ioz mm 3WttB cataomto m mum* 
brides, ano collars for bogs,at the forte of 
the ftafflap al forts of bones,both of fifties 
ano beaftsianO among the reft,the iabocs 
of a Pnitis, (bohichincurcountrcp is cal* 
let) a fbooro Sth) iuitljout teeth, tohich t|?c 
mafter tcoke abuap, $ brought it bnto me: 
our menaffiingbohat £ might fignifie,thcp 
faio, ttjcrc lap a oeao carcas:ano being in 
another tillage as thep paffeo fortoaroe, 
thep fabae at ti)e leaft tboentie men fitting 
at tlie o©rc of one of their houfes, loliereof 
ftime feenieo to bee of the principal com# 
manoers,ano botthm that houfe there boas 
anopfeoffmgmg,bothbp great ano final, 
ttjat it maoe them mufejbohereuponthcp 
aftteo butiat tt meant, thep faioetl;crc boas 
one ocao.&h? boernen bang in trauel,are 
not anp ttjing alhameo, but euerp one, 
both pong ano olo,mcn anD boomcn, run 
bnto her,the oeore ftanoing buioe opembut 
one thing istobeboonocreo at, t^jat ttje 
chorea are al arcumcifco , ano pet thep 
tjaus neither lain,oroer,nor knotoleoge of 
<&ato&\jz countrcp is fruitful,ano ful of al 
ftrangefruite&ano abounoing in albinos 
of beafts,ano btros of oiuers formes,both 
great ano final, SStjcre are feme trees, 
inhere bpon one branch there hang at the 
leaffii®o, biroesneffs, altogether moft 
pleafantto befiolo.^hep hang bp certaine 
ftrafocsniaoe faft Onto the bonghes, be# 
caufefnaUes fijoulonotcnepe in ano fuck 
then* egges: manp of tljofc nefts buere 
brought Onto me.2This ft)all fufftce for the 
bifcrtption of the coaft of t ; uinea, after the 
bohich follotoeth the mightie kingoome of 
Congo. 
IDhe ancientboriters hel&? opinion that 
U;is lanoe boas not mhabiteo, calling it 
Tor ndam Zonani , that tS, a place in the 
earth, that through the heate of the ftmne 
is burnt bp, but thep buere altogether oe# 
tciueo,for as OdoardusXopez, apor* 
tingale boitneffeth, hauing boith manp 
other ^ortingales long time inhabiteo 
therein.SEhere is gcoo Oboclling, ano the 
airc,c3trane to al mens iuogements,berp 
temperate, ano thatinbointerthcre is no 
ertreamecolo, butonelp fueh boeather as 
it is in harueff time at Rome^&ep tile no 
linings nor t^irte banocs, nor change of 
elothesmeither care thep for the fire, it is 
likeboife no toloer on the tops of the hilles, 
then in the ballies,but generallp it is In ar# 
mer bnith them in the bointer then in the 
. fummer, onelpbecaufe of the continual 
raines, fpeciallp aboutthe miooic of the 
Oap,tboo Sjoures before, ano as much after 
oinner,bohif h heat is berp euiU for our me 
to cnoure. gLfje people of the countrie are 
The 2 books. 
black,but part ofttjc beemen fcmtihaf pel# 
loboitheir haireforthemeft part is blacks 
ano curlco, ano feme haue reo hairc ? tljc? 
are of a mean ftature,therm not much bn# 
like the ^ortingalcs, the baftes ofthep? 
epes being of oiuers colours, blackc, ano 
fea colour: their lips not fo thick? as thofe 
ofNubia,f other Scores: their faces ofal 
proportions,fat leane, ano moifFcrent, be# 
tlneene both,likc the $ortingales,ano not 
like other Stores ofGum ea, that are foule 
anooeformeo, length oftheoap ano 
night is in a maner al one, for that it Dif# 
fercth not one quarter of an houre (to anie 
mans iuogenient) throughout the inhale 
peare; their bointer fceginneth in our lent, 
about the miooic of 9$ arch,ano ttjch* fum# 
mer in the mioole of September •• in bom# 
ter it raigneth there continuallp, for the 
fpaceoffiue moncths,that is,#prtll,£[9ap, 
3junc,3ulp,$ #uguft,inbohich time there 
are but feto faire Daies,ano there the raiue 
fiftieth in fuch greatorops, that it ts boon# 
Oerful, bohich boater is al Dronke bp into 
the earth boith the orieneffe of theiano^ 
in fummer time , bobbin it rametfj 
ftarce once in fire monethsiboith the raiue 
likebutfe the riuer is ftllco boith thick muo# 
Oieboater,fo that it fioboeth ouer the banks 
anomopftncttjthegrouno, boinocs 
that in fummer ooo continuallp blobu in 
thofe countries,are (as Hippocrates, anb 
after him Iuims the firft emperor of Rome, 
naming them boith a greek name) Etefios, 
#orthboeft, bp the portingalcs calleo 
Vcnto Mjeftro,or general boinO,as being 
oroinarie at that time of the peare in all 
thofe countries,bohieh arelikebotfeeaufcs 
of the raines,bp oriuing bp ofmiftes ano 
bapors, bppon the tops of the hile? beljich 
being there,ano refoluing into boater,ooo 
fil the earth botth rainc,anO tljofe contmu# 
al raines, are lifeetoifc caufes of the grobu# 
tug ano increafing ofttjc great riuers that 
are in Egypt ano Ethiopia, as Niger ano 
Nyius.ano altfjc rtuers thereabouts(fomg 
running into the Speoiterranean,others 
intop great ^)cean feas,)bp icafon of their 
flime f fattinesiano becaufe incur fumer, 
(bohicj) is theirbointer)forthemoftparti£ 
raincth throughout the eountrpes of Con¬ 
go ano £ th 10 p i a , it is not to be boonoereo 
at if the riuers be greater,ano oo oucrflobi 
more then thep are,in the furoer ano berp 
Orie countries, for in Egypt (notaccotm# 
ting Alexandria boith tijc places boroe* 
ring on the fame) boh?t? it neuer raineth, 
it is tjolDen for a berie ftrange 9 boonoer* 
ful thing,hobu the riucr Niius ^oulO grebu 
fo htfih;l ful of thicke muooig boater, ano 
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