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Clsc&trcttpttdnof ® nt5tjela anti €mM&l % 
John j^rcm ttjcCapedc !a Vela to Co- great honour, ifrom Venezuela to Cdi S. 
quibocoa arc fo?tie miles,in our Caroeifis Romanis eightp miles,ano from S. Roman 
placet foil?j ttooo Iuq?ds oiuioeo, iuhteh to Golfo Triik,are fiftie miles,l»hercinlp> 
djoulo be but oue.2D)?s is another point Ip* etb Cunana, 
mg on the fame comer, beljinoe ttjc luhtch ^Curiana. 
beginnetf) t^e gulfb of Venezuela, Vo^iel) in Vriana bath a hsuen Itfec tljat of Cal- 
compaffe ano bjeaoth is from the cape ofS* \^licc in Spaine,inhere on the fljQ?e there 
Roman eigijtte miles. are about ctgljC houfes, but not farre front 
thencelnithinthelanothercfnasaljillage, 
. Porete Vcnezuela^ittle Venice. fuUofpeople, thatluentnafeeO , butberp 
np^etufjotc coad from the Cape dela Vc- frienolp,ftmple,innocent,ano familiar,ana 
1 la, to ttje gulfe of Pam, -to as oifcoucrcb mciuco the £>pantaros toith great top,ana 
bp Chriftophero Columbo, in An. 14P& fo? pmnes,tt®Dles,bels,glaffcs,ano benbs, 
ana ft)e fird gouernour of Venezuela, teas thep gaue them manp firings of pearles? 
a high £>uct)mau,calico Ambrofius Alfin- metuing ttjem into their heufes , renting 
eer,totjo in the name of Welfaren frauailca them Uiitl) al binos ofmeafes,ano fo? fours 
into t^ofc countries, tljc Cmperour hauing ptmtes gaue them a peacocbe, fo? ttuo pins 
beftegco tljcir tolnnc, in the peare of our aptjefant, fo?one pinnea turtle Done, o* 
jtome 1518. ano oteo of a luouno giuen Ijoufc pigeon, fo j a done, glalfe, 0? a pin 03 
Ijim bp a popfoncD arroln, atto mod of bis ttoo,a gtofe: $ tbcp albing them luljat Jfjep 
men DpeO fo 1 hunger, after thep bao eaten luoulo 00 tuitlj tlje pinnes, feeing tbep inere 
bogs ano fomc Bnoians fled) t it is a M> nabc8,thep faio tbep lucre goto to pteb thetr 
fliop?icbe,the tolnne being ealleo Venczuc- tstf;, ano fojtlje belles thep tcobe greater* 
la.bccaufe it is builoeo in the fiMfer Upon an light to hearc tbcm ring: tbe countrp is be* 
euen roebe, tutjtrt) boater ano labe is ealleo rp ful of tbe birors bcfdjc rebearfeo: alfo of 
Maracaibo, ano bp tbe ^paniaros Lagodi bartcs,ioilDeflntne,anDeonmcs,efcolour 
Noflra Donna ; the luomen of place anogreafneffelibeoiirbares, fuljich biross 
are p:ouoctM better mannereo then others ano Deeres defy is tbetr meate, as alfo the 
cftbeptouinccs thereabouts, tljep patnte pearlcopders, tuljercof thereabouts are 
their bjefts ano armes, altered of their great abounoanre, ano much eaten: tljep 
bootes are nabeo,onlp their pjiuities lubtth are al berpfbiiful in Opting at lotlo beads 
tbep couer luitb certain doatbs,bJbtcb to ano biros, thetr bcates are heiuro out of a 
ieaueodlncre great fhame bnfo the, c Itbe* P^ce of baro luoObut not fo Ml pjopo^ 
Xm’fe if anp man fboulo liftit bp,be Ihulo Do ttoneo as tbofe aftije Canniballcs, ano in 
ttjem great tniuric $ otfljouojXbe matoes Hifpaniola, luhtch tbep call Galileos; their 
arcbnoinne bp their celour,$the greafnea houfesaremaoeoftorao, anocouereoiuitb 
cftheir girolcs that thep lueare, luhtch w a P^lnte tree leaucs, iohercin, Inhcn thep are 
cerfaine figne of their matoenheao. 2Dhe at red, thep map eafilp hearc thefearefull 
men came thep? members in a djell, f$ep tries of lutloe beaffs^tebicljhnrfnofanp 
p:ap to 3iools,ano to the otuel,tohom tbep m sn, fo? the inhabitants go al nabob, ano 
pamtmVuchafoimeasheindructcththemt ibithout companp into thetocoODes, onelp 
ojasheelheluco himfelfe bnto them. 3Jn ioiththeirbolues anoarrolues, anbpet it 
Snarreothep bfepopfonco arrolbcs, f pibes neuer hearo that anp of fhemfuase* 
of Sue ano tmentic hanoful long,bntues of uc r flaine 0? oeuourco bp Unlo beads, 
reeoes,great targets maoe of barbs oftreeS, libeluife b?ought the £>paniarOes as manp 
ano alfo of leather. &hetr p?tcds luhich al* hartes ano lutloc fluine as thep oedreo, ad 
foarc'phtftttons, afbcthcficbepcrfon (bp dilleo btith thep? arrofoes, theirb?eaos 
tohotu the? are fent fo?)if thep ceitatnlpbe* ts of rentes ojSpaij UbsjofherBlnotans: the 
lane that tljepcau help them, ano then lap pedple baue blacbe ano balfe curleo bap?e, 
tijetrbanosbpontbe place Inhere tbep fap ano fomelubat long: tbep mabe tbetr teeth 
then? paines, impofiumes, 0?duellings iuhitclbith anhearbtuljtcb alltheoapthep 
are^erping 0? calling out, ano if it fo?fune £ hab?e in their mouthes,luhtch hautng cha* 
that tbep healenot,tljep put the fault either toeo, thep fpitte out agatne, bialhittg their 
in tlje debe perfon,o? in their goos, ano in ntouthes. Suhe luonten are better fo? beep^ 
this fo?t their JDljifttions osaleluith them, tug of a houfe, than to labour in the fieloes, 
3Sn the night time thep mourns fo? thepj ano tpemen bfefo Inojbc in thegrounoes. 
Ho jos, bohich is fmging cerfaine fongs in ano to hunt: alfo to goc to luarrss,fo Danes 
tljeir commenoations, that Done thep road ano to piap. Bln their houfes thep haue ma* 
them,ano beatc them to fmalpduoer,luhich itp earthen bedels,as cups,pofs,$ fuch Itbe, 
tljep Oiinbin luine,tuhtclj among tljem is as luhtchare bought them from other places. 
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