Memoirs of the Naval Worthies of Queen Elizabeth's Reign: Of Their Gallant Deeds, Daring Adventures, and Services, in the Infant State of the British NavyJ. Murray, 1845 - 495 pages |
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Page 59
... able seaman as he was could not long remain idle ; and accordingly we shall find him again with Cavendish , in his second voyage to the Straits of Magelhaens , and after that in the employ of the Dutch , in several voyages to the East ...
... able seaman as he was could not long remain idle ; and accordingly we shall find him again with Cavendish , in his second voyage to the Straits of Magelhaens , and after that in the employ of the Dutch , in several voyages to the East ...
Page 70
... able sea officers . Readers of the present day , however , will not be disposed to think the better of John Hawkins , when told that he was the first Englishman regularly engaged in the African slave trade , and that the negroes he ...
... able sea officers . Readers of the present day , however , will not be disposed to think the better of John Hawkins , when told that he was the first Englishman regularly engaged in the African slave trade , and that the negroes he ...
Page 76
... I considered I was not able to answer , fearing the Queen's Majesty's indignation in so weighty a matter . " Well might he call it * Hakluyt . † Ibid .-- Camden . weighty . That the commander of such a miserable squadron 76 HAWKINS .
... I considered I was not able to answer , fearing the Queen's Majesty's indignation in so weighty a matter . " Well might he call it * Hakluyt . † Ibid .-- Camden . weighty . That the commander of such a miserable squadron 76 HAWKINS .
Page 89
... able to attend upon your Lordship my sellfe . The spookes that are usyde in a whelle , as your Lordship sayd , do not stond styll , so yt fallethe out , for as sone as your Lordship hathe gyven order for one demaund to be sattysfyed in ...
... able to attend upon your Lordship my sellfe . The spookes that are usyde in a whelle , as your Lordship sayd , do not stond styll , so yt fallethe out , for as sone as your Lordship hathe gyven order for one demaund to be sattysfyed in ...
Page 90
... able to performe that which I desyre to do . Therfore I do most humbly pray your good Lordship to be a meane to Her Majestie that some dyscret and able man may be thought uppon to supply my place , which to instroocke I wyll abyde ...
... able to performe that which I desyre to do . Therfore I do most humbly pray your good Lordship to be a meane to Her Majestie that some dyscret and able man may be thought uppon to supply my place , which to instroocke I wyll abyde ...
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