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A05570	Nevves of the complement of the art of nauigation And of the mightie empire of Cataia. Together with the Straits of Anian. By A.L. The principall contents whereof follow in the next page.	Linton, Anthony.	1609 (1609)	STC 15692; ESTC S109469	21,513	47

docta Tyros The holy Scriptures also are euident records hereof Esay the Prophet speaketh thus chap. 22.8 Who hath decreed this against Tyrus that crowneth men whose merchants are Princes whose chapmen are the Nobles of the world And Ezechiel chap. 27.3 declareth the glorious estate therof And vers 25. The shippes of Tharsis were the chiefe in thy Merchandize and thou wast replenished and made verie glorious in the middest of the sea vers 27. Thy riches thy faires thy merchandize thy Mariners and Pilots thy Calkers and the occupiers of thy Merchandize and all the men of warre that are in thee shall fall in the middest of the sea in the day of thy ruine Call to remembrance that old Carthage also a renowmed ofspring of Tyrus which only by Nauigation and trading by sea grew so mightie that three seuerall times it tooke occasion to stand out with Rome for the Soueraigntie in three seuerall warres great doubtfull and lamentable In the first of which it is reported that the Carthagineans were beaten in a battel at the sea so brought in order In the second warre which happened some fortie yeeres after they were growne againe so strong that besides many battels by land euen in Italie fifteene yeares together they fought with the Romans a great battell by sea in which likewise they had the worst as witnesseth Tit. Liu. Dec. 3. lib. 2. and at length being enforced by the Romans to yeeld their citie had been vtterly raced to the ground had they not redeemed the same with teares and a yeerelie tribute of two hundred Euboian talents and withall concluded with the Romans neuer after to haue and keepe moe ships for warre then ten c. as writeth Appion in Lybico Yet neuerthelesse the Carthagineans within fiftie yeeres after that grew againe so exceeding mightie by sea and land that they vndertooke a third warre against the Romans in which they were ouercome by sea and by land and their noble Citie which had stood seuen hundred yeares in great estate was raced vnto the ground so that Nauigation which was at the first the cause of their greatnes was also at the last the occasion of their ruine being ouermastred by the Romans in strength at sea as well witnesse the speeches of Hanno and Cato Censorinus in Appion●ae bello Lybico whereby may be seene the great vtilitie of Nauigation Consider also the Cities of Greece as Athens Corinth and the residue vpon the sea coast yea and the very small Islands of the Aegëan sea as Samos and such like how much they encreased in renowne and riches by their shipping and Nauigation and the vtilitie thereof will plainelie appeare That I say nothing of the Greeke and Roman Empires in whom their Naualia are not the least memorable in ancient stories Neither may I here forget the sea forces and sea seruices of the now florishing and menacing Empire of the Turks which are not vnknowne to the world Reade M. Hakluyte who hath excellentlie well deserued of our whole Nation in his worthie works of our English Voiages vol. 2. part 2. pag. 78. where you shall find specified 268. vessels for the war that besieged the Rhodes besides the Nauie that lay attending in other places to cut off al succours of Christians c. and elsewhere in those his volumes Consider further the Venetians and the Genowaies how by Nauigation they haue supported and increased their great Estates Then turne your eies vpon Spaine Portugall and Holland now of late yeeres how as they haue been better furnished with shipping so haue they had their riches honours and Estates increased euen to wonderment Looke ouer the world vnto the great Empire of China which at this present doth abound with shipping both for the Inland seas and riuers to trade at home amongst themselues with easinesse and speede and also for the vaste Ocean for trading with forraine nations whereby infinite numbers of that people are set a worke and their riches and renowne is growne vnto the world verie admirable as witnesseth Master Hackluit in his workes of our English Voiages vol. 2. par 2. pag. 77. 92. and vol. 3. pag. 837. 858. Reade also Arthus de India orientali pag. 466. 468. Also reade Pantogia pag. 56. 61. 64. 65. 112. c. Lastly let vs returne home vnto our owne Countrie this Realme of England and we shall find the estate thereof much encreased and supported by Nauigation By Nauigation we reade that Edgar that I may vse his owne words in his stile Anglorum Basileus omniumque Regum Insularum Oceanique Britanniā circumiacentis cunctarumque nationum quae infra eam includuntur Imperator Dominus who raigned anno dom 959. kept his seas from Piracy and his land from forraine inuasions For euery yeere he rigged 4000. saile of shippes and diuiding them into foure companies put them to sea vpon the foure quarters of his kingdome for the same purpose By Nauigation our Armies haue been transported into other lands for seruice there So Iohn King of England with a Nauie of 500. ships transported his Armie into Ireland ann 1206. So our Armie and forces were transported by Sir Francis Drake Knight vnto S. Domingo and Carthagena in the West Indies anno 1585. and into Portugale anno 1589. By Nauigation many strong battels haue been fought at sea by our nation and honorable victories obtained as the battell at Sluce by King Edward the third anno 1340. the French Fleet being of 400. saile As also the battell fought at Hareflew in France by King Henrie the fifth against the French Nauie of 500. ships anno 1414. As was also that most renowmed victorie gotten from and of that vaunted inuincible Spanish Armada anno 1588. And that ouer the Nauie Royall of the King of Spaine gotten in the Bay of Cadiz anno 1596. By Nauigation the Spanish Fleet that came to waft ouer King Philip from Douer into the Low-countries anno 1556. was compelled by a few ships of the Nauie Royall of this Land vnder the conduct of the Right Honorable the Lord William Howard Baron of Effingham then Lord high Admirall of England and father to the now Right Honorable and renowmed Lord Charles Howard Earle of Nottingham and Lord high Admirall also of England to strike their sailes and vaile their bonnets and performe such honorable acknowledgements as were done at sea to the Emperiall Crowne of this Land The like also was done by ten ships of the Nauie Royall of our late Queene Elizabeth of famous memorie vnder the conduct of the aforesaid Charles Howard now the Right Honorable Earle of Nottingham Lord high Admirall of England vnto the great Spanish Fleet of 130. ships conducting the Emperours Sister the spouse of Spaine thorow the narrow Seas into Spaine vnder whose worthie and happie conduct also the two honorable victories ouer the Spanish Armadaes last before mentioned were obtained to his immortall fame and glorie By Nauigation the Northerne seas vnto Rusland and Moscouia