JOHN CABOT'S DISCOVERY 



A.D. 



[49- 



Billa signata anno 13 Henrici septimi. 



Ex tertio die Februarii, anno 13, licentiam dedit d record of 

 Joanni Caboto, quod ipse capere possit sex naves \™ the v™a~ 

 Anglicanas, in aliquo portu, sive portibus regni fj '/ in Qabot 



Angliae, ita quod sint de portagio 200. doliorum, vel and Sebastian 



subtus, cum apparatu requisite, & quod recipere possit his sonne. 



in dictas naves omnes tales magistros, marinarios, & 



subditos regis, qui cum eo exire voluerint, &c. 



The same in English. 



THe king upon the third day of February, in the 

 13 yeere of his reigne, gave licence to John Cabot 

 to take sixe English ships in any haven or havens of 

 the realme of England, being of the burden of 200 

 tunnes, or under, with all necessary furniture, and to 

 take also into the said ships all such masters, mariners, 

 and subjects of the king as willingly will go with him, &c. 



An extract taken out of the map of Sebastian 

 Cabot, cut by Clement Adams, concerning his 

 discovery of the West Indies, which is to be 

 seene in her Majesties privie gallerie at West- 

 minster, and in many other ancient merchants 

 houses. 



Nno Domini 1497 Joannes Cabotus 

 Venetus, & Sebastianus illius filius earn 

 terram fecerunt perviam, quam nullus 

 prius adire ausus fuit, die 24 Junii, 

 circiter horam quintam bene mane. Hanc 

 autem appellavit Terram primum visam, 

 credo quod ex mari in earn partem 

 primum oculos injecerat. Nam quae ex ad verso sita est 

 insula, earn appellavit insulam Divi Joannis, hac opinor 

 ratione, quod aperta fuit eo die qui est sacer Divo Joanni 

 Baptistae : Hujus incolas pelles animalium, exuviasque 

 ferarum pro indumentis habent, easque tanti faciunt, 

 vii 145 K 



[III. 6.] 



