djeotfcttpttonofCwttanaanft eiwracapana. i%> 
and rofteo lice, ftjey fpare no lining crea? 
tore tubaffoeuer,but they eat it,bobicb is to 
be bodndereD at. confioering their country 
is fo boel replenished boith good b?ead,toine, 
fruite,fitb, and allkindeof flctb in great a? 
boundance,tobereby it commetb that tbefe 
people baue alboaies fpcts in their eyes, o? 
elfe are dtmme of fight, bobicb fome 
nofboitbffanding impute to ttje p?o? 
pcrfie cftlje boater in ttjeriuer of Cumana: 
they clofe tljeir gardens o? lanos boith cotte 
yarne,by them calico Rexuco, placing it at 
bout the height of a man, ano among them 
it is accouteo fo? a great offence, if any man 
fljoulo bcnter either to climbe ouer,o? creep 
bnoer that coften, bolDingfo? certaine that 
bobofoeucr doth teare it, fljal die p?cfcntly 
after ttSOje men of Cumana, as 3 faio be? 
fo?e, are much gtuen to bunting, bobcrein 
they are berie fmlfulJTbey bunt ano kil ILi? 
ons,2£igers, <Soates,3leren, ^ogs, ano 
al other kinde of foure footed beafts, tobieb 
ftjey tul boith boboes, o? take boith nettes. 
% here are likeboife tn tbefe p?ouinces ma? 
ny berie ftrangebeafts,part bobereof are al? 
reaoie oefcribeo, ano part not: be therefore 
tbatoefiretb furtbennftruction brerein,lef 
bim reaoetlje ^paniOj bifto?iografcrs,tbat 
bo?ite larger. %\)z boomen as 3 faio, til tbe 
ground, fobo spaij, ano all kinde ofco?ne, 
plant 3i5atates, ano ctljer trees, buatering 
t ijem, fpecially tbe Hay, iuberetuitb they 
make tbeir teetb blacke: they plant trees, 
tobtclj being cutte, there ilTuetb a bobite It? 
quour like mtlke, bobicb ebangef b into a 
ftuategumme, berie gmo tofmellbnto. 
ibey plant likeboife other trees called Gua- 
t eima, bobereof the fruit is like a Spulberie, 
but fomebobat harder, bobereof they make 
a certainekinoe of foooen Qpuff,bobicb boa? 
ietb coloe, and outoftbefocod oftbefame 
free they make fire. »y baue another 
kino oftfigb ano fbocete fmelling tree,bobicb 
feemetb tobeCeoar, bobereof theboood is 
berie groo to make cbefts $ cafes, « by rea? 
fon oftbefboeetneffeoftbebocDD,gojO to keep 
things in: but putting b?ead into them, it 
becommetlj fo bitter, that it is notto be ea* 
ten: ftje tocod is likeboife grad to make fljips, 
fo? that it neuer confumeth in the boater, by 
foo?mcs, o? any other meanes. are 
other trees from licence they baue lime, 
bojjereboitb they gette btroes, and annoint 
their bodyes tbereboitb, boberein they (tick 
feathers. Che land of it felfe b?ingetb fo?tb 
Cafssa, butttjey eate it not, neither knoboe 
hobo to bfe it,SCbere are fo many Hofes and 
fboeete floboers in that countrey, that the 
fmel thereof maketb mens beaoes fo ake,in 
fine! erceeding mufae; boo?mes,as gratbop? 
Tlis2.Booke. 
pers, Caterpillers, ano fucb like, there are 
berie manie, bobicb Deftroy the feed. SDljere 
are likeboife bains of fea coles burning like 
pitch, bobereof they make great p?ofite. 
2 Dbus much concerning ftje fruitfulneffe of 
the countrey, their manners andcuftcnies 
in planting,bunting,|c. 31 Befides this, tbefe 
people take great pleafure in tbeoo tljings, 
that is. Dancing and d?inking, often times 
fpenoing eightoayes together in banquet? 
tmg, dancing, and blinking tljemfclues 
djunke: betides their o?dinarie dancings 
and meeting together,at the feafts and eo?o? 
nationsof their tilings anoiLoides, o?in 
common affemblies and publike bankets: 
many of them meete together, euericone 
D?eftin a feueralmaner,fome tnitb crobuns 
of feathers, others boitlj (belles o? fruits at 
bout their legges, like 3uglersheere in our 
countrey, btingal kinds oftoyes and ocut? 
res,fome ftraight,others crrokcd,fome back? 
boards,fome fo?boards,grinning,laughing, 
counterfeiting the deafe, blind, and lame 
man :ft(bing,boeauing,and doing al kinoe 
oft»o?kes, and tljatfo?thc fpacc of fine o? 
firel)Qbo?es together, fo? that bee bobicb 
cenfinueth longeft in that manner is tlje 
beft man, and he that d?inkcth boel is a lu? 
ttiefcilobo: hauing danced, they Cttcdobun 
croffe legged like a SDaylo?, and make gmd 
chearc, d?inking tbcmfelucs d?unkeatthe 
kings charges, of bobicb their dancing^ 
baue fpoken in another place, fo that fo 
fpcake any mo?e thereof it boere needlcffc, 
Chey are great 3 dolaters, p?ayingfothe 
^unne and the ($ame, thinking them to 
bee man and toife, and to be great CDods: 
%t)ev feare the *s>unne berie much bohen it 
thunoerefh o? lightneth, faying tljat it is 
angry boith thenuthey fall bohen there is a? 
ny cclipfe of the fpoone, fpecially the boo? 
mm, fo? the married boomen plucke they? 
baires, and fcratch their faces luith they? 
nailes, tbemaidcstb?ufttbo?nes offifijes 
into their armes,ano therboith d?aio bloud, 
thinking that bohen the Spoone is in tl)c 
full,they thinke it is to be fljot o? hurt by tl;e 
funne, by reafon offome anger o? greefe he 
hath concerned agatnft it: luljen any bla? 
jingffar appeereth,they make a great noife 
boitbSDrummcs, and halloboing,thinking 
by that meanes itboiUbee gone, fo?they 
thinke a blaming ftarre fignifietij fome great 
hurt o? euill fo?tune, iamong many 30cis 
and figures bobicb they honour and inuoke 
fo? (Sods, they baue a certaine thing like a 
315 nrguinion Croffe,bobicb they hang bpeu 
their itebo bo?ne children,thinking thereby 
they are p?eferueo in the night from all e? 
will tbtngs.&beir P?iefts are called Places, 
£4 fob* 
