. The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass of these 1600 yeeres . hich was our first and lastport, within the streights standeth upon the side of anhill, close upon the sea shore: it is very strong both bysea and land, and it is very well victualed with all mannerof fruites, bread and fish good store, and very is inhabited with Turkes, Moores, and Jewes, and soare Alexandria and Cayro. In this towne are a greatnumber of Christian
. The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques & discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compass of these 1600 yeeres . hich was our first and lastport, within the streights standeth upon the side of anhill, close upon the sea shore: it is very strong both bysea and land, and it is very well victualed with all mannerof fruites, bread and fish good store, and very is inhabited with Turkes, Moores, and Jewes, and soare Alexandria and Cayro. In this towne are a greatnumber of Christian captives, wherof there are of English-men onely fifteene, from which port we set sayle towardesEngland, the seventh of Januarie, Anno 1587, and the30 day of the sayd moneth, we arrived at Dartmouth onthe coast of England. 38 LAURENCE ALDERSEY 1586. The second voyage of M. Laurence Aldersey, tothe Cities of Alexandria, and Cayro in 1586. Embarked my selfe at Bristoll, in theHercules, a good ship of London, andset saile the 21 day of Februarie, aboutten of the clocke in the morning, havinga merry winde: but the 23 day, therearose a very great storme, and in themids of it we descried a small boate of. the burden of ten tunnes, with foure men in her, in verygreat danger, who called a maine for our helpe. Where-upon our Master made towardes them, and tooke theminto our ship, and let the boate, which was laden withtimber, and appertained to Chepstow, to runne a The same night about midnight arose another greatstorme, but the winde was large with us, untill the 27 ofthe same moneth, which then grew somewhat contrary:yet notwithstanding we held on our course, and the tenthday of March, we descried a saile about Cape Sprat,which is a litle on this side the streight of Gibraltare,but we spake not with her. The next day we descriedtwelve sayle more, with whom we thought to havespoken, to have learned what they were, but they madevery fast away, and we gave them ov
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