The Voyages of the English Nation to America, Volumes 3-4E. & G. Goldsmid, 1890 |
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aboord aboue Admirall alwayes anker arriued Berreo boat brigandines brought Cacique called Canoas Cape Captaine caried Ceuola Christians coast commanded comming couered countrey Culiacan dayes iourney departed discouered diuers entred euen euery farre fiue Frier gaue Generall giue giuen golde Gouernour Guiana hath haue hauen hauing Hispania houses Indians Indies inhabited Iohn Island king land leagues leaue liue Lord Maiestie Maiz maner Mexico moneth mountaines mouth neere vnto Negros neuer night Orenoque ouer perceiued Peru pinnesse port Portugals prouince receiued rest returned riuer saile saue sayd sayled selfe selues sent serue seuen shewed shippes ships shore side siluer souldiers Spaine Spaniards stayed Sunne themselues thence thereof things thither thou told tooke towne trauelled Trinidad twelue victuals vnder vnderstand vnderstood vntill vnto voyage vpon vsed warre West West Indies winde yeere yere yland
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Page 72 - ... or go on, we began to doubt, suspecting treason in the pilot more and more; but the...
Page 40 - Nova Albion, and that for two causes ; the one in respect of the white banks and cliffs, which lie towards the sea, and the other, because it might have some affinity with our country in name, which sometime was so called.
Page 233 - And although in the beginning, they seemed to be but small hurts : yet there hardly escaped any that had blood drawn of them, but died in strange sort, with their mouths shut some ten days before they died, and after their wounds were whole. Where I myself had one of the greatest wounds ; yet, thanks be to GOD ! escaped.
Page 238 - ... the next thursday being the 23 of September at dinner time to set upon us on all sides. The same Thursday in the morning the treason being at hand, some appearance shewed, as shifting of weapon from ship to ship, planting and bending of...
Page 36 - ... to avoid, that we might safely water there. Which being done, and they departed, we...
Page 193 - ... espying certaine made to them, but they fled in such order into the woods, that it booted them not to follow : so going on their way forward till they came to a river, which they could not passe over, they espied on the otherside two men, who with their bowes and arrowes shot terribly at them.
Page 79 - Tortugas eggs, which are very wholesome meat and greatly restoring, so as our men were now well filled and highly contented both with the fare, and nearness 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 thirty or forty followers and brought us divers sorts of fruits, and of his wine, bread, fish, and flesh, whom we also feasted as we could, at least...
Page 226 - The Floridians when they travel have a kind of herb dried, who with a cane and an earthen cup in the end, with fire and the dried herbs put together, do suck through the cane the smoke thereof, which smoke satisfieth their hunger, and therewith they live four or five days without meat or drink. And this all the Frenchmen used for this purpose; yet do they hold opinion withal that it causeth water and phlegm to void from their stomachs.
Page 227 - Frenchmens first comming thither they had the same offered them for little or nothing, for they received for a hatchet two pound weight of golde, because they knew not the estimation thereof : but the...
Page 41 - Before we went from thence, our Generall caused to be set vp a monument of our being there, as also of her maiesties and successors right and title to that kingdome; namely a plate of brasse, fast nailed to a great and firme...