THE VOYAGE OF 1613 33 discipline of his fleet, King James vested in him full power to execute the cruel chastisements then " com- monly used in all armies at sea," with martial law for the punishment by death of mutiny or other capital offences. As regards foreign rivals, his Majesty gave KING JAMES I. much good advice mingled with some useful sugges- tions. 11 For as much as at this present," he declared, 14 We are in amity with all Christian princes," " And because We are not ignorant of the emulation and envy which doth accompany the discovery of countries and trade, and of the quarrels and contentions which do many times fall out between the subjects of diverse princes when they meet the one with the other in for- eign and far remote countries in prosecuting the course
