. 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. inch outfrom the said holes, which in his owne Countrey wasreputed for a great braverie. He had also anotherhole in his nether lip, wherein was set a preciousstone about the bignes of a pease : All his apparel,behaviour, and gesture, were very strange to thebeholders. Having remained here the space almost of a wholeyeere, and the king with his sight fully satisfied,
. 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. inch outfrom the said holes, which in his owne Countrey wasreputed for a great braverie. He had also anotherhole in his nether lip, wherein was set a preciousstone about the bignes of a pease : All his apparel,behaviour, and gesture, were very strange to thebeholders. Having remained here the space almost of a wholeyeere, and the king with his sight fully satisfied, according to his promise and appointment,purposed to convey him againe into his countrey: butit fell out in the way, that by change of aire andalteration of diet, the said Savage king died at sea,which was feared would turn to the losse of thelife of Martin Cockeram his pledge. Neverthelesse,the Savages being fully perswaded of the honest deal-ing of our men with their prince, restored againe thesaid pledge, without any harme to him, or any manof the company: which pledge of theirs they broughthome againe into England, with their ship fraighted,and furnished with the commodities of the countrey. 24 KENIGER, BOREY AND PUDSEY Which Martin Cockeram, by the witnesse of Sir JohnHawkins, being an officer in the towne of Plimmouth,was living within these fewe yeeres. An ancient voyage of M. Robert Reniger andM. Thomas Borey to Brasil in the yeere ofour Lord 1540. Have bene certainly informed by Garrard an ancient and wor-shipfuU marchant of the citie ofLondon, that this commodious andgainefuU voyage to Brasil was ordi-narily and usually frequented by Reniger, M. Thomas Borey,and divers other substantial and wealthie marchants ofSouthampton, about 60. yeeres past, that is to say inthe yeere 1540. A voyage of one Pudsey to Baya in Brasilanno 1542. Lso the worshipfull M. Edward Cottonof Southampton Esquire gave meemore particularly to understand, howthat
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