THE
DISCOVERIE
OF
GVIANA
.
ON
Thursday
the
6.
of
Februarie
in
the
yeare
1595.
we
departed
England
,
and
the
sunday
following
had
sight
of
the
North
cape
of
Spayne
,
the
winde
for
the
most
part
continuing
prosperous
:
wee
passed
in
sight
of
the
Burlings
,
and
the
rocke
and
so
onwardes
for
the
Canaries
,
and
fell
with
Fuerte
ventura
the
17.
of
the
same
moneth
,
where
we
spent
two
or
three
daies
,
and
relieued
our
companies
with
some
fresh
meate
.
From
thence
we
coasted
by
the
Gran
Canaria
,
and
so
to
Tenerife
,
and
staied
there
for
the
Lyons
whelp
your
Lordships
ship
,
and
for
captaine
Amys
Preston
and
the
rest
:
But
when
after
7.
or
8
daies
we
found
thcm
not
,
wee
departed
and
directed
our
course
for
Trinedado
with
mine
owne
shippe
,
and
a
small
barke
of
Captaine
Crosses
onely
(
for
we
had
before
lost
sight
of
a
smal
Gallego
on
the
coast
of
Spayne
,
which
came
with
vs
from
Plymmouth
:
)
wee
arriued
at
Trinedado
the
22.
of
March
,
casting
ancour
at
point
Curiapan
,
which
the
Spaniards
call
punto
de
Gallo
,
which
is
situate
in
8.
degrees
or
there
abouts
:
we
abode
there
4.
or
5.
daies
,
and
in
all
that
time
we
came
not
to
the
speach
of
any
Indian
or
Spaniard
:
on
the
coast
we
saw
a
fire
,
as
we
sailed
from
the
point
Carao
towards
Curiapan
,
but
for
feare
of
the
Spanyards
,
none
durst
come
to
speake
with
vs
.
I
my selfe
coasted
it
in
my
barge
close
abord
the
shore
and
landed
in
euery
Coue
,
the
better
to
know
the
Iland
,
while
the
ships
kept
the
chanell
.
From
Curiapan
after
a
fewe
daies
we
turned
vp
Northeast
to
recouer
that
place
which
the
Spaniards
cal
Puerto
de
los
Hispanioles
,
and
the
inhabitants
Conquerabia
,
and
as
before
(
reuictualing
my
barge
)
I
left
the
shippes
and
kept
by
the
shore
,
the
better
to
come
to
speach
with
some
of
the
inhabitantes
,
and
also
to
vnderstand
the
riuers
,
watring
places
and
portes
of
the
Iland
which
(
as
it
is
rudely
done
)
my
purpose
is
to
send
your
Lordship
after
a
fewe
daies
.
From
Curiapan
I
came
to
a
port
&
seat
of
Indians
called
Parico
where
we
founde
a
fresh-water
riuer
,
but
sawe
no
people
.
From
thence
I
rowed
to
another
porte
,
called
by
the
naturals
Piche
,
and
by
the
Spaniardes
Tierra
de
Brea
:
In
the
way
betweene
both
were
diuers
little
brooks
of
fresh
water
&
one
salt
riuer
that
had
store
of
oisters
vpon
the
branches
of
the
trees
,
&
were
very
salt
&
wel
tasted
.
Al
their
oisters
grow
vpon
those
boughs
and
spraies
,
and
not
on
the
grounde
:
the
like
is
commonly
seene
in
the
West
Indies
and
else
where
.
This
tree
is
described
by
Andrewe
Theuet
in
his
french
Antartique
,
and
the
forme
figured
in
the
booke
as
a
plante
verye
straunge
,
and
by
Plinie
in
his
XII
.
booke
of
his
naturall
historie
.
But
in
this
Ilande
,
as
also
in
Guiana
there
are
verie
manie
of
them
.
At
this
point
called
Tierra
de
Brea
or
Piche
there
is
that
abundance
of
stone
pich
,
that
all
the
ships
of
the
world
may
be
therewith
Ioden
from
thence
,
and
wee
made
triall
of
it
in
trimming
our
ships
to
be
most
excellent
good
,
and
melteth
not
with
the
sunne
as
the
pitch
of
Norway
,
and
therefore
for
ships
trading
the
south
partes
very
profitable
.
From
thence
we
went
to
the
mountaine
foote
called
Annaperima
,
and
so
pasing
the
riuer
Carone
on
which
the
Spanish
Citie
was
seated
,
we
met
with
our
ships
at
puerto
de
los
Hispanioles
or
Conquerabia
.
This
Iland
of
Trinedado
hath
the
forme
of
a
sheephooke
,
and
is
but
narrow
,
the
north
part
is
very
mounteynous
,
the
soile
is
very
excellent
and
wil
beare
suger
,
ginger
,
or
any
other
commodity
that
the
Indies
yeeld
.
It
hath
store
of
deare
,
wild
porks
,
fruits
,
fish
&
fowle
:
It
hath
also
for
breade
sufficient
Mais
,
Cassani
,
and
of
those
roots
and
fruits
which
are
common
euerywhere
in
the
west
Indies
.
It
hath
diuers
beasts
,
which
the
Indies
haue
not
the
spainards
confessed
that
they
found
grains
of
gold
in
some
of
the
riuers
,
but
they
hauing
a
purpose
to
enter
Guiana
(
the
Magazin
of
all
rich
metetls
)
cared
not
to
spend
time
in
the
search
therof
any
farther
.
This
Iland
is
called
by
the
people
thereof
Catri
,
and
in
it
are
diuers
nations
:
those
about
Parico
are
called
Iaio
,
those
at
Punto
Carao
are
of
the
Arwacas
,
and
betweene
Carao
and
Curiadan
they
are
called
Saluaios
,
betweene
Carao
and
punto
Gallera
are
the
Nepoios
,
and
those
about
the
Spanish
Citie
tearme
themselues
Carinepagotes
:
Of
the
rest
of
the
nations
,
and
of
other
portes
and
riuers
I
leaue
to
speake
heere
,
beeing
impertinent
to
my
purpose
,
and
meane
to
describe
them
as
they
are
situate
in
the
particular
plot
and
description
of
the
Iland
,
three
partes
whereof
I
coasted
with
my
barge
,
that
I
might
the
better
describe
it
.
Meeting
with
the
shipps
at
puerto
de
los
Hispanioles
,
we
founde
at
the
landing
place
a
company
of
Spanyards
who
kept
a
gard
at
the
descente
,
and
they
offering
a
signe
of
peace
I
sent
Captaine
Whiddon
to
speake
with
them
,
whome
afterward
to
my
great
griefe
I
left
buried
in
the
saide
Iland
after
my
returne
from
Guiana
,
beeing
a
man
most
honest
and
valiant
.
The
Spanyards
semed
to
be
desirous
to
trade
with
vs
,
and
to
enter
into
tearms
of
peace
,
more
for
doubt
of
their
own
strength
then
for
ought
else
,
and
in
the
ende
vpon
pledge
,
som
of
them
came
abord
:
the
same
euening
there
stale
also
abord
vs
in
a
finall
Canoa
two
Indians
,
the
one
of
them
being
a
Casique
or
Lord
of
the
people
called
Cantyman
,
who
had
the
yeare
before
beene
with
Captaine
Whiddon
,
and
was
of
his
acquaintance
.
By
this
Cantyman
,
wee
vnderstood
what
strength
the
Spanyardes
had
,
how
farre
it
was
to
their
Citie
,
and
of
Don
Anthonio
de
Berreo
the
gouernour
,
who
was
said
to
be
slaine
in
his
second
attempt
of
Guiana
,
but
was
nor
.
While
we
remained
at
puerto
de
los
Hispanioles
some
Spanyardes
came
abord
vs
to
buy
lynnen
of
the
company
,
and
such
other
thinges
as
they
wanted
,
and
also
to
view
our
shippes
and
company
,
all
which
I
entertained
kindly
and
feasted
after
our
manner
:
by
meanes
whereof
I
learned
of
one
and
another
as
much
of
the
estate
of
Guiana
as
I
could
,
or
as
they
knew
,
for
those
poore
souldiers
hauing
beene
many
yeares
without
wine
,
a
fewe
draughtes
made
them
merie
,
in
which
mood
they
vaunted
of
Guiana
and
of
the
riches
therof
,
and
all
what
they
knew
of
the
wayes
and
passages
,
my
selfe
seeming
to
purpose
nothing
lesse
then
the
enterance
or
discouerie
thereof
,
but
bred
in
them
an
opinion
that
I
was
bound
only
for
the
reliefe
of
those
english
,
which
I
had
plainted
in
Virginia
,
whereof
the
brute
was
come
among
them
,
which
I
had
performed
in
my
returne
if
extremity
of
weather
had
not
forst
me
from
the
saide
coast
.
I
found
occasions
of
staying
in
this
place
for
two
causes
:
the
one
was
to
be
reuenged
of
Berreo
,
who
the
yeare
before
betraied
8.
of
Captaine
Whiddons
met
,
&
tooke
them
while
he
departed
from
them
to
seeke
the
E.
Bonauenture
,
which
ariued
at
Trinedado
the
day
before
from
the
East
Indies
:
in
whose
absence
Barreo
sent
a
Canoa
abord
the
pinnace
only
with
Indians
and
dogs
inuiting
the
company
to
go
with
them
into
the
wods
to
kil
a
deare
,
who
like
wise
men
in
the
absence
of
their
Captaine
followed
the
Indians
but
were
no
sooner
one
harquebush
shot
from
the
shore
,
but
Berreos
souldiers
lying
in
ambush
had
them
al
,
notwithstanding
that
he
had
giuen
his
worde
to
Captaine
Whiddon
that
they
should
take
water
and
wood
safely
:
the
other
cause
of
my
stay
was
,
for
that
by
discourse
with
the
Spanyards
I
dayly
learned
more
and
more
of
Guiana
,
of
the
riuers
and
passages
,
and
of
the
enterprize
of
Berreo
,
by
what
meanes
or
fault
he
failed
,
and
how
he
meant
to
prosecute
the
same
.
While
we
thus
spent
the
time
I
was
assured
by
another
Casique
of
the
north
side
of
the
Iland
,
that
Berreo
had
sent
to
Marguerita
&
to
Cumana
for
souldiers
meaning
to
haue
giuen
me
a
Cassado
at
parting
,
if
it
had
bin
possible
.
For
although
he
had
giuen
order
through
all
the
Iland
that
no
Indian
should
come
aborde
to
trade
with
me
vpon
paine
of
hanging
and
quartering
,
(
hauing
executed
two
of
them
for
the
same
which
I
afterwardes
founde
)
yet
euerie
night
there
came
some
with
most
lamentable
complaints
of
his
cruelty
,
how
he
had
deuided
the
Iland
&
giuen
to
euery
soldier
a
part
,
that
he
made
the
ancient
Cassiqui
which
were
Lordes
of
the
countrie
to
be
their
slaues
,
that
he
kept
them
in
chains
,
&
dropped
their
naked
bodies
with
burning
bacon
,
&
such
other
torments
,
which
I
found
afterwards
to
be
true
:
for
in
the
citie
after
I
entred
the
same
,
there
were
5.
of
the
Lords
or
litle
kings
(
which
they
call
Casiqui
in
the
west
Indies
)
in
one
chaine
almost
dead
of
famine
,
&
wasted
with
torments
:
these
are
called
in
their
own
langauge
Acarewana
,
and
now
of
late
since
English
,
French
,
&
Spanish
are
come
among
them
,
they
cal
themselues
Capitaines
,
because
they
perceiue
that
the
chiefest
of
euery
ship
is
called
by
that
name
.
Those
fiue
Capitaines
in
the
chaine
were
called
Wannawanare
,
Carroaori
,
Maquarima
;
Tarroopanama
,
&
Aterima
.
So
as
both
to
be
reuenged
of
the
former
wrong
,
as
also
considering
that
to
enter
Guiana
by
small
boats
,
to
depart
400.
or
500.
miles
from
my
ships
,
and
to
leaue
a
garison
in
my
backe
interressed
in
the
same
enterprize
,
who
also
daily
expected
supplies
out
of
Spaine
,
I
should
haue
sauoured
very
much
of
the
Asse
:
and
therefore
taking
a
time
of
most
aduantage
,
I
set
upon
the
Corp
duguard
in
the
euening
,
and
haueing
put
them
to
the
sword
,
sent
Captaine
Calfield
onwards
with
60.
soldiers
,
&
my selfe
followed
with
40.
more
&
so
toke
their
new
city
which
they
called
S.
Ioseph
,
by
breake
of
day
:
they
abode
not
any
fight
after
a
few
shot
,
&
al
being
dismissed
but
only
Berreo
&
his
companion
,
I
brought
them
with
meabord
,
and
at
the
instance
of
the
Indians
,
I
set
their
now
City
of
S.
Iosephs
on
fire
.
The
same
day
arriued
Captaine
George
Gifford
with
your
Lord
ships
ship
,
&
Captaine
Keymis
whom
I
lost
on
the
coast
of
Spayne
,
with
the
Gallego
,
and
in
them
diuers
Gent.
and
others
,
which
to
our
little
army
was
a
great
comfort
and
supply
.
We
then
hastened
away
towards
our
purposed
discouerie
,
and
first
I
called
all
the
Captaines
of
the
Iland
together
that
were
enemies
to
the
Spaniards
,
for
there
were
some
which
Berreo
had
broght
out
of
other
countries
,
&
planted
there
to
eat
out
&
wast
those
that
were
natural
of
the
place
,
&
by
my
Indian
interpreter
,
which
I
caried
out
of
England
,
I
made
them
vnderstand
that
I
was
the
seruant
of
a
Queene
,
who
was
the
great
Casique
of
the
north
,
and
a
virgin
,
and
had
more
Casique
vnder
her
then
there
were
trees
in
that
Iland
:
that
she
was
an
enemy
to
the
Castelani
in
respect
of
their
tyranny
and
oppression
,
and
that
the
deliuered
all
such
nations
about
her
,
as
were
by
them
oppressed
,
&
hauing
freed
al
the
coast
of
the
northren
world
from
their
seruitude
had
sent
me
to
free
them
also
,
and
with
al
to
defend
the
countrey
of
Guiana
from
their
inuasion
and
conquest
.
I
shewed
them
her
maiesties
picture
which
they
so
admired
and
honoured
,
as
it
had
beene
easie
to
haue
brought
them
Idolatrous
thereof
.
The
like
&
a
more
large
discourse
I
made
to
the
rest
of
the
nations
both
in
my
passing
to
Guiana
,
&
to
those
of
the
borders
,
so
as
in
that
part
of
the
world
her
maiesty
is
very
famous
and
admirable
,
whom
they
now
call
Ezrabeta
Cassipuna
Aquerewana
,
which
is
as
much
as
Elizabeth
,
the
great
princesse
or
greatest
commaunder
.
This
done
wee
left
puerto
de
los
Hispanioles
,
and
returned
to
Curiapan
,
and
hauing
Berreo
my
prisonour
I
gathered
from
him
as
much
of
Guiana
as
he
knewe
.
This
Berreo
is
a
gent.
well
descended
,
and
had
long
serued
the
Spanish
king
in
Millain
,
Naples
,
the
lowe
Countries
and
else
where
,
verie
valiant
&
liberall
,
and
a
Gent.
of
great
assurednes
,
and
of
a
great
heart
:
I
vfed
him
according
to
his
estate
and
worth
in
all
things
I
could
,
according
to
the
small
meanes
I
had
.
I
sent
Captain
Whiddon
the
yeare
before
to
get
what
knowledge
he
could
of
Guiana
,
and
the
end
of
my
iorney
at
this
time
was
to
discouer
&
enter
the
same
,
but
my
intelligence
was
farre
from
trueth
,
for
the
country
is
situate
aboue
600.
English
miles
further
from
the
sea
,
then
I
was
made
beleeue
it
had
beene
,
which
afterward
vnderstanding
to
be
true
by
Berreo
,
I
kept
it
from
the
knowledge
of
my
companie
,
who
else
woulde
neuer
haue
beene
brought
to
attempt
the
same
:
of
which
600.
miles
I
passed
400.
leauing
my
shippes
so
farre
from
me
at
ancor
in
the
sea
,
which
was
more
of
desire
to
performe
that
discouery
,
then
of
reason
,
especially
hauing
such
poore
&
weake
vessels
to
transport
our selues
in
;
for
in
the
bottom
of
an
old
Gallego
which
I
caused
to
be
fashioned
like
a
Galley
,
and
in
one
barge
,
two
wherries
,
and
a
ship
bote
of
the
Lions
whelpe
,
we
caried
too
persons
and
their
victuals
for
a
moneth
in
the
same
,
being
al
driuen
to
lie
in
the
raine
&
weather
,
in
the
open
aire
,
in
the
burning
sunne
,
&
vpon
the
hard
bords
,
and
to
dresse
our
meat
,
and
to
cary
al
manner
of
furniture
in
them
,
wherewith
they
were
so
pestred
and
vnsauery
,
that
what
with
victuals
being
most
fish
,
with
the
weet
clothes
of
so
many
men
thrust
together
and
the
heate
of
the
sunne
,
I
will
vndertake
there
was
neuer
any
prison
in
England
,
that
coulde
be
founde
more
vnsauory
and
lothsome
,
especially
to
my selfe
,
who
had
for
many
yeares
before
beene
dieted
and
cared
for
in
a
sort
farre
more
differing
.
If
Captaine
Preston
had
not
beene
perswaded
that
he
should
haue
come
too
late
to
Trinedado
to
haue
found
vs
there
(
for
the
moneth
was
expired
which
I
promised
to
tarry
for
him
there
ere
he
could
recouer
the
coast
of
Spayne
)
but
that
it
had
pleased
God
he
might
haue
ioyned
with
vs
,
and
that
wee
had
entred
the
countrey
but
some
ten
daies
sooner
ere
the
riuers
were
ouerflow
en
,
we
had
aduentured
either
to
haue
gone
to
the
great
City
of
Manoa
,
or
at
least
taken
so
many
of
the
other
Cities
and
townes
neerer
at
hand
,
as
would
haue
made
a
royall
returne
:
but
it
pleased
not
God
so
much
to
fauour
me
at
this
time
:
if
it
shal
be
my
lot
to
prosecute
the
same
,
I
shall
willingly
spend
my
life
therein
,
and
if
any
else
shal
be
enabled
thereunto
,
and
conquere
the
same
,
I
assure
him
thus
much
,
he
shall
performe
more
then
euer
was
done
in
Mexico
by
Cortez
,
or
in
Peru
by
Pacaro
,
wherof
the
one
conquered
the
Empyre
of
Mutezuma
,
the
other
of
Guascar
,
and
Atabalipa
,
and
whatsoeuer
Prince
shall
possesseit
,
that
Prince
shall
be
Lorde
of
more
Golde
,
and
of
a
more
beautifull
Empire
,
and
of
more
Cities
and
people
,
then
eyther
the
king
of
Spaine
,
or
the
great
Turke
.
But
because
there
may
arise
many
doubtes
,
and
how
this
Empyre
of
Guiana
is
become
so
populous
,
and
adorned
with
so
many
greate
Cities
,
Townes
,
Temples
,
and
treasures
,
I
thought
good
to
make
it
knowen
,
that
the
Emperor
now
raigning
is
descended
from
those
magnificent
Princes
of
Peru
of
whose
large
territories
,
of
whose
pollicies
,
conquests
,
edifices
,
and
riches
Pedro
de
Cieza
,
Francisco
Lopez
,
and
others
haue
written
large
discourses
:
for
when
Francisco
Pacaro
,
Diego
Almagro
and
others
conquered
the
said
Empyre
of
Peru
,
and
had
put
to
death
Atabalipa
sonne
to
Cuaynacapa
,
which
Atabalipa
had
formerly
caused
his
eldest
brother
Guascar
to
be
slaine
,
one
of
the
yonger
sonnes
of
Guaynacapa
fled
out
of
Peru
,
and
tooke
with
him
many
thousandes
of
those
souldiers
of
the
Empyre
called
Oreiones
,
and
with
those
and
many
others
which
followed
him
,
he
vanquished
al
that
tract
and
valley
of
America
which
is
situate
betweene
the
greate
riuer
of
Amazones
,
and
Baraquan
,
otherwise
called
Orenoke
and
Maranion
.
The
Empyre
of
Guiana
is
directly
east
from
Peru
towards
the
sea
,
and
lieth
vnder
the
Equinoctiall
line
,
and
it
hath
more
abundance
of
Golde
then
any
part
of
Peru
,
and
as
many
or
moe
great
Cities
then
euer
Peru
had
when
it
florished
most
:
it
is
gouerned
by
the
same
lawes
,
and
the
Emperour
and
people
obserue
the
same
religion
,
and
the
same
forme
and
pollicies
in
gouernment
as
was
vsed
in
Peru
,
not
differing
in
any
part
:
and
as
I
have
beene
assured
by
such
of
the
Spanyardes
as
haue
seene
Manoa
the
imperial
Citie
of
Guiana
,
which
the
Spaniards
cal
El
Dorado
,
that
for
the
greatnes
,
for
the
riches
,
and
for
the
excellent
seate
,
it
farre
exceedeth
any
of
the
world
,
at
least
of
so
much
of
the
world
as
is
knowen
to
the
Spanish
nation
:
it
is
founded
vpon
a
lake
of
salt
water
of
200
.
leagues
long
like
vnto
mare
caspin̄
.
And
if
we
compare
it
to
that
of
Peru
,
&
but
read
the
reiport
of
Francisco
Lopez
&
others
,
it
wil
seeme
more
then
credible
,
and
because
we
may
iudge
of
the
one
by
the
other
,
I
thought
good
to
insert
part
of
the
120
,
chapter
of
Lopez
in
his
generall
historie
of
the
Indies
,
wherein
he
discribeth
the
court
and
magnificence
of
Guynacapa
,
auncestor
to
the
Emperour
of
Guiana
,
whose
very
wordes
are
these
.
Todo
el
seruicio
de
su
casa
,
mesa
,
y
cozina
era
de
oro
,
y
de
plata
,
y
quando
menos
de
plata
,
y
cobre
per
mas
rezio
.
Tenia
ensurecamara
estatuas
huecas
de
oro
que
parecian
gigantes
,
y
las
figuras
alpropio
,
y
tamano
de
quantos
animales
,
aues
,
arboles
,
y
yeruas
produze
la
tierra
,
y
de
quantos
peces
cria
la
mary
aguas
de
sus
reynos
.
Tenia
assi
mesmo
sogas
,
costales
,
celtas
,
y
troxes
de
oro
y
plata
,
rimeros
de
palos
de
oro
,
que
pareciessen
lenna
raiada
para
quemar
.
En
fin
no
auia
cosa
en
su
tierra
,
que
no
la
tuuiesse
de
oro
contrahecha
:
y
aun
dizen
,
que
tenian
los
Ingas
vn
vergal
en
vna
Islacerca
de
la
Puna
,
donde
se
yuan
a
hol
gar
,
quando
querian
mar
,
que
tenia
la
ortaliza
,
las
flores
,
yarboles
de
oro
y
plata
,
inuencion
y
grandeza
hasta
entonces
nunca
vista
.
Allende
de
todo
esto
tenia
infinitissmia
cantidad
de
plata
,
y
oro
por
labrar
en
el
Cuzco
,
que
se
perdio
po
la
muerte
de
Guascar
,
ca
los
Indios
lo
escondieron
,
viendo
que
los
espanioles
se
lo
tomauan
,
y
embiauan
a
Espania
.
That
is
,
All
the
vessels
of
his
house
,
table
and
kitchin
were
of
Gould
and
Siluer
,
and
the
meanest
of
siluer
&
copper
for
strength
and
hardnes
of
mettal
.
He
had
in
his
wardroppe
hollow
statues
of
golde
which
seemed
giants
,
and
the
figures
in
proportion
and
bignes
of
all
the
beastes
,
birdes
,
trees
and
hearbes
,
that
the
earth
bringeth
forth
:
and
of
all
the
fishes
that
the
sea
or
waters
of
his
kingdome
breedeth
.
Hee
had
also
ropes
,
budgets
,
chestes
and
troughs
of
golde
and
siluer
,
heapes
of
billets
of
golde
that
seemed
woode
,
marked
out
to
burne
.
Finally
there
was
nothing
in
his
countrey
,
whereof
he
had
not
the
counterfeat
in
gold
:
Yea
and
they
say
,
The
Ingas
had
a
garden
of
pleasure
in
an
Iland
neere
Puna
,
where
they
went
to
recreate
themselues
,
when
they
would
take
the
ayre
of
the
sea
,
which
had
all
kind
of
garden
hearbes
,
flowers
and
trees
of
Gold
and
Siluer
,
an
inuention
,
&
magnificence
til
then
neuer
seene
.
Besides
all
this
,
he
had
an
infinite
quantitie
of
siluer
and
gold
vnwrought
in
Cuzco
which
was
lost
by
the
death
of
Guascar
,
for
the
Indians
hid
it
,
seeing
that
the
Spaniards
tooke
it
,
and
sent
it
into
Spaine
.
And
in
the
117.
Chapter
Francisco
Picarro
caused
the
Goulde
,
and
Siluer
of
Atabalipa
to
bee
weyed
,
after
hee
had
taken
it
,
which
Lopez
setteth
downe
in
these
wordes
following
.
Hallaron
cinquenta
y
dos
mill
marcos
de
buena
plata
,
y
vu
millon
y
trezientos
y
veinte
y
seys
mil
,
y
quinientos
pesos
de
oro
,
which
is
:
They
found
fiftie
and
two
thousand
markes
of
good
siluer
,
and
one
million
,
and
three
hundred
twentie
and
six
thousand
and
fiue
hundred
pesoes
of
golde
.
Nowe
although
these
reportes
may
seeme
strange
,
yet
if
wee
consider
the
many
millions
which
are
daily
brought
out
of
Peru
into
spaine
,
wee
may
easely
beleeue
the
same
,
for
wee
finde
that
by
the
abundant
treasure
of
that
countrey
,
the
Spanish
King
vexeth
all
the
Princes
of
Europe
,
and
is
become
in
a
fewe
yeares
from
a
poore
king
of
Castile
the
greatest
monarke
of
this
parte
of
the
worlde
,
and
likelie
euery
day
to
increase
,
if
other
Princes
forsloe
the
good
occasions
offered
,
and
suffer
him
to
adde
this
Empire
to
the
rest
,
which
by
farre
exceedeth
all
the
rest
:
if
his
golde
now
indanger
vs
,
hee
will
then
be
vnresistable
.
Such
of
the
Spanyardes
as
afterwarde
endeuoured
the
conquest
thereof
(
whereof
there
haue
beene
many
as
shall
bee
declared
heereafter
)
thought
that
this
Inga
,
(
of
who
me
this
Emperor
now
liuing
is
descended
)
tooke
his
way
by
the
riuer
Amazones
,
by
that
braunch
which
is
callen
Papamene
,
for
by
that
way
followed
Oreliano
(
by
the
commaundement
of
the
Marquis
Pacarro
in
the
yeare
1542.
)
whose
name
the
riuer
also
beareth
this
day
,
which
is
also
by
others
called
Maragnon
,
althogh
Andrew
Theuet
doth
affirm
that
betwen
Maragnon
and
Amazones
there
are
120.
leagues
:
but
sure
it
is
that
those
riuers
haue
one
head
&
beginning
,
and
the
Maragnon
which
Theuet
describeth
is
but
a
braunch
of
Amazones
,
or
Oreliano
,
of
which
I
wil
speake
more
in
another
place
.
It
was
also
attempted
by
Diego
Ordace
,
but
whether
before
Oreliano
or
after
I
knowe
not
:
but
it
is
now
little
lesse
then
70.
yeares
since
that
Ordace
a
knight
of
the
order
of
Saint
Iago
attempted
the
same
:
and
it
was
in
the
yeare
1542.
that
Oreliano
discouered
the
riuer
of
Amazones
;
but
the
first
that
euersawe
Manoa
was
Iohannes
Martines
maister
of
the
munition
to
Ordace
,
At
a
port
called
Morequito
in
Guiana
there
lieth
at
this
day
a
greate
ancor
of
Ordaces
shippe
,
and
this
port
is
some
300.
miles
within
the
lande
,
vpon
the
greate
riuer
of
Orenoque
.
I
rested
at
this
port
sowre
daies
:
twentie
dayes
after
I
left
the
shippes
at
Curiapan
.
The
relation
of
this
Martines
(
who
was
the
first
that
discouered
Manoa
(
his
successe
&
end
is
to
be
seene
in
the
Chauncery
of
Saint
Iuan
de
puerto
rico
,
whereof
Berreo
had
a
copie
,
which
appeared
to
be
the
greatest
incoragement
as
well
to
Berreo
as
to
others
that
formerly
attemped
the
discouery
and
conquest
,
Oreliano
after
he
failed
of
the
discouery
of
Guiana
,
by
the
saide
riuer
of
Amazones
,
passed
into
Spaine
,
and
there
obtained
a
patten
of
the
king
for
the
inuasion
and
conquest
,
but
died
by
sea
about
the
Ilandes
,
and
his
fleet
seuered
by
tempest
,
the
action
for
that
time
proceeded
not
.
Diego
Ordace
followed
the
enterprize
,
and
departed
Spain
with
600.
soldiers
and
30.
horse
,
who
ariuing
on
the
coast
of
Guiana
,
was
slaine
in
a
mutiny
with
the
most
part
of
such
as
fauoured
him
,
as
also
of
the
rebellious
part
,
in
so
much
as
his
ships
perished
,
and
few
or
none
returned
,
neither
was
it
certainely
knowen
what
became
of
the
saide
Ordace
,
vntill
Berreo
found
the
ancor
of
his
ship
in
the
riuer
of
Orenoque
;
but
it
was
supposed
,
and
so
it
is
written
by
Lopez
that
he
perished
on
the
seas
,
and
of
other
writers
diuerfly
conceiued
&
reported
.
And
heereof
it
came
that
Martines
entred
so
farre
within
the
Lande
and
ariued
at
that
Citie
of
Inga
the
Emperor
,
for
it
chanced
that
while
Ordace
with
his
army
rested
at
the
port
of
Morequito
(
who
was
either
the
first
or
second
that
attempted
Guiana
,
)
by
som
negligence
,
the
whol
store
of
powder
prouided
for
the
seruice
,
was
set
on
fire
,
&
Martines
hauing
the
chief
charg
was
condemned
by
the
generall
Ordace
to
be
executed
forthwith
:
Martines
being
much
fauoured
by
the
soldiers
had
al
the
meane
possible
procured
for
his
life
,
but
it
could
not
be
obtained
in
other
sort
then
this
.
That
he
should
be
set
into
a
Canoa
alone
without
any
victual
,
only
with
his
armes
,
and
so
turnd
loose
into
the
great
riuer
:
but
it
pleased
God
that
the
Canoa
was
caried
downe
the
streame
,
&
that
certain
of
the
Guianians
met
it
the
same
euening
,
&
hauing
not
at
any
time
sene
any
Christian
,
nor
any
man
of
that
colour
,
the
caried
Martynes
into
the
land
to
be
wondred
at
,
and
so
from
towne
to
towne
,
vntill
he
came
to
the
great
Citie
of
Manoa
,
the
seate
and
residence
of
Inga
the
Emperor
.
The
Emperor
after
he
had
beheld
him
,
knew
him
to
be
a
Christian
(
for
it
was
not
long
before
that
his
brethren
Guascar
and
Atabalipa
were
vanquished
by
the
Spaniards
in
Peru
)
and
caused
him
to
be
lodged
in
his
pallace
,
and
well
entertained
:
hee
liued
7.
moneths
in
Manoa
,
but
not
suffered
to
wander
into
the
countrey
any
where
:
hee
was
also
brought
thither
all
the
waie
blindfield
,
led
by
the
Indians
vntill
he
came
to
the
entrance
of
Manoa
it selfe
,
and
was
14.
or
15.
daies
in
the
passage
:
he
auowed
at
his
death
that
he
entred
the
City
at
Noon
,
and
then
they
vncouered
his
face
,
&
that
he
trauelled
all
that
day
til
night
thorow
the
City
,
and
the
next
day
from
sun
rising
to
sun
setting
,
ere
he
came
to
the
pallace
of
Inga
.
After
that
Martynes
had
liued
7
moneths
in
Manoa
,
and
began
to
vnderstand
the
language
of
the
country
,
Inga
asked
him
whether
he
desired
to
returne
into
his
own
countrey
,
or
would
wilingly
abide
with
him
:
but
Martynes
not
desirous
to
stay
,
abtained
the
fauour
of
Inga
to
depart
,
with
whom
he
sent
diuers
Guianians
to
conduct
him
to
the
riuer
of
Orenoque
al
loden
with
as
much
gold
as
they
could
carrie
,
which
he
gaue
to
Martynes
at
his
departure
:
but
when
he
was
arriued
neere
the
riuers
side
,
the
borderers
which
are
called
Orenoqueponi
robbed
him
and
his
Guianians
of
all
the
treasure
(
the
borderers
beeing
at
that
time
at
warres
which
Inga
,
had
not
conquered
)
saue
onely
of
two
great
bottels
of
gords
,
which
were
filled
with
beads
of
golde
curiously
wrought
,
which
those
Orenoqueponi
thought
had
bin
no
other
thing
then
his
drink
or
meat
or
graine
for
food
with
which
Martynes
had
liberty
to
passe
,
and
so
in
Canoas
he
fell
down
from
the
riuer
of
Orenoque
to
Trinedado
,
and
from
thence
to
Marguerita
,
&
so
to
Saint
Iuan
de
puerto
rico
,
where
remaining
a
long
tyme
for
passage
into
Spaine
he
died
.
In
the
time
of
his
extreeme
sicknesse
,
and
when
he
was
without
hope
of
life
,
receiuing
the
Sacrament
at
the
handes
of
his
Confessor
,
he
deliuered
these
things
,
with
the
relation
of
his
trauels
,
and
also
called
for
his
Culabaza
or
gords
of
the
gold
beads
which
he
gave
to
the
Church
&
friers
to
be
praid
for
.
This
Martynes
was
he
that
christned
the
citie
of
Manoa
,
by
the
name
of
El
Dorado
,
and
as
Berreo
informed
me
vpon
this
occasion
.
Those
Guianians
and
also
the
borderers
,
and
all
other
in
that
tract
which
I
haue
seen
are
marueylous
great
drunkards
,
in
which
vice
I
thinke
no
nation
can
compare
with
them
and
at
the
times
of
their
solemne
feasts
when
the
Emperor
carowseth
with
his
Captayns
,
tributaries
,
&
gouernors
,
the
manner
is
thus
.
All
those
that
pledge
him
are
first
stripped
naked
,
&
their
bodies
annointed
al
ouer
with
a
kind
of
white
Balsamum
:
by
them
called
Curcai
of
which
there
is
great
plenty
and
yet
very
deare
amongst
them
,
and
it
is
of
all
other
the
most
precious
,
whereof
we
haue
had
good
experience
:
when
they
are
annointed
all
ouer
,
certaine
seruants
of
the
Emperor
hauing
prepared
gold
made
into
fine
powder
blow
it
thorow
holow
canesvpō
their
naked
bodies
,
vntil
they
be
al
shining
from
the
foote
to
the
head
,
&
in
this
sort
they
sit
drinking
by
twenties
&
hundreds
&
continue
in
drunkennes
sometimes
six
or
seven
daies
together
:
the
same
is
also
confirmed
by
a
letter
written
into
Spayne
which
was
intercepted
,
which
master
Robert
Dudley
told
me
he
had
seene
.
Vpon
this
sight
,
and
for
the
abundance
of
Gold
which
he
saw
in
the
citie
,
the
Images
of
gold
in
their
Temples
,
the
plates
armors
and
shields
of
gold
which
they
vse
in
the
wars
,
hee
called
it
El
Dorado
.
After
Oreliano
who
was
emploied
by
Pacaro
afterwards
Marques
Pacaro
conqueror
and
gouernour
of
Peru
,
and
the
death
of
Ordace
and
Martynes
,
one
Pedro
de
Osua
,
a
knight
of
Nauarre
attempted
Guiana
,
taking
his
way
from
Peru
,
and
built
his
brigandines
vpon
a
riuer
called
Oia
,
which
riseth
to
the
southward
of
Quinto
,
and
is
very
great
:
this
riuer
falleth
into
Amazones
,
by
which
Osua
with
his
companies
descended
,
and
came
out
of
that
Prouince
which
is
called
Mutylones
:
and
it
seemeth
to
me
that
this
Empyre
is
reserued
for
her
Maiestie
and
the
English
nation
,
by
reason
of
the
hard
successe
which
all
these
&
other
Spaniards
found
in
attempting
the
same
,
wherof
I
will
speake
briefly
,
though
impertinent
in
some
sort
to
my
purpose
.
This
Pedro
de
Osua
had
among
his
troupes
a
Bescayn
called
Agiri
,
a
man
meanely
borne
,
&
bare
no
other
office
than
a
Surgeant
or
Alferez
:
but
after
certain
months
,
when
the
souldiers
were
grieued
with
trauels
and
consumed
with
famine
,
and
that
no
entrance
could
be
found
by
the
branches
or
bodie
of
Amazones
,
this
Agiri
raised
a
muteny
,
of
which
hee
made
himselfe
the
head
,
and
so
preuailed
as
he
put
Osua
to
the
sword
and
all
his
followers
,
taking
on
him
the
whole
charge
and
commaundement
,
with
a
purpose
not
onely
to
make
himselfe
Emperour
of
Guiana
,
but
also
of
Peru
and
of
al
that
side
of
the
West
Indies
:
he
had
of
his
partie
seven
hundred
soldiers
,
and
of
those
many
promised
to
draw
in
other
captains
and
companies
to
deliuer
vp
townes
and
sorts
in
Peru
,
but
neither
finding
by
the
said
riuer
any
passage
into
Guiana
,
nor
any
possibilitie
to
returne
towards
Peru
by
the
same
Amazones
,
by
reason
that
the
descent
of
the
riuer
made
so
great
a
currant
,
he
was
inforced
to
desemboque
at
the
mouth
of
the
said
Amazones
,
which
cannot
be
lesse
than
a
thousand
leagues
from
the
place
where
they
imbarqued
:
from
thence
he
coasted
the
land
till
he
arriued
at
Marguerita
to
the
North
of
Mompatar
,
which
is
at
this
daie
called
puerto
de
Tyranno
,
for
that
he
there
slue
Don
Iuan
de
villa
Andreda
,
gouernor
of
Marguerita
who
was
father
to
Don
Iuan
Sermiento
gouernour
of
Marguerita
when
Sir
Iohn
Burgh
landed
there
,
and
attempted
the
Iland
.
Agiri
put
to
the
sworde
all
other
in
the
Iland
that
refused
to
be
of
his
partie
,
and
tooke
with
him
certane
Cemerones
,
and
other
desperate
companions
:
From
thence
he
went
to
Cumana
,
and
there
flew
the
Gouernour
,
and
dealt
in
all
as
at
Marguerita
:
he
spoiled
all
the
coast
of
Caracas
,
and
the
province
of
Vesuello
,
and
of
Rio
de
hache
,
and
as
I
remember
it
was
the
same
yeer
that
Sir
Iohn
Hawkins
failed
to
Saint
Iuan
de
Lua
in
the
Iesus
of
Lubeck
,
for
himselfe
told
me
that
he
met
with
such
a
one
vpon
the
coast
that
rebelled
,
and
had
failed
downe
all
the
riuer
of
Amazones
.
Agiri
from
thence
landed
about
Sancta
Marta
,
and
sacked
it
also
,
putting
to
death
so
many
as
refused
to
be
his
followers
,
purposing
to
inuade
Nueuo
reygno
de
Granada
,
&
to
sack
Pampelone
,
Merida
,
Lagrita
,
Tunia
,
&
the
rest
of
the
cities
of
Nueuo
reygno
,
and
from
thence
againe
to
enter
Peru
:
but
in
a
fight
in
the
said
Nueuo
reygno
he
was
ouerthrowne
,
&
finding
no
way
to
escape
,
he
first
put
to
the
sworde
his
own
children
,
foretelling
them
that
they
should
not
liue
to
be
defamed
or
opbraid
by
the
Spaniards
after
his
death
,
who
would
haue
tearmed
them
the
children
of
a
Traytor
or
Tyrant
,
and
that
sithence
he
could
not
make
them
Princes
,
he
would
yet
deliuer
them
from
shame
and
reproch
:
These
were
the
ends
and
tragedies
of
Oreliano
,
Ordace
,
Osua
,
Martines
,
and
Agiri
.
After
these
followed
Ieronimo
Ortal
de
Saragosa
with
130.
soldiers
,
who
failing
his
enterance
by
sea
was
cast
with
the
currant
on
the
coast
of
Paria
,
and
peopled
about
S.
Miguell
de
Neueri
.
It
was
then
attempted
by
Don
Pedro
de
Silua
a
Portugues
of
the
familie
of
Rigomes
de
Sylua
,
and
by
the
fauour
which
Rigomes
had
with
the
king
,
he
was
set
out
,
but
he
also
shot
wide
of
the
mark
,
for
being
departed
from
Spaine
with
his
fleete
,
he
entred
by
Maragnon
and
Amazones
,
whereby
the
nations
of
the
riuer
,
and
by
the
Amazones
he
was
vtterly
ouerthrowen
,
and
himselfe
and
all
his
armie
defeated
,
onely
seuen
escaped
,
and
of
those
but
two
returned
.
After
him
came
Pedro
Harnandez
de
Serpa
,
and
landed
at
Camana
in
the
West
Indies
,
taking
his
iourney
by
land
towards
Orenoque
;
which
may
bee
some
120.
leagues
,
but
ere
he
came
to
the
boarders
of
the
saide
riuer
,
he
was
set
vpon
by
a
nation
of
Indians
called
Wikiri
,
and
ouerthrowne
in
sort
,
that
of
300.
soldiers
,
horsemen
,
many
Indians
,
and
Negros
,
there
returned
but
18
:
others
affirme
that
he
was
defeated
in
the
very
entrance
of
Guiana
,
at
the
first
ciuill
towne
of
the
Empire
called
Macureguarai
.
Captaine
Preston
in
taking
S
Iago
de
Leon
(
which
was
by
him
and
his
companies
very
resolutly
performed
,
being
a
greate
towne
,
and
far
within
the
land
)
held
a
gentleman
prisoner
who
died
in
his
ship
,
that
was
one
of
the
companie
of
Hernandes
de
Serpa
,
and
saued
among
those
that
escaped
,
who
witnessed
what
opinion
is
held
among
the
Spaniards
thereabouts
of
the
greate
riches
of
Guiana
,
and
El
dorado
the
citie
of
Inga
.
Another
Spaniard
was
brought
aboord
me
by
Captaine
Preston
,
who
told
me
in
the
hearing
of
himselfe
and
diuers
other
gentlemen
,
that
he
met
with
Berreos
Campmaister
at
Carasas
,
when
he
came
from
the
borders
of
Guiana
,
and
that
he
saw
with
him
fortie
of
most
pure
plates
of
goulde
curiously
wrought
,
and
swordes
of
Guiana
decked
and
inlaid
with
golde
,
feathers
garnished
with
golde
,
and
diuers
rarities
which
he
carried
to
the
Spanish
king
.
After
Hernandez
de
Serpa
it
was
vndertaken
by
the
Adelantado
,
Don
Gonzales
Cemenes
de
Casada
,
who
was
one
of
the
chiefest
in
the
conquest
of
Nueuo
reigno
,
whose
daughter
&
heire
Don
Anthonio
de
Berreo
maried
:
Gonzales
sought
the
passage
also
by
the
riuer
called
Papamene
,
which
riseth
by
Quito
in
Peru
,
&
runneth
southeast
100.
leagues
,
&
then
falleth
into
Amazones
,
but
he
also
failing
the
entrance
,
returned
with
the
losse
of
much
labour
and
cost
:
I
tooke
one
captaine
George
a
Spaniard
that
followed
Gonzales
in
this
enterprise
.
Gonzales
gaue
his
daughter
to
Berreo
taking
his
oth
and
honor
,
to
follow
the
enterprise
to
the
last
of
his
substance
and
life
,
who
since
as
he
hath
sworne
to
me
hath
spent
300000.
ducates
in
the
same
,
and
yet
neuer
could
enter
so
far
into
the
land
as
my selfe
with
that
poore
troupe
or
rather
a
handfull
of
men
,
being
in
all
about
100
gentlemen
,
soldiers
,
rowers
,
bote-keepers
,
boies
,
and
of
all
sortes
:
neither
could
any
of
the
forpassed
vndertakers
,
nor
Berreo
himselfe
discouer
the
country
,
till
now
lately
by
conference
with
an
auncient
king
called
Carapana
he
got
the
true
light
thereof
:
for
Berreo
came
about
1500.
miles
,
ere
he
vnderstoode
ought
,
or
could
finde
any
passage
or
entrance
into
any
parte
thereof
,
yet
he
had
experience
of
all
these
forenamed
,
and
diuers
others
,
and
was
perswaded
of
their
errors
and
mistakings
.
Berreo
sought
it
by
the
riuer
Cassamar
,
which
falleth
into
a
great
riuer
called
Pato
,
Pato
falleth
into
Meta
,
and
Meta
into
Baraquan
,
which
is
also
called
Orenoque
.
He
tooke
his
iourney
from
Nueuo
reygno
de
granada
where
he
dwelt
,
hauing
the
inheritance
of
Gonzales
Cemenes
in
those
parts
:
he
was
followed
with
700.
horse
,
he
draue
with
him
1000.
heade
of
cattell
,
he
had
also
many
women
,
Indians
,
and
slaues
.
How
all
these
riuers
crosse
and
encounter
,
how
the
country
lieth
and
is
bordred
,
the
passage
of
Cemenes
,
and
Berreo
,
mine
owne
discouery
,
and
the
way
that
I
entred
,
with
all
the
rest
of
the
nations
and
riuers
,
your
Lordship
shall
receiue
in
a
large
Chart
or
Map
,
which
I
haue
not
yet
finished
,
and
which
I
shall
most
humbly
praie
your
Lo.
to
secret
,
and
not
to
suffer
it
to
passe
your
own
hands
,
for
by
a
draught
thereof
all
may
bee
preuented
by
other
nations
.
For
I
know
it
is
this
very
yeere
sought
by
the
French
,
although
by
the
way
that
they
now
take
,
I
feare
it
not
much
.
It
was
also
tolde
me
ere
I
departed
England
,
that
Villiers
the
Admirall
was
in
preparation
for
the
planting
of
Amazones
,
to
which
riuer
the
French
haue
made
diuers
voyages
,
and
returned
much
gold
and
other
rarities
,
I
spake
with
a
captaine
of
a
French
ship
that
came
from
thence
,
his
ship
riding
in
Falmuth
,
the
same
yeere
that
my
ships
came
first
from
Virginia
.
There
was
another
this
yeere
in
Helford
that
also
came
from
thence
,
and
had
been
14
moneths
at
an
ancor
in
Amazones
,
which
were
both
very
rich
.
Although
as
I
am
perswaded
;
Guiana
cannot
be
entred
that
way
,
yet
no
doubt
the
trade
of
gold
from
thence
passeth
by
braunches
of
riuers
into
the
riuer
of
Amazones
and
so
it
doth
on
euery
hand
farre
from
the
countrey
it selfe
,
for
those
Indians
of
Trinedado
haue
plates
of
gold
from
Guiana
,
and
those
Canibals
of
Dominica
which
dwell
in
the
Ilands
by
which
our
ships
passe
yeerly
to
the
West
Indies
,
also
the
Indians
of
Paria
,
those
Indians
called
Tucaris
,
Chochi
,
Apotomios
,
Cumanagotos
,
and
all
those
other
nations
inhabiting
nere
about
the
mountains
that
run
from
Paria
thorow
the
Prouince
of
Vensuello
,
and
in
Maracapana
,
and
the
Canibals
of
Guanipa
,
the
Indians
called
Assawai
,
Coaca
,
Aiai
,
and
the
rest
(
all
which
shall
be
described
in
my
description
as
they
are
fituate
)
haue
plates
of
gold
of
Guiana
.
And
vpon
the
riuer
of
Amazones
Theuet
writeth
that
the
people
weare
Croissants
of
gold
,
for
of
that
form
the
Guianinians
most
commonly
make
them
:
So
as
from
Dominica
to
Amazones
which
is
aboue
250.
leagues
,
al
the
chiefe
Indians
in
al
parts
weare
of
those
plates
of
Guiana
.
Vndoubtedly
those
that
trade
Amazones
returne
much
gold
,
which
(
asis
aforesaide
)
commeth
by
trade
from
Guiana
,
by
some
branch
of
a
riuer
that
falleth
from
the
countrey
into
Amazones
,
and
either
it
is
by
the
riuer
which
passeth
by
the
nations
called
Tisnados
,
or
by
Carepuna
.
I
made
inquiry
amongst
the
most
ancient
and
best
traueled
of
the
Orenoqueponi
,
&
I
had
knowledge
of
all
the
riuers
between
Orenoque
and
Amazones
,
and
was
very
desirous
to
vnderstand
the
trueth
of
those
warlike
women
,
bicause
of
some
it
is
beleeued
,
of
others
not
:
And
though
I
digresse
from
my
purpose
,
yet
I
wil
set
downe
that
hath
beene
deliuered
me
for
truth
of
those
women
,
and
I
spake
with
a
Casique
or
Lorde
of
people
that
told
me
he
had
been
in
the
riuer
,
and
beyond
it
also
.
The
nations
of
these
women
are
on
the
south
side
of
the
riuer
in
the
Priuinces
of
Topago
,
and
their
chiefest
strengths
,
and
retracts
are
in
the
Ilands
scituate
on
the
south
side
of
the
entrance
,
some
60
,
leagues
within
the
mouth
of
the
saide
riuer
.
The
memories
of
the
like
women
are
verie
ancient
as
well
in
Africa
as
in
Asia
:
In
Africa
those
that
had
Medusa
for
Queene
:
others
in
Scithia
neere
the
riuers
of
Tanais
and
Thermadon
:
we
finde
also
that
Lampedo
and
Marthesia
were
Queens
of
the
Amazones
:
in
many
histories
they
are
verified
to
haue
been
,
and
in
diuers
ages
and
Prouinces
:
But
they
which
are
not
far
from
Guiana
do
accompanie
with
men
but
once
in
a
yeare
,
and
for
the
time
of
one
moneth
,
which
I
gather
by
their
relation
to
be
in
Aprill
.
And
that
time
all
Kings
of
the
borders
assemble
,
and
Queenes
of
the
Amazones
,
and
after
the
Queenes
haue
chosen
,
the
rest
cast
lots
for
their
Valentines
.
This
one
moneth
,
they
feast
,
dance
,
&
drinke
of
their
wines
in
abundance
,
and
the
Moone
being
done
,
they
all
depart
to
their
owne
Prouinces
.
If
they
conceiue
,
and
be
deliuered
of
a
sonne
,
they
returne
him
to
the
father
,
if
of
a
daughter
they
nourish
it
,
and
retaine
it
,
and
as
many
as
haue
daughters
send
vnto
the
begetters
a
Present
,
all
being
desirous
to
increase
their
owne
fex
and
kind
,
but
that
they
cut
of
the
right
dug
of
the
brest
I
do
not
finde
to
be
true
.
It
was
farther
told
me
,
that
if
in
these
warsthey
tooke
any
prisoners
that
they
vsed
to
accompany
with
those
also
at
what
time
soeuer
,
but
in
the
end
for
certaine
they
put
them
to
death
:
for
they
are
said
to
be
very
cruell
and
bloodthirsty
,
especially
to
such
as
offer
to
inuade
their
territories
.
These
Amazones
haue
likewise
great
store
of
these
plates
of
golde
,
which
they
recouer
by
exchange
chiefly
for
a
kinde
of
greene
stones
,
which
the
Spaniards
call
Piedras
Hijadas
,
and
we
vse
for
spleene
stones
,
and
for
the
disease
of
the
stone
we
also
esteeme
them
:
of
these
I
saw
diuers
in
Guiana
,
and
commonly
euery
king
or
Casique
hath
one
,
which
their
wiues
for
the
most
part
weare
,
and
they
esteem
them
as
greate
iewels
.
But
to
returne
to
the
enterprise
of
Berreo
,
who
(
as
I
haue
said
)
departed
from
Nueuo
reygno
with
700.
horse
besides
the
prouisions
aboue
rehearsed
;
he
descended
by
the
riuer
called
Cassanar
,
which
riseth
in
Nueno
reygno
out
of
the
mountaines
by
the
citie
of
Tuuia
,
from
which
mountaine
also
springeth
Pato
,
both
which
fall
into
the
great
riuer
of
Meta
,
and
Meta
riseth
from
a
mountaine
ioyning
to
Pampelone
in
the
same
Nueuo
reygno
de
Granada
:
these
as
also
Guaiare
,
which
issueth
out
of
the
mountaines
by
Timana
fall
all
into
Baraquan
,
and
are
but
of
his
heads
,
for
at
their
comming
togither
they
loose
their
names
,
and
Baraquan
farther
down
is
also
rebaptized
by
the
name
of
Orenoque
.
On
the
other
side
of
the
citie
and
hils
of
Timana
riseth
rio
grande
,
which
falleth
into
the
sea
by
Sancta
Marta
.
By
Cassonar
first
,
and
so
into
Meta
Berreo
passed
,
keeping
his
horsemen
on
the
bankes
,
where
the
countrie
serued
them
for
to
march
,
and
where
otherwise
he
was
driuen
to
embarque
them
in
boates
which
he
builded
for
the
purpose
,
&
so
came
with
the
currant
down
the
riuer
of
Meta
,
and
so
into
Baraquan
.
After
he
entred
that
great
and
mighty
riuer
,
he
began
daily
to
loose
of
his
companies
both
men
and
horse
,
for
it
is
in
many
places
violently
swift
,
and
hath
forcible
eddies
,
many
sands
,
and
diuers
Ilandes
sharpe
pointed
with
rocks
:
But
after
one
whole
yeere
,
iourneying
for
the
most
part
by
riuer
,
and
the
rest
by
land
he
grew
daily
to
fewer
numbers
,
for
both
by
sicknes
,
and
by
encountring
with
the
people
of
those
regions
,
through
which
he
trauelled
,
his
companies
were
much
wasted
,
especially
by
diuers
incounters
with
the
Amapaiens
:
And
in
all
this
time
he
neuer
could
learne
of
any
passage
into
Guiana
,
nor
any
newes
or
same
thereof
,
vntill
he
came
to
a
farther
border
of
the
saide
Amapaia
,
eight
daies
iourney
from
the
riuer
Caroli
,
which
was
the
farthest
riuer
that
he
entred
.
Among
those
of
Amapaia
,
Guiana
was
famous
,
but
few
of
these
people
accosted
Berreo
,
or
woulde
trade
with
him
the
first
three
moneths
of
the
six
which
he
foiourned
there
.
This
Amapaia
is
also
maruellous
rich
in
golde
(
as
both
Berreo
confessed
and
those
of
Guiana
with
whome
I
had
most
conference
)
and
is
situate
vpon
Orenoke
also
.
In
his
countrey
Berreo
lost
60.
of
his
best
soldiers
,
and
most
of
all
his
horse
that
remained
in
his
former
yeeres
trauell
:
but
in
the
end
after
diuers
encounters
with
those
nations
they
grew
to
peace
,
and
they
presented
Berreo
with
10.
Images
of
fine
gold
among
diuers
other
plates
and
Croissants
,
which
as
he
sware
to
me
and
diuers
other
gentlemen
were
so
curiously
wrought
,
as
he
had
not
seene
the
like
eyther
in
Italy
,
Spayne
,
or
the
Lowe
Countries
:
and
he
was
resolued
that
when
they
came
to
the
handes
of
the
Spanish
king
,
to
whom
he
had
sent
them
by
his
Campmaster
,
they
would
appeare
very
admirable
,
especially
being
wrought
by
such
a
nation
as
had
no
Iron
instruments
at
all
,
nor
any
of
those
helps
which
our
gold
smiths
haue
to
work
with
all
.
The
particular
name
of
the
people
in
Amapaia
which
gaue
him
these
peeces
are
called
Anebas
,
and
the
riuer
of
Orenoque
at
that
place
is
aboue
12.
English
miles
brode
,
which
may
be
from
his
out
fall
into
the
sea
700.
or
800.
miles
.
This
Prouince
of
Amapaia
is
a
verie
low
and
a
marish
ground
neere
the
riuer
,
and
by
reason
of
the
red
water
which
issueth
out
in
small
branches
thorow
the
fenny
and
boggie
ground
there
breed
diuers
poysonfull
wormes
and
serpents
,
and
the
Spaniards
not
suspecting
;
nor
in
any
fort
foreknowing
the
danger
were
infected
with
a
grieuous
kind
of
flux
by
drinking
therof
,
and
euen
the
very
horses
poisoned
therewith
:
In
so
much
as
at
the
end
of
the
six
months
,
that
they
abode
there
,
of
all
their
troups
,
there
were
not
left
aboue
120.
soldiers
,
and
neyther
horse
nor
cattle
.
For
Berreo
hoped
to
haue
found
Guiana
by
1000.
miles
neerer
than
it
fell
out
to
be
in
the
end
,
by
means
wherof
they
sustained
much
want
and
much
hunger
,
oppressed
with
greeuous
diseases
,
and
all
the
miseries
that
could
be
imagined
.
I
demanded
of
those
in
Guiana
that
had
trauelled
Amapaia
how
they
liued
with
that
tawny
or
red
water
when
they
trauelled
thither
,
and
they
tolde
me
that
after
the
Sun
was
neere
the
midle
of
the
skie
,
they
vsed
to
fill
their
pots
and
pitchers
with
that
water
,
but
either
before
that
time
,
or
towards
the
setting
of
the
Sun
it
was
dangerous
to
drinke
of
,
and
in
the
night
strong
poison
.
I
learned
also
of
diuers
other
riuers
of
that
nature
among
them
which
were
also
(
while
the
Sun
was
in
the
Meridian
)
very
safe
to
drink
,
and
in
the
morning
,
evening
,
and
night
,
woonderfull
dangerous
and
infectiue
.
From
this
prouiuce
Berreo
hasted
away
as
foone
as
the
Spring
and
beginning
of
Summer
appeered
,
&
sought
his
entrance
on
the
borders
of
Orenoque
on
the
south
side
,
but
there
ran
a
ledge
of
so
high
&
impassable
mountaines
as
he
was
not
able
by
any
meanes
to
march
ouer
them
,
continuing
from
the
east
sea
into
which
Orenoque
falleth
,
euen
to
Quito
in
Peru
:
neither
had
he
meanes
to
carrie
victuall
or
munition
ouer
those
craggie
,
high
,
and
fast
hils
,
being
all
wooddy
,
and
those
so
thicke
and
spiny
,
and
so
full
of
prickles
,
thornes
,
and
briers
,
as
it
is
impossible
to
creepe
thorow
them
:
he
had
also
neither
friendship
among
the
people
,
nor
any
interpreter
to
perswade
or
treate
with
them
,
and
more
,
to
his
disaduantage
,
the
Cassiqui
and
kings
of
Amapaia
had
giuen
knowledge
of
his
purpose
to
the
Guianians
,
and
that
he
sought
to
sacke
and
conquer
the
Empire
,
for
the
hope
of
their
so
greate
abundance
and
quantities
of
gold
he
passed
by
the
mouths
of
many
greate
riuers
,
which
fell
into
Orenoque
both
from
the
north
and
south
,
which
I
forbeare
to
name
for
tediousnes
,
and
bicause
they
are
more
pleasing
in
describing
than
reading
.
Ilstreo
affirmed
that
there
fell
an
hundred
riuers
into
Orenoque
from
the
north
and
south
,
whereof
the
left
was
as
big
as
Ria
grande
,
that
passed
between
Popayan
,
and
Nueuo
reyno
de
granada
(
Ria
grande
being
esteemed
one
of
the
renowned
riuers
in
all
the
west
Indies
,
&
numbred
among
the
great
riuers
of
the
world
:
)
But
he
knew
not
the
names
of
any
of
these
,
but
Caroli
only
,
neither
from
what
nations
they
discended
,
neither
to
what
Provinces
they
led
,
for
he
had
no
meanes
to
discourse
with
the
inhibatants
at
any
time
:
neither
was
he
curious
in
these
things
,
being
vtterly
vnlearned
,
&
not
knowing
the
east
from
the
west
.
But
of
all
these
I
got
som
knowlegde
,
&
of
many
more
,
partly
by
mine
own
trauel
,
&
the
rest
by
conference
;
of
from
one
I
learned
one
of
others
the
rest
,
hauing
with
me
an
Indian
that
spake
many
languages
,
&
that
of
Guiana
naturally
.
I
sought
out
all
the
aged
men
,
&
such
as
were
greatest
trauelers
,
and
by
the
one
&
the
other
I
came
to
vnderstand
the
situations
,
the
riuers
,
the
kingdoms
from
the
east
sea
to
the
borders
of
Peru
,
&
from
Orenoque
southward
as
far
as
Amazones
or
Maragnon
,
and
the
religions
of
Maria
Tamball
,
and
of
all
the
kings
of
Prouinces
and
captains
of
townes
and
villages
,
how
they
stood
in
tearms
of
peace
or
war
,
and
which
were
friends
or
enimies
the
one
with
the
other
,
without
which
there
can
be
neither
entrance
nor
conquest
in
those
parts
,
nor
els
where
:
For
by
the
dissention
betweene
Guascar
and
Atabalipa
,
Pacaro
conquered
Peru
,
and
by
the
hatred
that
the
Tra
〈…〉
calliani
bare
to
Mutezuma
,
Cortez
was
victorious
ouer
Mexico
;
without
which
both
the
one
and
the
other
had
failed
of
their
enterprize
,
and
of
the
great
honor
and
riches
,
which
they
attained
vnto
.
Now
Berreo
began
to
grow
into
dispaire
,
and
looked
for
no
other
successe
than
his
predecessor
in
this
enterprize
,
vntill
such
time
as
he
ariued
at
the
Province
of
Emeria
towardes
the
east
sea
and
mouth
of
the
riuer
,
where
he
found
a
nation
of
people
very
fauourable
,
and
the
countrie
full
of
all
manner
of
victuall
.
The
king
of
this
land
is
called
Carapana
,
a
man
verie
wise
,
subtill
,
and
of
great
experience
,
being
litle
lesse
than
100.
yeeres
old
:
In
his
youth
he
was
sent
by
his
father
into
the
Iland
of
Trinedado
,
by
reason
of
ciuill
warre
among
themselues
,
and
was
bred
at
a
village
,
in
that
Iland
,
called
Parico
:
at
that
place
in
his
youth
he
had
seene
many
Christians
both
French
and
Spanish
,
and
went
diuers
times
with
the
Indians
of
Trinedado
to
Marguerita
and
Cumana
in
the
west
Indies
,
(
for
both
those
places
haue
euer
been
releeued
with
victuall
from
Trinedado
)
by
reason
whereof
he
grew
of
more
vnderstanding
,
and
noted
the
difference
of
the
nations
,
comparing
the
strength
and
armes
of
his
country
with
those
of
the
Christians
,
and
euer
after
temporized
so
,
as
whosoeuer
else
did
amisse
,
or
was
wasted
by
contention
,
Carapana
kept
himselfe
and
his
country
in
quiet
and
plenty
:
he
also
held
peace
with
Caribas
or
Canibals
his
neighbour
,
and
had
free
trade
with
all
nations
whosoeuer
else
had
war.
Berreo
soiourned
and
rested
his
weake
troupe
in
the
towne
of
Carapana
six
weeks
,
and
from
him
learned
the
way
and
passage
to
Guiana
,
and
the
riches
&
magnificence
thereof
:
but
being
then
vtterly
disable
to
proceede
,
he
determined
to
try
his
fortune
another
yere
,
when
he
had
renewed
his
prouisions
,
and
regathered
more
force
,
which
he
hoped
for
as
wel
out
of
Spain
,
as
from
Nueuo
reyno
,
where
he
had
left
his
son
Don
Anthonio
Xemenes
to
second
him
vpon
the
first
notice
giuen
of
his
entrance
,
&
so
for
the
present
imbarqued
himselfe
in
Canoas
,
&
by
the
braunches
of
Orenoque
ariued
at
Trinedado
,
hauing
from
Carapana
sufficient
Pilots
to
conduct
him
.
From
Trinedado
he
coasted
Paria
,
and
so
recouered
Marguerita
:
and
hauing
made
relation
to
Don
Iuan
Sermiento
the
gouernour
of
his
proceeding
,
and
perswaded
him
of
the
riches
of
Guiana
,
he
obtained
from
thence
50.
soldiers
,
promising
presently
to
returne
to
Carapana
,
and
so
into
Guiana
.
But
Berreo
ment
nothing
lesse
at
that
time
,
for
he
wanted
many
prouisions
necessarie
for
such
an
enterprize
,
and
therefore
departed
from
Marguerita
,
seated
himselfe
in
Trinedado
,
and
from
thence
sent
his
Campmaister
,
and
his
Sargeant
maior
backe
to
the
borders
to
discouer
the
neerest
passage
,
into
the
Empire
,
as
also
to
treate
with
the
borderers
,
and
to
drawe
them
to
his
partie
and
loue
,
without
which
,
he
knew
he
could
neither
passe
safely
,
nor
in
anie
sort
be
releeued
with
victuall
or
ought
els
.
Carapana
directed
this
companie
to
a
king
called
Morequito
,
assuring
them
that
no
man
coulde
deliuer
so
much
of
Guiana
,
as
Morequito
could
,
and
that
his
dwelling
was
but
fiue
daies
iourney
from
Macureguarai
,
the
first
ciuill
towne
of
Guiana
.
Now
your
Lordship
shall
vnderstand
that
this
Morequito
,
one
of
the
greatest
Lords
or
Kinges
of
the
borders
of
Guiana
,
had
two
or
three
yeares
before
beene
at
Cumana
and
at
Marguerita
,
in
the
west
Indies
,
with
greate
store
of
plates
of
golde
,
which
he
carried
to
exchange
for
such
other
things
as
he
wanted
in
his
owne
countrey
,
and
was
dayly
feasted
,
and
presented
by
the
gouernours
of
those
places
,
and
held
amongst
them
some
two
moneths
,
in
which
time
one
Vides
gouernor
of
Cumana
wan
him
to
be
his
conductor
into
Guiana
,
being
allured
by
those
Croissants
and
Images
of
gold
which
he
brought
with
him
to
trade
,
as
also
by
the
ancient
fame
and
magnificence
of
El
Dorado
:
whereupon
Vides
sent
into
Spayne
for
a
Patent
to
discouer
and
conquer
Guiana
,
not
knowing
of
the
precedence
of
Berreos
patent
,
which
as
Berreo
affirmeth
was
signed
before
that
of
Vides
:
so
as
when
Vides
vnderstood
of
Berreo
,
and
that
he
had
made
entrance
into
that
territorie
,
and
foregone
his
desire
and
hope
,
it
was
verilie
thought
that
Vides
practised
with
Morequito
hinder
and
disturbe
Berreo
in
al
he
could
and
not
to
suffer
him
to
enter
through
his
Seignorie
,
nor
any
of
his
companies
,
neither
to
victuall
,
nor
guide
them
in
any
sort
;
for
Vides
gouenor
of
Camana
,
and
Berreo
were
become
mortall
enemies
,
as
well
for
that
Berreo
had
gotten
Trinedado
into
his
Patent
with
Guiana
,
as
also
in
that
he
was
by
Berreo
preuented
in
the
iourney
of
Guiana
it selfe
:
howsoeuer
it
was
I
know
not
,
but
Morequito
for
a
time
dissembled
his
disposition
,
suffered
Spaniards
,
and
a
Frier
(
which
Berreo
had
sent
to
discouer
Manoa
)
to
trauell
through
his
country
,
gaue
them
a
guide
for
Macureguaray
the
first
towne
of
ciuill
and
apparrelled
people
,
from
whence
they
had
other
guides
to
bring
them
to
Manoa
the
great
citie
of
Inga
:
and
being
furnished
with
those
thinges
,
which
they
had
learned
of
Carapana
,
were
of
most
price
in
Guiana
,
went
onward
,
and
in
eleuen
daies
arriued
at
Manoa
,
as
Berreo
affirmeth
for
certain
:
although
I
could
not
be
assured
therof
by
the
Lord
which
now
gouerneth
the
Prouince
of
Morequito
,
for
he
told
me
that
they
got
all
the
golde
they
had
,
in
other
townes
on
this
side
Manoa
,
there
being
many
very
great
and
rich
,
and
(
as
he
said
)
built
like
the
townes
of
Christians
,
with
many
roomes
.
When
these
ten
Spaniards
were
returned
,
and
readie
to
put
out
of
the
border
of
Arromaia
,
the
people
of
Morequito
set
vpon
them
,
&
flew
them
all
but
one
that
swam
the
riuer
,
and
tooke
from
them
to
the
value
of
40000.
pesoes
of
golde
,
and
as
it
is
written
in
the
storie
of
Iob
,
one
onely
liued
to
bring
the
newes
to
Berreo
,
that
both
his
nine
souldiers
and
holie
father
were
benighted
in
the
saide
Prouince
.
I
my selfe
spake
with
the
Captaines
of
Morequito
that
flewe
them
,
and
was
at
the
place
where
it
was
executed
.
Berreo
inraged
heerewithall
sente
all
the
strength
he
coulde
make
into
Arromaia
,
to
be
reuenged
of
him
,
his
people
,
and
countrey
:
but
Morequito
suspecting
the
fame
fled
ouer
Orenoque
,
and
thorow
the
territories
of
the
Saima
,
and
Wikiri
,
recouered
Cumana
,
where
he
thought
himself
every
safe
with
Vides
the
gouernor
:
But
Berreo
sending
for
him
in
the
kings
name
,
and
his
messengers
finding
him
in
the
house
of
one
Fashardo
on
the
sudden
ere
he
was
suspected
,
so
as
he
could
not
then
be
coueyed
away
,
Vides
durst
not
deny
him
,
as
well
to
auoide
the
suspition
of
the
practise
,
as
also
for
that
an
holy
father
was
slaine
by
him
and
his
people
,
Morequito
offred
Fashardo
the
weight
of
three
quintals
in
gold
,
to
let
him
escape
,
but
the
poore
Guianian
betraide
of
all
sides
was
deliuered
to
the
Campmaster
of
Berreo
,
and
was
presently
executed
.
After
the
death
of
this
Morequito
,
the
souldiers
of
Berreo
spoiled
his
territorie
,
&
tooke
diuers
prisoners
,
among
others
they
tooke
the
vnckle
of
Morequito
called
Toptawari
,
who
is
now
king
of
Arromaia
)
whose
sonne
I
brought
with
me
into
England
)
and
is
a
man
of
great
vnderstanding
and
pollicie
:
he
is
aboue
100.
yeeres
old
,
and
yet
of
a
very
able
bodie
:
the
Spanyardes
led
him
in
a
chain
17.
daies
,
and
made
him
their
guide
from
place
to
place
betweene
his
countrey
&
Emeria
the
prouince
of
Carapana
aforesaid
,
and
was
at
last
redeemed
for
100.
plates
of
gold
,
and
diuers
stones
called
Piedras
Hijadas
,
or
Spleen
stones
.
Now
Berreo
for
executing
of
Morequito
and
other
cruelties
,
spoiles
,
and
slaughters
done
in
Arromaia
hath
lost
the
loue
of
the
Orenoqueponi
,
and
of
all
the
borderers
,
and
dare
not
send
any
of
his
soldiers
any
farther
into
the
land
than
to
Carapana
which
he
called
the
port
of
Guiana
:
but
from
thence
by
the
helpe
of
Carapana
he
had
trade
farther
into
the
country
,
&
alwaies
appointed
10
,
Spaniardes
to
reside
in
Carapanas
towne
,
by
whose
fauor
&
by
being
conducted
by
his
people
,
those
ten
searched
the
countrey
thereabouts
as
well
for
mines
,
as
for
other
trades
and
commodities
.
They
also
haue
gotten
a
nephew
of
Morequito
,
whom
they
haue
Christened
and
named
Don
Iuan
,
of
whom
they
haue
great
hope
,
endeuoring
by
all
means
to
establish
him
in
the
said
prouince
.
Amang
manie
other
trades
those
Spaniards
vsed
Cansas
to
passe
to
the
riuers
of
Barema
,
Pawroma
,
and
Dissequebe
,
which
are
on
the
south
side
of
the
mouth
of
Orenoque
,
and
the
re
buie
women
and
children
from
the
Canibals
,
which
are
of
that
barbarous
nature
,
as
they
will
for
3.
or
4.
hatchers
sell
the
sonnes
and
daughters
of
their
owne
brethren
and
sisters
,
and
for
somewhat
,
more
euen
their
own
daughters
heer
of
the
Spaniards
make
great
profit
,
for
buying
a
maid
of
12.
or
13.
yeeres
for
three
or
fower
hatchets
,
they
sell
them
againe
at
Marguerita
in
the
west
Indies
for
50.
and
100.
pesoes
which
is
so
many
crownes
.
The
master
of
my
ship
Io.
Douglas
tooke
one
of
the
Canoas
which
came
loden
from
thence
with
people
to
be
sold
,
and
the
most
of
them
escaped
,
yet
of
those
hee
brought
,
there
was
one
as
well
fauoured
,
and
as
well
shaped
as
euer
I
sawe
anie
in
England
,
and
afterwarde
I
sawe
many
of
them
,
which
but
for
their
tawnie
colour
may
bee
compared
to
anie
of
Europe
.
They
also
trade
in
those
riuers
for
bread
of
Cassaui
,
of
which
they
buy
an
hundred
pounde
weight
for
a
knife
,
and
sell
it
at
Marguerita
for
ten
pesoes
.
They
also
recouer
great
store
of
cotten
,
brasill
wood
,
and
those
beds
which
they
call
Hamacas
or
brasill
beds
,
wherein
in
hot
countries
all
the
Spaniards
vse
to
lie
commonly
,
and
in
no
other
,
neyther
did
we
ourselues
while
we
were
there
:
By
means
of
which
trades
,
for
ransom
of
diuers
of
the
Guianians
,
and
for
exchange
of
hatchets
and
kniues
,
Berreo
recouered
some
store
of
gold
plates
,
eagles
of
gold
and
Images
of
men
and
diuers
birds
,
and
dispatched
his
Campmaster
for
Spaine
with
all
that
he
had
gathered
,
therewith
to
leuy
souldiers
,
and
by
the
shew
therof
to
draw
others
to
the
loue
of
the
enterprize
:
and
hauing
sent
diuers
Images
as
well
of
men
as
beastes
,
birds
and
fishes
so
curiously
wrought
in
gold
,
doubted
not
but
to
perswade
the
king
to
yeeld
to
him
some
further
helpe
,
especially
for
that
this
lande
hath
neuer
been
sacked
,
the
mines
neuer
wrought
,
and
in
the
Indies
their
works
were
wel
spent
,
and
the
gold
drawn
out
with
greate
labour
and
charge
:
he
also
dispacrhed
messengers
to
his
sonne
in
Nueuo
reyno
to
leuy
all
the
forces
he
could
,
and
to
come
down
the
riuer
Orenoque
to
Emeria
,
the
prouince
of
Carapana
,
to
meet
him
:
he
had
also
sent
to
Saint
Iago
de
Leon
on
the
coast
of
the
Caracas
to
buy
horses
and
mules
.
After
I
had
thus
learned
of
his
proceedings
past
&
purposed
:
I
told
him
that
I
had
resolued
to
see
Guiana
,
and
that
it
was
the
end
of
my
iourney
,
&
the
cause
of
my
comming
to
Trinedado
,
as
it
was
indeed
,
(
&
for
that
purpose
I
sent
Ia.
Whiddon
the
yeere
before
to
get
intelligence
,
with
whom
Berreo
himselfe
had
speech
at
that
time
,
and
remembred
how
inquisitiue
Ia.
Whiddon
was
of
his
proceedings
,
and
of
the
countrey
of
Guiana
,
)
Berreo
was
stricken
into
a
greate
melancho
lie
and
sadnes
and
vsed
all
the
arguments
he
could
to
diswade
me
,
and
also
assured
the
gentlemen
of
my
company
that
it
would
be
labour
lost
,
and
that
they
should
suffer
many
miseries
if
they
proceeded
:
And
first
he
deliuered
that
I
could
not
enter
any
of
the
riuers
with
any
barke
or
pinace
,
nor
hardly
with
any
ships
bore
,
it
was
so
low
,
sandie
,
and
full
of
flats
,
and
that
his
companies
were
daily
grounded
in
their
Cansas
which
drew
but
twelue
inches
water
:
he
further
saide
that
none
of
the
countrey
would
come
to
speake
with
vs
,
but
would
all
flie
,
and
if
we
followed
them
to
their
dwellings
,
they
would
burne
their
owne
townes
,
and
besides
that
the
way
was
long
,
the
winter
at
hand
,
and
that
the
riuers
beginning
once
to
swel
,
it
was
impossible
to
stem
the
currant
,
&
that
we
could
not
in
those
smal
bots
by
any
meanes
carry
victual
for
halfe
the
time
,
and
that
(
which
indeed
most
discoraged
my
company
)
the
Kings
and
Lords
of
all
the
borders
and
of
Guiana
had
decreed
,
that
none
of
them
should
trade
with
any
Christians
for
gold
,
bicause
the
same
would
be
their
owne
ouerthrow
,
and
that
for
the
loue
of
gold
the
Christians
meant
to
conquer
and
dispossesse
them
of
all
together
.
Many
and
the
most
of
these
I
found
to
be
true
,
but
yet
I
resoluing
to
make
trial
of
all
whatsoeuer
hapned
directed
Captaine
George
Gifford
my
Vice-admirall
to
take
the
Lions
whelpe
,
and
Captaine
Calfield
his
barke
to
turne
to
the
eastward
,
against
the
mouth
of
a
riuer
called
Capuri
,
whose
entrance
I
had
before
sent
Captain
Whiddon
&
Io.
Douglas
the
master
,
to
discouer
,
who
founde
some
nine
foote
water
or
better
vpon
the
flood
,
and
fiue
at
low
water
,
to
whom
I
had
giuen
instructions
that
they
shoulde
ancor
at
the
edge
of
the
shold
,
and
vpon
the
best
of
the
floode
to
thrust
ouer
,
which
shold
Iohn
Douglas
voyde
and
bekonned
for
them
before
:
but
they
laboured
in
vain
,
for
neither
could
they
turne
it
vp
altogither
so
farre
to
the
east
,
neither
did
the
flood
continue
so
long
,
but
the
water
fell
ere
they
coulde
haue
passed
the
sandes
,
as
we
after
founde
by
a
second
experience
:
so
as
now
we
must
either
giue
ouer
our
enterprize
,
or
leauing
our
ships
at
aduenture
400.
mile
behind
vs
,
to
run
vp
in
our
ships
botes
,
one
barge
,
and
two
wherries
,
but
being
doubtfull
how
to
carrie
victuals
for
so
long
a
time
in
such
bables
,
or
any
strength
of
men
,
especially
for
that
Berreo
assured
vs
that
his
sonne
must
be
by
that
time
come
downe
with
many
soldiers
,
I
sent
away
one
King
maister
of
the
Lions
whelpe
with
his
ship
bote
to
trie
an
other
braunch
of
a
riuer
in
the
bottom
of
the
bay
of
Guanipa
,
which
was
called
Amana
,
to
proue
if
there
were
water
to
be
found
for
either
of
the
small
ships
to
enter
:
But
when
he
came
to
the
mouth
of
Amana
,
he
found
it
as
the
rest
,
but
staied
not
to
discouer
it
throughly
,
because
he
was
assured
by
an
Indian
his
guide
that
the
Canibales
of
Guanipa
would
assaile
them
with
many
Canoas
,
&
that
they
shot
poisonned
arrowes
,
so
as
if
he
hasted
not
backe
they
should
all
be
lost
.
In
the
mean
time
fearing
the
worst
I
caused
all
the
Carpenters
we
had
to
cut
down
a
Gallego
bote
,
which
we
ment
to
cast
off
,
and
to
fit
her
with
banks
to
row
on
,
and
in
all
thinges
to
prepare
her
the
best
they
could
,
so
as
she
might
be
brought
to
draw
but
fiue
foote
,
for
so
much
we
had
on
the
bar
of
Capuri
at
lowe
water
.
And
doubting
of
Kings
returne
I
sent
Io.
Douglas
againe
in
my
long
barge
,
as
well
to
releeue
him
as
also
to
make
a
perfect
search
in
the
bottom
of
that
baie
.
For
it
hath
beene
held
for
infallable
that
whatsoeuer
ship
or
bote
shall
fall
therein
,
can
neuer
dissemboque
againe
,
by
reason
of
the
violent
currant
which
setteth
into
the
saide
bay
,
as
also
for
that
the
rbize
and
easterly
wind
bloweth
directly
into
the
same
,
of
which
opinion
I
haue
heard
Iohn
Hampton
of
Plimmouth
one
of
the
greatest
experience
of
England
,
&
diuers
others
besides
that
haue
traded
Trinedado
.
I
sent
with
Iohn
Douglas
and
old
Cassique
of
Trinedado
for
a
Pilot
,
who
told
vs
that
we
could
not
returne
again
by
the
bay
or
gulfe
,
but
that
he
knew
a
by
branch
which
ran
within
the
land
to
the
Eastward
,
and
that
he
thought
by
it
we
might
fall
into
Capuri
,
and
so
returne
in
fower
daies
:
Iohn
Dowglas
searched
those
riuers
,
and
found
fower
goodly
entrances
,
whereof
the
least
was
as
bigge
as
the
Thames
,
at
Wolwich
,
but
in
the
baie
thitherward
it
was
shole
and
but
six
foote
water
,
so
as
we
were
now
without
hope
of
any
ship
or
barke
to
passe
ouer
,
and
therefore
resolued
to
go
on
with
the
botes
,
and
the
bottome
of
the
Gallego
,
in
which
we
thrust
60.
men
:
In
the
Lions
whelps
bote
and
wherie
we
carried
20.
Captaine
Calfield
in
his
wherrie
carried
ten
more
,
and
in
my
barge
other
ten
,
which
made
vp
a
hundred
:
we
had
no
other
meanes
but
to
carrie
victuall
for
a
moneth
in
the
same
,
and
also
to
lodge
therein
as
we
could
,
and
to
boile
and
dresse
our
meat
.
Captaine
Gifford
had
with
him
Master
Edw.
Porter
,
captain
Eyn
〈…〉
s
,
and
eight
more
in
his
wherrie
with
all
their
victuall
,
weapons
,
and
prouisions
:
Captain
Calfield
had
with
him
my
cosen
But
shead
Gorges
and
eight
more
.
In
the
galley
,
of
gent.
and
officers
my selfe
had
captaine
Thin
,
my
chosen
Iohn
Greenuile
,
my
nephew
Iohn
Gilbert
,
captaine
Whiddon
,
captaine
Keymis
,
Edw.
Handcoke
,
captaine
Clarke
,
lieutenant
Hewes
,
Thg.
vpton
captaine
Facy
,
Ierom
Ferrar
,
Antho.
Wells
,
Will
.
Connock
and
aboue
50.
more
.
We
could
not
learne
of
Berreo
any
other
way
to
enter
but
in
braunches
,
so
farre
to
the
windeward
as
it
was
impossible
for
vs
to
recouer
:
for
we
had
as
much
sea
to
crosse
ouer
in
our
wherries
as
betweene
Douer
and
Callis
and
in
a
great
billow
,
the
winde
and
currant
being
both
very
strong
,
so
as
we
were
driuen
to
go
in
those
small
botes
directly
before
the
winde
into
the
bottome
of
the
baie
of
Guanipa
,
and
from
thence
to
enter
the
mouth
of
som
one
of
those
riuers
,
which
Io.
Douglas
had
last
discouered
,
and
had
with
vs
for
Pilote
an
Indian
of
Barema
,
a
riuer
to
the
south
of
Orenoque
,
betweene
that
and
Amazones
,
whose
Canoas
we
had
formerly
taken
as
he
was
going
from
the
said
Barema
,
laden
with
Cassaui
bread
to
fell
at
Marguerita
:
this
Arwacan
promised
to
bring
me
into
the
great
riuer
of
Orenoque
,
but
indeede
of
that
which
he
entred
he
was
vtterly
ignorant
,
for
he
had
not
seene
it
in
twelue
yeeres
before
,
at
which
time
he
was
very
yoong
,
and
of
no
iudgement
,
and
if
God
had
not
sent
vs
another
helpe
,
we
might
haue
wandred
a
whole
yeere
in
that
laborinth
of
riuers
,
ere
we
had
found
any
way
,
eyther
out
or
in
,
especially
after
we
were
past
ebbing
and
flowing
,
which
was
in
fower
daies
:
for
I
know
all
the
earth
doth
not
yeelde
the
like
confluence
of
streames
and
branches
,
the
one
crossing
the
other
so
many
times
,
and
all
so
faire
&
large
,
and
so
like
one
to
another
,
as
no
man
can
tell
which
to
take
:
and
if
we
went
by
the
Sun
or
compasse
hoping
thereby
to
go
directly
one
way
or
other
,
yet
that
way
we
were
also
caried
in
a
circle
amongst
multitudes
of
Ilands
,
and
euery
Iland
so
bordered
with
high
trees
,
as
no
man
coulde
see
any
further
than
the
bredth
of
the
riuer
,
or
length
of
the
breach
:
But
this
it
chanced
that
entring
into
a
riuer
,
(
which
bicause
it
had
no
name
we
called
the
riuer
of
the
Red
crosse
,
our selues
being
the
first
Christians
that
euer
came
therein
:
)
the
22.
of
May
as
we
were
rowing
vp
the
same
,
we
espied
a
smal
Canoa
with
three
Indians
,
which
(
by
the
swiftnes
of
my
barge
,
rowing
with
eight
oares
)
I
ouertooke
ere
they
could
crosse
the
riuer
,
the
rest
of
the
people
on
the
banks
shadowed
vnder
the
thickewood
gazed
on
with
a
doubtfull
conceit
what
might
befall
those
three
which
we
had
taken
:
But
when
they
perceiued
that
we
offred
them
no
violence
neither
entred
their
Canoa
with
any
of
ours
,
nor
tooke
out
of
the
Canoa
any
of
their
,
they
then
began
to
shew
themselues
on
the
banks
side
,
and
offred
to
traffique
with
vs
for
such
things
as
they
had
,
and
as
we
drewe
neere
they
all
staide
,
and
we
came
with
our
barge
to
the
mouth
of
a
little
creeke
which
came
from
their
towne
into
the
great
riuer
.
As
we
abode
there
a
while
,
our
Indian
Pilot
called
Ferdinando
would
needs
go
ashore
to
their
village
to
fetch
some
fruites
,
and
to
drinke
of
their
artificiall
wines
,
and
also
to
see
the
place
,
and
know
the
Lorde
of
it
against
another
time
,
and
tooke
with
him
a
brother
of
his
which
he
had
with
him
in
the
iourney
:
when
they
came
,
to
the
village
of
these
people
,
the
Lord
of
the
Iland
offred
to
lay
hands
of
them
purposing
to
haue
slaine
them
both
,
yeelding
for
reason
that
this
Indian
of
ours
had
brought
a
strange
nation
into
their
territorie
to
spoyle
and
destroy
them
:
But
the
Pilot
being
quicke
and
of
a
disposed
body
slipt
their
fingers
&
ran
into
the
woods
,
and
his
brother
being
the
better
footman
of
the
two
,
recouered
the
creekes
mouth
,
where
we
staied
in
our
barge
,
crying
out
that
his
brother
was
slaine
,
with
that
we
set
hands
on
one
of
them
that
was
next
vs
,
a
very
old
man
,
and
brought
him
into
the
barge
,
assuring
him
that
if
we
had
not
our
Pilot
againe
,
we
would
presently
cut
off
his
head
.
This
old
man
being
resolued
that
he
shoulde
paie
the
losse
of
the
other
,
cried
out
to
those
in
the
woods
to
saue
Ferdinando
our
Pilot
,
but
they
followed
him
notwithstanding
,
and
hunted
after
him
vpon
the
foote
with
their
Deere
dogs
,
and
with
so
maine
a
crie
that
all
the
woods
eckoed
with
the
shoute
they
made
,
but
at
last
this
poore
chased
Indian
recouered
the
riuer
side
,
and
got
vpon
a
tree
,
and
as
we
were
coasting
,
leaped
down
and
swam
to
the
barge
halfe
dead
with
feare
;
but
out
good
hap
was
,
that
we
kept
the
other
olde
Indian
,
which
we
handfasted
to
redeeme
our
Pilot
withall
,
for
being
natural
of
those
riuers
,
we
assured
our selues
he
knew
the
way
better
than
any
stranger
could
,
and
indeed
,
but
for
this
chance
I
thinke
we
had
neuer
found
the
way
eyther
to
Guiana
,
or
backe
to
our
ships
:
for
Ferdinando
after
a
few
daies
knew
nothing
at
al
,
nor
which
way
to
turne
,
yea
and
many
times
the
old
man
himself
was
in
great
doubt
which
riuer
to
take
.
Those
people
which
dwel
in
these
broken
Ilands
&
drowned
lands
are
generally
called
Tiuitiuas
,
there
are
of
them
two
sortes
,
the
one
called
Ciawani
,
and
the
other
Waraweete
.
The
great
riuer
of
Orenoque
or
Baraquan
hath
nine
branches
which
fall
out
on
the
north
side
of
his
owne
maine
mouth
:
on
the
south
side
it
hath
seuen
other
fallings
into
the
sea
,
so
it
desemboketh
by
16.
armes
in
all
,
between
Ilands
and
broken
ground
,
but
the
Ilands
are
very
greate
,
many
of
them
as
bigge
as
the
Isle
of
Wigh
:
and
bigger
,
and
many
lesse
:
from
the
first
branch
on
the
north
to
the
last
of
the
south
it
is
at
least
100.
leagues
,
so
as
the
riuers
mouth
is
no
lesse
than
300.
miles
wide
at
his
entrance
into
the
sea
,
which
I
take
to
be
farre
bigger
than
that
of
Amazones
:
al
those
that
inhabite
in
the
mouth
of
this
riuer
vpon
the
seuerall
north
branches
are
these
Tiuitiuas
,
of
which
there
are
two
chiefe
Lords
which
haue
continuall
warres
one
with
the
other
:
the
Ilands
which
lie
on
the
right
hand
are
called
Pallamos
,
and
the
land
on
the
left
Hororotomaka
,
and
the
riuer
by
which
Iohn
Dowglas
returned
within
the
land
from
Amana
to
Capuri
,
they
call
Macuri
.
These
Tiuitiuas
are
a
verie
goodlie
people
and
verie
valiant
,
and
haue
the
most
manlie
speech
and
most
deliberate
that
euer
I
heard
of
what
nation
soeuer
.
In
the
summer
they
haue
houses
on
the
grounde
as
in
other
places
:
in
the
winter
they
dwell
vpon
the
trees
,
where
they
build
very
artificiall
townes
and
villages
,
as
it
is
written
in
the
Spanish
storie
of
the
West
Indies
,
that
those
people
do
in
the
low
lands
neere
the
gulfe
of
Vraba
:
for
betweene
May
and
September
the
riuer
of
Orenoke
riseth
thirtie
foote
vpright
,
and
then
are
those
Ilands
ouerflowen
twentie
foot
high
aboue
the
leuell
of
the
ground
,
sauing
some
few
raised
grounds
in
the
middle
of
them
:
and
for
this
cause
they
are
enforced
to
liue
in
this
maner
.
They
neuer
eate
of
anie
thing
that
is
set
or
sowen
and
as
at
home
they
vse
neither
planting
nor
other
manurance
,
so
when
they
com
abroad
they
refuse
to
feede
of
ought
,
but
of
that
which
nature
without
labor
bringeth
foorth
,
They
vse
the
tops
of
Palmitos
for
bread
,
and
kil
Deere
,
fish
and
porks
for
the
rest
of
their
lustenance
,
they
haue
also
manie
sortes
of
fruites
that
grow
in
the
woods
,
and
great
varietie
of
birds
and
foule
.
And
if
to
speak
of
them
were
not
tedious
,
and
vulgare
,
surely
we
sawe
in
those
passages
of
very
rare
colours
&
forms
,
not
elsewhere
to
be
found
,
for
as
much
as
I
haue
either
seen
or
read
.
Of
these
people
those
that
dwell
vpon
the
branches
of
Orenoque
called
Capuri
and
Macureo
,
are
for
the
most
part
Carpenters
of
Canoas
for
they
make
the
most
and
fairest
houses
,
and
sell
them
into
Guiana
for
gould
,
and
into
Trinedado
for
Tobacco
,
in
the
excessiue
taking
whereof
,
they
exceed
all
nations
,
and
notwithstanding
the
moistnes
of
the
aire
in
which
they
liue
,
the
hardnes
of
their
diet
,
and
the
great
labours
they
suffer
to
hunt
,
fish
&
foule
for
their
liunig
in
all
my
life
either
in
the
Indies
or
in
Europe
did
I
neuer
behold
a
more
goodlie
or
better
fauoured
people
,
or
a
more
manly
.
They
were
woont
to
make
warre
vpon
all
nations
,
and
especially
on
the
Canibals
,
so
as
none
durst
without
a
good
strength
trade
by
those
riuers
,
but
of
late
they
are
at
peace
with
their
neighbours
,
all
holding
the
Spaniards
for
a
common
enimie
.
When
their
commaunders
die
,
they
vse
greate
lamentation
,
and
when
they
think
the
flesh
of
their
bodies
is
putrified
,
and
fallen
from
the
bones
,
then
they
take
vp
the
carcase
againe
,
and
hang
it
in
the
Casiquies
house
that
died
,
and
deck
his
scull
with
feathers
of
all
colours
,
and
hang
all
his
gold
plates
a
boute
the
bones
of
his
armes
,
thighes
,
and
legges
.
Those
nations
which
are
called
Arwacas
which
dwell
on
the
south
of
Orenoque
,
(
of
which
place
and
nation
our
Indian
,
Pilot
was
)
are
dispersed
in
many
other
places
,
and
do
vse
to
beate
the
bones
of
their
Lords
into
powder
,
and
their
wiues
and
friends
drinke
it
all
in
their
seueral
sortes
of
drinks
.
After
we
departed
from
the
port
of
these
Ciawani
,
we
passed
vp
the
riuer
with
the
flood
,
&
ancored
the
ebbe
,
and
in
this
fort
we
went
onward
.
The
third
day
that
we
entred
the
riuer
our
Galley
came
on
ground
and
stuck
so
fast
,
as
we
thought
that
euen
there
our
discouery
had
ended
,
and
that
we
must
haue
left
90.
of
our
men
to
haue
inhabited
like
rooks
vpon
trees
with
those
nations
:
but
the
next
morning
,
after
we
had
cast
out
all
her
ballast
,
with
tugging
and
hawling
to
and
fro
,
we
got
her
aflote
,
and
went
on
:
At
fower
daies
ende
wee
fell
into
as
goodly
a
riuer
as
euer
I
beheld
,
which
was
called
the
great
Amana
,
which
ran
more
directly
without
windings
and
turnings
than
the
other
.
But
soone
after
the
flood
of
the
sea
left
vs
,
and
we
enforced
eyther
by
maine
strength
to
row
against
a
violent
currant
,
or
to
returne
as
wise
as
we
went
out
,
we
had
then
no
shift
but
to
perswade
the
companies
that
it
was
but
two
or
three
daies
worke
,
and
therfore
desired
them
to
take
pains
,
euery
gentleman
and
others
taking
their
turns
to
row
,
and
to
spell
one
the
other
at
the
howers
end
.
Euerie
day
we
passed
by
goodly
branches
of
riuers
,
some
falling
from
the
west
,
others
from
the
east
into
Amana
,
but
those
I
leaue
to
the
discription
in
the
Chart
of
discouerie
,
where
euery
one
shall
be
named
with
his
rising
and
descente
.
When
three
daies
more
were
ouergone
,
our
companies
began
to
despaire
,
the
weather
being
extreame
hot
,
the
riuer
bordered
with
verie
high
trees
that
kept
away
the
aire
,
and
the
currant
against
vs
euery
daie
stronger
than
other
:
But
we
euermore
commaunded
our
Pilots
to
promise
an
end
the
next
day
,
and
vsed
it
so
long
as
we
were
driuen
to
assure
them
from
fower
reaches
of
the
riuer
to
three
,
and
so
to
two
,
&
so
to
the
next
reach
:
but
so
long
we
laboured
as
many
daies
were
spent
,
and
so
driuen
to
draw
ourselues
to
harder
allowance
,
our
breade
euen
at
the
last
,
and
no
drinke
at
all
:
and
our
men
and
our selues
so
wearied
and
scorched
,
and
doubfull
withall
whether
we
should
euer
performe
it
or
no
,
the
heat
encreasing
as
we
drew
towards
the
line
,
for
wee
were
now
in
fiue
degrees
.
The
farther
we
went
on
(
our
victuall
decreasing
and
the
aire
breeding
greate
faintnes
)
we
grew
weaker
and
weaker
when
we
had
most
neede
of
strength
and
abilitie
,
for
howerlie
the
riuer
ran
more
violentlie
than
other
against
vs
,
and
the
barge
,
wheries
:
and
ships
bote
of
Captaine
Gifford
,
and
Captaine
Calfield
,
had
spent
all
their
prouisions
,
so
as
wee
were
brought
into
despaire
and
discomfort
,
had
we
not
perswaded
all
the
company
that
it
was
but
onlie
one
dayes
worke
more
to
attaine
the
lande
where
we
should
be
releeued
of
all
we
wanted
,
and
if
we
returned
that
we
were
sure
to
starue
by
the
way
,
and
that
the
worlde
would
also
laugh
vs
to
scorne
.
On
the
banks
of
these
riuers
were
diuers
sorts
of
fruites
good
to
eate
,
flowers
and
trees
of
that
varietie
as
were
sufficient
to
make
ten
volumes
of
herbals
,
we
releeued
our selues
manie
times
with
the
fruits
of
the
countrey
,
and
somtimes
with
foule
and
fish
:
we
saw
birds
of
all
colours
,
some
carnation
,
some
crimson
,
'
orenge
tawny
,
purple
'
,
watchet
,
and
of
all
other
sortes
both
simple
and
mixt
,
as
it
was
vnto
vs
a
greate
good
passing
of
the
time
to
behould
them
,
besides
the
reliefe
we
found
by
killing
some
store
of
them
with
our
fouling
peeces
,
without
which
,
hauing
litle
or
no
bread
and
lesse
drink
,
but
only
the
thick
and
troubled
water
of
the
riuer
,
we
had
been
in
a
very
hard
case
.
Our
old
Pilot
of
the
Ciawani
(
whom
,
as
I
saide
before
we
tooke
to
redeeme
Ferdinando
,
)
told
vs
,
that
if
we
would
enter
a
branch
of
a
riuer
on
the
right
hand
with
our
barge
and
wherries
,
and
leaue
the
Galley
at
ancor
the
while
in
the
greate
riuer
,
he
would
bring
vs
to
a
towne
of
the
Arwacas
where
we
should
finde
store
of
breade
,
hens
,
fish
,
and
of
the
countrey
wine
,
and
perswaded
vs
that
departing
from
the
Galley
at
noone
,
we
might
returne
ere
night
:
I
was
very
glad
to
heare
this
speech
,
and
presently
tooke
my
barke
,
with
eight
musketiers
,
Captain
Giffords
wherrie
,
with
himselfe
&
foure
musketiers
,
&
Captaine
Calfield
with
his
wherry
and
as
many
,
and
so
we
entred
the
mouth
of
this
riuer
,
and
because
we
were
perswaded
that
it
was
so
neere
,
we
tooke
no
victuall
with
vs
at
all
:
when
we
had
rowed
three
howres
,
we
maruailed
we
sawe
noe
signe
of
any
dwelling
,
and
asked
the
Pilot
where
the
towne
was
,
he
told
vs
a
litle
farther
:
after
three
hours
more
the
Sun
being
almost
set
,
we
began
to
suspect
that
he
led
vs
that
way
to
betray
vs
,
for
he
confessed
that
those
Spaniardes
which
fled
from
Trinedado
,
and
also
those
that
remained
with
Carapana
in
Emeria
,
were
ioyned
togither
in
some
village
vpon
that
riuer
.
But
when
it
grew
towardes
night
,
and
we
demaunding
where
the
place
was
,
he
tolde
vs
but
fower
reaches
more
:
when
we
had
rowed
fower
and
fower
,
we
saw
no
signe
,
and
our
poore
water-men
euen
heart
broken
,
and
tired
,
were
ready
to
giue
vp
the
ghost
;
for
we
had
now
come
from
the
Galley
neer
forty
miles
.
At
the
last
we
determined
to
hang
the
Pilot
,
and
if
we
had
well
knowen
the
way
backe
againe
by
night
,
he
had
surely
gone
,
but
our
owne
necessities
pleaded
sufficiently
for
his
safetie
:
for
it
was
as
darke
as
pitch
,
and
the
riuer
began
so
to
narrowe
it selfe
,
and
the
trees
to
hang
ouer
from
side
to
side
,
as
we
were
driuen
with
arming
swordes
to
cut
a
passage
thorow
those
branches
that
couered
the
water
.
We
were
verie
desirous
to
finde
this
towne
hoping
of
a
feast
,
bicause
we
made
but
a
short
breakfast
aboorde
the
Galley
in
the
morning
,
and
it
was
nowe
eight
a
clocke
at
night
,
and
our
stomackes
began
to
gnawe
apace
:
but
whether
it
was
best
to
returne
or
goe
on
,
we
began
to
doubt
suspecting
treason
in
the
Pilot
more
and
more
:
but
the
poore
olde
Indian
euer
assured
vs
that
it
was
but
a
little
farther
,
but
this
one
turning
and
that
turning
,
and
at
last
aboute
one
a
clocke
after
midnight
we
saw
a
light
,
and
rowing
towardes
it
,
we
heard
the
dogs
of
the
village
.
When
wee
landed
we
found
few
people
,
for
the
Lorde
of
that
place
was
gone
with
diuers
Canoas
aboue
400.
miles
of
,
vpon
a
iourney
towards
the
heade
of
Orenoque
to
trade
for
golde
,
and
to
buy
women
of
the
Canibals
,
who
afterward
vnfortunately
passed
by
vs
as
we
rode
at
an
ancor
in
the
port
of
Morequito
in
the
dark
of
night
and
yet
came
so
neer
vs
,
as
his
Canoas
grated
against
our
barges
:
he
left
one
of
his
company
at
the
porte
of
Morequito
,
by
whom
we
vnderstood
that
he
had
brought
thirty
yoong
woomen
,
diuers
plates
of
gold
,
and
had
great
store
of
fine
peeces
of
cotton
cloth
,
and
cotton
beds
.
In
his
house
we
had
good
store
of
bread
,
fish
,
hens
,
and
Indian
drinke
,
and
so
rested
that
night
,
and
in
the
morning
after
we
had
traded
with
such
of
his
people
as
came
down
,
we
retuned
towards
our
Galley
,
and
brought
with
vs
some
quantity
of
bread
,
fish
,
and
hens
.
On
both
sides
of
this
riuer
,
we
passed
the
most
beautifull
country
that
euer
mine
eies
beheld
:
and
whereas
all
that
we
had
seen
before
was
nothing
but
woods
,
prickles
,
bushes
,
and
thornes
,
heere
we
beheld
plaines
of
twentie
miles
in
length
,
the
grasse
short
and
greene
,
and
in
diuers
parts
groues
of
trees
by
themselues
,
as
if
they
had
been
by
all
the
art
and
labour
in
the
world
so
made
of
purpose
:
and
stil
as
we
rowed
,
the
Deere
came
downe
feeding
by
the
waters
side
,
as
if
they
had
beene
vsed
to
a
keepers
cal
.
Vpon
this
riuer
there
were
great
store
of
fowle
,
and
of
many
sorts
:
we
saw
in
it
diuers
sorts
of
strange
fishes
,
&
of
maruelous
bignes
,
but
for
Lagartos
it
exceeded
,
for
there
were
thousands
of
those
vglie
serpents
,
and
the
people
call
it
for
the
abundance
of
them
the
riuer
of
Lagartos
,
in
their
language
.
I
had
a
Negro
a
very
proper
yoong
fellow
,
that
leaping
out
of
the
Galley
to
swim
in
the
mouth
of
this
riuer
,
was
in
all
our
sights
taken
and
deuoured
with
one
of
those
Lagartos
.
In
the
mean
while
our
companies
in
the
Galley
thought
we
had
beene
all
lost
,
(
for
we
promised
to
returne
before
night
)
&
sent
the
Lions
Whelps
ships
bote
with
Captaine
Whiddon
to
follow
vs
vp
the
riuer
,
but
the
next
day
after
we
had
rowed
vp
and
downe
some
fower
score
miles
,
we
returned
,
and
went
on
our
way
,
vp
the
great
riuer
,
and
when
we
were
euen
at
the
last
cast
for
want
of
victuals
,
Captaine
Gifford
being
before
the
Galley
,
and
the
rest
of
the
botes
,
seeking
out
some
place
to
land
vpon
the
banks
to
make
fire
espied
fower
Canoas
comming
downe
the
liuer
,
&
with
no
small
ioy
caused
his
men
to
trie
the
vttermost
of
their
strengths
,
and
after
a
while
two
of
the
4.
gaue
ouer
,
and
ran
themselues
ashore
,
euery
man
betaking
himselfe
to
the
fastnes
of
the
woods
,
the
two
other
lesser
got
away
,
while
he
landed
to
lay
holde
on
these
,
and
so
turned
into
some
by-creeke
,
we
knew
not
whither
:
those
Canoas
that
were
taken
were
loden
with
bread
,
&
were
bound
for
Marguerita
in
the
west
Indies
,
which
those
Indians
(
called
Arwacas
)
purposed
to
carrie
thither
for
exchange
:
But
in
the
lesser
,
there
were
three
Spaniards
,
who
hauing
heard
of
the
defeat
of
their
gouernour
in
Trinedado
,
and
that
we
purposed
to
enter
Guiana
,
came
away
in
those
Canoas
:
one
of
them
was
a
Cauallero
,
as
the
Captaine
of
the
Arwacas
after
told
vs
,
another
a
souldier
,
and
the
third
a
refiner
.
In
the
meane
time
,
nothing
on
the
earth
coulde
haue
been
more
welcome
to
vs
next
vnto
gold
,
then
the
great
store
of
very
excellent
bread
which
we
found
in
these
Canoas
,
for
now
our
men
cried
,
let
vs
go
on
,
we
care
not
how
farre
.
After
that
Captaine
Gifford
had
brought
the
two
Canoas
to
the
Galley
,
I
tooke
my
barge
,
and
went
to
the
banks
side
with
a
dozen
shot
,
where
the
Canoas
first
ran
themselues
ashore
,
and
landed
there
,
sending
out
Captaine
Gifford
and
Captaine
Thyn
on
one
hand
,
and
Captaine
Calfield
on
the
other
,
to
follow
those
that
were
fled
into
the
woods
,
and
as
I
was
creeping
thorow
the
bushes
,
I
saw
an
Indian
basket
hidden
,
which
was
the
refiners
basket
,
for
I
found
in
it
,
his
quicksiluer
,
saltpeter
,
and
diuers
things
for
the
triall
of
mettels
,
and
also
the
dust
of
such
ore
as
he
had
refined
,
but
in
those
Canoas
which
escaped
there
was
a
good
quantity
of
ore
and
gold
.
I
then
landed
more
men
,
and
offered
500.
pound
to
what
souldier
soeuer
could
take
one
of
those
3.
Spaniards
that
we
thought
were
landed
.
But
our
labours
were
in
vaine
in
that
behalfe
,
for
they
put
themselues
into
one
of
the
small
Canoas
:
and
so
while
the
greater
Canoas
were
in
taking
,
they
escaped
:
but
seeking
after
the
Spaniardes
,
we
found
the
Arwacas
hidden
in
the
woods
which
were
pilots
for
the
Spaniardes
,
and
rowed
their
Canoas
:
of
which
I
kept
the
chiefest
for
a
Pilot
,
and
carried
him
with
me
to
Guiana
,
by
whom
I
vnderstood
,
where
and
in
what
countries
the
Spaniards
had
labored
for
gold
,
though
I
made
not
the
same
knowen
to
all
:
for
when
the
springs
began
to
breake
,
and
the
riuers
to
raise
themselues
so
suddenly
as
by
no
meanes
we
could
abide
the
digging
of
anie
mine
,
especially
for
that
the
richest
are
defended
with
rocks
of
hard
stones
,
which
we
call
the
White
spar
,
and
that
it
required
both
time
,
men
,
and
instruments
fit
for
such
a
worke
,
I
thought
it
best
not
to
houer
thereabouts
,
least
if
the
same
had
been
perceiued
by
the
company
,
there
would
haue
bin
by
this
time
many
barks
&
ships
set
out
,
&
perchance
other
nations
would
also
haue
gotten
of
ours
for
Pilots
,
so
as
both
our selues
might
haue
been
preuented
,
&
al
our
care
taken
for
good
vsage
of
the
people
bin
vtterly
lost
,
by
those
that
onely
respect
present
profit
,
and
such
violence
or
insolence
offered
,
as
the
nations
which
are
borderers
would
have
changed
their
desire
of
our
loue
and
defence
,
into
hatred
and
violence
.
And
for
any
longer
stay
to
haue
brought
a
more
quantity
(
which
I
heare
hath
bin
often
obiected
)
whosoeuer
had
seene
or
prooued
the
fury
of
that
riuer
after
it
began
to
arise
,
and
had
been
a
moneth
and
od
daies
as
we
were
from
hearing
ought
from
our
ships
,
leauing
them
meanely
mand
,
400.
miles
off
,
would
perchance
haue
turned
somwhat
sooner
than
we
did
,
if
all
the
mountains
had
beene
gold
,
or
rich
stones
:
And
to
say
the
truth
all
the
branches
and
smal
riuers
which
fell
into
Orenoque
were
raised
with
such
speede
,
as
if
wee
waded
them
ouer
the
shooes
in
the
morning
outward
,
we
were
couered
to
the
shoulders
homewarde
the
very
same
day
:
and
to
stay
to
dig
out
gold
with
our
nailes
,
had
beene
Opus
laboris
but
nor
Ingeny
:
such
a
quantitie
as
would
haue
serued
our
turnes
we
could
not
haue
had
,
but
a
discouery
of
the
mines
to
our
infinite
disaduantage
we
had
made
,
and
that
could
haue
been
the
best
profit
of
farther
search
or
stay
,
for
those
mines
are
not
easily
broken
,
nor
opened
in
hast
,
and
I
could
haue
returned
a
good
quantitie
of
gold
readie
cast
,
if
I
had
not
shot
at
another
marke
,
than
present
profit
.
This
Arwacan
Pilot
with
the
rest
,
fearing
that
we
would
haue
eaten
them
,
or
otherwise
haue
put
them
to
some
cruell
death
,
for
the
Spaniards
to
the
end
that
none
of
the
people
in
the
passage
towards
Guiana
or
in
Guiana
it selfe
might
come
to
speech
with
vs
,
perswaded
all
the
nations
,
that
we
were
men
eaters
,
and
Canibals
:
but
when
the
poore
men
&
women
had
seen
vs
,
and
that
we
gaue
them
meate
,
and
to
euery
one
somthing
or
other
,
which
was
rare
and
strange
to
them
,
they
began
to
conceiue
the
deceit
and
purpose
of
the
Spaniards
,
who
indeed
(
as
they
confessed
)
tooke
from
them
both
their
wiues
,
and
daughters
daily
,
and
vsed
them
for
the
satisfying
of
their
owne
lusts
,
especially
such
as
they
tooke
in
this
manner
by
strength
.
But
I
protest
before
the
maiestie
of
the
liuing
God
,
that
I
neither
know
nor
beleeue
,
that
any
of
our
companie
one
or
other
,
by
violence
or
otherwise
,
euen
knew
any
of
their
women
,
and
yet
we
saw
many
hundreds
,
and
had
many
in
our
power
,
and
of
those
very
yoong
,
&
excellently
fauoured
which
came
among
vs
without
deceit
,
starke
naked
.
Nothing
got
vs
more
loue
amongst
them
then
this
vsage
,
for
I
suffered
not
any
man
to
take
from
any
of
the
nations
so
much
as
a
Pina
,
or
a
Potato
roote
,
without
giuing
them
contentment
,
nor
any
man
so
much
as
to
offer
to
touch
any
of
their
wiues
or
daughters
:
which
course
so
contrary
to
the
Spaniards
(
who
tyrannixe
ouer
them
in
all
things
)
drew
them
to
admire
her
Maiestie
,
whose
commaundement
I
told
them
it
was
,
and
also
wonderfully
to
honour
our
nation
.
But
I
confesse
it
was
a
very
impatient
worke
to
keep
the
meaner
sort
from
spoile
and
stealing
,
when
we
came
to
their
houses
,
which
by
cause
in
all
I
could
not
preuent
,
I
caused
my
Indian
interpreter
at
euery
place
when
we
departed
,
to
know
of
the
losse
or
wrong
don
,
and
if
ought
were
stolen
or
taken
by
violence
,
either
the
same
was
restored
,
and
the
partie
punished
in
their
sight
,
or
else
was
paid
for
to
their
vttermost
demand
.
They
also
much
woondred
at
vs
,
after
they
heard
that
we
had
slaine
the
Spaniards
at
Trinedado
,
for
they
were
before
resolued
,
that
no
nation
of
Christians
durst
abide
their
presence
,
and
they
woondred
more
when
I
had
made
them
know
of
the
great
ouerthrow
that
hir
Maiesties
armie
and
fleet
had
giuen
them
of
late
yeers
in
their
owne
countries
.
After
we
had
taken
in
this
supply
of
bread
,
with
diuers
baskets
of
rootes
which
were
excellent
meate
,
I
gaue
one
of
the
Canoas
to
the
Arwacas
,
which
belonged
to
the
Spaniards
that
were
escaped
,
and
when
I
had
dismissed
all
but
the
Captaine
(
who
by
the
Spaniards
was
christined
Martin
)
I
sent
back
in
the
same
Canoa
the
old
Ciawan
,
and
Ferdinando
my
first
Pilot
,
and
gaue
them
both
such
things
as
they
desired
,
with
sufficient
victuall
to
cary
them
backe
,
and
by
them
wrote
a
letter
to
the
ships
,
which
they
promised
to
deliuer
,
and
performed
it
,
and
then
I
went
on
,
with
my
new
hired
Pilot
Martin
the
Arwacan
:
but
the
next
or
second
day
after
,
we
came
aground
again
with
our
galley
,
and
were
like
to
cast
her
away
,
with
all
our
victuall
and
prouision
,
and
so
lay
on
the
sand
one
whole
night
and
were
farre
more
in
despaire
at
this
time
to
free
hir
then
before
,
because
we
had
no
tide
of
flood
to
helpe
vs
,
and
therefore
feared
that
all
our
hopes
wold
haue
ended
in
mishaps
:
but
we
fastened
an
ancor
vpon
the
land
,
and
with
maine
strength
drew
her
off
:
&
so
the
15
.
day
we
discouered
a
farre
off
the
mountains
of
Guiana
to
our
greate
ioy
,
and
towards
the
euening
had
a
slent
of
a
northerly
wind
that
blew
very
strong
,
which
brought
vs
in
sight
of
the
greate
riuer
of
Orenoque
;
out
of
which
this
riuer
descended
wherein
we
were
:
we
discried
a
farre
off
three
other
Canoas
as
far
as
we
could
descerne
them
,
after
whome
we
hastened
with
our
barge
and
wherries
,
but
two
of
them
passed
out
of
sight
,
and
the
third
entred
vp
the
greate
riuer
,
on
the
right
hand
to
the
westward
,
&
there
staied
out
of
sight
,
thinking
that
we
meant
to
take
the
way
eastward
towards
the
prouince
of
Carapana
,
for
that
way
the
Spaniards
keepe
,
not
daring
to
go
vpwardes
to
Guiana
,
the
people
in
those
partes
being
all
their
enimies
,
and
those
in
the
Canoas
thought
vs
to
haue
bene
those
Spaniards
that
were
fled
from
Trinedado
,
and
had
escaped
killing
:
and
when
we
came
so
farre
downe
as
the
opening
of
that
braunch
into
which
they
slipped
,
being
neare
them
with
our
barge
and
wherries
,
we
made
after
them
,
and
ere
they
could
land
,
came
within
call
,
and
by
our
interpreter
tolde
them
what
we
were
,
wherewith
they
came
back
willingly
aboord
vs
:
and
of
such
fish
and
Tortugas
egges
as
they
had
gathered
,
they
gaue
vs
,
and
promised
in
the
morning
to
bring
the
Lord
of
that
part
with
them
,
and
to
do
vs
all
other
seruices
they
could
.
That
night
we
came
to
an
ankor
at
the
parting
of
three
goodly
riuers
(
the
one
was
the
riuer
of
Amana
by
which
we
came
from
the
north
,
and
ran
athwart
towards
the
south
,
the
other
two
were
of
Orenoque
which
crossed
from
the
west
and
ran
to
the
sea
towardes
the
east
)
and
landed
vpon
a
faire
sand
,
where
we
founde
thousands
of
Tortugas
egges
,
which
are
very
wholsome
meat
,
and
greatly
restoring
,
so
as
our
men
were
now
well
filled
and
highly
contented
both
with
the
fare
,
and
neerenes
of
the
land
of
Guiana
which
appeared
in
sight
.
In
the
morning
there
came
down
according
to
promise
the
Lord
of
that
border
called
Toparimaca
,
with
some
thirtie
or
fortte
followers
,
and
brought
vs
diuers
sorts
of
fruits
,
&
of
his
wine
,
bread
,
fish
,
and
flesh
,
whom
we
also
feasted
as
we
could
,
at
least
he
dranke
good
Spanish
wine
(
whereof
we
had
a
small
quantitie
in
bottles
)
which
aboue
al
things
they
loue
.
I
conferred
with
this
Toparimaca
of
the
next
way
to
Guiana
,
who
conducted
our
galley
and
botes
to
his
owne
port
,
and
caried
vs
from
thence
some
mile
and
a
halfe
to
his
towne
,
where
some
of
our
captaines
garoused
of
his
wine
till
they
were
reasonable
pleasant
,
for
it
is
very
strong
with
pepper
,
&
the
iuice
of
diuers
herbs
,
and
fruits
digested
and
purged
,
they
keepe
it
in
great
earthen
pots
of
ten
or
twelue
gallons
verie
cleane
and
sweete
,
and
are
themselues
at
their
meetings
and
feasts
the
greatest
garousers
and
drunkards
of
the
world
:
when
we
came
to
his
towne
we
founde
two
Cassiques
,
whereof
one
of
them
was
a
stranger
that
had
beene
vp
the
riuer
in
trade
,
and
his
boates
,
people
,
and
wife
incamped
at
the
porte
where
we
ankored
,
and
the
other
was
of
that
countrey
a
follower
of
Toparimaca
:
they
lay
each
of
them
in
a
cotten
Hamaca
,
which
we
call
brasill
beds
,
&
two
women
attending
them
with
six
cups
and
a
litle
ladle
to
fill
them
,
out
of
an
earthen
pitcher
of
wine
,
and
so
they
drank
each
of
them
three
of
those
cups
at
a
time
one
to
the
other
,
and
in
this
sort
they
drinke
drunke
at
their
feasts
and
meetings
.
That
Cassique
that
was
a
stranger
had
his
wife
staying
at
the
port
where
we
ancored
,
and
in
all
my
life
I
haue
seldome
seene
a
better
fauored
woman
:
She
was
of
good
stature
,
with
blacke
eies
,
fat
of
bodie
,
of
an
excellent
countenance
,
her
haire
almost
as
long
as
hir selfe
,
tied
vp
againe
in
prettie
knots
,
and
it
seemed
she
stood
not
in
that
aw
of
her
husband
,
as
the
rest
,
for
she
spake
and
discourst
,
and
dranke
among
the
gentlemen
and
captaines
,
and
was
very
pleasant
,
knowing
her
owne
comelines
,
and
taking
great
pride
therein
.
I
haue
seene
a
Lady
in
England
so
like
to
her
,
as
but
for
the
difference
of
colour
I
would
haue
sworne
might
haue
beene
the
same
.
The
seat
of
this
towne
of
Toparimaca
was
very
pleasant
,
standing
on
a
little
hill
,
in
an
excellent
prospect
,
with
goodly
gardens
a
mile
compasse
rounde
about
it
,
and
two
verie
faire
and
large
ponds
of
excellent
fish
adioyning
.
This
towne
is
called
Arowocai
:
the
people
are
of
the
nation
called
Nepoios
,
and
are
followers
of
Carapana
.
In
that
place
I
sawe
very
aged
people
,
that
we
might
perceiue
all
their
sinewes
and
veines
without
any
flesh
,
and
but
euen
as
a
case
couered
onely
with
skin
.
The
Lord
of
this
place
gaue
me
an
old
man
for
Pilot
,
who
was
of
great
experience
&
trauell
,
and
knew
the
riuer
most
perfectly
both
by
day
and
night
,
and
it
shall
be
requisite
for
any
man
that
passeth
it
to
haue
such
a
Pilot
,
for
it
is
fower
,
fiue
,
and
six
miles
ouer
in
many
places
,
and
twentie
miles
in
other
places
,
with
wonderfull
eddies
,
and
strong
currants
,
many
great
Ilands
and
diuers
sholds
,
and
many
dangerous
rocks
,
and
besides
vpon
any
iucrease
of
winde
so
greate
a
bilbow
,
as
we
were
somtimes
in
great
perill
of
drowning
in
the
galley
,
for
the
small
botes
durst
not
come
from
the
shore
,
but
when
it
was
verie
faire
.
The
next
day
we
hasted
thence
,
and
hauing
an
easterly
wind
to
helpe
vs
,
we
spared
our
arms
from
rowing
:
for
after
we
entred
Orenoque
,
the
riuer
lieth
for
the
most
part
east
and
west
,
euen
from
the
sea
vnto
Quinto
in
Peru.
This
riuer
is
nauigable
with
ships
little
lesse
than
1000.
miles
,
and
from
the
place
where
we
entred
it
may
be
failed
vp
in
small
pinaces
to
many
of
the
best
parts
of
Nueuo
reyno
de
granada
,
and
of
Popayan
:
and
from
no
place
may
the
cities
of
these
parts
of
the
Indies
be
so
easilie
taken
and
inuaded
as
from
hence
.
All
that
day
we
sailed
vp
a
branch
of
that
riuer
,
hauing
on
the
left
hand
a
great
Iland
,
which
they
cal
Assapana
which
may
containe
some
fiue
and
twentie
miles
in
length
,
&
6.
miles
in
breadth
,
the
great
body
of
the
riuer
running
on
the
other
side
of
this
Iland
:
Beyond
that
middle
branch
there
is
also
another
Iland
in
the
riuer
,
called
Iwana
,
which
is
twise
as
big
as
the
Isle
of
Wight
,
and
beyond
it
,
and
betweene
it
and
the
maine
of
Guiana
,
runneth
a
third
branch
of
Orenoque
called
Arraroepana
:
all
three
are
goodly
branches
,
and
all
nauigable
for
great
ships
.
I
iudge
the
riuer
in
this
place
to
be
at
least
thirtie
miles
brode
,
reckoning
the
Ilands
which
deuide
the
branches
in
it
,
for
afterwards
I
sought
also
both
the
other
branches
.
After
we
reached
to
the
head
of
the
Iland
,
called
Assapana
,
a
little
to
the
westward
on
the
right
hand
there
opened
ariued
which
came
from
the
north
,
called
Europa
,
and
fell
into
the
great
riuer
&
beyond
it
,
on
the
same
side
,
we
ankored
for
that
night
,
by
another
Iland
six
miles
long
,
and
two
miles
brode
,
which
they
call
Ocaywita
:
From
hence
in
the
morning
we
landed
two
Guianians
,
which
we
found
in
the
towne
of
Toparimaca
,
that
came
with
vs
,
who
went
to
giue
notice
of
our
comming
to
the
Lord
of
that
countrey
called
Putyma
,
a
follower
of
Topiawari
,
chiefe
Lord
of
Arromaia
,
who
suceeded
Morequito
,
whom
(
as
you
haue
heard
before
)
Berreo
put
to
death
,
but
his
towne
being
farre
within
the
land
,
he
came
not
vnto
vs
that
day
,
so
as
we
ankored
againe
that
night
neere
the
bankes
of
another
Iland
,
of
bignes
much
like
the
other
,
which
they
call
Putapayma
,
on
the
maine
lande
,
ouer
against
which
Iland
was
a
very
high
mountain
called
Oceope
:
we
coueted
to
ankor
rather
by
these
Ilands
in
the
riuer
,
than
by
the
maine
,
because
of
the
Tortugas
egges
,
which
our
people
found
on
them
in
great
abundance
&
also
because
the
ground
serued
better
for
vs
to
cast
our
nets
for
fish
,
the
maine
banks
being
for
the
most
part
stony
and
high
,
&
the
rocks
of
a
blew
metalline
colour
,
like
vnto
the
best
steele
ore
,
which
I
assuredly
take
it
to
be
:
of
the
same
blew
stone
are
also
diuers
great
mountaines
,
which
border
this
riuer
in
many
places
.
The
next
morning
towards
nine
of
the
clocke
,
we
weyed
ankor
,
&
the
brize
encreasing
,
we
failed
alwaies
west
vp
the
riuer
,
a
and
after
a
while
opening
the
land
on
the
right
side
,
the
countrey
appeered
to
be
champaine
,
and
the
banks
shewed
very
perfect
red
:
I
therefore
sent
two
of
the
little
barges
with
captaine
Gifford
and
with
him
captaine
Thyn
,
captaine
Calfield
,
my
cosen
Greenvile
,
my
nephew
Io.
Gilbert
,
captaine
Eynus
,
master
Edw.
Porter
,
and
my
cosen
Butshead
Gorges
,
with
some
fewe
soldiers
,
to
march
ouer
the
bankes
of
that
red
land
,
and
to
discouer
what
maner
of
countrey
it
was
on
the
other
side
,
who
at
their
returne
found
it
all
a
plaine
leuel
,
as
farre
as
they
went
or
could
discerne
,
from
the
highest
tree
they
could
get
vpon
:
And
my
old
Pilot
,
a
man
of
great
trauell
brother
to
the
Cassique
Toparimica
told
me
,
that
those
were
called
the
plaines
of
the
Sayma
,
and
that
the
same
leuell
reached
to
Cumana
,
and
Carracas
in
the
west
Indies
,
which
are
120.
leagues
to
the
north
,
and
that
there
inhabited
fower
principall
nations
.
The
first
were
the
Sayma
,
the
next
Assawai
,
the
third
and
greatest
the
Wikiri
,
by
whom
Pedro
Hernandez
de
Serpa
before
mentioned
was
ouerthrowen
,
as
he
passed
with
three
hundred
horse
from
Cumana
towardes
Orenoque
,
in
his
enterprize
of
Guiana
,
the
fourth
are
called
Aroras
,
and
are
as
blacke
as
Negros
,
but
haue
smooth
haire
,
and
these
are
very
valiant
,
or
rather
desperate
people
,
and
haue
the
most
strong
poison
on
their
arrowes
,
and
most
dangerous
of
all
nations
,
of
which
poison
I
will
speake
somwhat
being
a
digression
not
vnnecessarie
.
There
was
nothing
whereof
I
was
more
curious
,
than
to
finde
out
the
true
remedies
of
these
poisoned
arrowes
,
for
besides
the
mortalitic
of
the
wound
they
make
,
the
partie
shot
indureth
the
most
insufferable
torment
in
the
world
,
and
abideth
a
most
vgly
and
lamentable
death
,
somtimes
dying
starke
mad
,
somtimes
their
bowels
breaking
out
of
their
bellies
:
and
are
presently
discolored
,
as
blacke
as
pitch
,
and
so
vnsauery
,
as
no
man
can
endure
to
cure
,
or
to
attende
them
:
And
it
is
more
strange
to
know
,
that
in
al
this
time
there
was
neuer
Spaniard
,
either
by
gift
or
torment
that
could
attaine
to
the
true
knowledge
of
the
cure
,
although
they
haue
martired
and
put
to
inuented
torture
I
know
not
how
many
of
them
.
But
euery
one
of
these
Indians
know
it
not
,
no
not
one
among
thousands
,
but
their
southsaires
and
priestes
,
who
do
conceile
it
,
and
only
teach
it
but
from
the
father
to
the
sonne
.
Those
medicines
which
are
vulgar
,
and
serue
for
the
ordinarie
poison
,
are
made
of
the
iuice
of
a
roote
called
Tupara
:
the
same
also
quencheth
maruellously
the
heart
of
burning
feauers
,
and
healeth
inward
wounds
,
and
broken
veines
,
that
bleed
within
the
body
.
But
I
was
more
beholding
to
the
Guianians
than
any
other
,
for
Anthonio
de
Berreo
told
me
that
he
could
neuer
attaine
to
the
knowledge
thereof
,
&
yet
they
taught
me
the
best
way
of
healing
as
well
thereof
,
as
of
al
other
poisons
.
Some
of
the
Spaniards
haue
been
cured
in
ordinary
wounds
,
of
the
common
poisoned
arrowes
with
the
iuice
of
garlike
:
but
this
is
a
generall
rule
for
all
men
that
shall
herafter
trauell
the
Indies
where
poisoned
arrows
are
vsed
,
that
they
must
abstaine
from
drinke
,
for
if
they
take
any
licor
into
their
body
as
they
shall
be
maruellously
prouoked
there
vnto
by
drought
,
I
say
,
if
they
drink
before
the
wound
be
dressed
,
or
soon
vpon
it
,
there
is
no
way
with
them
but
present
death
.
And
so
I
will
returne
again
to
our
iourney
which
for
this
third
day
we
finished
,
and
cast
ancor
againe
neere
the
continent
,
or
the
left
hand
betweene
two
mountains
,
the
one
called
Aroami
,
and
the
other
Aio
:
I
made
no
stay
heere
but
till
midnight
,
for
I
feared
howerly
least
any
raine
should
fall
,
and
then
it
had
beene
impossible
to
haue
gone
any
further
vp
,
notwithstanding
that
there
is
euery
day
a
very
strong
brize
,
and
easterly
winde
.
I
deferred
the
search
of
the
country
on
Guiana
side
,
till
my
returne
downe
the
riuer
.
The
next
day
we
failed
by
a
great
Iland
,
in
the
midle
of
the
riuer
,
called
Manoripano
,
and
as
wee
walked
a
while
on
the
Iland
,
while
the
Galley
got
a
heade
of
vs
,
there
came
from
vs
from
the
maine
,
a
small
Canoa
with
seuen
or
eight
Guianians
,
to
inuite
vs
to
ancor
at
their
port
,
but
I
deferred
till
my
returne
,
It
was
that
Cassique
to
whom
those
Nepoios
went
,
which
came
with
vs
from
the
towne
of
Toparimica
:
and
so
the
fift
day
we
reached
as
high
vp
as
the
Prouince
of
Arromaia
the
countrey
of
Morequito
whom
Berreo
executed
,
and
ankored
to
the
west
of
an
Iland
called
Murrecotima
,
ten
miles
long
and
fiue
brode
:
and
that
night
the
Cassique
Aramiary
,
(
to
whose
towne
we
made
our
long
and
hungry
voyag
out
of
the
riuer
of
Amana
)
passed
by
vs
.
The
next
day
we
ariued
at
the
port
of
Morequito
,
and
ancored
there
,
sending
away
one
of
our
Pilots
to
seeke
the
king
of
Aromaia
,
vncle
to
Morequito
slaine
by
Berreo
as
aforesaide
.
The
next
day
following
,
before
noone
he
came
to
vs
on
foote
from
his
house
,
which
was
14.
English
miles
,
himselfe
being
110.
yers
old
)
and
returned
on
foote
the
same
day
,
&
with
him
many
of
the
borderers
,
with
many
women
&
children
,
that
came
to
woonder
at
our
nation
,
and
to
bring
vs
down
victuall
,
which
they
did
in
great
plenty
,
as
venison
,
porke
,
hens
,
chickens
,
foule
,
fish
,
with
diuers
sorts
of
excellent
fruites
,
and
rootes
,
&
great
abundance
of
Pinas
,
the
princes
of
fruits
,
that
grow
vnder
the
Sun
,
especially
those
of
Guiana
.
They
brought
vs
also
store
of
bread
,
and
of
their
wine
,
&
a
sort
of
Paraquitos
,
no
bigger
than
wrens
,
and
of
all
other
sortes
both
small
and
greate
:
one
of
them
gaue
me
a
beast
called
by
the
Spaniards
Armadlla
,
which
they
call
Cassacam
,
which
seemeth
to
be
all
barred
ouer
with
small
plates
somewhat
like
to
a
Renocero
,
with
a
white
horne
growing
in
his
hinder
parts
,
as
big
as
a
great
hunting
horne
,
which
they
vse
to
winde
in
steede
of
a
trumpet
.
Monardus
writeth
that
a
litle
of
the
powder
of
that
horn
put
into
the
eare
,
cureth
deafnes
.
After
this
old
king
had
rested
a
while
in
a
little
tent
,
that
I
caused
to
be
set
vp
,
I
began
by
my
interpretor
to
discourse
with
him
of
the
death
of
Morequito
his
predecessor
,
and
afterward
of
the
Spaniards
,
and
ere
I
went
any
farther
I
made
him
knowe
the
cause
of
my
comming
thither
,
whose
seruant
I
was
,
and
that
the
Queenes
pleasure
was
,
I
should
vndertake
the
voiage
for
their
defence
,
and
to
deliuer
them
from
the
tyranny
of
the
Spaniardes
,
dilating
at
large
,
(
as
I
had
done
before
to
those
of
Trinedado
)
her
Maiesties
greatenes
,
her
iustice
,
her
charitie
to
all
oppressed
nations
,
with
as
many
of
the
rest
of
her
beauties
and
vertues
,
as
either
I
could
expresse
,
or
they
conceiue
,
all
which
being
with
greate
admiration
attentiuely
heard
,
and
maruelously
admired
,
I
began
to
found
the
olde
man
as
touching
Guiana
,
and
the
state
thereof
,
what
sort
of
common
wealth
it
was
,
how
gouerned
,
of
what
strength
and
pollicy
,
how
farre
it
extended
,
and
what
nations
were
friendes
or
enimies
adioyning
,
and
finally
of
the
distance
,
and
way
to
enter
the
same
:
he
told
me
that
himselfe
and
his
people
with
all
those
downe
the
riuer
towardes
the
sea
,
as
farre
as
Emeria
,
the
Prouince
of
Carapana
,
were
of
Guiana
,
but
that
they
called
themselues
,
Orenoqueponi
,
and
that
all
the
nations
betweene
the
riuer
and
those
mountaines
in
sight
called
Wacarima
,
were
of
the
same
cast
and
appellation
:
and
that
on
the
other
side
of
those
mountaines
of
Wacarima
there
was
a
large
plaine
(
which
after
I
discouered
in
my
returne
)
called
the
valley
of
Amariocapana
,
in
all
that
valley
the
people
were
also
of
the
ancient
Guianians
.
I
asked
what
nations
those
were
which
inhabited
on
the
further
side
of
those
mountains
,
beyond
the
valley
of
Amariocapana
,
he
answered
with
a
great
sigh
(
as
a
man
which
had
inward
feeling
of
the
losse
of
his
country
and
liberty
,
especially
for
that
his
eldest
sonne
was
slain
in
a
battell
on
that
side
of
the
mountaines
,
whom
he
most
entirely
loued
,
that
he
remembred
in
his
fathers
life
time
when
he
was
verie
old
,
and
himselfe
a
yoong
man
that
there
came
down
into
that
large
valley
of
Guiana
,
a
nation
from
so
far
off
as
the
Sun
slept
,
(
for
such
were
his
own
words
,
)
with
so
great
a
multitude
as
they
could
not
be
numbred
nor
resisted
,
&
that
they
wore
large
coates
,
and
hats
of
crimson
colour
,
which
colour
he
expressed
,
by
shewing
a
peece
of
red
wood
,
wherewith
my
tent
was
supported
,
and
that
they
were
called
Oreiones
,
and
Epuremei
,
those
that
had
slaine
and
rooted
out
so
many
of
the
ancient
people
as
there
were
leaues
in
the
wood
vpon
al
the
trees
,
and
had
now
made
themselues
Lords
of
all
,
euen
to
that
mountaine
foot
called
Curaa
,
sauing
onely
of
two
nations
,
the
one
called
Awarawaqueri
,
and
the
other
Cassipagotos
,
and
that
in
the
last
battel
fought
between
the
Epuremei
,
&
the
Iwarawaqueri
,
his
eldest
son
was
chosen
to
carry
to
the
aide
of
the
Iwarawaqueri
,
a
greate
troupe
of
the
Orenoqueponi
,
and
was
there
slaine
with
al
his
people
&
friends
,
and
that
he
had
now
remaning
but
one
sonne
:
and
farther
told
me
that
those
Epuremei
had
built
a
great
town
called
Macuregurai
at
the
said
mountaine
foote
,
at
the
beginning
of
the
great
plaines
of
Guiana
,
which
haue
no
ende
:
and
that
their
houses
haue
many
roomes
,
one
ouer
the
other
,
and
that
therein
the
great
king
of
the
Oreiones
and
Epuremei
kept
three
thousand
men
to
defend
the
borders
against
them
,
and
withall
daily
to
inuade
and
slaie
them
:
but
that
of
late
yeares
since
the
Christians
offred
to
inuade
his
territories
,
and
those
frontires
,
they
were
all
at
peace
,
and
traded
one
with
another
,
sauing
onely
the
Iwarawaqueri
,
and
those
other
nations
vpon
the
head
of
the
riuer
of
Caroli
,
called
Cassipagotos
,
which
we
afterwards
discouered
,
each
one
holding
the
Spaniard
for
a
common
enemie
.
After
he
had
answered
thus
far
,
he
desired
leaue
to
depart
,
saying
that
he
had
far
to
go
,
that
he
was
old
,
&
weake
,
and
was
euery
day
called
for
by
death
,
which
was
also
his
owne
phrase
:
I
desired
him
to
rest
with
vs
that
night
,
but
I
could
not
intreat
him
,
but
he
told
me
that
at
my
returne
from
the
countrie
aboue
,
he
would
againe
come
to
vs
,
and
in
the
meane
time
prouide
for
vs
the
best
he
could
,
of
all
that
his
countrey
yeelded
:
the
same
night
hee
returned
to
Orecotona
his
owne
towne
,
so
as
he
went
that
day
28.
miles
,
the
weather
being
very
hot
,
the
countrie
being
situate
betweene
4.
and
5.
degrees
of
the
Equinoctiall
.
This
Topiawari
is
held
for
the
prowdest
,
and
wisest
of
al
the
Orenoqueponi
and
so
he
behaued
himselfe
towards
me
in
all
his
answers
at
my
returne
,
as
I
maruelled
to
finde
a
man
of
that
grauity
and
iudgement
,
and
of
so
good
discourse
,
that
had
no
helpe
of
learning
nor
breed
.
The
next
morning
we
also
left
the
port
,
and
failed
westward
vp
to
the
riuer
,
to
view
the
famous
riuer
called
Caroli
,
as
well
bicause
it
was
maruellous
of
it selfe
,
as
also
for
that
I
vnderstood
it
led
to
the
strongest
nations
of
all
the
frontires
,
that
were
enemies
to
the
Epuremei
,
which
are
subiects
to
Inga
,
Emperor
of
Guiana
,
and
Menoa
,
and
that
night
we
ankored
at
another
Iland
called
Caiama
,
of
some
fiue
or
sixe
miles
in
length
,
and
the
next
day
ariued
at
the
mouth
of
Caroli
,
when
we
were
short
of
it
as
low
or
further
down
as
the
port
of
Morequito
we
heard
the
great
rore
and
fall
of
the
riuer
,
but
when
we
came
to
enter
with
our
barge
and
wherries
thinking
to
haue
gone
vp
some
fortie
miles
to
the
nations
of
the
Cassipagotos
,
we
were
not
able
with
a
barge
of
eight
oares
to
row
one
stones
cast
in
an
hower
,
and
yet
the
riuer
is
as
broad
as
the
Thames
at
Wolwich
,
and
we
tried
both
sides
,
and
the
middle
,
and
euery
part
of
the
riuer
,
so
as
we
incamped
vpon
the
bankes
adioyning
,
and
sent
off
our
Orenequepone
(
which
came
with
vs
from
Morequito
)
to
giue
knowledge
to
the
nations
vpon
the
riuer
of
our
being
there
,
and
that
we
desired
to
see
the
Lords
of
Camuria
,
which
dwelt
within
the
prouince
vpon
that
riuer
making
them
know
that
we
were
enemies
to
the
Spaniards
,
(
for
it
was
on
this
riuer
side
that
Morequito
)
slew
the
Frier
,
and
those
nine
Spaniards
which
came
from
Manoa
,
the
Citie
of
Inga
,
and
tooke
from
them
40000.
pesoes
of
Golde
(
so
as
the
next
daie
there
came
downe
a
Lorde
or
Cassique
called
Wanuretona
with
many
people
with
him
,
and
brought
all
store
of
prouisions
to
entertaine
vs
,
as
the
rest
had
done
.
And
as
I
had
before
made
my
comming
knowne
to
Topiawari
,
so
did
I
acquaint
this
Cassique
therewith
,
and
how
I
was
sent
by
her
Maiesty
for
the
purpose
aforesaid
,
and
gathered
also
what
I
could
of
him
touching
the
estate
of
Guiana
,
and
I
founde
that
those
also
of
Caroli
were
not
onely
enemies
to
the
Spaniardes
but
most
of
all
to
the
Epuremei
,
which
abound
in
Golde
,
and
by
this
Warunetona
,
I
had
knowledge
that
on
the
heade
of
this
riuer
were
three
mightie
nations
,
which
were
seated
on
a
great
lake
,
from
whence
this
riuer
descended
,
and
were
called
Cessipagotos
,
Eparagotos
,
and
Arawagotos
,
and
that
all
those
eyther
against
the
Spaniardes
,
or
the
Epuremei
would
ioine
with
vs
,
&
that
if
we
entred
the
lande
ouer
the
mountaines
of
Curaa
,
wee
should
satisfie
our selues
with
golde
and
all
other
goodthinges
:
hee
tolde
vs
farther
of
a
nation
called
Iwarawaqueri
before
spoken
off
,
that
held
daily
warre
with
the
Epuremei
that
inhabited
Macuregnarai
the
first
ciuill
towne
of
Guiana
,
of
the
subiectes
of
Inga
the
Emperour
.
Vpon
this
riuer
one
Captaine
George
,
that
I
tooke
with
Berreo
tolde
me
there
was
a
greate
siluer
mine
,
and
that
it
was
neere
the
banckes
of
the
saide
riuer
.
But
by
this
time
as
well
Orenoque
,
Caroli
,
and
all
the
rest
of
the
riuers
were
risen
fowre
or
fiue
foote
in
height
,
so
as
it
was
not
possible
by
the
strength
of
any
men
,
or
with
any
boate
whatsoeuer
to
rowe
into
the
riuer
against
the
stream
.
I
therefore
sent
Captain
Thyn
,
Captaine
Greenuile
,
my
nephew
Iohn
Gylbert
,
my
cosen
Butshead
Gorges
,
Captaine
Clarke
,
and
some
30.
shot
more
to
coast
the
riuer
by
lande
,
and
to
goe
to
a
towne
some
twentie
miles
ouer
the
valley
called
Amnatapoi
,
and
they
found
guides
there
,
to
goe
farther
towardes
the
mountaine
foote
to
another
great
towne
,
called
Capurepana
,
belonging
to
a
Cassique
called
Haharacea
(
that
was
a
nephew
to
old
Topiawari
king
of
Arromaia
our
chiefest
friend
)
because
this
towne
and
prouince
of
Capurepnna
adioyned
to
Macureguarai
,
which
was
a
frontier
towne
of
the
Empire
:
and
the
meane
while
my selfe
with
Captaine
Gifford
,
Captaine
Calfield
,
Edw.
Hancocke
,
&
some
halfe
a
dosen
shot
marched
ouer
land
to
view
the
strange
ouerfalls
of
the
riuer
of
Carols
which
rored
so
farre
of
,
&
also
to
see
the
plaines
,
adioyning
and
the
rest
of
the
prouince
of
Canuri
:
I
sent
also
captaine
Whiddon
,
W.
Connocke
&
som
eight
shot
with
them
,
to
see
if
they
coulde
finde
any
minerall
stone
alongst
the
riuer
side
,
When
we
ronne
to
the
tops
of
the
first
hils
of
the
plaines
adioyning
to
the
riuer
,
we
beheld
that
wonderfull
breach
of
waters
,
which
ranne
downe
Caroli
:
and
might
from
that
mountaine
see
the
riuer
how
it
ran
in
thre
parts
,
aboue
twentie
miles
of
,
and
there
appeared
som
ten
or
twelue
ouerfals
in
sight
,
euery
one
as
high
ouer
the
other
as
a
Church
tower
,
which
fell
with
that
fury
,
that
the
rebound
of
water
made
it
seeme
,
as
if
it
had
beene
all
couered
ouer
with
a
greate
shower
of
raine
:
and
in
some
places
we
took
it
at
the
first
for
a
smoke
that
had
risen
ouer
some
greate
towne
.
For
mine
owne
part
I
was
well
perswaded
from
thence
to
haue
returned
,
being
a
very
ill
footeman
,
but
the
rest
were
all
so
desirous
to
go
neere
the
saide
strange
thunder
of
waters
,
as
they
drew
mee
on
by
little
and
litle
,
til
we
came
into
the
next
valley
where
we
might
better
discerne
the
same
.
I
neuer
saw
a
more
beawtifull
countrey
,
nor
more
liuely
prospectes
,
hils
so
raised
heere
and
there
ouer
the
vallies
,
the
riuer
winding
into
diuers
braunches
,
the
plaines
adioyning
without
bush
or
stubble
,
all
faire
greene
grasse
,
the
ground
of
hard
sand
easie
to
march
on
,
eyther
for
horse
or
foote
,
the
deare
crossing
in
euery
path
,
the
birds
towards
the
euening
singing
on
euery
tree
with
a
thousand
seuerall
tunes
,
cranes
&
herons
of
white
,
crimson
,
and
carnation
pearching
in
the
riuers
side
,
the
ayre
fresh
with
a
gentle
easterly
wind
,
and
euery
stone
that
we
stooped
to
take
vp
,
promised
eyther
gold
or
siluer
by
his
complexion
.
Your
L.
shall
see
of
many
sortes
,
and
I
hope
some
of
them
cannot
be
bettered
vnder
the
sunne
,
and
yet
we
had
no
meanes
but
with
our
daggers
and
fingers
to
teare
them
out
heere
and
there
,
the
rockes
being
most
hard
of
that
minerall
sparre
aforesaid
,
and
is
like
a
flint
,
and
is
altogether
as
hard
or
harder
,
and
besides
the
veines
like
a
fathome
or
two
deepe
in
the
rockes
.
But
we
wanted
all
thinges
requisite
saue
only
our
desires
,
and
good
will
to
haue
performed
more
if
it
had
pleased
God
.
To
be
shorte
when
both
our
companies
returned
,
each
of
them
brought
also
seueral
sorts
of
stones
that
appeared
very
faire
,
but
were
such
as
they
found
loose
on
the
ground
,
&
were
for
the
most
part
but
cullored
,
and
had
not
any
gold
fixed
in
them
,
yet
such
as
had
no
iudgement
or
experience
kept
all
that
glistered
,
and
would
not
be
perswaded
but
it
was
rich
because
of
the
lustre
,
and
brought
of
those
,
and
of
Marquesite
with
all
,
from
Trinedado
,
and
haue
deliuered
of
those
stones
to
be
tried
in
many
places
,
and
haue
thereby
bred
an
opinion
that
all
the
rest
is
of
the
same
:
yet
some
of
these
stones
I
shewed
afterward
to
a
Spaniard
of
the
Caracas
who
told
me
that
it
was
El
Madre
deloro
,
and
that
the
mine
was
farther
in
the
ground
.
But
it
shall
be
found
a
weake
policie
in
mee
,
eyther
to
betray
my selfe
,
or
my
Countrey
with
imaginations
,
neyther
am
I
so
farre
in
loue
with
that
lodging
,
watching
,
care
,
perill
,
diseases
,
ill
fauoures
,
bad
fare
,
and
many
other
mischiefes
that
accompany
these
voiages
,
as
to
woo
my selfe
againe
into
any
of
them
,
were
I
not
assured
that
the
sunne
couereth
not
so
much
riches
in
any
part
of
the
earth
.
Captaine
Whiddon
,
and
our
Chirurgion
Nich.
Millechap
brought
me
a
kinde
of
stons
like
Saphires
,
what
they
may
proue
I
knowe
not
,
I
shewed
them
to
some
of
the
Orenoqueponi
,
and
they
promised
to
bring
me
to
a
mountaine
,
that
had
of
them
verye
large
peeces
growing
Diamond
wife
:
whether
it
be
Christall
of
the
mountaine
,
Bristoll
Diamond
or
Saphire
I
doe
not
yet
knowe
,
but
I
hope
the
best
,
sure
I
am
that
the
place
is
as
likely
as
those
from
whence
all
the
rich
stones
are
brought
,
and
in
the
same
height
or
very
neare
.
On
the
left
hand
of
this
riuer
Caroli
are
seated
those
nations
which
are
called
Iwarawakeri
before
remembred
,
which
are
enimies
to
the
Epuremei
:
and
on
the
heade
of
it
adioyning
to
the
greate
lake
Cassipa
,
are
situate
those
other
nations
which
also
resist
Inga
,
and
the
Epuremei
,
called
Cassepagotos
,
Eparegotos
,
and
Arrawagotos
.
I
farther
vnderstoode
that
this
lake
of
Cassipa
is
so
large
,
as
it
is
aboue
one
daies
iourney
for
one
of
their
Canoas
to
crosse
,
which
may
be
some
40
,
miles
,
and
that
therin
fall
diuers
riuers
,
and
that
greate
store
of
graines
of
Golde
are
found
in
the
summer
time
when
the
lake
falleth
by
the
banckes
,
in
those
branches
.
There
is
also
another
goodly
riuer
beyond
Caroli
which
is
called
Arui
,
which
also
runneth
thorow
the
lake
Cassipa
,
and
falleth
into
Orenoque
father
west
,
making
al
that
land
between
Caroli
&
Arui
an
Iland
,
which
is
likwise
a
most
beawtifull
countrey
.
Next
vnto
Arui
there
are
two
riuers
Atoica
and
Caera
,
and
on
that
braunch
which
is
called
Caora
,
are
a
nation
of
people
,
whose
heades
appeare
not
aboue
their
shoulders
,
which
though
it
may
be
thought
a
meere
fable
,
yet
for
mine
owne
part
I
am
resolued
it
is
true
,
because
euery
child
in
the
prouinces
of
Arromaia
and
Canuri
affirme
the
same
:
they
are
called
Ewaipanoma
:
they
are
reported
to
haue
their
eyes
in
their
shoulders
,
and
their
mouths
in
the
midle
of
their
breasts
,
&
that
a
long
train
of
hair
groweth
backward
between
their
shoulders
.
The
son
of
Topiawari
,
which
I
brought
with
me
into
England
told
me
that
they
are
the
most
mightie
men
of
all
the
lande
,
and
vse
bowes
,
arrowes
,
and
clubs
thrice
as
bigge
as
any
of
Guiana
,
or
of
the
Orenoqueponi
,
and
that
one
of
the
Iwarawakeri
tooke
a
prisoner
of
them
the
yere
before
our
ariuall
there
,
and
brought
him
into
the
borders
of
Arromaia
his
fathers
Countrey
:
And
farther
when
I
seemed
to
doubt
of
it
,
hee
tolde
me
that
it
was
no
wonder
among
them
,
but
that
they
were
as
greate
a
nation
,
and
as
common
,
as
any
other
in
all
the
prouinces
,
and
had
of
late
yeares
slaine
manie
hundreds
of
his
fathers
people
,
and
of
other
nations
their
neighbours
,
but
it
was
not
my
chaunce
to
heare
of
them
til
I
was
come
away
,
and
if
I
had
but
spoken
one
word
of
it
while
I
was
there
,
I
might
haue
brought
one
of
them
with
me
to
put
the
matter
out
of
doubt
.
Such
a
nation
was
written
of
by
Maundeuile
,
whose
reportes
was
holden
for
fables
many
yeres
,
and
yet
since
the
East
Indies
were
discouered
,
wee
finde
his
relations
true
of
such
things
as
heeretofore
were
held
incredible
:
whether
it
be
true
or
no
the
matteris
not
greate
,
neither
can
there
be
any
profit
in
the
imagination
,
for
mine
owne
part
I
saw
them
not
,
but
I
am
resolued
that
so
many
people
did
not
all
combine
,
or
forthinke
to
make
the
report
.
When
I
came
to
Cumana
in
the
west
Indies
afterwards
by
chaunce
I
spake
with
a
spaniard
dwelling
not
farre
from
thence
,
a
man
of
great
trauell
,
and
after
he
knew
that
I
had
beene
in
Guiana
,
and
so
farre
directly
west
as
Caroli
,
the
first
question
he
asked
me
whether
I
had
seene
anie
of
the
Ewaipanoma
,
which
are
those
without
heades
:
who
being
esteemed
a
most
honest
man
of
his
word
,
and
in
all
thinges
else
,
told
me
that
he
had
seene
many
of
them
:
I
may
not
name
him
because
it
may
be
for
his
disaduantage
,
but
he
is
well
knowen
to
Monsier
Mucherons
sonne
of
London
,
and
to
Peter
Mucheron
marchant
of
the
Flemish
shippe
that
was
there
in
trade
,
who
also
heard
what
he
auowed
to
be
true
of
those
people
.
The
fourth
riuer
to
the
west
of
Caroli
is
Casnero
which
falleth
into
Orenoque
on
this
side
of
Amapaia
,
and
that
riuer
is
greater
then
Damibius
,
or
any
of
Europe
:
it
riseth
on
the
south
of
Guiana
from
the
mountaines
which
deuide
Guiana
from
Amazones
,
and
I
thinke
it
to
be
nauigable
many
hundred
miles
:
but
we
had
no
time
,
meanes
,
nor
season
of
the
yeare
,
to
search
those
riuers
for
the
causes
afore
said
,
the
winter
being
come
vpon
vs
,
although
the
winter
&
summer
as
touching
cold
&
heat
differ
not
,
neither
do
the
trees
euersencible
lose
their
leaues
,
but
haue
alwaies
fruit
eyther
ripe
or
green
,
&
most
of
them
both
blossoms
,
leaues
,
ripe
fruit
,
&
green
at
one
time
:
But
their
winter
onely
consilieth
of
terrible
raynes
,
and
ouerflowing
of
the
riuers
,
with
manie
greate
stormes
and
gustes
,
thunder
,
and
lightnings
,
of
which
we
had
our
fill
,
ere
we
returned
.
On
the
North
side
,
the
first
riuer
that
falleth
into
Orenoque
is
Cari
,
beyond
it
on
the
same
side
is
the
riuer
of
Limo
,
between
these
two
is
a
great
nation
of
Canibals
,
and
their
chiefe
towne
beareth
the
name
of
the
riuer
and
is
called
Acamacari
:
at
this
towne
is
a
continuall
markette
of
women
for
3.
or
4.
hatchets
a
peece
,
they
are
brought
by
the
Arwacas
,
and
by
them
solde
into
the
west
Indies
.
To
the
west
of
Lime
is
the
riuer
Pao
,
beyond
it
Caturi
,
beyond
that
Voari
and
Capuri
which
falleth
out
of
the
great
riuer
of
Meta
,
by
which
Berreo
descended
from
Nueuo
reyno
de
granada
.
To
the
westward
of
Capuri
is
the
prouince
of
Amapaia
,
where
Berreo
wintered
,
and
had
so
many
of
his
people
poysoned
with
the
tawny
water
of
the
marshes
of
the
Anebas
,
Aboue
Amapaica
towarde
Nueuo
reyno
fall
in
,
Meta
,
pato
,
and
Cassanar
:
to
the
west
of
those
towards
the
prouinces
of
the
Ashaguas
&
Catetios
are
the
riuers
of
Beta
,
Dawney
,
and
Vbarro
,
and
towardes
the
frontyer
of
Peru
are
the
prouinces
of
Thomebamba
.
and
Caximalta
:
adioyning
to
Quito
in
the
North
of
Peru
are
the
riuers
of
Guiacar
and
Goauar
:
and
on
the
other
side
of
the
saide
mountaines
the
riuer
of
Papamene
which
descendeth
into
Maragnon
or
Amazones
passing
through
the
prouince
of
the
Mutylones
where
Don
Pedro
de
Osua
who
was
slaine
by
the
traytour
Agiri
before
rehearsed
,
built
his
Briggandines
,
when
he
sought
Guiana
by
the
waie
of
Amazones
.
Betweene
Dawney
and
Beta
lieth
a
famous
Iland
in
Orenoque
now
called
Baraquan
(
For
aboue
Meta
it
is
not
kowne
by
the
name
of
Orenoque
)
which
is
called
Athule
,
beyond
which
,
ships
of
burden
cannot
passe
by
reason
of
a
most
forcible
ouerfall
,
and
Current
of
waters
:
but
in
the
eddy
al
smaller
vesselles
may
be
drawen
euen
to
Peru
itselfe
:
But
to
speake
of
more
of
these
riuers
without
the
description
were
but
tedious
,
and
therefore
I
will
leaue
the
rest
to
the
discription
.
This
riuer
of
Orenoque
is
nauigable
for
ships
little
lesse
then
1000.
miles
,
&
for
lesser
vessels
neere
2000.
By
it
(
as
aforesaid
)
Peru
,
Nueuo
reyno
,
&
Popaian
,
may
be
inuaded
:
it
also
leadeth
to
that
great
Empire
of
Inga
,
and
to
the
prouinces
of
Amapaia
,
and
Anebas
which
abound
in
gold
:
his
branches
of
Cosnero
,
Manta
,
Caora
descend
from
the
middle
land
and
valley
,
which
lieth
betweene
the
easter
prouince
of
Peru
and
Guiana
;
and
it
falles
into
the
sea
betwne
Maragnon
and
Trinedado
in
two
degrees
and
a
halfe
,
al
which
your
Honors
shal
better
perceiue
in
the
general
description
of
Guiana
,
Peru
,
Nueuo
reyno
,
the
kingdom
of
Popayan
,
and
Roidas
,
with
the
prouince
of
Vensuello
,
to
the
bay
of
Vraba
behinde
Cartagena
,
westward
:
and
to
Amazones
southward
.
While
we
lay
at
ancor
on
the
coast
of
Canuri
,
and
had
taken
knowledge
of
all
the
nations
vpon
the
head
and
braunches
of
this
riuer
,
and
had
founde
out
so
many
feuerall
people
,
which
were
enemies
to
the
Epuremei
,
and
the
newe
Conquerers
:
I
thought
it
time
lost
to
linger
any
longer
in
that
place
,
especially
for
that
the
fury
of
Orenoque
beganne
dailie
to
threaten
vs
with
dangers
in
our
returne
,
for
no
halfe
day
passed
,
but
the
riuer
began
to
rage
and
ouerflow
very
fearefully
,
and
the
raines
came
downe
in
terrible
showers
,
and
gusts
in
greate
abundance
:
and
withall
,
our
men
beganne
to
cry
out
for
want
of
shift
,
for
no
man
had
place
to
bestowe
any
other
apparrell
then
that
which
he
ware
on
his
backe
,
and
that
was
throughly
washt
on
his
body
for
the
most
part
ten
times
in
one
day
and
we
had
nowe
beene
well
neere
a
moneth
,
euery
day
passing
to
the
westward
,
farther
&
farther
from
our
shippes
.
Wee
therefore
turned
towards
the
east
,
and
spent
the
rest
of
the
time
in
discouering
the
riuer
towards
the
sea
,
which
we
had
not
viewed
,
and
which
was
most
materiall
.
The
next
day
following
we
left
the
mouth
of
Caroli
,
and
arriued
againe
at
the
port
of
Morequito
where
we
were
before
(
for
passing
downe
the
streame
we
went
without
labour
,
and
against
the
winde
,
little
lesse
then
100.
miles
a
day
:
)
Assoon
as
I
came
to
ancor
I
sent
away
one
for
old
Topiawari
,
with
whom
I
much
desired
to
haue
further
conference
,
&
also
to
deal
with
him
for
some
one
of
his
country
,
to
bring
with
vs
into
England
,
as
well
to
learn
the
language
,
as
to
conferre
withall
by
the
way
,
(
the
time
being
now
spent
of
any
longer
stay
there
)
within
three
howres
after
my
messenger
came
to
him
,
he
arriued
also
,
and
with
him
such
a
rabble
of
all
sortes
of
people
,
and
euery
one
loden
with
somwhat
,
as
if
it
had
bene
a
great
marker
or
faire
in
England
:
and
our
hungry
companies
clustered
thicke
and
threefold
among
their
baskets
,
euery
one
laying
hand
on
what
he
liked
.
After
he
had
rested
a
while
in
my
tent
,
I
shut
out
al
but
our selues
,
and
my
interpreter
,
and
told
him
that
I
knewe
that
both
the
Epuremei
and
the
Spaniards
were
enemies
to
him
,
his
countrey
and
nations
:
that
the
one
had
conquered
Guiana
already
,
and
the
other
sought
to
regaine
the
same
from
them
both
:
And
therefore
I
desired
him
to
instruct
me
what
hee
could
,
both
of
the
passage
into
the
golden
partes
of
Guiana
,
and
to
the
ciuill
townes
and
apparrelled
people
of
Inga
.
Hee
gaue
me
an
answere
to
this
effect
:
first
that
hee
coulde
not
perceiue
that
I
meant
to
go
onwarde
towardes
the
Citie
of
Mania
,
for
neither
the
time
of
the
yeare
serued
,
neyther
could
he
perceiue
any
sufficient
numbers
for
such
an
enterprize
:
and
if
I
did
I
was
sure
with
all
my
company
to
be
buried
there
,
for
the
Emperour
was
of
that
strength
,
as
that
many
times
so
many
men
more
were
too
few
:
besides
he
gaue
me
this
good
counsell
and
aduised
me
to
hold
it
in
minde
(
as
for
himselfe
he
knewe
,
he
could
not
liue
til
my
returne
)
that
I
should
not
offer
by
any
meanes
hereafter
to
inuade
the
strong
partes
of
Guiana
with
out
the
helpe
of
all
those
nations
which
were
also
their
enimies
:
for
that
it
was
impossible
without
those
,
eyther
to
be
conducted
,
to
be
victualled
,
or
to
haue
ought
caried
with
vs
,
our
people
not
being
able
to
indure
the
march
in
so
greate
heate
,
and
trauell
,
vnlesse
the
borderers
gaue
them
helpe
,
to
carry
with
them
both
their
meate
and
furniture
:
For
he
remembred
that
in
the
plaines
of
Macureguarai
300.
Spaniards
were
ouerthrowen
,
who
were
tired
out
,
and
had
none
of
the
borderers
to
their
friendes
,
but
meeting
their
enimies
as
they
passed
the
frontier
,
were
inuironed
of
all
fides
,
&
the
people
setting
the
long
dry
grasse
on
fire
,
smothered
them
so
as
they
had
no
breth
to
feight
,
nor
could
discerne
their
enimies
for
the
greate
smoke
.
He
told
me
farther
that
sower
daies
iourney
from
his
towne
was
Macureguarai
,
and
that
those
were
the
next
,
&
nearest
of
the
subiectes
of
Inga
,
and
of
the
Epuremsi
,
and
the
first
towne
of
apparreled
and
rich
people
,
and
that
all
those
plates
of
Goldo
which
were
scatterred
among
the
borderers
and
caried
to
other
nations
farre
and
neere
,
came
from
the
saide
Macureguarai
,
and
were
there
made
,
but
that
those
of
the
lande
within
were
farre
finer
,
and
were
fashioned
after
the
Image
of
men
,
beastes
,
birdes
,
and
fishes
.
I
asked
him
wether
he
thought
that
those
companies
that
I
had
there
with
me
,
were
sufficient
to
take
that
towne
or
no
,
he
told
me
that
he
thought
they
were
.
I
then
asked
him
whether
he
woulde
assist
me
with
guides
,
and
some
companies
of
his
people
to
ioyn
with
vs
,
he
answered
that
he
would
go
himself
with
all
the
borderers
,
if
the
riuers
did
remaine
fordable
,
vpon
this
condition
that
I
would
leaue
with
him
til
my
returne
againe
fiftly
souldiers
,
which
hee
vndertooke
to
victuall
:
I
answered
that
I
had
not
aboue
fiftie
good
men
in
all
there
,
the
rest
were
labourers
and
rowers
,
and
that
I
had
no
prouision
to
leaue
with
them
of
powder
,
shot
,
apparrell
,
or
ought
else
,
and
that
without
those
things
necessary
for
their
defence
,
they
should
be
in
danger
of
the
Spaniardes
in
my
absence
,
who
I
knew
would
vse
the
same
measure
towardes
mine
,
that
I
offered
them
at
Trinedado
:
And
Although
vpon
the
motion
Captaine
Calfeide
,
Captaine
Grenuile
,
my
nephewe
Iohn
Gilbert
and
diuers
others
were
desirous
to
stay
,
yet
I
was
resolued
that
they
must
needes
have
perishr
,
dfor
Berreo
expected
daily
a
supply
out
of
Spaine
,
and
looked
also
howerly
for
his
sonne
to
come
downe
from
Nueue
reyne
degranada
,
with
many
horse
and
soote
,
and
had
also
in
Valentia
in
the
Carneas
,
200.
horse
ready
to
march
,
and
I
coulde
not
haue
spared
aboue
fortie
,
and
had
not
any
store
at
all
of
powder
,
leade
,
or
march
to
haue
left
with
them
,
not
any
other
prouision
cytherspade
,
pickeaxe
,
or
ought
else
to
haue
fortified
withall
.
When
I
had
giuen
him
reason
that
I
could
not
at
this
time
leaue
him
such
a
company
,
he
then
desired
me
to
forbeare
him
,
and
his
countrey
for
that
time
,
for
he
assured
me
that
I
shoulde
bee
no
sooner
three
dayes
from
the
coast
,
but
those
Epuremei
woulde
inuade
him
,
and
destroye
all
the
remaine
of
his
people
and
friendes
,
if
he
shoulde
any
way
either
guide
vs
,
or
assist
vs
against
them
.
Hee
further
alledged
that
the
Spaniards
sought
dis
death
,
and
as
they
had
alreadie
murtheaed
his
Nephew
Moriquito
Lord
of
that
prouince
,
so
they
had
him
17
,
daies
in
a
chaine
before
he
was
king
of
the
Countrey
,
and
led
him
like
a
dogge
from
place
to
place
,
vntill
he
had
paide
100.
plates
of
Gold
,
and
diuers
chaines
of
splpen
stones
for
his
ransome
:
and
now
since
he
became
owner
of
that
prouince
that
they
had
many
times
laide
waite
to
take
him
,
and
that
they
would
be
now
more
vehement
when
they
shoulde
vnderstand
of
his
conference
with
the
English
,
and
because
saide
he
,
they
would
the
better
displant
me
if
they
cannot
lay
handes
on
mee
,
they
haue
gotten
a
Nephew
of
mine
called
Eparacano
whome
they
haue
christened
Don
Iuan
and
his
sonne
Don
pedro
,
whome
they
haue
also
apparelled
and
armed
,
by
whome
they
seeke
to
make
a
partie
against
mee
,
in
mine
own
countrey
:
he
also
had
taken
to
wife
one
Louiana
of
a
strong
familie
,
which
are
borderers
and
neighbours
,
and
my selfe
being
now
old
and
in
the
hands
of
death
,
am
not
able
to
trauell
nor
to
shifte
,
as
when
I
was
of
younger
yeares
:
hee
therefore
praid
vs
to
deferre
it
till
the
next
yere
,
when
he
would
vndertake
to
draw
in
all
the
bordererst
to
serue
vs
,
and
then
also
it
would
be
more
seasonable
to
trauel
,
for
at
this
time
of
the
yeare
,
we
should
not
be
pable
to
hasse
any
riuer
,
the
waters
were
and
would
be
so
growen
ere
our
returne
.
Hee
farther
told
me
that
I
could
not
desire
so
much
to
inuade
Macureguari
,
&
the
rest
of
Guiana
but
that
the
borderers
would
be
more
vehement
than
I
,
for
he
yeelded
for
a
chiefe
cause
that
in
the
wars
with
the
Epuremei
,
they
were
spoyled
of
their
women
,
and
that
their
wiues
and
daughters
were
taken
from
them
,
so
as
for
their
owne
partes
they
desired
nothing
of
the
gold
or
treasure
for
their
labours
,
but
only
to
recouer
women
from
the
Epuremei
:
for
he
farther
complayned
very
sadly
(
as
it
had
bene
a
matter
of
greate
consequence
)
that
whereas
they
were
wont
to
haue
ten
or
twelue
wiues
,
they
were
now
inforced
to
content
themselues
with
three
or
fower
,
&
that
the
Lords
of
the
Epuremei
had
50.
or
100.
And
in
truth
they
warr
more
for
women
then
either
for
gold
or
dominion
.
For
the
Lords
of
countries
desire
many
children
of
their
owne
bodies
,
to
increase
their
races
and
kindreds
,
for
in
those
consist
their
greatest
trust
and
strength
.
Diuers
of
his
followers
afterwards
desired
me
to
make
hast
againe
,
that
they
might
sacke
the
Epuremei
,
and
I
asked
them
of
what
?
they
answered
,
of
their
women
for
vs
,
and
their
Golde
for
you
:
for
the
hope
of
many
of
those
women
they
more
desire
the
warre
,
then
either
for
Golde
,
or
for
the
recouery
of
their
ancient
territories
.
For
what
betwene
the
subiectes
of
Inga
,
&
the
Spaniards
,
those
frontiers
are
growen
thinne
of
people
,
and
also
greate
numbers
are
fled
to
other
nations
farther
off
for
feare
of
the
spaniardes
.
After
I
receaued
this
answere
of
the
olde
man
,
wee
fell
into
consideration
,
whether
it
had
beene
of
better
aduice
to
haue
entred
Macureguarai
,
and
to
haue
begunne
a
warre
vpon
Inga
at
this
time
,
yea
or
no
,
if
the
time
of
the
yeare
,
and
all
thinges
else
had
sorted
.
For
mine
owne
part
(
as
we
were
not
able
to
march
it
for
the
riuers
,
neither
had
any
such
strength
as
was
requisite
,
and
durst
not
abide
the
comming
of
the
winter
,
or
to
tarric
any
longer
from
our
shippes
)
I
thought
it
were
euill
counsell
to
haue
attempted
it
at
that
time
,
although
the
desire
of
golde
will
aunswere
many
obiections
:
But
it
would
haue
beene
in
mine
opinion
an
vtter
ouerthrow
to
the
enterprize
,
if
the
same
should
be
hereafter
by
her
Maiesty
attempted
:
for
then
(
whereas
now
they
haue
heard
we
were
enemies
to
the
Spaniards
&
were
sent
by
her
Maiesty
to
relieue
them
)
they
would
as
good
cheape
haue
ioyned
with
the
Spaniards
at
our
returne
,
as
to
haue
yeelded
vnto
vs
,
when
they
had
proued
that
we
came
both
for
one
errant
,
and
that
both
sought
but
to
sacke
and
spoyle
them
,
but
as
yet
our
desire
of
gold
,
or
our
purpose
of
inuasion
is
not
known
vnto
those
of
the
empire
:
&
it
is
likely
that
if
her
Maiesty
vndertake
the
enterprize
,
they
will
rather
submit
themselues
to
herobedience
then
to
the
Spaniardes
,
of
whose
cruelty
both
themselues
and
the
borderers
haue
already
tasted
:
and
therefore
till
I
had
knowen
her
maiesties
pleasure
,
I
would
rather
haue
lost
the
sacke
of
one
or
two
townes
(
although
they
might
haue
been
very
profitable
)
then
to
haue
defaced
or
indangered
the
future
hope
of
so
many
millions
,
and
the
great
good
,
&
rich
trade
which
England
may
bee
possessed
off
thereby
.
I
am
assured
nowe
that
they
will
all
die
euen
to
the
last
man
against
the
Spanyardes
in
hope
of
our
succoure
and
returne
:
whereas
otherwise
if
I
had
either
laid
handes
on
the
borderers
,
or
ransommed
the
Lordes
as
Berreo
did
,
or
inuaded
the
subiectes
of
Inga
,
I
knowe
all
had
beene
lost
for
hereafter
.
After
that
I
had
resolued
Topiawari
Lorde
of
Aromaia
that
I
could
not
at
this
time
leaue
with
him
the
companies
he
desired
,
and
that
I
was
contented
to
forbeare
the
enterprize
against
the
Epuremei
till
the
next
yeare
,
he
freely
gaue
me
his
onely
sonne
to
take
with
me
into
England
,
and
hoped
,
that
though
he
himselfe
had
but
a
short
time
to
liue
,
and
that
by
our
meanes
his
sonne
shoulde
be
established
after
his
death
:
and
I
left
with
him
one
Franncis
Sparrow
,
a
seruant
of
captaine
Gifford
,
(
who
was
desirous
to
tary
,
and
could
describe
a
countrey
with
his
pen
)
and
a
boy
of
mine
called
Hugh
goodwin
,
to
learne
the
language
.
I
after
asked
the
manner
how
the
Epuremei
wrought
those
plates
of
golde
,
and
how
they
coulde
melt
it
out
of
the
stone
;
he
told
me
that
the
most
of
the
gold
which
they
made
in
plates
and
images
was
not
seuered
from
the
stone
,
but
that
on
the
lake
of
Manoa
,
&
in
a
multitude
of
other
riuers
they
gathered
it
in
graines
of
perfect
gold
and
in
peeces
as
big
as
small
stones
,
and
that
they
put
it
to
a
part
of
copper
,
otherwise
they
could
not
worke
it
,
and
that
they
vsed
a
great
earthen
pott
with
holes
round
about
it
,
and
when
they
had
mingled
the
gold
&
copper
together
,
they
fastned
canes
to
the
holes
,
and
so
with
the
breath
of
men
they
increased
the
fire
till
the
mettell
ran
,
and
then
they
cast
it
into
moulds
of
stone
&
clay
,
and
so
make
those
plates
and
Images
.
I
haue
sent
your
Honours
,
of
two
sorts
such
as
I
could
by
chance
recouer
,
more
to
shew
the
maner
of
them
,
then
for
the
value
:
For
I
did
not
in
any
sort
make
my
desire
of
gold
knowen
,
because
I
had
neyther
time
,
nor
power
to
haue
a
greater
quantity
.
I
gaue
among
them
manie
more
peeces
of
Golde
then
I
receiued
of
the
new
money
of
20.
shillings
with
her
Maiesties
picture
to
weare
,
with
promise
that
they
woulde
become
her
seruantes
thenceforth
.
I
haue
also
sent
your
Honor
of
the
oare
,
whereof
I
know
some
is
as
rich
as
the
earth
yeeldeth
anie
,
of
which
I
know
there
is
sufficient
,
if
nothing
else
were
to
be
hoped
for
.
But
besides
that
we
were
not
able
to
tarry
and
search
the
hils
;
so
we
had
neither
pioners
,
bars
,
sledges
,
nor
wedges
of
Iron
,
to
break
the
ground
without
which
there
is
no
working
in
mines
:
but
we
saw
all
the
hils
with
stones
of
the
cullor
of
Gold
and
siluer
,
and
we
tried
them
to
be
no
Marquesite
,
and
therefore
such
as
the
Spanyardes
call
El
Madre
de
oro
,
which
is
an
vndoubted
assurance
of
the
generall
abundance
;
and
my selfe
saw
the
outside
of
many
mines
of
the
Sparre
,
which
I
know
to
be
the
same
that
all
couet
in
this
worlde
,
and
of
those
,
more
then
I
will
speake
of
.
Hauing
learned
what
I
could
in
Canuri
and
Aremaia
,
and
receiued
a
faithfull
promise
of
the
principallest
of
those
prouinces
to
become
seruantes
to
her
Maiestie
,
and
to
resist
the
Spanyardes
,
if
they
made
any
attempt
in
our
absence
,
and
that
they
woulde
drawe
in
the
nations
about
the
lake
of
Cassipa
,
and
those
Iwarawaqueri
,
I
then
parted
from
olde
Topiawari
,
and
receiued
his
sonne
for
a
pledge
betweene
vs
,
and
left
with
him
two
of
ours
as
aforesaid
:
To
Francis
Sparrowe
I
gaue
instructions
to
trauel
to
Marcuregnarai
,
with
such
marchandizes
as
I
left
with
them
,
thereby
to
learne
the
place
,
and
if
it
were
possible
to
go
on
,
to
the
great
Citie
of
Manoa
:
which
being
done
,
we
weyed
ancor
,
and
coasted
the
riuer
on
Guiana
side
,
because
we
came
vp
on
the
north
side
,
by
the
launes
of
the
Saima
and
Wikiri
.
There
came
with
vs
from
Aremaia
,
a
Cassique
called
Putijma
,
that
commaunded
the
prouince
of
Warapana
,
(
which
Putijma
slewe
the
nyne
Spanyardes
vppon
Caroli
before
spoken
of
,
)
who
desired
vs
to
rest
at
the
porte
of
his
Countrey
,
promising
to
bring
vs
to
a
mountaine
adioyning
to
his
towne
that
had
stones
of
the
cullor
of
Golde
,
which
he
performed
:
And
after
wee
had
rested
there
one
night
,
I
went
my selfe
in
the
morning
with
most
of
the
Gentlemen
of
my
company
,
ouer
lande
towardes
the
said
mountaine
,
marching
by
a
riuers
side
called
Mana
,
leauing
on
the
right
hand
a
towne
called
Tuteritona
,
standing
in
the
prouince
of
Tarracoa
,
of
which
Wartaaremagoto
is
principall
.
Beyond
it
lyeth
another
towne
towardes
the
south
in
the
valley
of
Amariocapana
,
which
beareth
the
name
of
the
said
valley
,
whose
plaines
stretch
themselues
some
60.
miles
in
leugth
,
east
and
west
,
as
fayre
ground
,
and
as
beawtifull
fieldes
,
as
any
man
hath
euer
seene
,
with
diuers
copsies
scatered
heere
and
there
by
the
riuers
fule
,
and
all
as
full
of
deare
,
as
any
forrest
or
parke
in
England
,
and
in
cuelic
lake
and
riuer
the
like
abundance
of
fish
and
fowle
,
of
which
Ieriparragosa
is
Lord.
From
the
diuer
of
Mana
,
we
crost
another
riuer
in
the
said
beiwtiful
valley
called
Oiana
,
and
rested
our selues
by
a
cleare
lake
,
which
lay
in
the
middle
of
the
said
Oiana
,
and
one
of
our
guides
kindling
vs
fire
with
two
stickes
,
we
stayed
a
while
to
dry
our
shirts
,
which
with
the
heat
hong
very
weete
&
heauie
on
our
sholders
.
Afterwards
we
sought
the
ford
to
passe
ouer
towardes
the
montain
called
Iconuri
,
where
Putijma
foretold
vs
of
the
mine
.
In
this
lake
we
saw
one
of
the
great
fishes
,
as
big
as
a
wine
pipe
,
which
they
call
Manati
,
and
is
most
excellent
and
holsome
meate
.
But
after
I
perceiued
,
that
to
passe
the
saide
riuer
would
require
halfe
a
daies
march
more
,
I
was
not
able
my selfe
to
indure
it
,
and
therefore
I
sent
Captaine
Keymis
with
six
shotte
to
goe
on
,
and
gaue
him
order
not
to
returne
to
the
port
of
Putijma
,
which
is
called
Chiparepare
,
but
to
take
leasure
,
and
to
march
downe
the
saide
valley
,
as
farre
as
a
riuer
called
Cumaca
,
where
I
promised
to
meete
him
againe
,
(
Putijma
himselfe
promising
also
to
be
his
guide
,
)
and
as
they
marched
,
they
left
the
townes
of
Emparepana
,
and
Capurepana
,
on
the
right
hande
,
and
marched
from
Putijmas
house
,
downe
the
saide
valley
of
Amariocapana
,
&
wee
returning
the
same
day
to
the
riuers
side
,
sawe
by
the
way
many
rockes
,
like
vnto
Gold
oare
,
and
on
the
left
hand
,
a
round
mountaine
which
consisted
of
minerall
stone
.
From
hence
we
rowed
downe
the
streame
,
coasting
the
prouice
of
Parino
;
As
for
the
braunches
of
riuers
which
I
ouerpasse
in
this
discourse
,
those
shal
be
better
expressed
in
the
discription
,
with
the
mountaines
of
Aio
,
Ara
&
the
rest
,
which
are
situate
in
the
prouinces
of
Parino
anp
Carricurrina
.
When
wee
were
come
as
farre
downe
as
the
land
called
Ariacoa
,
(
where
Orenoque
deuideth
it selfe
into
three
great
braunches
,
each
of
them
beeing
most
goodly
riuers
,
(
I
sent
away
Captaine
Henry
Thin
,
and
Captaine
Greeneuile
with
the
Galley
,
the
nearest
way
,
and
tooke
with
me
Captaine
Gifford
,
Captaine
Calfielde
,
Edward
porter
,
and
Captaine
Eynos
with
mine
owne
barge
,
and
the
two
wherries
,
and
went
downe
that
braunch
of
Orenoque
,
which
is
called
Cararoopana
,
which
leadeth
towardes
Emeria
the
prouince
of
Carapana
,
and
towards
the
east
sea
,
as
well
to
finde
out
Captaine
Keymis
,
whome
I
had
sent
ouer
land
,
as
also
to
acquaint
my selfe
with
Carapana
,
who
is
one
of
the
greatest
of
all
the
Lords
of
the
Orenoqueponi
:
and
when
he
came
to
the
riuer
of
Cumaca
(
to
which
Putijma
promised
to
conduct
Captaine
Keymis
)
I
left
Captaine
Eynos
and
Master
Porter
in
the
saide
riuer
to
expect
his
comming
,
and
the
rest
of
vs
rowed
downe
the
streame
towardes
Emeria
.
In
this
braunch
called
Cararoopana
were
also
many
goodly
I
landes
,
some
of
six
miles
long
,
some
of
tenne
,
and
some
of
Twentie
,
when
it
grewe
towards
sunne
sett
,
we
entred
a
braunch
of
a
riuer
that
fell
into
Orenoque
called
Winicapora
:
where
I
was
enformed
of
the
mountaine
of
Christall
,
to
which
in
trueth
for
the
length
of
the
way
,
and
the
euill
season
of
the
yeare
,
I
was
not
able
to
march
,
nor
abide
any
longer
vpon
the
iourney
:
wee
saw
it
a
farre
off
and
it
appeared
like
a
white
Church
towr
of
an
exceeding
height
:
There
falleth
ouer
it
a
mightie
riuer
which
toucheth
no
part
of
the
side
of
the
mountaine
,
but
rusheth
ouer
the
toppe
of
it
,
and
falleth
to
the
grounde
with
a
terrible
noyse
and
clamor
,
as
if
1000
,
greate
belles
were
knockt
one
against
another
.
I
thinke
there
is
not
in
the
worlde
so
straunge
an
ouerfall
,
nor
so
wonderfull
to
beholde
:
Berreo
tolde
mee
that
it
hath
Diamondes
and
other
precious
stones
on
it
,
and
that
they
shined
verie
farre
off
:
but
what
it
hath
I
knowe
not
,
neither
durst
he
or
any
of
his
men
ascende
to
the
toppe
of
the
saide
mountaine
,
those
people
adioyning
beeing
his
enimies
(
as
they
were
)
and
the
way
to
it
so
impassible
.
Vpon
this
riuer
of
Winecapora
wee
rested
a
while
,
and
from
thence
marched
into
the
Countrey
to
a
towne
called
after
the
name
of
the
riuer
,
whereof
the
chiefe
was
one
Timitwara
,
who
also
offered
to
conduct
mee
to
the
toppe
of
the
saide
mountaine
called
Wacarima
:
But
when
wee
came
in
first
to
the
house
of
the
saide
Timitwara
,
beeing
vppon
one
of
their
feast
daies
,
wee
founde
them
all
as
drunke
as
beggers
,
and
the
pottes
walking
from
one
to
another
without
rest
:
wee
that
were
wearie
,
and
hotte
with
marching
,
were
glad
of
the
plentie
,
though
a
small
quantitie
satisfied
vs
,
their
drinke
beeing
very
strong
and
headie
,
and
so
rested
our selues
a
while
;
after
we
had
fedde
,
we
dre
we
our selues
backe
to
our
boates
,
vppon
the
riuer
,
and
there
came
to
vs
all
the
Lordes
of
the
Countrie
,
with
all
such
kinde
of
victuall
as
the
place
yeelded
,
and
with
their
delicate
wine
of
Pinas
,
and
with
abundance
of
hens
,
and
other
prouisions
,
and
of
those
stones
which
wee
call
Spleene-stones
.
We
vnderstoode
by
the
chieferaines
of
Winicapora
,
that
theire
Lorde
Carapana
was
departed
from
Emeria
which
was
nowe
in
sight
,
and
that
hee
was
fledde
to
Cairamo
,
adioyning
to
the
mountaines
of
Guiana
,
ouer
the
valley
called
Amariocapana
,
beeing
perswaded
by
those
tenne
Spanyardes
which
lay
at
his
house
,
that
we
woulde
destroy
him
,
and
his
country
.
But
after
these
Cassiqui
of
Winicapora
and
Saporatona
his
followers
perceiued
our
purpose
,
and
sawe
that
we
came
as
enimies
to
the
Spanyardes
onely
,
and
had
not
so
much
as
harmed
any
of
those
nations
,
no
though
wee
founde
them
to
bee
of
the
Spanyardes
owne
seruantes
,
they
assured
vs
that
Carapana
woulde
bee
as
readie
to
serue
vs
,
as
any
of
the
Lordes
of
the
prouinces
,
which
wee
had
passed
;
and
that
hee
durst
doe
no
other
till
this
daie
but
entertaine
the
Spanyardes
,
his
countrey
lying
so
directly
in
their
way
,
and
next
of
all
other
to
any
enterance
that
should
bee
made
in
Guiana
on
that
side
.
And
they
farther
assured
vs
,
that
it
was
not
for
feare
of
our
comming
that
hee
was
remoued
,
but
to
bee
acquited
of
the
Spanyardes
or
any
other
that
shoulde
come
heereafter
.
For
the
prouince
of
Cairoma
is
situate
at
the
mountaine
foote
,
which
deuideth
the
plaines
of
Guiana
,
from
the
countries
of
the
Orenoqueponi
:
by
meanes
whereof
if
any
shoulde
come
in
our
absence
into
his
townes
,
hee
woulde
slippe
ouer
the
mountaines
into
the
plaines
of
Guiana
amonge
the
Epuremei
,
where
the
Spanyardes
durst
not
followe
him
without
greate
force
.
But
in
mine
opinion
,
or
rather
I
assure
my selfe
,
that
Carapana
(
beeing
a
notable
wise
and
subtile
fellowe
,
a
man
of
one
hundred
yeares
of
age
,
and
therefore
of
greate
experience
)
is
remooued
,
to
looke
on
,
and
if
he
finde
that
we
returne
strong
,
hee
will
bee
ours
,
if
not
,
hee
will
excuse
his
departure
to
the
Spanyards
,
and
say
it
was
for
feare
of
our
comming
.
We
therefore
thought
it
booteles
to
rowe
so
farre
downe
the
streame
,
or
to
seeke
any
farther
for
this
olde
fox
:
and
therefore
frome
the
riuer
of
Waricapana
(
which
lieth
at
the
entrance
of
Emeria
,
)
we
turned
again
,
and
left
to
the
Eastward
those
4
riuers
which
fall
from
out
the
mountaines
of
Emeria
into
Orenoque
,
which
are
waracapari
,
Coirama
,
Akaniri
,
and
Iparoma
:
belowe
those
4.
are
also
these
braunches
and
mouths
of
Orenoque
,
which
fall
into
the
East
sea
,
whereof
the
first
is
Araturi
,
the
next
Amacura
,
the
third
Barima
,
the
fourth
Wana
,
the
fift
Morooca
,
the
sixt
Paroma
,
the
last
Wijnsi
:
beyond
them
,
there
fall
out
of
the
land
betweene
Orenoque
and
Amazones
14.
riuers
which
I
forbeare
to
name
,
inhabited
by
the
Arwacas
and
Caniballs
.
It
is
nowe
time
to
returne
towardes
the
North
,
and
we
founde
it
a
wearisome
way
backe
,
from
the
borders
of
Emeria
,
to
recouer
vp
againe
to
the
head
of
the
riuer
Carerupana
,
by
which
we
descended
,
and
where
we
parted
from
the
galley
,
which
I
directed
to
take
the
next
way
to
the
Porte
of
Toparmaca
,
by
which
we
entred
first
.
All
the
night
it
was
stormie
and
darke
,
and
full
of
thunder
and
great
showers
,
so
as
we
were
driuen
to
keepe
close
by
the
bankes
in
our
small
boats
,
being
all
heartely
afraid
both
of
the
billowe
,
and
terrible
Current
of
the
riuer
.
By
the
next
morning
wee
recouered
the
mouth
of
the
riuer
of
Cumaca
,
where
wee
left
Captaine
Eynns
and
Edward
Porter
to
attend
the
coming
of
Captaine
Keymis
ouer
land
:
but
when
we
entred
the
same
,
they
had
heard
no
newes
of
his
arriuall
,
which
bredde
in
vs
a
great
doubt
what
might
be
become
of
him
:
I
rowed
vp
a
league
or
two
farther
into
the
riuer
,
shooting
off
peeces
all
the
way
,
that
he
might
know
of
our
being
there
:
And
the
next
morning
we
heard
them
answere
vs
also
with
a
peece
:
we
tooke
them
abord
vs
,
and
tooke
our
leaue
of
putyma
their
guide
,
who
of
all
others
most
lamented
our
departure
,
and
offred
to
send
his
sonne
with
vs
into
England
,
if
we
could
haue
staide
till
he
had
sent
backe
to
his
towne
:
but
our
hearts
were
cold
to
behold
the
great
rage
and
increase
of
Orenoque
,
and
therefore
departed
,
and
turned
towarde
the
west
,
till
we
had
recouered
the
parting
of
the
3
braunches
aforesaide
,
that
we
might
put
downe
the
streame
after
the
Galley
.
The
next
day
we
landed
on
the
Iland
of
Assapana
,
(
which
deuideth
the
riuer
from
that
braunch
by
which
we
sent
down
to
Emeria
)
and
there
feasted
our selues
with
that
beast
which
is
called
Armadilla
presented
vnto
vs
before
at
Winicapora
,
and
the
day
following
we
recouered
the
galley
at
ancor
at
the
port
of
Toparimaca
,
and
the
same
euening
departed
with
verie
fowle
weather
and
terrible
thunder
,
and
showers
,
for
the
winter
was
come
on
verie
farre
:
the
best
was
,
we
went
no
lesse
then
100.
miles
a
daie
,
down
the
riuer
:
but
by
the
way
we
entred
,
it
was
impossible
to
returne
,
for
that
the
riuer
of
Amana
,
being
in
the
bottome
of
the
bay
of
Guanipa
,
cannot
be
sailed
backe
by
any
meanes
,
both
the
brize
and
current
of
the
sea
were
so
forcible
,
and
therefore
we
followed
a
braunch
of
Orenoque
called
Capuri
,
which
entred
into
the
sea
eastward
of
our
ships
,
to
the
end
we
might
beare
with
them
before
the
wind
,
and
it
was
not
without
neede
,
for
we
had
by
that
way
as
much
to
crosse
of
the
maine
sea
,
after
wee
came
to
the
riuers
mouth
as
betweene
,
Grauelyn
&
Douer
,
in
such
boats
as
your
Ho
haue
heard
.
To
speake
of
what
past
homeward
were
tedious
,
eyther
to
describe
or
name
any
of
the
riuers
,
Ilandes
,
or
villages
of
the
Tiuitiuas
which
dwell
on
trees
,
we
will
leaue
all
those
to
the
general
mappe
:
And
to
be
short
,
when
we
were
ariued
at
the
sea
side
then
grew
our
greatest
doubt
,
and
the
bitterest
of
all
our
iourney
forepassed
,
for
I
protest
before
God
,
that
wee
were
in
a
most
desperate
estate
:
for
the
same
night
which
we
ancored
in
the
mouth
of
the
riuer
of
Capuri
,
where
it
falleth
into
the
sea
,
there
arose
a
mightie
storme
,
and
the
riuers
mouth
was
at
least
a
league
broad
,
so
as
we
ran
before
night
close
vnder
the
land
with
our
small
boates
,
and
brought
the
Galley
as
neere
as
we
could
,
but
she
had
as
much
a
doe
to
liue
as
could
be
,
and
there
wanted
little
of
her
sinking
,
and
all
those
in
her
:
for
mine
own
part
I
confesse
,
I
was
verie
doubtful
which
way
to
take
,
eyther
to
goe
ouer
in
the
pestred
Galley
,
there
beeing
but
sixe
foot
water
ouer
the
sands
,
for
two
leagues
together
,
&
that
also
in
the
channell
,
&
she
drew
fiue
:
or
to
aduenture
in
so
great
a
billow
,
and
in
so
doubtfull
weather
,
to
crosse
the
seas
in
my
barge
.
The
longer
we
tarried
the
worse
it
was
,
and
therefore
I
took
Captaine
Gifford
,
Captaine
Calfeild
,
&
my
cosen
Greeneuile
into
my
barge
,
and
after
it
cleared
vppe
,
about
midnight
wee
put
our selues
to
Gods
keeping
,
and
thrust
out
into
the
sea
,
leauing
the
Galley
at
ancor
,
who
durst
not
aduenture
but
by
day-light
:
And
so
beeing
all
very
sober
,
and
melancholy
,
one
faintly
chearing
another
to
shew
courage
,
it
pleased
God
that
the
next
day
about
nine
of
the
clocke
,
we
discried
the
Iland
of
Trinedado
,
and
stearing
for
the
nearest
part
of
it
,
wee
kept
the
shore
till
we
came
to
Curiapan
,
where
we
found
our
ships
a
ancor
,
then
which
,
there
was
neuer
to
vs
a
more
ioyfull
sight
.
Nowe
that
it
hath
pleased
God
to
send
vs
safe
to
our
ships
,
it
is
time
to
leaue
Guiana
to
the
Sunne
,
whome
they
worship
,
and
steare
away
towardes
the
north
:
I
will
therefore
in
a
fewe
wordes
finish
the
discouery
thereof
.
Of
the
seueral
nations
which
we
found
vpon
this
discouery
I
will
once
againe
make
repetition
,
and
how
they
are
affected
.
At
our
first
entrance
into
Amana
,
which
is
one
of
the
outlets
of
Orenoque
,
we
left
on
the
right
hand
of
vs
in
the
bottome
of
the
bay
,
lying
directly
against
Trinedado
,
a
nation
of
inhumaine
Canibals
,
which
in
habite
the
riuers
of
Guanipa
and
Berbeese
;
in
the
same
bay
there
is
also
a
third
riuer
which
is
called
Areo
,
which
riseth
on
Paria
side
towardes
Cumana
,
and
that
riuer
is
inhabited
with
the
Wikiri
,
whose
chiefe
towne
vpon
the
said
riuer
is
Sayma
;
In
this
bay
there
are
no
more
riuers
,
but
these
three
before
rehearsed
,
and
the
fower
braunches
of
Amana
,
all
which
in
the
winter
thrust
so
great
abundance
of
water
into
the
sea
,
as
the
same
is
taken
vp
fresh
,
two
or
three
leagues
from
the
land
.
In
the
passages
towardes
Guiana
,
(
that
is
,
in
all
those
landes
which
the
eight
branches
of
Orenoque
fashion
into
Ilandes
,
)
there
are
but
one
sort
of
people
called
Tiuitiuas
,
but
of
two
castes
as
they
tearme
them
,
the
one
called
Ciawani
,
the
other
Waraweeti
,
and
those
warre
one
with
the
other
.
On
the
hithermost
part
of
Orenoque
,
as
at
Toparimaca
,
and
Winicapora
,
those
are
of
a
nation
Called
Nepoios
,
and
are
of
the
followers
of
Carapana
,
Lorde
of
Emeria
.
Betweene
Winicapora
and
the
port
of
Morequito
which
standeth
in
Aromaia
,
and
all
those
in
the
valley
of
Amariocapana
are
called
Orenoqueponi
,
and
did
obey
Morequito
,
and
are
nowe
followers
of
Topiawari
.
Vpon
the
riuer
of
Caroli
,
are
the
Canuri
,
which
are
gouerned
by
a
woman
(
who
is
inheritrix
of
that
prouince
)
who
came
farre
off
to
see
our
nation
,
and
asked
mee
diuers
questions
of
her
Maiesty
,
beeing
much
delighted
with
the
discourse
of
her
Maiesties
greatnes
,
and
wondring
at
such
reports
as
we
truely
made
of
her
highnes
many
vertues
.
And
vpon
the
head
of
Caroli
,
and
on
the
lake
of
Cassipa
,
are
the
three
strong
nations
of
the
Cassipagotos
.
Right
south
into
the
land
are
the
Capurepani
,
and
Emparepani
,
and
beyond
those
adioyning
to
Macureguarai
,
(
the
first
Citie
of
Inga
,
)
are
the
Iwarawakeri
:
all
these
are
professed
enemies
to
the
Spanyardes
,
and
to
the
rich
Epuremei
also
.
To
the
west
of
Carols
are
diuers
nations
of
Canibals
,
and
of
those
Ewaipanoma
without
heades
.
Directly
west
are
the
Amapatas
and
Anebas
,
which
are
also
marueilous
rich
in
gold
.
The
rest
towardes
Peru
wee
will
omit
.
On
the
north
of
Orenoque
,
betweene
it
and
the
west
Indies
are
the
Wikiri
,
Saymi
,
and
the
rest
before
spokeen
of
,
all
mortall
enemies
to
the
Spanyardes
.
On
the
south
side
of
the
maine
mouth
of
Orenoque
,
are
the
Arwacas
:
and
beyonde
them
the
Caniballes
and
to
the
south
of
them
the
Amazones
.
To
make
mention
of
the
seuerall
beasts
,
birds
fishes
,
fruites
,
flowers
,
gummes
,
sweete
woodes
,
and
of
their
seuerall
religions
and
customes
,
would
for
the
first
require
as
many
volumes
as
those
of
Gesnerus
,
and
for
the
rest
another
bundle
of
Decades
.
The
religion
of
the
Epuremei
is
the
same
which
the
Ingas
,
Emperors
of
Peru
vsed
,
which
may
be
red
in
Cieca
,
and
other
Spanish
stories
,
how
they
beleeue
the
immortalitie
of
the
Soule
,
worship
the
Sunne
,
and
burie
with
them
aliue
their
best
beloued
wiues
and
treasure
,
as
they
likewise
doe
in
Pegu
in
the
east
Indies
,
and
other
places
.
The
Orenoqueponi
bury
nor
their
wiues
with
them
,
but
their
Iewels
,
hoping
to
inioy
them
againe
.
The
Arwacas
dry
the
bones
of
their
Lordes
,
and
their
wiues
and
friendes
drinke
them
in
powder
.
In
the
graues
of
the
Peruuians
,
the
Spanyards
founde
their
greatest
abundance
of
treasure
:
The
like
also
is
to
be
found
among
these
people
in
euery
prouince
.
They
haue
all
many
wiues
,
and
the
Lordes
fiue
fiue fould
to
the
common
sort
:
their
wiues
neuer
eate
with
their
husbands
,
nor
among
the
men
,
but
serue
their
husbands
at
meales
,
and
afterwardes
feede
by
thamselues
.
Those
that
are
past
their
younger
yeares
,
make
all
their
breade
and
drink
,
and
worke
their
cotten
beddes
,
and
doe
all
else
of
seruice
and
labour
,
for
the
men
doe
nothing
but
hunte
,
fifh
,
play
,
and
drinke
,
when
they
are
out
of
the
wars
.
I
will
enter
no
further
into
discourse
of
their
maners
,
lawes
and
customes
:
and
because
I
haue
not
my selfe
seen
the
cities
of
Inga
,
I
cannot
auow
on
my
credit
what
I
haue
hard
,
although
it
be
very
likely
,
that
the
Emperour
Inga
hath
built
and
erected
as
magnificent
pallaces
in
Guiana
,
as
his
ancestors
did
in
Peru
,
which
were
for
their
riches
and
rarenes
most
marueilous
&
exceding
al
in
Europe
,
and
I
think
of
the
world
,
China
excepted
,
which
also
the
Spanyards
(
which
I
had
)
assured
me
,
to
be
of
truth
,
as
also
the
nations
of
the
borderers
,
who
being
but
Saluaios
,
to
those
of
the
lund
,
do
cause
much
treasure
to
be
buried
with
them
for
I
was
enformed
of
one
of
the
Cassiqui
of
the
valley
of
Amariocapana
which
had
buried
with
him
a
litle
before
our
ariuall
,
a
chayre
of
Goulde
most
curiously
wrought
,
which
was
made
either
in
Macuraguarai
adioyning
,
or
in
Manca
:
But
if
we
should
haue
grieued
them
in
their
religion
at
the
first
,
before
they
had
beene
taught
better
,
and
haue
digged
vppe
their
graues
,
wee
had
lost
them
all
:
and
therefore
I
helde
my
first
resolution
,
that
her
maiesty
should
eyther
accept
or
refuse
the
enterprice
,
ere
any
thing
should
be
done
that
might
in
any
sort
hinder
the
same
.
And
if
Peru
had
so
many
heapes
of
Golde
,
where
of
those
Ingas
were
Princes
,
and
that
they
delighted
so
much
therein
no
doubte
but
this
which
now
liueth
and
raigneth
in
Manoa
,
hath
the
same
honour
,
and
I
am
assured
hath
more
abundance
of
Golde
,
within
his
territorie
,
then
all
Peru
,
and
the
west
Indies
.
For
the
rest
,
which
my selfe
haue
seene
I
will
promise
these
things
that
follow
and
know
to
be
true
.
Those
that
are
desirous
to
discouer
and
to
see
many
nations
,
may
be
satisfied
within
this
riuer
,
which
bringeth
forth
so
many
arms
&
branches
leading
to
seuerall
countries
,
&
prouinces
,
aboue
2000.
miles
east
&
west
,
and
800.
miles
south
and
north
,
and
of
these
,
the
most
eyther
rich
in
Gold
,
or
in
other
marchandizes
.
The
common
soldier
shal
here
fight
for
gold
,
and
pay
himselfe
in
steede
of
pence
,
with
plates
of
halfe
a
foote
brode
,
wheras
he
breaketh
his
bones
in
other
warres
for
prouant
and
penury
.
Those
commanders
and
Chieftaines
,
that
shoote
at
honour
,
and
abundance
,
shal
find
there
more
rich
and
bewtifull
cities
,
more
temples
adorned
with
golden
Images
,
more
sepulchers
filled
with
treasure
,
then
either
Cortez
found
in
Mexico
,
or
Pazzaro
in
Peru
:
and
the
shining
glorie
of
this
conquest
will
eclipse
all
those
so
farre
extended
beames
of
the
Spanish
nation
.
There
is
no
countrey
which
yeeldeth
more
pleasure
to
the
Inhabitants
,
either
for
these
common
delights
of
hunting
,
hawking
,
fishing
,
fowling
,
and
the
rest
,
then
Guiana
doth
.
It
hath
so
many
plaines
,
cleare
riuers
,
abundance
of
Phesants
,
Partridges
,
Quailes
,
Rayles
,
Cranes
,
Herons
,
and
all
other
fowle
:
Deare
of
all
sortes
,
Porkes
,
Hares
,
Lyons
,
Tygers
,
Leopards
,
and
diuers
other
sortes
of
beastes
,
eyther
for
chace
,
or
foode
.
It
hath
a
kinde
of
beast
called
Cama
,
or
Anta
,
as
bigge
as
an
English
beefe
,
and
in
greate
plenty
.
To
speake
of
the
seuerall
sortes
of
euery
kinde
,
I
feare
would
be
troublesome
to
the
Reader
,
and
therefore
I
will
omitte
them
,
and
conclude
that
both
for
health
,
good
ayre
,
pleasure
,
and
riches
,
I
am
resolued
it
cannot
bee
equalled
by
any
region
eyther
in
the
east
or
west
.
Moreouer
the
countrey
is
so
healthfull
,
2
s100
.
persons
and
more
,
which
lay
(
without
shift
most
sluttishly
,
and
were
euery
day
almost
melted
with
heat
in
rowing
&
marching
,
and
suddenly
wet
againe
with
great
showers
,
and
did
eate
of
all
sorts
of
corrupt
fruits
,
&
mademeales
of
fresh
fish
without
seasoning
,
of
Tortugas
,
of
Lagartas
,
&
of
al
sorts
good
&
bad
,
without
either
order
or
measure
,
and
besides
lodged
in
the
open
aire
euery
night
)
we
lost
not
any
one
,
nor
had
one
ill
disposed
to
my
knowledge
,
nor
found
any
Callentura
,
or
other
of
those
pestilent
diseales
which
dwell
in
all
hote
regions
,
and
so
nere
the
Equinoctiall
line
.
Where
there
is
store
of
gold
,
it
is
in
effect
needles
to
remember
other
commodities
for
trade
:
but
it
hath
towards
the
south
part
of
the
riuer
,
great
quantities
of
Brasil
wood
,
and
diuers
berries
,
that
die
a
most
perfect
crimson
and
Carnation
:
And
for
painting
,
all
France
,
Italy
,
or
the
east
Indies
yeeld
none
such
:
For
the
more
the
skin
is
washed
,
the
fairer
the
cullour
appeareth
,
and
with
which
,
euen
those
browne
&
tawnie
women
spot
themselues
,
and
cullour
their
cheekes
.
All
places
yeelde
abundance
of
Cotten
,
of
silke
,
of
Balsamum
,
and
of
those
kindes
most
exellent
,
and
neuer
knowen
in
Europe
;
of
all
sortes
of
Gummes
,
of
Indian
pepper
:
and
what
else
the
countries
may
afforde
within
the
land
wee
knowe
not
,
neyther
had
we
time
to
abide
the
triall
,
and
search
.
The
soile
besides
is
so
excellent
and
so
full
of
riuers
,
as
it
will
carrie
sugar
,
ginger
,
and
all
those
other
commodities
,
which
the
west
Indies
hath
.
The
nauigatiou
is
short
,
for
it
may
bee
sayled
with
an
ordinarie
wind
in
six
weekes
,
and
in
the
like
time
backe
againe
,
and
by
the
way
neyther
lee
shore
,
Enimies
coast
,
rockes
,
nor
sandes
,
all
which
in
the
voiages
to
the
west
indies
,
and
all
other
places
,
wee
are
subiect
vnto
,
as
the
channell
of
Bahama
,
comming
from
the
West
Indies
,
can
not
be
passed
in
the
Winter
,
and
when
it
is
at
the
best
,
it
is
a
perillous
and
a
fearefull
place
.
The
rest
of
the
Indies
for
calmes
,
and
diseases
verie
troublesome
,
and
the
Bermudas
a
hellish
sea
for
thunder
,
lightning
,
and
stormes
.
This
verie
yeare
there
were
seuenteen
sayle
of
Spanish
shipps
lost
in
the
channell
of
Bahama
,
and
the
great
Phillip
like
to
haue
sunke
at
the
Bermudas
was
put
back
to
Saint
Iuan
de
puerto
rico
.
And
so
it
falleth
out
in
that
Nauigation
euery
yeare
for
the
most
part
,
which
in
this
voyage
are
not
to
be
feared
:
for
the
time
of
the
yere
to
leaue
England
,
is
best
in
Iuly
,
and
the
Summer
in
Guiana
is
in
October
,
Nouember
,
December
,
Ianuarie
,
Februarie
,
and
March
,
and
then
the
ships
may
depart
thence
in
Aprill
,
and
so
returne
againe
into
England
in
Iune
,
so
as
they
shall
neuer
be
subiect
to
Winter
weather
,
eyther
comming
,
going
,
or
staying
there
,
which
for
my
part
,
I
take
to
be
one
of
the
greatest
comforts
and
incouragements
that
can
be
thought
on
,
hauing
(
as
I
haue
done
)
tasted
in
this
voyage
by
the
west
Indies
so
many
Calmes
,
so
much
heate
,
such
outragious
gustes
,
fowle
weather
,
and
contrarie
windes
.
To
conclude
,
Guiana
is
a
Countrey
that
hath
yet
her
Maydenhead
,
neuer
sackt
,
turned
,
nor
wrought
,
the
face
of
the
earth
hath
not
beene
torne
,
nor
the
vertue
and
salt
of
the
soyle
spent
by
manurance
,
the
graues
haue
not
beene
opened
for
golde
,
the
mines
not
broken
with
fledges
,
not
their
Images
puld
down
out
of
their
temples
.
It
hath
neuer
been
entred
by
any
armie
of
strength
,
and
neuer
conquered
or
possessed
by
anie
Christian
Prince
.
It
is
besides
so
defensible
,
that
if
two
fortes
be
builded
in
one
of
the
Prouinces
which
I
haue
seen
,
the
flood
setteth
in
so
neere
the
banke
,
where
the
channell
also
lyeth
,
that
no
shippe
can
passe
vp
,
but
within
a
Pikes
length
of
the
Artillerie
,
first
of
the
one
,
and
afterwardes
of
the
other
:
Which
two
Fortes
wil
be
a
sufficient
Guard
both
to
the
Empire
of
Inga
,
and
to
an
hundred
other
seuerall
kingdomes
,
lying
within
the
said
Riuer
,
euen
to
the
citie
of
Quito
in
Peru.
There
is
therefore
great
difference
betwene
the
easines
of
the
conquest
of
Guiana
,
&
the
defence
of
it
being
conquered
,
and
the
West
or
East
Indies
:
Guiana
hath
but
one
entraunce
by
the
sea
(
if
it
haue
that
)
for
any
vessels
of
burden
,
so
as
whosoeuer
shall
first
possesse
it
,
it
shall
bee
founde
vnaccessable
for
anie
Enimie
,
except
he
come
in
Wherries
,
Barges
,
or
Canoas
,
or
els
in
flatte
bottomed
boats
,
and
if
he
do
offer
to
enter
it
in
that
manner
,
the
woods
are
so
thicke
200
miles
together
vppon
the
riuers
of
such
entraunce
,
as
a
mouse
cannot
sitte
in
a
boate
vnhit
from
the
banke
.
By
land
it
is
more
impossible
to
approch
,
for
it
hath
the
strongest
situation
of
anie
region
vnder
the
Sunne
,
and
is
so
enuironed
with
impassable
mountaynes
on
euerie
side
,
as
it
is
impossible
to
victuall
anye
companie
in
the
passage
,
which
hath
beene
well
proued
by
the
Spanish
nation
,
who
since
the
conquest
of
Peru
haue
neuer
left
fiue
yeres
free
from
attempting
this
Empire
,
or
discouering
some
way
into
it
,
and
yet
of
23
seuerall
gentlemen
,
knights
,
and
noble
men
,
there
was
neuer
anie
that
knewe
which
way
to
leade
an
armie
by
land
,
or
to
conduct
shippes
by
sea
,
any
thing
neere
the
said
countrie
.
Oreliano
,
of
which
the
riuer
of
Amazones
taketh
name
was
the
first
,
and
Don
Anthonio
de
Berreo
(
whome
we
displanted
)
the
last
:
and
I
doubt
much
,
whether
hee
himselfe
or
any
of
his
,
yet
knowe
the
best
waie
into
the
saide
Empyre
.
It
can
therefore
hardly
be
regained
,
if
any
strength
bee
formerly
set
downe
,
but
in
one
or
two
places
,
and
but
two
or
three
crumsters
or
galleys
buylt
,
and
furnished
vpon
the
riuer
within
:
The
west
Indies
hath
many
portes
,
watring
places
,
and
landings
,
and
nearer
then
300.
miles
to
Guiana
,
no
mancan
harbor
a
ship
,
except
he
know
one
onely
place
,
which
is
not
learned
in
hast
,
and
which
I
will
vndertake
there
is
not
any
one
of
my
companies
that
knoweth
,
whosoeuer
hearkened
most
after
it
.
Besides
by
keeping
one
good
fort
,
or
building
one
towne
of
strength
,
the
whole
Empyre
is
guarded
,
and
whatsoeuer
companies
shal
be
afterwardes
planted
within
the
land
,
although
in
twenty
seuerall
prouinces
,
those
shall
bee
able
all
to
reunite
themselues
vpon
any
occasion
eyther
by
the
way
of
one
riuer
,
or
bee
able
to
march
by
land
without
eyther
wood
,
bog
,
or
mountaine
:
whereas
in
the
west
Indies
there
are
fewe
townes
,
or
prouinces
that
can
succour
or
relieue
one
the
other
,
eyther
by
land
or
sea
:
By
lande
the
countries
are
eyther
defart
,
mounteynous
,
or
strong
Enemies
:
By
sea
,
if
any
man
inuade
to
the
Eastward
,
those
to
the
west
cannot
in
many
months
turne
against
the
brize
and
easterwind
,
besides
the
Spanyardes
are
therein
so
dispersed
,
as
they
are
no
where
strong
,
but
in
Nueua
Hispania
onely
:
the
sharpe
mountaines
,
the
thornes
,
&
poisoned
prickels
,
the
sandy
&
deepe
waies
in
the
vallies
,
the
smothering
heate
and
ayre
,
and
want
of
water
in
other
places
,
are
their
onely
and
best
defence
,
which
(
because
those
nations
that
inuade
them
are
not
victualled
or
prouided
to
stay
,
neyther
haue
any
place
to
friende
adioyning
)
doe
serue
them
in
steede
of
good
armes
and
great
multitudes
.
The
west
Indies
were
first
offered
her
Maiesties
Grandfather
by
Columbus
a
straunger
,
in
whomethere
might
be
doubt
of
deceipt
,
and
besides
it
was
then
thought
incredible
that
there
were
such
and
so
many
lands
&
regions
neuer
written
of
before
.
This
Empire
is
made
knowen
to
her
Maiesty
by
her
own
vassal
,
and
by
him
that
oweth
to
her
more
duety
then
an
ordinary
subiect
,
so
that
it
shall
ill
sort
with
the
many
graces
and
benefits
which
I
haue
receiued
to
abuse
her
highnesse
,
either
with
fables
or
imaginations
.
The
countrey
is
already
discouered
,
many
nations
won
to
her
Maiesties
loue
&
obedience
,
&
those
Spaniards
which
haue
latest
and
longest
labored
about
the
conquest
,
beaten
out
,
discouraged
and
disgraced
,
which
among
these
nations
were
thought
inuincible
.
Her
Maiesty
may
in
this
enterprize
employ
all
those
souldiers
and
gentlemen
that
are
yonger
brethren
,
and
all
captaines
and
Cheiftames
that
want
employment
,
and
the
charge
wil
be
onely
the
first
setting
out
in
victualling
and
arming
them
:
for
after
the
first
or
second
yeare
I
doubt
not
but
to
see
in
London
a
Contratation
house
of
more
receipt
for
Guiana
,
then
there
is
now
in
ciuill
for
the
West
indies
.
And
I
am
resolued
that
if
there
were
but
a
final
army
a
foote
in
Guiana
,
marching
towards
Manoa
the
chiefe
City
of
Inga
,
he
would
yeeld
to
her
Maiesty
by
composition
so
many
hundred
thousand
pounds
yearely
,
as
should
both
defende
all
enemies
abroad
,
and
defray
all
expences
at
home
,
and
that
he
woulde
besides
pay
a
garrison
of
3000.
or
4000.
soldiers
very
royally
to
defend
him
against
other
nations
:
For
he
cannot
but
know
,
how
his
predecessors
,
yea
how
his
owne
great
vncles
Guascar
and
Atibalipa
sonnes
to
Guanacapa
Emperor
of
Peru
,
were
(
while
they
contended
for
the
Empyre
)
beaten
out
by
the
Spanyardes
,
and
that
both
of
late
yeares
,
and
euer
since
she
said
conquest
,
the
Spanyardes
haue
sought
the
passages
and
entry
of
his
countrey
:
and
of
their
cruelties
vsed
to
the
borderers
he
cannot
be
ignorant
.
In
which
respects
no
doubt
but
he
wil
be
brought
to
tribute
with
great
gladnes
,
if
nor
,
hee
hath
neyther
shotte
nor
Iron
weapon
in
all
his
Empyre
,
and
therefore
may
easely
be
conquered
.
And
I
farther
remember
that
Berreo
confessed
to
me
and
others
(
which
I
protest
before
the
Maiesty
of
God
to
be
true
)
that
there
was
found
among
prophecies
in
Peru
(
at
such
time
as
the
Empyre
was
reduced
to
the
Spanish
obedience
)
in
their
chiefest
temples
,
amongst
diuers
others
which
fore
shewed
the
losse
of
the
said
Empyre
,
that
from
Inglatierra
those
Ingas
shoulde
be
againe
in
time
to
come
restored
,
and
deliuered
from
the
seruitude
of
the
said
Conquerors
.
And
I
hope
as
wee
with
these
fewe
handes
haue
displanted
the
first
garrison
,
and
driuen
them
out
of
the
said
countrey
,
so
her
Maiesty
will
giue
order
for
the
rest
,
and
eyther
defend
it
,
and
hold
it
as
tributary
,
or
conquere
and
keepe
it
as
Empresse
of
the
fame
.
For
whatsoeuer
Prince
shall
possesse
it
,
shall
bee
greatest
,
and
if
the
king
of
Spayne
enioy
it
,
he
will
become
vnresistable
.
Her
Maiesty
heereby
shall
confirme
and
strengthen
the
opinions
of
al
nations
,
as
touching
her
great
and
princely
actons
.
And
where
the
south
border
of
Guiana
reacheth
to
the
Dominion
and
Empire
of
the
Amazones
,
those
women
shall
heereby
heare
the
name
of
a
virgin
,
which
is
not
onely
able
to
defend
her
owne
territories
and
her
neighbors
,
but
also
to
inuade
and
conquere
so
great
Empyres
and
so
farre
remoued
.
To
speake
more
at
this
time
,
I
feare
would
be
but
troblesome
:
I
trust
in
God
,
this
being
true
,
will
suffice
,
and
that
he
which
is
king
of
all
kings
and
Lord
of
Lords
,
will
put
it
into
her
hart
which
is
Lady
of
Ladies
to
possesse
it
,
if
not
,
I
wil
iudge
those
men
worthy
to
be
kings
therof
,
that
by
her
grace
and
leaue
will
vndertake
it
of
themselues
.