Thispoemisnowveryrare。ItisnotintheBritishMuseum。
Therearethreecopiesextantoftheautobiography，allofwhichareintheBritishMuseum。Inthemain，theydifferbutslightlyfromeachother。Notoneofthemhasbeenpublishedinextenso。InDecember，1795，andinFebruary，1796，Dr。SamuelDennecommunicatedtotheSocietyofAntiquariesparticularsoftwooftheseMSS。，andsubsequentlypublishedcopiousextractsfromthemintheirtransactionsArchae。xii。anno1796，inaveryirregularandcarelessmanner。ItisprobablethatDr。
Denneneversawtheoriginalmanuscript，butonlyagarbledcopyofit。Theabovenarrativehasbeentakenfromtheoriginal，andcollatedwiththedocumentsintheStatePaperOffice。
[18]See，forinstance，theIndextotheJournalsofRecordsoftheCorporationoftheCityofLondonNo。2，p。346，15901694
undertheheadof“SirWalterRaleigh。“Thereisadocumentdatedthe15thNovember，1593，inthe35thofElizabeth，whichrunsasfollows:——“CommitteeappointedonbehalfofsuchoftheCityCompaniesashaveventuredinthelateFleetsetforwardbySirWalterRaleigh，Knight，andothers，tojoinwithsuchhonourablepersonagesastheQueenhathappointed，totakeaperfectviewofallsuchgoods，prizes，spices，jewels，pearls，treasures，&c。，latelytakenintheCarrack，andtomakesaleanddivisionJor。23，p。156。SuittobemadetotheQueenandPrivyCouncilforthebuyingofthegoods，&c。，latelytakenatseaintheCarrack；acommitteeappointedtotakeorderaccordingly；thebenefitorlossarisingthereontobedividedandbornebetweentheChamber[oftheCorporationoftheCity]