PREFACE. 



Gentlemen and others y who have 

 been there fwee me will be looKcl 

 upon by all good Men y as a fufficient 

 Authority to confirm the Truth of 

 what I have afferted concerning thofe 

 Matters } fincc none of them, neither 

 by their Writings y nor otherway^ have 

 contradi&ed me j but y on the contrary , 

 confirmed what I have faid in every 

 Article j which has been no fmall Sa- 

 tisfaction to me. And Mr. Davis 

 likewise ( who is the Author of the 

 forefaid Relation of the Late Expedi- 

 tion to the Gold Mines) defired me y 

 in a late Conference I had with him y 

 to acquaint the World y that if the 

 faid Relation had not been printed off 

 before I talk'd with him about it^ he 

 would himfelf have given a large Ac- 

 count of & 5 declaring ? That the 

 Pawawing of the Indians that foU 

 lowd Don Pedro in that Expedition., 

 was the principal Reason that indued 

 fome of the Englifli y who were more 

 §uperfiitious than others 5 to leave 



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