. 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 compasse of these 1600 yeeres. grees to the Southof the Line. Item, From the 20 day of May unto the 11 day [III. 837.] of July, we found the winds for the most part betweene the South and the Southeast, being then betweene the cape of Buena Esperanza, and 15 degrees unto the Southward of the line. Item, From the 11 day of July unto the 18 dayof August, we found the winds for the most partbetweene the Northe
. 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 compasse of these 1600 yeeres. grees to the Southof the Line. Item, From the 20 day of May unto the 11 day [III. 837.] of July, we found the winds for the most part betweene the South and the Southeast, being then betweene the cape of Buena Esperanza, and 15 degrees unto the Southward of the line. Item, From the 11 day of July unto the 18 dayof August, we found the winds for the most partbetweene the Northeast and Eastnortheast, being thenbetweene the latitude of 15 degrees to the South-ward of the line, and 38 degrees unto the Northwardsof the line. A letter of M. Thomas Candish to the righthonourable the Lord Hunsdon, Lord Chamber-laine, one of her Majesties most honourablePrivy Councell, touching the successe of hisvoyage about the world. Ight honourable, as your favour heretoforehath bene most greatly extended towardsme, so I humbly desire a continuancethereof: and though there be no meanesin me to deserve the same, yet the utter-most of my services shall not be wanting,whensoever it shall please your honour to. dispose thereof. I am humbly to desire your honourto make knowen unto her Majesty the desire I have hadto doe her Majesty service in the performance of thisvoyage. And as it hath pleased God to give her thevictory over part of her enemies, so I trust yer long tosee her overthrow them all. For the places of theirwealth, whereby they have mainteined and made theirwarres, are now perfectly discovered: and if it pleaseher Majesty, with a very small power she may takethe spoile of them all. It hath pleased the Almighty 376 LETTER FROM THOMAS CANDISH suffer mee to circompasse the whole globe of theworld, entring in at the Streight of Magellan, andreturning by the cape de Buena Esperanza. In whichvoyage I have either discovered or brought certeineintelligence of
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