Sentence:  And surely me thinketh we cannot better bestowe our time on the Sea, then in aduice how to behaue our selues when we come to the shore: for greater daunger is there to ariue in a straunge countrey where the inhabitauntes be <WSD>politique</WSD>, then to be tossed with the troublesome waues, where the Marriners be vnskilfull. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Artful, crafty or cunning.