AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1595- 



manders wearing crownes of feathers. These people did 



often resort unto my ship, & brought us hennes, hogs, 

 plantans, potatoes, pinos, tobacco, & many other pretie 

 commodities, which they exchanged with us for hatchets, 

 knives, hookes, belles, and glasse buttons. From this 

 Paracoa, or bay I fell downe lower to a place called Paracoa, where 

 Parico. J (jgsired rather to ride, because it was a convenient 



place to water, balast, ground, & grave my Caravels. 

 They tnskonce Then I commanded al my men to lye on shore, after 

 themselves, j j^^j caused to be made for them a little skonce like 

 an halfe moone for their defence, being jealous of the 

 Spaniards, of whose estate I could gather no certaintie, till 

 from Margarita Antonie Berreo for his defence had gotten 

 some 300. souldiers, a greater number then I was able 

 to encounter withall, having then but 50. men, because 

 my Caravels before their comming were sent away. 

 The Simerones of the yland traded with me stil in like 

 A treasonable sort. And the Spaniards now provided for me, began 

 practize of the ^^ ^^^^^ messengers to me in kindnesse. Notwithstand- 

 ing though I had no reason to assault them, because 

 they were both poore & strong, yet for my experi- 

 ence and pleasure I marched 4. long marches upon the 

 They march yland, & the last from one side of the yland to the other, 



from one side ^\(^^ ^^s some CO. miles : Roins^ and comming through 

 of the "iland -' , . , ^ , ^,^ . ° ^ r 



to the other. ^ most monstrous thicke wood (tor so is most part or 



the yland) & lodging my selfe in Indian townes. The 



country is fertile, and ful of fruits, strange beasts, and 



foules, whereof munkeis, babions & parats were in 



great abundance. Being much delighted with this yland, 



and meaning to stay here some time about discovering 



the maine right against the same (the entrance into the 



empire of Guiana) being shewed the discovery thereof 



Captaine by Captaine Popham, who received the discovery 



^^^^i^^ f of the saide empire from one captaine Harper, which 



Guiana.'^^ being a prisoner learned of the Spaniards at the 



[III. 576.] Canaries in the selfe same maner almost, as sir Walter 



Ralegh very discreetly hath written. The intelligence 



of Harper, I conceive, the Captaine hath yet to shew 



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