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These may be the island of Waring and the Marsh islands, at the north-western entry of the channel of the Rio Grande, forming part of the Bissagos islands. The Voyage of Piedro de Cintra to Sierra Leona, and the Windward coast of Guinea; written by Alvise da Cada Mosto.
Thus the countries of the negroes were discovered; and different nations afterwards, which will be mentioned in the following relation. Thus far the preface of Cada Mosto, as given in the collection of Astley, from the edition of Ramusio, with which we must be satisfied in this work, as that in the royal library is inaccessible for our use.
In his preface, after an apology for his performance, and making a declaration of his strict adherence to truth in all the particulars he relates, Cada Mosto gives some account of the infant Don Henriquez, or Henry, of Portugal, the great author and promoter of maritime discoveries.
They use these almadias for catching fish, and for transporting themselves up or down the river. The negroes of this country are the most expert swimmers in the world, as I can vouch from frequent experience of their dexterity. Cada Mosto is incorrect in the chronology of this discovery, and even de Barros is not quite decided as to the first discovery of the Senegal.
The writings of Cada Morto, which will be found in the sequel, form a pleasing exception to this desideratum in the history and progress of early navigation and discovery. Astley. Clarke, I. 140. Purchas, I. 6. Harris, I. 662. Wealth of Nations, II. 347. Commencement of Portuguese Discoveries, from Cape Non to Cape Bojador
I, Alvise Da Cada Mosto, after visiting many parts of our Mediterranean Sea, being in our city of Venice in the year 1454, at which time I was about twenty-two years of age, determined to return into Flanders, a country which I had formerly visited as a merchant; for my constant attention was, in the first place to acquire wealth, and secondly to procure fame.
We feared the balmy air we feared the cloudless sky, the flower-covered earth, and delightful woods, for we looked on the fabric of the universe no longer as our dwelling, but our tomb, and the fragrant land smelled to the apprehension of fear like a wide church-yard. Pisando la tierra dura de continuo el hombre esta y cada passo que da es sobre su sepultura.
We were all much astonished at these things; and I Cada Mosto in particular, being inflamed with the desire of visiting these newly discovered regions, inquired if the prince permitted any person who might be so inclined to embark for these places? To this they answered in the affirmative; and they likewise stated to me the conditions on which any one would be allowed to make the adventure.
DOÑA MATILDE. ¡Que me case y que no le vuelva a ver en su vida!... y él mismo me lo indica.... ¡Dios mío, qué entrañas tienen estos padres! ¡Que me case!... ¡Si sospechará alguna cosa de lo que Eduardo y yo tenemos tratado para cuando ya no haya otro recurso! ¿Y queda ya alguno por ventura? ¡Que me case!... Y bien, sí ... me casaré ... me casaré con el hombre de mi elección, con el único mortal que me es simpático, y que puede proporcionarme la mayor felicidad posible en este mundo ... la de amar y ser amada; porque o yo no sé en lo que se cifra el ser una mujer dichosa, o ha de consistir necesariamente en estar siempre al lado de lo que ella ama; en jurarle a cada instante un eterno cariño; en respirar el aire que él respire ... ¿y cuesta acaso algo de esto dinero?
In this edition, the narrative style of Cada Mosto, in his own person, is restored as much as possible. It may be noticed, that Alvise is the Portuguese form of the name Louis, or Lewis.
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