ABSTRACT
Theseshipshemandwith1641ableandsufficientmen, andfurnishedthemalsowithsuchplentifullprouisionofall thingsnecessary,assolonganddangerousavoyagedid seemetorequire;andamongsttherest,withcertainepinnacesreadyframed,butcarriedaboardinpieces,tobenew setvpinsmootherwater,whenoccasionserued.Neither hadheomittedtomakeprovisionalsoforornamentand delight,carryingtothispurposewithhim,expertmusitians, richfurniture(allthevesselsforhistable,yea,manybelongingeuentotheCooke-roomebeingofpuresiluer),and diuersshewesofallsortsofcuriousworkmanship,whereby theciuilitieandmagnificenceofhisnatiuecontriemight, amongstallnationswhithersoeuerheshouldcome,bethe moreadmired.
