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Who sending back great gifts together with his tribute beseecheth them to be fauourable vnto him.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Honour did not onely intreate a worthy knight, a person of speciall experience, as in many others so in marine causes, to ouersee and peruse the same, but also vpon his good report with your most fauourable letters did warrant, and with extraordinarie commendation did approue and allow my labours, and desire to publish the same.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Vpon which answere Valdez and his company vnderstanding that they were fallen into the hands of fortunate Drake, being mooued with the renoume and celebritie of his name, with one consent yeelded themselues, and found him very fauourable vnto them.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Thus nothing doubting of your ready ayd herein, as I assuredly trust of your honours fauourable acceptation of this my poore present, wishing long life with the increase of Gods holy spirit to your lordship and to all your most honourable familie (vnto whom I haue wholly dedicated my selfe by mine owne choise and election for euer) I, crauing pardon for my former boldnesse, most humbly thus take my leaue.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Barbary, which is sixe leagues off from Gibraltar, and when we came thither we found the people wonderous fauourable to vs, who being but Moores and heathen people shewed vs where to haue fresh water and al other necessaries for vs. And there we had such good intertainment, as if we had bene in any place of England.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Lordship saw, and heard at large the relation of this second attempt, I receiued fauourable countenance from his honour, aduising me to prosecute the action, of which his lordship conceiued a very good opinion.
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In consideration whereof I thinke myselfe thrise happie to haue these my trauailes censured by your Honours so well approued iudgement, Touching the third and last motiue I cannot but acknowledge my selfe much indebted for your fauourable letters heretofore written in my behalfe in mine, honest causes.
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The winde, at the first setting foorth, seemed very fauourable: but yet in the euening growing very scant, and all that night falling more and more against vs, and we hailing sayled no further then to a certaine place called Dodman Head: we were constrained the next day, to make our returne to the road of Plymmonth againe, and there in the Sownds to lie at ancre for that night.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The 18. 19. 20. and 21. we kept still the sea and saw no land because we had very little winde, and that not very fauourable.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Grand Signor, for your sake, vnto whom all honour and fauourable regard is due, vpon the condition aforesaid, namely, that the wicked Cosacks might be sought out and grieuously punished, or that their offences might be remitted for the value of some small gift, vpon this condition (I say) the letters of his imperiall Highnesse were sent vnto the king of Poland.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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