PUBLISHERS' NOTE 



A second edition of ' The Principal! Navigations * 

 revised and enlarged, and with the voyages now stated 

 as having been made ' within the compasse of these 

 1 600. yeeres * was ' imprinted at London by George 

 Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert Barker* in the 

 years 1598, 1599, and 1600, in three volumes foolscap 

 folio. 



The title page of the first volume of the second 

 edition originally contained a reference to * the famous 

 victorie atchieued at the citie of Cadiz, 1596,' but 

 after the disgrace of the Earl of Essex this title 

 page was cancelled in many copies, and a new one, 

 bearing the date 1599, without any reference to the 

 Cadiz expedition was substituted. This reprinted title- 

 page states the contents of the Second Volume as well 

 as of the First. The text of ' the briefe and true report * 

 of the expedition occupying pp. 607-619 was at the 

 same time cut out, but in many copies has been replaced 

 by a modern reprint occupying one page more. 



Facsimiles of the title page of the first edition and 

 of the three title pages of the second edition are 

 reproduced here ; and the dedication and preface to 

 the first edition are also included. 



The text of this edition is an exact reprint of that 

 of 1 598-1 600 with the following exceptions : — the 

 letters i, j, u, and v are used according to modern 

 custom ; contracted forms such as m for ' mm,' n for 

 ^ nn,' u for * um,' q; for 'que' have been extended, 

 and obvious printers' errors have been corrected. The 

 punctuation of the second edition has been followed 

 throughout. At the suggestion of Professor Skeat 

 references to the volumes and pages of the original 

 text have been inserted in the margin. 



