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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10692	The whole and true discouerye of Terra Florida (englished the florishing lande.) Conteyning as well the wonderfull straunge natures and maners of the people, with the merueylous commodities and treasures of the country: as also the pleasaunt portes, hauens, and wayes therevnto neuer founde out before the last yere 1562. Written in Frenche by Captaine Ribauld the fyrst that whollye discoured the same. And nowe newly set forthe in Englishe the xxx of May. 1563.	Ribaut, Jean, ca. 1520-1565.	1563 (1563)	STC 20970; ESTC S103182	14,854	48

nacion reiectynge the olde conserued opinion whyche to longe tyme hathe bene holden as trewe Which is that it was thought a thing impossible to haue the wynde at East Northest kéepe the race course we enterprised but that we should be driuen toward the region of Affrica the Iles of Canaria Madera other lands thereabouts And the cause why we haue bene the more prouoked assured to take this newe race hath bene because that it séemed to euerye one that we might not passe nor go in this nauigation without the sight touching of the Antillies Lucaries there soiourne take freshe waters other necessaries as the Spaniards do in theyr voyage to new Spaine whereof thanked be God we haue had no néed nor entered the chanell of Roham whiche hath ben thought impossible Forseing also that it was not expedient for vs to passe through the Ilands as wel to shon many inconueniences that might happen in passing that waye whereof springeth nothing but innumerable quarels pleadings confusions breache of all worthy enterprises godly nauigations whereof ensueth complaints odious questions betwene the subiectes of the kyng hys frends alies as also to the ende they might vnderstande that in the tyme to come God hauynge shewed vs such graces as these his wonderfull benefites firste shewed to the poore people of this so goodly newe framing people of so gentle a nature a countrey so pleasant fruitfull lacking nothyng at all that may séeme necessary for mans food we would not haue to do wyth theyr Ilands other lands which for that they fyrst discouered thē they kéepe wyth much ielosye trustyng that if God wil suffer the king through your persuation to cause some parte of this incomparable countrey to be peopled inhabited with such a number of his poore subiectes as you shall thynke good there neuer happened in the memorie of man so great good commoditie to Fraunce as thys my Lorde for manye causes whereof a man is neuer able to say or wryte to the full as vnder the assured hope that we haue alwayes had in executing vprightlye that which I had receyued in charge of you God would blesse our wayes nauigations After we had constantly wyth diligence in tyme conuenient determined vppon the waye we shoulde haue thought it noysome tedious to all our company if it had before bene knowen vnto any without tourninge or wauering to or fro from their first entention And not withstanding that Sathan did often what he coulde to sowe many obstractes troubles lettes accordyng to his accustomed subtelties so it is come to passe that God by his only goodnes hath geuen vs grace to make the furthest arte trauars of the seas that euer was made in oure memorie or knowledge in longitude from the East to the West and therefore was it commonly sayd both in Fraunce Spaine also among vs that it was impossible for vs safely to arriue thither whither the Lorde dyd conducte vs. All whiche persuaded but of ignoraunce lacke of attempting whiche we haue not bene afrayde to geue aduenture to proue Albeit that all Mariners Cardes do set the Coasts with shipwracks wythout Ports or Ryuers whiche we haue founde otherwyse as it foloweth Thursdaye the laste of Apryll at the breake of the daye we discouered and clearely perceyued a faire coast stretchynge of a great length couered with an infinite number of high fayre trées we being not past 7 or 8 leagues frō the shore the coūtrey séeming vnto vs plain without any shewe of hilles approching nearer within foure or fyue leagues of the lande we cast an Anker at tenne fadome water the bottome of the Sea beynge playne wyth muche Ocias and faste holde on the Southe syde as farre as a certayne poynte or Cape situate vnder that Latitude of nine twenty degrées a half which we haue named Cape Francois We coulde espye neyther Ryuer nor Bay wherefore we sent our Botes furnished wyth men of experience to soūd and knowe the coast nere the shore who retournyng to vs about one of the clock at after noone declared that they had founde among other things .viij. fadom of water at the hard bancke of the sea Wherevpon hauing diligently wayed vp our Ankers hoysted vp our sayles with wynde at wyll we sayled vewed the coast all alonge with vnspeakable pleasure of the odorours smel beautie of the same And because there appeared vnto vs no sygne of any Port about the settyng of the Sunne we cast anker agayne which done we did beholde to and fro the goodly order of the Woods wherwith God hath decked euery way the sayde lande Then perceyuyng toward the North a leaping a breaking of the water as a streame falling out of the land into the sea For the which we set vp sayles agayne to double the same whyle it was yet day And as we had so done passed beyond it there appeared vnto vs a fayre entrye of a fayre Riuer which caused vs to cast Anker agayne there nearer the lande to the ende the next day we might sée what it was and though that the wynde blew for a tyme vehemently to the shoreward yet the holde ankerage was so good that one cable one anker held vs fast with out daunger or slydyng The next day in the morning beyng the first of May we assayed to enter this Port with two new Barges a Boate well trymmed fyndyng lytle water Barges whiche might haue astonied caused vs retourne backe to shipborde if God had not speedely brought vs in Where fyndyng .536 fadome water entered into a goodly and great Ryuer which as we went founde to encrease styll in depth and largenes boyling and roryng through the multitude of all kynde of fyshe This being entered we perceyued a great number of the Indians inhabitantes there commynge alonge the sandes sea banckes commyng neare vnto vs without anye t-akyng of feare or doubt shewynge vnto vs the easiest landyng place therevpon we geuyng them also on our partes thankes of assuraunce frendlinesse Forthwith one of appearaunce out of the best among them brother vnto one of theyr Kynges or gouernours commaunded one of the Indians to enter into the water and to approche our boates to shewe vs the coastes landing place We seing this without any more douting or difficultie landed the messenger after we had rewarded him with some lookyng glasse other pretie things of smale value ranne incontinently towarde his Lorde Who forth with sent me hys Gyrdle in token of assuraunce frendship which Gyrdle was made of red leather as well couered coloured as was possible and as I began to go towards him he set forth came receyued me gentlye reysed after his maner all his men folowyng with great silence modestie yea more then our men did And after we had a whyle with gentle vsage