The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part IHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
Prouided alwayes, and our will and pleasure is, and wee doe hereby declare
to all Christian Kings, princes and states, that if the said Sir Humfrey
his heires or assignes, or any of them, or any other by their licence or
appointment, shall at any time or times hereafter robbe or spoile by Sea or
by land, or doe any act of vniust and vnlawfull hostilitie to any of the
Subiects of vs, our heires, or successours, or any of the Subiects of any
King, prince, ruler, gouernour or state being then in perfect league and
amitie with vs, our heires or successours: and that vpon such iniurie, or
vpon iust complaint of any such prince, ruler, gouernour or state, or their
subiects, wee, our heires or successours shall make open proclamation
within any the portes of our Realme of England commodious, that the said
Sir Humfrey, his heires or assignes, or any other to whom those Letters
patents may extend, shall within the terme to be limited by such
proclamations, make full restitution and satisfaction of all such iniuries
done, so that both we and the saide Princes, or others so complayning, may
holde vs and themselues fully contended: And that if the saide Sir Humfrey,
his heires and assignes, shall not make or cause to bee made satisfaction
accordingly, within such time so to be limited: that then it shall bee
lawfull to vs, our heires and successours, to put the said Sir Humfrey, his
heires and assignes, and adherents, and all the inhabitants of the said
places to be discouered as is aforesaid, or any of them out of our
allegiance and protection, and that from and after such time of putting out
of our protection the saide Sir Humfrey, and his heires, assignes,
adherents and others so to be put out, and the said places within their
habitation, possession and rule, shal be out of our protection and
allegiance, and free for all princes and others to pursue with hostilitie
as being not our Subiects, nor by vs any way to bee aduowed, maintained or
defended, nor to be holden as any of ours, nor to our protection, dominion
or allegiance any way belonging, for that expresse mention &c. In witness
whereof, &c. Witnesse ourselfe at Westminster the 11. day of Iune, the
twentieth yeere of our raigne. Anno Dom. 1578.
Per ipsam Reginam, &c.
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De Nauigatione Illustris et Magnanimi Equiris aurati Humfredi Gilberti, ad
deducendam in nomun Orbem coloniam susceptâ, Carmen hepizatikou Stephani
Parmenii Bvdeii.
Ad eundem illustrem equitem autoris præfatio.
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