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small bottels of gourdes, wherein they put in one the 



The use of juice of Sorrell whereof they have great store, and in 

 Worrell. ^^ Other flowre of their Maiz, which being moist, 



they eate, taking sometime of the other. These men 

 cary every man his bowe and arrowes, whereof some 

 arrowes are poisoned for warres, which they keepe in 

 a Cane together, which Cane is of the bignesse of a 

 mans arme, other some with broad heades of iron 

 wherewith they stricke fish in the water : the experience 

 whereof we saw not once nor twise, but dayly for the 

 time we taried there, for they are so good archers that 

 Armour of the Spaniards for feare thereof arme themselves and 

 quilted canvas ^|^^-j. Worses with quilted canvas of two ynches thicke, 

 ^TulT ^^ ^^^ leave no place of their body open to their 

 enemies, saving their eyes which they may not hide, 

 and yet oftentimes are they hit in that so small a 

 The making of scantling : their poyson is of such a force, that a 

 their poison, ^^^^^ being stricken therewith dyeth within foure and 

 twentie howers, as the Spaniards do affirme, & in my 

 judgement it is like there can be no stronger poyson 

 as they make it, using thereunto apples which are very 

 faire and red of colour, but are a strong poyson, with 

 the which together with venemous Bats, Vipers, Adders 

 and other serpents, they make a medley, and there- 

 with anoint the same. 

 Themanersof Xhe Indian women delight not when they are yong 

 the yong -^^ bearing of children, because it maketh them have 



hanging breastes which they account to bee great deform- 

 ing in them, and upon that occasion while they bee 

 yong, they destroy their seede, saying, that it is fittest 

 for olde women. Moreover, when they are delivered 

 of childe, they goe straight to washe themselves, with- 

 out making any further ceremonie for it, not lying in 

 bed as our women doe. The beds which they have 

 are made of Gossopine cotton, and wrought artificially 

 of divers colours, which they cary about with them 

 when they travell, and making the same fast to two 

 trees, lie therein they and their women. The people 



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