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A31221	A short discoverie of the coasts and continent of America, from the equinoctiall northward, and the adjacent isles by William Castell ... ; whereunto is prefixed the authors petition to this present Parliament for the propagation of the Gospell in America, attested by many eminent English and Scottish divines ... ; together with Sir Benjamin Rudyers speech in Parliament, 21 Jan. concerning America.	Castell, William, d. 1645.; Rudyerd, Benjamin, Sir, 1572-1658.	1644 (1644)	Wing C1231; ESTC R20571	76,547	112

remote parts being seized upon the rest shall be possessed by us in his good time who is the onely disposer of the earth The Inland Provinces Zacatacas Topia and Nova Biscaya lying between the Calfornian sea and the upper part of the gulf of Mexico Between Cullacan and Panuco of the same latitude upon the Tropicke of Cancer and between Cinaloa and the River Escondido foure degrees higher to the North neere the 28. degree of the North latitude containe much ground more rich then any in regard of the many silver mines but yet poorer then any in regard of the small sustentation they afford for the life of man Ybara imployed by Velascus Anno 1554. discovered in the Province of Zacatecas five exceeding rich silver Mines one that is known by the name of the Province forty leagues from Gua●dalaira then those of Ellerena Saint Martin Avinno and Dios which last being neere to the rising of the River Panuco at least 100. leauges from the North-sea is somewhat fertill The abundant store of treasure taken forth of these rich mines may be guessed at by the 600. Spaniards who are here continually imployed in digging and by the tax of the fifth part amounting to 50000l yeerly The other mines belonging to Topia and Biscaia E●dehe Barbara and Iuan afford as much treasure and better provision for life Cibola Quivira and Nova Mexico three other Provinces are yet much more to the North by many degrees From the most Southerne parts of Cibola to the most Northern of Nova Mexico not lesse then fifteen so as they must needs be of a very large extent the longitude being considered with the latitude But the relations of these most Westerne North parts of America are so variously reported and so contradicted as little can here be set downe for certaine A Fryar Marke de Niza in a relation to the Viceroy telleth wonders concerning the riches the stately buildings the most pleasant inviting habitations in Cabola But Vasquius de Cornado who thereupon was presently sent away to make a further discovery with 150. horse and 200. foot finding nothing worth his great travaile and cost certified so much to the Viceroy with an ample expression of his and his souldiers detestation of the Fryars fained relation Quivira which Gomara and Herrea likewise place in the 40. degree of the north latitue is by both said to be barren and not much inhabited The greatest riches here that serve to feed and cloth and carry them are infinit number of beasts resembling in regard of their greatnesse our greatest horse and Oxen and their Pels are said to afford wool not inferiour to some of ours Nova Mexico is as I said placed yet many degrees more to the north-west of which unlesse I would endeavour to delude the Reader to write little or nothing is to write best Gonsalez de Mendoca in a little Narrative Printed at Madrill anno 1589. maketh a strange relation of what had bin lately performed by one Augustinus Ruyz one of his owne more hollow then holy fraternity how by his powerfull Preaching to Savages not much inferious to his Founder Saint Francis who is said to Preach to wilde Beasts converted instantly two great Provinces of Nova Mexico Concht and Tiguria But withall he confesseth that for the killing of a zealous it might more truely he said of a foolish over-venturous Fryar amongst men who in regard of the knowledge of Christ are but beasts one Anthonius de Espiro I cannot thinke him to be inspired with any better spirit then that of The Antichrist of Rome made flaughter of more then forty thousand poore silly ignorant Indians who had never learned to distinguish what their hollow Fathers were better then other cruell mercilesse Spaniards He telleth us of many thousands converted to the Christian faith by the Preaching of Fryars no better inspired then was the foresaid Anthonius A strange thing that a few ignorant Fryars should doe more in a few dayes then all their Spanish Clergy did in one hundred and seventy yeeres in places farre neerer He telleth us also as doth his brother de Benavides in a more late Narrative of the conquering of Peri Tebe Queres Tompires and many more sained Provinces of Nova Mexico and of the exceeding progresse of the Faith in those parts All which and many more their incredible expressions are fit to be cast off being in all probability but the subtile fictions of Spanish Popish Factors who like travellers take liberty to lye and like Lap-wings to devert and carry us from those knowne places as are every way convenient for habitation and yeeld such increible yeerely Revenue to the Spanish King Monarch who would be of Christendom that all the reformed Churches of Christendom for the present extreamlybleed for it witnes England and Ireland which are now set on fire ready to perish unlesse the great God of Heaven and earth be pleased to put in and redeem both from the most detestable imaginations and most bloody contrivements of Spanish Pentioners the Popes grand Engeneers who have ca●tivated our King and seek to undoe the whole Kingdome that they may have their yeerly 3 or 4000 livre. Pensions continued But he that dwelleth on high seeth and laugheth their wicked Councels to scorne And I doubt not but the wisedome of this present Parliament inspired and assisted from above will finde out these wicked men the prime troublers of our Church and Kingdome and bring them here to condigne punishment Which I have good cause confidently to beleeve because they are so forward and zealous as appeareth by a late Ordinance to propagate the Gospell in America the onely best way to continve it here in the purity and power of it which is and shall be my constant prayer to God for these so extreamly distressed Churches and Kingdomes The Southerne Description of America God permitting shall shortly be set forth in another Booke FINIS

up at root and seek to impeach or to supplant him in the West Indies By part of which course that 〈◊〉 Queen of most gracious memory had heretofore almost brought him on his knees And this our undertaking if it please God to blesse it must needs effect it sooner and quicker the whole body of the Kingdome being united and concurring in a perpetuall supply to this action so that he will have no free time given him to rest Moreover this will be a meanes not only to save but to fill his Majesties Coffers enabling the people to give him liberally and often the Kings ships will have little to doe but to guard the Coasts for the Sea-warre will chiefly be made at the charge of the Subject Thus Sir Dudley Digs I doubt not but that in short time both King and people shall be safe at home and feared abroad To conclude I shall be very glad to heare any man make Objections against this Designe so that he doe it with an intention to refine and perfect the work but if any man shall speake against it with a minde to hinder and destroy it I must intreat him to pardon me if I doe scarce think him to be a good Englishman AN INTRODVCTION To the WORKE THE West-Indies as usually knowne by the name of America were first found out by Christopher Columbus in the yeare 1493. at the expence of Ferdinand King of Castile much furthered by Isabella his Queen who Pawned all her Jewels to advance the Christian ●aith and to augment the revenu● of that Crowne A worthy Princely act as highly to be commended as the late pawning of the J●wels of the English Crowne is justly to be condemned for the suppressing of the Gospell in the purity of it and the exceeding weakning if not utter ruining both of King and Kingdome But though this New World for so it may be justly styled as being of a vast extent much larger than Asia and never heard of before was first thought of and in three voyages not without divine inspiration and assistance discovered by that worthy Columbus yet one Americus who after made a more full discovery hath been honour●d with the name of it This goodly Countrey was first proffered to one of our Kings Henry the seventh a very wise Prince who yet unhappily refused to be at any charge in the discovery supposing the learned Columbus to build Castles in the ayre but the motion being afterwards entertained by the said King Ferdinand Castile the least of the three Kingdomes of Spain became Commander of them all and by re●son of the incredible treasure yearely brought from thence his successors are now become formidable to all Christiane Nations ye● are designed by the Jesuits the Popes grand Enginiers to be the sole absolute Monarckes of all Christendom A plot yet to bee prevented by our King and State if timely thought upon in sending forth a considerable Navy whereby we may best suppresse the Spaniards overswelling greatnesse and the most subtill designes of Jesuits who have bewitched no inconsiderable number of seeming Protestants here to beleeve that the King and Grandees of Spaine intend good to this Kingdom it being most apparent that that Indian treasure by them disposed first raised and still foments these never sufficiently to be deplored combustions in Ireland and England I shall say nothing of the causes that moved Columbus to undertake this strange voyage nor yet how it came to be first inhabited as being by many esp●cially by Acosta so fully related Thus much in generall is nec●ssarily to be observed that in respect of latitude it is extended well nigh from the South to the North-pole It hath to the East Europe and Africa from which it is divided by the wide German and Atlanticke Sea sometimes by more sometimes by lesse distance of leagues nearer to Africa than Europa To the West it hath Asia and those Southerne parts of the world as yet remaining to be discovered how large the Sea is that divides America from Asia is as little knowne some are of opinion that it is but a narrow Sea but it is more probable to prove very wide The forme of this spacious Country is irregular in respect of its many turnings and windings putting out and taking in againe both by sea and land The North part of it hath a Mediterranean Sea wherein lye those great Islands Portu-Rico Hispaniola Iamaica and Cuba every way comparable to England were it not for the more constant temperature of this our incomparable Climate There are likewise at least a thousand lesser Islands all lying within this Mediterranean Sea which make many parts of the Continent of this Northe●ne America to be farre distant one from another in regard either of longitude or latitude New-found-Land the most North-east part as ye● discovered is distant from the most North-west parts of Calfornia which are likewise the farthest as yet discovered full 90 degrees amounting to 1800 league either of them by little and little drawing nearer the one to the other untill they come within a degree and an halfe of the Tropick of Cancer and then from the most southerne part of Florida to Cullacan bordering upon the South-west seas of Nova Hispania which differ not much in latitude the longitude both by sea and land doth not exceed above thirty degrees And afterwards in some places more in others lesse this North America in a great disproportion falleth to the Equinoctiall where from the most E●sterne part of Guiana to the most Western of Popaian the longitude is computated at 35 d●grees as for the latitude that also differeth very much The Northerne corner reacheth to the 53 degree the Nore-west so farre as it is yet discovered but to 48 the maine body of it falling between those corners which by some are fitly compared to hornes riseth no farther then the 24 degree The forme of the South part of America beyond the Equinoctiall is no lesse irregular the generall description whereof I here forbeare as intending in this booke to write onely of the Northerne part Now for the method which I have proposed to my selfe in the particular description hereof it is thus I shall begin with the most Northerne part thereof which is New-found-Land from whence keeping the Sea-coast the course I intend to observe constantly through-out this Discovery I shall forthwith fall upon our chiefe English plantations and so taking view of Florida lying upon the Sea-coast for many hundred leagues between Virginia and Nova-Histania so farre as the Mediterranian Sea will permit I shall God assisting retu●ne againe and surveigh the Islands great and small comming in betweene the two parts of the Continent which as I said before in some places being farre more in others farre lesse are divided the one from the other Having done with the Islands I am againe to bend Westward and according to the Sea-coast to proceed with all the p●rts of that part of this North America falling