ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1576. 



our prince, and an unspeakable commoditie to all the 

 inhabitants of Europe. 



2 For through the shortnesse of the voyage, we should 

 be able to sell all maner of merchandize, brought from 

 thence, farre better cheape then either the Portugall or 

 Spaniard doth or may do. And further, we should share 

 with the Portugall in the East, & the Spaniard in the 

 West, by trading to any part of America, thorow Mar 

 del Sur, where they can no maner of way offend us. 



3 Also we might sayle to divers very rich countreys, 

 both civill and others, out of both their jurisdictions, 

 trades and traffikes, where there is to be found great 

 abundance of golde, silver, precious stones, cloth of 

 gold, silkes, all maner of spices, grocery wares, and other 

 kinds of merchandize of an inestimable price, which both 

 the Spaniard and Portugall, through the length of their 

 journies, cannot well attaine unto. 



4 Also we might inhabite some part of those coun- 

 tryes, and settle there such needy people of our countrey, 

 which now trouble the common wealth, and through 

 want here at home are inforced to commit outragious 

 offences, whereby they are dayly consumed with the 

 gallowes. 



5 Moreover, we might from all the aforesaid places 

 have a yeerely returne, inhabiting for our staple some 

 convenient place of America, about Sierra Nevada, or 

 some other part, whereas it shal seeme best for the 

 shortning of the voyage. 



6 Beside uttering of our countrey commodities, which 

 the Indians, &c. much esteeme : as appeareth in Hester, 

 where the pompe is expressed of the great king of India, 

 Assuerus, who matched the coloured clothes, wherewith 

 his houses and tents were apparelled, with gold and 

 silver, as part of his greatest treasure : not mentioning 

 either velvets, silkes, cloth of gold, cloth of silver, or 

 such like, being in those countreyes most plentifull : 

 whereby it plainly appeareth in what great estimation 

 they would have the clothes of this our countrey, so 



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