. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . 309 ^ -t^ .*? g^l ^fei\^-^ ^. 0 JVv^vfi^ ^ ^P^ ^Wjii ^|)^ ^S^^^^^ l-J^rOOuf*^ rC^:V^^ L!^*¥»^. i^.*§^T^ p^ The Rare Travels of y o b Ho r to p. [Opening of the original tract of 1591.] 0 DISCOURSE, in large circumstances, thefull scope of this my tedious travail wouldseem superfluous; and in omitting thatwhich is most needful, I might commitgreat folly: wherefore, to avoid circum-stance, and yet to deliver matters of chiefesteffect; I will, so near as I may, briefly, yettruly, run over the principal points, andparticular subst
. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature . 309 ^ -t^ .*? g^l ^fei\^-^ ^. 0 JVv^vfi^ ^ ^P^ ^Wjii ^|)^ ^S^^^^^ l-J^rOOuf*^ rC^:V^^ L!^*¥»^. i^.*§^T^ p^ The Rare Travels of y o b Ho r to p. [Opening of the original tract of 1591.] 0 DISCOURSE, in large circumstances, thefull scope of this my tedious travail wouldseem superfluous; and in omitting thatwhich is most needful, I might commitgreat folly: wherefore, to avoid circum-stance, and yet to deliver matters of chiefesteffect; I will, so near as I may, briefly, yettruly, run over the principal points, andparticular substance of my travels, troubles, and dangerssustained since my departure, even until my return intoEngland : which I am most joyful to see to stand in so happyand flourishing estate, which I pray GOD still to continue,to the worlds end !. [Opening of the revised and better written text in Hakluyt. Voyages,Src., iii. 487. Elf. 1600 : which has been adopted to the end.] Ot untruly, nor without cause, said Jon, the faith-ful servant of GOD, whom the Sacred Scripturestell us to have dwelt in the land of Hus, thatMan, being born of a woman, living a short time,is replenished with many miseries : which someknow by reading of histories, many by the view of otherscalamities, and I, by experience in myself; as this presentensuing Treatise shall shew. It is not unknown to many, that I, Job Hortop, PowderMaker, was born at Bourne, a town in Lincolnshire. 3IO Francis Drakes first command. [i>;°J5°P: From my age of twelve years, I was brought at Redriffe[Radcliffe], near London, with Master Francis, who was theQueens Majestys Powder Maker: whom I served, until Iwas pressed [compelled] to go on the Third Voyage to theWest Indies, with the Right Worshipful Sir John Hawkins;who appointed me to be one of the gunners in Her Majesty
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