The ^(aturalland Mora/I 



after the Sunne rifing, and at night when it fetteth , at* 

 though I have feene itbreake out at other times. Some 

 times it doo th caft foorth great ftore of aflies after this 

 fmoake . They have not yet feene any fire come from 

 it^yet they fcareit will iffiie forth and burneal the land 

 round about , which is the beft of all the kingdotne : 

 And they holde it for certaine , that there is fome cor- 

 refpondencie betwixt this Vulcan & the Stern of Tlax- 

 <vtfo, which is ncere vnto it, that caufeth the great thun 

 ders and lightnings they doc commonly hcare and fee 

 in thofe parts. 



Some Spaniards have mounted vppc to this Volet*, 

 and given notice of the mine of fulphre to makepowl- 

 der thereof. CVrtasreportes the care hce had todifco- 

 verwhat was in this Vokan . The Vdcans of Guaumalla, 

 are more renowmed, as well for their greatnefle and 

 height : which thofe that failc in the South Sea difco- 

 verafarreofF> as for the violence and terrour of the fire 

 it cafts. The three and twentieth day oF December, in 

 the yeere of our Lord God one thoufand fivehundred 

 eighty and fixe, almoft all the Cittie ofGMnvxfA fell 

 with an Eanhquake, and forne people flaine. This VoL 

 fan had then fixe moneths together, day and night caft 

 outfrom the toppe, and vomited as it were, a floud of 

 fire, the fubfhnce falling vpon the fides of the Volc&n y 

 was turned into allies like vnto burnt earth (a thing pat 

 fing mans iudgement, to conceive how it could caft fo 

 much matter from its centre during fixe monerfis , be 

 ing accuftomed to caft fmoake alone , and that Ibme- 

 times with fmall flaflies. This was written vnto me be 

 ing at Mexico , by a Secretarie of the audience of o/^- 

 timalla, a man vvoorthy of credite , andatthattimeir 

 had not ceafedto caft out fire. This y cere paft,being 



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