Excerpt from Drake the Sea-King of Devon Drake was one of those rough, blunt, sturdy, fear less men who seem peculiarly formed to do deeds of heroism, to appear most nobly in scenes of danger, and to achieve the most difficult feats of daring and action, whether in warlike contention or in Conflict with formidable elements of nature; and his career, stirring and adventurous, bold and nu resting from early youth to age, in spite of the pira cies which were excused by his own time, though they seem wicked in ours, is full of lessons of manly qualities, and of great and often admirable deeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.