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rmando Cortes, which Oration was made about the yeere 1520. M19 M. Oliuer Dalbony. M. Edward Reow. M.R.H. M.I.A. M20 Cox the master. _ 3 Marginal note_.--Clothiers. Woolmen. Carders. Spinners. Weauers Fullers. Sheermen. Diers. Drapers. Cappers. Hatters, &c. and many decayed townes repayred. M21 The idle persons of this realme shall by occasion of this iourney bee well imployed and set on worke. M22 Hempe doeth growe neere S. Laurence riuer naturally. M23 Read the beginning of the booke intituled Diuers touching the discouery of America. M24 Beasts for pleasure. M25 Hides solde for forty shillings a piece. M26 Great grapes. Wine of the Palme tree. M27 Commodities found in August last. M28 2 Corinth. 9. M29 This bargen cannot be uniust, where both parties are gainers. 4 Equator M30 2. Decad. lib. 5. fol. 77. of the West Indies in English. Canoa is a kind of boat. 3. Decad. lib. I. fol. 97. About the yere of our Lord 1511. M31 Conquest of the West Indies. fol. 43. and 45. English. M32 A marueilous victorie. 5 Louis Cadamosto, a Venetian, born about 1422, sailed from Madeira in 1455. under the auspices of Dom Henry, son of King John of Portugal. He discovered Senegal, Cape Verd, and Gambia River. In a second voyage, in 1456, he pushed as far as the Saint Dominic River. On his return to his native land in 1464, he published an account of his travels. M33 Ceffella accompted to be the place where the noble and wise king Salomon did fetch his gold. 6 Vasco da Gama was the first to double the Cape of Good Hope. Died at Cochin, 24th December 1525. 7 Alonzo, Duke of Albuquerque, an illegitimate descendant of the Kings of Portugal, established the Portuguese power on the East Coast of Africa, in Arabia, the Persian Gulf, further India, the Moluccas, etc. As Viceroy of the East Indies, his justice and chivalrous nature won the love and respect of all, and many years after his death, which happened in 1515, the natives used to make pilgrimages to his tomb to pray for justice against his cruel successors. 8 Ceylon. M34 These are the furthest parts of the world from England. At these Islands hath sir Francis Drake bene, where the fame of the Queenes most excellent Maiestie was renowmed. M35 Remember the great arrest of the
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