| To the right wor∫hipfull Sir | Humfrey Gilbert | Knight. | [Line] | There came to my hands of late (right | vvor∫hipfull) a notable peece of | vvoorke, of the Portes, and of diuers | rare things bothe of the Ea∫te and | VVea∫t Indians, vvritten by Martin Fer= | nandes Denci∫a, aboute Anno. 1518. Then Dedicated to | Don Charles King of Castile, and after called in aboute | tvventie yeares pa∫t, for that it reuealed ∫ecrets that | the Spani∫h natiõ vvas loth to haue knovven to the | vvorlde. And finding in the ∫ame vvorke the Lon- | gitudes and Altitudes of many Ilands, and of the | Portes of the tracte of the firme lande of America, I | thought good to trã∫late out of Spani∫h into Engli∫h | ∫ome parte of the ∫ame Calling to minde, that your | vvor∫hip vvas the fir∫te man of our nation that gaue | light to our people for the finding out of the north- | vve∫t ∫traight, and that novv you meane in proper | per∫on, and that at your ovvne charges, to take ∫ome | noble voyage and di∫couerie in hande, to leaue be- | hind you renovvne to your family, and honour and | profite to your countrie: I could not but honour | you in harte… | …And Sir, | albeit this ∫mall gifte (in re∫pect of mini∫tring any | knovvledge to you your ∫elfe) may ∫eeme nothing, in | that you doe vnder∫tande the tongues, vvherein this | and many other knovvledges of high value, lie hid | from our Seamen, although not from you: yet this | may for our meere Engli∫h Seamen, Pilotes, Marri- | ner, &c. not acquaynted vvith forrayne tongues, | bring greate plea∫ure…. | ….From London the | xiiij. of May. | 1578. | Your wor∫hips at commandement | Iohn Frampton. |