His Course And Acts To And In The Red Sea, Java, The Moluccas,
And Japan, By The Inhabitants Called Neffoon, Where Also He First
Began And Settled An English Trade And Factory; With Other Remarkable
Rarities:
The whole collected out of his own Journal." In the preface to
the 4th book of his Pilgrims, Purchas makes the following observations
respecting this voyage:
"We here present the East Indies made
westerly, by the illustrious voyage of Captain John Saris; who, having
spent some years before in the Indies, by observations to rectify
experience, and by experience to prepare for higher attempts, hath here
left the known coasts of Europe, compassed those more unknown coasts of
Africa from the Atlantic to the Erithrean Sea, and after commerce there,
tum Marte quam Merurio, compasseth the shores, and pierceth the seas,
to and beyond all just names of India and Asia, penetrating by a long
journey, the islands, cities, and court of the Japonian empire, there
settleth an English factory; and after safe return, is ready to render
to the readers the pleasure of his pain, and [why stay I thee any
longer?] by a more pleasant discoursive way, to discover to thee the
rarities of that discovery, and by hand, by the eyes, to lead thee along
with him all the way: and then leave thee to those that shall tell thee
of after accidents and later occurrences in the Japonian, Indian, and
Asian affairs." - Purch.
"What Purchas has called collected out of the Journal of Captain
Saris, means probably abbreviated by himself from that source.
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