A.D. 

 1583. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Certaine remembrances of an intended voyage to 

 Brasill, and the River of Plate, by the Edward 

 Cotton, a ship of 260 Tunnes of Master Ed- 

 ward Cotton of Southhampton, which perished 

 through extreme negligence neare Rio grande 

 in Guinie, the 17 of July 1583. 



ARticles of Covenants agreed upon betweene Edward 

 Cotton Esquier, owner of the good ship called the 

 Edward Cotton of Southhampton, and of all the mar- 

 chandizes in her laden, of the one part, and William 

 Huddie gentleman, Captaine of the said ship, John 

 Hooper his Lieutenant, John Foster Master, Hugh 

 Smith Pilot for the whole voyage, and William Chees- 

 man marchant, on the other part. 



O observe and keepe the dayly order 

 of Common prayer aboord the ship, 

 and the companie to be called there- 

 unto, at the least once in the day, to 

 be pronounced openly. 



2 Item, that they be ready with the 

 first faire winde, to set saile and sailes 

 in the voyage, and not to put into any port or harbour, 

 but being forcibly constrained by weather, or other 

 apparant and urgent cause. 



3 Item, that they take in, at or about the Isles of Cape 

 Verde, to the quantitie of 25 or 30 tuns of salt, to be 

 imployed among other the owners marchandize, at Santos, 

 and S. Vincent, to his onely behoofe, and the rest of the 

 salt, so much as shall be needed for victuall, and for 

 saving of the hides to be kept aboord, & the same salt 

 to be provided either at the fishermens hands neere the 

 said Isles for trucke of commodities, or els to be taken 

 in at the aforesaid Isles, at the discretion of the above- 

 named. 



4 Item, upon the due performance of this voiage, the 

 owner bindeth himselfe by this deede, to yeeld unto any 



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