'Some years travels into divers parts of Africa, and Asia the great. Describing more particularly the empires of Persia and Industan: interwoven with such remarkable occurrences as hapned in those parts during these later times. As also, many other rich and famous kingdoms in the oriental India, with the isles adjacent. Severally relating their religion, language, customs and habit: as also proper observations concerning them.' [‎3] (24/448)

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Ufed Women in common. No memn and^w, having neither Law ilbr Difeipline. Luft
ana carelefnefs.vailmg them, fa as little difference wfo 'twixt them and other Animals,
and according to the Cuftome of the firft Age. '
The Woods their dwelling wat, the Herbs their ditty
And on the leaves and houghs they Jlept in quiet.
Sylva domus erat, cibtis
herba,cubilia frondes.
Some glimmering neverthelefs one would think they had of the immortality of the
Soulfor the dead they waftit and kept ereded in a Cave, a Staff in one hand, and a
Pail of Milk and Wine fet near him to fupportand comfort him in his Pilgrimage to Ely-
At this day they are reduced to civility, and become Spanifh Chriftians. The Inqui-
fition affrights thofe of the reformed,perfwafion to cohabit with them. Grand Canary
( aim oft as broad as long, the Diameter being about fifty miles ) ufually, is the relldence
of the Inquifitor^ whither all the other Ifles ordinarily repair for Juitice It abounds
with many good things, as Goats, Beeves, AfTes, Hogs. Barly, Rye, Rice, variety of
Flowers, Grapes, and other excellent Fruits as alfo with Ingenios, or Sugar-houfes
wherein they grind their Canes, and boyl the juice to make it Sugar. This Ifle is from
San^a Cmx m Teneriff 13 Leagues, from Forte Ventura 20. from Lancerota 18. at the
South end is a large Bay, called Majpalomha, where frelh water is afforded. The Ifle as I
took it thus feems at eight leagues diftance.
fentrifa is 50 Englifh miles long, and for multitude of Inhabitants compares With
great Canary her chief Towns be SanBa Cruz*y and jinagona^ or hagundy at the bottom of
theHill called Garachiaa, which exceeds it in Grapes, yielding yearly^ as fome fay*
eight and twenty thoufand Buts of Sack \ and outbraves not only the reft of the circunp
jacent files, but all the Earth for fupereminence: Her high peak Teyda towring fo lofti
ly into the Air, as feems not only to penetrate the middle Region but to peep into Hea
ven, from whence Larim metaphorically calls it Atlas and. Olympm, and I may more fit
ly apply that of Lucan in his lib. 2.
Than which no Earthly part doth tower more high
In any place, or nearer joins the Skie.
For 'tis by moil accounted 15 miles in height, 6b fays Scaliger, 70 Tatricim , yea, one
Nichols our Coi|ntryman who lived here fome time, affirms, that it is 47. which height
I the mope admire, feeing that Geographers attribute a far lefs height to the higheft
Mountain in the World v allowing but 3, Varennius 4, in a Perpendicular,
others but 15 furlongs i and no doubt the 54 miles Theuetm 9 and 60 that Sanato afcribes,
is meant- by the oblique, or circular afcent. So high nevertheleis it is, as in ferene wea
ther it isfeen 120 Englifh miles, which fbme double^ ferving as an excellent Pharo, far
exceeding thofe near Cayro : and whence, ( fome prefiime to lay ) there is at no time ei
ther rain, or wind at the top of it *, fo fiippofed, by being elevated above thofe Regions 5
it beingan Opinion ampngft Philofophers, that no Vapors rife above 50 miles into the
Air, from the Earths fuperficies. In afcending this Mountain they ufually ride circular-
\ for about 7 leagues fpace, and are then forced to foot the reft. The lower part of
the Hill has plenty of wood j the middle parts, byreafon of Snow, is cold*, buttowards
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