The Spittle Dedicatorie . 
to remaine in this debt, vndll now at laft it hath plea- 
fed God to offer me a meane which 1 hope will not 
be difpleafing vnto you . About a Tweluemonth 
agoe, a learned Gentleman brought vnto mee the 
Voyages and Nauigation of fohn Huyghen yan 
Linfchoten into the Indies written in the T>utche 
Tongue, which he wilhed might be tranllatedinto 
our Language, becaufe hee thought it would be not 
onely delightfully but alfo very commodious for our 
Sngli/h Station . Vpon this commendation and o- 
pinion, I procured the Tranflationthereof accor¬ 
dingly , and fo thought good to publifh the fame in 
Print, to the ende it might bee made common and 
knowen to euery body . And calling to minde the 
vfuall cuftome of Winters and Tr inters in thefe daies, 
who do commonly fhelter and fhrowde their works 
vnder the credit offome fuch as are able to Patronize 
the fame, your Worflhip reprefented it felfe before 
mee, and did (as it were ofright) challenge the Ta- 
tronage hereof, as being a Matter that appertained 
to your lurifdiBion . For this Dutchman arriuing here 
in England after his long trauell and S\Qzuigation,and 
bringingrare Intelligences with him from Forreyne 
parts, good reafon it is that hee fhould bee examined 
by fuch as are in place and Authority appointed for 
fuch purpofes. And to whome can hee be directed 
better then to your felfe , whome it hath pleafed her 
mold excellent Maieftie to authorize for Judge in Sea 
matters and (iAimirall caufes. And therefore I haue 
brought him vnto you , withearneft requeft, that 
you will be pleafed to examine him accordingly,and 
if you ittiall finde him any way beneficiall to our 
Countrey 
