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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86321	Jamaica viewed with all the ports, harbours, and their several soundings, towns, and settlements thereunto belonging together, with the nature of it's climate, fruitfulnesse of the soile, and its suitableness to English complexions. With several other collateral observations and reflexions upon the island. / By E.H.	Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.	1661 (1661)	Wing H1817; Thomason E2267_1; ESTC R203343	22,599	106

the united Forces in Hispaniola and fitted out with strengths sufficient to make Prize of the whole Spanish Plate-Fleet rather then the sacking of a small Town or an unpeopled Land such as is St. Domingo and Hispantola who at the first brunt left this town to the Ransack of Gen. Iackson's men though timely Alarum'd by Iackson's Demurre at the Harbours mouth for four dayes space and then not able to land above five hundred men A thousand English Souldiers being now an over-match to all the power that the Spaniards in Hispaniola can bring into the field unable at this day to serrit out a new French Buckaneers or Hunting Marownaes formerly mentioned who live by killing the wild Beeves for their Hides and might grow rich by the Trade did not their lavish Riotings in expence at the neighbour Tortudoes exceed the hardship of their Incomes Their comfort is they can never be broke whilest they have a Dog and a Gun both which are more industriously tended then themselves These Acteon-straglers that seldome number above five or six in a company are often affronted with the Spanish Rounds consisting of about one hundred Fire-locks that once a year compass the Island yet dare they never cope with these resolute Champions wandring Knights who setting back to back would make sure to sell their lives at a double rate and in that posture bid defiance to the Enemy The Grave Seignior scorning to barter a drop of Poenish bloud in exchange for an Ocean of such Rascal Gaule And I am very confident that the small Remnant left in Iamaica knowing how to victual their Camps with what the Woods afford will be able to disaray the Spaniards in Hispaniola or Cuba even to admiration and above what the most favouring presage can expect or Autume And certainly this Foot-hold yet secur'd maugre the Spanish craft and power foiled twice by them in their reattempts doth open so fair a passage into the Indies that if His sacred Majesty our most excellent Prince do not in mercy balk the Spaniard a few years will immortalize Him one of the greatest Emperours of the World being happy and not onely in an invincible Navy but in the Dominion of Northern Kingdomes that are therefore so fruitfull that they store him with more men then Room who are soonest likely to leave justling when they are parted with more elbow-room The very Division of that united Abraham and Lot who by too near correspondence fell together by the ears Thus too nigh neighbourhood begets contentions whilest distance and absence usually enhanceth the affections of near friends Reflex II. 2. THat sudden surprizes from an Ambuscade usually prevailes more then open force The whole strength of Hispaniola though embodied and in view not being able to strike that terrour and make such havock of our amazed Soldiers as fourty or fifty Negroes and Molettoes effected by an unlook'd for on-set Gaining more by this jugling delusion then their whole Army could by Play above-board The Spaniards like Hannibal obtaining conquest with their heads rather then their hands Nor are they so usually foiled as when encountred with their own weapons a wary plodding Fabius signifying more then a hot Spur Marcellus To which squint-ey'd Mode in war Scanderbeg stands indebted for most of his Victories against the Ottomanes as also Ioshua though back'd with a Divine reserve for the defeat of Aj. Thus also do the Native Indians encounter their adverse Nations rather stealing upon them then assailing them especially practis'd by the Meridional and more oriental Americans whose diminitive statures call for the assistance of wily stratagems neglected by the more Northerly and armstrong Regions whose Character according to mine own knowledge and experience especially of those Guiana and Char●by Indians that cohabit with the English in Surinam I deem not much extravagant here to insert Under the Line that equal's night and day Guiana stands part of America On whose head Phoebus shoots his fiery steams Twice every year with down right darted beams In his Twelve Houses as he travels forth Alongst the Zodiack 'twixt the South and North. Whose Native Indian hath not nor needs Art To clothe himself Nature supplies that Part. They 're true Philosophers not much they have Nor do they want much nor much do they crave They care not for to morrow no supply But just from hand to mouth no Granary If they want Flesh they take their bow in hand And then for Hare or Deer hunt o're the Land For all Game here most eas'ly taken be Since they take Covert in some hollow tree Or some such crazie Refuge whence they are Dig'd forth at leisure for the Hunter's fare Or if the stomack do in Fish delight With wily feats he gluts his appetite His bread drink both made of one root are Cassawder call'd cook'd by the Women's care Who shew their best of dutie to their Home When their Mates wearied with their Booties come For every man in 's house is Lord and King Hath pow'r of Life and Death and every thing His will 's his law from him there 's no appeal No other Monarchy or Common-weale If Wives and children offenders are His will 's the Judge hand Executioner To none but to their Chief they Homage owe That 's th' Eldest Son when marry'd t' him they bowe His Father Mother Brethren Nephews all Must low'r to him and on the knee must fall Till his first Son be married then he Depos'd must to his own Son bend the knee Thus do they live by families thus then They 're alwayes govern'd by middle-ag'd men When any dyes into his Urne is hurl'd All that he hath to use i' th' other world His Axe Bill Knife his Bow and Hammock too And this the best of service they can doe For their dead Friend If he a Captain be Then if he have a Slave he then must die And the same Roge burn both thus is supply'd Each one i' th' other world as 'fore he dy'd But usually their Slaves when captive ta'ne Are to the English sold and some are slain And their Flesh forthwith Barbacu'd and eat By them their Wives and Children as choice meat Thence are they call'd Caribs or Cannibals The very same that we Man-eaters call And yet herein lyes not their chief content To eat for food but as a Sacrament To bind them and their Children to be fierce And into th' entrails of their foes to pierce Though in the world no greater Cowards be Managing all their Fights with treachery Most of their feats by stealth and night are done If once it come to handy-gripes they runne Thus much I 'le say I would not wish to have A better friend or foe or better slave Then is an Indian where he once affects In love and service shall be no neglects Command him as your slave his life his All If he do once you but Bone-aree call And who would wish an easier foe then he That like a Buck at