An account of several late voyages and discoveries

the St1·tights of Mag~IIan. 87 11h wcnt ali a1ong bctwccn rhc \Voods anc.1 i!ic · a. In thc lroods thcrc is no travelling , they re fo thick, an<l grow on thc fide of an Hill ;_ he fort íl.ands juft by the "'ood fide on a racc ot he Jlank, of five yards afcent from the Sea, with Dank of Earth caít up beforc rhc Ordnance, :md light Pallifadoes ptac'd in an Half-Moon, four ·ards diílant from the Guns to thc Southward ; 1·hich lilalJifadoes are to kecp thc Natives lrom unning violcntly on the Ordnancc : fo thefo 1wi,,rd1 guard themfcJvcs with long Lances a– aiuíl: thc Nativcs in thc Fort. Thc Spaniarh· ave Match-loe!< Mufquctoons, but thcy are ry ordinary oncs, and they are ns filly in ufing bem. · At my Licutcnant's h111ding. ab~mt t~·enty Spa– i,mls ::md l11diam came to thc Watcr·fide in Arms, nd receivcd him and his Campan); afhorc, .and rried him fome twcnty yarcis from the \Vnter– rde up the race of thc Bnnk, undcr a grrat Tree, 1 hcre the Captai11 ofth~ Forr, and t•.vo other Sp,,– ifoGcntlemen,rcceivcd him undcr the thade with reat Courrefie , aftcr the Sp:uiiardJ Cercmony ; heyfat thcm on Chairs and Uenches placed about Table , ur\der the fhade; for the Sun thone ·ery warm, it bcing a very fo.ir Day. The Spa– ifh Captain call'd tor \Vine, which was brought ohim in a great Silver Bowl ; He drank ro my ieutcnant, and bid him welcome aíl1ore , amJ uícd Í1Ve of his Ordnance to be fircd , bcing ladro fee E11glifh 1'.1en in this place, :rnd toJd im that this was Balt!a-via, fpeakiRg vcry kindly , nd how welcomc thcy were to him: Alter e\·ery G 4 onc