is* ^DeMeafcStDatmlemXetteta. 
tea certaine hinde of Cootie in the 3flande 
Vico, fituate anD hung ttoelue miles from 
Tcrcera, calico Tcixo , a mott ercellcnt ana 
p?tncelp toood,and tbetfo?o it is fojbiddcn to 
becut, but onto fo? the ftitiget otone bfe,o? 
fo? bio Officers, 'Cbetoeodtsasbardas!- 
con, and bath a colour toitbin, as if it lucre 
to?ougbt, like red Cbamlet, tottb the fame 
loafer, anD the olDcr it is anD tbe mo?e bfed, 
the fairer it is of colour, fo that it is tootle 
to be ettoemed.as intruetb it is. 
011 tbofe Blands are inbabifeD bp po?* 
tingalSjbut fincc tbe troubles in Portmgall, 
there bauc bene diuers£>panifl) foldiersfcnt 
tbetber, anD a §>pamlb Couerno?, tbat beep 
all tbe jf o?fs anD Cattles in tbeir poffcffions, 
although the po?tingales are put to no char* 
ges,no? pet barDlp bfed bp them, but arera- 
tber kept fl?o?t, fo that not one foloter Daretb 
goe out of the f otone, toitbouf licence: anD 
therefore men map qupetlte trauell tb?ougb* 
out the Bland, both Dap and night, loithout 
anp trouble. Ilibetoife thep toill not fuffer a* 
np ttranger to trauel f o f® the Countrp: anD 
tbiso?dertoas not brought bp bp the ^pa* 
wards,but bp the po?tingals tbemfelues,be* 
fo?e tbeir troub!es,(fo? thep tooulo neuer per# 
mit it):and tobich is mo?e, allttrangers that 
came tbetber toere bfuallp appointed a cer* 
fain ttreetjtoherin tbep fboulD fel tbeir toares 
anD might not goe out of that ttreet. #oto it 
isnotfo ttraightlie loobeo touts, but thep 
map goe in all places of the totone, $ toitbin 
the Bland,but not about if ,to bieto the coatt: 
lohich nottoitbttanding teas graunteD bnto 
bs,bp the d5ouerno? bimfelf, tobo lent bs bis 
hojfeSjto rpDc about,anD gaue bs leaue to fee 
ail the fo?tes, tobich at this time is not per* 
mitteDtothe naturall borne BllanDers, nep* 
tberare tbep fo much creDiteD. Wit roaD 
ttoice about the BIlanD, tobich he granted bs 
leaue to Doe, bpmeanes of certaine parti¬ 
cular frienDfhip toe had toitb him .• nep* 
ther could tbepo?ttngales hinder bs there* 
in, bccaufe toee toere in the Hinges feruice, 
as ifactojs fo? the binges pepper, and fo? 
that, thep held and accounted bs as natu* 
rail bo?ne po?tingalles: fo? the €>ouemo? 
toould totllinglie haue had mee, to haue 
d?atoneaplotof the tobolc BIlanD, that bee 
might haue fent iff o.the fting: toberein 3 u* 
cufed mp felt: pet 3 made him the tobm toitb 
the f^auen, comingin, and J?o?tes of An* 
gra, tobich be fent bnto the Mig, the like 
tohereof pou map in this IBooke bcholD: 
fo? the iohich the ©ouerno? toas greatlie 
affected bnto mee, and fbefoed mee much 
friendihippe. Witt had in our Stodging a 
JFrencb^arcbantand a Scot, that toilling* 
Thei.Booke 
lie toould haue gone toitb bs, fo (k the 3 s 
land, but could not be fuflered: fo? the po?* 
tingalles tbtnke that thep tooulo take the 
p?opo?tion thereof, andfo feche to defeate 
them of their right. 
315ut returning to our matter, the 311* 
andesare berie good, and bolefomcap?e, 
and the difeafes that are mott common in 
thofe Countries, though not berie plenti- 
ful,but onlp here $ there one,are one ficknes 
called O Ax,that is,a kind of bad ap?e $ tak* 
etb tbem,$ maketh them altogether lame^i? 
half lame of their Itmrnes, o? of fome one 
limme: and an other ficknes, that is called 
OSange,that is, a certaine blood,that ha- 
ttelie cometb bppon a man, as a fuelling in 
the epes , o? other places of the face, o?of 
thebodie, $ is as redas blood, fo?(asthep 
fap)it is nothing els but moere bl<Dd:tbefe are 
ttoo difeafes like the plague, and are com* 
monett ficknefles in thofe Countries,tobicb 
groin bp reafon of the great toindines of 
the3landes, that are fubiect to all tto?mes 
andfoule Incathers, and are bnreafonable 
moptt, tobich is one of thep?incipall can* 
fes of thefe difeafes : fo? the toindes are 
there fo ffrong and dangerous, that thep 
confume both the BIron and the Steele of 
their houfes, and b?ing them into potoder: 
fo? 3 haue feene 3ron grates in the Kings 
Cuttome houfe, as thicke as a mans arme, 
and tbctotndotoes of hard free ffone,tohtch 
toere fo confumed bp the toind,that the 3!* 
ron in fome places toas become asthpnne 
asattrato, and the ttone in like fo?t: and 
therefo?e in thofe Countries thep bfe to 
make, their Hooffes and painthoufes of 
ttones, tobich thep digge in the toater, out 
of fandes bppon the £>ea coatt of thofe 311- 
landes, tohereon the toind hath not fo great 
a potoer to confume if: and pet that CuO 
tome houfe had not bene made aboue 6 o? 7 
peaces befo?c,at the mott. 
3nthis31Iand befides thetluototones, 
tbere are diuers great btllages, as Id. Scba* 
flians,S,Barboran,Altares,Gualua, Villa 
noua, toitb mante otberpariihesand ham* 
lets: fo that fo? the mott part it is built and 
inhabited, fauingonelptheplaces that are 
totld and full of torods, tobich can hardlie bee 
trauclled, much lette inhabited. SDfjet'r mott 
traffiqueis (as 3 faidbefo?e) the tocod that 
grotoeth in thofe countries,! meaue fo? fuch 
as deale in marchandife, and the too?kemew 
thatmake it:but the rett tonight fo? the fleets 
that come and goe f 0 and from the ^pamflj 
anopo?tittgall 3«dies,from Brafilia,Cabo, 
Verde and Guinea: all tobich countries DOC 
commonlp come bnto Terccra to refreih 
them" 
