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they woulde take him into them, whiche they did verye willingly, and for that hee had the languageHe becam interpreter for y͏ͤ men that ariued at drogeo in the boates of Estotilande. of the Countrey and there was none of them coulde speake it they vsed him for their interpreter.
And after that hee frequented that trade with them, in such sorteAfterwards hee frequented that trade with them in such sort, that he became very rich. And so furnished a bark of his owne & returned to Frislande where hee reported the story to his Lorde Zichmni. that hee became verye riche and so furnishing out a barke of his owne hee returned into Frislande, where hee made reporte vnto this Lorde of that welthie Countrey.
And hee is throughly credited because of the Mariners, who approoue many straunge thinges, that hee reporteth to bee true. Wherefore this Lorde is resolued to sende me foorth with a fleete towardes those partes, and there are so manye that desire to goe in the voyage, for the noueltie and strangenesse of the thing,Zichmni minded to send M. Antonio Zeno with a fleete towards those partes of Estotilande. end of 3. letter. that I thinke we shall be very strongly appointed, without any publike expence at all. And this is the tenor of the letter before mentioned which I haue heere set downe, to giue intelligence of an other voyage, that M. Antonio made, being set out with many Barkes and men, notwithstanding hee was not captaine as hee had thought at the first hee shoulde, for Zichmni went in his owne person: & concerning this matter I haue a letter in forme as foloweth.4. letter beginneth frõ M. Antonio in frisland, to his brother Carlo in Venice. Our great preparation for the voyag of Estotiland, was begun in a vnluckie houre, for three dayes before our departure, the fisherman died,The fisherman dead that should haue bin guid & interpreter. that shoulde haue been our guid: notwithstanding this Lorde woulde not giue ouer the enterprize, but in steade of the fisherman tooke certayne Marriners that returned out of the Ilande with him,Certaine marriners taken in his steede which came with him frõ Estotiland. and so making our nauigation to the Westwards, we discouered certayne Ilandes subiect to Frislande, and hauing passed certayne shelues we stayed at Ledouo for the space of 7. dayes to refreshe our selues, and furnish the fleete with necessarie prouision. Departing from hence we arriued the first of Iuly at the Ile ofIuly. Ile Ilofe. Ilofe, and for that the winde made for vs, wee stayed not there, but passed forth, & being vpon the maine sea, there arose immediatly a cruell tempest wherewith for eight dayes space wee were miserably vexed, not knowing where wee were, and a great part of the Barkeswere
