. Young folks library . DISCOVERY OF THE ST. LAWRENCE By captain JACQUES CARTIER.(Tbanslated bt Richard Haklutt.). A FTER that Sir Charles of Mouyknight lord of Meylleraye, andVice-admirall of France had causedthe Captaines, Masters, and Marinersof the shippes to be sworn to behauethemselues truely and faithfully in theseruice of the most Christian King ofFrance, vnder the charge of the saydCarthier, vpon the twentieth day ofAprill 1534, we departed from the JACQT7E8 CarTIER. ^ r»r>(Ti/ri .i Fort of o. Malo with two ships ofthreescore tun apiece burden, and 61 well appointedmen in each one;

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. Young folks library . DISCOVERY OF THE ST. LAWRENCE By captain JACQUES CARTIER.(Tbanslated bt Richard Haklutt.). A FTER that Sir Charles of Mouyknight lord of Meylleraye, andVice-admirall of France had causedthe Captaines, Masters, and Marinersof the shippes to be sworn to behauethemselues truely and faithfully in theseruice of the most Christian King ofFrance, vnder the charge of the saydCarthier, vpon the twentieth day ofAprill 1534, we departed from the JACQT7E8 CarTIER. ^ r»r>(Ti/ri .i Fort of o. Malo with two ships ofthreescore tun apiece burden, and 61 well appointedmen in each one; . . The next day being the lastof the moneth saue one, the winde blewe South and byEast. Wee sailed Westward vntill Tuesday morningat Sunne rising, being the last of the moneth, withoutany sight or knowledge of any lande except in the euen-ing toward Sunne set, that wee discouered a lande whichseemed to be two Hands, that were beyond vs Westsouthwest, about nine or tenne leagues. All the nextday till the next morning at sunne rising wee sailedWestward about fourtie leagues, and by the way we 135 136 A Boo

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