“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 …”
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Speech to his crew off of Puerto San Julian, Argentina, prior to entering the Strait of Magellan (May 1578)
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