A.D. 



1549. 



THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



Cabota, so many, and so great summes of money as 

 the saide annuitie or yeerely revenue of an hundreth, 

 threescore and sixe pounds, thirteene shillings 4. pence, 

 doeth amount and rise unto from the feast of S. 

 Michael the Archangel last past unto this present time, 

 to be had and received by the aforesaid Sebastian 

 Cabota, and his assignes out of our aforesaid Treasurie, 

 at the handes of our aforesaide Treasurers, and officers 

 of our Exchequer of our free gift without accompt, or 

 any thing else therefore to be yeelded, payed, or made, 

 to us, our heires or successours, forasmuch as herein 

 expresse mention is made to the contrary. 



In witnesse whereof we have caused these our Letters 

 to be made patents : Witnesse the King at Westminster 

 the sixt day of Januarie, in the second yeere of his 

 raigne. The yeere of our Lord 1548. 



A discourse written by Sir Humphrey Gilbert 

 Knight, to prove a passage by the Northwest 

 to Cathaia, and the East Indies. 



*[ The Table of the matters in every Chapter of this 



discourse. 



Capitulo 1. 



O prove by authoritie a passage to be on 

 the North side of America, to goe to 

 Cataia, China, and to the East India. 



Capitulo 2. 



To prove by reason a passage to be 

 on the North side of America, to goe 

 to Cataia, Molucca?, &c. 



Capitulo 3. 



To prove by experience of sundry mens travailes the 

 opening of this Northwest passage, whereby good hope 

 remaineth of the rest. 



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