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i.] 
open letter written in Latin, Greek, and several other languages, 
in which it was stated that discoveries and the making of com¬ 
mercial treaties were the sole objects of the expedition; and the 
people, with whom the expedition might come in contact, were 
requested to treat Sir Hugh Willoughby as they themselves 
would wish to be treated in case they should come to England. 
So sanguine were the promoters of the voyage of its success in 
reaching the Indian seas by this route, that they caused the 
SEBASTIAN CABOT. 
After a portrait in E. Vale Blake’s Arctic Experiences, London, 18T4.'* 
ships that were placed at Sir Hugh Willoughby’s disposal to be 
sheathed with lead in order to protect them from the attacks of 
the teredo and other worms.^ These vessels were :— 
^ The endeavour to procure for this work a copy of an original portrait 
of Cabot, stated to be in existence in England, has unfortunately not been 
crowned with success. 
2 According to Clement Adams’ account of the voyage. {Hakluyt^ 1st 
edition, p. 271.) 
