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The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins, Knt, in his Voyage into the South Sea in the Year 1593

THE TABLE OF THE PRINCIPALL OBSERVATIONS CONTEINED IN THIS BOOKE.

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A

Advantage of obedience page 137

Advise by land and sea 172

Advertisements for commanders 137

—— for servitors 138

Agnanapes 96

Alonso de Soto, noblenes of 153

Alcatraces 71

Amber-greece 74

Amitie of the Indians 170

Anchors unserviceable, mending of 132

Anchors, light, fit for the South sea 151

Arica 168

Arawcans, valour of the 158

—— much commended for all sorts of fruit and gold 157

Armado, Spanish 182

Arrogancy of the Spanish generall 202

Artillery, overcharging of 169

Artillery, courses for after bourding 206

Austria, Donna, in the narrow seas 36

B

Backwardnesse of companies 136

—— evill consequences thereof 136

Baldivia 143

Bay, English 124

Bezar stone, the 74

Beefe, pickled 143

—— held good beyond the equinoctiall 143

Blanches Bay 118

Bourding, policies to avoid 199

Bonito, the 67

Brasill, knowne etc. 61

Bravo 48

Brasil, description of 100

—— its havens 100

—— commodities and wants 100

—— bestial and discommodities 100

Burdeaux fleete, the losse of 18

C

Calking, false 32

—— prevention thereof 33

Candish, Thomas 129

—— surprised 90

Canary ilands 41

Canary, Grand 42

Cape Blanco 85

Captaines, ignoble 104

Captaines, disloyalties of 166

Cassavi, beverage of 96

Cassavi meale 95

—— preparing thereof 95

Catalina, Saint 101

Chieftain, parts requisite in a 189

Chieftains, two, dangerous 192

Cherries 86

Chile, people of 147

—— their weapons 147

—— and hate to the Spaniards 147

Cyvet catts 51

Cittie of Conception 149

Commanders, covetous, unwillingness to follow 161

Commander, a, not to trust his officers 184

Commanders, admonitions to 186

Cocos, and their kinds 50

Complaints of master Thomas Candish 27

—— of master George Raymond 28

Company sicke 56

—— and dismayed 126

Cotton Edward, the losse of 54

Clothes made in Coquinbo 158

Crabby Cove 128

Care of currants 54

D

Departure from Lyma 152

Devises in sudden accidents 115

Directions to be secret 189

Discipline of the Spanish 103

Discipline, cause of their prosperities 103

Discipline neglected by the English 17

Discipline pried into by the Spaniards 194

—— and by them imitated 195

Discoveries, use of 7

Discovery on the coast to be avoyded 149

Dolphin, the 66

Drake, Sir Francis, upon the southermost part of the world 142

Dutch, providence of the 17

Ducks 113

E

Elizabeth Bay 117

Engines of antiquitie, disuse of 206

English, the, carry up their flag 35

English, authors of sea discipline 17

English, carelessnesse of the 184

Exchange of trifles 145

—— of sheepe 146

Exercise alwayes necessary 44

F

Fenton, Edward 129

Fernandes, Juan 149

Fire, danger of 62

—— by heating of pitch 62

—— by taking tobacco 63

—— by candle light 63

—— by hooping and scuttling 64

—— by nature of waters 64

Fierro, strange tree in 42

Fight, the Spanish, beginning of 184

—— their intertainment 191

—— the English 191

—— the Spanish 191

—— pay deere for their rashnesse 196

—— take a new resolution 197

Flying fishes 70

French and English salute 35

French surprised 90

Fruits wholsome, to know 87

Fuego 48

Fugitives, end of 195

G

Gannetts 86

God propitious 127

—— therefore praised 127

Gold, some, and one shippe taken 150

Gold, every shower a shower of 158

Greenfield, Sir Richard, at Flores 20

Gulls 113

Gunner, deceit of the 185

H

Hampton, master Thomas 34

Harbours, annoyances in 80

Hawkins, Master William 130

Hawkins Mayden-land 108

Helm-man 84

I

Iago, Saint 47

—— sacked 48

Ilands, St. James 85

Jesus of Lubecke, the 10

Ienero 93

Ilands, unwholsome 45

—— their heat 45

—— the breze 45

—— the best remedie 46

Inconvenience of imprests 28

—— their true use 29

Indians housing 98

Indians poligamy 98

Indians apparrell 146

—— and manner of sleeping 99

Indians trechery 145

Indians foresight 122

Indians industry 90

Indians dismissed 180

Indians led by a Mulato 181

Instructions, consequence of 30

Isla Grand 93

Iuca, planting of 97

—— by women 97

K

Kavas Purgativas, use of 87

L

Land, unknowne 107

—— care of approach 107

Leakes, new devise for stopping, without bourd 155

Lyne, the, best time to passe 76

M

Madera 40

Mariner, a, who to be accounted 186

—— his knowledge 186

—— and materials 186

—— for navigation 187

Mariners, the, revenge 69

Mariners, wilfulnesse of 149

Maries, S. 148

Master, care of the 83

Masters mate, unskilfulnesse of the 83

Meeting, fittest places of 31

Mocha 143

Monkies, parrots 51

Moone, influence of the 46

Mutenies, how to be winked at 141

Multitude, unadvisednesse of the 183

O

Objections resolved 204

Office of a master 188

—— of a pilot 188

—— of the boteswaine 188

—— of the steward 188

—— of the carpenter 188

—— of the gunner 188

Oleron, lawes of 164

Oranges, vertue of 81

Oreweed, beds of 108

P

Palmer, Sir Henry, modestie of 18

Patience of the Earle of Nottingham 139

Parts requisite in a commander at sea 18

Palmito, the 48, 86

Palmito Iland 92

Pearles 133

Pengwins, iland of 110

—— described 111

—— hunting of 112

—— kept for store 113

Pentagones, care of the 106

Philip, King, comming into England 36

Pilats fishes 70

Pillage, challenging of 163

—— what to be reputed 166

—— undue, prevention of 167

Placentia 50

Plaintain, the 49

Pynaces, dutie of 40

Pynace lost 25

Porke, good, foure yeare old 143

Ports, danger of open 13

Providence of God 83

Provisions, corrupt or scantie 161

—— better provided at Plimouth 12

Puerto Viejo 178

Puma 177

Purgatives 87

Purslain 86

Q

Quintera, bay of 156

R

Ratts, prevention of 135

—— calamities they bring 135

Reach, Long 122

Repentance, the 8

Reasons of returne dangerous 131

Revenge, the 9

Rudders, spare 155

Runnawayes 104

S

Sabboth reserved for holy exercises 44

Sailes of cotton cloth 151

Salomon, ilands of 176

Santos, arrival at 77

—— forbidden to trade 79

Sarmiento, Pedro 109

Scurvy, the 56

—— the signes 56

—— the causes 57

—— the remedies 58

—— by diet 59

—— by shift 59

—— by labour 59

—— by early eating and drinking 59

—— by sower oranges and lemmons 60

—— by Dr. Stevens water 60

—— by oyle of vitry 60

—— by ayre of the land 60

Seething meat in salt water 58

—— corruption of victuall 58

Sea, the vapours of 58

Seafaring men, abuses of 26

Seales 114

Setting the ship upon a rock 126

—— Diligence to free it 127

Sheathing of ships 119

—— in Spaine and Portingall 120

—— with double plankes 120

—— with canvas 120

—— with burnt planks 120

—— with varnish in China 120

—— in England 121

—— best manner of 121

Sharke, the 68

Shipping, what requisit in 7

Ships, the honour of his Majesties 36

—— of trade 199

—— the prince his 200

—— of warre are not all to be low built 200

—— foure taken 149

Ship, dutie of a small against a greater 204

Shooting at sea 33

—— mischances thereupon ensuing 34

Sloth cause of fancies 125

Sounding, care of 52

Spanish discipline 191

—— officers 193

—— admirall commeth to leeward 190

Spaniards parley 207

—— inexperience of the 184

—— weaknesse of the 19

—— vain-glory of the 205

Severitie of Spaine 168

Steerage, care of 84

—— exquisite in the Spaniards and Portingals 84

Straights, the 108

—— second peopling of the 116

—— ilands, south part of the 142

Stormes, effects of courage in 24

Storme, a cruell 148

Swans, birds like 105

—— how caught 105

—— good refreshment 106

Swearing remedied 65

T

Tenerif, description of 41

Thunderbolt, the, of London 10

Tobias Cove 126

Trading, concealement hindereth 166

Tremontaine Point 107

Time, entertainement of 133

V

Vavisor, Captaine 21

Vessell, importance of a small 148

Vice admirall, place of 20

Voyages, considerations for 12

—— overthrowne by pretences 129

Voyage, the overthrow of the 102

—— the cause 102

—— infidelitie 103

W

Wafters, order of the Flemish 17

Wages, deteyning of 162

Warehouses sacked 150

Wast, objection of 118

—— answered 118

—— of men 89

Water salt, distilling of 82

—— contagious 88

Watches, care of 56

Watch, fruits of good 91

Weaknes, concealement of 152

Wilfulnesse of mariners 15

Wine more dangerous then the enemy 153

Wines, Spanish, and fevers unknowne in England 153

Wine consumeth treasure 154

Whale, fight of the 71

—— with the sword-fish 71

—— with the thresher 72

—— taking of the 72

—— by the Indians 75

Warning against wormes 119

Y

Yonkers ever necessary in the top 44

FINIS.

RICHARDS, PRINTER, 100, ST. MARTIN’S LANE.

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