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inttjeirtjanus, f fome rattles fnl of Cones, 
tohereboifljttje^ rattle, otherstjaue tljep? 
fjcaoes alCucbeboith feathers, fome their 
legs ano armes bouno about boith Cringes 
full of fljds, fome ouerthboarf, ano fome 
rra}UeJ 3 ,tummgtbeirboDtcs,fome opening 
their legs, fome their armes, fome counter? 
feiting tl)cbeafc man, ano others ttjeblmu 
man,fome laughing,others grinning,boith 
manp CrangcDetufes,fhcp beep their feaCs 
nlthat oap till nigtjt OjinUtng nottjingbut 
Cacauate- 
SCjje fijips that faile ouer ttjc foutb fea to 
Nicaragua, paffc thojobo flje tiarolu If ream 
about fine ano tbucntp miles tnbuaios, to? 
toarosttic lano, til tj?cp come to a Oo?p cal? 
leo Realegio, buhere there are certaine reeo 
!joufcs,int;abiteObp £>paniaroes, buhere 
the fljips anber bp reafon of fi)e goo Ijaucn, 
ano becaufc ofttje tuaoo, & oapes iournep 
from fljis place eaCioarD lietlj Lcgio 02 Le 
on .• tlje Sifyops fea of Nicamgaa, Canoing 
Upon ti )2 bOjOiT Of tbelafee of Francifco Fer 
nencicz, asalfo GranatenanD Other *&pa? 
niff) tobones Iping Upon tlje fame labe, fiftp 
miles from each other almott, at the other 
croc inhere the labe iCueth into the 
nottherne fea* SChofe ttoo f obones are both 
fcarce fourcfcojeljoufes, part maoe of lime 
ano Cone, ano parte of reeoes ano Craboe. 
ifiue ano thirtie miles from Leon liefh a 
hill,that caCcth out fire,in fuch abunOance, 
thatbp night thep map befjolocat fheleaC 
100000, fparbs of fire Aping into the aire: 
tr.anp ^paniarosare ofthis opinion, that 
fherin muC be golo,buhich giucth thefireja 
continual effencc,boherbp t!jep haue fought 
manp meanes to trie it,but al in name,ano 
therefore n^oeleCe to rchearfe, 
Returning againe to the labe of Nicara¬ 
gua, therein are great fifties, ano amongeC 
the reC a certaine btnoe offish, in ^panilh 
calleo Manati, hauing finnes haro bp their 
hcaocs, libe tbuo hanos, this fifh is almoC 
libe an otter of ? 5. ftotc long, ano tbuelue 
fajte thicbe, the heao ano taplc libean ore, 
fmalletes,harO anohairiefbinne, ofcolour 
lightblcUi, boith tbuo feefe libe elophanfes 
feete i the finnes Canoing out libe Kopen, 
feeoing their pong ones mith their Ougges. 
SDjis fid) feeoeth both on lano ano in the 
boater, ftjep arc berp familiar boith men, 
tohereoftheBSnoians tell a moC toonoerful 
thing, bohich is, that there boas a bing cal? 
leo Cararamavuis, thathao taben apeong 
Manateibohici) fojtljefpace offirano ttocn? 
tp peres hebept ano bjoght bp boith bjeao, 
in a labe calleo Guainabo, that boiOercO 
Upon his houfe, bohich fifb in time became 
fo tame,that he furpaCeO the Oolphin>her? 
The 2 bookc. 
of boe reaoe fo manp hiCojies, fo 2 that at 
bohaf time foeuer the bings feruants calleo 
himMatfd, Mateo, lohtth in Indian fpecch 
is Mamfccale bjeurfeous, hecbooulopje? 
fentlp come out of the labe, ano cate meate 
out of their hanoes, ano boouloe Ubeboife 
come out of the boater, ano goc into the 
houfe, to fetch his meate, ano there boouloe 
plap boith the ctjiloien: ano bohen anp man 
boas Ocfirous fo go ouer the labe, he iuoulo 
oftentimes tabe eight 01 tenne of them to? 
getljer, anofboimming bearcthemlightlp 
on his bacbe ouer the boater,in bohich man? 
ner plaping boith him, the ^noiansbept 
thisfifijlongtime, tilbpfomciniurp Done 
bnto him he became angrp, fojthat bppon 
a time as a £>paniarD buoulo pnoueif his 
fbinnetoereas haro as thep repojteo it fo 
be,th?ebu an arroio 0? oartathim, ano al# 
though if hurt him not, pet he felt the ffiarp 
point oftije arrobo, ano from that time per? 
ceiuing that men boith bcaros ano in appa? 
rel boerc there, thep might boel call him,but 
al in baine, fo? he buoulo neucr come bp a? 
game, but in the eno, bohen the riuer Atn- 
bnmctis chauuccOto fioboe fo high ? tC 
ranne ouer the banbes, ano fo info the labe 
Guaniabo, tljcfiib foloiueo thcCreame,anO 
fbuamme into the fea, thefc binoes offices 
are much feene ano taben in that count rep, 
fo?thattheir flefh is of a berp gcoD taCe,Ube 
hogsfleAj, bohich being falteo is carrieoto 
Nombre de Dios, ano other places, 20 )e 
labe of Nicaragua Ipeth not farre from the 
fouth fea, ano about a huno?eo miles from 
the no?th fea, running through a riuer that 
is ful of0)ips, bohich the £>paniarDes cal? 
leo Dc faguadera, that is, falling of boater 
therein, ^hereabouts,? in that riuer there 
are manp crocaoiles, that lap their egges 
Upon the fanos on the riuers fioes,as b tgge 
as geefe egs, bohich being th?obone againC 
aCone butlbjuifeo, butnotbjeabe, ano in 
time of hunger, are eaten bp the fpaniaros, 
their taCe is libe a Mofchu, halfe rotten, 
ano bp the Indians is accountcofo? anep 
ceUent binoe of meate: bp Nicaragua the 
countrpisrough anofliarpc, becaufeoftlje 
thicbeboraODcs, anobneuenhilles, bohere 
not onelp hojfes, but men can harolp paffe 
ouer,bnleffettbcboith great paineano Ian 
bour: about this countrcpfo? tlje fpacc of 
fourc months, there arcccrfame Torreaux 
that Doe continue in the fea, as alfo bppon 
tlje fhoare,bohich lap their egges as the cro? 
caoiles Doe, in the fano bppon the Cjoare, 
iohereof piefentlp bp reafon of the great 
hcateofthefunne, there commcth pasng 
T orteauxthe Sell) ofthis beaC being freCj* 
is toholefome ano pleafanf to cafe. 
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