of the I [land of Barbadoes* 



good part of them bearing excellent iruit ^ But then/ there are of a 

 kffer fort , that bear the . rareft fruit 5 vvhofe bodies cannot be aci- 

 compted wood, as the TliWiim^Vwe^Bonano^M2lon^ maUr Mdlon^^c:. 

 and fome few grapes, butthofe inconfiderablejby reafon they can never 

 make wine becaufe they have no winter^ and fo by that means, they 

 can never ripe together, but one is green, another ripe, another rotten, 

 which reafon will ever holdjthat no wine can be made on Iflands, where 

 there is no wintenor within twenty degrees of the line on either lidc. 

 I have heard that wine is made in the Eaji I/^dies^ within lefs than, fif- 

 teen Degrees 5 but 'tis of the Palm-tree 5 out of whole body , they 

 draw both wine and oyle 5 ..Which wine .will not keep above a day, 

 but no wine of grapes, for thercafonsaforefaid. Other kinds of trees, 

 we found good to fmell to, as Mirtkj Jefaman^ Tamarisk^ , with a tree 

 fomewhat of that bignefi, bearing a very beautiful flower. Thefirft 

 half next the ftalkjof a deep yellow or gold colour;the other half,being 

 the larger, of a rich Scarlet : fhap'd likea Carnatioa, and when the 

 flowers fall off, th°re grows a Cod, with foven or eight feeds in it, di- 

 vers of which , wecarried to the and planted there ; and 

 they grew and mulriplyed abundantly, and they call them there, the 

 St. J ago flower, which is a beautiful, but no fweet flower. 



From thefe woods of pleafant trees, we faw flying divers birds, fibme 

 one way, fome another, ofthefairefl, and mofl beautiful colours, that 

 can be imagined in Naturerothers whole colours and fliapes come fhort 

 ofthefc,didfo excel in fweetnefs, and loudnefs of voyce,as ourNight- 

 ingals \x\ England^ are fhort of them, in either of thofe two properties 5 

 but in variety of tunes, our birds are beyond them, for in that they 

 are defedive. 



In this valley of pleafure, adorn'd as you have heard , we march'd 

 with our Guard j fair and foitly, near a quarter of a mile 5 before we 

 came to the much praifod fountain , from whence we fetcht our 

 water. The circle whereof, was about 60 foot, the Diameter about 

 20 from the ground to the top of the Well, (which wasoffiree-ftone,) 

 threee foot and a half 5 from thence within, down to the furface of the 

 water, about fifteen foot, Thefpringit felf,not fo much to be prai^ 

 fed for the excellency of the tafte, though clear enough, as for the 

 Nymphs that repair thither. Forwhirfl we flayed there feeing the Say- 

 lers fill their Casks ^ and wit hall contemplating the glory of the 

 place : there appeared to our view, many pretty young Ne^r^? Virgins, 

 playing about the Well. But amongfl thofe ^ two, that came down 

 with either of them a natural Pitched, aCalibafti upon their arm , to 

 fetch water from this fountain. Creatures, offuch fhapes, as would 

 have puzzel'd Albert D«rer ,the great Mafter of Proportion, but to have 

 imitated 5 and Tition^ or Andna de Sarta^ for fof tnefs of mufcles, and 

 curioiity of Colouring, though with a fludied diligence , and a love 

 both to the party and the work. To cxprefs all the perfeftions of Na- 

 ture, and Pans, thefe Virgins were owners of^ would ask a more skil- 

 ful pen, or pencil than mine ^ Sure lam, though all were excellent , 

 their motions were the highefl, and that is a beauty no Painter can 

 exprcfs , and therefore my pen may well be filent 5 yet a word or 

 two, would not be amifs, to exprefs the difference betvven thefe, 

 andthofoof high Africa 3 as of Morocco , Guinny ^ Binny , Cntchorv^ 

 Angola^ AEthiopia^sind MauritAnia^ orthofe that dvvelnear the River 



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