none that was willing to goe thither, although I offered them many rewards in your lordships name, onely one Negro slaue though with an euil wil offred himselfe vnto me to go thither: but I looked for the comming of those two Indians which they told me of, and herewithall we went on our way vp the riuer against the streame in such sort as we had done before. Here that olde man shewed me as a strange thing a sonne of his clad in womans apparel, exercising their office: I as∣ked him how many there were of these among them, and he told me there were foure; & that when any of them died, there was a search made of all the women with child which were in the country, and that the first sonne which was borne of them, was appoynted to doe that duetie belonging vn∣to women, and that the women clad him in their apparell, saying, that seeing he was to doe that which belonged to them, he should weare their apparel: these yong men may not hau•• carnall co∣pulation with any woman: but all the yong men of the countrey which are to marrie, may compa∣ny with th••m. These men receiue no kind of reward for this incestous act of the people of that countr••••, because they haue libertie to take whatsoeuer they find in any house for their food. I saw likewise certaine women wh••ch liued dishonestly among men: and I asked the old man whether they were married, who answered me noe, but they were common women, which liued apar•• from the married women. I came at length after these discourses to pray them to s••nd for those Indi∣ans, which they said had bin at Ceuola, & they told me that they were eight dayes iourney distant from that place, but that notwithstanding there was one among them which was their companion and which had spoken with them, as he m••t them on the way, when they went to see the kingdome of Ceuola, and that they told him that he were not best to goe any farther, for he should find there •• fierce nation like vs, and of the same qualities and making, which had fought much with the people of Ceuola, because they had killed a Negro of their company, saying, Wherefore haue yee killed him? what did he to you? did he take any bread from you, or do you any other wrong? and such like speach. And they said moreouer, that these people were called Christians, which dwelt in a great house, & that many of them had oxen like those of Ceuola, and other litle blacke beasts with wooll and hornes, & that some of them had beasts which they rode vpō, which ran very swiftly; & that one day before their departure, from sunne rising vntill sunne s••tting these Christians were all day in comming thither, & all of them lodged in that place where others had lodged, & that these two met with two Christians, which asked them whence they were, & whether they had fields sowen with corne; and they told them that they dwelt in a farre country, and that they had corne, and that then they gaue each of them a litle cap, and they gaue them another to cary to their other companions, which they promis••d to do, & departed quickly. When I vnderstood this, I spoke againe with my company, to see if any one of them would go thither, but I found them vnwilling as at the first, and they laid against me greater incōueniences. Then I called the old man to see if he would giue me any people to goe with me, & victuals to trauel through that wildernes, but he laid before me ma∣ny inconueniences & dangers, which I might incurre in that voyage, shewing me the danger that there was in passing by a lord of Cumana, which threatned to make warre vpon them, because his people had entred into the others countrey to take a stagge, and that I shoul•• not therefore depart thence without seeing him punished. And when I replied that in any wise I must needes goe to Ceuola, he willed me to surcease from that purpose, for they looked that that lord without al doubt would come to annoy them, & that therefore they could not leaue their countrey naked to goe with me, and that it would be better, that I would make an end of that warre betweene them, and that then I might haue their company to Ceuola. And vpon this point we grew to such variance, that we began to grow into choler, and in a rage he would haue gone out of the boat, but I stayed him, and with gentle speeches began to pacifie him, seeing that it imported mee much to haue him my friend: but for all my courtesies which I shewed him, I could not alter him from his mind, where∣in he stil remained obstinate. In this meane while I sent a man away vnto my ships to giue them knowledge of the iourney that I had determined to make. After this I prayed the old man that he would fetch him backe againe, because I had determined, that seeing I saw no meanes to be able to go to Ceuola, & because I would stay no longer among those people, because they should not dis∣couer me, and likewise because I meant in person to visit my ships, with determination to returne againe vp the riuer, carying with me other companions, & leaue there some which I had sicke, and telling the olde man and the rest that I would returne, and leauing them satisfied the best I could (although they alwayes said that I went away for feare) I returned downe the riuer: and that way which I had gone against the streame vp the riuer in 15. dayes and an halfe, I made in my re∣turne in 2. dayes and an halfe, because the streame, was great and very swift. In this wise going downe the riuer, much people came to the banks, saying, Sir, wherefore doe you leaue vs? what discourtesie hath bin done vnto you? did you not say that you would remayne continually with vs,