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the_o three_o voyage_n of_o jaques_n cartier_n unto_o the_o country_n of_o canada_n hochelaga_n and_o saguenay_n anno_fw-la 1540_o pag._n 232_o the_o voyage_n of_o john_n francis_n de_fw-fr la_fw-fr roche_n knight_n lord_n of_o roberual_a with_o three_o tall_a ship_n to_o the_o country_n of_o canada_n hochelaga_n and_o saguenay_n 1542._o pag._n 240_o certain_a note_n and_o observation_n depend_v upon_o the_o voyage_n next_o before_o mention_v together_o with_o a_o excellent_a ruttier_n for_o some_o part_n of_o newfoundland_n for_o the_o grand_a bay_n and_o the_o river_n of_o canada_n diverse_a word_n of_o the_o language_n speak_v in_o new_a france_n with_o the_o interpretation_n thereof_o pag._n 211._o and_o 231._o a_o description_n of_o the_o river_n and_o haven_n of_o saint_n croix_n pag._n 234_o a_o description_n of_o the_o 3._o sault_n or_o fall_v of_o water_n in_o the_o river_n of_o canada_n pag._n 235_o a_o letter_n write_v to_o m._n john_n grout_fw-mi student_n in_o paris_n by_o 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raise_v in_o the_o country_n of_o virginia_n write_v by_o m._n thomas_n harriot_n together_o with_o master_n ralph_n lane_n his_o approbation_n thereof_o in_o all_o point_n pag._n 266_o a_o description_n of_o the_o nature_n and_o manner_n of_o the_o people_n of_o virginia_n pag._n 276_o the_o name_n of_o all_o â—he_n man_n woman_n and_o child_n which_o safe_o arrive_v in_o virginia_n and_o remain_v to_o inhabit_v there_o anno_fw-la 1587._o pag._n 287_o a_o letter_n of_o m._n john_n white_a to_o m._n richard_n hakluyt_n write_v in_o february_n 1593._o pag._n 287_o a_o catalogue_n of_o certain_a voyage_n to_o the_o coast_n and_o inland_n of_o florida_n the_o voyage_n of_o john_n de_fw-fr verrazzano_n a_o florentine_a to_o the_o coast_n of_o florida_n sail_v from_o thence_o northerly_a to_o the_o latitude_n of_o 50._o degree_n anno_fw-la 1524._o pag._n 295_o the_o voyage_n of_o captain_n john_n ribault_n to_o floridaâ—_n 1562._o pag._n 308_o the_o voyage_n of_o captain_n rené_fw-fr 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quà m_fw-la prosperrimè_fw-la vir_fw-la nobilissime_fw-it &_o benevolentia_fw-la tua_fw-la autoritate_fw-la â—â—_o nomine_fw-la tueare_fw-la studium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la vale_fw-la pridie_fw-la kalen._n aprilis_fw-la 1583._o ad_fw-la thamesin_n amnis_fw-la inoffensa_fw-la qui_fw-la tà m_fw-la requiete_a beatuâ—_fw-la antipodum_fw-la quaeris_fw-la iam_fw-la tibi_fw-la in_o orbe_fw-la locum_fw-la nunc_fw-la tibi_fw-la principium_fw-la meritae_fw-la pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la laudiâ—_n fecimus_fw-la &_o raâ—cae_fw-la carmina_fw-la prima_fw-la tubae_fw-la tum_o cum_fw-la reddideris_fw-la modo_fw-la quam_fw-la dimittimus_fw-la argo_n ornatu_fw-la perages_fw-la gaudia_fw-la festa_fw-la novo_fw-la qvae_fw-la nova_fw-la tà m_fw-la subitò_fw-la mutati_fw-la gratia_fw-la coeli_fw-la vnde_fw-la grave_n nimbi_fw-la vitreas_fw-la tenuantur_fw-la in_o auras_fw-la diffugiunt_fw-la nebulae_fw-la puroque_fw-la nitentior_fw-la ortu_fw-la illustrate_v terras_fw-la clementiaque_fw-la çquora_fw-la titan_n nimirum_fw-la posuere_fw-la noti_fw-la meliorque_fw-la resurgit_fw-la eurus_n &_o in_o ventos_fw-la soluuntur_fw-la vela_fw-la secundos_fw-la vela_n quibus_fw-la gentis_fw-la decus_fw-la immortal_a britannae_n tendit_fw-la ad_fw-la ignotum_fw-la nostris_fw-la majoribus_fw-la orbem_fw-la vix_fw-la notis_fw-la gilebertus_n aquis_fw-la ecquando_fw-la licebit_fw-la ordiri_fw-la heroas_fw-la laudes_fw-la &_o facta_fw-la nepotum_fw-la attonitis_fw-la memorandum_fw-la animus_fw-la si_fw-mi coepta_fw-la silendum_fw-la est_fw-la illa_fw-la quibus_fw-la nostri_fw-la priscis_fw-la aetatibus_fw-la audent_fw-la conferri_fw-la &_o certare_fw-la dies_fw-la quibus_fw-la obuia_fw-la plano_fw-la jamdudum_fw-la fortuna_n solo_fw-la quibus_fw-la omne_fw-la per_fw-la undas_fw-la nereidum_fw-la genus_fw-la exultat_fw-la faustoque_fw-la tridenti_fw-la ipse_fw-la pater_fw-la nereus_n placabile_fw-la temperate_a aequor_fw-la et_fw-la passim_fw-la oceano_fw-la curui_fw-la delphines_n ab_fw-la imo_fw-la in_o summos_fw-la saliunt_fw-la fluctus_fw-la quasâ—_n terga_fw-la pararent_fw-la in_o quibus_fw-la evectae_fw-la sulcent_fw-la freta_fw-la prospera_fw-la puppe_n et_fw-la quasi_fw-la dilwium_fw-la tempestatesque_fw-la minatur_fw-la follibus_fw-la inflatis_fw-la inimica_fw-la in_o
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