Hiftorieoftbefndies. lib. 5. 



dian Icade a whale as bigge as a rnountaine,vanquifhcd 

 with a corded The maner the Indians of Florida vfc(as 

 fbme expert men have toldeme) to take thefe whales, 

 -(whereof there is great (lore)is, they put themfclves in- 

 to a Canoe, which is like a barke of a tree, and in fwirru 

 ming approach neere the whales fide , then with great 

 dextcritie they leape to his necke , and there they ride 

 as on horfe backe expeding his time , then hee thruftes 

 : afharpeand (trongftake (which hee carries with him) 

 into the whales nofthrill , for fo they call the hole or 

 vent by which they breathe , prefently hee bcates it in 

 with an other flake as forcibly as hee can-in the meane 

 fpace the whale dooth furioufly beate the fea , and rai- 

 feth mountaines of water, running into the deepe with 

 great violence, and prefently rifethagaine,not knowing 

 what to doe for paine $ the Indian ftill fittes firme , an3 

 to jgive him full payment for this trouble, he beates an 

 other (lake into the other vent or nofthrill, fo as he flop 

 peth him quite v and takes away his breath ing, then hee 

 betakes him to his Canoe, which he holdes tied with a 

 corde to the whales fide , and goes to land, having firfl 

 tied his corde to the whale, the which hee lettes runne 

 with the whale , who leaprs from place to place, whi- 

 left he finds water enough:being troubled with paine, 

 in the end hee comes neere the land, and remaines on 

 ground by the hugenefle of his body, vnable any more 

 to moove then a great number of Indians come vnto 

 the CoTrqueror, to gather his fpoiles,they kill him,and 

 cut his flefh in peeces, the which is bad enough this do 

 they drie and beate into powlder, vfingitformeate, it 

 dooth lad them long : wherein is fulfilled, that which 

 is ipoken in another Pfalme of the whale , Dedifti eum 

 populi* l&thiopttm : Peter MendeZ the Addtwtadt 



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