, 1875-01-28

pl,ov that tile mrnitlrcnco Of tho Eng!tH'i Eing
tn lis touhtryma,i, tho Venetian Ambassador
~ g,nwiugly #pcaka ~, amounted to elsn onor-
inn.. B.tn Of IIo; if,'e, Fou,l'h rI1 IT, , .s,1e
dis,mtc1,, Of wcl, hir. Poole Tnutes but n pars,
ia 10 ueculiaiIy Venetian, dealing tn alk1. ani
grunlioguont over tho a'iulatlon t!c Ene)lsf,
woie raid 10 be pou,ilg on tl'a hoai
lie stI posed to bo tnuro boastfn than trushtnlIy
historical. Tho geographical description of tho
voyage ls vague. The rrotrectivo fasorB .,l nHl
PURPOSES II tha King arc vnry KarE'line. Tho
right ot iiiscoy1,J 70 rest in tho English Crown.
II says, rlMlo john Cabot taking iossers"n, OF
ti,a i'ew iat!, 10. up tlo English t1ag, he not n,
with it the ta q ~ ar 0 a e 1lsfoHais sipioiisn
of ti tic |" Ambassador" il worry commcndsb|o.
John Cabot he claimed to DO Venetian,
but l,o waa only no by privilege or adoption, aud
could not hhyo spc,lt many years III the City Of
cl,apt in London aud bristol for twenty-five
years. being virtually treatcd "a MI EngiiBli sub
jecs with some probability oven that lie whs
Iluru Engteltnan. HehaHtian Cabot was kno"h
to have buen born In England. Tho Ambassador
might DO excused At hume for working up ns
gund caHo as llo could, and no could do IT best
in the '.sfao Of tho father, iEuofiIg th9 s1n
sea-tradi,g mosellant IN llTietol; l.o had aoT
lie fa.her, was tho i,cnd Of tho firm. IIo was
undoubtedly upon tho first voraSe Of dis
covcry, which was 1nn1o in 14o1, II such
il tIo only ground fur historical do1lht
thore s a.o cortaiu o7idenco that
he was IN any otE,r ,9'. G,at I,t ,,,~a.e .ne
did mt explore tho coast Of Nortn Amerlsa to
Florida it discovered Newfoundland and tho
region shout Tie n,outh Of Tho IT.. Lawrence,
seeing AMI getting Oh to tho main lnnd, doubt.
less anil soon after this voyage tho elder Cabot
waa " = noted tayisator, serving under King
Henry VII, Edward VI. enough to kecp mp tho
connection, lionry. VIII, also tl1e lsranisl..
Government. atHl bccnuo tho Grand
navy Of Charlos V. OF Spain: during which, tirno
ho completed tho exploration Of tho North
American coast from 1lntson's Day to Florida,
and part OF the interior Of South America,
reaching toward Peru, which was snisprintcd i'll
THESE arc mostly collateral historical facts,
for which Sebastian Cahot should justly have
tho credit. oven II ho lid rec tho ana first un-
ft %tn Lis hn a'1'r r 'y' rooo. es snssoz
ti,at I Sebastian Cabot las a reputation
on borrowed piulncs, or that his friends have
sought 1t for lin, Ia gratultous and unfounded.
What Ia Justly due him IL that le should bo het-
ter known III connection with tiieBe fRc;s. Tho
view Atr. Poole takes Of tho matter is the oconl
mon Interpretation, which, tn tho language Of
tho AbWh american Ierie'u, !" Las strangely
overlooked tlla merits OF great navigator"
There arc n number Of luinor points tn hfr.
Toole's reyiow wl,lch might alludo to. hut it is
not necessary. What may 1e found III Mr..
stevcnA' "Nuggo,s Of History" 1 know not
rio rcfercrco Stands as It it wcro an itcu, In m
encyclopaedia. There is rare knowledge to be
found III suclt quarters l;i,t 1t will be . raro
nugget, indeed, III history tn uyrrtnrn what inns
lcen nlude very plaiu by A1r. BiddIes conpla-
tim OF documents. ....
/ would worry pleasantly rotrrn the compliment
of AIr. Poola 1 think Ills article ID OF somo
value ut tlo present time; but would hnve l.eeu
years ago. 1t is nuotller evidence that true
life OF Sebastian Cabot should DO written.
-. T. EASTMAN.