[67] This malady had broken out before. It appears from the history of Bristol to have been very severe in 1486. Erasmus directly attributes it to the dirty habits of the English people at that period, and to the utter want of ventilation in their houses. Nicholls’s Life of Cabot, p. 33. [68] Peter Martyr, dec. vi. cap. ix. [69] Peter Martyr, dec. vi. cap. x. [70] Nicholls says, that Thorne entered into this adventure chiefly that two English friends of his might go in one of the ships, and bring back an account of the lands discovered.—‘Life of Cabot,’ p. 115. [71] The ships of the expedition must have been much larger than one hundred tons to have required or even found suitable accommodation for so many men. [72] Peter Martyr, dec. vii. cap. vi.; Herrera, dec. iii. lib. ix. cap. iii. Letter from Robert Thorne to Dr. Ley, ambassador to the Emperor Charles V. Appendix. No. I. [73] Peter Martyr, dec. vii. cap. vii. [74] Peter Martyr, dec. iii. cap. x. [75] Burnet’s ‘History of the Reformation,’ vol. ii. p. 225. [76] Strype’s ‘Historical Memorials,’ ii. p. 190. [77] Biddle’s ‘Life of Sebastian Cabot,’ pp. 177-180. [78] Hakluyt, vol. i. p. 243. [79] Hakluyt, vol. i. p. 243. [80] Burnet’s ‘History of the Reformation,’ vol. ii., from the Cotton MSS. [81] Hakluyt, vol. i. p. 243. [82] Ibid. vol. i. p. 244. [83] Strype’s ‘Memorials,’ vol. ii. p. 76. The Coronation Medal of Edward VI. gives his titles in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. [84] Hakluyt, vol. i. pp. 226-229. [85] Hakluyt, vol. i. p. 245, who calls the place “the Ward-house,” probably a small fort or guard-house. [86] Hakluyt, vol. i. p. 246. [87] Chancellor was drowned, according to Hakluyt, Nov. 7, 1556 (vol. ii. p. 286). [88] Hakluyt, vol. i. pp. 286, 287. [89] Appendix No. 2. [90] Hakluyt, vol. i. p. 297. [91] Barrow’s ‘Chronological History,’ &c., p. 36. [92] Campbell’s ‘Lives of the Admirals.’ [93] Hakluyt, vol. i. p. 307. [94] Among the first acts of Elizabeth, when she ascended the throne, was to address a letter on the subject of commercial intercourse “To the right mightie and right victorious Prince, the Great Sophie, Emperor of the Persians, Medes, &c., &c., and the people on this side and beyond the river of Tigris.” [95] Treaties of Commerce, by Wheeler, ed. of 1601, p. 97.