his news that prompted the
expedition of John Cabot hereafter to be mentioned.[537]

[Footnote 532: "Un duplicata de cette relation," Harrisse,
_Christophe Colomb_, tom i. p. 419.]

[Footnote 533: Often called Raphael Sanchez.]

[Footnote 534: The following epigram was added to the first
Latin edition of the latter by Corbaria, Bishop of
Monte-Peloso:--

_Ad Invictissimum Regem Hispaniarum_:

Iam nulla Hispanis tellus addenda triumphis,
Atque parum tantis viribus orbis erat.
Nunc longe eois regio deprensa sub undis,
Auctura est titulos Betice magne tuos.
Unde repertori inerita referenda Columbo
Gratia, sed summo est maior habenda deo,
Qui vincenda parat noua regna tibique sibique
Teque simul fortem prestat et esse pium.

These lines are thus paraphrased by M. Harrisse:--

_To the Invincible King of the Spains_:

Less wide the world than the renown of Spain,
To swell her triumphs no new lands remain.
Rejoice, Iberia! see thy fame increased!
Another world Columbus from the East
And the mid-ocean summons to thy sway!
Give thanks to him--but loftier homage pay
To God Supreme, who gives its realms to thee!
Greatest of monarchs, first of servants be!
_Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima_, p. 13.

The following is a literal version:--"Already there is no land
to be added to the triumphs of Spain, and the earth was too
small for such great deeds. Now a far country under the eastern
waves has been discovered, and will be an addition to thy
titles, O great Baetica! wherefore thanks are due to the
illustrious discover Columbus; but greater thanks to the
supreme God, who is making ready new realms to be conquered for
thee and for Himself, and vouchsafes to thee to be at once
strong and pious." It will be observed that nothing is said
about "another world."

An elaborate account of these earliest and excessively rare
editions is given by M. Harrisse, _loc. cit._]

[Footnote 535: Or, as Mr. Major carelessly puts it, "the
astounding news of the discovery of a new world." (_Select
L