goodly newe framing people, of so gentle a nature, and a countrey so pleasant and fruitefull, lacking nothing at all that may seeme necessarie for mans food) we would not haue to doe with their Ilandes, and other landes: which (for that they first discouered them) they keepe with much ielousie: trusting that if God will suffer the king (through your persuasion) to cause some part of this incomparable countrey to be peopled and inhabited with such a number of his poore subiectes as you shall thinke good, there neuer happened in the memory of man so great and good commoditie to France as this, and (my Lorde) for many causes, whereof a man is neuer able to say or write to the ful, as vnder the assured hope that we haue alwayes had in executing vprightly that which I had receiued in charge of you, God woulde blesse our wayes and nauigations. After we had constantly and with diligence in time conuenient determined vpon the way, wee shoulde haue thought it noysome and tedious to all our companie, if it had before bin knowẽ vnto any without tourning or wauering to or fro from their first ententiõ. And notwithstanding that satan did often what he could to sowe many obstractes, troubles and lettes, according to his acustomed subtilties, so it is come to passe, that God by his onely goodnes hath giuen vs grace, to make the furthest arte and trauars of the seas, that euer was made in our memorie or knowledge, in longitude from the East to the West: and therefore was it commonly sayde both in Fraunce and Spaine, and also among vs, that it was impossible for vs safely to ariue thither, whither the Lord did conduct vs. At which perswaded but of ignoraunce and lacke of attempting which wee haue not bin afrayde to giue aduenture to prooue. Albeit that all Mariuers Cardes doe set the Coastes with shipwrackes without portes or Riuers: which wee haue found otherwise as it followeth.
Thursday the last of Aprill at the breake of the day, wee discouered and clearely perceyued a fayre Coast, stretchyng of a great length couered with an infinite number ofhigh
