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at firafile . whither he was follow'd two years after by Vincent Ayne^Pin^pn] Aflfocu 

 ate to Cbriftopber Columbia ; but with illfuccefs, for two of the Ships wcrecaft away 

 in a Storm, and the other two return'd fadly weather-beaten into the SpaniJJ? Haven 

 Tabs, yet not before he had made a farther Difcovery of^xafile than AmerkusVefpu- 

 pa** Ah*; t'tus • which fo ftirr'd up Emanuel, King of Portugal, that he fent Pedro Alvare^ Capralit 



"- thither with five hundred Men in thirteen Ships, that fo he might get fure footing 



unto Brafile. i _ „ . „ _', _ *. ^ «./•,!«.,.. /••. 



hi» Expediti- 



on Sra/j/e ; where Landing he ere&ed a Stone Grofs, and informed the King of his 

 whole Proceedings by Gaffer Lemnius, with whom he fent over two $rafili<Qs f & Man 

 and a Woman, the ftrangenefs of whofe Garb caus'd great admiration in Portugal 

 amongft the Spectators : the Man, having a flat Nofe, went ftark naked, and in 

 his nether Lip hung a Stone call'd Matara ; through each Check there was ftuck a 

 piece of Brafile Wood, on his Shoulders he carry'd three long Darts, and on his 

 Head he wore divers colour'd Feathers ; the Hair about his Privities was all 

 plucktout, and his Membrum Virile ty'd about with a String call'd Tacoaynbaa, which 

 he unty'd when he Urin'd 5 his Body was ftrong and well proportioned, and paint- 

 ed with feveral Colours. The Woman wc/re a Lappet girt about her Middle, in 

 which Girdle ftuck a Cane Tobacco-pipe 5 the Lappet reached juft to the top of 

 her Knees, the reft of her Body wasalfo nakedfj on her Head (he wore a broad Htc 

 made of Feathers, on the top of which ftuck two Plumes ; in her Ears hung Bells, 

 and about her Neck three Strings of Pearl ; and her Body was alfo painted with 

 red and yellow Colours. Lemnim alfo gave fo much Information concerning the 

 fruitfulnefs of Brafile, that. feveral Portuguese Families went thither, accompanied 

 with fome Italian Fryers, which fcattering up and down, began to build feveral 

 Villages, but were foon after moft of them kill'd and eaten up by the Indians. 



Anno 1549. King John the Third fitted out a great Fleet, which fet Sail from 

 Lisbon under the Command of Thomas de Sofa. 



Alfo the Jefuits Afpilcueta, Antonio Pireo, Leonardo TSlpnno, DidacoJacobo y Vincent P^ods- 

 ^Thf r atd nco » an ^ Emanuel %obrega> were fent thither by Pope Paulm the Third, and Ignatius 

 i X Hat,«s. £ojo/tf, whofe Fleet came to an Anchor in the Bay afterwards call'd Bahiade Todos 



Sanftos, 



Jefuits fent 

 to Brafilt by 



