. 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. n this countrey in stead of John Whithall theyJoh7i Leitoan. have called me John Leitoan : so that they have usedthis name so long time, that at this present there is noremedie but it must remaine so. When you writeunto me, let the superscription be unto John Leitoan. Thus I commit you with all yours to the holyGhost for ever. If you send this ship, I would have you give order
. 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. n this countrey in stead of John Whithall theyJoh7i Leitoan. have called me John Leitoan : so that they have usedthis name so long time, that at this present there is noremedie but it must remaine so. When you writeunto me, let the superscription be unto John Leitoan. Thus I commit you with all yours to the holyGhost for ever. If you send this ship, I would have you give orderthat she touch in no part of the coast of Guinie norany other coast, but to come directly hither to the portof S. Vincent, and from the Canaries let her be dis-patched in my name, to wit, John Leitoan. f Also a dozen of shirts for my wearing let be sent, if you send the ship.\ Item, sixe or eight pieces of sayes for mantlesfor women, which is the most necessary thingthat can be sent. By your assured friend John Whithall. 30 LETTER TO JOHN WHITHALL A copie of the letters of the Adventurers forBrasill sent to John Whithall dwelling inSantos, by the Minion of London. Anno1580. the 24. of October in Aster Whithall, as unacquainted weecommend us unto you, &c. under-standing by your friends, M. JohnBird, M. Robert Walkaden, and yourbrother James Whithall of certaineletters that they have received of yoursfrom Santos, which wee have seene andread, wherein from time to time you doe require, anddesire them to send a good ship to Santos, with suchwares and commodities as you did write for, wherebyyou did not onely promise that they should have goodintertainment, but also should sell the saide com-modities to make three of one outward at the least inevery thing, and that for to relade their ship backe, theyshould have of the best, finest, & whitest drie sugars of our weight for a ducket at the most. Thepremises considered, with the great credit that they andwe
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