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ANT have written fttndry 

 and difcourfes of the New World 

 at ffeWcft Indies, wherein they dc- 

 fcribe new and ftrange things difco- 

 vercdin thofepartes y with the affes 

 and adventures of the Spaniards, 

 which have conquered and peopled 

 thofe Countries. But hitherto I have 

 not(cene_anj__ other Author^ which ireatesofthe caufisand 

 rzdfons of thefe novelties and wonders of nature * or that 

 bath made any JearcJ? thereof, Neither have 1 readanj 

 booh which maktth mention of the hiftqrie-s-ofthe ant tent 

 -, axdnatnrsM inhabitants o the New World. 



truth the ft two things are difficult^ Thefrjl being the works 

 of Nat ure,c oxtrarie to the antient and received Philosophy, 

 & to flew that the region which they call the burning Zone, 

 uvery moift, and in rm&yplices very temperate , and that 

 it r aines there , whenas the Sunne it neereft , withfach /ike 

 things. Forfuch a* have written of the Weft Indies, have 

 not made profesfion offo deepe Philippine ; yea, the greatest 

 ofthd ft Writers have had no knowledge thereof. The 



ficwcl thing it treats of, i^ ofthe proper hitlorie ofthelncj}. 

 ans ,/thewbich requiredmtTcI^conference and travaile a* 



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