| ¶ To the right woor∫hipfull, ma∫ter Edwarde Dier E∫quier, | Iohn Frampton wi∫heth health, and perfit felicitie with | increa∫e of honour. | … mooued by the per∫ua∫ion of certaine pylottes, and Ma∫ters of ∫hippes, I determined to | tran∫lated this booke of the arte of Nauigation, compiled by Ma∫ter Peter de Medina a ∫pa- | niarde, in the yeere of our Lorde Ie∫us Chri∫t. 1545. And becau∫e the worke is ∫o prin- | cipalle that in our time, the like in all re∫pectes hath not been ∫ettte forth in our tongue, | con∫idering it in∫tructeth, and teacheth all the whole arte of Nauigation in all pointes, and | is in as like ∫orte nece∫∫ary for the Mariner… | … And bee∫ides, the | plea∫ure that I minded to doe, to the afore∫aid per∫ons, who mooued mee thereunto, as | al∫o to ∫atisffie my good and continual de∫ire, which I haue, to helpe, and bringe to light | this good and profitable arte of Nauigation, whereby all men that are de∫irous to knowe, | the ∫ecreete of this noble arte, may profite them∫elues therewith by reading it in our Eng- | li∫he tongue, e∫pecially the Pylottes, Ma∫ters, and Mariners, con∫idering their liues and | lyuings doe ∫tand there vpon. And ∫eeing as I belieue and tru∫t, they ∫hall gather much | fuite theer by, and that by little and little, the∫e ∫ciences ∫hall remaine a∫well in our coun- | tries as in any other what∫oeuer. And ∫eing this worke ∫o nece∫∫ary for the cõmon wealth, | ∫etting all other priuate bu∫ines a∫ide I tooke in hande to tran∫late this booke, being peru- | ∫ed and allowed by the chiefe Pilot, & learned Co∫mographers of the famous contractaci- | on hou∫e of Seuil for the increa∫e & knowledge of matters of Nauigation… | … From London this | fourth of Augu∫t. 1581. | Your wor∫hippes to commande. | Iohn Frampton. |