Hiftoritof the Indies lik.r^ 



neccffitie is there to beleeve , that the citties of the 

 South or of ^MagA (as die TOAvrite) be thofe of this 

 new worlds Moreover, what need is thereto bekeve 

 and to take the Spanifh Nation for the trail/migration 

 from lerufakm to Sapharad 9 vnlefle we will vndcrftand 

 Jerufakm {piritually.and thereby the Church^So as by 

 the tranfmigration from lerufakm to Sapkarad , the ho 

 ly fphitefhewes vs the children of the holy Church, 

 which inhabit the ends of the earth,& the banks of the 

 Sea,for fo is S^^wWvnderftood in the Syrian tongue, 

 and doth well agree with our Spainc, which according 

 to tfie Ancients is the ende of the earth , bceing in a 

 manner all invironcd with Sea. And by the Citties of 

 the South, we may well vnderftand thefc Indies, feeing 

 thegreateftparteofthis neweworldeis fcated in the 

 South; and the better part looks to the Pole Antartike. 

 That which followeth iseafie to interpret, -viz. They 

 which procure Salvation , fall afcend the hilt ofSion , u 

 iudge the mount of Efau. For wee may fay, they vnite 

 themfelves to the dodtrine and ftrcngth of the holy 

 Church , which feeke to breake and difperle the pro- 

 phane errors of the Gentiles, for that may be interpre 

 ted to iudge the mount of Efau : whereby it folio wes, 

 that in thofe daies the Realme (hall ncyther bee for the 

 Spaniards, nor for them of Europe faut for lefas Chrift 

 our Saviour. Whofbcver fliall expound the Prophe- 

 cieof AbdiMm this fort , ought not to be blamed; 

 being moftcertaine, that the holy Spirit did vnder 

 ftand all (ecrets long before. And it fecmes there is 

 great reafon to beleeve,that mention is made in the ho 

 ly Scripture of a matter of fuch importance, as the diC 

 covcrie of the Indies, ofthe new world, and their con- 

 verfion to the faith, ifej faith in thefe wordes; oh the 



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