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devided part and portion-like to every man, by the judge- 

 ment of the Captaine and Elders, every man holdeth 

 himselfe contented : and this surely I judge to be a very 

 good order : for otherwise, whereas scarsitie of Palmito 

 is, every man would have the same, which might breed 

 great strife : but of such things, as every man doeth plant 

 for himselfe, the sower thereof reapeth it to his owne use, 

 so that nothing is common, but that which is unset by 

 mans hands. In their houses there is more common 

 passage of Lizardes like Evats, and other greater, of 

 blacke and blew colour, of neere a foote long, besides their 

 tailes, then there is with us of Mise in great houses. 

 The Sapies and Samboses also use in their warres bowes, 

 and arrowes made of reedes, with heads of yron poysoned 

 A venemous with the juyce of a Cucumber, whereof I had many in 

 Cucumber, ^^y handes. In their battels they have target-men, with 

 broad wicker targets, and darts with heades at both endes, 

 of yron, the one in forme of a two edged sworde, a foote 

 and an halfe long, and at the other ende, the yron long 

 of the same length made to counterpease it, that in cast- 

 ing it might flie level, rather then for any other purpose 

 as I can judge. And when they espie the enemie, the 

 Captaine to cheere his men, cryeth Hungry, and they 

 answere Heygre, and with that every man placeth himselfe 

 in order, for about every target man three bowemen will 

 cover themselves, and shoote as they see advantage : and 

 when they give the onset, they make such terrible cryes, 

 that they may bee heard two miles off. For their beliefe, 

 I can heare of none that they have, but in such as they 

 themselves imagine to see in their dreames, and so 

 Idoles like worshippe the pictures, whereof wee sawe some like unto 

 devtls. devils. In this Island aforesayde wee sojourned unto the 



one and twentieth of December, where having taken 

 certaine Negros, and asmuch of their fruites, rise, and 

 mill, as we could well cary away, (whereof there was such 

 store, that wee might have laden one of our Barkes there- 

 with) wee departed, and at our departure divers of our 

 men being desirous to goe on shore, to fetch Pompions, 



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