First, by example, may be gathered how a discouerer of new countries is to proceede in his first attempt of any discouerie. 2. Item, how he shoulde be prouided of shipping, victuals, munition, and choice of men. 3. Howe to proceede and deale with strange people, be they neuer so barbarous, cruell, and fierce, eyther by lenitie or otherwise. 4. Howe trade of marchandize may be made withoute money. 1 5. Howe a pilot may deale, being enuironed wyth mountaines of ise in the frosen sea. 6How lengths of dayes, chaunge of seasons, summers and winters, do differ in sundry regionsw 7. How dangerous it is to attempt new disconeries, either for the length of the voyage, or the ignoraunce of the language, the want of interpretors, newe and accustomed elementes and ayres, straunge and unsauery meats, daunger of theeves and robbers, fiercenesse of wilde beastes and fishes, hugenesse of woddes, daungérousenesse of seas, dreade of tempestes, feare of hidden rockes, steepenesse of mountaines, darknesse of sodaine falling fogges, continuall paines taking withoute anye reste, and infinite others.io e od 8 How pleasaunt and profitable it is to attempt new discoueries, either for the sundrie Jef sights sights and shapes of strage beastes and fishes, the wonderful workes of nature, the different manners and fashions of diverse nations, the sundry sortes of governemente, the sight of straunge trees, fruite, foules, and beastes, the infinite treasure of pearle, gold, and silver, the newes of new found landes, the sundrie positions of the sphere, and many others. 9. How valiaunt captaines use to deale upon extremetie and otherwise. 10. How trustie souldiers dutifully use to serue. 11. Also here may be seene a good example to be obserued of any priuate person in taking notes and making obseruations of al such things as are requisite for a discouerer of new countries. 12. Lastly, the reader here may see a good paterne of a well gouerned seruice, sundrie instructions of matter of cosmographie, geographie, and nauigation, as in reading more at large may be seene. A TRUE A TRUE RELATION Of the ADVENTURES of Mr. R. D. an ENGLISH MERCHANT, taken by the Turks of Argeir, in 1666. With his three years Travells into the Inland Country of Affrica, with a true Description of a City near the Mountain Gubell, within five days journy of Trippoly, where the men, women, and children, with all living creatures, as birds, beasts, with all manner of goods belonging to the city, both moveables and immoveables, are fruits, trees, gardens, and orchards, were (by God's Almighty power) turned into firme and sollid stone, as monuments of his displeasure against them for the vitiousness. Also in Arabia (near a place called Tezrim) in a mead: dow there he saw the perfect stature of a man, of firm stone, as God had transformed him for his beastual and filthy lust. With many other observations worthy to be observed during the time of his captivity, till he was releast by Sir Edward Spragge in this expedition, and is now returned home in the Hampshire frigate. Sent in a letter to his honoured friend, Mr. S. B. London printed for Philip Brooksby, near the Hospitall gate, in West Smithfield, 1672. EXTRAICT EXTRAICT OV RECUEIL DES ISLES, Nouvellement trouuees en la grand Mer Oceane, temps du Roy d'Espaigne, Fernad et Elizabeth sa Femme, faict premierement en Latin par Pierre Martyr de Millan, et depuis translate en Languaige Francoys. Item trois narrations: dont la premiere est de Cuba, et commence au fueillet 132. La seconde qui est de la mer oceane commence au fueillet 155. La tierce qui est de la pruise de Tenustitan commence au fueillet 192. On les vend a Paris, rue Sainct Iehan de Beauvais, chez Simon de Colines, au Soleil dor. Cum priuilegio. A Tresnoble Adolescent, Monseigneur Charles Ces trois Decades, cest adire trois dezaines ¡ des liures du nouueau monde de la mer oceane, ; et de Cuba, qui a este estimee terre continente, et continue aux Inde, ont est mise en Latin par noble historiographe, Pierre Martyr, desquelles Decades Decades les deux premiers liures de la premiere, furent dediez par luy au cardinal Ascane, au temps du pape Alexandre Sixiesme, et les autres de ladicte premiere Decade, iusques au diziesme a tresreuerent seigneur Loys, cardinal d'Arragon, nepueu du Roy Fernand, Roy d'Espaigne. Le dixiesme et dernier de la premiere Decade, feut dedie a Ignace Lopes, cote de Tendile et Virey en Grannate. Les deux sequentes Decades furet dedices au pape Leon Dixiesme. Parquoy pouons entendre que les choses contenues en ces trois Decades, enuoyees et adressees a grans personnaiges, ont este diligemment congeneues et escriptes au plus vray que a este possible, comme a este recite au escripte en partie aux Roys d'Espaigne, et audict historiographe coseiller dedictz Roys par celeux qui ont nauige et conuerse suffisamment aux lieux tant de temps incongneuz. Veu docques que ces choses son nouuelles et plaisantes a auyr et par auant tousiours a nous incogneues et a tous historiens au cosmographes, Hebrieux, Greez, et Latins, ont este mises en lague vulgaire et Fracayse, en trois Decades. abregees; dediees a tres noble adolescent Monseigneur Charles Duc d'Angolesme, tiers filz du Roy tres Chrestien Francoys, premier de ce nom; pource que sa tres-noble adolescence se delecte a auyr, ou lire choses nouuelles, et contenantes aucune |