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R.óyal

Commentariu.

" cers · they had no Beards ; fome of them were cloathed wich che Skins of

· '' Beaíl:s others were naked, and wichout other covering chao long hair, which

" natur; had given them. They broughc no V-lornen "".ith them, but being a~–

" rived at chis Point, they landed,· and feated themfelves mche manner ofpeople

" under Govemmenc, of which there remain fome·Ruines to this day : Bue in re–

" gard chey found no water, cbey fec chemfelves to make Wells, which they dig–

" ged out oflche hard living Rock,.

that chey may continue (or many Ages,

~' and which fpeak che great and m1ghty íl:rength of chofe robuíhous Men ; and

'' being very deep, they yield a moíl: fweet and pleafant water, very cool, and

" wholfome to drink.

" Thefe great Giants, or over-grown Men, having feated themfelves, and pro.

" vided Ciílerns for their Drink , che next thing was to make a fufficient provi–

" fion for cheir Viél:uals ,; for chey had already almoíl: confumed the whole Coun-–

" trey ,; for one of th~fe greac Men was able to eat as much as fifty

?Í

chofe ordi–

,, nar.y peo~le, that were Natives of che place ;

that food beginning to wanr~

'' they fupplied chemfelves fronT che great quantities ofFifh, which they took from

" the Sea, which yielded co them in great abundance. They lived with great

" abhorrence, and in

ill

correfpondence with the people of che Countrey,; for

" their \Vomen, they could noc ufe wichouc killing them ,; and che Natives, for

" ' that and other caufes, as much deteíl:ed chem,; bue being weakei: chao chey, the

Jndians

duríl: noc actempt, or aífaulc chem , chough they cfcen enterrained .Con~

'' fultacions in whac manner

cake advantages upon chem. Sorne years being

" J)affed, fince chefe Giants refided in chofe pares, and having no Women

fic

for_

" them, with whom to couple for propagation of cheir race, their numbers be-.

~' gan co diminifh ; and wancing the natural ufe of Women, by che motion and–

infügacion of che Devil , chey burned in Luíl: one towards che ocher~ and ufed

Sodomy publickly in che face of God, and che Sun, wichouc fhame or refpeél:

'' one

che other. The which abomination being deceíl:able in the light of

" God, as che Natives reporc, it pleafed his Divine and pure Majeíly to puniíh

" chis unnacural Sin, witn a Judgment extraordinary, and agreeable e

e enor–

" micy ofic: For being one day all cogecher conjoined in chis deceíl:abl

et,

rhere

" iffüed a dreadfull Fire from Heaven, with greac noife and thunder,; and imme–

" diacely an Angel proceeded from chis flame wich a glittering and flaming Sword,

wich which, ac one blow, he killed chem ali; and chen che Fire confu:ned chem,

" leaving no more chan cheir bones and skulls, which it pleafed God to fuffer as

'' teliques co remain for an everlaíling Memorial of chis Judgmenc. Thus much

is che Relacion ofche Giancs; che which we have ground to believe, ·becaufe che

bones of Men are found chere of an incredible bignefs ; and I have heard

Spani–

ards

[ay,

chac they have feen che piece of one hollow Tooth to weigh above half

a pound of che Butcher's weighc ; and that they had feea one of che Shank-bones

of aa incredible lengch and bignefs: befides which evidences, their Wells and Ci–

íl:erns are clear ceíl:imonies of che places of their habitation. Bue as to che pares

from whence chey carne, I am noc able to render any account,

che year

,o,

being in che City

de los Rryu,

when

Don Antonio de Mendo;a

wasVice-king, and Governour of New

Spain,

there were cercain bones of

Men

digged up, which were of Giancs, or Men of an extraordinary proporrion ,; and

I have heard alfo thac ac

Mexico

chere were bones digged out of a Sepulchre,

which for being of an excraordinary fize, might be the bones of Giancs : By

which ceíl:imony of fo many perfons, ic 2lainly a12pears, chac chere were Giancs,

and chofe bones might be the reliques of chofe migncy,Men, of which

e have al–

ready fpoken.

. At this Cape.o[ St.

Helena,

(

which as I have

farc!

is upon che Coaíl: of

Per11,

~nd bo'.dering nea~ to

Puerto Viejo)

there is one thing_ very confiderable, and chat

1s a Mine, or Sprmg of Tar, of fuch excellent quahcy, and which iífues in that

plency, as m:iy ferve to Tar a whole Fleet of Ships. Thus far are che Words of

Pedro de Ciera,

which we have faithfully cranfcribed out of his Hiíl:ory

to íbew

che Tradition which the

Indians

have of chefe Giancs ; and che Spridg of Tar

.which iíiues out abouc chat place, which is a·matter alfo very obfervable.

C H A P.