1587. JOHN DAVIS. 1^5 



leagues* Davis, after his northern discoveries, 

 made several vova^-es to the East Indies, in the 

 service of the Dutch, some of which have been 

 pubHshed,t and prove him to have been a man of 

 nice observation, great sagacity and of sound good 

 sense. He was the first pilot, says Prince, " that 

 conducted the Zealander to the East Indies ; they 

 departed from Middleburgh m March, 1598, and in 

 June, 1599, came to Sumatra; where he and some 

 two or three Eno-lishmen more had bad measure 

 shewed them by the Zealanders.";]: " This great 

 navigator," he adds, " made no less than five voy- 

 ages to the East Indies, and returned home safe 

 again; an mstance of a wonderful providence; 

 and an argument that the very same Lord, who is 

 the God of the earth, is the God of the seas."§ No 

 further account is known of this daring navigator 

 except that he was married to Faith, daughter of 

 Sir John Fulford, of Fulford, in Kent, Knt. by 

 Dorothy his wife, daughter of John Lord Bour- 

 chier, Earl of Bath.|| Of the place of his death 

 and interment, and of his descendants, posterity 

 must remain in ignorance. 



MALDONADO. 1588. 



The name of Maldonado is well known in the 



* Monson's Naval Tracts, 

 t Two of them by Purchas. 

 X Prince's Worthies of Devon, p. 286. 

 § Ibid. Ij Ibid. 



