What commodities would ensue, this passage once discouered.

Cap. 10.

First, it were the onely way for our princes, to possesse the wealth of all
the East parts (as they terme them) of the world, which is infinite: as
appeareth by the experience of Alexander the great, in the time of his
conquest of India, and other the East parts of the world, alleaged by
Quintus Curtius, which would be a great aduancement to our countrey, a
wonderfull inriching to our prince, and an vnspeakable commoditie to all
the inhabitants of Europe.

2 For through the shortnesse of the voyage, we should be able to sell all
maner of merchandize, brought from thence, farre better cheape then either
the Portugall or Spaniard doth or may do. And further, we should share with
the Portugall in the East, and the Spaniard in the West, by trading to any
part of America, thorow Mar del Sur, where they can no maner of way offend
vs.

3 Also we might sayle to diuers very rich countreys, both ciuill and
others, out of both their iurisdictions, trades and traffikes, where there
is to be found great abundance of golde, siluer, precious stones, cloth of
gold, silkes, all maner of spices, grocery wares, and other kinds of
merchandize of an inestimable price, which both the Spaniard and Portugall,
through the length of their iournies, cannot well attaine vnto.

4 Also we might inhabite some part of those countreyes, and settle there
such needy people of our countrey, which now trouble the common wealth, and