Selected quad for the lemma: land_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	henry_n	king_n	son_n	6,618	5	5.4177	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18057	A shorte and briefe narration of the two nauigations and discoueries to the northweast partes called Newe Fraunce: first translated out of French into Italian, by that famous learned man Gio: Bapt: Ramutius, and now turned into English by Iohn Florio; worthy the reading of all venturers, trauellers, and discouerers; Voyages. 1 and 2. English	Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557.; Florio, John, 1553?-1625.	1580 (1580)	STC 4699; ESTC S104896	60,030	90

builde and inhabite can neuer be atchieued for as Fraunciscus Lopez di Gomara and dyuers other Spanishe Authors affirme the Spanyards neuer prospered or preuailed but where they planted whych of the Portingales maye also be verifyed as in the Histories of all theyr Conquests and Discoueries doth manifestly appeare And as there is none that of right may be more bolde in this enterprice than the Englishmen the land being first found out by Iohn Gabot the Father and Sebastian Gabot one of hys three sonnes in the yeare 1494. in the name and be halfe of King Henry the seauenth as both by the foresaide Ramusius in his first Volumes and our owne Chronicles and Sebastian Gabots letters patents yet extant and in his Mappe maye be seene so there is no nation that hath so good righte or is more fit for this purpose than they are who trauayling yearely into those partes with 50. or 60. saile of shippes might very commodiouslye transporte a sufficient number of men to plant a Colonie in some conuenient Hauen and also might yeeld them yearly succour and supply of al things necessary receyuing againe such commodities as the country doth produce And this the Frenchmen had done long since if first their warres with the Spanyardes and since their cruell dissentions at home had not hindered them And Iohannes Varrozzana a Florentine if he had not beene preuented by death purposed as the foresayde Ramusius writeth to perswade Francis the French King to send forth good store of people to inhabite certaine places of these coastes where the aire is moste temperate and the soyle moste fruitfull with goodly Riuers and Hauens sufficient to harborough any nauie the inhabitantes of which places might be occasiō to bring many good purposes to effecte and amongest manye others to reduce those poore rude and ignorant people to the true worship and seruice of God and to teache them how to manure and till the ground transporting ouer Beastes and Cattell of Europe into those large and champion countreys and finally in time they might discouer vp into the land and search whether among so many Ilands as are there there be any passage to the Sea of Cataya And thus much oute of the third Volume of Voyages and Nauigations gathered into the Italian tongue by Ramusius whiche Bookes if they were translated into English by the liberalitie of some noble Personage ou● Sea-men of England and others studious of Geographie shoulde know many worthy secrets whiche hitherto haue beene concealed For the beste Cosmographers of this age as I am by the skilfull in those Sciences informed and as to him that doth diligently consider their Mappes it shall plainely appeare haue described Asia Africa and America chiefly by the help of those bookes But to returne to that from whence I did digresse althoughe some attemptes of oure Countrey-men haue not had as yet suche successe as was wished they ought not therefore to bee the slower in this enterprice for if they were of late contented in their voyage to haue stayed al the Winter in those colder Countries if their store of victualles had beene sufficient howe muche rather ought we nowe in a farre more temperate clime where Iames Carthier accompanyed wyth 120. men remained a whole Winter contrary to hys determination when he set out of Fraunce Thus beseeching God that this my trauel may take that effect for the which it is meant I commende the diligent consideration to al such Gentlemen Merchants and Pilots as seeke Gods glory the aduauncement of their Countrey and the happy successe to the prouidence of the Almighty who in my opinion hath not in vaine stirred vppe the mindes of so many Honourable and Worshipfull persons to the furtheraunce of these commendable and worthy Discoueries In Oxford I. F. ¶ The first relation of Iames Carthier of the new land called New Fraunce nevvly discouered in the yeare of oure Lorde 1534. ¶ How Maister Iames Carthier departed from the Port of S. Malo with two Ships and came to the new land and howe he entred into the Porte of Buona Vista AFter that Sir Charles of Mouy Knight Lord of Meyleray Vice-admirall of Fraunce had caused all the Captaines Maisters and Mariners of the Shippes to be sworne to behaue themselues truely and faithfully in the seruice of the most Christian King of France vnder the charge of the sayde Carthier vpon the 20. day of Aprill 1534. we departed from the Porte of S. Malo with two Ships of thrée score tun apéece burden and by well appointed men in eche one and with suche prosperous weather we sailed onwardes that vppon the 10. of May we came to the newe found land where we entred into the cape of Buona Vista which is in Latitude 48. degrées and a halfe and in Longitude * But bicause of the great store of Ice that was alongest the sayde lande we were constrayned to enter into a Hauen called Saint Katherins Hauen distaunt from the other Porte aboute fiue leagues towarde South southeast there did we stay ten daies looking for faire weather and in the meane while we mended and dressed our boates ¶ Howe we came to the Ilande of Byrdes and of the greate quantitie of Byrdes that there be VPon the 21. of May the wind beyng in the Weast we hoised saile and sailed toward North and by east from y e Cape of Buona Vista vntil we came to the Iland of Birdes which was enuironed about with a banke of Ice but brokē and crackte Notwithstanding the saide banke our two boates went thither to take in some Birdes whereof there is such plentie that vnlesse a manne didde sée them he woulde think it an incredible thing for albeit the Ilande which containeth aboute a league in circuite be so full of them that they séeme to haue béene brought thither and sowed for the nonce yet are there a hundreth fold as many houering about it as within some of the which are as big as Iayes blacke and white with beakes lyke vnto Crowes they houer alwaies about the sea they cannot flye very high bycause their wings are so little and no bigger than halfe ones hand yet doe they flye as swiftly as any birdes of the ayre leuell to the water they are also excéeding fat we named them Aporath In lesse than halfe an houre we filled two boats ful of them as if they had béene with stones so that besides them which we did eate fresh euery ship dyd powder and salt fiue or sixe barrels ful of them ¶ Of two sortes of Byrdes the one called Godetz the other Margaulz and how we came to Carpunt BEsides these there is an other kinde of Birdes whyche houer in the aire ouer the sea lesser than the others and these doe al gather thēselues togither in the Iland put thēselues vnder the wings of other byrds that are greater these we named Godetz There are also of another sorte but bigger white who bite euen as Dogges those wée