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Royal

Comm~ntdries.

.BooK

·,Ji.'

But as to the precife year, Authout1tjiffervery muchl;

~1'

fólre'm~ke

l&@ónef,

and others latér; an& ~dme

~i~~-

~a~e

it_i,n

di~

Yfar r~-;i?¡~l<fa~itik~1f'tb~

.~~e

not to

infifr

on tbe[e feveral 0p;r:'11Rtfs, ~let

ÚS'

<:Mmi)~rlJI?~

ti~~-~t!Hlie

gteaHlnd

notable Aél:ibns whiclffticceed~d

'faf

moff,ceic~iw,

áfiél

tlféféin,aU '1\uéh0ürs

agree chat

was in

d\e

year ,

r,:;W~en

Pirá&of•Mtmajfo~·

ánct"Hl@$clio~l...

máífer

Hern~h4o de luca,

·~!~

'füíl:

,<;.nt~r

iM0-~t!des

JijífllP;'Ffil1mvir-á'fe., __

:~Mee

,Y~ars

afterw.a'rds were fpent·,n_

tHd hfi:dvei,y1JJbefore

füé'y

:arríved

the'.

fi{íl:·tur:ierat

T'fl;J,~

pi~.

Two

yéar,s

tig!íe1·

paffea befüre l\ey é0ula

'fin~]

l!h'-eir'

<'.{ffgé.'i'tltd

Spalh

'to

procure

théir

Commi0í8rt-

lllal-?e' a.G:onque'R1!'1á~l:lefdre·t1Jeir t~fürn

bae;~ tó

Panama

~1-·m:

Amtnbflft}8fi ahd Provi~~i~s fer fuc~

~t'f

u~6etta~!ii·.

-i

the

they mvaded the·.Hfand

Puna,

¡iqd

alfar

'l'uíhpn¡, ;

ahd in·

e'tember

of tbe

fame year rhey tóoR:)f!1r'1h.alplt ?Hfdnér? .aód i~'M('{F.'1

.~º~.1d~it'i

·oeing rhe

yé]fr ,

be was pUt to

:t}(!atf-i ,

ff#ofl;rJi

(olld'fI~g'

tn~

entre~

Ot<Y

t:ouo,

wbt:fr~

tHe Gbvernour reíldéé{ ubtill

Apr;Vi>5

wheq

nevey

f~me-óf ftte Afti'va of

Jifil<a·.

rado;

and

SeptlJlbe,

:}ié

~e~mef~ln

~oi',_o

tef(~ .e~

1~ _~;

~tl~

p~ ~lin~he

Jv.!o·

ney accolding to a~Wef#q .- _Atodnab~

tne·lJegiimmg of. tfle year

·53~,

~íhg

Twelfth-day, or the

D';t'y

,ihe J<i!o~s,,h~ láiMñe'fo~hd~tlci~of

t.lfat Gicy; ·áhd

fo dlled ic

lá cculad

J&.

tosJ? .eyes,

·or

dg,

C1fY

qf'th'<!.GN.iijgsf!'

,J1r'rehfembrance·of

which he made rhe

MJh

theí.füf/10

'Be

Thrée

C-fow(1~, Wifh''a''~'ar

íhfüllig

over them'; tHe

Forrli· ~

Model ú~¡was v'ery·

beapüfüll',

for

Maf

Re'f·

plltct:

was yery livíde and Iafge\ unlefs'~ér~

it wa~

t~B•witie,fdr

thele:fty,.,tfü!

8tr&éi:s

alío \1/ere \.Vide and íl:reigbc; fo d\ác 'bh, .~very éóH1er

lbf1H~1W

?Qís-W~ys;

Rlé

Fiel9s may be feen orraB

ílde:s. .

tl\'e Nbrth,ñdé'tijtr

-is

R:iver,

from

wMéh

féveral Cbanels are cíi.t, 1:6 water chetarids rótirla a1*lut ;, '' 1ti'J

Hlpply

'lf{i

Houfe ín

che

City Vtth Water.

Thl$

'11own~ ar aJdifl:ance: makés fld goodllieW

nor appears well, beéaufe the Houfes are ndt cb\lere1

\ivitli

'.fil@,U]ju\:.

tpatcRe~

with a fort of Sfraw WHicPi that Colffi!rey'yie1ds?

~or

regatcl'

~tih~vet

Ra1ijs

rhac Climace, nor for many Leagues d1íl:am on euher fide aldng the Coa!'l:~

't:}¡f

coverings of che Houfes are ali made of a forc of Straw, or Rufhes, which grow,

in that Coumrey; on which laying a kind of Morrar, or Earth, mixed with

Straw, cwo or rhree fingers taftiEk:,íE-Hla.k€-s ~~fonrn--againí-Hhe

Heats'"C1Í

the Sun : But as ro rhe Buildings themfelves, both wichin and wirhour, rhey are

good and commodious, and theydaily improve their Art in Archireéture. This

Town is abouc cwo final! Le-agues-difiant frnm the Sea;- bue as the reporr is, the

pares neareíl:

to ch

e Sea are be/1 inhabited. The Glimace is hot and moill, aoá

much of che

fo.me

temperamem with rhac of

Anda!u~ia ;

che ditference of which

is onely, rha

cthe D

ays chere are not

long, nor che Nighcs

fhort in

¡ulJ

and

Attifrft,

as they a1:e here ;

'~bar rpe ?Un ariGng ~!1ere ~ ore lar~ <!,nd fetting more

eady, hath not umero heac and warm che Earrb, as m chofe Kegions where rhe

Days aré longer ;

ío

thac though the füuation be nearer the'. Son,

~et

che Nighrs

being long , tbe Earth hath more rime ro become cool, and

be refrefhed : Bue

in regard -the Hears are coníl:anr, and admic of fmall remiliion , the lnhabiranrs

being habiruaced or accuíl:omed chereun_ to, do in~Jnc and co.m(ive preventio_ns

remedies ágainíl: che

H e,\tS,

~both .ih

r'he

C0ülHe6'.l.3

ftlieir H0tlfes/ .GatmenrsJ

Bedding, which tbéy fo ·cover and

'fe~ce,

~hatctllie ifl)iés an0

Gnats' (

~rich

thac Coumrey is rmk'h inféíl:eq)" árPbave no.paffiigi

t:ii-nefo~

·o1·

diíluro

-ffi

i•epoíe,·either by dáy or n1gHt: ; for hifi!heíe 40w'Gt·0t\nas •fülMarlhés, füe

6hffii

are extreínely bufie'ahd_ttooblefmne; a~ well by dliy' as

r:tlghc;'\thoíe ·v

W;h

are bpíle dt night, ·rnake a buzziHg] bfl lare of ~he 1Mne' o ofi wúll1 %ch' ~'\~

have here, one!y,t'lfcit.

fH~y

afe

imucl'r;

breát_er, a'no

•fljrf~

terri?J}I,' 'Íh;it

t}1e.

~t,JfB–

ards

fay, that che,: w11l tilte

chrodgh la

pau- ,df Co ,i:lovt1rt Boo'ts;;,cpt11lfiaps

lfrfgéecl

rhey may pa~ a kifü Stockin,

wifüJá.lf

!.inlm dn 't4rldt1i·

i-c ,

Jl3út'h'6clf"it

,~te

18{"

Cloth or Keríy ; alid indeed

n ídme 1

Gountriés ch~y' l'e

t;nlf

keen

'.}aNI

hungry cha'n they are in others :

'F~.

·Gnars w~1iEh

~ e

fr6u8

1<:1fo

ltie by day,

~r~

I-itt'le, ·a'Hd noc'mrlcn uhlTh:e. th6(ewHich

are

Her¿1Bfed'in Sh6ps,

a.hd

,'enerale8.'fr8Ri

Wine; dnely cheY:are 6f a yellowHh cdlbur, 1a·n8>1oii,hiríl:'y '

Sfit,J

d ( rlfatdf&I

have heatd cfedibly repdrted) m:my of ~hem •have bef!rd'een

bbf ' át che1l¼li

rime chicrhey have b~e'Hífucking :.

'116

b'y

'this

experhn~i1r4

fJfterea

fóttle

of thetn to füék of

'bfoud

'aS

as 'tbey would~

a'nd {\

he'n l hey w'€re

lfaff,

chey wou!B dtop off, aba'rm~l~·b'tit ,

ere

not able

'to

g0 or

'tly :··

the lfting

,d{

thefe Gnats are in fome degree poifonous, eípecially to fome forcs of

-fléílf5íh

':Vhich rhey

will

make little wounds, chough not dangerous, or of great mom'enr. ,

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