LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Am ftftfi ■ ''■.•"■-■' WfflBmi ifetrtnnnnAnfinnnAnAnfwAnnfiofiAnnnnnStrvf "IM|I I J •• '( This book must not be taken from the Library building. SBf5IS?I^m7IT»T5i»rT3»I»I57!T«E^T«T!T5i»i5r^T5T5!^JT^ LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA A in wmmmmmmmmm. silf^„_~„.^V_„_. Ralegh. Newes of Sr. Walter Rauleigh with the true Description of Guiana, as also a relation of the excellent Government and much hope of the prosperity of the Voyage, sent from a Gentleman of his Fleet, to a most especiall Friend of his in London, from the River of Caliana, on the Coast of Guiana, Nov. 17, 1617, woodcut portrait on title, (title, and one leaf defective also wanting A2) sm.4to., early ltth Century green morocco, J ..-Wright, 1616 14R) £20. 3.T.C.17148, Signed R»M. at end. X**/v£ ,-'■ • mjJJ i JU T.: »-«- » - » - » - » > -» - » - » - » - » ^ i >. t N E VV »--«T*.T»-4-» JC/ o Of S r . Walter Rauleigh; 1 WITH The true Defcnption-of G viaka: As alfo a Relation of the excellent Goucrnment, and much hope of the pro (pet ity of the Voyage, Sent from a Cfentfeman of. his Fleet* to a mofi efpeciaU Friend of Hs in London. f r&m the Riutr o/Caliana, on th§ Cotft o/"Cuiana 3 Nottemk. 17,161 7. LONDON, runted for H. G* and arc to be fold by /. Wright 9 at the figne of the I I I I Ml ■ ■. - . . . . . - . • . . i .li.u ^.T.M.t. f . 4.f.1.!»!«l. . ••T«l«!»i«V ' MaMskl* NEWES OF N thefc qaeafie and mod dangerous times, wherein Truth is manacled by Opi- nion and Imagination, cue> ry man making his ownc thoughts a Comment vpon other mens labours, and by fcrues or wrefts winding euery defigne to that which beft fuites with their fancies : I could not chufc but borrow fo much time from the necefiitieof mine occafionss as to acquaint you with fome particu- lar patTages in our voyage? Which though in the value it may be much fbort both of what your felfe and others exped, becaufc at this time our defigneisbut anEmbrion, concerned , and farre from that happy perfection to which I doubt noc (the diuine will affifting vs ) but wee (ball, to the ^comfort of our noble and good friends, and the ^ honour of our Nation, with all proJpcritieof fbr- > B cuoe *> ■ — <— - ^TeT*l««l«t''a*I»I»I«I»ri's»i»i«i»i*rV^»W»T»TtTL.-WTir*T»T«r.-»»i»i«i»i»i..3»»»i»«»i»».. .......... 4. Miwes of S r » Walter R4uleigk flfcpj made fuch a way ouer the whole worldj that except the very hearts of all,- (which as in the Ana- tomy of mans bodyyit ismot robe found out s or toucht,ttlla manhaue paft through firfl both all the extcriour and interiour members* and fo like- wife of thebraine .-Nature tfca it were defending all her moft excellent workes from euery ordinary af- fault and inuaflon) fo there is at this day not left any Climate vnfearchs or vndifcouered, but one- }y this, which as for its fite and place, being the middle of the world, and alfo lor the excellency of it, may well beftiied The heart of the xporU^ as the moft principal! and renowned part of it. Ac which if it be our fortunes to aniue,the wotke will be worthy the Doer , and- a fay re Iewell for his Crowns, who is theRoyall Author and Comfor- ter of {o great an Attempt) by fo many Kings and Princes attempted, and yet vnaehiued. And that wee may walke vp this Scale, with as much cafe and fafety,as all mortal! hope can allow vs,let vsturne backs our eyes and jookc into the actions of moft of the -moft famous &• noble Gen- tlemen which hauegonebeforevs,and made thofe moftfayre and large paths, through which wedai- M» nMUm. Jy walke : wee fhall fee that M. William Hauki?isf.\\G Sadl!* hW Father of Sir lohn iiwkim a man of i nfinite vertue and great action made his fir ft Difcoueries but. to the Souther ne Hands, called the Grjind Canaria, and found there great Trade, and great Commo- ditie : which for the benefit might well haue taken vp the reft of any mans mmd#twhofe end had ' - - -.- b'ecne J- T . T - T . T ^ ^ > . T ^ T . r; ^ T . T . T . T «^ .T , T . T .M«t :. T« T .M»Nt , f^«I. ' .»M; . SJIMWA * l»W»WWl* jsjjwes -of 9h Wdter Rjtulelgh* i bce»v wealth and no other) but the 1 Gentleman fcauing a more Worthy ayme, (though then in the winter and laft quarter of his age) from thence dif- couered fome part of the frnall Hands which be- longed to the V/Veft Indies, icarnt; intelligence of themaine - and out of his iudgemientfaw what was fitted both for TrafTique and other more material! Difcoucries. This (not able to furiiifh himfelfe) hee imported: to his mod worthy Sonne Sklehv * r . tob» h«h- HaukiaJySnd making him rich with hisJ *nd fo to the Tandy Hands : and laftly by F/orida y where he {bowed that excellency of good nature and rare humanity to certaine diftreflfed French- men, that the remembrance will hue whilft there liues any record of goodnes, or any thankfulnefle in France: and thus nee returned home the fecond time*, laden with as much wealth and honor* as euer any had done before him, and to thisbraue heroicallfcaleOf Dilcouery, had now added di- ners noble and fpacious Stayres, which albeit might haue* very well deterd him from any more trouble and vexation,both confidering the goods and goodnes he had gotten, and the honourable places , with the fauour of his deareft Soue- raione. Sir lobns third Yet all this not valued with the debt hee owed VoylgT thlTd his Country 3 he went againe the third time to Sea with a Fleet of fixe faire Ships, and traded in all fuch places as he had traded in before: and more- over difcoueved CArthagem^ and diuers other Hands about it, after went to S c . lohn Fllm^ and other part? botdering vpon Mexico , where hee made him felfeMaifter of twelue Ships, in value, worth two hundred thoufand pounds, and feazed the Hand: But out of his noble nature (connec- ting the amity at that time betwixt Spaine and England; rcftored all againe 5 which, had his ends tended as much to lucre as his enemies did toperfidie and trechery, he might not onely haue brought >I^E£'PM»Mgo»r«I»g»I*»lM»K«y«T»T»I»T»I»gW *« T » T « T » T « rY^ ^ ■w, • uunrau • a*if£*i*i2ir • ^*i*.*:»i»i. - z.»M»m»i. • l«l«l«»l « ;«I«I»I«I»; ■ 5»T«>I*T ISIewes of S r . W5ife*r Katuagv. 7 fcroi%ht home that* but. fixe millions of treafurc more^ all which was at his commandement : thence he fearched the whole Bay o( -Mexico, an4 thence went to Vonte Fedr* , and fo returned home. : In this Dtfcouery hee got great per feel ion of knowledge touching the wonderful], wealth and riches of thofe Southerne parts, and though hee hail doneniorethen any Englifli man before his time, yerhe faw there was a fuper. excellence re- mayning as it were hidden, and pomble to bee fouiidout; at which, with all hisendeauours, he aymed rnoft earne(tIy,onely he found that a grea- ter ftrengthSi a;greater induftry.-then either he was yet maifter of, or had occasion to vfe, muft be im- pjoyed in the fame, and therefore the fourth time'Sir/i>/?^fourth hee returned vnto the Sea with 27 tall Ships , and Vo 7 a S e - 2 500. men : But it pleafed God the deiigne fhould bee prefcrued either for fome other man, or fome other time-jib that Sir hhn Haitkms, falling ficke, dyed at S c ; l*>hn AePusrtorizo^ and by that meanes the great end of the iourney failed, yet did hee leaue behind him fuchbraue examples for imita- tion, and fo fayrc a feale for others to afcend by % that many became his Schollers, and howfoeuer their rsncwnes wanne to themfelues particular names of particular eminence,yet they arriued not beyond him, or got a skill that was to himvnac- quainted. Onely that moft famous and Worthy Knight $» Tzanck f$k Fruftcis Dw^whoh^d (as ic is reported) taken** 4 * 1 *"*"^ - from S Nevvcs c# S r . Walter Rauhigh. from him the moil and greaieft pare of hisbre^ ding, being (as fonie men fay) for a long time his ordinary houftiold Seru ant, and one that had at- tended him in the fucceffc of fome of his voyages, feeing and aquainting himfelfe with the Lapp^ rules of fuch ahappy niaifter* betookehimfeife? to theSeainthcyeareof our Lord 1572. and difco- iiered mod of the hithermoft parts of the fmall Hands of America^ and returned home with more knowledge then fubftancc; and yet with morefiib- ftance then might defray the charge of three times fuch a voyage, by the fkength of which fucceffc he sir Vweh fe- made him felfe fit for the Sea the fecond time , in cond Voyage, the yeare 1577. in which Voyage hec made him- felfe more familiar with all the richeft parts of the Weft Iadies^md with fome parts of the maine bo- dy of the lame: and fo returned home with a com- petent fubftance, yetfarre iuferior,t.6 thelargenes of his mind, becaufe thefc two firft iattempts ml openedto his iudgement matters of much greater hope and renowned confequence, fo that the third time againc he put to Sea, in the yeare of our Lord s\tV/av.chs. 1585. wiuh a foil refolution to doe fomthing an- Voyjge, fwerable to the greatnes of his heart , and the ho- nor of the Nation he challenged, and in this voy- age he flrcnt about the circumference of the whole World, and returned home with his Ship laden with gold and tresfure, of that infinite and incfti- mable value, that neuer any man before him at- tained to any fmall degree in hiscomparifbn, and yet in this vnfpeakeablt Iourney for infinite wealth and g fe y . y -^ ' -r. T . T .u T ^ .~*&&as7s+ ***iwt*t*t«tv nMiUtK%M.M.tvf.r.i.M«L . r.T.?«!«r»r , t.t«?.?.?.i. ' Newcs of S". WWter RAuhigh* p and infinite labour (not any mortall man hauing formerly done the like,) the experience hee gained did fo farre precede his riches, that hec made it of no value, and knew that there yet remained that vndifcouered(atleaft out of Chriftian commande- ment ) which would make all hee knew pitrifully poore 3 & of no reconing : and therfore to achiue this Magifleriox truePhilofophers ftone,being in- deed the mother of all mines and perfect treafure, he againe betooke himfelfe to the Sea in the yeare pfourLord 1595. with a very goodly Nauy 3 and many mod noble and worthy perfonages, admira- bly well experienced both in Land and Sea ferui- ces: Butitwasnotthepleafure of the cuerliuing (Sod, that by him the worke fhould bee finifhed and therefore in this voyage he fickened 5 and in the Weft ktijfts died, fo that the end of the lourney £eing by a twofold way defeyted, as by his death, and the taking of a certaine furgeon which belon- ged to a Ship , called the SAiomon^ as alfo by the taking of another Ship called the Francis, and by them the whole Voyage difcouered to the ene- my, thereftoftheJFleetwas inforced to returns home altogether vnfatisfied. Now whilft thefe Gentlemen were thus parch- ing the South and South-weft parts of the wot Id, and had almoft brought their hopes within a $ep six nugb Wiu or two of thchigheft fcale, an honorable emula- '»*£**"' Ra- tion raifed vp diuers other Gentlemen of like Nonb° vertue and fitnes for action, to fearch into the North and North- weft Seas , for the finding out C of E , T . T . t « T » : » T»^ » T » ; . ' . T .l . ' Nwes of S f . Walter Rauleigb. it like vnto theTariArf, with broad faces, flat nofes, and long blacke hayres below their lTioulders, their attire onely Scale skinnes , nor is there be- twecne the men and women any difference, more then a-few blew ftreakes downe their cheekes and about their eyes, thefe heefaw on the water, not" on the land , in certaine fmall Boates which were made of Seale skinnes, being iliarpe at each, end and broad in the bottonie , with fmall wooden keeles made of broad fplinters, and in fhape or proportion not much vnlike vnto the Spanifh Shallops. With thefe people,whom heinticedto come to him by all faire and gentle meanes , and by giuiag them certaine thrid poynts and other toyes, in which they infinitely delighted, hee bad very much conference, both touching the nature of thofe$eas, and other oecurrents meet for his Difcouery,by whom he vnderftood that the yearc time being then fpenr, and the Ice in thofe places infinitely increasing, it was at that time impoffible to attempt further , without moft afTured lo{fe 3 which accordingly hee found by his owne experi- cnce,and therefore returned homeward by Trum- /d'/Hland, and other places which both for vi&u- all and freiTi water he found of great confequeace for the furthering of this Difcouery hereafter. Now hauing thus erected thefe few £eps to this much wifht for Scale, and finding great hope like- ly to enfue vpon the attempt, hee betooke him- felfe againe to the Sea, in the yearc of our Lord Sir Mmhtte, 1577. am * taking a better aduantag« of the yeare t c Q °^y£ sc C2 time ^•W-TaT-f. m^wzjsrz \% Ncwcs of S\ Walter TUuleigh. time, paffed all the former places, which before he had difcouered and from thence held his courfe euen vai:o the maine oSCxtua, ^ though with many dangers and interruptions, for not any man that feeketh wayes vnknowne, but miift of neceflity many times crrc, neither can the iudgement be fa- tisfiedbythefirftfuperfkiafliightof the eye, buc by a more ferious time to contemplate and medi- tate vpon the fame, difcourfe euer crowning all actions with perfection. And hence it came that making a longer ftay vpon this Coaft, then before hee imagined any neceflity would haue drawne him, the yeare time fo palled on, that hee could by no polfible meanes proceed further in the dif . couery, but was forced to approue what particular profits he could find in that place to recompence his trauell,finding by the Climat & allother good likelihoods that of force there muft bee fomthing of great valuation, wherevpon after fome curious fearchof many well experienft men inmynerall . bulines, (which at that time attended vpon him) c ° a / ne$m he found at length cert aine Grange mynes which yeeldedakind of black fhining Ore, both mafly and wealthy, which they called the blacke ftonc, and by fuch fmall triall as that place (with the ac- commodation of their Shipping) could afford them, they found it a very rich gold Ore, fb thac not being able to (lay there to refine any great quantity thereof , as well for the neceflity of the yeare time , as the want of other moft necefTary prouifions, hee prcfemly laded all hi* Ships with that ,?■«••»■ , y ^ T . T . ' ^ rar- . ■»«r»».».f.» fasmm . »»?■»•"•■» l ■, t«t»'.'»t«v • * 1 »3«TaM«TaE*3SKiaa*£ei«M*M«X • T«T«T«I»I>1. • 3«I»I«I»i»J. ' 1»l»:»l'l»ir ' lk»M*i»l*X 'Z.»l*l»l»l»i, 'iwiwi - » - T - t . r ^ . t . t . t . t . w . . Nevves of S r . Whiter Raukigb. i 5 hee heard there 1 elated, {and indeede not farre re- moued from that Continent) but pcore, bafe and beggarly. The-glory of which famous action Co inticed Ucaaevdfihis him^thatthefecond time he went to theSea 7 in t h c fa©nd Voyage yeareofourLord 1591.(0 accommodated with all neceflary prouifions, both of men, munition, and vi&uals, that not any Gentleman euer went forth (in his owne particular ) better or more brauely prouided. But it pleafed God (who is the flrength and guide of thefe actions) not to m&rkehim out for this great worke : for in this Voyage hee fick- ned and dyed, whofe greated dirc&ions liuing in- clofed in his owne brcft, the Voyage queld, and his {hips returned home againe for England, but the infinite profit which hath fprung from bis ex- ample may be beheld in our Eaft Indian Trade* the like whereaf I thinke no Nation in the world can boaft, being of all other the wealthier^ the fruitftilleftj and the mod certaine, affording vsnot onely a nurcery of Merchants and Sea-men, but fuchanintiincibleftrength of Shipping, and other warlike acouftremems, that any Nation vnder the Sunne may tremble to offend vs. To thefe Difcoueries I could adde the Difcouery s r Richard of Virginia^ by the euer memorable and valiant D^ouer h of Knight Sir Rich wet Grin ttile, and the Plantation Virginia, there : which doubtleffe promiferh and already re- *»- ftoreth much benefit to our Kingdome, hauing continued there almoft from, the yeare 1585. till this bowers andhqweuen in that Difcouery hee " " " both %6 Newes of S f . Walter Rauleigh. both heard and vnderftood of the incomparable and not to be equald wealth which yet lay hidden in the South parts of America, Butlfeare I haue troubled your cares already too much with my tedious digrcflion, which is not altogether vaine and impertinent ,fince by it you may fee how euen from the infancy of our Englim traucll, cucry man hath had a noble ambition, and ffloft probable affurances of good hope to at- taine a height of honour and wealth ,which yet refts sit waiter Kau- vnattained : At which queflionlefle our General! % bends his ayme, being diuers wayes wooed and induced thereunto , more then any Englifhman whatfoeuer, both in refpeel: of his former experi- ence (at this day not to beparallckU his wifdome, learning, and conference, with the experience of places hce hath formerly held, that it is impoflible any thing of note fhould be hidden from him : Therefore to reconcile thole things already writ- ten, with the Relation I intend to purfue, you fhall vnderfland that whatfoeuer hath becne done for- merly by any of thofe already rehearfed, or by any other, whether Eagliiii, Spanifh, Dutch, French, or any other Nation ofCbriftendome, all their knowledges and experiences haue liberally beene brought to his remembrance; Loue, Dutie, his place of Authoritie, or the chance of Warre,ten« dering the fame vnto him as a rent due to his no- ble minde and actions. And abotie all an EngliOi sfc Tiobcn Knight, Sir Robert Dudley was an efpeciall man that p^ky, igpg fi ncc ^, ^ f ro ^])i s experience at fca, (hauing confumed • ataaaa : asaaaa • !■««•*•*■: Newcs of S*. WSj/iter Rauhigb. 17 confumcd infinite wealth and much time in thefc Difcoueries ) as alfo by meancs of cerraine Let- ters which he had intercepted from the Spaniards and taken in his trauells, gaue our Generall 3 ftrongaflfurancc, that yet there remained out of the hands of all the Kings and Princes in Chrt- ftendome, in the South parts of America fhz very Magazine of all rich Mcttalls, and fuch an Empire as whofoeuerfhallhaue the fortune to conquer it s fhallfo darken all the actions cither of Cortez or PefcarO) that nothing but pouerty will appeare in their deeds, neytheriWw^norPcr^bee worthy to be compared with it, and what Prince foeucc (hall pofTefTe it, (hall bee Lord of more gold, of a morebeautifullEmpirc^and of more Cittics and people then either the King of Spaine or the great Turke. At this queftionlefle our hopes promifc that his noble ends doe bend, for being full as great, and hauing beene much greater then any man what focuer of our nation that hath followed the like courfe,to what fhould his great hart look ? orwhatlhould hee dedicate to fo gracious and mercifull a King as heeenioycth, bat the very toppe and Garland of all Heroyicall actions? But in as much as yet nothing is done worthy rc* lation,bccaufe we are not yet ariued at the hither- moftendof curdeflgnes, all ourfuccefle remay- ning in hope, and leaft my too much loue mighc make me too faucy in prophefi e, I will leaije all to his holy will which gouernes all; oncly I will ac- quaint you with fome particulars touching the D general! i$ Newcs of S r . Walter Uauleigb* generall gouernmeat of our Fleete , which al- though other men doubtlefle ia their Voyages haue in fome meafure obferu'd, yet in all the greac Volumes which haue beene written touching Voyages, there is no prefident of fo godly, feuerc and Martiall gouernment, which not onely in it felfe is laudable and worthy imitation , but alfb fit to bee written and ingrauen in euery mans Soule,that couetstodoehonorto his King and Country in thefe or the like attempts : The true Coppy of which Lawes, Articles, and efpeciall Commandements, are thefe which heere after follow 5 and at this prefent we obferue. Orde rs • T -r .-y - f . T , -T . y ^ T - T . T A r . > Ff«sicrsr=T=«. ■ i Orders to bee obferued by the Qommanders of the Fleete, and land Companies>vnderthe chargeand con- duct of S v . Walter Raukigb Knight, bound for the South parts of Ame- rica or elfe where. Giuen at?//- moHth'm Deu0?t.thc third of May, 1 6 1 7. Irft , becaufe no action nor Enterprife can proiper (be it by Sea or Land ) without the fauour and alfiftanceof Almighty God , the Lord and ftrength of Hoafts and Armies , you fhall not fayle to caufe Diuine Seruicc to be read in your Shippe morning and eucning , in the morning before Dinner, and at night before Supper 8 or at leaft ( if there be interruption by foule weather) once the day , prayfingGod euery night with finging of a Pfalmc at the fetting of the Watch. Secondly , you fhall take efpeciall care that D2 Cod » j TjM*1*U t *7*"'* T1 i %o Newes of S r , Walter Raulelgb. Godbcnotblafphemed in your Ship, but that af- ter admonition giuen, if the offenders doe not rcfrainc themfclues , you (hall caufe them of the better fort to be fined out of their aducnturcs > by which courfe , if no amendment bee found , you (hall acquaint me withall : For if it be threatned in the Scriptures > that The Cttrfe fytllnrt depart from the houfe of the Swearer , much leffe from the Ship of the Swearer. Thirdly, no man ("hall refufe to obey his Offi- cer in all that he iscommaunded,for the benefit of the Iourney : no man (being in health) refufe to wayte his turne as he dial! be directed : the Say- lors by the Maifter andBoatfwaine : the Landmen by their Captainc 3 Liefetenant and others. You {hall make in euery Ship two Captaines]of the watch , who (hall make choyce of two Soldi- ers euery night to fcarch betweene the Decks 3 that no fire nor candle light be carried about the Ship , after the watch fet 3 nor that any Candles be bur- ning in any Cabcn without a Lanthorne, and that neither but while they are to make themfelues vn- ready,for there is no danger fo insuitablc as the Ships firing,which may alfo as well happen by ta- king of Tobacco betweene theDecks,& therefore forbidden to all men but iloft the vppcr Decke. You (hall caufe the Land-men to learnc the names and places of the ropes , that they may aflift the Sailors in their labours vpon the Decks j though they cannot goc vp to the tops and yards* You _-,.t.t.t.t»t: , i»ii«l»I»y SESSSSc'.l •w«r • 3«:«r#ioii.' aattama.* 2,1 Newes o£S r . Walter Raukigb; You ihall traine and inftruft your Sailer?, ( fo many as fhall bee found fit) as you doc your Land-men , and regifter their names in the Lifts of your Companies , making no dif- ference of profeflions; but that all bee eftee- med Saylors and all Soldiers , for your troupes will bee very weake .when you come to Land, without the affifhncc of your Sea>farine men. You (hall not glue chafe , or fend aboard a- ny Shippe , but by order from the Generall : And if you come neere any Shippe in your courfe, if fhee bee belonging to any Prince or State in league or amitic with his Maieftie, you fhall not take any thing from them by force, vppon painc of punifhmenc as a Pirate, although in manifeft extremity or want you may, ( agreeing for the price ) relieue your felues with things neceffary , (giuing bond for the fame ) prouided that it bee not to the di£ furnifhing of any fuch Ship, whereby the Ow- ner or Merchants be endangered for the Ship or goods. You fhall eucry night &1I a fterne the Gc- neralls Shippe , and follow his light , recei- uing inftru&ions in the Morning what courfe to holde, and if you fhall at any time bee fepcrated by foulc Weather , you fhall rc- ceiuc certaine Billettes fealcd vp , the firft- to bee opened on this fide the North Cape, (if there bm sftufe) the fecond to be opened a,*, Newcs of S r . Walter Raukigb. at the South Cape : the third,after you (hall paflb * 2 3. degrees, and the fourth from the height of Cape a* fir/. If you difcouer any favle at Sea, cither to wind- ward or to lee-ward of the Admirall, or if any two or three of our Fleete , fhall difcouer any fuch faile which the Admirall cannot dhcerne : If fhee bee a great Shippe and but one, you (half (Irikeyour maine top-faile, and hoyll it againe fo often as you fhall iudge it to bee 100. Tuones of burthen, as if you iudge her to be 200, Tunnes to ftrike & hoyft twife,if 300. thrice and fo anfwe- rable to her greatnes. Ifyoudifcerne a fmall Ship , you (hall doe the like with you r fore top-faile, but if you difcouer many great Ships, you (hall not onely ftrike your maine top-Saile often, but put out your Enfignc in the maine top, and if fuch Ships or Fleet goe large before the winde, yoafhall alfo (after your fignes giucn) goe large , and ftand as any of the Fleet dothj I meane no longer then that you may iudge the Admirall and the reft haue feene your fignes and your fo ftanding. And if you went large at the time of the Difcouery, you fhall hale oft your (heats for a little time, and then goe large againe, that the reft may know that you goe large, to (hew vs that the Ships or Fleet difcouered keep that courfe, fo you (hall doe if the Ships or Fleet difcouered haue their tacks aboard, namely if you had alfo your tacks aboard at the time of the diC coucry^ you fhall beare vp for a little time and af- _______ it .t»t»i ; aaamasfc ; :'i»:«i'i»i - :»ai»>i »i^r»>>l*l ■ fjj. ..■ : N« *r L\.dult.J&* 4*. %s ter hale your f :at oft agaj ne to fhow vs w hac eourfc the Ship or Feet hold*. If youdifcoucrany Ship or Fleet by night, if the Ship or Fle^c bee to.windeward of you, and you to windeward of the v Admirail, you (hall pre- fently beare vp to gu4£ vs knowledge r but if you thinke you might Ype.»Ke w< f h her, then you fhall kecpe your loofe and fhooi ojf a piece of Ord- nance to giue vs knowledge thereby For a Generall rule, let no man prefuaie to fhooteofFany piece of Ordinance but in difco- uering a Ship or Fleet by night,6r by being in dan- ger of the enemy, or in danger of fire, or in dan- ger of finking, it may bee vnto vs all a moft cer- taine intelligence of fome matter of importance, and you (hall make vs know the difference by this, for ifyou giue chafe, and being neerc a Ship, you fhootto make herftrike, wee fhall fee and know you fhoot to that end, (if it be by day) if by night, we fhall thea know that you haue feene a Ship or Fleet more then our owne, and ifyou fu(pec"fe wee doe not heare the firft piece, then you may fhooteafecondbutnototherwife, and you mufl take almoft a quarter of an hower betweene your two pieces : If you bee in danger by a leake (I meane in prefent danger ) you fhall fhoote two pieces prefently one after another. And if in dan- ger of fire threepicces prefently one after another.' In foule weather euery man (hall fit his Sailes to keepe company with the reft of the Fleet, and not run fo farre a head by day, but that hee may fall Jan a iternethe AdmKail *>ctor c n»gnt : in caie wc (houldbefet vpon by T Sea, the Captaine (hall ap- point fufiiciem company to aflfift she Gunners, af- ter which ( if the fight require it) the Cabensbe- tweene the Decks (hail be taken downe , all beds andfacks imployedforBu'Jwar^sj the Musketicrs ofeuery Ship (hall bee diuided vnder Capraines, or other Officers/ome for the fore-Caftell,others for the waft, the reft for the poope, where they {hall abide ( if they bee not otherwife direcled) the Gunners (hall not {hoot any great Ordnance at other diftance then poyntblanke. An Officer or two fhali bee appointed to take care that no loofe pouderbee carried, betwecne the Decks, or»ncerc any linftocke, or match in hand: you (hall faw diuers Hogs- heads in two parts, and filled with water , ft t them aloft the Deckes : you {hall deuide your Carpenters fome in the hold , ( if any fhot come betweene wind and water) and the reft betweene the Decks , with plates of lead, plugs, with all things necefTa- ry laid by them : you {hall alfo lay by your tubs of water , certaine wet blankets to caft vpon and choke any fire, the Maifter and Boat-fwainefh all appoynt a certaine number of Sailers to cuery faile, and to euery fuch company a Maifters mate, Boat-fwaines Mate,or quarter Maifler, fo as when «ucry man knoweshis charge and place, things may be done without noyfe or confufion , and no man to fpcake but the Officers: As for example, if the Maifter or his Mate bid hcaue out the maine »t«e. Tsr«Y»T*:»-: » T»T»l«wr»l» Nc wc s of Sr. Walter RduUigh. s$ maineTop-faile , theMaifters mate, Boat-fwains mate, or quarter Maifter which hath charge of that faile, fhall with his company performe it without calling out to others, andfo for the fore- faile, fore top-faile, fprit-faile, and the reft: the Boat fwamehimfelfe taking no particular charge of any Saile, but ouerlookingall, and feeing euery one doe his duty. No man fhall bord a Ship of the enemy without order, becaufe the loflfe of a Ship to vs is of more importance, then of ten to the enemy, as alfo by onemans hording all our Fleet may beingaged, it being a great dishonour to loofe the leaft of our Fleet. Euery Ship being vnder the lee of the ene- my fhall labour to reeouer the wind, if the Admi- ral! indcauour it, and we find an enemy to leeward of vs, the whole Fleet fliall follow the Admiral!, Vice Admirall, or other leading Ships within Mufquet (hot of the enemy, giuing fo much liber- ty to the leading Ships after her broad fide difco- uered, (he may ftay and trim her failes, then is the fecond Ship to giue her fide, and the third and fourth, which done they fhall all take as thefirft Ship, and giuing the enemy the other fide fhall keepe him vnder a perpetuall volley: Thus muft you doe to the windermoft Ship of the enemy, which you fhall batter in pieces, or force her to beare vp and intangle the reft falling fouJe one of another to their great confufion. ifthe Admirall giue chafe and bee head-moft man 3 the next Ship fhall takevp his Boat if other £ order r* %£ Newe$ of S r . Wfcfor Rauleigh. order bee not giuen : or if any other Ship bee ap*- pointedto giue chafe, the next Ship, if the cha- fing Ship haue a boat at her fterne, (hall jtake her vp : if any make a Ship to ftrike 3 hee (hall not enter her till the Admirall come vp* TheMusketiersdeuided intocertaine quarters of the Ship (hall not deliuer their (hot but atfuch diftanees as their Commander (hall direct them; you (ball take a fpeciall care for the keeping of the Ship cleane betweene the Decks, to haue your Ordnance in order and not cloyd with trunkes, and chefts.Let thofe that haue prouid on of vi<5tu- ails, deliuer it to the Steward, and euery man put hisapparrell incanuafe Clokebags, except (ome lew Chefts which doe not pcfter the Ship : Euery onethatvfethany weapon of fire, bee it Musket or other Piece, (hall keepe it cleane, and if hee bee not able to amend it being out of order, hee lhall prefently acquaint his Officer therewith who fhall command the Armorer to amend it. No man lhall keepe any feafting or drinking bstweene meales , nor drinke any healths on the Ships prouifion: Euery Captaine by his Furfer , Steward ,.. or other Officer (h«ll take a weekeiy account how the Viclualis waft : The Steward (ball not deliuer any Candles to any pri- vate man,or to any priuate vfe. Whofoeuer fhall (kale from his feilowes,ei- thw apparrell or any thing elfe, (hall be puni(he4 as a thiefe,or if any one (kale any viclualls, cither ' ting into thchold, orotherwife, hee (ball recciue «T.T«T»T«t . ■!ST«T»T«';»'E»TSRI»TSret* Newes of S r . Walter Raukigh. 17 receiuethcpunifhmentofa thicfc and the mux- therer of his fellowes. There is no man fhall ftrike any Officer, be hee Captaine, Lieftenant, Eafigne, Sergeant, Cor- porali of the Field,a quarter Maifter, nor the Mai- fter of any Ship, Maimers mate, Boat-fwainc, or quarter Maifter,I fay no man fhall offer any vio- lence to any of thefe,butthe Supreame Officer to the inferior , in time of Scruice vpon paine of death: No priuate man fhall ftrike one ano- ther vpon paine of receiuingfuchpunifhment as a Marfhall Court fhall thinke him worthy of. No man fhall play at Cards or Dice, cither for his Apparill or Armes vpon paine of being difar- med,& made a Swabber^ and whofoeuer fhall fhew himfclfe a coward vpon any landing or etherwife, hee fhall beeldifarmed , and made a Labourer and carrier ofviftu alls for the reft. No man (hall land any men in any forraigne parts,without order from the Generall, the Serge- ant Mayor or other chiefe Officer, vpon paine of death; and wheref oeuer wee fhall haue caufeto- land, no Man fhall force any Woman, bee fhee Chriftian oir Heathen vpon paine of death : And you fhall take efpeciall care when God fhall fuffcr ts to land in the Indies 3 not to eat any fruits vn- knownc,fuch fruits as you doe not find eaten hy birds on the tree or beafts vnder the tree you fhall auoyd. You fhall not flecpe on the ground nor eat any newflefhtili it bee falted, two or three hourcs 5 E 2 which %l Ncwcs of S r .Walter Rauleigb. which otheiwife, will breed a raoft dangerous (luxe, To will the eating of ouer fat hoggs orTur- kies : you (hall alfo haue a great care , that you fwimnotmanyRiuers but where you fee the In- dians fwin 5 bccaufe mod of the Kilters -are full of Allegdtors : you fhall not take any thing from any Indian by force, for from thenceforth we fhall ne- wer be releeued^ but 'you muft vfethem with all courtefic And for trading or exchanging with them it mull be done by one or two of cuery Ship for all the reft, and the price to be dire&cd by the Cape Merchant, for otherwife alPouc commodi- ties will bee of fmall price, and greatly to our hin- derancc For other orders on the Land we will eflabiifli them (when God fhall fend vs thither) by generall confent , in the meane time I will value euery mans honor according to their degree and valor^ and taking care for the feruice of God and profpe- rity of our enterprife. When the Admirall fhall hang out a Flag or Bnfigne on the Miflfen fhrouds, you fhall know it to be a Flag of Counfaile to come aboard. A I ,i.w.i.!.i.4.w.M.l.*.M.!.!.» • HSEEEEaggggSt A Reference of the Voyage to the T)lreBions. Y the'e Orders and Commanded dements , you may fee to what Coaft wee are bound, and name- ly to the South parts of ^Americi* and no doubt to the onely benY part therof : For as all the Springs, andRmersinthe world haue but onehcad, namely, the Sea : To it is thought all the wealthy Mynes in the world haue but oneSouc- raigne, which is an Empire placed in thefe parts, and that is the great Empire of £/# <*,9*,ruled by the ° c ^"Sf great Emperour Inga : of the great wealth and riches vthzizoi Frtnc if co Lopez and others thus re- port y That all the velTels of the Emperours houfe* Table s, and Kitchen were of Siluer and Gold, and the very meaneft of all of Siluer and Copper, for the (trength and hardnefle of the mettall : That irj: his Wardrobe were hollo n Statues of gold,which leemed gyants,and Figures in proportion and big- , w i neite of all the Beads, Birds^ Trees ,and Hcaros y that the- earth bringech forth in pure Gold alfo 5 E 3, 30 Newcs of S r . Walter Rauleigh. and of all the Fifhes tha^ the Sea and waters of that Empyre breedeth. Alfo there was Ropes,Bud- gets, Cbefts, and Troughs of Gold and Sillier; great heaps of Billets of Gold,which feemed wood marked out to burnc » nay, that there was nothing in all that Empire ( the moft flourishing of the whole world) whereof there was not a counterfeit in pure Gold • Befides,therewasfeeneinacertainellandneare theEmperours Court, a Garden of pleafure, in which was all kinde of Garden-hearbs, flowers and trees, of Gold and Siluer. As alfo in other places diuers great infinits of Gold and filuer vnwrought, as in one place to the value of fifty two thoufand Markes of pure Siluer, and one Million and three hundred twenty and fixe thoufand and flue hun* dred Ptfoetm Gold. A vety ftrangp Now it is to be vnderftood that all this wealth belonged but to one Emperour : for the cuftome of the Country is, that whofoeuer dyeth hath all hisTreafure buryed with him, fo that euen from the firft Ruler to the Enjperour now liuing,k is thought no lefle Treafure will be found ineuery Monament ; which howvnfpeakableitis, I leaue to iudgement. Mm'mshk And this doth alfb witnefle Mmims& Spaayard, ^ftchrSian d w ho liued feauen Monethsin the great Citie-^4- thotfawG»y- n . 0A (which hee called FlDeradejhe place of gold) #w with the great Emperour //»£*, and faw with his eyes what Lope&hzd written. And further, he did affirmc of himfclfe^thas wfcen hee firft erjtrcdin- co Nevves of S r . Walter Rauleigh. 3 1 to that Citie,(whichfor buildings,ftate and popu- laritic , and all other outward excellencies, hec thought the goodlieft in the whole world ) it was neare noone, and then they vncouered his face (for in his whole trauellhee was led by the Indians - blindfold before) 3rd hee trauelled all that day rill darke night, and the next day from Sunne- rife till Sunne-fer 3 di redly forward within the Ci- ne, before hee came to the Empcrours Court which expreflfeth a mafTc of buildings farre beyond our apprehenllons. But here k will be obie&ed by the curious, that A curious Cb- withoutallqucilion if this were poffible to be fb, ie i>Tg»i>r«T^>T»>i»>r • 3»i*>i»h* - Newes of S r . Walter Rauleigh. 3 3 the Riuer Qremque , was met by an Army of the Indwis and . ouerthrownc , fo that of his whole power returned but eighteene pcrfons. Thiscuerthrow, heard of the JdaUnudp* Bon Gonz&tes Cemencs de Cafada vndertooke the acli- Gon^ Us cem« on 3 and fought his paifage by the Riuer which i$»^>Aeeigk called Pafimstu^uthc alfo.fayling in the true en- e ' m ^° * trance 3 returned with the loffe of much labour and coft : This Gcnz,&les gaue his Daughter in marri- age to a very braue and ftoute Spaniard (but a lie- tic perfidious)called £0w,bindinghim by his oath and honour to purfue the Action to his laftfub* fiance, or the lolle of his life , which ^wvnder-^^^ 1 tooke ; and all be it hec had the experience of all tempsor* thofe whieh had gone before,and of diuers others, and was well perfwaded of their erronrs and inift- akings,yethefayledas much as any other, nor ctier could come to any true light thereof till hee got couferencc with an antient King of that Coun- trey called Carapana. This Bereo was after taken *«"• tafeea PrifonerbySir vrdther RAulelgh^ our noble Ge- on€r ' nerall at Trinidado ,from whom lie exacted much of that hath bcene formerly written in theyeare of our Lord 1 5 9 5 .at whieh time Sir VV&Uher attemp- s«\ r«^//fl■2^w tedthedifcoueryof Guiana , and proceeded fur- /ei s^ ft Difi ther therein ( being but himfelfe and one hundred Guiana, followers of all fort s)theneuer any man had done before ; he entred by one of the maine branches of Oreffoqtte ^bc'mg nine in number which fallout of the Nort[i fide, and feauen out of the South , and pafledtheCountrey of thcTmtwas, which 3 re°;™ cTtot * F people *' 14 Mewes of S r . Walter Rauleigb. people that in the Sommcr dwell in houfes on the ground , hut in the Winter , vpon the tops of trees. G( the R'm« Thence he came into the goodly Riuer oiAmx- Arman* #A, on whofe borders he faw grow aboundance of fruit Trees> good and pleafantto cat, which was a very great reliefe to his Company when their vic- tuals were fpent, and fuch flrange plants and flowers as was moft wonderfull. of the Arroa. Then hee went to a Towne of the Arcoacds , «*>♦ where hee found reliefe of vi&ualls, and other ne- cefTaries, and a moft delicate and flveet Country, and in lefTe then fifteene dayes after hee came to defcry the mountaines of Guiana : thence he went to the Towne of Toparimaca an Indian Cafiquy, which Towne is called Arcoacas,and there feafted, was refre(hcd , and got a Pilot to bring him to Guiana y fo that thence hee pafTed by the Hand The Hand Af- Ajfapav^ and the Hand Jcoana : thence to the He fapano, and Ocaycoita, whence hee fent two Gmaniam to tell others, t ^ e L or( j Q f t h at Country of his eomming , fo he pafTed by the plaines ot the Samay, which reach to Cumam and Caracas 5 thence hee went vp to A- romaia^vthich was the Country of A&/^»//*, that was formerly flaine by Bereo, where in the Port thereof hee anchored, and the King oiAromaia sit mum came a foote,vnto him, being fourteene Englifh confcrtencc miles, and brought him all forts of prouifions, *$££& with this King (beeinga man of an hundred and tenne yeares old ) Sir Walter dilcourfed in priuate, arid vndesftood that £oiintry tg bee a part Iters. saaaaaaijgim^'yw'in^iai^a Newes of S r . Walter Raukigb. 3 j part ofGuhna y and withall he lcarnd from him the waies & paflages to Manoafht ftrength & gouern- ment 01 the great Empire, and laftly , thenature & difpoiuion of the people, and what Nations and Countries were aduerfe vrffothem. After thisdifc courfe Sir Walter gaue him leawto depart, the old man promifinghim vpoahis returne,all things nc- ceflary that hee fhould want: Thence Sir Walter went to view the famous Riucv Caroti, and (b toThtgmtwis to the Hand Caiama : thence to Canuria, where he Caroli. had conferrence with thtCajfique thcrof,and from him learned alfo more of the ftate of Guiana * and of the great wealth and of certaine Siluer Myncs, j)ff cooery ^ which were then vpon the borders of that Riuer, sAau Mynt «* where hee then anchored, and that alfo hee was then very neere vnto Macnregmrai the firft ciuill Towne of Guiana : But now the time of the ycarc being part, and the Riuers {beginning to rife and brcake forth, hee could attend no further vpward by water, yethcefenc diuers efpeciall Gentlemen of good iudgement ouer the land,who difcouercd a great part of that Country, & himfelfe in perfon diuers places of cfpeeiall account alfo, amongft which hee beheld the wonderfull ftrange fall of waters which fell from the Riuer Careli ; , being a- bout ten or twelue oucr-falls , euery one higher then another aboue the height of an ordinary Church fteeplej but touching .the excellency of the Country, the beauty, riches, fweet ayre, and Thewerfkaey plenty of all things necetfary for pleafure as deere, « uiofe bordc foulc,% andother commoditiesno Nation in ^sCounww, Fa the $£ Mewcs of S f • Walter Rauleigb. the world' could exceed it, and in this place hee found diuers very precious ftones, and other Mi- nerall things of great value, heerc alfo he favv the TkcgteitLakc reat L a k e of Ctff/pa , from which in the Surn- ofCaffi?*' mer time isgathered great aboundance of grains of pure gold, and'tookc alfo a full furuay ef many other Nations adioying to both fides of thatlliuer, but by this time the Riuers grew to an extraordinary height aboue their bankes , fo as hce was compeld to proceed no further in the at* tempt at that time , but returned backe vnto his Shippcs by' the Eafterly Coafl, difcouering all fuchNations as on that fide they had not beheld, and in this returne he had conference with diuers Kings and CaiTiques of thofe Nations, whom with his vertue, wifedomc, clemency, and noble carri- age, he fo wan vnto him, that they offered him all the aide and aflfiftance fto any attempt he fhould take in hand) that either their lines oreftatcs were able to accompliflh; withall, giuing him an ac- comptforthe defects of other mens attempts vp- pon that Country, and thewing him the fafe and readied way how he might heercaftcr make him- felfeMaiftcr of the fame, with diuers other cau- tions of great confequencc, and heere alfo he got fome ftore of gold, of gold Oare, and other lev- els: hence hee came into the Country cf the Calfique Putijma .who (hewed him a wonderful! Ofgd4 mines § rcat My ne °f Gold in manner of a Rock or hard golden ftones, which without elpeciall ftrong en- gines which they wanted j was not to tappierfb .." "m Hence r»T«T»T.T«T.T: . T.T.T«T»TflCi TSY.T«T«-:»T: * TST«T.T*T5»- . T«ToI»T«T.l « ■■■■.»« ■...■«I.I»1.-^.1.I. 1 V »*.-J«.l.f.^»fr- Newes of S r . Walter Rauleigh. 37 Hence hee came into another branch of the Ri- uer of Orenoqite^ called wimcapora^ where hec beheld a mountaine of Chrifhil,, which to their of a Mou?1 - # eyes appeared like a white Church Tower of a ih?U ° £ Cfari * mod exceeding height : where alfo he faw and heard the greater!: fall of water tharanypanof the world can produce. And in this place hee was afTured there was many rich Diamonds and other precious (tones of ineftim-able value 3 which were to be beheld a great way off. But the yeare rime being fpent, the ouer flow of waters coin min*, and the way muc h impaiftble , at that time he would not come neare vnto it : here hee receiued a great number of Spleene-ftone?, and other wealth 3 beddes muchprouifion of food and other necefTaries. Herealfo he got further intelligence, and further aflurances of ayd 3 if he fhould attempt any thing. Hence he came backe to Aff&p&no) and thence with much danger to TrinH&doi where hee found his fhips., the fight and ioy whereof hardly any can exprefle thas hath not tryed the fame hazard 5 and fo thence returned home for England. Neyther hath this Attempt beene approued onely by the Spanyard and Engliih (as is before Atfempts by rehearfedj but hath alfo beene taken in handiby ^eFrench s for- diuers braue fpirits of France, as MomfeirVil- uiana ' 1 Hires and diuers others, which were here very tedious to repeater but they all likewife fayled therein. For making their way by the Riuer A~' mAzonS) they were euer croft in their ptirpofe, V 1 and 58 Newcs of S r . Walter Rauleigh. and could finde no ccrtainc entrance into that wealthy Empire : yet notwithstanding, in that Riuer,andin the branches thereof they found great trade of Gold, which came from the bor- ders of Guyana, and fo euer returned home very wealthy, together with other rich merchandifc of great cftimation. Thus you may fee this 11 Dfirado, or golden feate,hathbecne fought by many worthy Spa- nyards, one Noble Englifhman, and diuers Frenchmen, yet none fo fuccefTefull as the En- tfo&tofgood gli(h 3 which makes me Prophetiquely ftippofc, a? * that the glory of the action is referued for vs on- ly, and the Kingdome fuch a Paragon and rich ftone as fhall adorne no crowae but the crowne of-KingZMw. The reft I leaue to their iudgement which fhall reade what hath been e formerly written of it,or clfe thefefew proteftations which doe follow. shmitmyto- Firft, Sir mltcr Rauleigh himfelfe proteft- teftation *o»- eth from his ownc fight and knowledge, that of g«/«m» * l v P on tnis noaine Riuer in which he failed, whofe branches doe runne and diuide into diuers Na- tions and Countries, aboue two thoufand miles to the Eaft and Weft, and eight hundred miles South and North, a man may fee as many feue- rall Kingdomes and Prouinces as may fatisfie any induftrious iudgement whatfoeucrj and of them, the moft, cy ther rich in Gold or in other Merchandife : that in this place the Souldier may fight for Gold,and pay himfelfe in ftead of * pence 5n„ Newcs of S r . Wfc/#r Raukigh. 3^ pence with plates of gold a foot broad : that the Commanders which (hoot at honor and abun- dance, may findc there more beautifull Cities, more Temples adorned with Golden Images, more Sepulchers filled with Treafure, then ey- therwasfoundin/W(f#/fl?or/Vr0: and that the fhining glory of this Conqueft would eclypfe all the beames of the Spanifh Nation, Alfo hec faith, there is no Country which yeeldeth more pleafure to the Inhabitants, for the delights of Hunting, Hawking, FifTiing^ Fowling, and the reft, then thefc Lands which hee law did. They haue alfo fo many plaincs, cleare Riuers, abundance of Pheafants, Partrid- ges, Quailes, Ray les, Cranes, Herons, and all other Fowle : Deere of all forts, Porkes, Hares, Lyons, Tygers, Leopards,and diuers other forts of Bcaftseythcr for chafe or foode, that no Na- tion of the world can exceede them* And to conclude 3 hee faith , that both for health, good Ayre, pleafure and riches, it is not to becqoald by any Region eyther in the Eaft or Weft : and that there is in it great ftore of Brafill-wood, and diuers Berryes which dye a mod perfect Crimfon and Carnation y and for painting, not all France, Italy, nor the Eaft- Indies yeeld any fuch, for the more the skinne is wafhed, the fairer the colour appeareth. Alfo there is great ftore of Cotton,of Silke 3 ofBalfamum,andof thofe kindes moft excel- lent, and neuer knowne i% Europe, There are ' " all 4 o Newes of S r . Walter Rauleigh. all fores of Gumrnes, of Indian Pepper, befides what the Country may afford inwardly, which hechadnodeafuretofearch, is yet vnknowne. Alfo the Soylc is fo excellent and fo full of Ri- ucrs,that it will beare S u gar , Ginger, and ail commodities that the Weil- Indies hath. Now for the eafincfTe of the Nauigation, hee EaiSnes foe fafa i t may ^ c f a yj e£ j j a {J xc weekes thither, Negation, , . r J , . J . . , L , and in fixe weekes backe againe : and by t he way neyther be fhoare, enemies coaft, rockes, nor fands; ail which other Voyages are fubieft vnto. Alfo hee faith , the beft time to fayle from England thither^s in Iuly 3 becaufe the Summer in Gu una is in O&obcrjNouember^Deccmber, Ian uary, February, and March.., and fo ihipping may returne from thence in Aprill, and arriue at home in England, in Iune-5 and by that means neucr be fubicS: to winter weather, evth r com- ming, going, or [laying, which no doubt is an excellent comfort to all men that fliall vnder- take the A 61- ion. And thus much touching his Worthy and no- ble Relation, who being an eye-witnefXe, would not for his honour and venues fake abufe his Soueraignc with vmruths. The wRimony Now tet vs fee what the Spanyards fay of this of the spani-rich Kingdome* Firft, y^dtonfa a chiefe Gouer- • rds for ^e nour : m the GraxdCamru, faith \ that there was wea ... o i. a j^ n ^ new ly difcouered, called NuetteDtrAdo, in which was abundance of Gold, and wonder- full riches aboue imagination; that the courfe to Ncwes of •* H8/w Rdikigh. 41 to fall with it, was fifty leagues to the windc ward to the MarguariU, Againc hee faith in another affirmation , that m Naetto Dorado lately found out there was gold in that abundance, as the like hath neuer formerly beene heard of, nor was any part of the world to becompared with ir$ and the like affirmeih Domin. go de Vera who was Campe Maiiter and Gene- rail for Anthony Bereo in this Difcouery , and no kffeiajsh RedrigodeCaramA Regnler for the Sea, and many others : So thstto conclude your trou-TheeouduGoo blc and the tedioufnes of my weary difcourfe 5 this Empire is that rich Magazzny which yet hath her Maidenhead neuer fackt, turn d, nor wrought^ the face of the easfth hath not beene turnd nor the vertueandfaltof thefoyle fpent by manurance 9 The graues haue not beene opened tor Gold ; the Mines not broken with the fledge or pickaxe, nor their Images pulddowne out of their Temples, k hath neuer beene entred by any army of flrengtb, and neuer conquered or pofletTed by any Chrifti- an Prioce : Belides by the report of all former Difcoucrers 3 efpecially our Generally is fo defen- fible and ealie to bee kept from the alTanlts of any inuaders 3 thatif two Forts bee buildedin one of the Prouihces which he beheld and tooke efpeci all- note ofy the flood fetteth in fo neere the banke where the channell alfo lyeth that no Ship can paffc vp,but within a pikes length,of the artillery, firft of the one,and afterwards of the other jWhicli two Fens hefuppofeth will bea fulficiw guard, G both 4^ Nlewcs of S r * Walter RAukigb. both to the Empire of Zvgi, and to one hundred other feuerall Kingdomes, all lying within the great Riuer of Ore/toque^cucn to the Citty of Quite in Peru* ' Of this Empireif it (hall pleafe God to make the King our Maifter Soueraigne, what honor and reward it will bring him and his Subie&s may ealily bee conic&urcd by what is before written j and fince it is or may bee vndertaken by his owne vaflaile , and one who is bound in extraordinary bonde more then euery com- mon Subiecl: , to fpend the vttermoft of his life in the fame , no doubt but hee will effect It with that wifedome , diligence \ and care which fhall bee finable to the greatnes of the ac"Uon, and the truft repofed, being thus far forth further en- couraged by AnthonioBereo the Spaniard, who in great carneftnes, and vpon his Soujes health pro- A Grange Pre tefted,that hee had feenc amongft diuers moft an- phefie. tient Prophefies in Peru (at fuch time as that Em- pire was reduced to the Spanifh obedience) one that affirmed, thac {lovalngUtierrn (which is to fay, England ) thofe Ittgas fhould bee againe in time to come reftored and deiiuered from the feruitudc of the former Conquerors^ an v d this hee auowed to haue fcene in diuers of their moft prin- eipall and chiefeft Temples, preferued with great reucrenceand care, and till this day beleeued of all the Indians :Now an entrance in former yeares our Generall did make,as you haue r«ad,witb that fucceffe that not any before or fince hath euer e- qualled '*! .J.M.f.W • i.M.lslsl>3aiS2ia»:.» 0000*00000 » u tiu w ^uwi-^Tirv Jftevitts of Sr. Wft/fc?r Rauhigk 43 quailed & dilplantcd the firflgarrifons,if then now jhe fucceed and haue fortune anfwcrable to his rare wifedome , induftry and dire&ion , whether it bee in this or any other to himfelfe oncly concea- led, there is no doubt but (God aflifting) heewill with fuch honor and high thoughts , pafTe and go thorow the fame, that his nation fhall haue praife, his friendes comfort, and himfelfe the true ad* uancement of his merits. But to giue you a little taft of what hath fuccee- dedin ourprefentlourney, you fhall vnderftand that we departed from Plimouth to Corke'm Ire- land, where after fome refrefhment wee fet faile out of the riuer o(Corkt, and thence failed more then three Moneths before we came to the Coaft of Guiana, which albeit generally it bee euer rim in feauen or eight weekes, yet were the windes fd ftrangely croffe vnto vs,( a thing feldomefeene in that paflage ) that in IcfTe time we could nor effect our purpofe : So that vpon the feauenth day of Nouember laft paft, 1617. wee difcouered the Coaft of Guiana, , during which time of our being at Sea , we had a great vifitation of Sickneffe , fo that many were fjeke, and fome are dead, amongft which, the mod eminent perfons that dyed were thefe. Ctytafai hhnPygot out Lieftenant Gene- rail, worthy Captaine Bafiings, my Lord of Hw- tiflgttm brother ,a Gentleman of fo much fore- ward hope, and goodnes, that he was eolierd with many teares,and much mournings alfo there died Maifter Talbot Scholler, which hath been long im- G 2 ployed 44 NfcWes of S r .Wdfer Rmlelgb. ployed by our General! , M..Ne*>b~all, the maifler Chirurgeon pf our Centralis Ship, and others, with which I will not troubleyour qares. Vpon the difcoaering of the Coaft^wc came into the faireRiuer of C4/^^,being (as ic appeareth to .me), a branch of Oerencqve, where my Lord, our Generall cad Anchor,and doth purpofe to refrefli his Tick men, and to take infrefh water and other ncceffary prouifions, of which thatCoaft aboun- ded, and fo to proceed in his enterprifc which God in his mercy profper,for our hopes euery day grow ftronger and ftronger. This part of Guiaftn in which we now are,is to me a very Paradife, and fo excellent in all perfections andbcauties, that Nature fcemes only hereto h aue her Temple , we baue euen now/being the Month ot Nouember) a much more delicate Sommer, then is in England at Mid-fpmmer,thc Sun and Ayre fo wholfome & plcafant without offence or fcorching,the trees & ground jo brauely flouriiliing, and euery thing in Gcnerallfo abfolute and full of fruitfull promife, that more cannot be by man dcfired:for mine own part I dare allure you, that in my life time I neuer (aw or tailed more flrange,more delicate,& more pleafant fruits, then heere we may continually ga- ther in moft infinite aboundance,being befides fo wondrous wholfome and vnofifenfiue, thatlhauq not heard any compLine either of furfet, or other accident ail il denes, as wormes, fluxes & fuchlike* which commonly follow the much eating of fwect and plcafant fruit. To enter into a Ddcription of the Newes of S c . Walter Raultigk 45 the beautifull profpecl: of this Country which wee ♦now fee, although it be but the out- borders and skirts of the Empire, fo neare a neighbour to the maine Ocean> that in reafon it fhould promife the leaft fertilities yet I fay againe, to defcribe the goodiincflfe thereof, the brauery of the Hils, and comhnefTe of the vallies,both fhadowed and ador- ned with goodly tall green trees 5 the pleafantnefle and coolnefTe of theRiucrs which runne and mixe themiclues in the moft conuenienteft places, plen- tifully ftored with filTi of feuerall natures ; the va- riety of rare coloured Birds which flie vp and down in euery place about vs,no colour almoft vnder the Sun but being reuealed in their feathers : were to draw a Landskip of that excellent perfection, which no Art could better, hardly imitate. For truely hi* therto to mine eye this Country hath appeared a very earthly Paradife, and therefore doubt lefle is full of ftrong promifesj that our attemptings can- not returne without much honour and reward, a rent hopefully due to euery fuch noble a&ion.But finceit yet refteth in hope, I will leaue it to the will and direction of the great G OD of Heauen : To whofe protection I refer you, with this afTurance, that as our fucecfTe (hall happen, and the action either decrcafe or dirninifh,fo you fhall by writing more amply vnderfland thereof! Frotn tUe Riucr of Cabana on the Coaft of Gttianafite feauentcemhofiSTWa^r. 1617* FINIS. T'.am •niio . -■•t.:.t».«-_ » T»T»T»T»Trti» T*I«X*I*I*ia^HM% EV3RSBEI3vS!S&isxs£*£I3§ISl&E.*. >0000»UOL> UU»U yuuuyuuwwiirv ^ . ^sasBtSE3SE^^t^s^BS^-issEEEs:^assiask.\ &00000ffl>00000-3£00000*fr0000O^OOOUU V v<^uu- W 'v