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during the Reign of §tyeen Elizabeth, 180

^582. (e to this our Coast of England:, leaving" with them no Copy; And to present" them unto us, at your Return : The" like to be, done, if they find any" Charts or Maps in those Coun-" tries.

XIX. " You; shall, at your Return,<c so direct: your Course, that all the* c . Ships under your Government may*1 come Home together, and arrivefe here in the River of Thames, if it," may conveniently be. And where-te soever in this Realm, you, or any of" the Ships shall arrive, you shall give-" special and Streight Order, that no’" Person of whatsoever Condition he" be, shall unlade, or bring on Land," or out of the Vessels in which he" came, any Part or Parcel of Merchan-" dize, or Matter of Commodity," brought in any of the said Vessels,'“ untill we, being certified of your ortc their Arrival, shall give farther Or-" der or Direction therein, under the" Penalties and Forfeitures expressed in" the fifteenth Article, against such as" shall retain any Thing to their private" Use, as in the said Article is'farther" expressed.

XX. "To the Intent that all such" Persons as shall go with you, in this" Voyage, may better understand what" they ought to do, and what to avoid," we think it requisite, that as well out" of these, as otherwise, with the Ad-" vice of your Assistants, and Masters" of the Ships, you shall cause some

convenient Order to be set down in" Writing, for their betterGovernment," both at Sea and Land, if they shall" happen to go on Land any where :" And the same to be openly read, and* c made known unto them, to the In-" tent they may understand how to be-" have themselves, and upon any" Fault committed, not to have any" Excuse to pretend Ignorance, and so" to avoid such Punishment as it is re-" quisite to have ministred, for the" Keeping of them in good Order.

XXI. " And to the End God may* c bless this Voyage, with happy and" prosperous Success, you shall have

an especial Care, to see, that Reve-" rence and Respect be had to the Mi-tc rasters appointed to accompany you,* c in this Voyage, as appertaineth to

“ their Place and Calling, and to fee

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" such good. Order, as by them fir all 1^82.

" be set down, for Reformation of Life" and Manners, duly obeyed and per-" formed, by causing the Transgressors" and Contemners of the fame to be" severely punished, and the Ministers" to remove sometimes' from one Ves-" sel to another.

XXII. cc Provided always, that,e the whole Direction and Governmentrs of the People, Life and Limb excep-

ted, as in the fifth Article, and the

Course of this Voyage, shall be whol-:

ly at your Disposition, except in the" Course by the Streight of Magellan,

" either outward or homeward, and in“ your Passage by the Northward of" forty Degrees in Latitude, wherein“ you shall follow Directions set down" in the ninth and tenth Article, as al-" so in the Displacing the Captain of the" Edward-Bonaventure, and other Cap-ts tains, wherein you shall follow the" Order appointed in the sixth Article.

V Provided, that we mean not, by this .

" Article, to derogate any Thing from" the Authority of your Assistants estab-<c fished in the third Article, or in any" other Article in these Instructions.

XXIII. " In all Occasions and En-<f terprizes, that may fall out to be up-" on the Land, we will that CaptainfC Carlijle shall have the General and" chief Charge thereof.

XXIV. " And finally, we requiretc you, and every of you, to have a" due Regard to the Observation and" Accomplishment of these our Instruc-Cf tions, and of all such other Things,

" as may, any Kind of Way, tend to" the Fartherance and Benefit of this" Service committed to your Charge.

With these Instructions, and the Fen ton de-Ships and Commanders abovementioned.A^^*the General sailed from the EnglijhCoast, in the Month of May. Nothingmaterial happened to them, sill thetenth of August, when they arrived at tucoaftefSierra Leona, in Africa. Africa.

The twenty-second of Ægufi, beingat Anchor, in the Bay of Sierra Leona,some Portuguese and Negroes camedown to them, in a large Boat, in whichthey had eighty Mews (each Mew oftwenty Bushels) of Rice, and near sixHundred Pounds weight of Elephants

Teeth.