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A05570	Nevves of the complement of the art of nauigation And of the mightie empire of Cataia. Together with the Straits of Anian. By A.L. The principall contents whereof follow in the next page.	Linton, Anthony.	1609 (1609)	STC 15692; ESTC S109469	21,513	47

were happily discouered anno 1553. and a happie trade of Merchandize opened thither which continueth vnto this day By Nauigation the East and West Indies haue bin sailed vnto by our English nation the bottome of the Mediterranean seas searched and the great Emperour of the Turkes at his Seragno or Port in Constantinople Royally saluted to his great content since which time neither he nor his Successors haue been so forward as before to make warre vpon the Christians Yea and by Nauigation the huge conuexitie of the whole world within little more then these 30. yeares last past hath been by our English nation twice sailed about Once by the worthie Sir Francis Drake Knight and the second time by the worthie Thomas Candish Esquire both passing thorow the Straits of Magellan into the South sea and so coasting from thence the Westerne shore of the New world vnto California passed from thence vnto the Moluccan Ilands and from thence by Iaua and by the Cape De bona Esperanza and returned againe aliue into this Realme of England with riches and renowne A voyage neuer yet before this day performed for any thing I know to the contrarie by any other of what nation soeuer but only by Magellan the Portugale who first found his so called Straits anno 1520. as Arthus reporteth pag. 411. but perished himselfe before he returned againe into Spaine So that whatsoeuer may be said of the increase of our wealth and riches I cannot tell but this I am sure of that our Estate through the goodnesse and protection of the Almightie to whom be all praise and honor for the same for euermore hath been mightily defended and secured by our Nauigation in such sort that as in former times so now at this present day our glorie and honor shineth with great brightnes in the middest of the mightie Empires and great Kingdomes of Europe Neither haue the ancient Kings of this Land neglected the acknowledgement thereof But as in ancient times the Kings of the Latins stamped a ship vpon their money in remembrance of the great benefits that their Land had receiued of Saturnus which from the sea had arriued amongst them as witnesseth Ouid Fast. lib. 1. in these words At bona posteritas puppim formauit in aere Hospitis aduentum testificata Dei Euen so the ancient renowmed Kings of this Land coyned their gold on the one side with a ship vpon the sea testifying thereby the great commodities that came vnto their Land by Nauigation All which examples rightly and duely considered do liuely manifest the great vtilitie of Nauigation So that we may conclude that Nauigation is the most excellent Art of all others of like practise both for the dignitie necessitie and vtilitie thereof And yet neuerthelesse this most excellent Art by which so much good commeth and so many excellent and memorable things haue been and are daily performed is yet very imperfect standing vpon no warrantable and sufficient grounds and rules whereby it may be dulie practised As witnesseth Sir Humfrey Gilbert Knight who saith of himselfe in these words viz. I haue deuised to amend the errors of vsuall sea Chards whose common fault is to make the degrees of Longitude in euery Latitude of one like bignesse And haue also deuised therein a sphericall Instrument with a Compasse of variation for the perfect knowing of the Longitude And a precise order to pricke the sea Chard c. Engl. voiag vol. 3. pag. 24. And Mr. Thomas Digges that excellent Mathematician in his Preface to the Reader of his Stratiaticos hath these words viz. First therefore by Demonstrations Mathematicall finding the great imperfections in the Art of Nauigation grosse errors practised by the Masters and Mariners of this our age I sought by reason to perswade with some of them to alter and reforme their Chards Instruments and erroneous Rules shewing them infallible Demonstrations of their errors And a little after By proofe I found and those masters themselues could not but confesse that experience did no lesse plainly discouer the errors of their Rules then my Demonstrations And Mr. William Burrowes sometime Controller of the Royall Nauie of our late Queene Elizabeth of famous memorie in his Epistle wherein his Mappe of Russia was to her dedicated hath these words viz. It is so that there are Rules vsed in Nauigation which are not perfectly true amongst which the straight lines in the sea Chards representing two and thirtie points of the Compasse or winds are not holden to be the least c. but noted of such talkers for principall to condemne the occupiers thereof for ignorant c. And Mr. Richard Polter one of the late foure principall masters of his Maiesties Nauie Royall in his booke called the path-way to perfect sailing printed at London anno 1605. deliuereth a great number of absurdities in the said Art of Nauigation And Mr. Edward Wright a verie learned Mathematician hath not long since published a booke likewise of the errors in the Art of Nauigation which booke I haue seene but neuer read the same c. So that this noble Art of Nauigation although it be so excellent is yet neuerthelesse imperfect and founded vpon no sufficient Rules of Art whereby it may be generally practised as it ought And although it may be obiected that not only Sir Humfrey Gilbert and Richard Polter other haue attempted the reformations of these imperfections but also that M. Edw. Wright hath lately perfected the same so that all errors and absurdities are by him reformed I answere freely confesse that the said M. Wright hath exceedingly wel deserued of Nauigation and specially in that proiection of the sea Mappe by him deuised according to which the Mappe commonly annexed to the volumes of our English Discoueries and the great quarter Maps published at Amsterdam by Iodocus Hondius anno 1602. are framed but yet I am assured that his reformation will be found to fall far short of perfection when his trauels shall come to strict examination not because he wanteth either learning or diligence therein but a good foundation whereon to raise his worke that is the knowledge of the magnetical poles hereafter mentioned so that the said Art although it be by his industrie and trauels very much amended yet is it far from being perfected This excellent and profitable Art of Nauigation but very vnperfect for any thing that is yet publikely knowne to the contrarie I presume I haue by the great blessing of Almightie God in Christ Iesus our Sauiour not without exceeding paines and labours in and about the same brought to very good perfection and furnished it with all the Complements therof and am able at this present by his grace to enforme any of you of competent knowledge and capacity for the same how he may practise the same with as great facility and expedition as now is done and with so great certaintie make his conclusions of Latitude Longitude and variation as is possible to

docta Tyros The holy Scriptures also are euident records hereof Esay the Prophet speaketh thus chap. 22.8 Who hath decreed this against Tyrus that crowneth men whose merchants are Princes whose chapmen are the Nobles of the world And Ezechiel chap. 27.3 declareth the glorious estate therof And vers 25. The shippes of Tharsis were the chiefe in thy Merchandize and thou wast replenished and made verie glorious in the middest of the sea vers 27. Thy riches thy faires thy merchandize thy Mariners and Pilots thy Calkers and the occupiers of thy Merchandize and all the men of warre that are in thee shall fall in the middest of the sea in the day of thy ruine Call to remembrance that old Carthage also a renowmed ofspring of Tyrus which only by Nauigation and trading by sea grew so mightie that three seuerall times it tooke occasion to stand out with Rome for the Soueraigntie in three seuerall warres great doubtfull and lamentable In the first of which it is reported that the Carthagineans were beaten in a battel at the sea so brought in order In the second warre which happened some fortie yeeres after they were growne againe so strong that besides many battels by land euen in Italie fifteene yeares together they fought with the Romans a great battell by sea in which likewise they had the worst as witnesseth Tit. Liu. Dec. 3. lib. 2. and at length being enforced by the Romans to yeeld their citie had been vtterly raced to the ground had they not redeemed the same with teares and a yeerelie tribute of two hundred Euboian talents and withall concluded with the Romans neuer after to haue and keepe moe ships for warre then ten c. as writeth Appion in Lybico Yet neuerthelesse the Carthagineans within fiftie yeeres after that grew againe so exceeding mightie by sea and land that they vndertooke a third warre against the Romans in which they were ouercome by sea and by land and their noble Citie which had stood seuen hundred yeares in great estate was raced vnto the ground so that Nauigation which was at the first the cause of their greatnes was also at the last the occasion of their ruine being ouermastred by the Romans in strength at sea as well witnesse the speeches of Hanno and Cato Censorinus in Appion●ae bello Lybico whereby may be seene the great vtilitie of Nauigation Consider also the Cities of Greece as Athens Corinth and the residue vpon the sea coast yea and the very small Islands of the Aegëan sea as Samos and such like how much they encreased in renowne and riches by their shipping and Nauigation and the vtilitie thereof will plainelie appeare That I say nothing of the Greeke and Roman Empires in whom their Naualia are not the least memorable in ancient stories Neither may I here forget the sea forces and sea seruices of the now florishing and menacing Empire of the Turks which are not vnknowne to the world Reade M. Hakluyte who hath excellentlie well deserued of our whole Nation in his worthie works of our English Voiages vol. 2. part 2. pag. 78. where you shall find specified 268. vessels for the war that besieged the Rhodes besides the Nauie that lay attending in other places to cut off al succours of Christians c. and elsewhere in those his volumes Consider further the Venetians and the Genowaies how by Nauigation they haue supported and increased their great Estates Then turne your eies vpon Spaine Portugall and Holland now of late yeeres how as they haue been better furnished with shipping so haue they had their riches honours and Estates increased euen to wonderment Looke ouer the world vnto the great Empire of China which at this present doth abound with shipping both for the Inland seas and riuers to trade at home amongst themselues with easinesse and speede and also for the vaste Ocean for trading with forraine nations whereby infinite numbers of that people are set a worke and their riches and renowne is growne vnto the world verie admirable as witnesseth Master Hackluit in his workes of our English Voiages vol. 2. par 2. pag. 77. 92. and vol. 3. pag. 837. 858. Reade also Arthus de India orientali pag. 466. 468. Also reade Pantogia pag. 56. 61. 64. 65. 112. c. Lastly let vs returne home vnto our owne Countrie this Realme of England and we shall find the estate thereof much encreased and supported by Nauigation By Nauigation we reade that Edgar that I may vse his owne words in his stile Anglorum Basileus omniumque Regum Insularum Oceanique Britanniā circumiacentis cunctarumque nationum quae infra eam includuntur Imperator Dominus who raigned anno dom 959. kept his seas from Piracy and his land from forraine inuasions For euery yeere he rigged 4000. saile of shippes and diuiding them into foure companies put them to sea vpon the foure quarters of his kingdome for the same purpose By Nauigation our Armies haue been transported into other lands for seruice there So Iohn King of England with a Nauie of 500. ships transported his Armie into Ireland ann 1206. So our Armie and forces were transported by Sir Francis Drake Knight vnto S. Domingo and Carthagena in the West Indies anno 1585. and into Portugale anno 1589. By Nauigation many strong battels haue been fought at sea by our nation and honorable victories obtained as the battell at Sluce by King Edward the third anno 1340. the French Fleet being of 400. saile As also the battell fought at Hareflew in France by King Henrie the fifth against the French Nauie of 500. ships anno 1414. As was also that most renowmed victorie gotten from and of that vaunted inuincible Spanish Armada anno 1588. And that ouer the Nauie Royall of the King of Spaine gotten in the Bay of Cadiz anno 1596. By Nauigation the Spanish Fleet that came to waft ouer King Philip from Douer into the Low-countries anno 1556. was compelled by a few ships of the Nauie Royall of this Land vnder the conduct of the Right Honorable the Lord William Howard Baron of Effingham then Lord high Admirall of England and father to the now Right Honorable and renowmed Lord Charles Howard Earle of Nottingham and Lord high Admirall also of England to strike their sailes and vaile their bonnets and performe such honorable acknowledgements as were done at sea to the Emperiall Crowne of this Land The like also was done by ten ships of the Nauie Royall of our late Queene Elizabeth of famous memorie vnder the conduct of the aforesaid Charles Howard now the Right Honorable Earle of Nottingham Lord high Admirall of England vnto the great Spanish Fleet of 130. ships conducting the Emperours Sister the spouse of Spaine thorow the narrow Seas into Spaine vnder whose worthie and happie conduct also the two honorable victories ouer the Spanish Armadaes last before mentioned were obtained to his immortall fame and glorie By Nauigation the Northerne seas vnto Rusland and Moscouia