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When in converfing with them they obferv'd their ftrange manner of Seal- Strang**^ of Ob£ 

 ing their Bargains and Contracts one with another, they were amaz'd, for not Ilsatlom 

 iifing Wax,they ufually Seal'd their Compacts with their own Blood,common- 

 ly drawn with a Stone Knife, either from their Tongue, Hand, or Arms. 



Their Priefts live fingle,and if found to bellnchaft, are puniflit with Death. 

 An Adulterefs is fold for a Slave : Unmarry'd People may not frequently con- 

 verfe with Marry'd : Thirty five days in the year makes their Lent, in which 

 they abftain not onely from Flefh, but Fifli alfo, feeding onely upon Roots 

 and Herbs. In this place the Spaniards were receiv'd in great ftate, Canopy 'd 

 with green Palm-Tree-Branches, and in like manner conducted aboard again, 

 not without many Prefents, yfe the Effigies of a Man curioufly wrought in 

 Gold, wherewith they returned to Cuba. 1 



Sect. IX. 



Tl?e Expedition of Ferdinand Magaglian, commonly caWd Magcllane. 



THe Bifiiop (Bartholomew de Colts, living a considerable time in Hilbaniola, **** {«/;&«{ ««£««• 

 L . r i ccrrang the Pearl catching. 



in the City Dominico, being informed of the abundance of Pearls which 



were caught before Cubagua , and the unfupportable cruelty of the Spaniards 

 there under Qcawpus, us'd againft the Inhabitants, went to Spain, with a defign 

 to obtain of the Emperor Charles the Fifth, the Government over Cumana and 

 Cubagua, under pretence, to draw the ignorant Natives from their Idolatry, to 

 Chriflianity ; which his requeft was efpecially promoted by William of Njffaw, 

 the Emperors prime Favorite ; fo that having his Letters Patents granted to 

 that purpofe, he took Ship, and arrived with three hundred Spanijb Gentlemen 

 of Quality in Qumana : And that they might have the greater rcfpecl fhown to 

 them there, ^they had each a Red Crofs given them , fuch as the Knights of 

 Calatrava generally wear. Yet little did Ocampus, the old Governor of Cumana, 

 regard either them or their Authority - for in ftead of receiving and fubmit- 

 ting, he kept the Bifliop de Qafis out by force of Arms ; who then made com- 

 plaint to the Viceroy of the \VeJ}Jndies in Hifyaniola, and in the mean time, put 

 his Cargo into a new Store*houfe. 



But whilft he made his Addrefles, Ocamprn having fufficiently inrich'd him- 

 felf departed, which incourag'd the Cumaners, who already were incens'd, and 

 weary of their former fufferings, to venture on a defign, whereby they might 

 revenge themfelves of the Spaniards, which their undertaking prov'd fo fuccefs-* 

 ful, that very few cfcap'd the MalTacre : Of which, de Qafis being inform'd, 

 and much difcontented thereat , betook himfelf to a Dominican Cloyfter in Hi* 

 fpaniola. 



Yet not long after, the Cumahers paid dear for that (laughter, for one Caftellio, Cmdtyof caflw inc«- 

 though not without fevcral Engagements, with various fuccefs, lading forty ' 

 days together, having at laft utterly vanquifli'd them , put to an ignominious 

 Death, Hanging up feventy of their Princes, and to them of meaner quality, 

 fhewing as little mercy. 



As little fuccefs had Lodowick Lampagnano, ferit out by fome Spanijh Merchants, 

 with Letters Patents from the Emperor to Fifh for Pearl, before the fame Cuba- 

 gua ; to which purpofe he carryM peculiar Nets and other neceflaries with him. 

 But thtCubaguan Spaniards unanimoufly withftood him • fo that not being able L <"»p<i»*»»M<>*w*- 

 to effecl; his defign, over=power'd with a Melancbolly Diftemper that broke his 

 Heart, he dy'd. In 





