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

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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
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Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557.
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Imprinted at London :: By H. Bynneman, dvvelling in Thames streate, neere vnto Baynardes Castell,
Anno Domini. 1580.
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¶ Of the Iland called Alezai, and of S. Peeters Cape.

THe next day we went along the said land aboute tenne leagues, till we came to a Cape of redde lands, that is all craggie, within the which, there is a bracke looking toward the North. It is a very low Countrey. There is also betwéene ye sea & a certain poole a plaine fielde and frō that Cape of land and ye poole, vntill to another Cape, there is about 14. leagues▪

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The land is fashioned as it were halfe a circle, all compas∣sed about with sand like a ditch, ouer which, as farre as ones eye can stretch, there is nothing but marrish groundes, and standing pooles. And before you come to the first Cape, very néere the mayne lande, there are two little Ilands. Aboute fiue leagues from the seconde Cape towarde South weast, there is another Iland very high and poynted, which we na∣med Alezai. The first Cape we named S. Peeters Cape, by∣cause vpon that day we came thither.

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