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A71305	Purchas his pilgrimes. part 3 In fiue bookes. The first, contayning the voyages and peregrinations made by ancient kings, patriarkes, apostles, philosophers, and others, to and thorow the remoter parts of the knowne world: enquiries also of languages and religions, especially of the moderne diuersified professions of Christianitie. The second, a description of all the circum-nauigations of the globe. The third, nauigations and voyages of English-men, alongst the coasts of Africa ... The fourth, English voyages beyond the East Indies, to the ilands of Iapan, China, Cauchinchina, the Philippinæ with others ... The fifth, nauigations, voyages, traffiques, discoueries, of the English nation in the easterne parts of the world ... The first part.	Purchas, Samuel, 1577?-1626.	1625 (1625)	STC 20509_pt3; ESTC S111862	2,393,864	1,207

raynie there as the South winde is on this side but contrariwise it raines when as the South winde blowes there as wee see in all the Sierre or mountaine of Peru in Chile and in the Countrie of Congo which is on the other side of the Line and farre aduanced into the Sea And in Potozi likewise the winde which they call Tomahani which is our North if my memorie faile me not is extremely cold drie and vnpleasant as it is here with vs. Yet doth not the Northerne winde disperse the cloudes vsually there as it doth here but contrariwise if I be not deceiued it doth often cause raine There is no doubt but the windes doe borrow this great diuersitie of contrarie effects from the places by which they passe and the neere Regions where they are bred as wee see by daily experience in a thousand places But speaking in generall of the qualitie of the windes we must rather looke to the coasts or parts of the World from whence they proceede then to obserue whether they be on this side or beyond the Line as it seemes the Philosopher held opinion These capitall windes which be the East and West haue no such vniuersall qualities nor so common in this Continent nor in the other as the two former The Solanus or Easterne winde is commonly here troublesome and vnwholsome and the Westerne or Zephirus is more milde and healthfull At the Indies and in all the burning Zone the Easterne winde which they call Brise is contrariwise very healthfull and pleasant Of the West I cannot speake any thing certaine or generall for that it blowes not at all or very seldom in the burning Zone for in all the nauigation betwixt the two Tropicks the Easterne winde is ordinarie And for that it is one of the admirable workes of Nature it shall bee good to vnderstand the cause and the beginning thereof The wayes at Sea are not as at Land to returne the same way they passe It is all one way saith the Philosopher from Athens to Thebes and from Thebes to Athens but it is not so at Sea for wee goe one way and returne by another The first which discouered the East and West Indies laboured much with great difficultie to finde out their course vntill that Experience the Mistresse of these secrets had taught them that to saile through the Ocean is not like the passage in Italie through the Mediterranean Sea where in their returne they obserue the same Ports and Capes they had sight of in their passage attending still the benefit of the winde which changeth instantly and when that failes they haue recourse to their Oares and so the Gallies goe and come daily coasting along the shoare In some parts of the Ocean they may not looke for any other winde then that which blowes for that commonly it continues long To conclude that which is good to goe by is not fit to returne with for in the Sea beyond the Tropicke and within the burning Zone the Easterly windes raine continually not suffering their contraries In the which Region there are two strange things the one is that in that Zone being the greatest of the fiue into the which the World is diuided the Easterly windes which they call Brises doe reigne not suffering the Westerne or Southerne which they call lower winds to haue their course at any season of the yeere The other wonder is that these Easterly windes neuer cease to blow and most commonly in places neerest to the Line where it seemes that Calmes should be more frequent being a part of the World most subiect to the heat of the Sunne but it is contrarie for you shall hardly finde any Calmes there and the winde is cold and continues longer which hath beene found true in all the Nauigations of the Indies This is the reason why the voyage they make from Spaine to the West Indies is shorter more easie and more assured then the returne to Spaine The Fleetes parting from Siuil haue more difficultie to passe the Canaries for that the guife of Yegues or of Mares is variable being beaten with diuers windes but hauing passed the Canaries they saile with a Westerne winde vntill they come to the burning Zone where presently they finde an Easterly winde and so they saile on with full windes so as they haue scant any need to touch their sailes in the whole voyage for this reason they called this great gulfe the gulfe of Dames for the calmnesse and pleasantnesse thereof Then following their course they come to the Ilands of Guadelupe Dominique Desired Marigualante and the rest which in that place be as it were the Suburbs of the Indies There the Fleetes separate and diuide themselues whereof some which goe to new Spaine take to the right hand towards Hispaniola and hauing discouered Cape Saint Anthony they passe vnto Saint Iohn Delua alwayes vsing the same Easterly windes Those for the mayne Land take the left hand discouering the high mountaine of Tayrone then hauing touched at Carthagene they passe vnto Nombre de Dios from whence they goe by Land to Panama and from thence by the South Sea to Peru. But when the fleetes returne to Spaine they make their voyage in this sort The fleete of Peru discouers Cape Saint Anthony then they enter into the Hauana which is a goodly Port in the Iland of Cuba The fleet of new Spaine doth likewise touch at the Hauana being parted from Vera Cruz or from the Iland of Saint Iohn Delua the which is not without difficultie for that commonly Easterly windes blow there which is a contrarie winde to goe to the Hauana These fleetes being ioyned together for Spaine they seeke their height without the Tropicks where presently they finde Westerly windes which serue them vntill they come in view of the Acores or Terceres and from thence to Siuil So as their voyage in going is of a small height not aboue twentie degrees from the Line which is within the Tropicks But the returne is without the Tropicks in eight and twentie or thirtie degrees of height at the least for that within the Tropicks the Easterne windes continually blow the which are fittest to goe from Spaine to the West Indies for that their course is from East to West and without the Tropicks which is in three and twentie degrees of height they finde Westerly windes the which are the more certaine and ordinarie the farther you are from the Line and more fit to returne from the Indies for that they are windes blowing from the South and West which serue to runne into the East and North. The like discourse is of the Nauigation made into the South Sea going from new Spaine or Peru to the Philippines or China and returning from the Philippines or China to new Spaine the which is easie for that they saile alwayes from East to West neere the Line where they finde the Easterly windes to blow in their Poope In the yeere 1584.

and in such plentie that besides all the Kingdome of China doth furnish it selfe thereof they send forth as many ships ladings as they will For their Apparell though they haue great abundance and cheapnesse yet in goodnesse they may not compare with our Countrey There is much Silke and that very good but they know not how to dresse it They make good Damaskes razed Veluets Taffataes and other sorts but the colours though at the first sight they seeme reasonable are quickly lost and fade away The ordinary apparell of the common people is of blacke cloth made of Cotton or of certayne shags of Silke which are very great farre greater then a flocke which only serue for this purpose and are very warme Persons of Honour weare commonly an outward Garment of Silke which they vse in Visitations and other like Actions And there are many which alwayes goe abroad apparelled in Silke but not in such great number as that Booke setteth downe whereof I made mention before All men euen to the very Souldiers weare their apparell long downe to the in-step of the foot with very broad sleeues open before and fastened to the sides beneath the arme They be so well contented and pleased with their manner of apparell that they think there is none in the World comparable to theirs And in very truth they bee graue and modest and especially those of the Mandarins which differeth from all others sauing the Bonzi which shaue their Beards and Heads All the men and women let their Hayre grow long and the men trusse it vp and wind it on a knot on the top of their crowne They weare certayne Nets on their heads like Coyffes made very cunningly of Horse-hayre and in the Summer time many weare Caps and Hats of the same There are many sorts of Caps or Hats for I know not what their seuerall names are according to the state of euery one The basest sort which the common people vse ordinarily is round Their shooes are of the same stuffe that their Garments are of very commonly of Silke made with many faire borders and knots It is a discourtesie for a man to be seene especially before any man of Worship without a Cap on his head They greatly esteeme for the most part things of our Countrey and they are very deare And some pieces of Silke which the Portugall Merchants brings especially Veluets of three Piles are far more dearer then their owne All woollen cloth is much esteemed and very deare likewise Chamblets and fine Linnen-cloth which they bring from India are very deare Looking-glasses and all things made of Glasse and many other things which in our Countrey are very good cheape are here deare and in great estimation The Chineses haue commonly little Beards small Eyes and Noses and all of them haue black Eyes so that they much maruelled at the colour of mine which are of Gray or Iron colour which they neuer saw and they find many secrets in them and very commonly they say that these eyes of mine know where stones and precious things are with a thousand other Mysteries so that they thinke they haue Letters in them To paint an euil-fauoured man they paint him in short apparell with a great Beard Eyes and Nose They are commonly all white yet not so white as those of Europe and therefore to them we seeme very white The Learned men are very graue of very good capacitie and appeare outwardly very modest and graue There are Arificers of all Arts that are in our Countrey and very many with the selfe-same manner forme of Instruments Euery man is free to follow what Trade he will without being bound to follow his Fathers Trades as diuers times I haue heard it spoken when I was in Europe and those which will may study forsake or change that course of life They worke very good cheape but in cunning and excellencie ours most commonly excell them much though in some things they be very skilfull The seruice of young men and maydes is easie and good cheape because there is great store of people so that a yeares wages is not aboue two Duckets and meate and drinke without apparell As there are many poore people that haue many Sonnes and Daughters it is a very ordinary thing to sell them and this the cheapest thing in China For a youth of twelue or fifteene yeares without any naturall blemish will cost not past twelue or fifteene Rials of Plate and in time of Dearth much lesse and it is a common thing to buy them for seruice though they vse them well and marry them at their time Although the abundance and riches of this Kingdome be very great as the people also is yet there is no body that is very rich neyther in any state of people may they compare in this point with our Countrey You shall not find in China which is able to spend twenty thousand Duckets of Rent how neere of Kinne soeuer he be to the King and very few and those easie to bee numbred that can spend ten thousand Duckets and the ordinary is no more which they possesse then that which their Lands and Offices yeeld them which is not great But though it bee true that those of our Countrey possesse much more Siluer considering the cheapnesse of things in their Countrey all commeth to one account There are very few of the poore people idle because all of them commonly take paines and earne their liuing Though the multitude of the Nation be so many and the Kingdome so great yet the surnames of all the Kingdome are not aboue three hundred and all of one syllable There are some though very few which may be called Knights which for seruice to the Kings in some necessities haue giuen them Offices in succession but the common vse is not to haue any Nobilitie by Descent in China neyther can any man say I am of a better House then you But the honour and Nobilitie dependeth wholly vpon Learning and to obtayne degrees and Offices of Mandarins And therefore an House which now is in Office and his Father bee one if he haue a Sonne a Doctor which is made a Mandarin he is honourable and the honour continueth as long as the Learned men and Mandarins doe liue There is no man neyther Kinsman nor not Kinsman of the King which hath euer a Village of his owne that payeth him Tribute but all men pay it to the King and hee giueth stipends and wages to the Mandarins so that they receiue nothing of particular men by right though they extort much continually by oppression Commonly the Chinois doe marry from fifteene to eighteene and twentie yeares and all of them doe marrie one Wife that is chiefe and this is their lawfull Marriage On the day of their Marriage when the Bride doth passe to the House of her Husband shee carrieth openly before her through the streets all

that which is fertile and better seasoned a nourishment for Plants The same plants serue as a nourishment for liuing creatures and the plants and liuing creatures together as a nourishment for men the inferiour nature alwayes seruing for the maintenance and sustentation of the superiour and the lesse perfect yeelding vnto the more perfect whereby wee may see how much it wants that gold and siluer and other things which men so much esteeme by their couetousnesse should bee the happinesse of man whereunto hee should tend seeing they bee so many degrees in qualitie inferior to man who hath beene created and made onely to be a subiect to serue the vniuersall Creator of all things as his proper end and perfect rest and to which man all other things in this world were not propounded or left but to gaine this last end The diuersitie of metals which the Creator hath shut vp in the closets and concauities of the earth is such and so great that man drawes profit and commoditie from euery one of them Some serue for curing of diseases others for armes and for defence against the enemies some are for ornament and beautifying of our persons and houses and others are fit to make vessels and Iron-workes with diuers fashions of instruments which the industrie of man hath found out and put in practice But aboue all the vses of metals which be simple and naturall the communication and commerce of men hath found out one which is the vse of money the which as the Philosopher saith is the measure of all things And although naturally and of it selfe it bee but one onely thing yet in value and estimation we may say that it is all things Money is vnto vs as it were meate clothing house horse and generally whatsoeuer man hath need of By this meanes all obeyes to money and as the Wiseman saith to finde an inuention that one thing should be all Men guided or thrust forward by a naturall instinct choose the thing most durable and most maniable which is metall and amongst metals gaue them the preheminence in this inuention of money which of their nature were most durable and incorruptible which is siluer and gold A Wiseman said that what a father doth to marry his daughter well is to giue her a great portion in marriage the like hath God done for this Land so rough and laboursome giuing it great riches in mynes that by this meanes it might be the more sought after At the west Indies then there are great store of mynes of all sorts of metals as Copper Iron Lead Tinne Quick-siluer Siluer and Gold and amongst all the Regions and Parts of the Indies the Realmes or Peru abound most in these metals especially with Gold Siluer Quick-siluer or Mercurie whereof they haue found great store and daily discouer new mynes And without doubt according to the qualitie of the earth those which are to discouer are without comparison farre more in number then those which are yet discouered yea it seemes that all the Land is sowed with these metals more then any other in the world that is yet known vnto vs or that ancient Writers haue made mention of The reason why there is so great abundance of metals at the Indies especially at the west of Peru as I haue said is the will of the Creator who hath imparted his gifts as it pleased him But comming to a naturall and philosophicall reason it is very true which Philon a wise man writes saying that gold siluer and metals grow naturally in land that is most barren and vnfruitfull And wee see that in Lands of good temperature the which are fertile with grasse and fruits there are seldome found any mynes for that Nature is contented to giue them vigour to bring forth fruits more necessarie for the preseruation and maintenance of the life of beasts and men And contrariwise to lands that are very rough drie and barren as in the highest Mountaines and inaccessible Rocks of a rough temper they finde mynes of siluer of quick-siluer and of gold and all those riches which are come into Spaine since the West Indies were discouered haue beene drawne out of such places which are rough and full bare and fruitlesse yet the taste of this money makes these places pleasing and agreeable yea well inhabited with numbers of people And although there be as I haue said many mynes of all kindes of metals as at the Indies yet they vse none but those of gold and siluer and as much quick-siluer as is necessarie to refine their gold and siluer They carry Iron thither from Spaine and China As for Copper the Indians haue drawne of it and vsed it for their armes the which were not vsually of Iron but of Copper Since the Spaniards possessed the Indies they haue drawne very little neither doe they take the paines to seeke out these mynes although there bee many busying themselues in the search of richer and more precious metals wherein they spend their time and labour They vse no other metals as Copper and Iron but onely that which is sent them from Spaine or that which remaines of the refining of gold and siluer Wee finde not that the Indians in former times vsed gold siluer or any other metall for money and for the price of things but onely for ornament as hath beene said whereof there was great quantitie in their Temples Palaces and Tombes with a thousand kindes of vessels of gold and siluer which they had They vsed no gold nor siluer to trafficke or buy withall but did change and trucke one thing for another as Homer and Plinie report of the Ancients They had some other things of greater esteeme which went currant amongst them for price and in stead of coine and vnto this day this custome continues amongst the Indians as in the Prouinces of Mexico in stead of money they vse Cacao which is a small fruit and therewith buy what they will In Peru they vse Coca to the same end the which is a leafe the Indians esteeme much as in Paraguay they haue stamps of Iron for coine and cotton wouen in Saint Croix of the Sierre Finally the manner of the Indians trafficke and their buying and selling was to exchange and giue things for things and although there were great Marts and famous Faires yet had they no neede of money nor of Brokers for that euery one had learned what he was to giue in exchange for euery kinde of merchandise Since the Spaniards entred the Indians haue vsed gold and siluer to buy withall and in the beginning there was no coine but siluer by weight was their price and money as they report of the ancient Romans Since for a greater benefit they haue forged coine in Mexico and Peru yet vnto this day they haue not in the West Indies coyned any money of Copper or other metall but onely of siluer and gold for the richnesse of that Countrie hath not