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enioy his parte of the profite or honour that shoulde come of it. And as then this discouering was holden for a straunge thing and vncertaine. Nowe they say, that all the Princes of Christendome aunsweared that they woulde bee no part of such an army, nor yet of the profite yͭ might come of it. After the which he gaue knowledge to the Pope of his purpose, & of the answere of all the Princes, desiring him yͭ seeing that none would helpe in the coastes, that hee woulde iudge all that shoulde bee founde and discouered to be of his iurisdiction, and commaund that none other Princes should intermeddle therewith. The Pope saide not as Christ saith, Quis me constituit iudicem inter vos? He did not refuse, but making him selfe as Lorde and Iudge of all, not only graũted that all that should be discouered from Oriẽt to Occidẽt should be the kings of Portingall, but also, that vpon great censures no other Prince should discouer but he; And if they did, all to be the kinges of Portingall. So he armed a fleete, and in the yeere 1487. was discouered y͏ͤ Ilands of Calicut, from whence is brought all the spice he hath. After this in the yeere 1492. the king of Spaine willing to discouer landes towarde the Occident without making any such diligence, or taking licence of the king of Portingale, armed certayne caruelles, and then discouered this India Occidentall, especially two Ilandes of the saide India, that in this carde I set foorth named the one Ladominica, and the other Cuba, and brought certaine gold from thence. Of the which when the king of Portingall had knowledge, he sent to the king of Spayne, requiring him to giue him y͏ͤ said Ilands. For that by the sentence of the Pope all that should be discouered was his, and that he should not proceede further in the discouerie without his licence. And at the same time it seemeth that out of Castill, into Portingale had gone for feare of burning infinite number of Iewes that were expelled out of Spayne, for that they would not turne to be Christians, & carried with thẽ infinite number of gold & siluer. So that it seemeth that the king of Spayne answered that it was reasõ that the king of Portingall asked, and that to bee obedientto