A True and ExaB Fhjiory 



Himfelf a man grave enough to be wifej but certainly of no f»;rcat lear- 

 ning 5 for upon the differences between Bernardo and us^Coiooel Mc- 

 cliford writ him a Letter in Latine^ which he did his beft endeavour to 

 anfwer^but fell the two bows (hort/ubftance and language , and though 

 his Quarrel were to us, yet he revenged himfelf on Prijcian^ whole 

 head he broke three or four times in his Letter. 



The firfttime wefaw him, was at his own houfe, by his own invi- 

 tation ; to which almoftinacceffible habitation, when we hadclimed 

 with infinite difficulty 5 and indeed fb painful and violent was our 

 motion ( our legs finding the motion of elevation, much more .vio- 

 lent then of diftcntion,) as we were almoft Icalded within , and the 

 torrid heat of the Sun, being then our Zai'nh., did fo fcald us without , 

 as we were in fitter condition to be fricafed for the Pi^^/rei- dinner, than 

 to eat any dinner our (elves. 



Being painfully and pipcing hot,arriv'd at this exalted manfion 5 we 

 found none to entertain us but Bernardo 5 whole countenance was 

 not fowell reconcil'd to himfelf, as to give us a hearty welcome. He 

 told us that the P^zJjT was gone forth about fome affairs ol the lOand, 

 but would return time enough to dinner- And U'hilfr vv e were ftay ing 

 there, expefting hi? coming, we thought good not to be idle, for 

 the ftrufture of that Fabrick, did not minifter to our eyes much of 

 delight 5 Onely that it had a fair profped to fca. So we walk'd 

 alonguponthat round hill, enquiring what we could of the place 5 

 and were inform'd that there had been formerly a very ftately Town, 

 beautified with fair buildings, and ftreets fo contrived, as to make 

 the beft ufe of fuch a profped 3 But burnt and demolifh'd by Sir Fran- 

 ces Dral{e^ in the time of the wars , between Queen Elizabeth^ and the 

 King ofspam^ which made us give more reverence to the place, for 

 that fome ofourCountreymen had there facrificed their lives for the 

 Honour of our Nation. 



Abbut the hour that our flomachs told us, it was full high time to 

 pay Nature her due, we lookt about us, and perceived at a good di- 

 ffance, a horfe coming towards us, with a man on his back, as hard : 

 as Hisheels could carry him 5 and withtn-a very little time , made a 

 fuddenffop at the radres houCe^ from vvhofe back ( being taken by : 

 two Negroes J was fetonthe ground a great fat man, with a gown on 

 his back, his face not fb black as to be counted aMoUotto^ yet I believe 

 full out as black as the Knight of the Sun ; his eyes blacker ifpofii- 

 ble, and fofar fimk into his head, as with a large pin you might 

 have jprick'd them out in the nape of his neck. Upon hU alighting we 

 perceived him very much difcompofedi^,-fbr the pace he rid, was 

 not his uiual manner of riding, as by -our -enquiry afterwards we 

 urjderftood^ and that he very feldom rid at all, but his bnfinefs having 

 held him over long, caus'd him to take horfe, who intended to come 

 a foot 5 and being mounted 3 (and ' he none of the b^ft Horfemen,) j 

 was made fubjed to the v/ill of his horfe;, which being a Barb, and 

 very fvvift of foot, coming towards the place where he was kept, ran 

 With fuch violence, as it was awondcr his burthen had ' iiot been caft 

 by the way , for the Horfe having a bit irt his mOuth, and the ftirrops 

 being extream fliort, as the manner of their riding there is, if he had 

 ever checkt him with the bridle, that hehad been put to bound, he 

 had undoubtedly lay'd him on the ground. But the rider that thought 



