Majesty of God to be true) that there was found among prophecies in Peru (at such time as the empire was reduced to the Spanish obedience), in their chiefest temples, amongst divers others which foreshowed the loss of the said empire, that from Inglatierra those Ingas should be again in time to come restored, and delivered from the servitude of the said conquerors. And I hope, as we with these few hands have displanted the first garrison, and driven them out of the said country, so her Majesty will give order for the rest, and either defend it, and hold it as tributary, or conquer and keep it as empress of the same. For whatsoever prince shall possess it shall be greatest, and if the king of Spain enjoy it, he will become irresistible. Her Majesty hereby shall confirm and strengthen the opinions of all nations, as touching her great and princely actions. And where the south border of Guiana reacheth to the dominion and empire of the Amazons, those women shall hereby hear the name of a virgin which is not only able to defend her own territories and her neighbours', but also to invade and conquer so great empires and so far removed.

To speak more at this time I fear would be but

troublesome; I trust in God, this being true, will suffice, and that he which is King of all kings and Lord of lords will put it into her heart which is Lady of ladies to possess it; if not, I will judge those men worthy to be kings thereof that by her grace and leave will undertake it of themselves.

SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S JOURNAL OF HIS SECOND VOYAGE TO GUIANA.

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THE 19th of August, 1617, at 6 o'clock in the ,morning, having the wind at N.E. we set sail in the river of Cork, where we had attended a fair wind 7 weeks.

From 6 in the morning till 10 at night we ran 14 leagues S. by W.; from 10 at night till 10 in the morning we had no wind, so as between 10 in the morning and 4 at afternoon we made not above 2 leagues.

At 4 the 20th day the wind began to freshen, and we steered away S.S. W., keeping a westerly course, fearing the westerly winds, and from 4 to 2 o'clock after midnight, being the morning of the 21st day, we ran 13 leagues.

From 2 in the morning of the 21st day, being Thursday, till 8 in the same morning, being 6 hours, we ran 6 leagues S. by W. Then the wind came to the W. and W. by S.; very little wind till one o'clock; the wind between the W and the S.,

and we ran not in that time above 2 leagues.

At one the wind began to shift up at N.E. and presently to the N. W., and blew strong, so as by 4 we ran 6 leagues.

From 4 to 8 we ran 7 leagues, from 8 to 12 other 7 leagues, from 12 to 4, being Friday morning, 6 leagues, from 4 to 8 6 leagues, the course S.S.W.; from 8 to 12 other 6 leagues S.S.W.; and taking the height, we found ourselves in 48 degrees wanting 10 minutes. We then steered away S. by W., and so from 12 on Friday the 22nd day, to 8 in the morning, being Saturday, the 23rd day, we ran near 24 leagues S. by W., the wind being at N.N.E.

From 8 on Saturday morning to 8 on Sunday morning, being Bartelmeie day and the 24th, we ran 35 leagues S. by W.

Then it grew calm, and we ran not above 10 leagues from Sunday the 24th to Monday the 25th.

At 8 in the morning the wind failed and blew but a little gale at S.E. Monday night it blew strong at S., and it fell back from the S. to the S.S.W., and overblew so as we could lie but W. northerly, and so continued all Tuesday, the 26th day, the wind falling back at one o'clock of the