Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	earl_n	garter_n	knight_n	10,384	5	7.8101	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12971	The hauen-finding art, or The vvay to find any hauen or place at sea, by the latitude and variation. Lately published in the Dutch, French, and Latine tongues, by commandement of the right honourable Count Mauritz of Nassau, Lord high Admiral of the vnited Prouinces of the Low countries, enioyning all seamen that take charge of ships vnder his iurisdiction, to make diligent obseruation, in all their voyages, according to the directions prescribed herein: and now translated into English, for the common benefite of the seamen of England; Havenvending. English	Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620.; Wright, Edward, 1558?-1615.	1599 (1599)	STC 23265; ESTC S117804	18,789	38

THE HAVEN-FINDING ART Or THE WAY TO FIND any Hauen or place at sea by the Latitude and variation Lately published in the Dutch French and Latine tongues by commandement of the right honourable Count Mauritz of Nassau Lord high Admiral of the vnited Prouinces of the Low countries enioyning all Seamen that take charge of ships vnder his iurisdiction to make diligent obseruation in all their voyages according to the directions prescribed herein And now translated into English for the common benefite of the Seamen of England ❧ Imprinted at London by G. B. R. N. and R. B. 1599. TO THE RIGHT Honorable Charles Earle of Notingham Baron Howard of Effingham knight of the noble Order of the Garter Lord high Admiral of England Ireland Wales c. And her Maiesties Lieutenant and Captaine general ouer all her subiects leuied in the South parts of this Realme c. RIght Honourable being informed by my learned friend and most earnest and effectuall furtherer of Nauigation for the common good of his countrey M. Richard Hackluit vpon the dedication of his first volume of discoueries vnto your Lor. about a yeere since of the singular affection your Lor. beareth towardes the aduancement of knowledge and skill among our seamen in marine causes so farre foorth that to the end they might be the more stirred vp and holpen this way your Lor. would not onely be a meane vnto her Maiestie for the establishing of an ordinary Lecture to be read for their instruction but also rather then so good a purpose should fall to the ground would be at some charges your selfe for the bringing of it to effect I conceiued no smal comfort vpon this report considering that now of late the right honorable Count Maurice of Nassaw L. high Admirall of the vnited Prouinces of the low countries hath shewed himselfe wholly to be of your Lor. minde thinking it a most principal point for the welfare of their estate to haue their mariners now entring into long voyages to be better informed in matters cōcerning their faculty thē heretofore they haue bene To which end he hath lately caused a certaine exhortatory iniunction to be published and hath also giuen commandement that the same should be diligētly obserued by all masters of ships and their companies within the same Prouinces By obseruation wherof they may haue a more certaine and compendious way whereby they may guide themselues to come to any place they shall desire at sea with a streighter course and in shorter time then hath bin commonly accustomed VVhich way is to be found by knowledge of the latitude and variation of the place wherto they purpose to go For seeing one and the same place hath alwaies the same latitude and variation whereof the one sheweth what situation the place hath between North and South the other between East and VVest it cannot be but that the master of the ship bringing himselfe to the latitude and variation of the place to which he purposeth to go must needs bring himselfe to the same place also Considering therefore howe great profit might hereby redound to seamen if the variations of all places were truely known the said Count Maurice hath giuen commandement to all that shall take charge of ships that before they set forth they should prouide themselues meete instruments for that purpose that into what place soeuer they shall come they may diligently search out the declination of the magneticall needle from the true North which they cōmonly cal the variation of the Compasse and that after their returne into their owne countrey they should giue a true certificate of those obseruations to the rest of their collegues and companies of the Admiralty that by them they may be brought into some good order and method and so be published for their common good Desiring also as it may appeare to stirre vp other nations to the same care and diligence in obseruing the variation he hath caused the said iniunction to be published not only in his own natiue tongue but in the French and Latine also intending as it may seeme hereby to make not only it but also his honorable desire in furthering this obseruation commonly known to all Christendome Desiring therefore according to the measure of my small abilitie to be a furtherer of so good a purpose of so famous a personage I haue done mine indeuour to make the same knowen to all English mariners by publishing the foresaid Iniunction in their mother tongue nothing doubting but as they haue not bene inferiour to any nation either for excellency of skill or felicitie in performance of their most wonderfull Nauigations and that principally in this most happy time of your Lor. enioying your most honorable office of high Admiralty So if it might please your Lor. to giue them to vnderstand that your Lor. would be very loth that English mariners whom I haue knowen to haue had the skill to finde out places at sea by the latitude variation after the same maner that is prescribed in this booke more then ten yeres since should now either for too much sparingnes in not preparing or for want of diligence in heedful vsing meete instrumēts for that purpose cast themselues behinde the Netherlanders there may assured hope be conceiued that they wil not only not come behind but farre exceed and go beyond them or any other nation And so much the rather there is reason to induce vs to be of this opinion because there hath bene a secret of the magneticall needle first reuealed by our countriman M. Rob. Norman wherof other nations as yet seeme to be ignorant I meane the falling of the North end of the needle touched with the loadstone vnder the horizon Of which new-found propertie if there shal be diligent and continuall obseruation made especially in long voyages there may in all likelihood no lesse profit arise thereby then by the variation Considering therefore how greatly your Lor. authority yea inclination or beck onely mought preuaile to moue the minds of all English mariners to the diligent heedfull and continual obseruation of these so rare and wonderful properties of the magneticall needle at all places wheresoeuer they shall come wherby so great profit may assuredly redound not onely to seamen but euen to the whole body of the Christian commonwealth I was imboldened recounting with my selfe your Lor. exceeding clemencie conioyned with so high authority to bring before your most honorable presence this Dutch Pilot as it were for so I may not vnfitly call this booke whom since his arriuall here I haue onely taught to speake English that so he might be the more seruiceable vnto your Lor. and to all English seamē in that he professeth which is to bring them to any place in the main Ocean by a shorter course then hath bene accustomed VVherein because the renowmed Count Maurice his master hath giuē him so great credit as to cōmand him to be imploied by al that take charge of