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INTRODUCTION
early voyages, and it was also Sir Paul Pindar who
" seriously recommended " him and his affairs to the favour
of the East India Company in 1634. Mundy himself tells
us nothing of his connection with his patron in the years
following the journey from Constantinople. It is, howeven
likely that, when in London, he paid his respects at Pindar's
mansion in Bishopsgate Street Without.
With his usual and justifiable pride in the extent of his
journeys, Mundy states, at the end of Relation II., that the
distance from London to Constantinople amounts "by my
Computation1" to 1838 miles. His rate of travelling was,
therefore, 22\ miles per day, exclusive of the time spent in
Belgrade, Spalato, Venice, etc.
Of the seven years following the "Journey Overland
from Constantinople to London " Mundy has but a scanty
record. He tells us that his Third Relation is, like the First,
" recollected by memorie2." In March, 1621, he revisited his
native town and, in the summer of that year, he went to
Seville with a cargo of pilchards on behalf of his father,
his uncle and Mr Richard Wyche. In 1622, he was back
in England, for he tells us that, in April, he " covenanted "
to serve Richard Wyche for "five yeares on certaine Con-
ditions3," one of which, as we learn later, was that of keeping-
accounts. His salary, £20 per annum, was exclusive of
board and lodging. Mundy is silent as to his employment
during the first three years of his contract, and we have no
hint as to whether he spent the time in England or abroad.
At the beginning of the fourth year of his service, he was
sent by a syndicate of copper-contractors (of whom Richard
Wyche was one) to Spain, in connection with their busi-
ness. He and "one Henry Davis4" crossed from Dover to
" Deepe" and, travelling " post," arrived at Irun a week
later. They travelled by short stages, changing horses as
many as twenty times a day, " a very painfull imployment
to one not accoustomed4." From Irun, Mundy and Davis
went to St Sebastian and thence to Vittoria. Here, George
1 See p. 136. 2 See p. 145. 3 See p. 137. 4 See p. 138.
INTRODUCTION
early voyages, and it was also Sir Paul Pindar who
" seriously recommended " him and his affairs to the favour
of the East India Company in 1634. Mundy himself tells
us nothing of his connection with his patron in the years
following the journey from Constantinople. It is, howeven
likely that, when in London, he paid his respects at Pindar's
mansion in Bishopsgate Street Without.
With his usual and justifiable pride in the extent of his
journeys, Mundy states, at the end of Relation II., that the
distance from London to Constantinople amounts "by my
Computation1" to 1838 miles. His rate of travelling was,
therefore, 22\ miles per day, exclusive of the time spent in
Belgrade, Spalato, Venice, etc.
Of the seven years following the "Journey Overland
from Constantinople to London " Mundy has but a scanty
record. He tells us that his Third Relation is, like the First,
" recollected by memorie2." In March, 1621, he revisited his
native town and, in the summer of that year, he went to
Seville with a cargo of pilchards on behalf of his father,
his uncle and Mr Richard Wyche. In 1622, he was back
in England, for he tells us that, in April, he " covenanted "
to serve Richard Wyche for "five yeares on certaine Con-
ditions3," one of which, as we learn later, was that of keeping-
accounts. His salary, £20 per annum, was exclusive of
board and lodging. Mundy is silent as to his employment
during the first three years of his contract, and we have no
hint as to whether he spent the time in England or abroad.
At the beginning of the fourth year of his service, he was
sent by a syndicate of copper-contractors (of whom Richard
Wyche was one) to Spain, in connection with their busi-
ness. He and "one Henry Davis4" crossed from Dover to
" Deepe" and, travelling " post," arrived at Irun a week
later. They travelled by short stages, changing horses as
many as twenty times a day, " a very painfull imployment
to one not accoustomed4." From Irun, Mundy and Davis
went to St Sebastian and thence to Vittoria. Here, George
1 See p. 136. 2 See p. 145. 3 See p. 137. 4 See p. 138.