m %\)t Defctip* ofii5ftacacrtta,?iktagtm^ Ja^tbetu^ 
JfrSttl Cab<3 de Gratias a dios, to t\)Z Rio 
Grande, 0 ? Defaguadcra (as 31 fatD befo?e) 
arefeucntp miles >from Deftguaderato Co 
robaro are fctttC miles, from Corobaro Co 
Nombre de Dios fiftie miles, bettoeeue Co 
robaro attD Nombre de dios Uetl) V eragua, 
anbtlje riuerSwerus: tfjefe 90 * miles lie 
baser nine Degrees ano fo tljat fromtlje 
popttf Gf lucatan to Nombre de Dios are 
5©o. miles. 
3 s touching tlje matters of ttje Inbians 
bf Swercn tljat are about tlje riuer Swerus, 
$otoelling bp Veragua tljep are not much 
Different from tljc red, onelp tljat tljcp cate 
no mans Self); intljetreountrep are manp 
bcarcs,tigers,ano lions, tljat are berp fear? 
fall,auo floe lnljen fljep fee a man: there are 
libelntfeberp great fnabes, but not bene? 
fcnous,anD manp fea cats: there is lifectoife 
mi other binDcof bead calleD Cafcui, in a 
manner libe abladtc pigge, Ijairie, toith a 
haro ftunne, fmal eies,opcn eares Ube an e? 
Icpljant, but not fulfo open, no? Ranging 
Doinn, clouen feet, anD a litlc fnotot, armeD 
lilte an elephant, anD offo flj?il abopcc,that 
it mabeth men Deafc, anD is of agcoD anD 
fauo?p flefq * %\jere is libetoife an otljer 
toonDerful anD ftraunge bca®, of Gefner us 
calleD a jrore ape,onfIjebellp totjereofipia? 
Jurehath fo?meD an otljer bellp, tuljerem 
totjeu it goettj into imp place, it IjiDctlj ljet> 
poung ones, anD fo bcarctlj them about her. 
SDIjis bea® hath a boDp anD member Itbe a 
fore, feet e libc mens hanDs,o? libe fea cattes 
fisfe,eares Itbe abatte^t is neuer feene tljat 
tfjis bca® letter tjer^ong ones come fco^t^ 
but inhen tljep fucbe,o? eafe ttjcmlelucs,but 
are alluapcs therein, bntiltljep cangctte 
their obm meatc; alfo there is another butD 
of bcaft calleD Iguanna 0? Iuanna, not much 
bnlibeour eftc3, hatting a thing hanging 
atljtschinnelibebntoabearD, anD onher 
ijeao a combe libe a cocbes combe, bpon his 
bacbe certaine fljarpequilles, fttcbingbp? 
right libe fho?nes, anD amongeft the rett, 
Tome hauing teeth libe a falnc, boith a (harp 
taile, ano ftretdjtng out, fometimes totno? 
ing libe the aDDcr. bca® is accountco 
among the bnhurtfull fnabes, euerp time it 
lapeth it hath fo ttie o?fifticegs,rouno,anD 
as big as a nut, tohereof the pclloto is fepe? 
rafeo from the tohite, Itbe hennes egs:thep 
arc grab to cafe, anD berp fauo?p fleflj, but 
not roafreD cither in ople 0? butter, onelp in 
toafer: this bca® feeDettj both on lanD, anD 
in the toatcr, it climcth frees,anD is fearful 
to beholD, fpcciallp to thofe tijatbnotoc not 
the nature thereof,pct it is fo gentle 1 quiet 
that if mabeth not attp ttopfe, anD being ta? 
ben ana bounDjit liucttj at tfjs lea® tenue0? 
Tii€2.Booke 3 
ttoelue ospes toithout meate, it is of a gmo 
anD fauourp flefh, anD is bepf fo? Iibo?iflj? 
tteffe, fpcciallp the Incrncn, onelp fuch as 
hauchaD ttjepor ? ifthepeafeiMhcirpaine 
renetoeth* 
Nonjbre: de Dios. 
Ombre de Dios, IS a fot»nC0f frsffibs 
Iping on the no?th fea,fo nameD bp Di¬ 
ego dc Njquefa. a i&paniarD, thathaa 
tnDureD fomcharD fortune, anD lanDingiti 
thafljauen inttfj the re® of his men faiDc,in 
Nombre deDios, thafis, intljenameof 
€>ob,anD fo began his too?bc againelntjfrh 
before he Dio p?etenD, ano there erecteo cer? 
taine houfes , giuing tfje place the name a? 
fo?efaiD: this tolnne licit) ea® ano toe® bp? 
on the fea doe, tn the mioole of a berp great 
too)D,iit a berp bMnljolefome place,fpecial? 
Ip in tointcr time, bp reafon of the greate 
heate ano mop®neffe of the earth, as alfo, 
becaufeof the mco?t(b grounDfhaflieth on 
the fne® fiDe of tljc tolnne, Inhere bp manp 
oftheBInDiansDie: ®;ehoufes are built af* 
ter the £>panilh'mancr, as alfo tljcfcof Pa- 
nama,b)herein manp Merchants btocl that 
fell their toarcs bp the great: the re® of ttjs 
houfes are fo?®rattgers,libc3;nnes,as alfo 
fo? C?ocers, hanoicraftfmcn,anD fuch itbe? 
mo® part of the merchants of Kombredc 
Dios^aue houfes libetoifcin Panama , foj 
that the traflfique out of Pcrucommethto 
Panama , anD out of Spainc to Nombre dc 
Dios , ano there tljep are continuallprefi? 
Dent, bntillfhep become rich,anD thenthep 
gee to otljer places, 0? elfe returns into 
b’paine. dDn the no?th fiDe ofthis totone li? 
eth the hauen toherein manp (hips map an? 
ber: touching fuch fruits as thepb?ing out 
of Spainc into thofe countries, tljere groin? 
eth fome in that bntemperate ano bnlnhol? 
feme ap?e, as lemons, o?angcs, reosilhcs, 
coletno?ts,anD lettuce,butbcrp fmall, feln, 
« notberp goto, other birtuals are b?ought 
thither out Of Hitpanioln, Cuba, anD tlje 
p?ouinee of Nicaragua, as BlnDialnhcato? 
maij,b?eaD calleD Cazabs, fait fiflj, hogges, 
batatas, anD from Panama bine, ano fleflj 
bnfaltcD^U other binD oftuarcs are b?oght 
out of Spainc thither , fo? that euerp peers 
there ccmmeth fljippes out of Spame laDew 
totth lnine,meale 3 b?eaD,bifbcf,oliues,cile y 
figs,reafins,lilbs,ln£allen anD linnen doth, 
anD fuch Inares neceffarp fo? the fu®enance 
of man: inljitb toarcs being arriueD in that 
countrp, arecardeDin little lcutesth?cugh 
the riuer Chiara, fo a place calico Ciuycc, 
fifteene miles Difiant from Panama, inhere 
itis oeiiuerco to a&pautflj i?acto?, inhtch 
regifirefh 
