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and_o position_n of_o place_n chap._n ii_o of_o estotiland_n and_o the_o several_a province_n which_o it_o contain_v 1._o the_o first_o province_n of_o the_o continent_n of_o america_n towards_o the_o north_n be_v call_v estotiland_n for_o what_o reason_n i_o must_v plain_o confess_v i_o can_v so_o clear_o discover_v unless_o perhaps_o our_o neighbour_n the_o duchess_n happen_v to_o have_v the_o first_o name_v of_o it_o and_o that_o it_o bear_v any_o signification_n of_o its_o easterly_a lie_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o other_o province_n it_o contain_v all_o those_o region_n of_o the_o mexican_n or_o northern_a part_n of_o america_n which_o lie_v further_a towards_o the_o north_n east_n on_o which_o side_n as_o likewise_o more_o direct_o eastward_o it_o be_v wash_v all_o along_o with_o the_o main_a ocean_n or_o north-sea_n have_v on_o the_o south_n canada_n or_o new_a france_n westward_o and_o to_o the_o northwest_n it_o be_v not_o yet_o full_o discover_v but_o suppose_v either_o to_o 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whole_a province_n contain_v these_o particular_a country_n if_o i_o may_v so_o call_v they_o or_o prefectship_n as_o some_o other_o do_v viz._n first_o estotiland_n more_o proper_o so_o call_v second_o terra_fw-la corterialis_n three_o new-found_a land_n and_o four_o certain_a island_n near_o adjoin_v to_o the_o continent_n which_o they_o call_v baccaleos_n 2._o estotiland_n special_o so_o call_v be_v the_o most_o northerly_a region_n of_o all_o america_n towards_o the_o east_n lie_v betwixt_o the_o abovesaid_a hudsons_n sreight_n which_o it_o have_v on_o the_o north_n and_o terra_fw-la corterialis_n on_o the_o south_n the_o soil_n of_o the_o country_n be_v say_v to_o be_v reasonable_o good_a and_o well_o store_v with_o natural_a commodity_n i_o mean_v such_o as_o be_v of_o necessity_n and_o may_v be_v expect_v in_o such_o a_o cold_a northerly_a quarter_n as_o flesh_n fowl_n and_o good_a store_n of_o
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to_o be_v good_a in_o all_o other_o respect_n except_o only_o that_o it_o will_v not_o endure_v the_o sun_n the_o chief_a town_n of_o this_o island_n be_v call_v st._n joseph_n situate_v on_o the_o bank_n of_o a_o little_a river_n which_o they_o call_v carone_n on_o the_o south_n side_n of_o the_o island_n which_o be_v likewise_o take_v by_o sir_n walter_n raleigh_n in_o the_o year_n abovesaid_a and_o in_o it_o the_o governor_n antonio_n berreo_n who_o to_o procure_v his_o liberty_n or_o fair_a treat_v at_o sir_n welter_n hand_n be_v think_v to_o have_v furnish_v he_o with_o some_o relation_n concern_v guiana_n more_o liberal_o than_o otherwise_o he_o need_v tabago_n lie_v eastward_o of_o trinidado_n and_o divide_v from_o it_o by_o a_o little_a sea_n of_o eight_o mile_n over_o say_v to_o have_v for_o the_o bigness_n of_o it_o as_o many_o safe_a harbour_n belong_v to_o it_o as_o any_o island_n of_o america_n the_o dutch_a of_o late_a year_n have_v name_v it_o niew-walacheren_a and_o 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with_o some_o part_n of_o the_o new_a kingdom_n abovesaid_a on_o the_o north_n it_o be_v wash_v with_o the_o atlantic_a ocean_n and_o have_v on_o the_o south_n some_o country_n not_o yet_o discover_v towards_o the_o andes_n the_o whole_a consist_v partly_o of_o continent_n and_o partly_o of_o island_n near_o adjoin_v to_o it_o and_o be_v common_o divide_v into_o five_o several_a precinct_n or_o part_n which_o be_v 1._o cumana_n 2._o venezuela_n 3._o margarita_n 4._o cubagna_fw-la and_o 5._o some_o lesser_a island_n 2._o cumana_n be_v bound_v eastward_o with_o the_o gulf_n of_o paria_fw-la and_o the_o river_n orenoque_n on_o the_o west_n with_o venezuela_n northward_o it_o have_v the_o atlantic_a ocean_n and_o on_o the_o south_n those_o undiscovered_a country_n above_o mention_v contain_v in_o length_n two_o hundred_o league_n or_o more_o as_o some_o say_v and_o not_o much_o less_o than_o one_o hundred_o in_o breadth_n but_o for_o aught_o appear_v little_a of_o it_o plant_v or_o use_v 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against_o the_o dutch_a who_o begin_v to_o trade_v much_o that_o way_n and_o in_o the_o year_n 1622_o have_v a_o design_n to_o have_v make_v themselves_o master_n of_o the_o place_n 3._o st._n michael_n de_fw-fr neveri_n another_o fortress_n of_o they_o upon_o a_o river_n so_o call_v 4._o guaniba_n a_o town_n of_o the_o native_n 3._o venezuela_n the_o prineipall_a part_n of_o this_o province_n be_v border_v on_o the_o east_n with_o cumana_n on_o the_o west_n with_o a_o great_a gulf_n or_o bay_n common_o call_v the_o bay_n of_o venezuela_n with_o the_o lâ—ke_n maracabo_n and_o some_o part_n of_o new-granada_n nothward_o it_o have_v the_o ocean_n or_o atlantic_a sea_n southward_o some_o undiscovered_a country_n which_o as_o we_o say_v lie_v betwixt_o the_o andes_n and_o it_o it_o stretch_v out_o in_o length_n from_o east_n to_o west_n one_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o league_n or_o thereabouts_o but_o in_o breadth_n little_o more_o than_o half_a so_o much_o be_v name_v venezuela_n or_o 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