a jo ^geatfm'pti'on 
being the tljiiis Colonic of the £>pamaroes, 
stot farrc from thence runneth the riuer V i - 
lu a, amj the lake in tljc mioolctfrom tofjcnco 
lie cerfaine tjara grounoes like BjlanDes co* 
urreo oaer \mtfy inceoesjiuhich as the ioinb 
t)lofucfh,ftcet from place to place, 
Bfrom Puerto de Caualias to Puerto del 
triumpho dela Crus are t^irtie miles be* 
ttO®ne,tl)Ctol)ic^ licttjnertto Guamareta, 
^>aint Iacob,anO Truxillo ♦ jfrom Puerto 
deltriumphode!aCrus to Capo de Hon¬ 
duras are 30. miles,ana from thence to Ca¬ 
bo del Camaron 20. miles, from thence to 
Cabo de Gatiasadios Ipingbnoer 14. De* 
grces,are accotmfeo 7o.miles: this is like* 
Smfe a iapanidj colonie 0: totone builoeo bp 
them,ana betineenetijem on the fame coait 
iietb Carthago,alfo a £>panift) tobme from 
Graciasadios areycunilestodel Aguade- 
ra,i3olf!cl)fpjingetl)outof tl>e lake 03 fea of 
Nicaragua, anoisheere calico Aguadaco: 
nolu againcfo: afimetncinill leaucfpeak* 
ing of ttje coaft,to oeclare the ^Quince ano 
Counti'ie of Nicaragua<. 
Nicaragua, 
D eparting fromFondura , ano pairing 
tSjebojDers ofChiulutecca, poucome 
to the pjoaince Nicaragua,ftrctchtng 
toiuaroes the fouth fea, inijich is not bene 
great, but rich,frmtfull ano pleafant, but of 
fo bnrcafoii able a locate, that in Sommer 
time the heate cannot be inoureo in ttjc Dap 
time,but onlp in the night, itrainett) there 
fojtbefpace of 6 , tnholc monies together 
beginning in 9 £>aic. other fcre mo? 
neths are erceeotng one: the Dap ano night 
being all ofa length, honnp, toare, cotton, 
Snart, ano balfam grofoe there tn great a? 
bounoaunce, ano manp kinoes offruttes, 
Suhich are not founo in other p:ouinces,net* 
therpctinHifpaniob, ho: anpother place: 
ano among the reft a kino of apple,in fo:me 
much libre a peare,tuithtn it there ts a rouno 
nut, almoft tluice as bigge againe as one of 
our common nuttes, berp flueefe ano plea* 
fanf ortaftc, the tree is great, tuith fmall 
Icaucs. ^here are felu bine, but manp 
ljogges,fohtch toere bought out of Spame 
to b:ceoe therein. countrp is ful of In¬ 
dian biliages, all tuith fmal houfes maoe of 
rceoes, ano coucrco bnth ftratoe: ttjep haue 
no mettall: pet at the firft entraunce of the 
^paniaros, the iuhabtfanfshao certains 
common ano bafe golo among them,tuhich 
Snas bought out of other places thither: 
there are manp parrats, tuhich Doe great 
ljurt bnto the fceoes, ano tuoulo Ooe mo:e, 
lucre it not that t|iep areO:tuen atuapbp 
Thea.Booke. 
Sings ano other meattes* %\t ^pamartss 
at their arriuall in thofe countries, bp res* 
fon of the great abunoance of al things, cab 
leo them the paraoife ofMahome^ Sibere 
are manp Ginnyhennes, anoacertamc 
fruit calleD Cacauate, tuhich thep bfe inffcco 
of monp, if grotseth on an moifferent great 
tree, ano onelp in to arm c ano ftiaboiue pla# 
ces, as fcone as the ^>unne commcth bpon 
it it toitheretl), ano therefo:e it is folues in 
iocBOesbnocr trees, auoin mopft places* 
ano al little enough, but the trees tuhcrebp 
it is planteo muft be higher than it, ano 
bouno clofe together, that thep map oefeno 
ano couer them from the heate of the funnel 
the fruit is itfee almcnos, ano being taken 
out of their ft>els, are ccuereo tuith a thinne 
biacke fkinne,ano the piths being taken out 
it map be oiuiocointo tbjo o:th:ee partes, 
hautng b:ob?ne ano grap beines, but of a 
harotatte. Wtytn thep make o?inke there# 
of, thepD:ieitin a pot bp the fire, ano then 
bjutfe it tuith Cones, tuhich bone, tl;ep put 
it in a cullenoer, 0: poffe maoe tuith holes, 
miringittuith luater, ano puttmgthercto 
a litle of their pepper,ano fo D’tnke if.SDhis 
0 :inke ts fometuhat bitter, it ccolefh the bo*> 
op, not making them D:unkc, ano bp them 
throughout all the countrp,it is eCameD fo? 
a molt p:etious thing, tuhich thep prefent 
to men of great account, as tue 00 malucfep 
p:hppocrafe. maners of this peepig 
are not Different from tljofc of Mexico.thep, 
eatemansfiefh,theirclokes ano garment® 
aretuithout daues: thep ktnOle their Sre 
bp rubbing ttuo peeces of to©o one againff 
an other, tuhich is their common cuffoms 
th:oughout al India : ano although thep 
haue great ffo:c oftuare, pet thep knetu not 
hotuc to bfe it, format in ffaoe of canole® 
thep bfco lights maoe of pine tree boughes t 
thetr fpeech is Diuerfe, but the M< x ian 
fpeech is the belt, ano that is furtheff kne? 
tuen, fojthattheretuith menmapfrauel! 
through the countrp abcue fiff ^ne hunbrcO 
miles, ano is berp eafie to Ecarne : tuhen 
thep Daunce, ttjep bfe aberp ffrange man^ 
ner, fo: thep arc at leal! th:cc 0: foure fhcu# 
fatto together, fomcfimesmo:e, acceding 
to the number of inhabitants, in fhefieloe 
inhere thep toil Daunce, being all together, 
thep make the place berp cleans, then eng 
of them goc th beta leaking the Daunce, 
tommonlp going backetoaro, turning m 
anO out, allthe reft follotuing bp th:ee anb 
foure together, bfing the like aptft) topes, 
their minftrels ano D’ummes, finging anb 
plapingcertaine fOngs,iuhefcuntohee that 
leaoeth the oaunce aunfmerefh, ano after 
him all the ? feme beating ^iyeikc ns 
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