The estates, empires, & principallities of the world Represented by ye description of countries, maners of inhabitants, riches of prouinces, forces, gouernment, religion; and the princes that haue gouerned in euery estate. With the begin[n]ing of all militarie and religious orders. Translated out of French by Edw: Grimstone, sargeant at armes.

¶ The Qualitie of the Countrie.

[ C] THe Islands abound in barley, honie, wax, sugar, cheese, sheepe, goats, and camells, and they haue great store of hides. Among other things there growes a hearbe cal∣led Oricela, which is verie good to dye red, whereof they vent a great quantitie into all the parts of Europe. The Island of Palma, which is verie small, hath notwithstanding grea•• commodities, and doth abound in wine, cheese, cattell and sugar. By reason wher∣of they that go•• from Spaine vnto Brasil furnish themselues here with such victualls as they want. The Island of Fierral hath neither fountaine nor well, but God hath proui∣ded them miracul••••sly of water, from a cloud which doth couer a tree, from whence dot•• distill so much liquor as may suffice for men and beasts, yea and to water their land. T••••s cloud begins an houre or two before the Sun rising, and continues as long [ D] 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Sun••••eset▪ and the humor falls continually vpon the leaues, which distils this liquor continually in••o a Ceste••••e which they haue vnder it to receiue the water.