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that there be nothing of importance, I will seeke to dis- 

 cover loo. leagues farther, wherein (I hope in God) there 

 will be something found in which your Lordship may 

 imploy all these gentlemen, and those which shall come 

 hither hereafter. I thinke I cannot chuse but stay there : 

 and the waters, the seasons, and disposition of the coun- 

 trey, and other accidents wil direct mee what is best to be 

 done. Frier Marco de Ni^a entred a good way into the 

 country, accompanied with Stephan Dorantez, the 7. of 

 February last past : when I departed from them, I left 

 them with above 100. Indians of Petatlan, and from the 

 time of their comming thither they greatly honoured the 

 father, shewing him all the courtesies they could possibly. 

 I cannot send you, nor describe unto you his entrance 

 among them better then I have done in all my relations 

 which I wrote in my letters from Compostella, and I 

 signified unto you all things to the full from the citie of 

 S. Michael : and though there be but the tenth part of 

 those things, it is a great matter. Herewithall I have 

 sent your Lordship a Letter, which I received from the 

 said father : the Indians tell me, that all the people of the 

 countrey doe greatly reverence him : and I beleeve he 

 may travel many leagues farther in that sort. He 

 saith, that if he finde any good countrey, he will write 

 to me thereof: I will not goe thither without inform- 

 ing your Lordship of my journey. I hope in God, 

 that by one way or other wee shall discover some good 

 thing. 



