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fpeakeoftame fovvle ; I wondered at hcnnes 5 feeing 

 there were fom at the Indies before the Spaniards came 

 there, the which is well approovcd,for they have a pro- 

 per name of the country,and they call a hcnne GiMlpt, 

 and the egge Pouto, and they vie the fame proverb wee 

 doe, to call a coward, a henne. Thofe that were at the 

 difcovery of the Hands ofSdmm, do report that they 

 have feene hcnnes there like vnto ours : wee may con 

 ceive that the henne being fo tame a fowle,and fo pro 

 fitable , men might cany them with them when they 

 parted from one place to'anothcr , as we feeat this day 

 the Jndiansm their travel carry their henne with them, 

 or chicken vpon the burthen they have on their (boul 

 ders : and likewifc they carry them eafily in their cages 

 of reedcs or wood. Finally, there beat the Indicsmwiy 

 kindes of beafts and birdes , fuch as we have in Eureft, 

 as I have fpccified , and other fortes which I leave to o~ 

 ihers to difcourfe of. 



How it fjfouldbcfofiiblty thatdt tit Indies there jheuld 

 icaxie fortes of be a ft s 5 \vhmofthe like arc 

 nowhere elfe. CHAP. 36. 



IV wcrea (natter moredifficult, to flicw, and prove, 

 what beginning many & fundry forts of beads had, 

 which are found at \\izlndies, of whole kindes we have 

 none in this continent . For if the Creator hath made 

 them there , wee may not then alleadgenor flie to No 

 ahs Arke , neither was it then neceffary to fave all forts 

 of birds and beafrs , if others were to be created anew. 

 Moreover, wee could not affirme, that the creation of 

 the world was made andfinifhed infixcdayes, if there 

 were yet other new kinds to make, and fpcdally pcrfit 



beafls, 



