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“Who loves to live at home, yet looke abroad,
And know both passen and unpassen road,
The prime plantation of an unknown shore,
The men, the manners, fruitfullnesse and store,
Read but this little book, and then confesse
The lesse thou lik'st and lov'st, thou liv'st the lesse.
Commend this story, by a loyall man,
Or else come-mend it, reader if you can.

Thomas Macarnesse,
To his worthy friend and countryman,
Captaine John Smith.