A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1595- 

 The last what he liked. After he had rested a while in my tent, 



conference of j g|^^^ ^^^ ^jj j^^^. q^j. selves, and my interpreter, and 



^Raiezhwith ^^^^ ^^"^ ^^^^ ^ knew that both the Epuremei and the 

 Topiawari. Spaniards were enemies to him, his countrey and nations : 

 whose Sonne he that the one had conquered Guiana already, and the 

 brought into other sought to regaine the same from them both : and 

 ^'^^^ ' therefore I desired him to instruct me what he could, 

 both of the passage into the golden parts of Guiana, 

 and to the civill townes and apparelled people of Inga. 

 Hee gave mee an answere to this effect : first that hee 

 could not perceive that I meant to goe onward towards 

 the citie of Manoa, for neither the time of the yeere 

 served, neither could hee perceive any sufficient num- 

 bers for such an enterprize : and if I did, I was sure 

 with all my company to bee buried there, for the 

 Emperour was of that strength, as that many times so 

 many men more were too fewe : besides hee gave mee 

 Counsel! to he this good counsell and advised mee to holde it in 



followed tn xmwdi^ (as for himselfe hee knewe, hee could not live 

 other conquests. .„ ^ ., tiii rri 



till my returne) that 1 should not orrer by any meanes 



hereafter to invade the strong parts of Guiana without 



the helpe of all those nations which were also their 



enemies : for that it was impossible without those, 



either to bee conducted, to be victualled, or to have 



ought carried with us, our people not being able to 



indure the march in so great heate, and travell, unlesse 



the borderers gave them helpe, to carie with them both 



their meate and furniture: For hee remembred that in 



the plaines of Macureguarai three hundreth Spaniards 



were overthrowen, who were tired out, and had none 



of the borderers to their friendes : but meeting their 



enemies as they passed the frontier, were environed on 



all sides, and the people setting the long drie grasse on 



Macureguarai fire, smoothered them, so as they had no breath to 



ye first towne fight, nor could discerne their enemies for the great 



ofGutana,and gmoke. He told me farther that 4 daies journey from 



apparelled ^^^ towne was Macureguarai, and that those were the 



people. next and neerest of the subjects of Inga, and of the 



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