ICfteMcrtptfon of &t\h Z55 
places as toant if, tuyerefijep barter for o* 
tber things,before tbep toere bnoer the tub* 
tcction eftbe £>paniarDs : tbep bao manp 
kinoes of ft uif es ano trees,cotten to©U,fea* 
tijers, goloe bracelets, goto,mans pcarles, 
fmaragoes,flaaes, ano oiuers rates,tuber* 
tuitljtbes traffikeo, bartering them toitb* 
cut anp;rcfpetf,ocfirc or couefoufnes tofing 
tbefe tooroes,2Dake this, ano giue me fome 
other toare for it,but no toare to as mo re e* 
ft cemeo toitb them than bictua!les,but noto 
tbep liketoife beginne to conct after getoe 
ano otljer fljtnges, tobicbe tbep baue lear* 
neo of the £>paniarDs. Benzo in bis fecono 
brake of the 3noian btflorie ano fift chapter 
fijetoetlj a notable example,taping,that bp* 
onatimeljcbeingbcrs bungrp, toentinto 
an Blnoians boufe,praping Ijunto Cel him a 
rijiefein, anotljc 3 |nOian afkt bimtoljaf b& 
tooulo gtuebim, be pulling frortb a fpamOj 
riall offiluer,gaue it bim,tol;icb tbe|noian 
taUing,betoe bettoeene bio teetb, ano faioe, 
^ben I percene pou tooulo baue mp bictu* 
alles, ano giue mee that to^tetj no man can 
cate, neither is tt of anp account, therefore 
fake pou pour peece of filuer,ano 3 toil keep 
mpbittualls. 
^Bettoeene Carthagena ano faint Mar¬ 
sh a, there runneth a great ftoift riuer calico 
fKjq Grande,tobicb ftanoetb in our Caroe, 
tobiebtotbtoitbfucb force into the £>ea, 
fpeciallp tn tointer, that it beats the ff ream 
of the fea backc againe, toherebp the fljipps 
that paflfe bp it, map eafilp take tntoater. 
Sapling bptoaroes into this riuer to the 
kingoome of Bogota.bp tbe ^paniaros cal* 
leo Granada , there are ccrtaine mines of 
cmeraloes founo in the ballep of luma , in 
this Caroe calico Tomana, tobereabouts 
the (paniaros bauebuitoeo neto Carthage. 
SDbe inbabitantes of the ballep of Tuma, 
ano the people borDering on the fameoce 
toorfijip the funne for their cbife goo,toifb 
fucb reuerence, tbattbepoare not flare or 
once Irake fleofaftlp bpon it: tljep liketoife 
toorlbip the sptone, but not fo much as the 
fun:in their toars, infleeo of^ncients tbep 
tie the bones of certaine men (tol;o in their 
Imestoerebaliauntin armes) bppon long 
ftaues, ano fo carrp them before them to in* 
coragc others to be the like,ano make them 
the reaoier to fight. %heir toeapons are ar* 
rotocs, pikes maoe of palme tree toroo, ano 
flone ftooroes. IDbep burp their kings toitb 
gotocn neckelaces, fette toitb emerauloes, 
ano toitb breao ano toine, toberoftbe &pa* 
niaros baue fouo manp fucb graues,tobicb 
tbep baueopeneo. SCtje people that otoell 
bpon the aforefato great riuer, arc aUCa- 
mballs or Caribes , AS alfo tbofetljat 5 to$ll 
Th«2,Bookc 
about faint Martha, ano intimepafltoere 
Caribes. %\)t inhabitants of tbe^flanOrs 
OfBoriquen,Dommjco,Maritini,Cibuchi» 
nc (notocalleofaint Croce) anb Guadalu¬ 
pe, as if is alreaop oeriareo, tobiclj rotoc 
on the toater toitb flutes maoe of a certapn 
to©o calico Canois,ano that fought againffi 
tjhofeofHifpaniola, ano the people of fl;e 
firmelano, tobometbep fpopleo ano cafe. 
SC^je common opinion ts, that tbep came 
firflout of the firme lano Of Caribana, bp 
tHJraba, ano from NombredeDios, in 3 n* 
Otan fpeecb calico Caribes, ano allflrong 
ano baliaunt menne, arc notoe bp them 
calleo Caribes , tobAljarebcrp erprrf tn 
botocs ano arrotoes.XbeUBrafiltans name 
them prophets, or ^ratl/apers, ano Csri- 
bes priefls. 
SOjc people inhabiting in the ballep of 
T uni a, potion their arrotoes, ano before 
the ^paniaros ouercamc them tbep baooc 
confinuaUtoarres agamfl the people of Ba- 
gota,or Bogora, tbep arc grao fouto!ers,cru* 
el,anoberpreuengeatiue: toben tbep goe 
f0 toarres, tbep carrp their Sfooil Cbiappcn 
toitb them, as a iuoge of -t&etjutorie* bnto 
tobome befotc tbep enter into the fieto,tbcp 
offer manp facrtfices ano offerings of ccr* 
taine Uuing men, boring the ebitoren of 
flaues, or of their cnnemics, painting ail 
theBlmagc toitb blotto, tobicb&®ne, tbep 
ooe eate the fleflj: toben tbep rctoartieo bi* 
ftflrious,tbcp betoe great feafls toitb Daun* 
rings, leapings,anofingings, fomeortn* 
kingtbemfeluesoruncke, ano agapne be* 
fmeering their Blmage toitb blcoo, ano be* 
tngouercomc, tbcptocrc forrotofull, ano 
beaup, fleking bp neto facrtfices to intreate 
tbepr Chiappen , that b« toOUlOC helps 
ano affiflthem, ano feno them bictorp a* 
gainft tbepr enemies. 
$ s Martin. 
g^ltnt Martha to alfo a STotonc ano pa* 
ucn of the ^pantaroes Ipmg on the firme 
lano bnoer eleuen Degrees,on the north fioe 
of the Cqutnoctiallinc about fiftie ^panilb 
miles, from Carthagena,itlietb at the flote 
of certapne bills, fo menflrous bigb> that it 
toiincreoible, botoc in fo great eptreame 
beate, fo great quantitie of fnotoe fljoulo 
lie bpon the toppes of ttjofe bills tobieb is 
feene a great toap off, ano toherebp tl;e ba? 
uentoknotone. 
SDbiscountrptoas oiftouereo ano taken 
bp /toderigo dc Baflidas in 1^24, tobere 
it coflbint bis life,not bp the enemp,but bp 
% 2 bis 
1524. 
