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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 . er-wise your majestie shall reape but litle benefit here. If,vith my presence I may doe your majestie any service ingiving information of the state of this realme, as oneIvhich have had experience thereof, and have seene theprder of it, upon the understanding of your majestiesMeasure herein, I will doe my best indevour. And the:ause wherefore I have not done this heretofore hat
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 . er-wise your majestie shall reape but litle benefit here. If,vith my presence I may doe your majestie any service ingiving information of the state of this realme, as oneIvhich have had experience thereof, and have seene theprder of it, upon the understanding of your majestiesMeasure herein, I will doe my best indevour. And the:ause wherefore I have not done this heretofore hathbene, by reason that the Governours of this realmevould suffer none of the captaines which have con-quered this countrey to informe your majestie of thatjvhich is needfull for your service, and the augmenting f this conquest. Our lord preserve your catholique)erson with increase of many kingdomes, and the aug-nentation of youre crowne. Written in the conquest f the realme of Angola the 21 of May 1591. Your majesties most loiall subject, Baltazar Almeida de Souza. 1591. The onely zvayto reduce a re-bellious king-dom untoobedience. An usual!trickof lewd gover-nours. 469 [A true I589. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES. [11. ii. 134.] A true discourse written (as is thought) by ColonelAntonie Winkfield emploied in the voiage toSpaine and Portugall, 1589. sent to his par-ticular friend, & by him published for thebetter satisfaction of all such as having beneseduced by particular report, have entred intoconceits tending to the discredite of the enter-prise and Actors of the same. Lthough the desire of advancing my repu-tation caused me to withstand the manyperswasions you used to hold me athome, & the pursute of honorable actionsdrew me (contrary to your expectation)to neglect that advise, which in love Iknow you gave me: yet in respect ofthe many assurances you have yeelded mee of yourkindest friendship, I cannot suspect that you will eitherlove or esteeme me the lesse, at this my retu
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