Art of Navigation, The., 1584,
Cortés,  Martin

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Dedication Transcription:

| § To the ryght woorshypfull Syr | Wylliam Garerd Knyght, and Mai∫ter Thomas | Lodge, Aldermen of the Citie of London, and gouernours | of the honourable Felow∫hyp or Societie, as well of certayne | of the Nobilitie, as of Merchantes aduenturers, for | the di∫couery of Landes, Territories, Ilandes, | and Signories vnknowen,and not before | theyr fir∫t aduenture or enter- | pry∫e by Sea or Nauigation | commonlye fre- | quented. | And to the ryght woor∫hypfull the con∫ulles, | A∫∫istentes, and Comminaltie of the ∫ame | Societie, Richarde Eden | wy∫heth health and | pro∫peritie. |

Notes on Dedication/Dedicatee:  
Dedicatee: Garerd, William
Title: Sir. Alderman of the City of London.
2nd Dedicatee: Lodge, Thomas
Title: Alderman of the City of London.
Preliminary Material Sequence: Sigs ¶ii - ¶viii - The Preface. Sigs. Ai - Aiv - 'The Epistle Dedicatorie of Martin Cortes, to the most mightie and victorious Monarch Charles the Emperour, the fyft of that name, kyng of Spaine'.
Preliminary Material Notes: The choice of the word 'Signorie' is interesting and suggests the extent of the assimilation of the language and aspirations of Imperial Spain. Eden commends the efforts of explorers: "what great charges you haue susteyned, and how lyberall and constant you haue ben in furtherynge the same, doth well delcare that hytherto you are rather losers than gayners therby. The which thyng doubtelesse is the more to your commendation, in that it maye hereby appeare that you haue atttempted the ame rather for knowledge and vertues sake, then for couetousnes of gaynes: as is furthermore well knowen by your fyrste viages of discouerye attempted to Cathaye by the Northeast seas, upon certen losse and detriment". His translation is response to how "inidgent and desitute this Realm is of excellent and expert Pilottes". The translation was commissioned by 'Sir William Garrerd, Maister William Mericke, Maister Blase Sanders, and Maister Edwarde Castlen'. Sir Thomas Smith was "sometyme my Tutor", when Eden was at Cambridge.