HiHw 16 of the Indies, lib.u 71 



fliecpe,the which (befidcs their vvooll and flcfli (where 

 with they clothe and feede themfelves,) do ferv 7 e them 

 as Affestobeare their burthens . Theycarrie halfeas 

 much as a Moyle, and are of fmall charge to their ma. 

 fters.having neede, neither of fliooes, faddle, nor oates 

 to live by , nor of any furniture , for that Nature hath 

 provided them of all thefe, wherein (lie feemes to have 

 favoured thefepoore Indians. Of all thefe creatures, 

 and of many other fortes, whereof I will make menti 

 on, the maine land at the /W/tf.aboundes . Butinthe 

 Hands, there are not any found , but fuch as the Spani 

 ards have brought. It is true,that once one of our Fri 

 ars didfeeaTigre in an Hand , as hee reported vnta vs 

 vpon the difcourfe of his peregrination and iliipwracke; 

 but being demanded how farre it was from the maine 

 land, heanfwered, fixe or eight leagues at the moft; 

 which paflage, Tigres might eafily fwimmecver . We 

 may eafily inferre by thefe Arguments , and others like, 

 that the firft Indians went to inhabite the Indies , more 

 by land then by fea- or if there were any navigation, it 

 was neither great, nor difficult , being an indibitable 

 thing, that the one world is continued and ioyncd . 

 with the other,or at the Ieaft 5 they approach one neere 

 vn to another in fbme parts. 



That the linage of the Indies , hath not faffed by the At- 

 lantike lUnd,a$fome do imagine. C H AP. 22. 



SOme (following Platoes. opinion mentioned be- S4 

 for e,) affirm e, that thefe men parted from Europe > 

 or Affricke, to go to that famous and renowmed At- 

 , andfopaffed from one Hand vnto ano- 

 F 4 tlier. 



