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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Avity, Pierre d', sieur de Montmartin, 1573-1635.
Publication: London :: Printed by Adam: Islip; for Mathewe: Lownes; and Iohn: Bill,; 1615.
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Subject terms: World history -- Early works to 1800.; Geography -- Early works to 1800.; Orders of knighthood and chivalry -- Early works to 1800.; Monasticism and religious orders -- Early works to 1800.; Europe -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ The Quallitie of New Spaine in generall.

THe aire (especially towards Mexico, which answers to that of the burning Zone) is temperat there: in the moneths of August and September it raines euery day after noone. The soile is verie fertile, and abounds in a manner with all sorts of fruits, except wine and oyle; and yet there is sufficient of wine, and good store of oliue trees: both which where they grow, do much increase the king of Spaines reuenues. They haue in a manner all kind of beastes, as well those of the countrie as of Europe. The Spaniards [ C] haue more affected this countrie than any other of America. It is true that although they which are naturally borne of the countrie liue reasonably long, yet the Spaniards (I meane those which had Spaniards to their fathers) do seldome passe sixtie yeares, and if they exceed it, it is not much: and such as come out of Spaine being alreadie of good yeares, liue longer than such as come thither in their youth.