m tfjfctmtfai amt troiidupmambauitter^ 2$j 
tbljat a ttrong and baliant man toas b© in 
belfroping our cnnemtes tbeMargaiaters 
and Portingalcs,a’nb in that fo?t lamenting 
and crying,tbep tmb’acc each other, neuer 
leafing fill tbeko&Pj© carried to the graue, 
adding manp times,be is note gone tobom 
toebetoaile, the man Ehcu is dead,tobome 
Jue (ball fee no moje before toe goc bebtnde 
the bilies, there to daunce toitl; him,as our 
prophets the Caribes teach bs, toitb manp 
other toojdes, tobicb continue foj tlje fpace 
office bourcs, foitbep keepe not tbeir dead 
bodies anp longer bnburied, ano then tbep 
fet tl;e bead bodp in a round pit oj graue, in 
fomreltkeatoinocpipc, toberein bettano? 
tty bpzigbt: but if the dead man be a boufe 
beeper, \)t is lapped in bis cottcnbed,and fo 
buried in tfje middle of bis boufe, toitb fe? 
tbcrs $ fucb like things put into bis graue, 
as ifbetoereliuui0,in the famemaner,tbat 
tbe Perunians burp their kings toitb tbeir 
ietoelles about them, as it ttjall be Vetoed. 
jEbsncrt nigbt after tbe dead bodp isburt? 
ed, tbepfctcertainedilbesofmeale, fleffj, 
filb,ano other bictualles bp the graue, be* 
caufe tbep are of opinion, that the Aignan, 
o? the SDiuell toould come and digge the bo? 
dp out of (be graue, if bee founde not other 
meafefo cate, and toitpalltbcp fetfomc of 
tbeir Coai!in,tobicb tbep do as long as tbep 
tbinke the bodp is not corrupted, from the 
tobicb [opinion tbep can bp no ineanes bee 
perftoaded, although in the mornings tbep 
findc the meate tobole, ano in the fame fo^t 
it tons tobcn tbep fet it there. %fys top, 02 
ftoUfydeuife femes to fpnng out of the falfe 
glofcs ofcertaineHabtncs,but be that deft* 
rctb to fe mo:e bereof,let him rcaoe Leri us. • 
andbecaufcfbe Americans oo often change 
tbeir Otoelling places, bp tobole tillages 
together,therefore tobcn tbep remmue tbep 
couer tbeir graues toitb a great herb called 
Pmdo, tobercbp fucb as frauell map cafilp 
imoto tobere men arc buried, bp tbetobicb 
places, tobenfocuer tl;ep paae,ttjep make a 
inoftfearefullnopfe. 
Cbus much touching the gencrall cm 
feme of all the Brafihans, and noto toe toil 
pioceede toitb tbe defeription of the reft of 
the coaft from Cabo Fno, to the ftraitesof 
JVla^ellanes. 
Hcere followeth the defeription of 
the fea coafts. 
pH ilD fp Cabo Frio to Punta de Buen 
x Abrign (in our Carde called Abitrioga) 
arc a bunded miles : Bepond this point 
reacbetb Tropicus Capncornus , and tbC 
line of repartition,tobicb bcareth the name 
The2,Booke. 
afoiefaioc^ from Buen Abtigo, to the Bap 
of S. Michael are 5o< miles, and fro thence 
to tberiuer of S.Francu, tobicb lictbbnoer 
fire and ttoentp degras are feuentie miles: 
from S.Francis to the riuer of Tibiquirc are 
a bundled miles, toberein lietb Puerto dc 
Patos, tobicb is bnder eight and ttoentp de* 
greets: and right againtt tt an Bifland called 
S.Catherina,Puerto de Faraiol and Others: 
and from Tibi quire, to Riodela Plata are 
mo ;t than fiftie miles,fo that from Cabo dc 
S. Augullin, to Rio de la Plata, tbatiS,tbe 
filuermicrare fire bundled and tbfefco>e 
miles,tobicb lietb bnder tbirtp fiuc degras 
on the ^outb fide of the ©quinottiaUline* 
SCbis riuer bp the Barbarians is called the 
riuer Of Parana, o.J Paranaguafu, tbatistd 
fap, great riuer, oja riuerlikctbcfca, ba* 
uing certapne entries that are berp bjoadc, 
£ manp 3 (lanos,ittsricb of filucr,pcarles, 
precious fenes, ano fifij: it is in breadth 
rr. miles, ano manp Bflands bettoeen both 
the brakes Of S. Maria, and Cabo Blanco. 
2Dbis riuer incrcafctb and fiotoelb ouer like 
the riuer Nd™,making the countrp fruitful 
at certainetimesoftbepeere, andasfome 
are of opinion, it fp^ingetb out of the billes 
in thektngdome of Pem , into this riuer 
there runneth manp other great riuers, as 
Auanca, Vica^Punna, and Xauxa, tvfyicty 
fp’ing out of the high land called Bombon? 
manp of tbc£>paniaroes tbatdtoell bppow 
this riuer, baue come bp as high us to Pe¬ 
ru, and the mines of Potofi. Che tobole 
coaif from Cabo Frio, to the Rio de Plata, 
0;* rio Solis, is inhabited bp gcodlp men and 
toell proportioned , but all eaters ofmens 
fleOj. countrp is ful of brad toojd,and 
oftobite Amrae. jfrom Rio de Plata to 
Puerto de S. Elena, are tbfefcorc miles, 
from S.Elena fo ArcnasGordas are tbirfie 
miles, from thence fo Baros Anagedos fortp 
miles, from thence to Terra Baixa fiftie 
miles, from terra Baixa to BahyaSin Fon- 
do tbfefcore and fine miles: and from this 
Bap tobicb is bnder one and fortie degrees* 
to the Arrecifes de Lobos are fortie miles* 
(JUpontbis borderetb the countrp ofp Pata- 
gones, tobere the mbabifaunts paint tbepr 
faces toitb certaineberbs: fro Lobos tobift 
is bnder fortie foure degrees, to Cabo di S. 
Dominico , arefiucand fortiemilesr from 
this cape to another called cabo Blanco, are 
ttoentp miles to the riuer of Iohn Serrano, 
tobicb lietb .bnder nine and fo jtie degrees, 
and bp others called Rio dc Trabaios are 
tb?eefco^e miles, bettoeenetbem lietb Baia 
de S.iulian, toberein isa gcod bauen. 2 Cbe 
people being totloe,and toitbout toeapons 2 
couered toitb fktns, and ^anp latoe, 
as 4 but 
