Hittorie of the Indies lib. tl 



mers, whenas birds failein their flight, yea 3 thofc of the 



greateft wing, vpon the paflage of fo great a Gulplv 

 And although we finde finall birdes , which flic above 

 a hundredlS^ues ? as vye have often teencin o15r travel, 

 yent : islnriatter impoflible , at the leaft very difficult, 

 for birdes to pafle all the Ocean. All this hieing true 

 which wee have fpoken , what way fhall wee make for 

 beaftes and birdes to goe to the Indies t and how can I 

 fay, they paffcd from one worlde to an other? Icon 

 ieflure then , by the difcourfe I have made , that th 

 newgorl^ wbchwc^^ 



redand^difioyne^d troju feotHer world; and to fpeafe 

 m^gmion^I have long beleeved^tEat the oneand the 

 other woridareioned aicontinucnc 



ther in fofne part , or at theaftarc 

 yet to this day, there is no certainc knowledge of the 

 contrary. For towards the Artickc or Nortfierne Pole 

 all the longitude of the earth is not difcoveredj 

 many hold, that above Florida , theLandnmnesout 

 very large towards the North , and as they fay, ioynes l 

 with the Scithike or GtrmAine Sea. Otheraaffirme, that 

 a Ship fayling in that Sea , reported to have feene the 

 coaft of Bacalats , which ftretcheth almoft to the conx 

 fines of Eurofc. Moreover 5 no man Tcnowes how farre 

 the land runncs beyondjfac.Cage of <JMendo^ iiuhc 

 Southfca, but that theyaffirme it is a great Continent/ 

 wEIcHTunnes an infinite length : and returning to the 

 Southeme Pole , no man knovves the lands on the o- 

 ther part, of the Straight of (jMageSan. A fliip belon 

 ging to the Biflioppe ofPlatfaMe , which pafled the 

 Straight,reports to havefayled alvvaye^ within fight of 

 Land : the XfaHernwdo Lamer a Pilot doth amrmg, 

 who ( forcedly foule weather) paged twcTorrhrec de- 



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