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by and twining Branches 5 which they pa/fiog, rigled themfclves, and made 

 their way, like quefting Spaniels following their Game, and ftill gawling them 

 with their Arrows : whereupon they left their vain puriuit, marching another 

 way to intercept SWayobantxius , who with eight thoufand Ciquano's were then 

 coming down againft them 5 which prov'd a harder task than was expected : 

 for e're he could reduce him and his ftubborn Party, he ipent three Moneths in 

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X3Ut the great and worthy Service of thefetwo excellent Brothers de/erving 

 -*"^ rather Statues and Trophies of cverlafting Honor,Monuments never to be 

 demolifti'd, in their due praife, who had found out after fo many baffled Ages, 

 a new World, richer, and not much lefs than the ojd, by the afperfing calum- 

 niations of one malicious Perfon, loft his whole Intereft and Credit in the 

 Spanijb Court, quite out of favour with his Prince, who by his infinuations 

 had hinted fo much the matter of Gain among the Courtiers, that every one 

 Audied no lefs than to get a Commiflion, and fo going a Commander to the 

 Indies 7 make up his Mouthy and become fuddenly rich. Firft Francifco Sombadilla 

 prevailing-, was fent with full Commiflion to fucceed Columbus in Hijpaniola $ 

 where no fooner Landing, but he exercis'd the extremity of his Authority^ and 

 feizing the Admiral and his Brother,fetter'd their Hands and Feet,and put them 

 aboard on two feveral Ships for Spain : where no fooner arriv'd, but the King, 

 not altogether forgetting former Services, commanded them to be unmana- 

 cled, and waited on, not as Prifoners, with a civil Retinue to his Court 5 

 where they were well entertain'd three years. But they being active Perfon s, 

 weary of fo long repwfe, got a fecond Grant to make farther difcoveries, and 

 fet forth the ninth of May, Anno 1504. with four Sail well appointed from 

 Cadi^ and had a fair PaiTage from thence to Hifianiola, where begun the Storm, 

 for Bombadilla, who had by the Kings Commilfion fo evil treated Columbus and 

 his Brother, as aforementioned, would not fuffer him, though reconciled to 

 the King, fo much as to Land, and there refrelh themfelves and their Men 5 fo 

 he was fore'd to fteer on to the Iflands Guamixa and Veragua y where a Huri- 

 cane, or fudden ftrefs of Weather funk two of his Veflels 5 the other two (lan- 

 ding off to Sea efcap'd bilging, but fo ihatter'd and leaky, having alfo fhipp'd 

 abundance of Water, they were refolv'd to put in &i Jamaica • where weary 

 with the long Voyage, and hatter'd with the Temped, many of his Sea-men, 

 fpent withiicknefs, after their, Landing, died. To thefe his fufferings from 

 Wind and Weather, and his Enemies abroad, a greater and inteftine mifchief 

 hapned : Francifco Torejio, one of his chief Commanders, abfolutely rebell'd, 

 and deferting him, wjth another Party of his Sea-men went into Hifyaniola : 

 which the Idanders obfervtng, refolv'd to famiflh him, keeping from him both 

 Water and all other Provifipns -which had not Cohmibus ftav'd off by a hand- 

 Tom Invention, they had compleated their Defigu, which was this : He told 

 them that he was the offspring of the Moon, and if they refus'd to fupply 

 his want, the Moon, in vindication of her Son, would famifh them, by fpoil- 

 ing what e're they had planted or fow'd . and that this would prove true they 

 fhould know by a fign,thaLon fuch.a Night, fhe rifing in her full glory ,fliould 

 firft look red, and afterwards by degrees lofc a great part of her light . which 

 indeed fo hapned, being Ecclips'd, as he could well pvognofticate ; and after 

 that, they being ignorant of the caufe, fupplfd him with all Neceffaries. 



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Hath very bad fuccefs in 

 his fourth Expedition, 







