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no ic&e&dctfptfon of^dia. 
thus ? if an? wan be ffcke,in to of letting 
blouo,their p^telfs Oo fucktbe place tobere 
ttjeir paine Ipctb, Until fyz blouo Dotlj tflue 
fo?tb* 
Cbetoomentn Flo ridasre great anobe* 
rie totfe,ait0 coloureo like men,anti pinkeo 
on tbeir babies,icggcs,ano armes,puttmg 
fuel) colour into the places,that toiil not ea# 
61? come fsjtt): but the toomcn kino toben 
the? tome firU into tbctoo^lo, are net fo 
biackc,butUertc Ionite: tbeblackepelloto* 
iflj colour tsmaoe Upon them bp a certatne 
opntment, as tlje 2£artartans ano other 
heathens Ufeto oo, tobteb opntment the? 
Ufeto make of a certatne ceremontall ople 
bp them Ufeo. Xtjar colour liketoife chan* 
gefbbecaufefcbepgo nakeo, anofoittjtbc 
burning beate of tbe flume* toomen 
liketoife are Uerte quteke ano fubtile, like 
the toomen of Egypt, ano canftoimouer 
great rtucrs,bolOmg tbeir cbtlo jen fall On# 
Her one of tbeir armes, anbtotll Uketotfe 
tltmbe Uppe tbebtgbcft to that are in all 
tbofeccuntries* 
%bz tbtefepjoutnces in Florida , tobicb 
tbe ^paniaros, both in tbe beginning,ano 
Cnee at other times baue founoe out, are 
tbefe : firft Panuca, Iping on tbe bojores of 
Mem Spaigna, OifcouercO bp Franco de 
Grav tn An.i 518 .totjo left man? fpaniaros 
bebmo bim,being flame, eaten ano Deuou? 
reo bp tbe toils people,tobofefkinnes being 
fc 2 peo,tbep b«ngfo; amemojie ano eucrla# 
fling triumpb in their Blcols temples* 
people are Uerie Uncbafte, ano beloe 
open ftetoes,tobere bp ntgbt the? meete ano 
lie togetljerXbe? bo?e boles in tbeir nofes, 
ano alfo in tbeir earcs,to bang rings at the: 
fpe? ferape their teeth to make them cleane, 
ano marrte not before the? be foetic pearcs 
of agc,alfbougb tbeir oaugbters areoefloto* 
reo at the age 02 ten ofttoeluepeeres Xhere 
are in Flcrida other pjouinces,as Anauares, 
Albardaofia,Iaguafi3 5 Apalachia,Autia,Sa- 
iwouia.ano oiuers others, al obfetuing one 
innoe of religion $ cuftomes, tobollp toitb* 
®ut an? feare of ©oO,poUicte,manlinclTe,oj 
reafon.SDbebeft ano frnitfulleftpart of Flo¬ 
rida boeoeretb on Nona Spaigna , to the rk 
ner ano p?cmnce ofPanuca, tobicb riucr 
runneth toitb fo great a ttreame into the 
lea, that if isaOertcgooobauenfo^fljips* 
Hctc followeth the defeription ofthc coaft 
©FF/w^forafmuchas is contained in 
the Garde hereunto annexed. 
T^elengtb oftbe furtbeff po?nt of Terra 
A diLaborador, Unto the Cape of &ainf 
E'cnajptng in Florida, is before oeclareo* 
The 2. Book c» 
notoe (ball folloto tbattobtcb if* toer feffe 
ootone in the Caroe,beginning from ^aint 
Elena.tobicb Ipetb Unoer 3 2.oegroo jSCbifl 
is aUerie faire ano bioaoe riucr, furpafltngx 
al others tobatfoeucr in the nojtb coalfcs: 
toberefo;e b? the JFrcncbmcn it is calico 
Porto Real,o?ktngl? bauen, bauing fount* 
if to be tenne feaOom toater: about this rk 
ner there are man? tocoos ofjDakes ano 
Ceoer trees, toberein are man? tracts ano 
other totloe beaftes, ano peacocks. %\)Z 
mouth of the riucristb:kmilcs b^oaOc, 
ano bath ttoo Capes crakes oflano, one 
ftretebing Meft, the other iptoatb • Uppou 
this riucr fbeifrenebmen baue built a fo?£, 
calleo Charles fo’t; feme fa? this riuer rim* 
netb Unto the riuer Iordan, ano fo into tlje 
other fea. Mtokne both tbefe bakes of 
lanOe,in the mouth oftheM iuer, there Ucib 
a fapje SjflanO full of trees: from £>sinf E« 
lenato K10 Secco, is fokic^panilb miles, 
tobereof feuenfkne ano abalfemakeaoc* 
grk,auo this Miuer Itetl; Unoer 31 .oegrees; 
from Rio Secco to Santa Croce, aitO front 
thence to the point of Cannauera), tobicb l?<r 
etb Unoer 20, oegrees, are fo?fp miles.l^ere 
3 muft paufe a tobile, s folloto the if reneb* 
mens rule,becaufe this counfre? teas like* 
toife oiftouereo ano alfo oefcribeo b? them, 
£>0 then the if renebmen recces from &mnt 
Elena, faplmg feutbtoaro along the eoaS 
foureifreneb miles,tobere ?ou come fo tbs 
Miuer Magnus,oj Grandis that is the great 
MiuentbenGuade 0? as it is in curCaroe 
Guate,anO further Beilum o? Beilus, from 
thence to Girondaiben to Garumna,anO fo 
to Charcnta,from Chaienta.fo Ligeiinr, oj 
the Loire, fire miles, from Loire fo Axona 
in the mouth tobereef l.?etb an iflano, tn. 
OUr CarOecallcO Rio di S.Pero,from Axo¬ 
na fo Sequana 0? Seine, bocaufr it toas like 
the riuer that runneth fb^sb Paris Ur«f® 
Roan lietb fire miles, ano alS fbefenine rk 
ucrslietottbinfbe fpare of flrtie if rend) 
miles,leaning the ^»eine,ano failing (cuit> 
toaro b? the lbo?e,?ou pafte ccrtaine fmall 
Mtncrs,as Ay $ Serrauahi, then ?ou come 
to the great Miuer Maius (fo carets bp tbs 
ifrencbmen)tbat is the Miner of $pap, bc^ 
caufeittoas founob?one LandomeroUp^ 
on tbefirftoa? of^a?,a no is oiflant from 
Sequana 02 Seme 14. miles : thereabout 
greto certatne rcooe ano tobife mulberis 
trks,Uppon the high?® branches fcijeresf, 
bung great numbers of hike toojmesfrcm 
this riucr ?cu come f 0 a gulfc that reached) 
fometobat into art) into the lano,beetng tbe 
place tobere Landonenus fltft arriueo, 
toben bee fa?leo cut of France into tbefe 
countrepes, ano there bee fato in the mouth 
of 
