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Charles Kingsley: Amyas

By CHARLES KINGSLEY Condensation by JAMES B. CONNOLLY With a hey bonny-boat and a ho bonny-boat Sail westward-ho and away! WITH wonderful speech of Spanish gold and the vast, rich countries lying to the west, Capt. John Oxenham was home again; and not a promise he made but was increased tenfold by his swearing henchman, Salvation Yeo. Amyas Leigh, a stout Devon youth, was afire to take the sea with Captain John as he listened; but his godfather, Sir Richard Grenvil, said he was yet too young. Later, it might be. And later he went, his first voyage being with the famous Sir Francis Drake around the world.