Chap. II. 



AMERICA 



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Acofl». Hip or. K*t, 1. 2 



they believe of Giants, thre,e times longer and thicker than an ordinary Mans. 

 They alio tell us, that many Ages fince, one lea and Anea Sail'd Wcftward thi- 

 ther upon Sea Wolves Skins, blown up like Bladders : But however, without 

 contradiction , the Americans never knew, much lefs built any luch Veflels, 

 with which they durft venture to the Offm, out of fight of Land : their tBalfas, 

 f eriaros find CanoosfiviW not all amount to the Bulk of one of our fmall Barques ; 

 wherefore the Inhabitants of Tumbe^ when they defcry'd the Spamjh Fleet, fent 

 to difcover <Peru, were amaz'd at the high Marts, fpreading Sails, and bignels 

 of the Ships, judcins them firft to be Rocks, cart up out of the Sea 5 but ob- 

 ierving them to approach their Coaft, and that they were full or Bearded-Men, AtmicatUm 

 thought the Gods were walking in them ; by our Modern Poet, Mr. Dryden in 

 his Indian Emperor, thus Elegantly defcrib'd. 



Guyomar to Montezuma. 



I went in order, Sir, to your Command, 



To View the utmoji Limits of the Lartd : 



To. fee that Shore, where no more World is found, 



Sut Foamy Billows, breaking on the ground 5 



Where, for a while, my Eyes no Object met, 



But diflant Skies, that in the Ocean fet : 



And loTb-hung Clouds that dipt themf elves in %ain 



To pake their Fleeces on the Earth again. 



At laft, as far as I could cajl my Eyes 



Upon the Sea, fomewhat, mcthought did rife 



Like Bluifr Mifts , •frkiebftitt appearing more, 



Took dreadful Shapes, and moVd towards the Shore. 



Mont. What Forms did thefe neV Wonders reprefent * 



Guy. Moreftrange than vhatyour Wonder can invent 



the Objecl I could firjl diftinclly View, 



Was tall fir aight Trees, which on the Waters flew 5 



Wmgs on their fides, inftead of Leaves didgro^, 



Which gather 'd all the Breath the Winds could bloV I ' 



Jnd at their <l{oots grew floating Palaces, 



Whofe outMow'n Bellies cut the yielding Seas. 



Mont. What Divine Monflers,0 ye Gods, "Were thefe, 



That float in Air, and fly upon the Seas ! 



Came they alive or dead upon the Shore ? 



Guy. Alas, they liv'd too Jure, Iheard them roar. 



All turnd their fides, and to each other fyokc, 



If aw their Words break out in Fire and $mo 



Sure, 'tis their Voice that Thunders from on high, 



Or thefe, the younger Brothers of the Skie. 



Deaf Yiph the noife, Itook my hajly Flight, 



No Mortal Courage canfupport the Fright. 



SpaniayJ; ear y Oxen, 

 and Sheen to the Ameiican 

 lflcs. 



But the refolving thefe Doubts, ftarts a harder Queftion, »* Grant that the 



Americans were by Tempeft driven thither, How then came the Bearts thither . 



It is certain, that thofe which are beneficial for humane ufe , as Dogs for to 



Hunt, great Cattel, Sheep, for Food, and other Neceffarics, might eafi y be x«- 



ry'd thither, for fo the Spamards brought Cows, Horfes Swine and other Cat 



tel s and alfo Poukery from Spatn, to the new-d,fcover'd hies, CubaH.^uola, 



Jamaica, Marina, and UDomimea, when at their arrival formerly no tour. 



footed Bearts were found there, whofe fertile Soyl hath fo multiply d their 



increafe, that the Doggs running Wilde, and breeding as aft, ao great hurt 



to the Grazing Herds, which they onely (hoot for their Skins leaving their 



Flefh, the beft of Meats, onely to Manure the Ground on which they he. 



The Tranfportingof tame and profitable Cattel might eafily be allow d of, 

 but who would load their Ships wixh Lions, Tygers, Bears, Wolves, Foxes,and 

 other Serpents and Voracious Bearts ? it is certain that fome may be tarn a 

 before they were Ship'd. . r iwwiu Became- 



LanqnuL relates, That Hel^abalus the***. Emperor took ^great pleafure ------ 



in Domeftick Lions, and Leopards, to frighten his Guefts withal . for with 



the third Coutfc, they were all brought in, and fate betwixt the Invited, a Man 



5 ' and 



