Htilorieofthe Indies, lib.i. 41 



were neere vnto this great one 5 are thofe , which wee 

 now call the Hands of Barlovante 5 that is, Cuba, Hifta- 

 niola, S.lohn de Port ricco, Jamaica, and other Hands of 

 that Countrie : and that the maine Land whereof hee 

 maketh mention, is the fame wee now call firme Land, 

 that is, Pm*and <^merica*mA that Sea,which lie fiy th 

 is adioyniri-g to the firme Land, is the South fea > the 

 which he calleth the very Sea 5 for that in companion 

 of her greatnefTe, all other Seas, both ^Mediterranean y 

 yea, and the ^tlantike Sea^ire fmall in regard thereof. 

 Hereby in trueth they give a cunning and wittie inter 

 pretation to thefe Words of Plato. But whether this in- 

 terpretation fhould be held for true or not^ I am refol- 

 ved to declare in an other place. 



That fome have held opinion that in places of holy Scrip* 

 ture , whereas they fteake of Ophir, is fob evader/loot? 

 cf our Peru. CHAP. 13, 



Ome hold opinion,that mention is made of the Weft 

 Indies in the holy fcripture,taking the region of Pern 

 for that Ophir which fb famous Robert Steevens , or to 

 fay more tt\\z\y Francis Fatableji man wellfeenein the 

 Hebre\V tong (as I have heard our mafter report, who 

 was his difciple) {aithinhis annotations vponthe 9. 

 chapter of the 3. booke of Kings , that the Ila^d of 

 Jltfyamola which Chriftopher Colombo found out , was 

 that of ' Ophir , from whence Solomon caufed to beef 

 brought jfoure hundred and twentie, or foure hundred 

 and 50. talents of moft fine and pure golde> for that / 

 thegoldeofO'^(? which our men bring from ffifta- 



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ntola, of the lame faflnon and quauue. And there are 



'many 



