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Gentleman call'd De Faux, who carry'd himfelf fo difcreetly amongft the Iflanders, 

 that they promis'd to embrace the Chrijlian Religion, if new Supplies came from 

 France to aflift them againft their Enemies ; of which De Vaux advis'd the French 

 King Henry the Fourth, who approv'd of it, and fent Monfieur De la ftaVardiere to A Colon y of 



t r t . , French Cent 



Maragnan, to make a farther Enquiry into the whole Matter, where he fpent fix jgftr* 1 

 Monechs . after which returning he found the King murder'd, wherefore the Bufi- * r * MI « 

 nefs lay dead for a while ; but at length ^aVardtere took with him the Lord %ofilly y 

 and the Baron of Sanfi, defiring fome Capuchins of the Queen-Mother, for the pro- 

 mulgating of the Chrijlian Religion in Maragnan ; which being granted, they fet Sail 

 with three Ships Anno 161 2. with which arriving fafely there,and Landing, he built 

 next the chiefeft Haven the Fort St. LeVts on a Hill, by whofe foot two Rivers glide 

 into the Ocean. After-which this new Plantation went on for a confiderablc time, 

 till the Portuguefe overpowering them, drove them out of this their new Field, ma- Drirf0 cut 

 kingthemfelves abfolutc Matters of the Fort, and alfo of the great Mountain Ibou- h l x }* pmH ~ 

 yapap, four Leagues high, plain on the top, twenty four Leagues long, and little 

 lefs in breadth. No Champain under the Sun is more pleafant and fruitful than 

 this ; for in fome places it is (haded with Trees, in others hath brave Paftures, lies 

 under a wholfom Climate, and abounds with frefli Springs, from whence are de» 

 riv'd (tore of Brooks, and Rivulets full of Fifli. 



Sect. XL 



The Lordfhips Tamarica, Rio Grande^ Siara 



and Para. 



THe Trrfetlure of Tamarica, not above three Leagues in length and two in i*fcription 

 breadth, fo call'd from a little Ifland lying before it, and part of its Pre* ^p of fL' 

 rind, is counted the firft, that is, the moil ancient Lordfhip of Braftle, " "*'- 

 having otherwife nothing in it that is very confiderable, fave onely a good Haven 

 or Port, with a Caftle for the Security or Command of it, held to be impregna* 

 ble, and fo found by the Dutch, who under Teter Heyn and Stein Callenfels in vain 

 attempted the taking of it, as (hall be mentioned hereafter more particularly, 

 but made it ufelefs to the Vortuguefe , by making a Bulwark at the Mouth of the 

 Haven, and fo blocking it up. 



This Capatania yielded formerly a Rent of thirty thoufand Ducats to the Earls of 

 Montefanto y whofe Right it was. 



THe Prtfeclure of ^jo Grande, a fmall Precinct, fo denominated, as lying on Defcriptwy 

 the South*fide of that great River which the fortuguefe call %io Grande, fti P «£ *' 

 and the Natives Potingi, where it falls into the Sea, was once poffefs'd by the French 

 about the Year 1597- who were outed by thePortuguefe, and the Place fortifi'd both 

 againft them and the Salvages, (of whom they (lew and took Prifoners very great 

 numbers) with a Caftle, which the Dutch in the Year 1631 . found an impregnable 

 piece, and too hard for them to take. 







THe fr&fetture of Siara y fo denominated from the Haven ; it hath long been JfJjJSjj. 

 in the pofleflion of the Tortuguefe, but they have therein no Towns of note, *»*«**** 

 onely a Caftle, and fome few Houfes for thofe that attend the gathering of Cotton- 

 Wool, and Manuring of the Sugar-Canes, which arc here in great abundance, alfo 

 the Countrey is faid to afford fome Cryftal and other Precious Stones. 



Bbb 3 Laftly, 



