terræ omnes firmæ, insulæ, villæ, oppida, castra, et loca quæcunque a se
inuenta, quotquot ab eis inueniri contigerit, non possint ab alijs
quibusuis nostris subditis frequentari seu visitari, absque licentia
prædictorum Ioannis et eius filiorum, suorumque deputatoram, sub poena
amissionis tam nauium quàm bonorum omnium quorumcunque ad ea loca sic
inuenta nauigare præsumentium. Volentes et strictissimè mandantes omnibus
et singulis nostris subditis, tam in terra quàm in mari constitutis, vt
præfato Ioanni et eius filijs ac deputatis, bonam assistentiam faciant, et
tam in armandis nauibus seu nauigijs, quàm in prouisione commeatus et
victualium pro sua pecunia emendorum, atque aliarum omnium rerum sibi
prouidendarum pro dicta nauigatione sumenda suos omnes fauore set auxilia
impertiant. In cuius rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus
patentes. [Sidenote: Ann. Dom. 1495.] Teste meipso apud Westmonasterium
quinto die Martij anno regni nostri vndecimo.

The same in English.

Henry by the grace of God, king of England and France, and lord of Ireland,
to all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting.

Be it knowen that we haue giuen and granted, and by these presents do giue
and grant for vs and our heires, to our welbeloued Iohn Cabot citizen of
Venice,[9] to Lewis, Sebastian, and Santius, sonnes of the said Iohn, and
to the heires of them, and euery of them, and their deputies, full and free
authority, leaue, and power to saile to all parts, countreys, and seas of
the East, of the West, and of the North, under our banners and ensignes,
with fiue ships of what burthen or quality soeuer they be, and as many
mariners or men as they will haue with them in the sayd ships, vpon their
owne proper costs and charges, to seeke out, discouer, and finde whatsoeuer
isles, countreys, regions or prouinces of the heathen and infidels