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cassia_n hides_n and_o divers_a other_o rich_a commodity_n as_o concern_v the_o mine_n both_o of_o gold_n and_o silver_n which_o be_v once_o certain_o know_v to_o be_v there_o some_o say_v they_o be_v exhaust_v and_o spend_v long_o since_o other_o think_v that_o be_v but_o a_o pretence_n of_o the_o spaniard_n to_o keep_v stranger_n from_o look_v into_o the_o country_n while_o they_o themselves_o be_v more_o busy_v within_o land_n it_o be_v divide_v almost_o in_o the_o midst_n from_o east_n to_o west_n with_o a_o ridge_n of_o mountain_n which_o the_o spaniard_n call_v sierra_n del_fw-it loquillo_n and_o have_v these_o town_n of_o chief_a note_n and_o importance_n viz._n first_o port-rico_a itself_o common_o call_v st._n john_n the_o port-rico_a a_o strong_a and_o neat_a town_n well_o build_v in_o a_o little_a island_n by_o itself_o but_o join_v to_o the_o other_o by_o certain_a huge_a pile_n of_o timber-work_n of_o vast_a labour_n and_o expense_n do_v by_o command_n of_o philip_n the_o second_o king_n of_o spain_n it_o be_v attempt_v by_o sir_n francis_n drake_n in_o the_o year_n 1595_o without_o success_n but_o a_o few_o year_n after_o take_v by_o the_o earl_n of_o cumberland_n as_o have_v be_v say_v 2._o st._n germane_a in_o the_o west_n part_n of_o the_o island_n three_o or_o four_o league_n distant_a from_o the_o sea_n a_o place_n as_o it_o be_v say_v to_o be_v neither_o fortify_v nor_o much_o frequent_v 3._o luysay_v on_o the_o east_n side_n a_o good_a and_o well_o frequent_v port_n some_o league_n distant_a from_o port-rico_a 2._o eastward_o of_o port-rico_a and_o betwixt_o it_o and_o hispaniola_n there_o lie_v a_o little_a but_o fruitful_a island_n call_v mona_n and_o westward_o of_o that_o another_o call_v monico_n or_o monetta_n which_o last_o the_o english_a when_o time_n be_v find_v so_o admirable_o store_v with_o a_o sort_n of_o wild_a fowl_n that_o the_o huge_a flight_n of_o they_o seem_v to_o darken_v the_o air_n over_o their_o head_n and_o upon_o their_o land_n find_v such_o plenty_n of_o their_o egg_n upon_o the_o shore_n and_o ground_n thereabouts_o that_o they_o present_o jade_v two_o of_o their_o boat_n with_o they_o but_o how_o people_v or_o possess_v not_o so_o well_o know_v of_o hispaniola_n 1._o hispaniola_n or_o little_a spain_n as_o columbus_n name_v it_o be_v if_o not_o the_o large_a yet_o at_o least_o the_o fair_a and_o goodly_a of_o all_o the_o american_n island_n call_v by_o the_o native_n ancient_o hayti_n it_o lie_v as_o we_o say_v fifteen_o league_n westward_o of_o port-rico_a and_o distant_a from_o the_o main_a land_n of_o america_n about_o one_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o of_o a_o triangular_a form_n the_o sharp_a point_n whereof_o be_v that_o towards_o port-rico_a which_o they_o call_v cabo_n de_fw-fr enganno_n that_o towards_o the_o west_n incline_v to_o a_o semicircle_n contain_v a_o good_a and_o