The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part IHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
Now this fisherman hauing dwelt so many yeeres in those countreys purposed,
if it were possible, to returne home into his countrey, but his companions
despairing euer to see it againe, let him goe in Gods name, and they kept
themselues where they were. Wherefore he bidding them farwell, fled through
the woods towards Drogio, and was very well receiued of the Lord that dwelt
next to that place; who knew him and was a great enemie of the other Lord:
and so running from one Lord to another, being those by whom he had passed
before, after long time and many trauels he came at length to Drogio, where
he dwelt three yeres. When as by good fortune he heard by the inhabitants,
that there were certaine boates arriued vpon the coast: wherefore entring
into good hope to accomplish his intent, he went to the sea side, and
asking them of what countrey they were; they answered of Estotiland,
whereat he was exceeding glad, and requested that they would take him in to
them, which they did very willingly, and for that he had the language of
the countrey, and there was none that could speake it, they vsed him for
their interpreter.
[Sidenote: He returned from Estotiland to Frisland.] And afterward he
frequented that trade with them in such sort, that he became very rich, and
so furnishing out a barke of his owne, he returned into Frislande, where he
made reporte vnto this Lord of that wealthy countrey.
And he is throughly credited because of the mariners, who approue many
strange things, that he reporteth to be true. [Sidenote: Zichmni minded to
send M. Antonio Zeno with a fleete towards those parts of Estotiland.]
Wherefore this Lord is resolued to send me forth with a fleet towards those
parts, and there are so many that desire to go in the voyage, for the
noueltie and strangenesse of the thing, that I thinke we shall be very
strongly appointed, without any publike expence at all. And this is the
tenour of the letter before mentioned, which I haue here set downe to giue
intelligence of another voyage that M. Antonio made, being set out with
many barkes, and men, notwithstanding he was not captaine, as he had
thought at the first he should: for Zichmni went in his owne person: and
concerning that matter I haue a letter in forme following.
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