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Avontuurlijke reys-togten van Johan Smith, in verscheyde gedeelten des werelds, begonnen in het jaar 1593 ...
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ADVENTUROUS
VOYAGES
Of
JOHN SMITH,
In various parts of the World.
Begun in the Year 1593 and subsequently.
CHAPTER I.
Smith’s birth, servitude, going to France, his beginning with 10 Shillings and 3 Pence; his service in the Netherlands; bad encounter in Scotland; return to Willoughby; his solitary Life in the Wilderness.
1593
Smith’s birth-place.
His descent.
An ornamental woodcut initial 'M' shows a landscape and decorative foliage.
My Birth-place is Willoughby in the Province of Lincoln, subsequently I became a Scholar in the 2 free Schools of Alford in Louth; from my father’s side I am descended from long ago from the old Stem of the Smiths of Crudley, in the Province of Lancaster, and from my mother’s side from the Rickands of Great Heck in the Province of York; my Parents, who passed away when I was about 13 years of age, left me fine means; but being in no state to manage them, I did not pay much attention to my studies,
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