' iV The latroduction. 
He was here in great diftrefs, and his Men had mutiny d. Some of 
them he fent ina Canoe to Aiifpaniola, che others remained vith him 
at Porto Buono, in the North-fide of Jamaica, being an extraordinary 
good Port, and the place which was afterwards called by the Spa- 
niards Sevilla, and at this day St. duns. The Indians murmured, think. 
ing one Chriftian eat as much as twenty of them, and would not 
fupport them, till Columbus || took the advantage of an Eclipfe was 
| Col.¢. 103. tbe the next night, wiz, the 29th of February, 1504. He told thena 
the God of the Chriftians was angry with them, and would fend 
them Peftilence and Famine, if they did not relieve his Men. As 
a fign of the ruth of it, next night they fhould fee the Moon 
eclipfed. ‘The Indians brought him Vittuals, when they faw the 
Prediction fulfill’d, defiring he would intercede for them, and pro- 
mife to fight their Enemies., This he engag’d to do, and came out 
of his Clofer at the time when he knew the Eclipfe was to end,  fay- 
ing bis Prayers were granted. He liv’d by the effects of this Eclipfe 
till Boats came from Hifpaniols, and carried him and his Men thi- 
. penat ther. Fhis Story is the more.Authentic, becaufe the Author * was 
oat oe there prefent with his Father. ¢ This Mland was conquered un- 
{ Oviedo, der Don Diego Colon by Juan de Efquivel, and other Captains. In 
Cor-<4?- 49: fome {mall time the Indiaidinhabitants, to the number of fixty 
| Bart. de thoufand || were all deftroyed by the: Severities of the Spaniards, 
las Calas. fending to Mines, exc. I have feen in the Woods, many of their 
Bones in Caves, which fome people thought were of fuch as had 
voluatarily inclos'd or immured chemfelves, in order to be ftarved 
to death, to avoid rhe Severities of their Mafters, . 
However the Spaniards planted here as at Hii/paniola, and from 
* Galvanos, hence * Garay Governour of it in 1523. went in three Ships and 
P1084. difcover'd Florida from the Cape of that name to Vera-cruz, and 
would have planted it, had he not been hindered by Cortes... This 
t Leet. p.20. Vand had in it, in the North fide + Sevilla now called St. 4uns, the 
Ruins of which are now to be feen. In this Town were large Houfes, 
anda Cathedra! Church, of which the famous Peter Martyr was Ab- 
t1.p.9. bot. || The Abbot of this place was Suffragan to the Archbifhop of 
Santo Domingo in Fii{paniola, On the fame fide of the Ifland , about ele. 
ven Leagues tothe Eaft of Sevilla was Melilla, and fourteen Leagues 
t Alex. Ur- from it on theSouth fide was Oriftan. It was very meanly inhabited 
a ¢ by the Spaniards, * had no Money and only fifty Perfons in one 
Curberlend, Town, but they had || Crawles and Stancias, where was planted 
ital. Caffada. Ic had Beeves-wild, and fo confequeatly. Hides and dry’d 
Sherley, = Beef, exc. and was. reckoned the moft pleafant and fruitful Ife in the 
596. and Weff- Indies, and a Store-honfe for the Main, Notwithftanding this 
it 
* Chilton, 
