2 oz The f^afafjtll And Morall 



at the entry of the coaft of New Sfaine , beeing called 

 Coc&Sy were of this manner. 



Moreover , there is a place in the midft of the great 

 Ocean, without the view of land, and many leagues 

 from it, where are feene as it were two towers or pikes 

 of a very high elevated rocke, rifingout of the middeft 

 ofthefea, and yetioyningvntoit theyfindenobot- 

 tome.No man can yet perfectly comprehend,nor con 

 ceive the full and perfeft forme of the land at the In 

 dies , the boundes being not wholy difcovered to this 

 day : yet wee may gheffe that it is proportioned like a 

 . heart with the lungs. The broadeftof this heart isirom 

 Brefill to Peru, the poynt at the ftraight oMagef/a?3,znd 

 the top where it ends is the firme land, and there the 

 continent begins by little arid litle to extend it fclfe vn- 

 till wee come to the height Q Florida and the vppcr 

 landes, which are not yet well difcovered. We may 

 vnderftand other particularities of this land at the Indies > 

 by the Commentaries which the Spaniards have writ 

 ten of their fuccefleand difcoveries ; and amongeft the 

 reft, of the Peregrination which I have written; which 

 in trueth is ftrange, and may give a great light. This in 

 my opinion may fufficeat this time, to givefom know 

 ledge of things at the Indies ^ touching the com- 

 4 mon elements, of the which all parts of 

 the worlde are famed, 



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