n cape_n sisal_n upon_o the_o coast_n of_o campeche_n in_o lucatan_n or_o isla_n de_fw-fr arenas_n sierras_n de_fw-fr s._n martin_n roca_n partida_n or_o minsapa_n of_o antoniserro_n las_o tortugas_n the_o hill_n call_v los_fw-la organo_n upon_o cuba_n near_o havana_n rio_n de_fw-fr puercos_fw-la baya_n honda_fw-la la_fw-fr quadrilla_o de_fw-la sierras_fw-la el_n pan_n de_fw-fr caâ—annas_n la_fw-fr mesa_fw-la de_fw-fr marien_n the_o tower_n of_o havana_n note_v chipiona_n a_o town_n stand_v upon_o the_o coast_n of_o andaluzia_n next_o unto_o s._n lucas_n el_n pan_n de_fw-fr matanzas_n barrancas_n if_o you_o will_v recover_v havana_n go_v also_o signify_v creek_n or_o break_a entrance_n of_o land_n cabeza_n de_fw-fr los_fw-la martyr_n which_o martyr_n be_v a_o number_n of_o small_a land_n lie_v ahead_n the_o cape_n 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