4 & VOYAGES of Book I. 
In Ills Perfon, he Was but low of Stature, yet extremely edition. With this View he fitted out a Fleet of Three- 
well-made, his Complexion frefh and fair, his Eyes large -and-twenty Sail, with 3500 Men on board, under the 
and lively, his Hair of a light Brown, and his Countenance Command of Don Diego Floris de Valdez ; and appointed 
open and chearful : Fie was naturally eloquent, expreffing Pedro Sarmiento , with 500 Veterans, to fettle in the 
gracefully what he conceived clearly 5 very knowing, not Streights. This Fleet was extremely unfortunate ; and it 
only in his own Profeffion, but in all the Sciences relating was between Two and Three Years, before Sarmiento , with 
to it fo that he was able to difcharge every Office in a his People, arrived in thofe Streights, and on the North 
Ship, even that of a Surgeon ; juft to his Owners, kind Side near the Entrance, built a Town and Fort, called 
to his Seamen, loyal to his Sovereign, and remarkably Nombrede Jefus, where he left, 15a Men ; but his great Set- 
pierciful to his Enemies. His many glorious Exploits tlement was Fifteen Leagues farther in the Latitude of 53* 
juftify his Title to extenfive Fame, which, when we re- 1 8 ; in the narroweft Part of the Streights ; and this he called 
member that he died at Fifty-five, will convince us, that Civ dad del Rey Felippe : It was a regular Square, well forth 
he ffiewed the utmoft Ardour in the Purfuit of Glory. fied with Four ftrong Baftions, properly furniffied with Ar~ 
23. The Fame of this Voyage, the Wealth brought tillery ; and, in all refpeds, one of the belt contrived Set- 
Home by Sir Francis Drake , and the Hopes of rivalling tlements that was ever made by the Spaniards in America . 
him in Credit and in Wealth, infpired Numbers of young Here Pedro Sarmiento left Four hundred Men, Thirty Wo- 
People, of all Ranks and Conditions, with a Defire of men, and Pro vifions for Eight Months, and then returned 
trying their Fortunes at Sea, in fuch manner as their Abi- into the North Seas. Thefe Tranfaftions happened in the 
lities would permit. Men of Families and Eftates fitted Years 1584. 1585. and 1586. But, notwithftanding all this 
out Veffels at their own Expence, and filled them with their Care, the Project came to nothing. Don Pedro Sarmiento , 
own Dependents j others, in a lower Situation of Life, after many fruitlefs Attempts to fuccour and relieve his 
chofe to hazard their Perfons, as little Officers, on board Colony, was taken by an Englijh Veftel, and lent Prifoner 
fuch Ships as thefe, or in fome of the Queen’s Men of to London . The Spanijh Garifon, having confumed all 
War ; and to fuch a Height at laft this Spirit grew, that their Victuals, died moft of them of Hunger, in their 
honeft John Stowe, whofe Induftry was never furpaffed, Honfes in Philip's City ; and Three-and-twenty only quit- 
and whofe Integrity was never called in queftion, tells us, ted it, and endeavoured to get to the Spanijh Settlements by 
of his own Knowledge, that, toward the latter End of the Land, but are fuppofed to have periffied in the Attempt. 
Reign of Queen Elizabeth , there were many Lads, from It will not be amifs to obferve, that Sarmiento fell into 
Eighteen Years old to Twenty, capable of taking the Difcredit with his Mafter, for deceiving him as to the 
Charge of any Ship, and navigating her to moft Ports in Breadth of the Streights, which he afierted were not above 
Europe, or the Indies. The Spaniards were fo alarmed, a Mile over ; whereas the King had certain Information af- 
not only by the Courage and Conduct of Sir Francis terwards, that they were a League broad ; and therefore 
Drake, as an Admiral or Commander in chief, but by his his Fortifications would have proved ineffectual for the Pur- 
Skill alfo as a Seaman, that they ordered no Draughts to be pofe he intended. But, however this might be, it is certain, 
made, no Difcourfes to be written, of their Difcoveries in that if Sarmiento ' s Report had been true, and the City and 
America, for fear of their falling into his Hands. But what Citadel of Philip could have commanded the Streights, it 
moft furprifed them, was his finding and palling, with fo would have done little or no Service to the Spanifo Caufe, 
much Eafe, the Streights of Magellan , which hitherto had fince another Paffage into the South Seas was foon after dif- 
been out of their Power ; and therefore they immediately covered without going near thofe Streights. The Nature 
refolved to fend and difcover that Streight perfe&Jy, by and Expence, however, of this Settlement, is an ample. 
Ships from Peru. One Pedro Sarmiento, who was looked Teftimony of the Senfe the Spaniards had of Sir Francis 
upon as the very belt Seaman in the Spanijh Service, was Drake's bold Undertaking, and of the Confequences that 
fent for this Purpofe from Lima and actually paft from muff; attend it. Their Fears, in' this refpect, were fully 
the South into the North Seas, and thence to Spain, where juftified by the Event ; for not only our Nation, but the 
he informed the King, that it was very poffible to plant a French and Dutch , began to think of imitating his Exam- 
Colony in thofe Parts, and to fortify the Streights in fuch pie, and following Sir Francis Drake into the South Seas, 
a manner, as to prevent any other Nation from palling The firft Inftance, however, of the Kind, was that of a 
them. This Projeft was fo well relilhed by Philip the Countryman of our own, whofe Voyage, as next in Order 
Second, and appeared to him to be a Matter of fuch Im- of Time, we ffiall now proceed to confider. 
portance, that he refolved immediately to carry it into Ex- 
SECTION V. 
Sir Thomas Can dish or Cavendish f Voyage round the W or Id. 
1. The Reafon why Gentlemen of Family and Fortune undertook fuch Expeditions. 2. Mr. Candida’* Firft 
Voyage to Virginia with Sir Richard Greenville, in his own Ship the Tyger, in 1 y8 y. 3. His Pre- 
parations, Strength, and fetting out on this Voyage round the World . 4. Their Departure from the Cape 
de Verd If anas, and Arrival on the Goaf of Brafil. f . Agreement between Magellan’.* and Mr. Candida’* 
Account of the Patagons. 6 . Great Storms at the Mouth of the Magellanic Streights in January. 
7. A moft accurate Defcription of thofe Streights, and of King Philip’* City, 8. The D if riel of Arunco, 
very rich in Gold, but never conquered by the Spaniards. 9. They have a brisk Difpute with the Spaniards 
at the Bay of Quintero. 10. Arrival at Morro Moreno, and Entertainment by the Indians. 11. Take 
fever al rich Prizes on the Coaft, and jack the Town of Paita. 12. They land on the Iftand o/Puno ; De- 
fcription of it , and its Inhabitants ; the Englifh plunder it. 13. They fe cure an excellent Pilot, who gives 
them ftrft Notice of the Acapulco Ship. 14. Upon this they continue cruiftngto the Northward. 1 5. Arrive 
on the Coaft of California. 1 6. Difcover , fight, and take the St. Anne, bound from Manila to Acapulco. 
17. A Mutiny on dividing the Booty, which is foon compofed . 18. Departure from Calitornia for the 
Ladrones. 19. They arrive among the Philippine IJlands. 20. Defcription of the Iftand C apul, and 
its Inhabitants. 21. Accounts of other Iftands, and Departure from the Philippines. 22. Defcription of the 
IJlands of Java. 23. They double Cape Falfo, and the Cape of Good Hope. 24. The Iftand of St. Helena 
dejeribed . 25% Departure from thence , andfafe Arrival in England. 26, His Reception on his Return ? 
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