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Chap. III. 





Habit of a 



Florida* 



King. 



Treachwy of 



indium mif- 

 ufcd. 



VtfamtZ de- 

 feated by the 

 Ihridant. 



Xarvatz his 

 ^xpctutiun. 



with a ereat Cloth about him, made faft on his Shoulders, covering his Belly 

 Breaft and Back with the Lappet thereof, and being long, was held up by one of 

 his Servants , over one of his Shoulders hung a String of Pearl that came three 

 times about, and reach'd down to his Thighs ; on his Head he wore a Cap full of 

 Ribbonds • his Arms and Legs werealfofurrounded with a double Chain of Pearl I . 

 in his rieht Hand he held a very rich Staff : But the Queen went almoft naked, 

 onelv a piece of a wild Beafts Skin hung ddwn before her from her left Shoulder 

 to her mid-Leg, and a double String of Pearl about her Neck hung down between 

 her Breads, and her Hair Comb'd behind reach'd down to the Calves of her Legs ; 

 about her Wrifts and Ancles hung alfo Strings of Pearl. 



On the King's Command, the Spaniards were permitted to make infpeftion into 

 the Countrey, in which they were every where courteoufiy Entertain'd, and not 

 without Gold and Silver Prefcnts. Returning Aboard, Vafaue^ invited the Indtans 

 to eo with him, under pretence of returning them thanks for the Favours which 

 they had bellowed upon him 5 but no fooner had he gotten a confiderable number 

 in his Ships, but he fet Sail, andlofingone Ship, arriv'd with the other fafe at 

 Hifpamola with afewfoto, for moft of them with grief and hunger died at Sea, 

 and thofe that remain'd alive, liv'd on dead Carrion. , 



Some few years after, Vafquc^ receiving Letters Patent from the Court or Spam 

 for the Government of Florida, fitted out a Ship thither in 1610. which brought a 

 good Return of Gold, Silver, and Pearls . whereupon he himfelf went not long al- 

 ter and coming into the River Jordan, loft one of his Ships, winch prov'd not the 

 wo'rft Accident • for Landing two hundred Men, they were all of them either flam 

 or wounded by the Inhabitants s fo that Vajaue^ was fore'd to found a Retreat ; 

 And after that the Spaniards were lefs willingly drawn to that Coaft, and the rather, 

 becaufe the Inhabitants feem'd poor, and had little Gold but what they procur'd 

 from the Otapales and Olugatonos, fixty Leagues Northward up in the Countrey. 



Notwithftandingthefeunfuccefsful Expeditions, <Pamp him 2v>v^ retain d lo 

 much Courage, that obtaining Letters Patents from the Emperor Cbarles the Fifth, 



