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  • These orders if you diligently obserue, you may thereby perfectly set downe in the plats, that I haue giuen you your whole trauell, and description of your discouery, which is a thing that will be chiefly expected at your hands.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • These orders if you diligently obserue, you may thereby perfectly set downe in the plats, that I haue giuen you your whole trauell, and description of your discouery, which is a thing that will be chiefly expected at your hands.

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 04 Richard Hakluyt 1584

  • By this last discouery it seemed most manifest that the passage was free and without impediment toward the North: but by reason of the Spanish fleet and vnfortunate time of M. Secretaries death, the voyage was omitted and neuer sithens attempted.

    The Worldes Hydrographical Discription 2003

  • The cause why I vse this particular relation of all my proceedings for this discouery, is to stay this obiection, why hath not Dauis discovered this passage being thrise that wayes imployed?

    The Worldes Hydrographical Discription 2003

  • And therfore this as the rest breadeth no hinderance to this most commodious discouery.

    The Worldes Hydrographical Discription 2003

  • King, so that hereby the spirituall benefit arising by this discouery is most apparant, for which if there were no other cause wee are all bound to labour with purse and minde for the discouery of this notable passage.

    The Worldes Hydrographical Discription 2003

  • Why then doe we neglect the search of this excellent discouery, agaynst which there can be nothing sayd to hinder the same.

    The Worldes Hydrographical Discription 2003

  • Now their onely resteth the North parts of America, vpon which coast my selfe haue had most experience of any in our age: for thrise I was that waye imployed for the discouery of this notable passage, by the honourable care and some charge of Syr Francis

    The Worldes Hydrographical Discription 2003

  • The benefits which may growe by this discouery, are copious and of two sorts, a benifit spirituall and a benifit corporall.

    The Worldes Hydrographical Discription 2003

  • Al which the premises considered it is impossible that any true English hart should be staied from willing contribution to the performance of this so excellent a discouery, the Lords and subiectes spirituall for the sole publication of Gods glorious gospell.

    The Worldes Hydrographical Discription 2003

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