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is bfco bp the inhabitants ano ^paniaiDs, 
to pitch their fbippes. e people of the 3j f* 
lano are like thofe of Hi'paniola, onelp Dif# 
fering mfpecch: both men anDtoonien go 
nakco, ano keepe their bjiDalles in berte 
Grange manner: foj thatbe rt>h®h is mar? 
rieo licit) not the fir® night butl) .his rtsife, 
be if it he a&ojo, hebioocth aUthetlojb.es, 
ano one of them both it fo j t>im, ana tf it be 
a archant, then ^ arch ants fake the 
paines to heipe him, but ifitbea countrep# 
man, either one ofthe llojoes o j the p.rte® 
Doth cafe hmr ofalabour.SDhep leaue their 
toiucs foj berie fmal occafionsAutth'e too# 
men map not fojfakeflrttr hufbanosfoja# 
up eaufe tohatfoeuerXhemenare berp bn# 
chafte, anDtotckeDliuers: there are great 
tuojmes anD fnakes in the Bitlano, anD not 
benimous, buteafietobetaken, theflefh 
lnhsreof thep eate, ano are nencr hurt tijer# 
toith , inijich fnakes do line bp eating cer# 
faine beaftes, calico Guabmiqu mazes, 
tuhereof manp times there arefeaueno.: 
eight founo bjithin theirmatoesithep are 
in greatneffe like blares,in form hue tores, 
onelp that their feete are like Conics fete: 
the heaD like a 2 Mtcfell,a if ores taile, long 
Jaire like a 1i5abger,of colour fomtohatreD, 
theBeSh lauo jte anD holfome. JChis Bflanoe 
iuas beriepopulous, but notoetjath berie 
fern,onelp certain ^paniaros, the re® bee# 
ing almott cleans rooteD out, anD DcaD foj 
ipantofmeate, 
# Jamaica# 
R Bight again® Cuba Ipefh another 3 !f# 
lanDjbJhich ftil holoeth the name, it al# 
toates haD,ano is calico lanwica ano ofthe 
f&paniaros faintJacob, iiiiefh bettoeenc fe# 
uenteene ano eighfeenc Degrees, on this fioe 
the Cquinoctiall line,on the Ca® fioe it hath 
^aint Dominico , about fine anD ttoentie 
V? miles Di®ant, on the,OTctt fioe the Cape oj 
Comer of lucatana.Ott the north Cubam.alfo 
flue ano ttoentie miles Dittant ano fomc# 
inhat meje , ano on the £>outh another 
final Bflano, calico Lacerana, offineano 
ttoentie miles Di®ant as the re®, SLhis W 
lanoe toas DifcouereD bp Chriflophcrus 
C'iumbus , inh?s feconoenauigationinto 
fhofecountrepes,ano bias taken bp his fon 
Don Diego, gouerning the Bflano &>aint 
Dorn?nico,bp one lohan de Squibei, a cap# 
faine, 
SChebjeaoth of the Bflanoe furpaffeth 
the length, fo i it is from Caft to mt& a# 
bout fiftie miles, ano from north to fouth 
ttoentie miles,® is mo® inhabiteo bp £>pa# 
The 2 «Booke. 
niarDs, the inhabitants aSfo being burnt 
ano Defiropeo bp them,like thofc of Luciya. 
SE-fje miDDle of the Bfiano hath theloitgi# 
tube of 191 .Degrees,-an* latituDe ojheighf 
eightecne Degrees, ano is Dittant from the 
line feuenfeene Degrees, on the north floe# 
Bit hath a hill that raifeth it on al fiDes, in# 
luaro to the mioolc of the lano, ano fo pjo# 
portionablp anD euen,that it can battslp bee 
Defccrneo: itisberie fruitful! both ontljje 
fcafioe, anD bjithin the lano, ano intimes 
pa® berie populous,fuch as tocreberp tort* 
fie ano fubtile, moje tljcn other of the Bf- 
lauoersthereabouts, both tntoars ano nt 
fl;er labours, %\)m is iiketoife golo, ano 
berie fine cctfcn tocoll,ano at this pjefent it 
is ful ofhearts bjoughf thither kp the @?pa# 
niarDs, anD there hauc incrcafco. SDhs 
fiuines fiefn is better in that BteD,fhcn in 
anp other place, e cheefe torture in this 
BfianD iscalleD Hilpaiis of Sun !*,-», becanf^ 
oftl;e abbp luhich therein iserertcD,thefii® 
abbot being Peter Martii borne in Milan, 
an erccllent learnco mm , ano hee that 
iujote mo® concerning this l^pflojie,- 
Hi/paniola or Haiti. 
feconoe great Bfianoe accounfes a# 
mong the Anti Jj a^lnas bp the fir® inha# 
bitantscallCD Q^i q teia,ojQ(^i/quefia,anD 
afterthat Haiti , ano then Cpanga: Haiti 
isasmuchtofap,asroughne®e bj fijarp# 
neffe,anD Quuqueia great lano, Chiifto- 
pherus Columbus callea It Hiipaniola, anD 
nob) if is calleo ^>atnf Dooumco,after the 
cheefe SLortme in the fameBfiano:® luas 
DifcouereD m Anno 1495; on theca®fioe 
thereof Ipefh the BflanDof^ainf iphn,ano 
manp others,on fheOTc® Cuba ano Iama- 
ica on the north the BflanD ofthe Canibals, 
ano on the fouth the firme lano, bohich is 
the Cape of Vela bp Venezuela, OJ little 
Vemce.lEhecopaffe of this BUanD is 3 50, 
miles, Benzo faith 400, ifrenchmiles, 
iuhichis inamanner alone,ano if is b:oa# 
Derttjen long, foj in length it is from Ca® 
1 0 b)cff 1 yo.milcs, ano from north to fouth 
40.mites, the miDDle ofthe Bkano Ipefh in ^ 
fhelongrtuoe of 300. Degrees, inlatitnoe 
i 9: in it there are berie manp ano great ha# 
uens,as Hatibanico,Iuua,Ozom.i , Ney.ua 
-Nizao,Nigua,Hayua,anD laques rtshicljDO, 
al runne into the fea, SEhere arc others 
that arc fmaller, as Maconx,Cibao, 1 Co- 
tu j,t»herof M icor ixis berie ful offl®i,the 0# 
ther trtio aboutiotng in golD.jn this Iflano 
are tino berp ®range lakes, the one becaufe 
of the goiDnes ano pjofitablcnes tfjerof, the 
Cl 2 other 
