To the highly obliging, 

 His Honoured Friend and Kinsman, 



Samuel Fortrey Efq; 



SIR, 



TT was by your ajjijlance {enabling me) that I com- 

 mend d a Voyage into thofe remote -parts of the World 

 {known to us by the painfcl Difcovery of that memorable 

 Gentleman Sir Fran. Drake.) Tour bounty then and 

 formerly hath engaged a retribution of my Gratitude, 

 and not knowing how to tejlifie the fame unto you other- 

 wayes, I have {although with fome reluclancy) adven- 

 tured to obtrude upon you thefe rude and indigejled 

 Eight Tears Obfervations, wherein whether I Jhall more 

 Jhame my felf or injure your accurate fudgment and 

 better Employment in the perufal, is a quefiion. 



