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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28784	A book of the continuation of forreign passages That is, of the peace made between this Common-wealth, & that of the united Provinces of the Netherlands, with all the articles of that peace. Apr. 5. 1654. And the articles of peace, friendship and entercourse agreed between England and Sweden, in a treaty at Usall. May 9. 1654. As also the substance of the articles of the treaty of peace betwixt England and France. Given at White Hall the 20 of Novemb: 1655. From Generall Blakes fleet, the Turks in Argier do consent to deliver up all the English slaves, and desire a firme peace for ever: and in Tunnis road we battered their castle of Porta-ferina, and set on fire their fleet in the harbour. Apr. 9. 1655. Moreover, an attempt on the island of Jamaica, and taking the town of St. Jago de la viga, beating the enemy from their forts and ordnance, being a body of 3000 men, and so took possession of the island, May 10 1655. With a full description thereof. With a true narrative of the late successe ... against the King of Spains West India		1657 (1657)	Wing B3716; ESTC R221494	31,013	60

of the Crosse over her head and embracing her shoulders said That he did receive her into the Catholick Church and by virtue of Order from the Holy Father Pope Alexander the VII and from power given by Christ whose Vicar he was he did absolve her from all her sins that she had committed In the Name of the Father c. Then were certain short Prayers said or rather sung in Latine for her after which High Masse was sung and then a Priest made a Sermon in Dutch his Text was out of the Psalms Hear O my Daughter incline also thine ear forget also thy people and thy Fathers house so shall the King have pleasure in thy Beauty Then was Te Deum sung with most excellene Voices and fifty peeces of Ordnance discharged and so she returned home as she came The Profession of Faith of Christina Queen of Swedland as it was publiquely Sworn unto at Inspruck Sect. 1. I Doe firmly admit and embrace Apostolicall and Ecclesiasticall Traditions and the other Observances and Constitutions of the Church Also I admit the holy Scriptures according to that sence which our holy Mother the Church to whom it belongs to judge of the true sence and interpretation of holy Scriptures hath held and doth hold neither will I ever take and interpret it but according to the unanimous consent of the Fathers Sect. 2. I doe professe also that there be truly and properly seven Sacraments of the new Law instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ and necessary to the salvation of mankind though all be not necessary for every man that is to say Baptism Confirmation the Eucharist Penance Extream unction Order and Matrimony and that they confer grace and of these Baptism Confirmation and Order cannot be reiterated without Sacriledge Also the received and approved Rites of the Catholick Church used in the solemn administration of all the aforesaid Sacraments I receive and admit Sect. 3. All and every the things which are defined and declared in the holy Councill of Trent concerning Originall sinne and Justification I embrace Sect. 4. I professe also that in the Masse there is offred unto God a true proper and propitiatory Sacrifice for the quick and dead and that in the most holy Sacrament of the Eucharist there is truly really and substantially the Body and Blood together with the Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ and there is made a conversion of the whole substance of the bread into the Body and of the whole substance of the wine into the Blood which conversion the Catholick Church calls Transubstantiation I confesse also that under either sole species all and whole Christ and a true Sacrament is received Sect. 5. I doe hold there is a Purgatory and that Souls therein detained are holpen by the suffrages of the faithfull Also that the Saints reigning with Christ are to be worshipped and prayed unto and that they offer prayers to God for us and that their Relicks are to be worshipped I most firmly avouch that the Images of Christ and of the mother of God always a Virgin and of other Saints also are to be had and retained and that due honor and veneration is to be given them Also I affirm that the power of Indulgences was left by Christ in the Church and that the use of them is most wholsome to Christian people Sect. 6. I acknowledge the holy Catholick and Apostolick Roman Church Mother and Mistresse of all Churches and I promise and swear true obedience to the Bishop of Rome successor to St. Peter Prince of the Apostles and Vicar of Jesus Christ I doe likewise undoubtedly receive and professe all other things delivered defined and declared by the sacred Canons and Councills oecumenicall and particularly by the holy Councill of Trent and withall I do condemn reject and anathematize all things that are contrary thereunto and all Heresies whatsoever the Church hath condemned rejected anathematized And I do promise vow and swear that I will be carefull to hold and confesse constantly with Gods help this true Catholick Faith out of which no man can be saved which at this present I do willingly profess and truly holds and also as far as I am able that by those who are under me or over whom by reason of my charge I shall have care it be held taught and professed CHRISTINA R. A brief Description of the Island of Jamaica and a Relation of possessing the Town of St. Jago de la Viga with the Routing the Enemies from their Forts and Ordnance and taking the said Island May 10. 1655. COncerning Jamica or Jamaica we find these following passages heretofore In the Navigation of Christopher Columbus cap. 98. Tandem Admirans devenit ad Insulam quam Insulam Jamicam c. The Admirall at length came to an Island which the Inhabitants call Jamica This Island is as fruitfull as any place near the Sea coasts or within the Land In Peter Martyr dec 3. l. 9. Est his Australior Jamaica c. Jamaica is a little more Southerly then Cuba and Hispaniola it is a pleasant and fruitfull Island most happy in the fertility of soil and it hath but one Mountain and is most fit for sowing And Dec. 1. l. 3. Hanc insulam Siciliam longiorem latioremque praedicat It is said that this Island is greater then Sicily And Dr. Heylin in his Description of the American Islands saith of Jamaica It is in length from East to West about 50 leagues and in breadth 20 the whole compasse estimated at 150. The middle of it under the 18 Degree of Northern latitude of a rich Soil abundantly provided of all things necessary well stocked with cattell and no lesse plentifully stored with most sorts of fruits which either industry or nature have supplyed it with great store of Cotton-wool and such a bundance of Jaccu a Root whereof the Savages once made their bread that it was deemed the Granary of the neighboring Islands The Island Jamaica belongeth properly to the Duke of Veragus who is lineally descended from Christopher Columbus the Discoverer of the Indies and not to the Duke of Medina as was by some conceived The chief Ports of this Island are 1 Caguaya which serves to the Town of St. Jago de la Vega or St. James of the Plains from whence it is about two leagues distant The second Port of any note on that Southside is Esquyvel which is about three leagues distant from the former towards the West which though the Channell be as of the former difficult to find is within a commodious Haven and in respect of an Arm of the Sea which affords the Commodity of building of Shipping within it is of singular commodity to the Island This Arm of the Sea extends it selfe a full league within the Land where it admits into it a small fresh Brook called Ell Rio de la Puente which arising within two leagues of the Town of St. Jago and passing pleasantly through