and marked out, in accordance with the method determined
upon by the astrologers, pilots, and sailors, and others
abovesaid, and appointed as abovesaid, within the period
of the first ten months reckoned from the date that
either of the parties notified the other. And
should it prove that the land thus found is not cut
by the said line, a declaration of its distance from
the said line shall be given, both on our own part
and that of the said most serene King, our brother.
They shall not, However, neglect to make the said
declaration regarding any island or mainland which
shall be found afterwards, during the period, nearer
the said line. And in doing the aforesaid, they
shall not neglect to observe the manner aforesaid,
whenever any island or mainland is found in the neighborhood
of the said line as aforesaid, and up to the said
time of the said ten months after the notification
of one party by the other, as aforesaid. It is
our pleasure in this our letter to postpone and defer
the departure of the said caravels and persons, notwithstanding
the limit set and determined in the above-mentioned
treaty in regard to it. And we therefore are
pleased and consider it advantageous—for
the better notification and declaration of the division
of the said sea made by the said treaty between ourselves
and the said King, our brother; and in order that
both our subjects and natives and the subjects and
natives of the said King our brother may be better
informed henceforth as to the regions wherein they
may navigate and discover,—to order (as
in truth we shall order), under severe penalties, that
the line of the said division be placed on all hydrographical
maps made hereafter in our kingdoms and seigniories
by those journeying in the said Ocean Sea. This
line shall be drawn straight from the said Arctic to
the said Antarctic pole, north and south, at the distance
of the said three hundred and seventy leagues west
of the Cabo Verde islands, as aforesaid, being measured
as determined unanimously by the said astrologers,
pilots, and sailors meeting as abovesaid. And
we purpose and stipulate that neither this present
letter nor anything contained herein, be prejudicial
in any manner to the contents and compacts of the
said treaty, but rather that they, all and singular,
be observed throughout in toto without any failure,
and in the manner and entirety set forth in the said
treaty; inasmuch as we have caused the present letter
to be made in this manner, simply in order that the
said astrologers and persons shall assemble and, within
the said time, shall determine the order of procedure
and the method to be observed in making the said line
of demarcation, and in order to postpone and defer
the departure of the said caravels and persons, until
the said island or mainland, whither they must go,
is known to have been found in each one of the said
parts, and in order to command that the line of the
said division be placed on the said hydrographical
maps,—all of which is set forth most fully
in the above. We promise and asseverate on our
kingly faith and word, to fulfil and observe all of
the foregoing, without any artifice, deceit, or pretense
in the manner and in the entirety set down in the
above. And in confirmation of the above, we cause
this our letter to be given, signed with our names,
and sealed with our leaden seal hanging from threads
of colored silk.