The Life of the Celebrated Sir Francis Drake the First English Circumnavigator
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P Sir William Monson'g Na val Tracts, p. 400. See also some re marks on this passage in Dampier's Voyages.
till his crew were sated with plunder; and then coasting North America, to the height of forty-eight degrees, he endeavoured to find a passage back into our seas on that side, which is the strongest proof of his consummate skill and invincible cou rage ; for, if ever such a passage be found to the northward, this, in all probability, will be the method : and we can scarcely conceive a clea...rer testimony of an undaunted spirit, than attempting discoveries after so long, so hazardous, and so fatiguing a voyage. P Here, being disappointed of what he sought, he landed, and called the country New Albion, taking possession of it in the name, and for the use, of Queen Elizabeth ; and, having careened his ship, set sail from thence, on the 29th of September, 1579, for the Moluccas. The reason imposed him upon Drake to be rid of him), was thence encouraged to form designs against Drake ; and this might also be the reason which hindered him from inclining to an absolute pardon, as doubting whether it was possible to trust one who had so far abused his confidence already, and whose known interest with so great a man might always enable him to find instruments, in case he was wicked enough to enter upon fresh intrigues.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
P Sir William Monson'g Na val Tracts, p. 400. See also some re marks on this passage in Dampier's Voyages.
till his crew were sated with plunder; and then coasting North America, to the height of forty-eight degrees, he endeavoured to find a passage back into our seas on that side, which is the strongest proof of his consummate skill and invincible cou rage ; for, if ever such a passage be found to the northward, this, in all probability, will be the method : and we can scarcely conceive a clea...rer testimony of an undaunted spirit, than attempting discoveries after so long, so hazardous, and so fatiguing a voyage. P Here, being disappointed of what he sought, he landed, and called the country New Albion, taking possession of it in the name, and for the use, of Queen Elizabeth ; and, having careened his ship, set sail from thence, on the 29th of September, 1579, for the Moluccas. The reason imposed him upon Drake to be rid of him), was thence encouraged to form designs against Drake ; and this might also be the reason which hindered him from inclining to an absolute pardon, as doubting whether it was possible to trust one who had so far abused his confidence already, and whose known interest with so great a man might always enable him to find instruments, in case he was wicked enough to enter upon fresh intrigues.
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