HtHorie of'tbefndics. hb.i. 



writes 3 it folio wes that Hannw Pay led as farre as the 

 Pcrtttgalsdo at this day , pafling twice vnder the Equi- 

 no&iall: which is a fcarcful! thing. And the fame Ptinit 

 reports of Cornelius Nepos a very grave Authour, who 

 faith , that the fame courfe hath beene fiyled by an o- 

 ther man, called Eudaxiiu^ but by contrary wayes : for 

 this EttdaxitM following the King of Latyres^afkd by 

 the redde fea into the Ocean$ and turning backe,camc 

 to the Straight of Gibraltar, the which Cornelius Nepos 

 affirmes to have happened in his time. And alfb other 

 grave Authors do write, that a (hip of Carthage driven 

 oy force of vvinde into the Ocean 5 came to a Land, 

 which vntill then was vnknowne: and returning to 

 Carthage, kindled agreatdefirein the Citiziens to diC 

 cover and people this land : the which the Senate per- 

 ceyving , did forbid this navigation by a rigorous de 

 cree* fearing that with the defire of new lands, they 

 fhould leave to love their owne Countrie, By all this 

 wee may gather, that the Ancients had fbme know 

 ledge of the new world: yet fhall you hardly finde in 

 the bookes of ancient Writers , any thing written of 

 our Amtric* , and all the Weft Indies : but of the Eaft 

 , Indies( I fay) there is fufficient teftimonie,not only of 

 that on the other fide , but alfoof that on this fide, 

 which then was fartheft off; going thither by a con 

 trary way to that at this day. Is it not eafie to find Mo* 

 loco in ancient bookes , which they called the golden 

 Cberfonefe : the Cape of Comori , which was called the 

 Promontorie of C&ci^ & that great & famous Hand of, 

 Sumatra, fb well knovvne by the ancient name of Ta- 

 frobana.Whzt fhall wee fay of the two Ethiofiaes , the 

 Brachmanes, and that great Land of the Cbinaes * Who 

 doubtes,but there was often mention made thereof in 



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