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?fae> %ing , that the Church (hould ftretch forth her 

 boundes , not onely to the right , but alfo to the left: 

 -which is vnderftood asS. AngnHme iaieth , that the 

 Gofpell (hould be fprcad^broad . not onely by thofe 

 that fincerely, and with a true & perfeft charity preach 

 and declare it,but alfo by thofe that publifh intending 

 to temporall ends 5 whereby wee fee, that the Indian. 

 jand jr -being- more abonodant in mines and nches7 

 Kath beene in our ag^ft^inflrucledjnthc^hrfl:ian 

 religion^the Lord vfing oiir defires and inclinations ta 

 Uve his foveraigne intentions. Herevpon a Wife man 

 faid, that what a father doth to marie his daughter wel, 

 is to give heragreat portion in mariage- the like hath 

 God done for this land fo rough and labourfome , gi 

 ving it great riches in mines, that by this meanes it 

 might be the more fought after. At the WcfUgafa. 



oTSlIfortes of met- 



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goldTand arnongllall the regions and partes ofSie //;- 

 tics, thralmes^j[Pm/ abpund moft in thefe mettalls, 

 especially with gold, filver, quicke.filver, or mercurie, 

 whereof they have found great ftore,, and daily difco- 

 vcr new mines. And without doubt,according to the 

 qualitieoftheearth, thofe which are to difcover, arc 

 without companion, farrc more in numbcr^then ihofc 

 which are yet difcovered: yea, it feemes that all the 

 land is fowed with thefe mettalls, more then any other 

 in the world that is yet knowne vnto vs , or that and- 

 cm writers have made mention of. 



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