'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.' [‎395] (418/448)

Bit Nar a folant Ufque laudabunt Dominum creantem.
Eh hjatth a gadveant Ufque fervabunt idioma lingua
Eu thr agothlant Arvaque amittent fua cunfta *
cndgwyllt'WMa. prater Wallica rura.
Whiles Camhray\ IfTue ferve the Lord their Maker,
Whiles with no other Language are partaker.
Whiles fo, with glory they their own ftiall keep.
Whiles other Nations in oblivion fleep.
rtleyffenAfo in the fame Song reproves the pride and avarice of the Clersy, who to
defpight the Wf/jfc gave out that Auftin the Monk was their firlt Converter, who had em-
taced Chriffl long before by the preaching of Jofeph of and as
Baromtts and other Annates witnefs: whence came that religious boaft. That the fir/wiM
had preeminency by having the firlh Chriftian King.Emperor and Monafterv in the World ■
made good in Lucim, Confiamine and Bmgor. The Canzon was this:
Gme'r ojfeiriad hyd Woe be to that Prieft Y-born
Nl6 M£reifftidgvpyd That will not cleanly weed his Corn,
dc ny phregetha and preach his charge among.
Gtyaeny chetdw ygail Woe be to that Shepherd, I fay,
^ e Jj yn Vigail Xhat will not watch his Fold alway
4c ny s aretha as to belong.
Gvae m theidweye ddevaid Woe be to him that doth not keep
Khae bletdhte, Rhufemaid From Romiflj Wolves his filly fheep
^ iff on fnwppa with Staff and Weapon ftrong.
^ But to digrefs no further. Madoc having Ships, Men and proviflon ready, with his
Prince s licence put to Sea from Jbergvpilly in the year 1170. Wind and Sea favouring
io good a defign, after fome weeks fail due Weft he defcried Land, probably New
found Land *, but whatever it was it over^joy'd him. Madoc then ranging the Coaft
fo foon as he found a convenient place, fate down to plant ^ after he had fortified he
left a hundred and twenty Men*, and by Providence (the belt Compafs) and benefit of
the Pole Star returned fafely to his own Countrey : where having recounted his Voy
age, the fruitfulnefs of the Soil, the fimplicity of the Savages, the wealth abounding
there, and facility of inlargement, after fome months refrefhment in ten Barques loaden
with neceflary provifions they put to Sea again, and happily recovered their Plantation
They found few of thofe they left there, livings caufed either by too much eating, no
velty of that Climat, ( which though never fo good, yet caufes alteration in new Inha
bitants ) or treachery of the Natives •, fo as Madoc (having the affiftance of Eneon and Edwatt
vhis Brethren) quickly put it into good order ^ where they ftay'd fome time in expedation
ot a trefh.liipply of Men, but their expectations proved vain t for in the overturn of
that State by the indifcretion of that unhappy Prince Lluellyn ap Gryffith married to Ele~
oner Daughter ot Simon Monteford Earl of Leicefter and Eleoner Daughter of King John)
Gmffyth being flain u4nno 1282 at Buelht, Madoc and his Company returned no more-
nor is there any record that the Welfh attempted to profecute their former adventure!
Neverthelefs, albeit Madoc and his Cambrian crew be dead and their memory moth-eaten,
yet their foot-fteps are plainly traced; which the Language they left, the Religion they
taught,the Reliques there found do clearly evidence: otherwife how come thofe Britijh
words (not much altered from the Dialed: ufed at this day) amongft the Mexicans ? whence
had they the ufe of Beads, Crucifixes, &c ? all which the Spaniards as we read in Lopez,
de Gomera and others found amongfl: thofe of jicufano and OdhHacanZt their firft landing
in America: Yea,.whence comes that tradition amongft the Mexicans that a ftrange People
came thither in Corraughs who taught them the knowledge of God, and by whofe inftru-
ftion they became civilized# as related by Columhw, Pofielkfs, Francifcm Lopez, Cortex
and other Cafiilians. That of Fernando Cone*, who Anno Dom. 1519. was AmbafTadour
and General for Ferdinand and Ifabel, is moft remarkable *, infbme difcourfe'twixthim
and Mateuma the fecond Son of Antzol and Father of Quahiitimcc the laft King of Me
xico the Ambaffador obferving the Indians to have many Ceremonies which the Spaniards
ufed, demanded who firft inftruded them: The anfwer was. That many years before
a ftrange Nation landed there who were fuch a People as induced his Anceftors to
Eee 2 afford