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have small store of victuals, as also those of the Islandes, 

 and that they traffique one with the other upon raftes. 

 This coast stretcheth Northward as is to bee seene. 

 These Indians of the Coast brought me certaine Targets 

 made of Cow-hydes very well dressed, which were so 

 large, that they covered them from the head to the very 

 foote, with a hole in the toppe of the same to looke out 

 before : they are so strong, that a Crossebow (as I sup- 

 pose) will not pierce them. 



[III. 368.] Chap. 2. 



He hath new information of the seven Cities by cer- 

 taine Indians called Pintados, and of three other 

 kingdomes called Marata, Acus, and Totonteac, being 

 Countreys very rich in Turqueses and Hides of 

 cattel. Following his voyage through those coun- 

 tries, he taketh possession thereof for the Emperors 

 Majestic, and of the Indians is much honoured and 

 served with victuals. 



THe same day came three Indians of those which 

 I called Pintados, because I saw their faces, 

 breasts and armes painted. These dwel farther up 

 into the countrey towards the East, and some of them 

 border upon the seven cities, which sayd they came to 

 see mee, because they had heard of me : and among 

 other things, they gave me information of the seven 

 cities, and of the other Provinces, which the Indian 

 that Stephan sent me had tolde mee of, almost in the 

 very same maner that Stephan had sent mee worde ; 

 and so I sent backe the people of the sea-coast : and 

 two Indians of the Islandes sayde they would goe with 

 mee seven or eight dayes. 



So with these and with the three Pintados above 

 mentioned, I departed from Vacupa upon Easter tuesday, 

 the same way that Stephan went, from whom I received 

 new messengers with a Crosse of the bignesse of the 

 first which he sent me : which hastened mee forward, 



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