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of_o cambaia_n a_o marvelous_a â—oâ—d_a delight_n in_o woman_n tana_n a_o island_n whereoâ—_n odoricus_n write_v pag_n 41._o great_a ordinance_n make_v in_o piece_n and_o â—et_o serviceable_a the_o chief_a place_n the_o portugal_n have_v in_o the_o indies_n a_o very_a good_a sale_n for_o horse_n a_o most_o unkind_a &_o wicked_a treason_n against_o their_o prince_n this_o they_o have_v for_o give_v credit_n to_o stranger_n rather_o than_o to_o their_o own_o native_a people_n the_o sack_n in_o the_o city_n a_o excellent_a good_a policy_n to_o entrap_v man_n a_o description_n of_o the_o burn_a place_n feast_v and_o dance_v when_o they_o shall_v mourn_v mourn_v when_o they_o shall_v rejoice_v the_o cause_n why_o the_o woman_n do_v so_o burâ—e_v themselves_o penegonde_n man_n ride_v on_o bullocksâ—_n and_o travel_n with_o thâ—m_n on_o the_o way_n the_o merchandise_n that_o come_v in_o and_o out_o to_o bezeneger_n every_o year_n the_o apparel_n of_o those_o people_n their_o winter_n be_v 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war_n and_o afterward_o return_v into_o his_o own_o country_n but_o he_o send_v his_o other_o son_n with_o a_o army_n against_o the_o indian_n who_o also_o subdue_v india_n minor_fw-la these_o indian_n be_v the_o black_a saracen_n which_o be_v also_o call_v aethiopian_o but_o here_o the_o army_n march_v forward_o to_o fight_v against_o christian_n dwell_v in_o india_n maior_fw-la subdue_v which_o the_o king_n of_o that_o country_n hear_v who_o be_v common_o call_v presbyter_n john_n gather_v his_o soldier_n together_o and_o come_v forth_o against_o they_o and_o make_v man_n image_n of_o copper_n he_o set_v each_o of_o they_o upon_o a_o saddle_n on_o horseback_n and_o put_v fire_n within_o they_o and_o place_v a_o man_n with_o a_o pair_n of_o bellows_n on_o the_o horse_n back_o behind_o every_o image_n india_n and_o so_o with_o many_o horse_n and_o image_n in_o such_o sort_n furnish_v they_o march_v on_o to_o fight_v against_o the_o mongal_n or_o tartar_n and_o come_v near_o unto_o 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the_o court_n of_o sartach_n which_o be_v the_o space_n of_o two_o month_n we_o never_o lie_v in_o house_n or_o tent_n but_o always_o under_o the_o starry_a canopy_n &_o in_o the_o open_a air_n or_o under_o our_o cart_n neither_o yet_o see_v we_o any_o village_n nor_o any_o mention_n of_o building_n where_o a_o village_n have_v be_v but_o the_o grave_n of_o the_o comanian_o in_o great_a abundance_n the_o same_o evening_n our_o guide_n which_o have_v conduct_v we_o give_v we_o some_o cosmos_fw-la after_o i_o have_v drink_v thereof_o i_o sweat_v most_o extreme_o for_o the_o novelty_n and_o strangeness_n because_o i_o never_o drink_v of_o it_o before_o notwithstanding_o i_o think_v it_o wasâ—_n very_o savoury_a as_o indeed_o it_o be_v of_o the_o court_n of_o scacatai_n and_o how_o the_o christian_n drink_v no_o cosmos_fw-la chap._n 12._o on_o the_o morrow_n after_o we_o meet_v with_o the_o â—artes_n of_o scacatai_n lade_v with_o house_n and_o i_o think_v that_o a_o mighty_a city_n come_v 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and_o have_v pass_v the_o point_n of_o this_o port_n our_o captain_n think_v it_o good_a to_o laâ—ch_v forth_o into_o the_o main_a ocean_n yet_o although_o we_o run_v a_o swift_a course_n above_o 500_o whale_n come_v athwart_o of_o we_o in_o 2_o or_o 3_o skull_n within_o one_o hour_n space_n which_o be_v so_o huge_a as_o it_o be_v wonderful_a and_o some_o of_o they_o come_v so_o near_o unto_o the_o ship_n that_o they_o swim_v under_o the_o same_o from_o one_o side_n to_o another_o whereupon_o we_o be_v in_o great_a fear_n lest_o they_o shall_v do_v we_o some_o hurt_n but_o they_o can_v not_o because_o the_o ship_n have_v a_o prosperous_a and_o good_a wind_n and_o make_v much_o way_n whereby_o it_o can_v receive_v no_o harm_n although_o they_o touch_v and_o strike_v the_o same_o 13._o among_o these_o island_n be_v such_o abundance_n of_o those_o weed_n that_o if_o at_o any_o time_n we_o be_v enforce_v to_o sail_v over_o they_o they_o hinder_v the_o course_n of_o our_o ship_n they_o grow_v fourteen_o or_o fifteen_o fathom_n deep_a under_o the_o water_n their_o top_n reach_v four_o or_o five_o fathom_n above_o the_o water_n they_o be_v of_o the_o colour_n of_o yellow_a wax_n &_o their_o stalk_n grow_v great_a proportionable_o this_o weed_n be_v much_o more_o beautiful_a than_o it_o be_v set_v forth_o and_o no_o marvel_n for_o the_o natural_a painter_n and_o creator_n thereof_o be_v most_o excellent_a degree_n this_o relation_n be_v take_v out_o of_o that_o which_o francis_n preciado_n bring_v with_o he_o after_o this_o ship_n the_o santa_n agueda_n depart_v from_o the_o general_n vlloa_n and_o return_v back_o the_o 5_o of_o april_n she_o arrive_v in_o the_o port_n of_o sant_n jago_n de_fw-fr bvena_fw-es esperança_fw-es the_o 18_o of_o the_o say_a month_n and_o after_o she_o have_v stay_v there_o four_o or_o five_o day_n she_o depart_v for_o acapulco_n howbeit_o until_o this_o present_a seventeenth_o of_o may_n in_o the_o year_n 1540â—_n i_o have_v hear_v no_o tiding_n nor_o news_n of_o she_o half_a moreover_o after_o the_o departure_n of_o the_o santa_fw-it agueda_n for_o nueva_n espanna_n the_o general_n francis_n vlloa_n in_o the_o ship_n call_v the_o trinity_n proceed_v on_o his_o dicovery_n coast_v the_o land_n until_o he_o come_v to_o a_o point_n call_v cabo_n del_fw-it enganno_n stand_v in_o thirty_o degree_n and_o a_o half_a of_o northerly_a latitude_n and_o then_o return_v back_o to_o newspaine_n because_o he_o find_v the_o wind_n very_o contrary_a and_o his_o victual_n fail_v he_o the_o relation_n of_o the_o navigation_n and_o discovery_n which_o captain_n fernando_n alarchon_n make_v by_o the_o order_n of_o the_o right_n honourable_a lord_n don_n antonio_n de_fw-fr mendoça_n vizeroy_n of_o new_a spain_n date_v in_o colima_n a_o haven_n of_o new_a spain_n chap._n 1
that_o she_o be_v call_v guatuzaca_n and_o that_o thereabouts_o be_v many_o lord_n which_o in_o their_o life_n &_o death_n use_v the_o like_a order_n which_o they_o of_o cevola_n do_v which_o have_v their_o dwell_n in_o the_o summer_n with_o paint_a mantle_n and_o in_o the_o winter_n dwell_v in_o house_n of_o wood_n of_o 2._o or_o 3._o loft_n high_a and_o that_o he_o have_v see_v all_o these_o thing_n save_v the_o old_a woman_n and_o when_o again_o i_o begin_v to_o ask_v he_o more_o question_n he_o will_v not_o answer_v i_o say_v that_o he_o be_v weary_a of_o i_o and_o many_o of_o those_o indian_n come_v above_o i_o they_o say_v among_o themselves_o let_v we_o mark_v he_o well_o that_o we_o may_v know_v he_o when_o he_o come_v back_o again_o the_o monday_n follow_v the_o river_n be_v beset_v with_o people_n like_a to_o they_o and_o i_o begin_v to_o request_v the_o old_a man_n to_o tell_v i_o what_o people_n wâ—re_v in_o that_o country_n which_o tell_v i_o he_o think_v i_o will_v soon_o 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