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A53222	America : being the latest, and most accurate description of the new vvorld containing the original of the inhabitants, and the remarkable voyages thither, the conquest of the vast empires of Mexico and Peru and other large provinces and territories : with the several European plantations in those parts : also their cities, fortresses, towns, temples, mountains, and rivers : their habits, customs, manners, and religions, their plants, beasts, birds, and serpents : with an appendix containing, besides several other considerable additions, a brief survey of what hath been discover'd of the unknown south-land and the arctick region : collected from most authentick authors, augmented with later observations, and adorn'd with maps and sculptures / by John Ogilby ...	Ogilby, John, 1600-1676.; Montanus, Arnoldus, 1625?-1683. Nieuwe en onbekende weereld.	1671 (1671)	Wing O165; ESTC R16958	774,956	643

ashore rang'd up and down in a desolate Countrey where he found no other Food but Roots till at last he met with Olano when the Famine began to increase amongst them in such a nature that being scarce able to carry their Arms many of them were kill'd by the Inhabitants with poyson'd Arrows insomuch that of seven hundred there remain'd scarce ninety Niquesa shipp'd as many of them in a new Vessel which they had made as it could possibly carry and promis'd to fetch the rest off from Veragua as soon as he had discover'd a Place fit to be inhabited The first Place he Landed at was Puerto Bello from whence being necessitated by the Indians who gather'd together to Retreat Aboard not without the loss of several Men he set Sail to the Promontory Mormor beyond which he Anchor'd in a secure Haven where as he was going ashore he call'd to his Men saying Saltiamo in tierra al Nombre de Dios that is Let us Land in the Name of God and casting up a Fort against the Assaults of the Natives call'd it Nombre de Dios. 3. St. Philip or Puerto Bello so denominated by Christopher Columbus from its Haven lying along the North Sea wonderful convenient and secure by reason of the good Ground for Anchoring and a Creek in the same defended from all sorts of Winds and which being surrounded with Woods hath much over-flow'd Land about it as also abundance of good Gravel for Ballast for which and several other Reasons the famous Architect Baptista Antonelli advis'd the Spanish King to build this City for a Staple of Trade in stead of Nombre de Dios which was found unhealthy having pitch'd upon an excellent Situation for it viz. on a Plain at the Foot of a Hill where there are three fresh Rivulets meeting with a fruitful and hot Countrey wherefore his Advice being taken they first built a Fort at the Mouth of the Haven put five Guns into the same to defend the new City and on the Shore a strong Tower with eight Drakes Moreover the Rocks along the Shore and close Woods about the Haven prevent the Landing of an Enemy But at the very time that this City was just begun to be built Sir Francis Drake having burnt Nombre de Dios ran into the Haven Puerto Bello where he found ten Houses besides the Governors Palace and a Castle whose Breast-works which the Spaniards had lately rais'd of Timber Stone and Earth were all demolish'd by the English But the Spaniards have since re-built the same and fortifi'd the Haven with two strong Castles notwithstanding in the Year 1661. it was surpriz'd and taken by the English under the Command of Captain Parker and the Governor Petro Melendez taken Prisoner 4. Nata commonly call'd St. Jago de Nata situated on the West side of this Province upon Mare del Zur or The South Sea about thirty Leagues distant from Panama towards the Borders of Veragua 5. Acla a Town upon the same Coast but lying South-East of Nombre de Dios It was at first onely a Fort built by Peter de Arias but afterwards grew up into a small City of which at present there is nothing remaining but the remembrance of the famous Vasquez Nunnez Beheaded by his Father-in-law Arias 6. Lastly La Crux Real a few Leagues distant from Panama for the most part inhabited by a sort of Negro's call'd Simmerones Along the North Coast of Panama are two small woody Islands call'd Cattiva and Comagre lying low in the Water also the Isle De Pines which rises high out of the Sea near the Main Land The Isles of Pearls On the Southern Coast are Isole de las Perlas or The Isles of Pearls about twenty five in number but indeed rather Rocks than Islands excepting two viz. Taroreque and Del Rios where in former times the Indians took great store of Pearls by diving for them to the bottom of the Sea and they were esteem'd of greater value and excellence than those of Cubagua and great profit was made of them by the Spaniards till by their Cruelties exercis'd upon the Natives through excessive greediness they depopulated the Islands and lost that altogether of which before they were so insatiable they are now onely inhabited by a few Moors and other Slaves who keep Cattel there for their Masters Captain Oxenham's Expedition It will not seem amiss to conclude our Description of Panama with a short Account of the English Captain John Oxenham's Exploits in these Parts He being incited by the Treasure which Sir Francis Drake fetch'd from hence resolv'd to Steer for the Northern Coast of Panama where he hal'd his Ship of a hundred and twenty Tun on Shore and cover'd the same with Trees buried his Guns and march'd with two Field-Pieces and seven Men up into the Countrey and was by the Indians conducted to a River which falls into the South Sea where he built a Pinnace of forty five Foot long and Sailing into the South Sea Landed on Tararequi one of the Islands of Pearls where he soon after took a Peruan Barque with sixty thousand pieces of Gold store of Wine and Bread and the day following another which came from Lima loaden with a hundred thousand Pound in Silver Bars and some Pearls with which being enrich'd he return'd to the Main The Governor of Panama being inform'd of it put a hundred Soldiers into four Barques besides a considerable number of Negro Slaves over which Juan de Ortego having the chief Command was inform'd at Tararequi what Course the English had steer'd whereupon he pursu'd them to the River whither they were gone which falling with three Arms into the Sea they could not have known which way the English went unless they had seen some Feathers of Fowls driving in the Mouth of the least Branch by which they judg'd that they were not far off therefore Rowing up they found after four days Journey the Pinnace hal'd on Shore and watch'd by six Men who were order'd to stand Sentinel whereof one being shot by the Spaniards the other five fled whom Ortega pursuing found half a League from the Shore a Hut made of Boughs wherein the Booty lay which he speedily carried to his Barques but Captain Oxenham inform'd hereof fell with two hundred Indians up-the Spaniards who having a Wood on their Backs made such advantage thereof that eleven English were slain and seven taken and had not the rest fled they had all been either kill'd or taken Prisoners Those that were taken inform'd Ortega that they had been at difference amongst themselves about dividing the Booty which was the reason of their staying so long moreover they discover'd where and how their Ship lay all which the Governor of Panama writ to Nombre de Dios from whence four Sail were immediately sent to find out the Ship and the buried Guns as also to take all such English as they should find preparing of Boats or Barques and bring them to

Panama whereupon very many were taken who were all miserably slain except a few Youths SECT III. Darien Description of Darien DArien which by some Authors not being thought considerable enough to make a distinct Province is reckon'd one and the same with or at least part of Panama hath on the North the District or Circle of Panama on the South the new Kingdom of Granada Eastward it is bounded with the Gulf of Urraba abovesaid and some part of the River Darien which giveth Name to the Province and to the West with the South Sea of a more temperate Air by far than that of Panama and a Soil so admirably fruitful and lusty that they say Melons Cucumbers and generally all other Fruits of the Garden are ripe and fit to gather within twenty days or less after their first sowing but very much infested by noxious Creatures as Lyons Leopards wild Cats Crocodiles Serpents and Bats after whose Bitings a Man bleeds to death unless he washes the Wound well with Sea-water or stop it with hot Ashes and no less by the unwholsomness of the Air which is infested by the many stinking Damps that arise from the muddy Pools The Inhabitants are sickly and seeming generally to be troubled with the Yellow Jaundice never attain to a great Age they go naked the Men onely covering their Privities with a Shell or Cotton-Cloth The Women wear a Cloth which reaches from the Middle down to their Knees but if Women of Quality to their Feet Sebastian and Antiqua by whom built The Spaniards have many years ago made themselves Masters of this Province of Darien in which Alphonsus Fogeda built the City Sebastian which was inhabited till a Spanish Knight call'd Ancisius Anno 1510. built Antiqua and made it a Bishop's See which by reason of the unwholsomness of the Place was remov'd to Panama when Vasquez Nunnez discover'd the Southern Ocean Anno 1590. because Antiqua lay on a low Ground between high Mountains where the Sun burnt exceedingly and the Way to the South Sea being three Leagues from thence it was very troublesom to convey Merchandise thither But a worse Accident befell the Town St. Cruiz which being built by the Spanish Captain Peter de Arias was ruin'd by the Indians The chief Rivers are 1. Darien Rivers which gives Name both to the Province and the Provincial Town and falls into the Gulf of Urraba being a large Arm of the Sea eight Leagues over at the Mouth thereof 2. Rio de las Redas which runs in like manner through the Province of Nova Andaluzia and falls also into the same Gulf. So likewise doth 3. Rio de la Trepadera 4. Corobaci 5. Beru chiefly remarkable upon this Consideration that some curious Etymologists have endeavor'd to derive the Name of Peru from this River by the alteration onely of the initial Letter Places of chief note The chief and indeed the onely Town of this Tract is Darien built as aforesaid by Encisus a Spanish Adventurer and by him call'd St. Maria Antiqua and by others The Antique of Darien being one of the first Towns that were built by the Spaniards on the firm Land though there are who make mention of two other small Towns or Villages the one nam'd at least if not built by the Spaniards viz. Los Angelos scarce inhabited at present by any but the Salvages the other an antient Town of the Natives call'd Bizu SECT IV. New Andaluzia Description of New Andaluzia EAstward of Darien and the Gulf of Urraba lieth the Countrey of New Andaluzia otherwise call'd Carthagena from the Name of its principal City On the East it hath the Countrey call'd St. Martha on the North the Main Ocean and New Granada towards the South It is for the most part a Mountainous Countrey and full of Woods which they say yield abundance of Rozen Gums and some very good Balsams also a sort of Long-pepper much sharper than that of East-India But the Plains by reason of much Rain to which the Countrey is subject especially for some times of the year of but a spewy and cold Soil The Spaniards at their first coming found it a rich Countrey not so much from the Nature and Profits of the Soil though it be said to have some Mines in it and those of Gold but by reason of a certain Opinion and Respect which the Americans of these Parts are generally said to have born towards this Countrey insomuch that they would be brought and buried there from other Places very remote and accordding to the Custom of the Countrey not without good store of Gold and other Jewels according to the Quality and Condition of the Person that was buried of which the Spaniards soon gain'd Intelligence and in ransacking the Graves and Monuments of the Dead are suppos'd to have found an infinite Mass of Treasure but those Mines are long since exhausted Nature and Customs of the antient Inhabitians The Inhabitants of old suffer'd great prejudice by Tygers and Serpents yet nevertheless this Countrey was very populous before the Spaniards arrival here the Natives wore Cotton Aprons before and Golden Rings about their Arms and Legs as also Strings of Pearl and the like The Women here as in the rest of these Parts went with their Husbands into the Wars and behav'd themselves valiantly shooting poyson'd Arrows insomuch that Martin Ambesus took a Maid Anno 1509. who had kill'd twenty eight Spaniards The Countrey Vrraba To the Province Carthagena belongs also the Countrey Urraba which is so fruitful that all kind of Spanish Trees and Seeds grow better here than in Spain Besides which it hath its own Fruit as also abundance of Pine and Palm-Trees whose Leaves serve for Brooms The Guaiana-Tree bears a sharp kind of Fruit like a Lemmon the Guaravana a kind of Cittrons the Mameisa a Fruit not unlike an Orange but tasting like a Melon and the Hovos a great Plum CARTAGENA A strange Beast Moreover Urraba abounds in Venison Fish and all sorts of ravenous Creatures as Tygers Lyons and a particular strange Beast as big as an Ox having an Elephants Nose Horses Feet and hanging Ears The Trees likewise swarm with Birds and especially near Lakes or Pools breed Pheasants and Parrots of which some are bigger than Capons others no bigger than Chickens The Mountain Abibe Against Urraba juts the Mountain Abibe whose length Westward remains unknown the breadth thereof in some places is about twenty Leagues it hath many Ways which cannot be travell'd with Horses The top of this Mountain is uninhabited but along the Valleys which are many and large dwelt formerly a People that possess'd great Riches in Gold which they gather'd out of Rivulets that fell Westward from the tops of the Mountains It Rains here almost all the year long which makes the Ways very bad for Travellers to pass At the Foot of this Mountain towards the South lie two small antient Casiquedoms if we may

was undertaken by Captain Luke Fox who at his Return gave very good hopes and encouragement that the Work so long in prosecution was not impossible to effected nevertheless by reason of the late troublesom Times i● 〈…〉 wholy laid aside for almost forty years but in the Year 1668. several Persons of Honor undertook to revive the Work and to that purpose furnish'd out two Ships which set forth in June and return'd about the beginning of October the Year following giving so satisfactory an Account of their Voyage that in the Year 1670. the same Adventurers thought fit to send out two Ships more so furnish'd as to endure a Wintering there which they did with greater hopes than ever of finding out the North-West Passage besides a handsom Ca●go of rich Furrs which made it more than a saving Voyage so that 't is suppos'd this will not be the last Attempt but that another will suddenly follow And it may well be observ'd that nothing considerable hath been done in this grand Enterprize but by the English A brief View of what Places are posses'd at this day in the West-Indies by the English Spaniards French Portuguese and Dutch THe English possess in Northern Amerrica New England the Bay of Trinity Chincet and a part of Terra Nova or New-found Land Virginia part of Florida now call'd Carolina the Bermudas or Summer-Islands New Holland which they took from the Dutch An. 1664. with New Amsterdam and Fort Orange Terra Mariae or mary-Mary-Land part of the Isles call'd Lucaies among the Antillae or Caribbee-Islands Barbados Anguilla part of St. Christophers Montserrat Nieves or Mevis Antego Dominico and St. Vincent the Isle of St. Catherine otherwise call'd Providence Jamaica the Isles of Curacao and Trinity several Colonies at Surinam and Sinamari with several Forts upon the Coast of Guiana and lastly the Haven Porto Bello once the Spaniards The Spaniards possess the greatest and best part of America wherein they have a vast number of very considerable Towns In Northern America they have 1. New Spain in which are the Audiences of Mexico Guadalajara and Guatimala 2. The Islands Cuba and Hispaniola excepting some parts towards the West which are in possession of the French Boriquen c. also St. Augustine and St. Matthew in Florida and a part of New Mexico In Southern America Castilla d' Oro or Golden Castile otherwise call'd Terra Firma in which are the Audiences of Quito Lima and La Plata lastly Chili and Paraguay which comprehends the Countreys of Tucuman and La Plata The French have in Canada or Nova Francia Montreal the Rivers Quebeck Tadousack and some Places upon the great River of St. Lawrence also Accadie or Nova Scotia the Isle of Cape Breton with the Fort St. Peter from whence they Traffick to Nepigiquit with the Salvages of that Coast part of the Isle of Terre-Neuve Pemptagoet St. Jean Port-Royal and other Fortresses Among the Caribbee-Islands part of St. Christophers St. Bartholomew St. Crux St. Martin Guadalupe Deseado Marigalante Todos los Sanctos Martinico St. Alousie and Granada likewise some Colonies on the West of Hispaniola Upon the Continent of Southern America on the Coast of Guiana the Isle Cayene where stands the Fort of St. Michael de Ceperoux now Fort Louis also the Colonies of Mathouri and Armire Courrou Coonama and Comaribo The Portuguese possess all the Coast of Brasile in Southern America with the several Capitania's or Praefectures thereof The Dutch have onely the Isles of St. Eustace and Saba the Town of Coro in Terra Firma the Colonies Boron Esquib Berebie Aperwaque and others on the Coast of Guiana FINIS Directions for placing the Whole-sheet Prints in this Volume of America TItle The general Map of America Fol. 1 Christoffel Colonus Fol. 43 Angra op Tercera Fol. 52 Americus Vesputius Fol. 60 Ferdinand Magellanus Fol. 79 Vetus Mexico Fol. 87 Athabaliba Fol. 97 Novum Belgium quod nunc Nov. Jorck vocatur Fol. 168 Mary-Land Fol. 183 Nova Virginiae Tabula Fol. 192 Arx Carolina Fol. 205 Virginiae pars Australis Florida Fol. 213 Pagus Hispanorum in Florida Fol. 218 Yucatan Guatimala Fol. 222 Francisco de Campeche Fol. 223 Truxillo Fol. 231 Nova Hispania Nova Gallicia Guatimala Fol. 238 Nova Mexico Fol. 243 Muteczuma Fol. 253 Portus Acapulco Fol. 260 Viztlipuztli Fol. 297 Insulae Americanae in Oceano Septentrionali Fol. 304 Mappa AEstivarum Insularum alias Barmudes Fol. 311 Urbs Domingo in Hispaniola Fol. 318 Porto Rico Fol. 327 Havana Fol. 333 Jamaica Fol. 337 Urbs Martini 365 Carthagena Fol. 401 Terra Firma Regnum Granatense Popayan Fol. 408 Peru Fol. 412 Franciscus Pizarrus Fol. 429 Cusco Fol. 456 Potosi Fol. 463 Callao de Lima Fol. 466 Chili Fol. 470 Magellanica Fol. 472 Paraquaria Fol. 474 Brasile Fol. 477 Sinus omnium Sanctorum Fol. 502 Olinda Fol. 505 Ostium fluminis Paraybae Fol. 508 Itamaraca Fol. 517 Fluvius Grandis Fol. 517 Siara Fol. 517 Urbs Salvador Fol. 519 Obsidio expugnatio Portus Calvi Fol. 554 Alagoa del Zul Fol. 556 Serinhaim Fol. 580 Mauritio-Polis Fol. 604 Castrum Mauritii ad ripam Francisci Fol. 605 Arax Principis Guilielmi Fol. 605 Bonavista Fol. 606 Guiana sive Amazonum regio Fol. 607 Arx Nassovii Fol. 608 Venezuela cum parte Australi novae Andalusiae Fol. 624

Battel in revenge of some former Injuries done by the Troquois to the Algovinquins who had the Victory for which cause the French have been so hated ever since by the Nation of the Troquois that none of them durst ever appear in any part of that Lake But their Trade said to be sixteen thousand Beavers yearly is partly sold to the Dutch who Trade with the West-end of the said Lake over Land by Horses from their Plantation upon Hudson's River and another part is conceiv'd to be purchas'd by the Hiroons who being Newters are Friends both to the one and the other and these Hiroons bring down the greatest part of all by the River of Canada The Way over Land to this great Lake from the Plantation of Pascataway hath been attempted by Captain Walter Neale once Governor at the Charges of Sir Ferdinando Gorges Captain Mason and some Merchants of London and the Discovery wanted but one days Journey of finishing because their Victuals was spent which for want of Horses they were enforc'd to carry with their Arms and their Clothes upon their Backs They intended to have made a settlement for Trade by Pinnaces upon the said Lake which they reckon to be about ninety or a hundred Miles from the Plantation over Land The People of the Countrey are given to Hunting of wild Beasts which is their chiefest Food Their Arms are Bowes and Arrows Their Armor is made partly of Wood and partly of a kind of twisted Stuff like Cotton-Wool Their Meat is Flour of Indian Corn of that Countreys growth sodden to Pap which they preserve for times of Necessity when they cannot Hunt This Province of Laconia however known by a distinct Name is included within the Province of Main which offers it self next to our consideration Of the Province of Main All that part of the Continent of New England which was allotted by Patent to Sir Ferdinando Gorges and to his Heirs he thought fit to call by the Name of The Province of Main It takes it beginning at the entrance of Pascatoway Harbor and so passeth up the same into the River of Newichwavoch and through the same unto the farthest Head thereof and from thence North-Westwards for the space of a hundred and twenty Miles and from the Mouth of Pascatoway Harbor aforesaid North-Eastward along the Sea-Coast to Sagadehock and up the River thereof to Kinibequy River even as far as the Head thereof and into the Land North-Westwards for the space of a hundred and twenty Miles To these Territories are also adjoyn'd the North half of the Isles of Sholes together with the Isles of Capawick and Nautican as also all the little Islands lying within five Leagues of the Main all along the Sea-Coast between the aforesaid Rivers of Pascatoway and Sagadehock He no sooner had this Province setled upon him but he gave publick notice That if any one would undertake by himself and his Associates to Transport a competent number of Inhabitants to Plant in any part of his Limits he would assign unto him or them such a proportion of Land as should in reason satisfie them reserving onely to himself some small High-Rent as 2 s. or 2 s. 6 d. for a hundred Acres per Annum and if they went about to build any Town or City he would Endow them with such Liberties and Immunities as should make them capable to Govern themselves within their own Limits according to the Liberties granted to any Town or Corporation within this Realm of England And as for others of the meaner sort who went as Tenants that they should have such quantities of Land assign'd them as they were able to manage at the Rate of 4 d. or 6 d. an Acre according to the nature or situation of the Place they settle in And for the Division of the Province and the Form of Government which he intended to Establish he first divided the Province into several Parts and those again he subdivided into distinct Regiments as East West North and South those again into several Hundreds Parishes and Tythings and these to have their several Officers to Govern according to such Laws as should be agreed upon by publick Assent of the Free-holders with the approbation of himself or Deputy and the principal Officers of the publick State The setled Government for the general State to whom all Appeals were to be made and from whom all Instructions for the welfare of the Publick were to issue were to consist of himself or his Deputy who was to be chosen every three year by himself with the advice of his Council Next a Chancellor for the determination of all Causes A Treasurer to whom the care of the publick Revenue was to be committed A Marshal whose Office was to oversee the Regiments and to provide Men for publick Service An Admiral to take care of all Maritime Affairs to whom a Judge of the Admiralty was to be joyn'd to determine all Maritime Causes A Master of the Ordnance to look to the publick Arms and Ammunition A Secretary to receive Intelligence and to acquaint himself or Deputy therewith To these belong all their several Officers and Ministers for the Execution of all Matters proper to their several Places The chief Town of this Province is call'd Gorgiana which is Govern'd by a Mayor the rest are onely inconsiderable Villages or scatter'd Houses but through Encouragement given to Adventurers and Planters it may prove in time a very flourishing Place and be replenish'd with many fair Towns and Cities it being a Province both fruitful and pleasant SECT II. New Netherland now call'd New York THat Tract of Land formerly call'd The New Netherland doth contain all that Land which lieth in the North parts of America betwixt New England and Mary-Land the length of which Northward into the Countrey as it hath not been fully discover'd so it is not certainly known The breadth of it is about two hundred Miles The principal Rivers within this Tract are Hudson's-River Raritan-River Delaware-Bay-River The chief Islands are the Manhatans-Island Long-Island and Staten-Island The first which discover'd this Countrey was Henry Hudson who being hir'd by the East-India Company to seek a Passage in the Northern America to China set Sail Anno 1609. in the Half-Moon Frigat coming before Terre-neuff he stood about towards the South-West where Sailing up a great River he found two Men Clad in in Ruffelo's Skins and from thence arriv'd safe at Amsterdam New Netherland thus discover'd invited many Merchants to settle a firm Plantation there to which purpose they obtain'd Letters Patents in 1614. granted them by the States in the Hague That they might onely Traffick to New Netherland whereupon they earnestly prosecuting the Design sent out Adrian Block and Godyn who discover'd several Coasts Isles Havens and Rivers NOVI BEL●● Quod nune NOVI JORCK vocatur NOVAE que ANGLIAE Partis Virginiae Accuratissima et Novissima Delineatio After His Majesties Restauration His Majesty being truly

himself to Avalon to inspect his Concerns there in Person from whence returning the same year he Embarqu'd himself again together with his Lady and all his Family except his eldest Son for Avalon the year following at which time there being then War between England and France he redeem'd above twenty Sail of English Ships which had been taken there that year by French Men of War whereof one Monsieur De la Rade had the chief Command and shortly after took six French Fishing Ships upon that Coast and sent them the same year with a great many French-men Prisoners into England Coming thence he left a Deputy there and continu'd the Plantation till his Death which was in April 1632. After whose Decease it descended of right to his Son and Heir Cecil now Lord Baltemore who thereupon sent one Captain William Hill as his Deputy thither to take possession thereof and to manage his Interest there for him Captain Hill according to his Commission shortly after repair'd thither and liv'd some years at the Lord Baltemore's House at Ferryland above mention'd In the thirteenth Year of King Charles the First of England c. about the Year of our Lord 1638. Marquess Hamilton Earl of Pembroke Sir David Kirk and others under pretence that the Lord Baltemore had deserted that Plantation obtain'd a Patent of all New-found Land wherein Avalon was included and shortly after dispossess'd the Lord Baltemore of his Mansion House in Ferryland and other Rights there and during the late Rebellion in England kept possession but His now Majesty King Charles the Second immediately after his most happy Restauration in the Year 1660 upon the now Lord Baltemore's Petition thought fit to refer the whole Matter to be Examin'd by Sir Orlando Bridgeman then Lord-Chief Justice now Lord-Keeper of the Great Seal of England and others to report the true state thereof to His Majesty together with their Opinions thereupon The Referrees accordingly upon full hearing of Council on both sides certifi'd That they conceiv'd the said Patent to Sir George Calvert to be a good Patent in force and not avoided by the later to Sir David Kirk and others and that the Title and Interest to the said Province did therefore belong to the Lord Baltemore Whereupon His Majesty on the twentieth of March in the same Year Order'd the Possession thereof to be re-deliver'd to his Lordship which was accordingly executed Since which time his Lordship has peaceably enjoy'd the possession thereof and continues the Plantation to this day by deputing Lieutenants there from time to time for the better Government of that Province the rest of New found Land remaining still to the aforesaid Proprietors claiming by the Patent of 13 Car. 1. The Commodities that are either by Art or Nature produc'd there are the same with those of the remainder of New-found Land The Winter there is extream cold the Summer very hot but withal pleasant and during that Season there is great plenty of Pasture for Cattel The Coast of this Province is very safe and as well furnish'd with variety of bold and pleasant Harbors as any other part of New-found Land where the English likewise Fish for Cod the lesser sort whereof is call'd Poor-John which is there caught in great abundance especially at Ferryland and in the Bay of Bulls Besides these two there are divers other excellent Harbors on the Eastern Shore of Avalon as Capling Bay Cape Broyle Brittus Isle of Spears Barrom Cove Whitburns Bay and Petit Harbour above mention'd On the West are the Bay of Placentia and several other good Harbors There are no Indians in Avalon and but few English by reason of the excessive Cold in Winter though Sir David Kirk and his Lady and also his Family liv'd in the Lord Baltemore's House at Ferryland for the space of ten years and upwards The Soil seems to promise great store of Mines which probably may in time be disover'd The late Lord Baltemore took accidentally a piece of Oar up that lay there upon the surface of the Earth and brought it with him into England which was found upon trial to yield a greater proportion of Silver than the Oar of Potosi in the West-Indies but hitherto no Mine of it hath been discover'd there The Trade of Fishing being of so great concernment to the Nation of England the same if it be well manag'd in this Island of Terra Nova will employ every year above two hundred Sail of English Ships and ten thousand Mariners besides the great benefit which may accrue unto the Nation by Imposition upon Strangers there which would amount to several thousands of Pounds per Annum with which those Coasts may be Guarded and Ships Trading thither secur'd besides the great Customs by the Ships call'd The Sacks being commonly in great numbers every year who carry Fish from New-found Land into the Straights France Portugal and Spain and who bring their Returns into England as Bullion and all other native Commodities of those Countreys If the Island were well fortifi'd we might Command all those of other Nations that come to Fish in New-found Land to pay Contribution in Fish or otherwise for their Priviledge to Fish there the said Island being first Planted by English and pertaining to the Kingdom of England or if occasion should require they might be utterly debarr'd of Fishing there The Trade of Fishing is of so great concernment to France Spain Portugal the Straights and other Parts that they cannot well be without that yearly Supply in Fish which comes from that Island Neither can the Hollanders Spaniards or Portuguese well set any Ships to the West-Indies without New-found Land Fish there being none that will endure to pass the Line sound and untainted but the Fish of that Countrey salted and dry'd there And so long as the Act continues still in force That no Fish be Transported from the said Island but in English Bottoms it will contribute very much to our encrease of Shipping there and by consequence of the employment of Mariners and the Fishing of that part of the Island will be solely appropriated to the English Nation to whom of right it belongs which will prove the greatest Ballance of Trade in that part of the World and that whereas above two hundred Sail do Trade thither yearly to Fish if a thousand Sail come if there be but Fisher-men enow they may all have Fraughtage there The French if once the Island be fortifi'd will be depriv'd of their Nursery of Mariners this being the onely place besides Canada and one or two adjacent Coasts where they come for supply of Fish with which that Nation cannot be furnish'd so well from other Parts By well Planting and Fortifying New-found Land the Trading to Virginia New England and those Parts would be much encourag'd New England having had of late great Traffick with New-found Land where they vend the Growth of their Plantation Besides New-found Land is a Key to the Gulf of

Belly Wings and Neck it was of a waving Aurora-colour the Back and one half of the Wings of a very bright Skye-colour the Tail and greater Feathers of the Wings were mix'd with a sparkling Carnation diversifi'd with a Skye-colour as upon the Back a Grass-green and shining Black which very much added to the Gold and Azure of the other Plumage But the most beautiful part was the Head cover'd with a Murrey Doun checquer'd with Green Yellow and a pale Blue which reach'd down wavingly to the Back The Eye-lids were white and the Apple of the Eye yellow and red as a Ruby Set in Gold It had upon the Head a certain Tuft or Cap of Feathers of a Vermilion Red sparkling like a lighted Coal which was encompass'd by several other lesser Feathers of a Pearl-colour If it were recommendable for all these extraordinary Ornaments it was much more for its Familiarity and Innocency for though it had a crooked Beak and that the Claws with which it held its Meat and brought it to its Beak were so sharp as to take away whatsoever it fastned upon yet was it so tame as to play with little Children and never hurt them and when one took him into his Hand he so contracted his Claws that the sharpness of them could not be felt He had this Quality of a Dog That he would Lick with his short and thick Tongue those who made much of him and gave him something he lik'd put his Head to their Cheeks to Kiss and Caress them and expressing his Acknowledgments by a thousand pretty Insinuations he would suffer himself to be put into what posture one would and took a certain pleasure in diverting those he thought his Friends But as he was mild and traceable to those who were kind to him so was he mischievous and irreconcileable to such as had injur'd him and he could distinguish them from others and make them feel the sharpness of his Beak and Claws He pratled in the Dutch Spanish and Indian Languages and in the last he sung Airs as a natural Indian He also imitated the Cries of all sorts of Poultrey and other Creatures about the House he call'd all his Friends by their Names and Sirnames flew to them as soon as he saw them especially when he was hungry if they had been absent and that he had not seen them a long time he express'd his joy at their return by certain merry Notes when he had sported himself till they were weary of him he went away and perch'd himself on the top of the House and there he talk'd sung and play'd a thousand tricks laying his Feathers in order and dressing and cleaning himself with his Beak He was easily kept for not onely the Bread commonly us'd in that Island but all the Fruits and Roots growing there were his ordinary Food and when he had more given him than he needed he carefully laid up the remainder under the Leaves wherewith the House was cover'd and took it when he had need In a word I never saw a more loving or more amiable Bird 't was a Present for any Prince if he could have been brought over the Sea This Bird had been brought from the Caribbee Islands to Monsieur Rodenborck then Governor of the Fort and Dutch Colony which is in the Island of Corassao SECT XX. Dominico Situation of Dominico AT fifteen Degrees and thirteen Minutes lies the Island Dominico so call'd because it was discover'd on a Sunday about thirty Leagues long and not much less in breadth and diversifi'd with high Mountains and exceeding deep Valleys of which the Caribbeeans that dwell there relate That formerly in one of the deepest of them a huge and monstrous Serpent had an Army of Serpents to defend an invaluable Carbuncle which he had in his Head which being cover'd with a thin Skin was onely discernable when he drank or play'd for then the lustre thereof lightned the whole Valley When first the French approach'd this Coast with their Ships the Islanders going Aboard in their Canoos bartered Provisions for Coral Crystal and other Trifles The Manchenile Tree On this Isle also grows the famous Manchenile-Tree which bears long Leaves and sweet smelling Fruit streak'd red and tasting like a Hazle-Nut but bringing a deadly Sleep upon those that ea● of it it seldom rots though it fall into the Sea or any fresh Rivers but is crusted over with a Shell resembling Salt-petre and poysons the Water in such a manner that all the Fish dying are seen floating upon it in the Trunk and Boughs thereof is a milky Juice which dropping upon the Body causes it to break out in Scabs and if it chances to touch the Eyes it takes away the Sight for nine days and not less hurtful is the Moisture which drops from the Tree The Caribbeeans dip their Arrows in this poysonous Juice against which Nature hath provided an excellent Medicine being as followeth A Medicine against the poyson of the Manchenile There are amongst the other Reptiles of America a sort of Snails which creep into the Legs of dead Crabs to keep themselves from the Weather when taken they make a noise and being laid before the Fire they come forth the Water squeez'd out of them or the Oyl drawn from them by the Sun cures the Parts poyson'd by the Manchenile-Tree SECT XXI Martinico Situation of Martinico OPposite to Dominico lies Martinico by the Indians nam'd Matunina which lying at fourteen Degrees and thirty Scruples is forty five Leagues in circumference It appears at a distance like three Mountains the highest whereof resembles a Hat and is seen in all parts of the Island which on the North where three Rocks deny access for Landing seems to be divided into three Isles The Caribbeeans have been forc'd after many bloody Battels to surrender up this Island to the French But before they were well setled the Caribbeeans marching over exceeding high Mountains deep Concavities and thick Woods fell upon them with all the Rage imaginable the Reasons of which some attribute to Du Parquet who in prejudice of the Martinican Caribbeeans sent French-men over to Granada and Alouzia others suppose that they took up Arms to revenge the Death of their Countrey-men on St. Vincent who were destroy'd by the French with poyson'd Brandy But the French furnish'd with new Supplies took sufficient Revenge for they drove the Caribbeeans out of their Houses and chac'd them into Woods and Deserts The Hills that are over-grown with Trees are Receptacles for wild Beasts especially Hogs and Serpents The other Hills are Till'd and Sow'n though not without great trouble The Tobacco which grows on the steep Ascents much exceeds that which grows in the Valleys or in the Tracts of Land shaded with Trees The Island divided into five Wards Since the French Anno 1635. being sent from St. Christophers by the Lord Desnambuc Setled themselves on this Island under the Command of his Deputy Du Pont they