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was verily thought that Vides practised with Morequito 

 to hinder and disturbe Berreo in all he could, and not 

 to suffer him to enter thorow his signorie, nor any of 

 his companies ; neither to victuall, nor guide them in 

 any sort ; for Vides governour of Cumana, and Berreo, 

 were become mortal! enemies, aswell for that Berreo 

 had gotten Trinidad into his patent with Guiana, as 

 also in that he was by Berreo prevented in the journey 

 of Guiana it selfe : howsoever it was, I know not, but 

 Morequito for a time dissembled his disposition, 

 suffered Spanyards, and a frier (which Berreo had sent 

 to discover Manoa) to travell thorow his countrey, 

 Macure- gave them a guide for Macureguaray, the first towne 

 guaray. q£ civill and apparelled people, from whence they had 

 other guides to bring them to Manoa the great city 

 of Inga : and being furnished with those things which 

 they had learned of Carapana were of most price in 

 Ten Span- Guiana, went onward, and in eleven dayes arrived at 

 '^rtlT^^^ Manoa, as Berreo affirmeth for certaine ; although I 

 [III. 641.1 could not be assured thereof by the lord which now 

 governeth the province of Morequito, for he tolde 

 me that they got all the golde they had, in other 

 townes on this side Manoa, there being many very 

 great and rich, and (as he sayd) built like the townes 

 of Christians, with many roomes. 



When these ten Spaniards were returned, and ready 

 Aromaia, to put out of the border of Aromaia, the people of 

 Morequito set upon them, and slew them all but one 

 that swam the river, and tooke from them to the value 

 of forty thousand pezos of golde : and one of them 

 onely lived to bring the newes to Berreo, that both his 

 nine souldiers and holy father were benighted in the 

 said province. I my selfe spake with the captain es of 

 Morequito that slew them, and was at the place where 

 it was executed. Berreo inraged heerewithall, sent all 

 the strength he could make into Aromaia, to be 

 revenged of him, his people, and countrey. But 

 Morequito suspecting the same, fled over Orenoque, 



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