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been fo far penetrated) and laden with a fort of fliining Sand, which he be- 

 liev'd might contain much of a Golden Oar, having with him three of the Na- 

 tives, vkb a Man, a Woman, and a Child, fet Sail for England, and the feventh 

 of September came to iW/W.Haven, and not long after arriv'd in London, where 

 in fliort time the Salvages died. 



At the fame time when Forbijher fail'd Northerly, Sir Francis Drake alio, fitted 

 out by Queen Elizabeth, fteer'd another Courfe, failing by Cafe Blanko and Cape 

 FWe ? along the African Coaft,to S™///e,where he caught feveral Sea- Wolves,and 

 Anchoring in the River La Plata , furnifli'd himfelf with Frefh Water : Then 

 proceeding on his Voyage through the crooked Straights of Magellan, he came 

 to an Anchor before Moucha, wafli'd by the South Sea. The Iflanders receiv'd 

 him very courteoufly, becaufe they were inform'd that the Englt/h were at great 

 Wars with the Spaniards, to avoid whofe Cruelties, they had deferred the main 

 Continent, and fetled on Moucha. One of thefe Mouchaners going aboard, ferv'd 

 them for a Pilot to the Haven Valpari^o, where Drake burnt the St.Jago, a fmall 

 Village, and plundring all the Countrey about it, got together a great Trea- 

 fure of Gold and Silver. Before Jrica he took three Spanijh Ships, richly la- 

 den ; and before Lima, four more, having an unvaluabic Trcafure of Pearls 

 and Gold aboard them. Thus inrich'd , he lteer'd his Courfe Northerly to 

 forty two Degrees; but the Cold forcing him to fall four Degrees to the South- 

 ward, he difcover'd a very pleafant and inhabited Coaft, the People whereof 

 fliew'd him great kindnefs : The King himfelf coming aboard with a great 

 Train, fet a Crown of Gold upon Drakes Head, and gave him a Golden Scep- 

 ter, and an Ivory Chain. After this he mfpeftcd the Illands Ttdor, Ternata, 

 Java, Zeilon, and Cape de Bona EJpcran^a, from whence, after a three Years Voy- 

 age, having encompafs'd the World, he came fafe to London, where he refted 

 not long 5 for failing Anno 1585. to America, he took great Prizes from the Ci- 

 ties St.Jago, St. Domingo, St.JuguJlin, and Carthagena, fetting them all on Fire. 

 Thus again returning home vittorioufly, and after the famous defeat of the 



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Sir Trancit Dral^\ V.\- 

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