LAURENCE KEYMIS ad. 



1596. 



they heard of him was, that hee was dead, and the 

 English boy eaten by a Tyger. That the Spaniardes 

 beleeve neither the one nor the other. That about the 

 ende of June, when the River shall bee impassable, the 

 tenne shippes shall depart from Trinidad. And that 

 Berreo ever since his comming to Guiana, hath spent 

 his time altogether in purveying of victuals, whereof 

 there is such scarsitie, by reason that the Indians for- 

 saking their houses, have not this halfe yeere planted 

 any of their grounds, so that the Spaniards are inforced 

 to seeke their bread farre off, and content themselves 

 to live with litle. 



In sayling up the River, wee passed by Toparimacko The Port of 

 his Port, which in one place is very shoalde, the chanell Toparimacko, 

 lying close aboord the shore. Wee returned therefore 

 another way by the maine river on the South side: 

 this branch wee found large, deepe, and without 

 danger. When wee were come neere Carapana his The porte of 

 Port, hee sent five or sixe severall Canoas, promising ^^^^P^^^- 

 this day and the next, that hee would come and speake 

 with us. Thus wee lingred sixe or seven dayes, but 

 hee came not. In the ende hee sent one of his aged 

 followers, to certifie us, that hee was sicke, olde, and 

 weake : that the wayes neere his dwelling are not easie : 

 and that therefore he desired us to holde him excused 

 for not comming. This olde man dilated unto us, 

 that Carapana in hope of our returne, hath ever since 

 your Lordshippes being in that Countrey, kept the 

 mountaines, where the Spaniardes can hardly any way [III. 680.] 

 inforce him ; that they have taken from him and his 

 people many of their wives, because they refused to 

 furnish them weekely with a certaine proportion of 

 bread and victuals : that Don Juan otherwise called 

 Eparacano hath the commandement of all his subjects, 

 excepting onely a choise guarde of men sufficient to 

 keepe the place hee nowe dwelleth in. That it repenteth 

 him of his ambition, ever to have sought by the Span- 

 iardes meanes, to have enlarged his Countreys and 



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