DEDICATION. 



navigators, the voyages of difcovery, which your 

 Majefty fucceffively projected and atchieved, 

 may be regarded as ftill more ufeful to your 

 fubje^ts, and beneficial to mankind. EngHlh 

 feamen have been always celebrated for their 

 bravery : your Majefty has, by thofe voyages, 

 made them more Ikilful. They have ever been 

 adventurous ^ but your Majefty has, by this 

 wife policy, made them more fafe. Englifti 

 failors would at all times undertake and per- 

 form, on every fea, what mortals could exe- 

 cute : your Majefty has taught them by thofe 

 falutary trials how to preferve their health in 

 every climate. Yet, whatever glory and be- 

 nefit have been thus derived to Great Britain, 

 your Majefty's difintereftednefs hath imparted, 

 with a generous philanthropy, to every nation. 



It was to thofe voyages (may I be permitted 

 to add?) that I owe the perfe6l health, the 

 perfeverance, and the Ikill, however incon- 

 fiderable, which enabled me to condudl the 



adventure 



