An account of several late voyages and discoveries

·1 50 :A Jloyflgt for the Difcovery íaid ; which, afcer their Royal Confideration· ;:m4 Gonfolt with many Mcrchlnts and Scame~ !h:J.t had uf cd to f ail Northward, and if thought by aJl fcaziblc, His Majcfiy w~s gra~iouíly picas' d to grant me thc Speedwel Fregat, to be manncd and viétualkd at his Royal Charge ~ith alJ other Appurtenan~es the1:-c\m~o belons; tng. Buf becaufe in all A.ttcmpts of this Nat\lre it was not convenient to vennue one Ship :ilonc for thc man y Accidcnts that :ire incidcm to~ finglc Ship in an Eptcrprizc of this Namre ; Thcrcfore, his Royal Highnefs thc Dukc of :fork. ~ Thc Honourable JolJn Lord Bm·klct! ~ir .Y~{eph TPílliamfon~ ~ir Jobn Banker. Mr. Samuel Peepr. ~aptain Herbert'! Mr. Dupey. Mr. Hoopgo,;d~ Thefe Eight Honourablc P.erfons, at their own proper Charge, boµght a Pink, call'd the A-o– Jpero115, of rhe Burdcn of a h~mdred and twcn~ Tuns, fitted h~r to Sea, Mcn, Ammu~ition, Pro vifion, lnd .Mcrchandize, which was íuch a was rcafonably propos' d ~o vcnd on rhc Co ~f 7'artp,ria, or ~t Japan, if ~ pr,{fage had bce tound. Now the Ships being fütcd out, thc Speed ilt Dcptfor4 il~ t.be King's Yªrd, wher~ ~e Builder . ~h