The history of trauayle in the VVest and East Indies, and other countreys lying eyther way, towardes the fruitfull and ryche Moluccaes As Moscouia, Persia, Arabia, Syria, Ægypte, Ethiopia, Guinea, China in Cathayo, and Giapan: vvith a discourse of the Northwest passage. Gathered in parte, and done into Englyshe by Richarde Eden. Newly set in order, augmented, and finished by Richarde VVilles.

The contentes of the fourth booke. Fol. 72.

OF horryble thunder & lyghtnyng in the moneth of Nouem∣ber, and of grayne which waxeth rype thryse a yeere: also, howe digestion is strengthened by outwarde colde.

Howe Valdiuia is sent agayne into Hispaniola, to moue the go∣uernour and counsayle there to sende into Spayne to the kyng for a supplie of a thousande souldyers, to make way to the golden mountaynes, and howe he caryed with him the kynges portion, that is, the fyft part of golde and other thinges.

Howe Vaschus inuaded the kynges inhabytyng the regions a∣bout the gulfe of Vraba, and howe he put kyng Dabaiba to flyght, in whose village hee founde wrought golde, amountyng to the weyght of seuen thousande Castellans.

Of Battes as byg as Turtle dooues, which sometyme byte men in the nyght in theyr sleepe, whose byting is also venomous, but is healed with water of the sea, or by cauterization, as are al∣so the woundes of venomous arrowes.

Of the Ilande of Cannafistula, and a towne of fyue hundred houses, whose kyng Abenamachei was taken, and his arme cutte of in the fyght.

Of trees of exceedyng bygnesse and heyght, and howe kyng Abibeiba had his pallace in the toppe of a tree, from the which he was inforced to discend and entreate of peace.