final!, anD tofll not long continue, to that it 
Is bfeDin tfie Countrep bp the common peo* 
pie: butfuchas arcoftocalth, fo? the mott 
part Djtnhe femes Of Madera anO Canaria. 
31 abounDeth in flelfrfiflM all other neceffa- 
iriesanD meats fo; mans boDp, toberetotth in 
time of nfrDe thep might helpe themfeiues. 
£DpIe there is none, but it commcfb out of 
Portingall. 0 lfc ^alt,pottcs, pamtes,anD 
allkinoe of earthen beffelles, Chalkc, anD 
fuch lifee are brought thethcr out of other pla* 
ces, fo? there thep are not to beefounDc: fo? 
fruttes thep bane (beftbes peaches of Diners 
Ikinbes, anD info great abunDancethat it is 
Strange) Cherries, piummes, Walnuttcs, 
i£afle nuttes, Chefnuttes,but thofe not be* 
jp gcoh: of apples, peaces, £)?anges anD 
llemons,txnth all fuch Ithe fruites there are 
fufficient. 4 Dfallfo?fs ofl^earbs anD plants, 
as Colctoojts, KaDiihes, anD fuch Uke thep 
tjaue at their certapne times of the peace. 
SThephaue liketoife in that 3 !flano a ccrtaine 
fruite that grotoeth bnber the eartb,Kke Ka* 
iiilhes o? other r®ts,but the leaues o? plants 
arc trees Ithe Hines, but Different in leaues, 
anD grotoeth longtoife bpon the grounoe: it 
beareth a fruite calleD Batatas, that is Deep 
®ooD,anD is To great that it toeigbeth a pounD, 
fomemo?e, feme leffe, but little efteemeb: 
anD pet it is a great futtenance anD fcoDc fo? 
f be common fo?t of people. ' g t is of grab ac¬ 
count in Portingall, fo? thether thep bfe to 
tiding it fo? a piefent, anD thofe of the llanDe 
fop reafon oftbegrentabunbance Doe little v 
Itfrmc it. Sphere is alfo another hinbe of 
ftuffe that is fotocb Kite come,anD is a frtiite: 
it grotoeth bppon the rote of the grafTe o? 
leaues, anD is rounD anD as bigge as a great 
peafe, but not fo rounDe: in eating if faffieth 
liheCarDnuttes, but harDer to bite: it is 
liketoife a gob meate anD much efrfrmeD in 
other places, but bp reafon of the great quan^ 
title thereof, if is mott bfeb to fatten their 
Rogges, anD is calleDlunfla. Sphere is alfo 
In the 3 Hanb a certaine plant, tohich is founb 
In all places therof in the open fielDstt groto* 
cth as high as a man, atto beareth no fruite, 
onelp the rote thereof is a fubftance, of the 
thfckneffe of a mans ttoo fiftes, anD in 0 ^etu 
as ifit Sucre natural golben hair,anb inhanb- 
ling kkefoft filke,tobich is bfeb there to If uffe 
anD nil their beDDes in tee of tool! anD fea* 
thers: anD 3 Docerfamlpbelfrue, if anp man 
afbnberftanbing tooulae taheitin hanb, it 
tooulb toell be Suouen. Cbe p?incipallctt trafr 
frque of this 3 |lanb is their tooab,fucb as toee 
bfe fo? Dping (tobereef much is mabe in that 
giaHD,anD is fefcheb from thence bp Cngltft}* 
men, tefres, anD jfreneb men, in barter 
% doathes anb other toares, toho tontinq* 
The i.Bookco 
allpfraffiquemto that Bllanb•* anD although 
bp reafon of the toarres, the Cnglidjmcn are 
fojbiDDen iotraffiquetbetber, petbnDer the 
names of S>cots anD jfrench men, thep haue 
continualltraDctherc. SChe Bllanb hath not 
anp bailor beaftes o?fotolcs, but berp fetoe, 
fauing onelp Canaric birbes, tohich are there 
bp tboufanos. Sober manp btrbers take them, 
anb thereof make a Daplp lining, bp carping 
them info Diners places if hath alfo toonber* 
fullmanp^uatles, tohich thep call Codorr 
nifen: of tame fotoles, as l^cnnes, % ( 0 pm 
np hens are there liketoife great fto?e. put* 
ting is there little bfeb, but onlp fo? Cunnics, 
tohich are berp great: flares, l£arts, 13 ar* 
triDges,Henifon,anbfucb like are not there 
to be founb, becaufe of the little refpeet o? care 
the inhabitantes haue to b?frbe anp fuch 
thinges. jfilh is berp plenttfull, anb of Diuers 
kinbes, anb berp gob: in Summer there is 
great ffo?e taken, fo? in Winter thep can 
harblpb?oke the Teas. 'Che cbtefe monthes 
of tointer toeafher fo? raine anb fto?mes are, 
ganuarie, jfeb?uarie, Search anD 8 p;ill, anD 
alfo the month of September is commonlp 
berp fto?mte: all the other monthes it is com* 
monlpgooDtoeather. 2 Dbe Countrep is be- 
riehiliie, anD in fome places toaoDDp, full of 
bufhes anD trees: it fs haro to fraud, becaufe 
their toaies fo? the mott parte are ftonp, fa 
that fo? a mtlejO? a mile anD a halfe together, 
men can fee no grounD.but onlp ftones,tohich 
fozfharpeneffeanD faibionfijeto like poititeD 
Diamantes, toherebp one can harDlp treaD 
bpon itdeaft it (honlh cut th?ough both ftpes 
anD feet: anD pet it is all planteD toifh Hines, 
fo full anD thick that in fummer time pou can 
harDlp fee th?ough it,fo? that the r©tes there¬ 
of Doc^groto bettoeene the ftoncs: fethat a 
man tooulD think it impofTtble that anp thing 
ftjoulD groto therein: anD tohich is mo?e, in 
fome places it femethtmpoffiblefo? a man 
fo treaD bpon it, being fotoilDe anD Defect as 
it thetocth, anD nothing but barDe ffones anD 
rockes. Dn gcoD grounD their Hines toillnot 
groto,but onelp in the toilo i ft ohp places : f 
fo? that caufe thep are much efteemeb. SShe 
goob grounbes anb plaine fielbes, tohich in 
fomcplaccs are berte manp,fpectallp bp villa 
da Pray a are fotocb toifh co?ne anb tooaD, f 
thep haue fo much co?ne that thep nfrbe not 
b?ing anp from other places: although that 
befibes their inhabitants * natural bo?ne gf* 
lanbers. 2 Cbcp haue continually toith them 
1 4 . companies of ^paniarbs, tohich are all 
feb anb nourtfbeb bp the co?uc that grotoeth 
in the countrep, bnlcfte there chance to come 
aharb$ bnfruitfuU peare, as oftentimes if 
Doth, fo? then thep are fojeeb to hclpc them* 
fdRes toith fo^raine eo?ne, anb that fpeciallp 
