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as firft the Orca, which though nothing near fo big as the Whale, yet is able to be 

 the death of it ; for being of the (hapc of a Shipturn'd upfidc-down, and having 

 {harp long Fins on its Back, it pricks the Belly of the Whale therewith till it kills. 

 The next is the Hackfall, which is very fat, and about twelve Inches long. 

 Then the Dog-Fifh, whichlifcing up its Head out of the Sea, Barks, and letting 

 forth its young ones, receives them into her Belly again, when they have fported a 

 while in the Sea. 



Laftly, another Monfter, of a moft frightful fhapc, mentioned by Olaus Magnus, 

 but not by any particular Name. 

 strangcFoun- j n divers parts of the Ifland are Fouritains of fcalding Water, which as foon as 

 taken from the Fountain begins to cool, and when cold, hatha fulphury Subftance 

 fwimming on the top. 



At the Weft end is a fmoaky Fountain, very cold, and turning all that is call 

 into it into Stone. 



At the place upon the Sea call'd Turlocks Haven, arc two Fduntains of different 

 quality, the one hot, the other cold, which by Pipes being brought together into 

 one place, make a Bath of an excellent temperature, and of a medicinal Vertue. 



Not far from Haven Halneford is a Cliff in a Rock of an unknown depth, and no 

 Water to be difcern'd by thofc that look down into it, but if a Stone be caft in, it 

 fliall make a noife for half an hour together, as if it were ftriking againft a Brazen 

 VelTel, and all this while the Water will be rifing till it comes up jo the brim, and 

 then will be fo long finking again as the Stone was falling. 

 fountains of There are alfo three Mountains in I/eland not to be left unmention'd, the Moun- 

 tain of the Croft, the Moutain Snenelftockel, and the Mountain Hecla - the two firft 

 arc chiefly considerable for their wonderful heighth, and for the dreadful noife of 

 Thunder which is heard on the top of them, when in the adjacent parts below, the 

 Air is calm and clear- the third lying in the North of the Ifland, and not very high, 

 is one of the moft prodigious Vulcans in the World, for the cafting forth of Flames, 

 black Afhes, and Pumice-Stones, infomuch that there is no poflibility of Habita- 

 tion within fix Miles of it round about ; and it is a receiv'd Opinion of the Inha- 

 bitants, that it is the place of Torment for the Souls of the Damned 5 from whence 

 there hath rifen fuch a company of ftrange Stories and Fables, that it would make 

 up a Volume of it felf to relate them. The occafion of the great Eruption of this 

 Mountain is not without much realon imputed to the inflammation of the Sul- 

 phur, of which there are feveral Mines or Pits in the Countrey, though none of 

 any fort of Metal. 

 Firft planting Waldemarus, King of Denmark and Norway, being confcquently Mafter of this 

 Ar/#2h«e. amongft the other T^or^egian Colonies, Planted the Cbrijiian Religion in this 

 . Ifland in the Year of Cbrifi 1398. and Ordain'd two Bifliops, one in Scbalholden, in 

 the Eaft part, another in Hollen, in the Weft 5 and after the Reformation was begun, 

 Chrijlianus, King of Denmark, took care to propagate the Reformed DoBrine there as 

 well as in other parts of his Dominions ; and to that end fent over aPniNTER 

 thither, that the S 1$ LE, together with the Works of Philip Melanftbon and Urba- 

 nus^egm, might be publifh'd in the Vulgar Tongue of the Countrey. But thefe 

 Proceedings were mainly oppos'd by the Bifliop of Scbalbolden, who animating the 

 People to Rebellion, they flew the King's Lieutenant : Wherenpon the next Year 

 Paul HolfeltjZ Knight of the Damp) Order, being fent over with an Army, over* 

 threw the Rebels, and taking offthe chief Heads of the Rebellion, committed the 

 Charge of the Government to another Nobleman of Denmark, whom he left upon 

 the Place. But one Tadde Sonde, a great Man of the Countrey, meditating a Revolt, 



drew 



