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of the Inhabitants were kiilM by them . nay, they rooted out whole Countreys, 

 not withftanding the Natives were ready to Entertain them with all Civility ima- 

 ginable • the Particulars of the Story are as followeth : 7h e e^l 

 When the Emperor Charles the Fifth Marry 'd with IfabeUa, Daughter to the King^l^ 

 of Portugal, Anno 1526. the Welfares, being Dutch Gentlemen in Augsburgh, rnade an %«> 

 Agreement with him for a Sum of Money, to Conquer Venezuela , whither they 

 fent Ambrofim Alfinger, and Bartholomew Sajltar, with four hundred Foot and eighty 

 Horfe : Thefe Forces Landing at Venecia, drove away Juan de Ampues, who Sail- 

 ing from St. Domingo thither, had difcover'd the Coaft along Qoriano, and already 

 made an Agreement with a mighty Prince of that Countrey, cali'd Manaure. But 

 Alfinger marching to the Lake Maracabo, deftroy'd all the Inhabitants of the Coun. -g%* 

 trey Axaguas, though they came to meet him Dancing, with richPrefcnts of Gold \ **Jr» 

 which he not regarding, killed them, drove fome into a Houfe, and there cut them ^^"^ 

 in pieces, and burnt thofe that were got upon the Roof. From hence going towards 

 the <Pocabuyes, who dwelt on the Weft fide of Maracabo, amongft high Mountains, 

 he was Entertained by them a confiderable time very courteoufly, and Prefented 

 with rich Gifts, for which at his departure he fhut up both Men, Women, and 

 Children, into a high Wall'd Park, where they were all to perifh, if they did not 

 every one pay a certain quantity of Gold to be released, which not being able to 

 raife, they all dy'd for want of Food. After the fame manner he dealt with the 

 neighboring People Alcoholados, of whom he got much Gold, but not without un- 

 heard of Cruelties 5 for he burnt all their Villages and Houfes, ruin'd the Coun- 

 trey with Fire and Sword from Tfomaleque to the River Lebrixa, carry'd away ma. 

 ny of the Natives coupled together with Chains about their Necks, and each of 

 them loaded with at lcaft a hundred pound weight of pillag d Goods ; and as foon 

 as any of them began to faint under their Burthens for want of refreshment, their 

 Heads were immediately cut off. But Alfinger coming to certain cold Mountains, 

 was refilled by a valiant People . in which Conflict he recciv'd a Wound, of which 

 he dy'd at his return to Qoro, Anno 1532. Upon which the Welfares fent John Aleman 

 to fucceed him ; but he alio dying, made place for George de Efpoira, and 7S(icbolas 

 Federman, of which two Efpoira being the chief, fpent three years in ranging up and 

 down the Countrey, without any remarkable Tranfaftions, being continually ac 

 variance with his Lieutenant Federman. 



The afore*mention'd City Venezuela, otherwife cali'd Caro, and by the Natives 

 Qorana, was, jinno 1 550. taken and burnt by the Englifh. 



Northward from the City, the Promontory St. Q(pman, in the Province of Tara* The Pnmn- 

 goana, runs into the Sea, oppofite to the Iflands Aruba and Quuracao. T***l**£i. t 



The Countrey faragoana is low and full of Venifon ; out of the middle of it rifes **'""""''' 

 a high Mountain, the Inhabitants whereof arc very hofpitable and courteous. 



The Lyons that breed in this Countrey run away from Men ; but on the con- 

 trary, the Tygers are exceeding cruel. 



From Coro there leads a Way up into the Countrey over the Mountain Xi^ae^a- 

 ra$, to the Province (Bariquicemeto. 



Between both thefe Provinces very fruitful Valleys, which produce Mai^ in 

 great abundance, are furrounded by wooddy Mountains, inhabited by Man-eaters, 

 cali'd Axaguas. 



Anno 1 551. Juande Vtllegas difcoveringthe Province Tucuyo, he found feveral rich 

 Gold-Mines near the Mountain fedro, out of which fprings the River <Burio. Near „ 



* u Stgvoia built 



this place he built the Town Segovia, which, by reafon of the unwholfom Air, was ^/** w d ' 

 foon after tranfplanted, and built on the Shore of the River !Bariquicimeto, fo cali'd, 



L 1 1 3 becaufe 



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