ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1592. 



either his owne or his good friends or adventurers of 

 London. For the gentlemen his consorts and officers, to 

 give them their right, they were so well qualited in 

 courage, experience, & discretion, as the greatest prince 

 might repute himselfe happy to be served with their 

 like. The honor of Lieutenant generall was imposed 

 upon sir John Burrough, a gentleman, for his manifold 

 good and heroicall parts, thought every way worthy of 

 that commandement : with whom after sir W. R. re- 

 turned was joyned in commission sir Martin Frobisher, 

 who for his speciall skill & knowledge in marine causes 

 had formerly caried imploiments of like or greater place. 

 The rest of the captaines, souldiers, and sailers were men 

 of notable resolution, and for the most part such as 

 heretofore had given to the world sufficient proofe of 

 their valour in divers services of the like nature. With 

 these ships thus manned sir Walter Ralegh departed 

 towards the W T est countrey, there to store himselfe with 

 such further necessaries as the state of his voyage did 

 needfully require : where the Westerly windes blowing 

 for a long time contrary to his course, bound and con- 

 strained him to keepe harborough so many weeks, that 

 the fittest season for his purpose was gone, the mindes 

 of his people much altered, his victuals consumed; and 

 withall, her Majesty understanding how crosly all this 

 sorted, began to call the proceeding of this preparation 

 into question : insomuch that, whereas the sixt of May 

 was first come before sir W T alter could put to sea, the 

 very next day sir Martin Frobisher in a pinnesse of my 

 lord Admirals called The Disdaine, met him, and brought 

 to him from her Majesty letters of revocation, with 

 commandement to relinquish (for his owne part) the 

 [II. ii. 195.] intended attempt, and to leave the charge and conduct 

 of all things in the hands of sir John Burrough and 

 sir Martin Frobisher. But sir Walter finding his honor 

 so farre engaged in the undertaking of this voyage, as 

 without proceeding he saw no remedy either to salve his 

 reputation, or to content those his friends which had put 



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