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their bofomes, and when they are ficke, theykeepe 

 them with them , without any vfe, but onely for coin- 



s of Europe, which the Sfaniardes found 

 KS,Andhw thcyfioitldfafft thither. 

 CHAP. 34. 



IT is ccrtainc that they have carried from Sfaine all 

 thefe beafts whereof I have fpoken, of which kindes 

 ihere were none at the Indies 5 when they were firft difc 

 covered about a hundred yeares fince- for bcfides that 

 it may be wel approved by witnefles at this day living, 

 It is alfo a fufficient argument to fee that the Indians 

 in their tongue,have no proper words to fignifie thefe 

 beafts, but they vfc the fame Spanifli names, although 

 they be corrupted : for being ignorant of the tiling, 

 they tooke the word common to thofe places fronj 

 whence they came. I have found this a good rule, to 

 difcerne what things the Indians had before the Spa- 

 niardes came there , and what tRey had not : for they 

 gave names to thofe they had and knew before, and 

 have given new names to thefe that are newly come 

 vnto them , which commonly are the fame Spanifh 

 names, although they pronounce them after their ma- 

 ner, as for a horfe, wine, and wheate. They found of 

 fome fortes of beafts that are in Europe ,& were not car 

 ried thither by the Spaniards.There are Lions,Tigres, 

 Bcarcs,Boares, Foxes,and other fierce & wilde beafts, 

 \vhereof we have treated in the firft booke, fo as i t was 

 not likely they fhould paffe to the Inditsby Sea , being 

 impoflibletofwimmethe Ocean: anditwereafolfie 

 to imagine that men had imbarkcd them with them. 



