A.D. 

 1552. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



king, that therby you may freely and without all feare 

 come home. And although the weather be foule and 

 stormie, yet faile not to come : for in the time that his 

 Majestie hath given you, you may doe many things to 

 your contentation and gratifying the king, whereof I 

 would be right glad : and to bring the same to passe, 

 I will do all that lieth in me for your profite. But foras- 

 much as Peter Gonsalves will make further declaration 

 hereof unto you, I say no more at this present. Written 

 in Lisbone, the eight day of December. Anno 1552. 



The infant Don Lewes. 



A LI these foresaid writings I saw under seale, in the 

 house of my friend Nicholas Liese, with whom 

 Pinteado left them, at his unfortunate departing to 

 Guinea. But, notwithstanding all these friendly letters 

 and faire promises, Pinteado durst not attempt to goe 

 home, neither to keepe companie with the Portugals his 

 countrey men, without the presence of other : forasmuch 

 as he had secrete admonitions that they intended to slay 

 him, if time and place might have served their wicked 

 intent. 



The second voyage to Guinea set out by Sir 

 George Barne, Sir John Yorke, Thomas Lok, 

 Anthonie Hickman and Edward Castelin, in 

 the yere 1554. The Captaine whereof was 

 M. John Lok. 



]|S in the first voiage I have declared rather 

 the order of the history, then the course 

 of the navigation, whereof at that time 

 I could have no perfect information : so 

 in the description of this second voyage, 

 my chiefe intent hath beene to shew 

 the course of the same, according to the 

 observation and ordinarie custome of the mariners, and 

 as I received it at the handes of an expert Pilot, being 

 one of the chiefe in this voyage, who also with his owne 



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