Voyages and travels Author:Charles W. Eliot Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: revived ; Calling upon this dull or effeminate Age, to follow bis noble steps for gold and silver: By this memorable Relation of the rare occurrences (n... more »ever yet declared to the world) in a Third Voyage made by him into the West Indies, in the years [i$]7 and [15)73 ; when Nombre de Dio wu by him, ud fifty-two other only in bis company, lurproed. Faithfully taken out of the report of Master Christopher Ceely, Ellis Hixom, and others, who were in the same Voyage with him; By Philip Nichols, Preacher. Reviewed also by Sir Francis Drake himself, before his death; and much hulpen and enlarged by divers notes, with his own hand, here and there inserted, Set forth by Sir Francis Drake, Baronet, (his nephew) now living. LONDON: Printed by E. A. for N i c H o L A s Bourne, dwelling at the South Entrance of the Royal Exchange. 1626. facsimile of Title-page of First Edition TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTY CHARLES The FIRST, Of GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, and IRELAND, KING, all the blessings of this, and a better life. Most Gracious Sovereign, That this brief Treatise is yours, both by right and by succession, will appear by the Author's and Actor's ensuing Dedication. To praise either the Mistress or the Servant, might justly incur the censure of Quit eos unquam sanus vituperavit; either's worth having sufficiently blazed their fame. This Present loseth nothing, by glancing on former actions; and the observation of passed adventures may probably advantage future employments. Caesar wrote his own Commentaries; and this Doer was partly the Inditor. Neither is there wanting living testimony to confirm its truth. For his sake, then, cherish what is good! and I shall willingly entertain check for what is amiss. Your favourab...« less