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Genoa. 



To the Portugueft, 



Exglifi, 



cernin 



AMERICA Chap. III. 



« from the Eaft, which hurried him mkm yolcns through dreadful Waves, 

 « where at lad he found himfelf ingag'd upon a Weftern Coaft.altogether un- 

 « known. The Storm ceafing, without making further Diicover.es he pick d 

 "his way homeward, at laft Landing in the Haven of Madera: All h.s Crew 

 " but three and himfelf, with hardfliip, want, and the long Voyage having pe- 

 « rifli'd himfelf dangeroufly fick, was carried into Columbus his Houie j where 

 "lying on his Deathbed, he bequeath'd to Columbus his Maps, Journals, and 

 « oth*r Obfervations of this his unfortunate Voyage. Columbus being by theie 

 Papers more confirmed than ever in his Opinion of a New World in the Weft, 

 »*. » Aaa K6 « declar'd what he verily believ'd, to the States of Genoa , but they looked upon 

 him as a vain and idle Fellow ; yet Columbus full of his great Project thus, 

 flicked and fcornfully rejected, fate not fo down , but addrefs'd himlelr to 

 the King of Vortwal, where they wearied him, fpending long time with dila- 

 tory Anfwers, to no effeft • the Opimon of a whole Court of expert Naviga- 

 tors having caft his Declaration out, as a Chimera or meet Fancy. Soon after 

 Columbus fending his Brother into England, to move the Bufinefs to King Hm? 

 the Seventh, he being taken Prifoner by the way, and lying long ere his Re- 

 leafe, came too late to the Englifh Court, prevented by the News of Chnjlophers 

 return with Succefs from his intended Voyage : For mean while Ferdmmdo 

 A „ac^.K^;co»- and jUbelh King of Cajtile, having finilVd his Wars with the Moors, had hir- 

 nifh'a him out for the Expedition , which he effected by the favor otjlfonfo 

 Mendotio and Jlfonfo QuintaVdia, both great Minifters of State under Ferdmand 

 and Ifabel, and obtain'd fo much at laft, that he was fent with a hundred and 

 twenty Souldiers, befides Sea-men, in two Ships, and one Pinnace. Thus fup- 

 plied, hefetSail from Qdi K "P™ the Kin S s account the fourth of ^«yr, 

 Anno H9 z, and firft rcach'd the Canarydflands , and from thence fleering 

 South-Weft, the Wind in thirty three days fcarcc varying one Point :: Buc 

 though the Weather blew fo conftant, yet the Sea.men chang d their Minds, 

 andStorm'd quite contrary, crying, That Columbus was guilty of all their 

 Deaths : For (faid they, after they had loft fight of the Canaries fo many days, 

 nothing appearing but Sea and Sky) Who can hope for any Succefs or happy conclujim 

 of Co def urate a Voyage, fo rafhly undertaken, and found now fo full of ernment danger i 

 Yet Columbus bore bravely up, and weather'd all their Exclamations, although 

 they threatned no lefs than his Murder : At laft Articling, they came to this 

 Agreement, That if after failing forwards thee days more, no Land were difcoVer d, 

 they (hould return : But about two a Clock the next Night, Columbus faw a glim- 

 mering like Fire in the Sky, and in the Morning found himfelf clofe aboard 

 a moft pleafant Coaft, where Landing with twelve Men, he ereded a Crots 

 cut out of a Tree. Thence he fail'd over to Cuba, where the Sea was Id rough, 

 that he was fore'd to ftand off, fearing Rocks and Shallow Water. Soon after, 

 he got to the Northward of the Ifland Haytm, which he call'd Bfpamola : Here 

 his beft Ship was bulged upon a Rock, on which they had all penfiVd, had it 

 not been flat on the top, fo that the Soldiers and the whole Crew of Sea-men 

 were fav'd by the two Veffels. The Inhabitants ftark naked, feeing thefe 

 Strangers, fled to the Woods . but the 6>w,Wyovertaking.a Woman,they en- 

 tettain'd her with Sweet.mcats and Spamjb Wine, and putting her on a white 

 Shirt, fent her again to the reft of the Natives, whete return'd, ftie told what 

 good'Entertainment Are had had to her Companions . whereupon divers of 

 TridnwiAdie Natives. t j, c [fl aru } e rs came aboard of the Spaniards, in Boats made of one piece of 

 Wood, where they barter'd Gold for Beads, pieces of Glafs, Knives, Shells, 



and 



Sails from Citiit to diC 

 cover New Cournreys. 



His People rebel; 



DifcoVe: s W(p*nifla. 



