 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 396 pages
...silk, and was followed by crowds of admirers. The merchant's letter adds, "These Englishmen run about after him like mad people; so that he can enlist as...many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own rogues besides." A year after, in 1498, Sebastian Cabot sailed again with two ships, and three hundred... | |
 | 1878 - 524 pages
...these English run after him like mad people, so thai » Belknap's American Biography, vol. ip 152-3. I he can enlist as many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own rogues besides. The discoverer of these places planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - 1888 - 708 pages
...Venetian, and with his sons. His name is Zuan Cabot, and he is styled the Great Admiral ; vast honor is paid him ; he dresses in silk, and these English...as many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own."2 A similar letter, written about the same time from the Spanish ambassador in England, and dealing... | |
 | James Fawckner Nicholls, John Taylor - 1882 - 378 pages
...saw two islands to starboard, but would not land, time being precious, as he was short of provisions. He says that the tides are slack, and do not flow...cross, with one flag of England and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield. 23rd August,... | |
 | Joseph Hatton, Moses Harvey - 1883 - 594 pages
...his sons. His name is Zuan Cabot, and they call him the Great Admiral. Vast honour is paid him, and he dresses in silk ; and these English run after him...that he can enlist as many of them as he pleases." There is no record of John Cabot after this period. It is probable that he did not long survive his... | |
 | 1883 - 998 pages
...Cabot, and they call him the great admiral. Vast honor is paid him, and he dresses in silk; anil those English run after him like mad people, so that he...as many of them as he pleases, and a number of our owu rogues besides. "Tbe discoverer of these places planted on his new-found land a large cross, with... | |
 | 1883 - 994 pages
...Zuan Cabot, and they call him the great admiral. Vast honor is paid him, and he dresses in silk ; aud these English run after him like mad people, so that he can enlist as many of them as he pleases, aud a number of our own rogues besides. "The discoverer of these places planted on j his new-found... | |
 | Arthur James Weise - 1884 - 446 pages
...admiral. Great honor is paid him ; he dresses in silk, and these English run after him like insane people, so that he can enlist as many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own rogues besides. " The discoverer of these places planted on this newly found land a large cross, with... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1885 - 492 pages
...his sons. His name is Zuan Cabot, and they call him the great admiral. Vast honor is paid him, and he dresses in silk; and these English run after him...many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own rogues besides. "The discoverer of these places planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1886 - 504 pages
...his sons. His name is Zuan Cabot, and they call him the great admiral. Vast honor is paid him, and he dresses in silk ; and these English run after him...many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own rogues besides. "The discoverer of these places planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one... | |
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