A' 



AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1594. 



Nd in prosecution of the said possession, and the 

 discoverie of the way and Provinces, the 27 of April 

 of the said yeere, the master of the campe entred by little 

 and little with all the campe and men of warre, more then 

 two leagues into the in-land, and came to a towne of a 

 principall, and conferring with him did let him understand 

 by meanes of Antonio Bisante the Interpretor, that his 

 Majestie and Antonio de Berreo had sent him to take 

 the said possession. And the said frier Francis Carillo 

 by the Interpretor, delivered him certain things of our 

 holy Catholique faith, to all which he answered, that they 

 understood him well and would become Christians, and 

 that with a very good will they should advance the crosse, 

 in what part or place of the towne it pleased them, for 

 he was for the Governour Antonio de Berreo, who was 

 his master. Thereupon the said master of the campe 

 tooke a great crosse, and set it on end towarde the East, 

 and requested the whole campe to witnesse it, and 

 Domingo de Vera firmed it thus. 



It is well and firmely done. And underneath. Before 

 me Rodrigo Caranza, Register of the armie. 



THe first of May they prosecuted the said possession 

 and discoverie to the towne on Carapana. From 

 thence the said Master of the campe passed to the towne 

 of Toroco whose principall is called Topiawary being five 

 leagues farther within the land then the first Nation, and 

 well inhabited. And to this principall by meane of the 

 Interpretor they gave to understand that his Majestie 

 and the said Corrigidor commanded them to take the 

 possession of that lande, and that they should yeelde their 

 obedience to his Majestie, and to his Corrigidor, and to the 

 master of the campe in his name, and that in token therof 

 he would place a crosse in the middle of his towne. 

 Whereunto the said Cassique answered they should 

 advance it with a very good will, and that he remained 

 in the obedience of our lord the king, and of the said 

 Governour Antonio de Berreo whose vassall he would be. 



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