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And I sent the said letter from Venice to Zante in the ship Cherubin; 

 and, shortly after, I sent a copy thereof in the ship Minion, and also a 

 third copy thereof by Manea Orlando, patron de nave Venetian. And unto 

 my said letters he wrote me answer to Venice by one letter, which came 

 not to my hands, and also by another letter, which came to my hands, 

 which is copied here under : — 



* " Al Hl mo - Sig or - Michael Lock, Ingles, in casa del Sig or - Lasaro, merca- 



der Ingles, al tragetto de San Tomas en Venesia. 



" Mtjy Illustre Sig or -, 



" La carta de V. M. recevi a 20 dias del mese di Settembre, 

 por loqual veo loche V. M. me manda. lo tengho animo de complir loche 

 tengo promettido a V. M. y no solo yo, mas tengo vinte hombres para 

 lievar con migo, porche son hombres vaglientes; y assi estoi esperando 

 por otra carta che avise a V. M. parache me embiais los dinieros che tengo 

 escritto a V. M. Porche bien save V. M. como io vine pover, porque me 

 glievo Captain Candis mas de sessenta mille ducados, como V. M. bien 

 save; embiandome lo dicho, ire a servir a V. M. con todos mis com- 

 pagneros. I no spero otra cosa mas de la voluntad e carta de V. M. con 

 tanto nostro Sig° r- Dios guarda la illustre persona de V. M. muchos annos. 

 De Ceffalonia a 24 de Settembre del 1596. 



" Amigo y servitor de V. M., 



"Juan Fuca." 



And the said letter came into my hands in Venice, the 16th day of 

 November, 1596; but my lawsuit with the Company of Turkey was not 

 ended, by reason of Sir John Spenser's suit, made in England, at the 

 queen's court, to the contrary, seeking only to have his money discharged 

 which I had attached in Venice for my said pension, and thereby my own 

 purse was not yet ready for the Greek pilot. 



And, nevertheless, hoping that my said suit would have shortly a good 

 end, I wrote another letter to this Greek pilot from Venice, dated the 20th 

 of November, 1596, which came not to his hands, and also another letter, 

 dated the 24th of January, 1596, which came to his hands. And thereof 

 he wrote me answer, dated the 28th of May, 1597, which I received the 

 1st of August, 1597, by Thomas Norden, an English merchant, yet living 

 in London, wherein he promised still to go with me unto England, to 

 perform the said voyage for discovery of the north-west passage into the 

 South Sea, if I would send him money for his charges, according to his 



* To the Illustrious Michael Lock, Englishman, at the house of Mr. Lazaro, English 



merchant, in St. Thomas Street, Venice. 



Most Illustrious Sir, 



Your letter was received by me on the 20th of September, by which I 

 am informed of what you communicate. I have a mind to comply with ray promise 

 to you, and have not only myself, but twenty men, brave men, too, whom I can 

 carry with me ; so I am waiting for an answer to another letter which I wrote you, 

 about the money which I asked you to send me. For you know well, sir, how I be- 

 came poor in consequence of Captain Candish's having taken from me more than 

 sixty thousand ducats, as you well know. If you will send me what 1 asked, I will 

 go with you, as well as all my companions. I ask no more from your kindness, as 

 shown by your letter. God preserve you, most illustrious sir, for many years. 



Your friend and servant, 



Juan Fuca. 

 Cephalonia, September 24th, 1596. 





