t66 %fft titftttiptt'att of 
t)ao allttje treafoj of his p;edeteffo;s, and 
alfo his fathers, bilmh lucre not fenofonO 
to Atabaiida,b)henhefirtt entereb intotlft 
feingbomc , from licence bp fo;cehe habbe 
b;tuen tjig b;other, ants placet* him felft 
tljerem, SHcreabe Iikeb)ift,thaf toljen the 
^pamarbs firftcntrestljatrounfrp* fljcp 
locoed their ho;fes bnfh I^ojcs ofgolbe,anb 
totjat it pedocth parlp at tins p;efent both 
fuffidentlp appears bp the 0rmaba that 
cams from thence into Spaine the laft pare, 
tohicgfe neebeth not tjeerem to beebecla? 
reb# 
%ut nob) proceeding to the befcrtpfton of 
tbc coaft Of Panama to Peru, pou mutt firft 
bUbcrftanb that Panama ano Nombrcde 
Dios arc tbjo totes, Iping one right ouer 
againft the other* tfjjc one on tlje no;th fta, 
o; no;£h fibs of Peru, the other on ff)e foutij 
fea ftuentane miles biftant one from the o? 
ttjcr,Panama iping in a little ballep,fo nare 
bntothefea, that luljen tlje m©ne is in tljo 
fall, tlje fea entered into tlje tjonfes Iping 
narefttothelbo?e: the houfts thereof are 
part of rabs, anb partlp mabe of other fub? 
nances mirca together, mott conereb toith 
tiles, but there are not manp honfes in the 
fofome# Sphere is in this fotonc a berp fitte 
anb fafe hauen,but berp fmail, Inhere brith 
thettreameorfloub, the fhippesboeentcr, 
anbtnith anebbe,thep go out * but nothea? 
up laben, for that fuch as are hope Iabcn, 
iooulb be in banger to fallbpon the flattes: 
in this baucu there runneth both a great 
floub anb ebbe, fo that Inhere the boater is 
berp beepe, toithin an houre after it brill bee 
brie fanb, brijerebp the fljippes mutt feape 
fometjjhatfrom the lanb, bifeharging anb 
lading their Orippes bp little feutes, as toell 
fuch as come out of Spaine thither, as that 
goe from thence into Spaine, SLhis SDotone 
hath from Peru, maif ,meale, hennes, anb 
honp *. it hath of ttfclfe,bine, anb hogges,o# 
fangeSilemons,coletnojts,omons,lettuce, 
melons,anb fuch lifee things in great abun? 
bancs# 
Chtsp^outttce of Panama, in time patt 
braes much inhabited* anb hauntebbpthe 
3Jnoians,anb al the riuers palbeb golb, but 
nob) bp the ^paniarbs are mott Sfl)eb b;ie# 
When men brill fraud bp lanb from Pana¬ 
ma to NombredeDioSj the firft d apes to;? 
nep is fairs anb gob Snap, the nejrt bap pou 
enter into toads!, buhich continue tillpou 
come to Npmbre de Dios. 3|n the middle 
ofthistnap pou comebnfo a boater, bjfricf) 
antfjjee hotsres can fjardlp be patted ouer, 
becattfc ofthe manp cteings f bombings 
thereof, anb manp arecaft aboap therein, 
theffireame (fpeciaUp in brinferbohen there 
The a Booke° 
faliefhmnch raine) running mott fbriftlp* 
j&ucl; as compare this fohone to Vcmce 3 are 
much decerned,fo; that both of them put to* 
gether, brith manp other totes erected bp 
the §)paniarocs in thofe countries, boil not 
mafee the compact or greatnette of the Cit* 
fie of Venice, although euerp man map 
inbge as pleafeth him# 0s touching the ma? 
ner offapling from Panama fo Peru, as al? 
fo at bohaf times of the pearc, pou mutt t*n^ 
berttanb, that the belt anb fitteft times of 
the pare are in the fh^firtt moneths,*fhat 
is, 3anuarp,i?ebjuarp, anb search,bntill 
the moneth of0p?iU, fo? as then the ^ea is 
open, fummer comming on, anbmanp of 
the Brifen (Inhich are eattanb nojthtoeatt 
foinbes boe blotoc, no toeatt o? foufherlp 
fciinbes as then ttirrmg, fuherebp the Chips 
00 eafilpperfo?me their bopages, anb com? 
rnonlp ariue at their befireohauens,bcte 
anp other teoe, fpeciallp fouth ferinbe, 
tohifh fo? the mott part ofthe peare bp? 
on the coaftofPcru) boeblotee. SChep 
map lifeefenfepuf Out in themoneths of 0u? 
guft, anb September, but maUe not fo gcob 
artuage, as in the moneys afa?efaioe,anb 
if anp fhips bo put out of Panama, at other 
times than in the moneys afojefatbe, thep 
are fare to tjaue a long anb f ebious bopage^ 
anb commonlp fom one of them is fo?ceb to 
turne baefee againe, not being able to getts 
thecoaff,anb are (bp reafon of the fouthem 
Sninbs,b)htch fo; the mott part of the tohote 
peere blob? bpon the coatt (as 3 faib befo;e) 
as libetoife becatife ofthe great contraris 
ttreamc) manp of them are b;oughtintb 
great oanger#3t is berp go)b bjith the toinb 
blotuingfrom Peru, to fapleto Panama,Ni- 
caragua, anb other quarters thereabouts! 
but fo fapleto Peru from Panama it is berp 
bangerous,anb bnrertapne.Che tt)ips that 
are laben b)ith ^panifi) toares, anoaepatf 
from Panama, firtt come fo Taboga,anb the 
pianos bo;beringonthe fame (bthichhaue 
receiueb tljeir names from the pearies) 
b)herethep take in ftelh boater, in thofe 3 * 
flanbs that are at the ieatt fine anb tiuentie 
0 ; thirtie together. , 
2Dtje ^paniarbes in times patt founds 
manp pearles, bshcrcef f h^ helbe the 
name of Iflas de Parias.) ^hep lieharb? 
Ip bnber eight degrees nojthboarb# 
greafettefthemintimespatt, boas tuont 
tobcinhabiteb: but not note, becaufe the 
ttthing fo; pearles beginneth to becap, anb 
fuch as areobjners of theft Sjilanbcs there? 
infeftpe flaues Of Nicaragua, anb Cubagua^ 
that tee to their beattes, anb fotoc the 
grouno,asbeing berp frmtfdhfrom thence 
fheppuf tnto thefts toettbjarb, 1 then fee f, 
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