the desired region and for any purpose desired therein,
and shall not leave their course, unless compelled
to do so by contrary weather. They shall do this
provided that, before crossing the said line, they
shall not seize or take possession of anything discovered
in his said region by the said King of Portugal; and
should their said ships find anything before crossing
the said line, as aforesaid, it shall belong to the
said King of Portugal, and their Highnesses shall
order it surrendered immediately. And since it
is possible that the ships and subjects of the said
King and Queen of Castilla, Leon, etc., or those
acting in their name, may discover within the next
twenty days of this present month of June following
the date of this treaty, some islands and mainlands
within the said line, drawn straight from pole to pole,
that is to say, inside the said three hundred and seventy
leagues west of the Cabo Verde islands, as aforesaid,
it is hereby agreed and determined, in order to remove
all doubt, that all such islands and mainlands found
and discovered in any manner whatsoever up to the
said twentieth day of this said month of June, although
found by ships and subjects of the said King and Queen
of Castylla, Aragon, etc., shall pertain to and
remain forever in the possession of the said King
of Portugal and the Algarbes, and of his successors
and kingdoms, provided that they lie within the first
two hundred and fifty leagues of the said three hundred
and seventy leagues reckoned west of the Cabo Verde
islands to the above-mentioned line,—in
whatsoever part, even to the said poles, of the said
two hundred and fifty leagues they may be found, determining
a boundary or straight line from pole, to pole, where
the said two hundred and fifty leagues end. Likewise
all the islands and mainlands found and discovered
up to the said twenty days of this present month of
June, by the ships and subjects of the said King and
Queen of Castilla, Aragon, etc., or in any other
manner, within the other one hundred and twenty leagues
that still remain of the said three hundred and seventy
leagues where the said bound that is to be drawn from
pole to pole, as aforesaid, must be determined, and
in whatever part of the said one hundred and twenty
leagues, even to the said poles that they are found
up to the said day, shall pertain to and remain forever
in the possession of the said King and Queen of Castilla,
Aragon, etc., and of their successors and kingdoms;
just as whatever is or shall be found on the other
side of the said three hundred and seventy leagues
pertaining to their Highnesses, as aforesaid, is and
must be theirs, although the said one hundred and
twenty leagues are within the said bound of the said
three hundred and seventy leagues pertaining to the
said King of Portugal, the Algarbes, etc., as
aforesaid. [163]
And if, up to the said twentieth day of this said month of June, no lands are discovered by the said ships of their Highnesses within the said one hundred and twenty leagues, and are discovered after the expiration of that time, then they shall pertain to the said King of Portugal as is set forth in the above.