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‘This paflage becomes more interefting, from being 
‘quoted in a book on the ftate of Europe during the reign 
of the emperor Frederick III. by the learned hiftorian 
fEneas Sylvius, afterwards pope Pius II. This hiftorian 
died before the difcoveries of Behem were made, but the 
publifhers of his works, thought the paflage in Hartman 
Sched] fo important, that they inferted it in the hiftory. 
We alfo find the following particulars, in the remarks 
made by Petrus Matzus, on the canon law, two years be- 
fore the expedition of Columbus: “ The firft chriftian 
* voyages to the newly difcovered iflands became fre- 
** quent, under the reign of Henry fon of John king of 
“ Lufitania. After his death, Alphonfus the fifth profecut- 
“ed the defign, and John who fucceeded him followed 
“‘ the plan of Alphonfus by the affiftance of Martin Boehm, 
“* a very experienced navigator, fo that, in a fhort time, 
“‘ the name of Lufitania become famous over the whole 
“¢ world.”? Cellarius, one of the moft learned men of his 
age, fays exprefsly: ‘* Boehm did not think it enough to 
“‘ furvey the ifland of Fayal, which he firft difcovered, or 
“‘the other adjacent iflands which the Lulitanians call 
“ Azores, and we after the example of Behm’s companions, 
*¢ call Flemifh iflands ; but advanced ftill farther and far- 
ther fouth, until he arrived at the remoteft ftrait, be- 
*¢ yond which, Ferdinand Magellan, following his traét, 
¢ afterwards failed and called it after his own name.” 
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Ce qui rend ce paffage plus intereffant encore, c’eft qu’il eft cité dans l’ouvrage du favant hif- 
torien Eneas Sy/vius, depuis pape fous le nom de Pie II. fur l’état de I’Europe du tems de 
Tempereur Frederic III. Cet hiftorien eft mort avant les decouvertes de Behem, mais les 
copiftes de l’ouvrage d’ Aineas Sylvius ont trouvé le paflage de Hartman Schedl fi intéreffant 
qu ils Pont inferé dans le corps de cette hiftoire. Nous trouvons d’ailleurs dans les notes que 
Petrus Matzi a faites fur le droit canon, deux ans avant I’expedition de Colomb, les détails 
fuivans: “* Primz navigationes chriftiane ad novas infulas elucefcere ceperunt fub Henrico 
‘€ Johannis Lufitaniz regis filio, &c. illo mortuo Alphonfus V. czpta profecutus eft; Al- 
*¢ phonfum Johannes imitatus opera Martini Bobemi, hominis in curfu navium peritiffimi, ut 
‘¢ brevi tempore nihil celebrius per totum orbem audiretur ipfo Lufitaniz nomine.’”’ Cel- 
larius, un des plus grands favans de fon fiecle, dit expreflement: ‘* Behaimius non modo 
s¢ Fagalem infulam, quam primus invenit, aut alias circumje&tas quas Azores Lufitani, nos 
“* Flandrias a Bebaimi comitibus, nominant, perluftrandas fibi cenfuit, verum etiam in auftrum 
** magis et magis progreflus ufque ad ultimum fretum, quod Ferdinandus Magellanus hujus 
* duétum fecutus, pertranfiit et de fuo id nomine appellavit.” 
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