The principal nauigations, voyages, traffiques and discoueries of the English nation. [vols. 1-3] made by sea or ouer-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600. yeres: deuided into three seuerall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed. The first volume containeth the worthy discoueries, &c. of the English ... The second volume comprehendeth the principall nauigations ... to the south and south-east parts of the world ... By Richard Hakluyt preacher, and sometime student of Christ-Church in Oxford.

Secondly, The Generall doth write vnto the Doctor, that Francis Drake died for very griefe that he had lost so many barkes and men.

A Thing very strange that the Generall or the Indian, whom hee doth vouch for his lie, should haue such speculation in the bodie of him whom they neuer saw, as to deliuer for truth vnto his countrie, the very cause or disease whereof hee died: and this second report of his is more grosse then the first. For admit the mistaking of the place might be tollerable; not∣withstanding, this precise affirming the cause of his death doth manifestly prooue that the Ge∣nerall doth make no conscience to lie.* 1.1 And as concerning the losse of any Barkes or men in our Nauie, by the valour of the Spaniard before Sir Francis Drake his death, we had none (one small Pinnesse excepted) which we assuredly know was taken by chance, falling single into a fleete of fiue Frigates (of which was Generall Don Pedro Telio) neere vnto the Iland of Do∣minica, and not by the valour Don Bernaldino: the which fiue Frigates of the kings after∣wardes had but ill successe,* 1.2 for one of them we burnt in the harbour of S. Iuan de Puerto rico,

and one other was sunke in the same harbour, and the other three were burnt amongst many o∣ther shippes at the taking of Cadiz. This I thinke in wise mens iudgements, will seeme a sil∣ly cause to make a man sorrowe to death.* 1.3 For true it is, sir Francis Drake died of the fluxe which hee had growen vpon him eight dayes before his death, and yeelded vp his spirit like a Christian to his creatour quietly in his cabbin. And when the Generall shall suruey his losse, he shall finde it more then the losse of the English, and the most of his, destroyed by the bullet: but the death of Sir Francis Drake was of so great comfort vnto the Spaniard, that it was thought to be a sufficient amendes, although their whole fleete had beene vtterly lost.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Don Bernaldino doth lie impu∣dently.
• * 1.2

  The successe of the kings fiu•• Frigate••.
• * 1.3

  The certaine cause whereof sir Francis Drake died.