Sir Francis Drake reuiued calling vpon this dull or effeminate age, to folowe his noble steps for golde & siluer, by this memorable relation, of the rare occurrances (neuer yet declared to the world) in a third voyage, made by him into the West-Indies, in the yeares 72. & 73. when Nombre de Dios was by him and 52. others only in his company, surprised. Faithfully taken out of the reporte of M· Christofer Ceely, Ellis Hixon, and others, who were in the same voyage with him. By Philip Nichols, preacher. Reviewed also by Sr. Francis Drake himselfe before his death, & much holpen and enlarged, by diuers notes, with his owne hand here and there inserted. Set forth by Sr Francis Drake Baronet (his nephew) now liuing.

TO THE COVRTEOVS READER.

HOnest Reader, without Apologie I desire thee in this insuing Discourse; to obserue with me the power and Iu∣stice of the Lord of Hostes, who could enable so meane a person, to right himselfe vpon so mighty a Prince, together with the goodnesse and Prouidence of God very obseruable, in that it pleased him to raise this man, not onely from a low condition, but euen from the state of persecution: his father suffered in it, being forced to fly from his house (neere South Tauistocke in Deuon) into Kent, and there to inhabit in the Hull of a Shippe, wherein many of his younger sonnes were borne: hee had twelue in all, and as it pleased God to giue most of them a being vpon the water, so the greatest part of them dyed at Sea: the youngest, who though hee were as farre as any, yet dyed at home, whose posterity inherits that, which by himselfe, and this Noble Gentleman the eldest brother, was hardly yet worthily gotten. I could more largely acquaint thee, that this voyage was his

third he made into the West-Indies, after that his excel∣lent seruice both by Sea and Land in Ireland, vnder Walter Earle of Essex; his next about the World: Ano∣ther wherein hee tooke Saint Iago, Carthagena, Saint Domingo, Saint Augustino, his doings at Cadiz, besides the first Carricke taught by him to sayle into En∣gland, his stirrings in eigty seauen, his remarquable actions in eighty eight, his endeauours in the Portingall imployment, his last enterprise determined by death, and his filling Plimouth with a plentifull streame of fresh wa∣ter; but I passe by all these, I had rather thou shouldest enquire of others, then to seeme my selfe a vaine-glorious man. I intende not his praise, I striue onely to set out the prayse of his and our good God, that guided him in his truth, and protected him in his courses: my ends are to stirre thee vp to the worship of God, and seruice of our King and Countrey by his example: if any thing bee worth thy consideration, conclude with me, that the Lord onely can doe great things.

FRANCIS DRAKE.