‘The travels of Ludovico di Varthema in Egypt, Syria, Arabia Deserta and Arabia Felix, in Persia, India, and Ethiopia, A.D. 1503 to 1508’ [‎125] (162/492)

[PRIVILEGE.]
{Translated from the original Latin by the Editor.']
RAPHAEL, by Divine grace, Bishop of Portueri,
Cardinal of Saint George, Chamberlain of our
Most Holy Lord the Pope, and of the Holy Roman
Church, to all and singular, by whatsoever name
called, and with whatsoever dignity or office invested,
and to all others whom it does or may concern, to
whom these our letters may come,—Peace in the
Lord for ever.
Whereas among other subjects and sciences which,
as well by the inspiration of genius as by art and
experience, promote the benefit, usefulness, and
enjoyment of mankind, and by transmission from
hand to hand are enlarged and illustrated, the de
scription and measurement of the world and of parts
of the earth, which the Greeks call Cosmography,
Geography, Topography, Geometry, and other like
names, do not hold the last place, and yield no less
pleasure than profit; on which account those who
have devoted themselves to such studies have always
been held in the highest honour, and have been
abundantly rewarded.—Therefore, whereas our well-
beloved friend Ludovico Vartomanus of Bologna,