a gentleman* fully equal to the tafk, and from whom, therefore, we may hope ere long to re- ceive it. In the mean time accept this as the refult of my labours, and as clofing the tedious detail which you have fo unde- fignedly drawn upon
1496, Mar. 5. Pro Johanne Caboto et JUiis suis super II. H. 7. terra incognita investiganda, 12.
Ry. 595. 3. HakL 4. 2. Mem. Am.
1498, Feb. 3, Billa signata anno 13. Henrici septimi, 13- H. 7. 3, Hakluyfs voiages 5.
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1548, 2.E.6, An act against the exaction of money, or any other thing, by any officerfor license to traffique into Iseland and Ne%v-foundland^ made in An. 2. Edwardi sexti, 3. HakL 131.
1578, June 1 1. 7he letters patent granted by her Majes- ^°- ^^tie to Sir Humphrey Gilbert ^ knight , * Mr. Hazard.
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Letters-patent of ^een Elizabeth to 1583, Feb. 6.
Adrian Gilbert and others, to discover the northiDest passage to China. ^.
Hakl. 9Q.
The letters -patent granted by the ^teen's 1584, Mar. 25.