



fe^experimentall Corclufiohs, performed inlhTad". 

 tnir ble Artof NAVIGATICN, by one that is as much 

 aftnngtrtoyour Lordfoip, as lam to the Lmd and 

 myKinsfoIkcs; many long Voyages having banifljed 

 me from the remembrance of them both . fo harl may 

 juftly jffimie, I am fcarce knownc to eythcr of them 

 except now by reading my Nam. , they rub up theyr 

 remembrance and finde me revived-, who havelavnea 

 long rime rak'd up m the embe;s of oblivion. . Howfo. 

 ever it happen in that refpefl, it is a matter very indiffe- 

 rent to my mind 5 for I onely dcfire, tfaat'thefc my 

 PraAicc s may prove pleafing to your Lord/hip, which 

 alchough they arc delivered in a blunt phraife , I afore 

 yoa (R t& bt Htnturthl^) will fpeakc the plainc Truth 

 othei wile they mould not dare to defirc fuch Noble 

 protection, if they could not defervc and merit that 

 tfhich is moft eftecmed amongft verruous mindcs.- 

 Therefore Idoe in a manner affure ra y felfe they will 

 game Y jur gracious alpcfl , which is too great a re- 

 WJrd,to let fdll uponthcfirftborHcofroybraine, and 

 fc will bind me perpetually to ftudy,,how to illuftratc 

 my prefent performance, that it may ever gaine Your 

 Honours good will. 



TO 



THE RIGHT HONORA bI S 



THOMAS, 



Earlc of A R v N D B L and S v R 

 Lord High &far/kaBrfE 

 Knight of the Noble Order of the 

 and One of his Majeftks 



Cancel. 



[Hen a right Noble difpo 

 fition is once generally dif- 

 covcred, it emboldens men 

 that are meere Strangers, to 

 pteflc into theyr prcfence, 

 provided thcyr errints are 

 onely concerning vertgow 

 Actions, which motive hath 

 made thefe rude lines voyd 

 ofafl Rhetoride, runnc with fuch haft to your Lord- 

 {hips hands, int rearing for a favourable acceptance of a 

 A i few 



The 3\civigator. 



CHAP. II. 



*The order and con/ideratimt kick are 



to be cbfrVctl when you Art to find thediflincc 



ttt*ixtay trvefUcn Aligned ', According 



tt the Arch ef * grtut Circle 



extended. 



t Doe defire that you would take fome little 

 panics in throughly acquainting your fclfe 

 with the former (hort Theorems or definiti- 

 ons.before you proceed farther into the work- 

 For I adore you, they will will give you fo 

 great a light pert tdly to conceive and rightly to understand 

 the true'realon, that it will be well worth your labour : But 

 to proceed in the finding out of the true Difta nee betwixt a. 

 ny tvro places upon tkaTerreftiill Globe, you muft in the 

 fi (I place,p:ovide your felfeofa Circle containing in the Di- 

 miter,about fome 1 1 Inches, for if it be fmaller.the degrees 

 willbe folittlethat halfe a dejree.will best" no confequence, 

 which is tenne Leagues in diftancc ; therefore the larger cbc 

 better, this Circle muft bee divided moft exactly into jf o. 

 degrres equall parts, with figures let to each j. degrees, for 

 the readier numbrinj, and faprocecd u Ht ill it make J 6 O.deg. 

 whichconcludetbthe whole Circle, as this Figure follow- 

 ing plaindy cxprclleth- 



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