A.D. 



1595. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



of the Spanish nation, who in my weake judgement by 

 such a warre were as easily indangered & brought from 

 his powerfulnes, as any prince of Europe, if it be con- 

 sidered from how many kingdomes and nations his 

 revenues are gathered, & those so weake in their owne 

 beings, and so far severed from mutual succour. But 

 because such a preparation and resolution is not to be 

 hoped for in hast, & that the time which our enemies em- 

 brace, cannot be had againe to advantage, I wil hope that 

 these provinces, and that Empire now by me discovered 

 shal suffice to inable her Majestie & the whole kingdome, 

 with no lesse quantities of treasure, then the king of 

 Spaine hath in all the Indies East and West, which he 

 possesseth, which if the same be considered and followed, 

 ere the Spaniards enforce the same, and if her Majestie 

 wil undertake it, I wil be contented to lose her highnesse 

 favour & good opinion for ever, and my life withall, 

 if the same be not found rather to exceed, then to equal 

 whatsoever is in this discourse promised or declared. 

 I wil now referre the Reader to the following discourse, 

 with the hope that the perillous and chargeable labours and 

 indevors of such as thereby seeke the profit and honour 

 of her Majestie, and the English nation, shall by men of 

 qualitie and vertue receive such construction, and good 

 acceptance, as themselves would looke to be rewarded 



withall in the like. 



W. R. 



IT The discoverie of Guiana. 



N Thursday the 6. of February in the 

 yere 1595. we departed England, and 

 the Sunday following had sight of the 

 North cape of Spaine, the winde for the 

 most part continuing prosperous : we 

 passed in sight of the Burlings, & the 

 Rocke, and so onwards for the Canaries, 

 and fel with Fuerte ventura the 1 7 of the same moneth, 

 where we spent two or three dayes, and relieved our com- 



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