15*7 
n8 * %l)t Defcrtp tton of3lttcatam 
take in frefij luatef, anb to calke anb mens 
tljcl^tppcs* 
failing from ttjis h®ke ftrttc flue miles, 
to the firme lanb, pou come to the brake of 
Iucatan, luhich runneth intotbefealikea 
ijaife^flanb. TeHctanisill Indian fpeecl), 
| bnberftanb pou not, fo; fctjat bpon a time 
luben ccrtatne £>pamarDg put out of ttje^a# 
uen of^aint Anthony> to bifcoucrnclue 
countries, anb arriuebintbat3jflanb,thep 
mabc fignes bntottje people to knoluetbe 
nameoftbecountrp , lubercupponthe In¬ 
dians anttuereb them anb false , O T Cre¬ 
tan, Tcftecan, tbatis,2MctmberCanDpe 
not: anb fottjc^paniarbs corrupting ttje 
name T eftetan call that lanb Iucatan , pet 
the furtbeC point tbcrof in their fpeecb boas 
talleb Eccaropi. SCljtS pointof Iucatan Ip# 
etb bnser 21. begrkes, bnber the taaljicp 
name a great countrep is comp;ebenbcb, 
bp fontc calico Peinlula, ttjat ijs, a place aU 
molt compaffeb about luith boater, fo; that 
tlje further fctjtss poiut rcacijettj into the fea, 
tljc b;oaocr tt ts, being in the narrolueC 
part 80. 0; 90. &pamtb miles b;oab , fo; 
fa farre it is from Xicalanco. 
nerefb;e fctjefea Carbcs that place this 
lanb nearer o;fmaller, Doerremucb, fo; 
tljat it is in length from Call to SSieff ttura 
bunb;eb miles, being bifconereb bp Fran- 
cifco Hcrmandcz ofCordua, intbcpearcof 
our lto;b 1517. but not al of it,fo; that fai* 
ling from out of Cuba from ^aint Iacobs, 
to bifcoucr nclu countries, 0; (as fomefap) 
to fetch labourers tofrauell in his mines, 
he came about the Blflanb Guanaxos, (here* 
in calleb Caguanax i) to the cape dt Hon¬ 
duras, tuhere grab,honeC,ciuill, anb Cmple 
people bluclt, being fiftjermen, hauingno 
tueapons, no;bfeo to the toarres: anb p;o# 
cubing further, faplcb to an tmknolunc 
point of lanb, Inhere heefounb certainefalt 
pannes, tohereunto b£ gaue the name of 
Donne,that is, luomcn, fo; that there lucre 
ccrtatne (tone tolncrsilnith Caircs $ chap# 
pels couereb luitlj lucb anbCraU),luhcrem 
lucre placcb oiuerfe 3bols that Ojclueb like 
luomen, buhereat thc^paniarbcsmaruel# 
Ico, tofinbelfonehoufcs, luhich till then 
thep hab notfene,anb thattlje inhabitants 
lucre rich anb Inell apparclleb,luith fljirtea 
anb mantles of cotten luhite,anb coloureb, 
luith plumes of featljers,anb ieluels of p;e# 
nous Cones fette in golbe anb liluer: their 
tuomcn likeluife apparclcb from the mibble 
botomeluarbes, as alfo on the heab anb 
b;eaC, luhith^uingfeene, h«ftapebnot 
there, butlucntbnto an other popnt,lubtcb 
hes nameb Cotche , inhere tj« met luith 
certapneifilhermcn, iuholuitl; fears fieb 
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from hint into the counfrep aunfiuermg e; 
calling tmto him, Cotehe, Gotche, that is 
tofap, home, home, thinking h®afkeo 
them the luap into the lanb, luherebp this 
popnt hath holben the name of Cocehe, 
Sphere bpontpefca Coethep founbagreat 
tolune, tohictj fo; the greatncCTe thereof, 
thep calleb Aikair, after a tolune of the 
fame name, Iping in Egypt (pet 3 thinfee it 
not to be halfe fo great as thep afftrmc if to 
be) tohere bp the ^nhabitantes thep lucre 
frienblpreceincb, anb being entereb info 
the tolun,thep meruelleo to fes houfes luith 
high toluers,grablp churches, paueb Crests, 
anb greattrabeof marchanbtfc. 
fesluereofheluen anb caruebConesiuo;k# 
manlike mabe, anb builtluith chalke, but 
couereb luith Cratue anb leaues, the cljam# 
bersluithin them of tenne 0; tluelue Ceps 
high: thep lucre likeluife apparelleb, but 
not luith luollen cloth, becaufethep hab no 
Iheepe, but tuifb cotten luouenin niuerfe 
fo;tes, berp finelp coloureb: the luomen 
likeluife apparelleb from the mibble bolune 
to the fcot, coucringfhetrheabsanbb;eaCs 
in biuers fo;ts, berp carefullp reeking to co# 
tier their teete that thep might not befeenet 
going biligctlp to church, to luhich enb fuch 
as lucre rich f of autbo;iticbab their otum 
paueb Creet from their bo;es to the church, 
butluerc ^bolsters, % although ttjep offreb 
men bnto their ibolles, pet thep bib not 
cate mans flefh. SLhep tuere likeluife cir# 
cumcifeb, but it is not knoinne luhp thep b* 
feo it, bnleCc it lucre the biuell thatruleb 
oucr them luilleb them fo to Do:in their Dea* 
lings thep lucre bp;tght, anb kept their 
P’omifcs: thep traffrfeeo luithout monp,bp 
bartering, fpeciallp fo; cotten anb apparell ? 
0; golunes mabe therof,all luithontfleeues, 
luhich is the greateC riches thep b;ingbn# 
to their Ilo;bes, anb luhich thep carrp to 
Mexico,Capo di Honduras anb Cubaitijep 
haue likeluife manp H 5 ees, honp anb luare, 
butthepknclu nothoiuto bfe luare befo;e 
the^tmniarbes came thither: golbe anb 
filuer mines thep hab none,- although the 
Countrep luas arough)Cjarpe, anb Conic 
lanb, pet it is fruitleffe, ful ofMaiz 0; 2Cur* 
kithluheate, anbabounbantin fiOj: there 
bjasjn thofe Countriesbefo;ethe^>pani# 
arbes arriuall, at the leaC foure huno;eb ^ 
thoufanb ^nhabiters, thereof there are 
fcarce eight thoufanbleft, thep haue beene 
fo rfflteb out bp the ^paniarbs, fome flaine, 
fomcrolbefo;flaues, anb carrieb intoiuils 
bnljabiteb places, to fo; golbe, anb o< 
thers bp hibing ttjemfelues from 
fhecruellfepani# 
arbes, 
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