tit . ■ DftSeWns!samrofji>ofaia* 
Cuarna,tu!)ic!)l>it!; rccciucb Ijir name from 
a Cattle of tlje fame name, mhabtteb bp 
S^al;ometanes. %fyis riuer of Cuama bi# 
utbetb it felfe into feuen partes, bettbes the 
channel that floboetb bpioarbes, al inbabt# 
teb anb berp populous, anb floioetb out of 
ttic fame riucr from iobence Nylus boctb if* 
fue: fo the kingbome of Sofala Uctb betiueen 
tf)cfe tiOOrtUCrS MagriiceanD Cuama on 
ttjefea floe, pet berp fmall,bauing but fetwe 
tobmes 0? tillages, iobercoftbcp?incipall 
little. is Sofala , Iping in an Blflanb of ttjc 
fameriuer, giuingtljenametotlje lutjole 
rountrpinbabitcDbp Spahomctanes, ti;eir 
i&ing being of that feet, but fubtect to the 
lung of pojtingale, onelp becaufe 
boil not bebnber tbcobebienceofMonomo, 
tapa. 
3[n the mouth of this riucr Cuama, tlje 
po?tingalcs Ijaue afo?t, inhere there is 
much fraffifec fo? goibe, iucnc anb amber, 
iob^f) is founb bp tlje fiaues bpon the coatt, 
bartering tlje famcfojltnncn mabe of cot* 
ten, anb fo?6Ikc, b?cugbt frcrnCambaia. 
%\)t people as nofoe inhabiting therein, 
ioere not bo.:ne in that countrp, but before 
t’oepo^tingaicsbifcouerebtljelanb, tbep 
tame out of Arabia Felix , toitt) fmall 
barites to tra^itre tljcre : anb being once 
b:oug!jt in .fubicction bp tlje^Bo^ingales, 
boe notoe tn|jabtfe anb bteell tl;ere, being 
neither Suites no: heathens. 
Bnfbcinioaro parte of the countrep be# 
thjixn tbofe ttoo riuers beginnetb the king* 
Dome of Monomotapa, iobercin are manie 
goibe mines, b3ljicl;is carrieb into all dje 
places roimb about, as bucll to Sofala, as 
throughout A Africa, feme being of cpini* 
on, djat out oftbis countrp Solomon cam 
feb goibe anb iuo:ic to be brought into Je* 
rufalem, iobicb famed) notbnhkclp, fo? 
tljat in tl)iS ^illgbomc Of Monomotapa, 
bo ere founb manp olbc anb p?inrclp fcuilb# 
tngs, berp coUlp, both fo? timber, ttonc, 
djalke, anbfnfflb, iobicb in tlje countries 
about it are not founb. %\)c gouernement 
cfMonomotapa is berp great, anb read)# 
til) oner manp toarrelike people, alll^ea? 
fpens anb pagans, blaclic, of a mibble tta* 
f urc,anb berp finift: intljeiotpdj gouern* 
incnt are manp kings ttjat arc fubiect to tlje 
fame, anb boe often rebell: tbeir iocapons 
are bartes anb light targets. Crnpe* 
rcurijolbetf) manp armies in fcuerallp?o* 
uinres, biuibeb into legions, after tlje ma# 
ner of tlje Romanes, tbcrcbp to befenb bps 
great countrep, anb to mainfaine tjis e# 
ffatc jamongtt l)is men of luarre tlje legi# 
on of ioomen is tlje belt, iobicb arc greatlp 
etteemeb of bp ttjelUmg, ioijercm confitt# 
The 2.Booke. 
etljliisgreafcftpotDer. SOjefe boomenbo 
burne tljep? b:caffes, becaufe fljep fljoulbe 
not Ijinber them in ^rating, like tlje A- 
iB'azons', iobereof tlje auncient l£ttto?to* 
grapbers make mention : tbefe ioomen 
are berp fboift, expert , anb cunning in 
(boating out of tljetr boioes . Bn tbep? 
flight tbcp bfea certapne fubtiltie, iobicb 
is, that faming to runne aboap anb lies 
from tbeir ennemies, as being fadereo, 
bpon tbe fobapnerefurne agapne, anb bo 
tbeir ennemp great mifebiefe, efpedallp 
floben tbcp fbinke to baue gotten tbe bicto# 
rp, anb bp that fubtiltie are ouertb?otone. 
SCbefe ioomen baue places appointeb fbem 
to oboell in bp tjjemfelues, anb at certapne 
times Ijaue djecompanp ofmen, that tbcp 
ijiap bauecbilb?en, iobiebiftbepbebopes, 
tbcp fenb bnto tbeir fathers, if Daughters, 
tbcp Ireepe them. 
KfyZ countrep Of Monomotapa is in ma* 
ncrofau3jflanb, fo?mcb in that o?ber bp 
tbefea, tberiuerofMagnice, anb apart® 
of tbe lake from tobonce tbe riucr fp?tng^ 
etb, together ioitb the riucr Cuama, bo?bu/ 
ring on tbcfoutb bpppn the 3 lo?bcs of the 
cape de Buona Spcranza, anb on the no?t$ 
bpon the kingbome ofMohemugi. 
Sapling along the coafi bp tberiuerof 
Cuama, poucometoa fmall kingbomefc 
ingbppon the fea ftoecaileo Augofcia, ta# 
king the name frem cerfame^flanbes that 
bearetbe fame name, Iping right againU 
it, inbabiteobp 5 pabometanes anb i^ea# 
tbens, iobicb <n fmall Ibippes bee trafTike, 
anbbealeinfucb toares as tbofeof Sofala 
bfe. anbfapling further, poubifeouer tb? 
kingbome of Mofambique, Iping bnber 
fouretecne Degrees anb abalfc, U'bereof 3 f 
bauefufficientfpokenberetofo?e, as alfoof 
the Blflanb Iping bebinbeit calleb Quiloa, 
anb the greatBflanb of S,Laurent , e,making 
the cijanell, iobicb in the entrance toioarss 
the ioeft is tb?ee bunb?eb anb fo?tp Italian 
miles b?oab, anb in the mibble toiuarbes 
Mofambique, inbereitis narrotueft abun* 
b?eb anb feauentic miles, keeping that 
b?eabtb all along the coaffs toioarbs India, 
containingmaupBiflanbes. SCbetbippes 
that faile from Spame into India, anb from 
India into Spaine, do commonlpkeepe tbeir 
courfe though this cbanneU , bnlcffe tbcp 
beotberioiCecompelleb bptbeiombe: anb 
furelp this Bflanb befeructb to baue better 
people than itbatlj inhabiting therein, be# 
caufc of djeSituation, bauingmanp g<nb 
anb fafe bauens,togitber ioitbfap?e riuers, : 
t ftoeetfrelbtoaters, iobicb caufetbelaub 
to b?mgfo?fb biuers kinbs of fruits anb fpi# 
«es,as beans,peafe, rice anb co?n,o?anges, 
lemons, 
