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Francis Drake Quotes

Total quotes: 7
“If your Lordship vouchsafe the acceptance, ’tis yours, if the Reader can pick out either use or content, ’tis his, and I am pleased. Example being the publique, and your Lorships favor the private aime, of your humbly devoted”
— Francis Drake, The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake
Tagged: Lord, leader, Ruler, govern, Society, publiish, Read, publication, Content
“There is plenty of time to win this game, and to thrash the Spaniards too.”
— Francis Drake, Naval Miscellany
Tagged: Win, Winner, Game, Fight, Spansiards, War, Competition
“Columbus did neatly check his emulators, by rearing an egg without assistance. Let the slighter of this voyage apply.”
— Francis Drake, The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake
Tagged: Columbos, Explore, assistance, Voyage, travel, Journey
“Wherefore we must have these mutinies and discords that are grown amongst us redressed, for by the life of God, it doth even take my wits from me to think on it. Here is such controversy between the sailors and gentlemen, and such stomaching between the gentlemen and sailors, it doth make me mad to hear it.”
— Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake
Tagged: mutiny, discord, Disagreement, Leadership, Unsatisfied, Unhappy, God, leader, Controversy, Sailor, Men, Gentlemen
“Fame and envie are both needlesse to the dead because unknown, sometimes dangerous to the living when too well knowne: reason enough that I rather cause to say nothing, then too little, in the praise of the deceased Author, or of your Lordship my desired factor.”
— Francis Drake, The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake
Tagged: Fame, Envy, needless, useless, dead, Living, Life, dangerous, danger, Praise, Vain, Vanity
“But, my masters, I must have it left [stopped], for I must have the gentleman to hale and draw [work] with the mariner, and the mariner with the gentleman. What, let us show ourselves all to be of a company and let us not give occasion to the enemy to rejoice at our decay and overthrow. I would know him that would refuse to set his hand to a rope, but I know there is not any such here …”
— Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake
Tagged: Master, Gentleman, mariner, marine, Sea, Ocean, Sailor, coast, Ship, Society, Enemy, rope, Chance, Joy, Success, overthrow
“But whereas it is most certain that the King doth not only make speedy preparation in Spain, but likewise expecteth a very great fleet from the Straits and divers other places to join with his forces to invade England, we purpose to set apart all fear of danger, and by God’s furtherance to proceed by all good means that we can devise to prevent their coming.”
— Francis Drake, Sir Frances Drake: Circumnavigator of the Globe and Privateer for Queen Elizabeth(Library of Explorers and Exploration)
Tagged: king, leader, Ruler, govern, speedy, Fast, swift, Prepare, Spain, England, Enemy, War, Battle, Forces, army, fleet, Fear, danger, strategy, devise
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