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         Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.
      
       
         
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             Jamaica viewed with all the ports, harbours, and their several soundings, towns, and settlements thereunto belonging together, with the nature of it's climate, fruitfulnesse of the soile, and its suitableness to English complexions. With several other collateral observations and reflexions upon the island. / By E.H.
             Hickeringill, Edmund, 1631-1708.
          
           
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           [14], 87, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : map
           
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             London :
             1661.
          
           
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           JAMAICA
           VIEWED
           :
           WITH
           All
           the
           
             Ports
             ,
             Harbours
          
           ,
           and
           their
           several
           
             Soundings
             ,
             Towns
          
           ,
           and
           Settlements
           thereunto
           belonging
           TOGETHER
           ,
           With
           the
           nature
           of
           it's
           Climate
           ,
           fruitfulnesse
           of
           the
           Soile
           ,
           and
           it's
           suitablenesse
           to
           
             English
             Complexions
          
           .
        
         
           With
           several
           other
           collateral
           Observations
           and
           Reflexions
           upon
           the
           ISLAND
           .
        
         
           
             The
             second
             Edition
          
           .
        
         
           By
           
             E.
             H.
          
           
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Iohn
             Williams
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Crown
           in
           St.
           Paul's
           Church-yard
           ,
           1661.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           KING'S
           Most
           Excellent
           MAJESTY
           .
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Majesty
             ,
          
        
         
           ALl
           your
           Dominions
           ,
           being
           the
           happy
           Subjects
           
           of
           your
           care
           ,
           are
           therefore
           ,
           the
           proper
           objects
           of
           your
           view
           :
           If
           in
           the
           throng
           then
           ,
           Jamaica
           here
           humbly
           presents
           her self
           to
           your
           Royal
           presence
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           Interpret
           this
           her
           obsequiousnesse
           
           to
           be
           duty
           ,
           not
           intrusion
           .
           For
           since
           your
           Majesty
           has
           already
           graciously
           daign'd
           this
           Isle
           your
           Royal
           Patronage
           ,
           vouchsafe
           ,
           Great
           Sir
           ,
           at
           some
           vacant
           houre
           to
           grace
           It
           with
           your
           auspicious
           Aspect
           ,
           
           in
           this
           Mirrour
           ,
           with
           all
           humility
           presented
           by
        
         
           
             
               Your
               Majesty's
               faithfully
               devoted
               Servant
            
             ,
             Edm.
             Hickeringill
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           THE
           Partiall
           Censures
           &
           nick-names
           which
           prejudice
           and
           interest
           have
           injuriously
           
           impos'd
           upon
           the
           Island
           of
           Jamaica
           ,
           (
           after
           it
           became
           the
           Refuge
           of
           that
           English
           Colony
           that
           of
           late
           unhappily
           invaded
           Hispaniola
           )
           mov'd
           me
           ,
           in
           the
           negligence
           of
           better
           Pens
           ,
           to
           Apologize
           
           for
           it
           ,
           in
           this
           ensuing
           Description
           ;
           For
           indeed
           to
           describe
           Jamaica
           ,
           is
           to
           praise
           it
           ;
           nor
           can
           it
           look
           better
           then
           with
           it
           's
           own
           face
           ,
           exempt
           from
           the
           adulterate
           Fucus
           of
           artificial
           Piliary
           :
           
           And
           believe
           me
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           't
           was
           no
           private
           nor
           politick
           designe
           ,
           (
           hereby
           to
           allure
           and
           duccoy
           the
           unwary
           world
           )
           but
           mere
           zeale
           to
           truth
           ,
           that
           engag'd
           me
           by
           my
           opportune
           continuance
           
           there
           ,
           to
           do
           this
           right
           to
           that
           injur'd
           Island
           .
        
         
           
             
               Quid
               dem
               ?
               Quid
               non
               dem
               ?
               renuis
               tu
               quod
               jubet
               alter
               .
            
             
               Hor.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           my
           honoured
           Friend
           .
           Capt.
           
             Edm.
             Hickeringill
          
           ;
           Upon
           his
           
             Reflexions
             on
             Iamaica
          
           :
           At
           his
           Return
           .
        
         
           
             THis
             Welcome-home
             ,
             how
             blunt
             so
             e're
             it
             be
             ,
          
           
             Thou
             vvilt
             accept
             ,
             Dear
             Mun
             ,
             coming
             from
             me
             :
          
           
           
             And
             deign
             it
             to
             attend
             thy
             smoother
             Line
             ,
          
           
             Mine's
             honour'd
             with
             an
             Handmaid's
             place
             to
             thine
             :
          
           
             And
             though
             thou
             knovv'st
             ,
             thou
             had'st
             my
             Heart
             before
             ,
          
           
             Methinks
             I
             love
             thee
             for
             this
             Book
             the
             more
             ,
          
           
             Which
             I
             vvould
             Preface
             vvith
             Applauses
             fit
             ,
          
           
             (
             Praising
             therein
             my
             Iudgement
             ,
             and
             thy
             vvit
             )
          
           
             But
             that
             thou
             dost
             detest
             bespoken
             Bayes
             .
          
           
             Yet
             Truth
             compells
             me
             to
             prefix
             this
             Praise
             ,
          
           
             That
             as
             Thy
             pregnant
             Lines
             now
             life
             doth
             give
          
           
             Unto
             Jamaica
             ;
             here
             long
             shall
             it
             live
             :
          
           
           
             And
             this
             epitomiz'd
             Vrn
             shall
             retain
          
           
             The
             Indies
             Memory
             vvhen
             they
             're
             dead
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Observ
               .
               amicitiae
               ergo
               composuit
            
             G.
             E.
             
               Med.
               D.
            
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
           
             map of Jamaica
             
               JAMAICA
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           JAMAICA
           VIEWED
           .
        
         
           THat
           the
           Island
           of
           Iamaica
           was
           rather
           the
           Grave
           then
           Granary
           to
           the
           first
           English
           Colony
           (
           seated
           there
           ,
           after
           their
           inauspicious
           Enterprize
           ,
           upon
           Hispaniola
           )
           cannot
           modestly
           be
           denied
           ;
        
         
           Whether
           occasioned
           by
           the
           
             griping
             Monopolie
          
           of
           some
           hoarding
           Officers
           ;
           or
           through
           want
           of
           timely
           Recruits
           ,
           alwayes
           found
           necessary
           for
           such
           Infant-settlements
           :
           or
           ,
           through
           some
           
             fatal
             Conjunction
          
           of
           the
           superiour
           Luminaties
           ,
           (
           that
           frown
           by
           course
           with
           a
           squint
           and
           malignant
           Aspects
           on
           one
           
           Nation
           or
           other
           ,
           )
           I
           will
           not
           now
           dispute
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           such
           a
           Mortality
           should
           proceed
           ,
           either
           from
           the
           Clime
           ,
           being
           scituate
           in
           the
           
             Torrid
             Zone
          
           ,
           (
           a
           Heresie
           unpardonable
           in
           the
           ancients
           ;
           )
           or
           from
           any
           accidental
           Malignitie
           in
           any
           of
           the
           Elements
           ,
           peculiarly
           entail'd
           upon
           it
           ,
           whereby
           it
           should
           be
           lesse
           habitable
           then
           any
           other
           most
           auspicious
           settlement
           remains
           here
           to
           be
           controverted
           .
        
         
           The
           Decision
           whereof
           can
           be
           no
           better
           evidenced
           ,
           then
           by
           a
           faithfull
        
         
           
             Description
             ,
             
               Of
               the
               nature
               of
               the
            
             Clime
             ,
             and
             Soile
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             FIrst
             therefore
             ,
             it
             's
             Climate
             is
             placed
             betwixt
             the
             Tropicks
             ,
             in
             17
             and
             18.
             degrees
             of
             Northern
             Latitude
             ;
             and
             therefore
             twice
             every
             
             year
             subjected
             to
             the
             Perpendicular
             Beams
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
             whence
             it
             borrowed
             the
             style
             of
             
               Torrid
               Zone
            
             ;
             a
             name
             which
             did
             so
             bugbear
             and
             affright
             the
             credulity
             of
             our
             Ancestors
             ,
             that
             they
             unjustly
             exil'd
             and
             raz'd
             it
             out
             from
             the
             habitable
             part
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             (
             then
             monopoliz'd
             in
             the
             temperate
             Zones
             )
             till
             the
             more
             daring
             spirits
             of
             Columbus
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             convoy'd
             us
             to
             an
             experimental
             confidence
             in
             the
             contrary
             ;
             the
             Chariby
             Islands
             ,
             Barbadoes
             ,
             St.
             
               Kits
               ,
               Mevis
               ,
               Antego
            
             ,
             &c.
             having
             prov'd
             as
             happy
             to
             the
             complexions
             and
             constitutions
             of
             English
             men
             ;
             as
             
               Virginia
               ,
               New
               England
            
             ;
             nay
             as
             
               Portugal
               ,
               Spain
               ,
               Italy
            
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             confines
             upon
             the
             Mediterranean
             Sea
             ,
             all
             which
             notwithstanding
             ,
             are
             scituate
             in
             the
             
               Temperate
               Zone
            
             ;
             a
             term
             of
             Art
             that
             now
             Ironically
             scandalizes
             that
             vulgar
             division
             of
             the
             World
             into
             Zones
             habitable
             ,
             (
             the
             
               Temperate
               Zones
            
             ;
             )
             and
             inhabitable
             ,
             the
             (
             Frigid
             ,
             and
             
               Torrid
               Zone
            
             .
             )
             For
             I
             must
             avouch
             
             that
             I
             have
             found
             the
             Air
             as
             sulphurous
             and
             hot
             in
             England
             ,
             in
             the
             moneths
             of
             
               Iune
               ,
               Iuly
            
             ,
             and
             August
             ,
             especially
             whilest
             the
             Sun
             was
             near
             the
             Meridian
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             hottest
             seasons
             at
             Iamaica
             ,
             whilest
             the
             Sun
             makes
             a
             double
             in
             Cancer
             )
             or
             in
             Guiana
             ,
             in
             the
             moneths
             of
             March
             ,
             and
             September
             ;
             whilest
             the
             Sun
             gallops
             or'e
             their
             Zenith
             in
             the
             Aequinox
             .
          
           
             And
             this
             will
             appear
             to
             be
             no
             such
             prodigious
             a
             Paradox
             ,
             if
             we
             be
             undeceived
             of
             that
             vulgar
             errour
             ,
             that
             the
             neighbourhood
             of
             the
             Sun
             is
             the
             only
             cause
             of
             extream
             heat
             ,
             and
             it's
             elongation
             the
             reason
             of
             extremity
             of
             cold
             :
             for
             if
             so
             ,
             our
             Summers
             would
             be
             equally
             hot
             one
             year
             ,
             as
             another
             ,
             and
             each
             day
             (
             after
             the
             Sun's
             departure
             from
             the
             winter
             Solstice
             )
             hotter
             then
             another
             ,
             'till
             he
             had
             posted
             over
             his
             halfdirect
             stages
             to
             face
             about
             in
             retrograde
             Cancer
             )
             both
             which
             experience
             doth
             disprove
             ;
             for
             though
             his
             appropriation
             and
             elongation
             be
             the
             same
             
             every
             year
             ,
             yet
             our
             Summers
             and
             Winters
             are
             not
             equally
             hot
             and
             cold
             ,
             and
             therefore
             we
             must
             seek
             out
             for
             more
             intrinsecal
             and
             occult
             causes
             ;
             which
             now
             (
             are
             not
             the
             Asylum
             of
             ignorance
             )
             since
             we
             can
             certainly
             ascribe
             them
             to
             the
             
               Sun's
               Conjunction
            
             (
             improperly
             termed
             an
             Aspect
             )
             and
             his
             Aspects
             with
             other
             Planets
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             configurations
             ,
             with
             the
             
               Fixed
               starres
            
             :
             for
             the
             weather
             is
             usually
             the
             hottest
             with
             us
             in
             England
             ,
             after
             the
             Sun
             hath
             taken
             his
             leave
             of
             us
             from
             his
             nearest
             visit
             ,
             and
             most
             fervent
             Complement
             ,
             in
             the
             foot
             of
             Gemini
             ,
             with
             his
             old
             fashion'd
             Congee
             in
             the
             
               Right
               knee
            
             and
             shoulder
             of
             Orion
             ,
             and
             Auriga
             :
             and
             our
             hottest
             seasons
             are
             the
             
               Dogge
               dayes
            
             ;
             yet
             doth
             not
             the
             Sun
             accompany
             the
             lesser
             
               heavenly
               Dogge
            
             ,
             till
             he
             come
             to
             his
             feminine
             nocturnal
             and
             unfortunate
             Lodging
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             the
             eighteenth
             Degree
             of
             Cancer
             ;
             of
             which
             more
             at
             large
             you
             may
             consult
             Astronomy
             ;
             my
             business
             here
             
             being
             only
             to
             present
             you
             with
             an
             Historical
             Truth
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             the
             coldnesse
             of
             our
             Night-air
             in
             England
             tempers
             our
             hottest
             and
             most
             canine
             seasons
             ;
             so
             the
             fresh
             Breezes
             that
             rise
             alwayes
             with
             the
             Sun
             ,
             doe
             fanne
             the
             sweltering
             and
             sultry
             Climes
             within
             the
             Tropicks
             :
             so
             that
             the
             dayes
             are
             usually
             as
             cold
             as
             the
             nights
             ,
             except
             towards
             the
             morning
             ,
             and
             then
             a
             culinary
             fire
             is
             had
             in
             request
             ,
             though
             the
             Inhabitants
             are
             thought
             to
             be
             dandled
             in
             Apollo's
             Lap
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             the
             Poets
             feign
             )
             to
             have
             been
             scorch'd
             ,
             when
             rash
             Phaeton
             mistook
             his
             way
             ,
             in
             his
             unskill'd
             and
             unhappy
             Journey
             ,
             
               
                 —
                 
                   magnae
                   pereunt
                   cum
                   moenibus
                   urbes
                
                 :
              
               
                 
                   Cumque
                   suis
                   totas
                   populis
                   incendiae
                   Gentes
                
              
               
                 
                   In
                   cinerem
                   vertunt
                   ,
                   sylvae
                   cum
                   montibus
                   ardent
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Ardet
                   Aethos
                
                 —
              
               
               
                 
                   Quodque
                   suo
                   Tagus
                   omne
                   vehit
                   fluit
                   igntbus
                   aurum
                   .
                
              
               
                 Ovid.
                 
                   Met.
                   l.
                
                 2.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 This
                 scorch'd
                 soil
                 Phaethon
                 to
                 Cinders
                 burn'd
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 he
                 his
                 Father's
                 Chariot
                 overturn'd
                 ;
              
               
                 With
                 hotter
                 flames
                 (
                 if
                 fame
                 we
                 credit
                 may
                 )
              
               
                 Then
                 those
                 he
                 smutch't
                 in
                 Aethiopia
                 .
              
            
          
           
             But
             the
             Native
             Indians
             are
             sensible
             of
             no
             such
             extraordinary
             warmth
             ;
             alwayes
             making
             a
             fire
             under
             their
             Hammocks
             ,
             that
             the
             piercing
             air
             disturb
             not
             their
             sleep
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             English
             themselves
             that
             inhabit
             almost
             under
             the
             Line
             in
             Surinam
             ,
             contemn
             not
             their
             Coverlets
             in
             the
             night
             ;
             though
             indeed
             very
             few
             of
             them
             rest
             in
             beds
             ,
             but
             Hammocks
             ,
             which
             do
             somewhat
             the
             more
             expose
             the
             body
             to
             the
             inquisition
             of
             the
             searching
             vapours
             .
          
           
             Yet
             as
             the
             extremities
             of
             cold
             in
             
             these
             Regions
             betwixt
             the
             Tropicks
             are
             indisputably
             more
             remisse
             then
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             Europe
             ;
             so
             the
             heat
             qualified
             with
             the
             benefit
             of
             the
             Breezes
             ,
             more
             justly
             styles
             them
             Temperate
             ,
             then
             those
             Climates
             that
             have
             already
             falsly
             ,
             (
             though
             with
             vulgar
             consent
             )
             usurp'd
             the
             Title
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             must
             not
             credit
             my
             senses
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             not
             affirm
             ,
             that
             upon
             an
             impartial
             compare
             ,
             I
             never
             came
             in
             more
             temperate
             Climes
             then
             those
             of
             
               Iamaica
               ,
               Hispaniola
            
             ,
             St.
             
               Kits
               ,
               Barbadoes
            
             ,
             &c.
             so
             slanderously
             calumniated
             ;
             the
             heat
             in
             the
             day
             time
             being
             alwayes
             alloy'd
             with
             the
             
               Sea
               Breezes
            
             ;
             and
             the
             nights
             ,
             naturally
             cool
             ,
             are
             by
             an
             interchangeable
             and
             never-failing
             intercourse
             ,
             refreshed
             with
             
               Land
               Breezes
            
             ;
             and
             therefore
             authentically
             renowned
             (
             by
             the
             Lord
             Verulam
             ,
             and
             others
             ,
             )
             above
             
               Barbary
               ,
               Spain
            
             ,
             and
             Italy
             (
             though
             fam'd
             to
             be
             the
             world's
             Garden
             )
             as
             being
             neither
             so
             intemperately
             hot
             nor
             cold
             .
          
           
           
             Though
             the
             Lord
             Bacon's
             Arguments
             are
             only
             drawn
             from
             the
             Dictates
             of
             his
             reason
             ,
             neither
             back't
             nor
             reinforced
             with
             experience
             ;
             now
             sufficiently
             confirm'd
             by
             every
             Mariner
             ,
             to
             take
             off
             the
             greatest
             sit-fast
             of
             incredulity
             .
             And
             this
             shall
             suffice
             for
             our
             information
             touching
             the
             Clime
             .
          
        
         
           
             Secondly
             .
             
               The
               nature
               of
               the
               Soil
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             THe
             fertility
             of
             the
             Soil
             of
             this
             Island
             may
             best
             be
             examined
             and
             appear
             by
             it's
             Productions
             ,
             
               
                 
                   Wild
                   and
                   purely
                   natural
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Improved
                   and
                   artificial
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
           
             
               
                 First
                 then
              
               .
               Of
               the
               purely
               natural
               ,
               or
               wild
               Productions
               of
               this
               Island
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               With
               which
               ,
               the
               Soil
               is
               so
               pregnant
               and
               fertile
               ,
               that
               Nature
               hath
               stor'd
               it
               in
               no
               niggardly
               nor
               novercal
               benevolence
               ,
               with
               Oranges
               ,
               Lymes
               ,
               (
               or
               bastard
               Lemmons
               ,
               )
               Guavars
               ,
               Pomegranates
               ,
               a
               kind
               of
               Pepper
               ,
               that
               tastes
               like
               Cloves
               ,
               and
               very
               Aromatick
               (
               known
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Iamaica-Pepper
               )
               with
               innumerable
               kinds
               of
               several
               Fruits
               that
               have
               scarcely
               found
               a
               name
               in
               English
               with
               which
               the
               Woods
               are
               so
               universally
               crouded
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               likewise
               incomparably
               stockt
               with
               abundance
               of
               
                 Wild
                 Hoggs
              
               ,
               fat
               and
               large
               ,
               that
               cannot
               but
               thrive
               well
               upon
               so
               bountiful
               Commons
               ,
               as
               falls
               from
               the
               trees
               in
               a
               very
               liberal
               contribution
               ;
               yet
               their
               Ordinary
               is
               not
               so
               free
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               sometimes
               costs
               
               them
               their
               lives
               ;
               Their
               fat
               backs
               betraying
               their
               throats
               ,
               to
               the
               no
               small
               advantage
               of
               the
               Hunters
               ,
               and
               the
               whole
               Island
               .
            
             
               Nor
               are
               the
               Woods
               a
               more
               plentiful
               Nursery
               for
               the
               Hoggs
               then
               the
               Savana's
               are
               for
               the
               Beeves
               and
               wild
               Cattel
               ;
               in
               some
               of
               which
               one
               thousand
               would
               graze
               in
               a
               drove
               ,
               till
               the
               too
               greedy
               and
               repented
               eagernesse
               of
               felling
               them
               by
               Gun
               shot
               ,
               frighted
               them
               to
               the
               shelter
               of
               the
               Woods
               and
               Mountains
               ;
               from
               whence
               now
               they
               dare
               scarcely
               peep
               ,
               except
               secur'd
               with
               the
               covert
               of
               the
               night
               ,
               (
               their
               now
               usual
               feeding-time
               in
               the
               Savana's
               ,
               )
               and
               now
               but
               in
               smaller
               numbers
               .
            
             
               An
               inconvenience
               wisely
               prevented
               by
               the
               Spaniard
               (
               that
               lately
               inhabited
               ,
               and
               first
               stockt
               the
               Island
               )
               who
               alwaies
               on
               horse-back
               singled
               out
               the
               Beast
               he
               intended
               to
               kill
               ,
               (
               if
               so
               wild
               as
               not
               to
               come
               to
               his
               Pen
               ,
               amongst
               his
               tamer
               fellows
               )
               and
               with
               a
               sharp
               Iron
               in
               form
               of
               an
               half-moon
               ,
               fastened
               to
               a
               staffe
               ,
               
               hough'd
               him
               on
               both
               his
               hin-leggs
               ;
               afterwards
               dispatching
               him
               at
               his
               leisure
               .
            
             
               With
               which
               two
               singular
               advantages
               ,
               for
               the
               raising
               and
               encrease
               of
               stock
               ,
               (
               either
               of
               Swine
               in
               the
               Woods
               ,
               or
               Beeves
               in
               the
               Savana's
               or
               Plains
               ,
               )
               is
               happy
               in
               Iamaica
               above
               any
               other
               Island
               or
               Settlement
               ;
               (
               whether
               upon
               the
               Continent
               or
               Islands
               of
               America
               )
               at
               this
               day
               peopled
               by
               any
               English
               Colony
               and
               Plantation
               ;
               and
               will
               soon
               flourish
               above
               any
               other
               ,
               if
               it
               want
               no
               due
               encouragement
               for
               the
               preservation
               and
               defence
               of
               the
               Planters
               .
            
             
               Every
               ship
               that
               comes
               from
               the
               
                 Wind
                 ward
              
               Islands
               of
               
                 Barbadoes
                 ,
                 Mevis
              
               ,
               St.
               Christophers
               ,
               &c.
               being
               crouded
               above
               convenience
               with
               all
               sorts
               of
               people
               .
            
             
               For
               besides
               that
               the
               Soil
               yields
               not
               to
               any
               of
               the
               Chariby
               Islands
               in
               the
               plentifull
               produce
               of
               Sugar-Canes
               ,
               Tabacco
               ,
               Cotton
               ,
               Maiz
               or
               Indian
               Corn
               ,
               Potatoes
               ,
               Yawmes
               ,
               and
               the
               
               like
               American
               Provisions
               :
               it
               hath
               three
               ,
               or
               four
               singular
               and
               extraordinary
               Advantages
               to
               enrich
               the
               Planter
               .
            
             
               
                 First
                 :
              
               
                 1.
                 
                 By
                 the
                 speedy
                 raising
                 a
                 stock
                 of
                 Cattel
                 ,
                 though
                 from
                 a
                 very
                 mean
                 principle
                 ,
                 and
                 beginnings
                 :
                 a
                 notable
                 Policy
                 in
                 the
                 thriving
                 Spaniard
                 upon
                 Hispaniola
                 ,
                 and
                 especially
                 ,
                 on
                 Cuba
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 better
                 peopled
                 ;
                 )
                 and
                 't
                 is
                 this
                 :
                 Near
                 some
                 convenient
                 place
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Wood
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 best
                 stored
                 with
                 all
                 sorts
                 of
                 fruit-bearing
                 Trees
                 ,
                 as
                 Orange-trees
                 ,
                 a
                 sort
                 of
                 Cabbage-trees
                 ,
                 rag'd
                 with
                 berries
                 ,
                 &c.
                 they
                 build
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 little
                 Houses
                 ,
                 or
                 more
                 ;
                 by
                 them
                 called
                 a
                 Crawle
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 these
                 ,
                 they
                 first
                 inclose
                 these
                 tame
                 Hogs
                 ,
                 with
                 which
                 they
                 begin
                 their
                 stock
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 feed
                 them
                 ;
                 that
                 after
                 (
                 being
                 let
                 out
                 )
                 they
                 will
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 haunt
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 sound
                 of
                 a
                 Horn
                 ;
                 But
                 if
                 they
                 be
                 out
                 of
                 hearing
                 ,
                 
                 (
                 they
                 many
                 times
                 suspending
                 all
                 care
                 of
                 them
                 for
                 a
                 week
                 together
                 )
                 they
                 goe
                 out
                 with
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 Dogs
                 ,
                 that
                 hunt
                 them
                 in
                 ;
                 the
                 whole
                 Herd
                 makeing
                 homewards
                 so
                 soon
                 as
                 ever
                 the
                 Dogs
                 do
                 Bay
                 them
                 ;
                 unto
                 which
                 discipline
                 ,
                 if
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Hogs
                 be
                 not
                 conformable
                 ,
                 his
                 refractoriness
                 cost's
                 him
                 his
                 life
                 ;
                 his
                 keeper
                 (
                 for
                 example
                 sake
                 )
                 scarcely
                 indemnifying
                 him
                 for
                 the
                 first
                 fault
                 .
              
               
                 Thus
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 Spanish
                 slaves
                 ,
                 (
                 for
                 a
                 native
                 Spaniard
                 scorns
                 the
                 Employ
                 )
                 will
                 look
                 to
                 six
                 or
                 seven
                 hundred
                 Hogs
                 ,
                 and
                 provide
                 them
                 meat
                 ,
                 not
                 putting
                 their
                 Masters
                 to
                 a
                 penny
                 charge
                 .
              
               
                 Which
                 course
                 may
                 as
                 effectually
                 be
                 managed
                 upon
                 Iamaica
                 ,
                 in
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Island
                 ;
                 unparallel'd
                 by
                 any
                 other
                 English
                 settlement
                 in
                 the
                 more
                 VVind-ward
                 Islands
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 a
                 stock
                 of
                 Sheep
                 ,
                 Cows
                 ,
                 Horses
                 ,
                 Goats
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 excellent
                 Pasture
                 in
                 the
                 Savana's
                 ;
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 
                 fourty
                 ,
                 some
                 fifty
                 miles
                 in
                 circumference
                 ,
                 wherein
                 the
                 grasse
                 springs
                 fresh
                 and
                 green
                 all
                 the
                 year
                 long
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Earth
                 never
                 recalling
                 her
                 lent
                 sap
                 (
                 as
                 she
                 does
                 mock
                 the
                 Europeans
                 )
                 by
                 giving
                 and
                 taking
                 again
                 ,
                 every
                 Moneth
                 being
                 an
                 April
                 ;
                 The
                 Trees
                 and
                 Plants
                 being
                 never
                 disrobed
                 of
                 their
                 Phary-liveries
                 ,
                 but
                 wear
                 their
                 best
                 clothes
                 every
                 day
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 prodigality
                 they
                 are
                 licenc'd
                 and
                 born
                 out
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 indulgent
                 Parents
                 ,
                 the
                 Sun
                 and
                 the
                 Earth
                 ;
                 These
                 Regions
                 being
                 their
                 Darlings
                 ,
                 and
                 (
                 to
                 use
                 Sir
                 Rawleigh's
                 stile
                 (
                 
                   The
                   Paradise
                   of
                   the
                   world
                
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 here
                 is
                 plenty
                 of
                 food
                 to
                 relieve
                 the
                 Planters
                 Cattel
                 throughout
                 the
                 year
                 ,
                 needing
                 no
                 winter
                 -
                 hoard
                 ;
                 The
                 providence
                 of
                 the
                 Ant
                 being
                 uselesse
                 here
                 .
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 Another
                 singular
                 benefit
                 to
                 the
                 Planter
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 large
                 numbers
                 of
                 
                   wild
                   Horses
                
                 ,
                 well
                 shap'd
                 and
                 very
                 serviceable
                 ,
                 being
                 all
                 bred
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Spanish
                   Gennets
                
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 tam'd
                 and
                 well
                 manag'd
                 
                 may
                 be
                 bought
                 for
                 three
                 pounds
                 
                   sterl
                
                 which
                 would
                 yield
                 six
                 thousand
                 pounds
                 of
                 Sugar
                 at
                 the
                 Barbadoes
                 :
                 of
                 which
                 special
                 advantage
                 ,
                 in
                 easing
                 the
                 charge
                 of
                 making
                 Sugars
                 ,
                 needs
                 no
                 dispute
                 .
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 the
                 said
                 Savana's
                 are
                 common
                 to
                 every
                 man
                 that
                 will
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 For
                 as
                 they
                 are
                 good
                 for
                 little
                 else
                 :
                 The
                 woody
                 ground
                 producing
                 the
                 best
                 Provisions
                 for
                 a
                 family
                 ,
                 as
                 Corn
                 ,
                 Potatoes
                 ,
                 Plantanes
                 ,
                 Cassauder
                 ,
                 Sugar
                 Canes
                 ,
                 &c.
                 so
                 seating
                 your self
                 upon
                 the
                 skirt
                 of
                 a
                 
                   Savana
                   ,
                   bordering
                
                 upon
                 a
                 Wood
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 with
                 convenience
                 enjoy
                 the
                 benefit
                 of
                 both
                 .
              
               
                 Again
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 may
                 stock
                 these
                 Plains
                 without
                 limit
                 ;
                 so
                 you
                 may
                 have
                 fifty
                 Acres
                 ,
                 
                   per
                   head
                
                 ,
                 for
                 your self
                 and
                 servants
                 ,
                 freely
                 assign'd
                 and
                 made
                 over
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 in
                 any
                 place
                 you
                 best
                 like
                 to
                 make
                 your
                 choice
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 seat
                 ,
                 you
                 pitch
                 upon
                 ,
                 be
                 not
                 first
                 taken
                 up
                 by
                 another
                 ;
                 whereas
                 in
                 St.
                 
                   Kits
                   ,
                   Barbadoes
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 you
                 cannot
                 turn
                 a
                 Horse
                 out
                 but
                 
                 he
                 presently
                 trespasseth
                 upon
                 his
                 Neighbour
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 upon
                 your
                 own
                 Canes
                 :
                 the
                 most
                 barren
                 Rocks
                 (
                 even
                 in
                 the
                 Scotland
                 of
                 Barbadoes
                 )
                 owning
                 a
                 Proprietor
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 whole
                 Island
                 pestered
                 with
                 a
                 super-numerary
                 glut
                 of
                 Inhabitants
                 ;
                 too
                 small
                 a
                 Hive
                 for
                 such
                 a
                 swarm
                 of
                 people
                 .
              
               
                 Lastly
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 conclude
                 the
                 transcendency
                 of
                 this
                 Isle
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 abundant
                 plenty
                 of
                 choice
                 Timber
                 trees
                 and
                 Wood
                 for
                 the
                 Dyer's
                 use
                 ,
                 as
                 
                   Fustick
                   ,
                   Brasiletta
                   ,
                   Ebonies
                
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 Logwood
                 ;
                 (
                 but
                 not
                 so
                 effectual
                 as
                 that
                 which
                 grows
                 in
                 the
                 Bay
                 of
                 Campeachee
                 )
                 together
                 with
                 choice
                 of
                 medicinal
                 Drugs
                 ,
                 as
                 China
                 Roots
                 ,
                 Gum
                 vit-Trees
                 ,
                 Cassia
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 thus
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 wild
                 and
                 purely
                 natural
                 productions
                 of
                 this
                 happy
                 Soil
                 .
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Reddit
                       ubi
                       venerem
                       tellus
                       inarata
                       quotannis
                       :
                    
                  
                   
                     The
                     Virgin-earth's
                     not
                     barren
                     here
                     ,
                  
                   
                     But
                     will
                     unoccupy'd
                     ,
                     Fruit
                     ,
                     bear
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               2.
               
               General
               .
               Second
               ,
               
                 Of
                 the
                 improv'd
                 Productions
                 of
                 the
                 Isle
                 .
              
            
             
               IN
               the
               next
               place
               ,
               the
               fruits
               of
               Iamaica
               that
               are
               produc'd
               by
               the
               improvement
               of
               Art
               ,
               will
               most
               methodically
               present
               themselves
               to
               be
               considered
               ;
               wherein
               I
               shall
               purposely
               omit
               to
               give
               the
               Reader
               any
               account
               of
               those
               usual
               Houshold
               Provisions
               ,
               of
               Cassawder
               ,
               Corn
               ,
               Potatoes
               ,
               &c.
               nor
               of
               those
               Merchantable
               Commodities
               of
               Cotton
               ,
               Indico
               ,
               Tobacco
               ,
               Sugar
               ,
               &c.
               common
               to
               it
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               English
               Plantations
               ;
               But
               presuming
               the
               Reader
               's
               acquaintance
               with
               those
               Fruits
               and
               Merchandize
               so
               vulgarly
               known
               ;
               I
               shall
               only
               treat
               of
               those
               that
               are
               more
               rare
               and
               not
               to
               
               be
               found
               in
               any
               other
               of
               the
               English
               Colonies
               in
               America
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               The
               first
               that
               I
               shall
               mention
               is
               the
               Cacoa
               .
               Walks
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               few
               in
               this
               Island
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               containing
               ten
               or
               twelve
               Acres
               of
               Ground
               ,
               some
               more
               ,
               some
               lesse
               :
               The
               Trees
               are
               about
               the
               bignesse
               of
               our
               largest
               Plum-trees
               in
               England
               ,
               orderly
               set
               ,
               like
               our
               Orchards
               ,
               at
               the
               distance
               of
               6
               ,
               or
               7.
               foot
               from
               each
               other
               ;
               which
               Interstitiums
               are
               carefully
               weeded
               ,
               and
               cleared
               from
               the
               Grasse
               ,
               that
               the
               Cacoa
               Trees
               may
               without
               a
               Rival
               engross
               the
               Sap
               and
               substance
               of
               the
               Soil
               ,
               which
               is
               chosen
               the
               most
               fertile
               that
               can
               be
               got
               ,
               and
               naturally
               skreen'd
               and
               shaded
               from
               the
               piercing
               rayes
               of
               the
               Sun
               ;
               Nor
               indeed
               can
               any
               ground
               be
               better
               employ'd
               ;
               the
               Spaniard
               ,
               (
               who
               best
               understands
               the
               value
               of
               them
               )
               reckoning
               every
               one
               of
               his
               Cacoa
               trees
               to
               be
               worth
               him
               a
               piece
               of
               Eight
               
                 per
                 an
              
               .
               after
               it
               begins
               to
               bear
               ,
               which
               is
               usually
               about
               seven
               yeares
               
               after
               it's
               first
               planting
               ;
               in
               which
               time
               they
               are
               once
               or
               twice
               transplanted
               for
               the
               first
               two
               yeares
               ,
               &
               especially
               in
               their
               Infancy
               must
               be
               protected
               from
               the
               scorching
               Sun
               by
               the
               favourable
               interposition
               of
               some
               shady
               Trees
               ;
               and
               therefore
               the
               Plantane-Walks
               are
               usually
               made
               choice
               of
               ,
               for
               such
               Nurseries
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               Fruit
               or
               Nuts
               of
               these
               Trees
               is
               made
               the
               so
               fam'd
               Chocoletta
               ,
               whose
               virtues
               are
               hyperboliz'd
               upon
               every
               post
               in
               London
               :
               though
               we
               must
               confesse
               it
               of
               excellent
               nourishment
               .
            
             
               The
               Spaniard
               victualling
               for
               a
               long
               and
               wildernesse
               Journey
               ,
               with
               no
               other
               Refreshment
               ,
               then
               Cakes
               made
               of
               the
               Kernels
               of
               those
               Cacoa
               Nuts
               ;
               which
               he
               dissolves
               in
               water
               for
               his
               meat
               and
               drink
               .
            
             
               The
               Composition
               of
               these
               Cacoa
               Cakes
               or
               Chocoletta
               is
               now
               so
               vulgar
               ,
               that
               I
               will
               not
               disparage
               my
               Reader
               by
               doubting
               his
               acquaintance
               in
               so
               known
               a
               Recipe
               ,
               a
               very
               Crambe
               in
               other
               Authors
               .
            
             
             
               Yet
               will
               it
               not
               be
               impertinent
               to
               render
               a
               most
               exact
               description
               of
               the
               Nuts
               ,
               then
               is
               hitherto
               extant
               ,
               either
               in
               the
               English
               or
               Spanish
               writings
               ,
               that
               have
               as
               yet
               come
               to
               my
               hands
               .
               Herrera
               and
               Acosta
               report
               this
               fruit
               to
               be
               less
               then
               an
               Almond
               ;
               whereas
               Doctour
               Hernandez
               ,
               or
               rather
               ,
               
                 Anthonius
                 Recchius
              
               in
               
                 Hist
                 .
                 Plant.
                 in
                 Amer.
                 excuss
                 .
                 Romae
                 ,
              
               1651.
               describes
               it
               to
               be
               bigger
               then
               a
               
                 Musk-million
                 .
                 Hernandez
              
               was
               imployed
               by
               the
               King
               of
               Spain
               ,
               to
               give
               an
               account
               of
               the
               Physical
               rarities
               and
               Plants
               of
               America
               ,
               and
               to
               that
               purpose
               dispatched
               thither
               by
               the
               said
               Catholick
               King
               ,
               and
               is
               therefore
               more
               creditable
               and
               authentick
               then
               Herrera
               or
               Acosta
               :
               though
               indeed
               he
               does
               somewhat
               hyperbolize
               when
               he
               equals
               this
               Fruit
               with
               the
               largenesse
               of
               a
               Musk-million
               ;
               for
               the
               husk
               or
               cod
               is
               no
               bigger
               then
               the
               largest
               Pears
               in
               England
               ;
               growing
               immediately
               out
               of
               the
               bole
               or
               body
               of
               the
               Tree
               ,
               and
               stock
               of
               the
               branches
               ,
               admitting
               not
               
               so
               much
               as
               the
               intermedium
               or
               usherage
               of
               a
               twig
               ,
               sprouting
               from
               the
               bottome
               to
               the
               top
               ,
               twice
               especially
               every
               year
               ,
               viz.
               in
               the
               moneths
               of
               Ianuary
               and
               May
               ,
               the
               chief
               moneths
               for
               the
               Harvest
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               The
               outward
               crust
               ,
               or
               
                 put
                 aminous
              
               husk
               ,
               being
               broken
               ,
               appears
               full
               of
               little
               kernels
               ,
               or
               nuts
               ,
               each
               of
               them
               inveloped
               in
               a
               slimy
               substance
               and
               film
               ,
               of
               a
               phlegmatick
               complexion
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               most
               relishing
               taste
               :
               under
               which
               is
               another
               shell
               ,
               which
               when
               bak'd
               in
               the
               Sun
               ,
               resembles
               the
               colour
               and
               substance
               of
               a
               Chesnut
               ;
               but
               the
               kernel
               is
               of
               a
               Chesnut-hue
               both
               within
               and
               without
               ,
               and
               of
               this
               is
               made
               the
               Chocoletta
               Cakes
               ;
               full
               of
               an
               oily
               substance
               ,
               not
               unlike
               that
               of
               the
               oil
               of
               Almonds
               
                 per
                 expressionem
              
               :
               and
               of
               this
               meanest
               Labourer
               in
               Iamaica
               compounds
               his
               
                 Morning
                 draughts
              
               ,
               wherein
               though
               he
               fares
               like
               a
               Gallant
               ,
               yet
               his
               following
               Musick
               upon
               the
               Hoe-boy
               (
               wherein
               he
               practiseth
               to
               keep
               his
               hand
               in
               
               use
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               till
               his
               heart
               akes
               )
               doth
               more
               melodiously
               affect
               his
               masters
               eares
               then
               his
               own
               ,
               and
               seems
               more
               harmoniously
               consonant
               to
               his
               Canvas-Drawers
               ,
               which
               are
               also
               the
               sometimes
               ornament
               of
               the
               Petticoat-Sex
               (
               through
               the
               rigour
               of
               their
               Masters
               unmanumitted
               ;
               )
               so
               that
               here
               likewise
               the
               women
               ,
               (
               though
               not
               with
               that
               complacency
               )
               sometimes
               wear
               the
               Breeches
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Bay
               of
               Honduras
               ,
               the
               Coast
               of
               Carthagena
               ,
               and
               also
               in
               most
               places
               of
               
                 Nova
                 Hispaniola
              
               :
               two
               of
               these
               little
               Cacoa
               Nuts
               (
               or
               Kernels
               )
               pass
               currant
               for
               one
               farthing
               ,
               with
               which
               (
               as
               good
               sterling
               )
               they
               truck
               in
               the
               Markets
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Coco
               Nuts
               ,
               which
               grow
               on
               a
               smooth
               and
               slender
               Tree
               ,
               whose
               wast
               (
               in
               circumference
               )
               equals
               that
               of
               a
               man's
               ;
               but
               it
               's
               stature
               doubles
               his
               height
               .
            
             
               Upon
               the
               top
               of
               whose
               Bulk
               ,
               the
               Nuts
               in
               small
               clusters
               doe
               germinate
               
               immediately
               from
               the
               Tree
               ,
               at
               the
               footing
               of
               the
               branches
               .
            
             
               The
               Nuts
               (
               with
               the
               Husk
               on
               )
               is
               of
               a
               Pyramtdal
               form
               and
               may
               vte
               dimensions
               with
               the
               greatest
               Logger-head
               .
            
             
               The
               outward
               rind
               or
               husk
               is
               of
               a
               fibrous
               ,
               spongy
               substance
               ,
               about
               an
               inch
               thick
               ,
               warily
               guarding
               ,
               with
               superfluous
               charinesse
               ,
               the
               inclosed
               shell
               ,
               whose
               Negro-skull
               is
               not
               easily
               broke
               .
            
             
               In
               some
               Countries
               (
               as
               in
               Guinee
               )
               the
               Natives
               ,
               card
               out
               this
               Rind
               into
               a
               kind
               of
               course
               Tow
               ,
               which
               serves
               them
               for
               Cordage
               ,
               Cables
               ,
               Okam
               ,
               and
               Ropes
               to
               rigge
               their
               Ships
               ;
               whos
               's
               Hulls
               and
               Masts
               (
               as
               is
               reported
               )
               are
               shap'd
               out
               of
               the
               body
               of
               the
               Tree
               ;
               and
               victualled
               ,
               only
               with
               the
               Nuts
               ,
               in
               whose
               content
               ,
               is
               barrell'd
               up
               both
               Drink
               and
               Bread
               ;
               a
               milky
               liquour
               running
               out
               ,
               so
               soon
               as
               you
               give
               it
               vent
               :
               for
               which
               purpose
               nature
               hath
               trim'd
               it
               with
               three
               bung-holes
               at
               the
               top
               .
            
             
               Thus
               one
               Tree
               sets
               up
               a
               Marriner
               ,
               
               and
               an
               Orchard
               sets
               out
               a
               Fleet
               :
               and
               at
               the
               return
               of
               the
               Voyage
               ,
               the
               Sea-men
               are
               contentedly
               paid
               off
               with
               this
               Fruit
               alone
               ;
               which
               serves
               for
               money
               ,
               meat
               and
               drink
               .
            
             
               And
               indeed
               the
               milky
               juice
               is
               a
               most
               ambrosian
               Dainty
               ,
               very
               Diuretick
               ,
               and
               proper
               Pharmacy
               for
               Nephritick
               distempers
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               shells
               (
               polished
               )
               are
               made
               very
               handsome
               Drinking-cups
               ,
               in
               which
               Office
               ,
               they
               serve
               us
               for
               rarity
               here
               in
               Europe
               .
               But
               they
               make
               no
               such
               use
               of
               the
               Rind
               at
               Iamaica
               ;
               the
               inner
               Bark
               of
               a
               kind
               of
               Fig-tree
               furnishing
               them
               (
               by
               the
               Negroes
               Art
               )
               with
               all
               sorts
               of
               Cordage
               ,
               usefull
               in
               a
               Plantation
               .
            
             
               This
               tree
               parturiates
               every
               Moneth
               ,
               and
               will
               have
               fifty
               or
               sixty
               Nuts
               at
               a
               burthen
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               cut
               the
               Bark
               of
               the
               Tree
               or
               Fruit
               (
               whilest
               green
               )
               there
               issues
               forth
               a
               Nectar
               ,
               like
               that
               of
               the
               wounded
               Vine
               ;
               or
               the
               English
               Birtch-tree
               perforated
               in
               the
               spring
               ,
               but
               of
               a
               far
               more
               aromatick
               taste
               .
            
             
             
               I
               purposely
               omit
               to
               speak
               of
               other
               pleasant
               Fruits
               in
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               that
               are
               either
               common
               with
               other
               Islands
               ,
               or
               not
               transported
               into
               Europe
               :
               because
               I
               would
               not
               puzzle
               the
               Reader
               with
               hard
               names
               ,
               nor
               Tantalize
               him
               with
               a
               Discourse
               of
               Dainties
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               never
               like
               to
               tast
               in
               Europe
               ;
               and
               those
               that
               goe
               thither
               ,
               need
               no
               Tutor
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               Cacoa
               and
               Coco
               Nuts
               are
               Merchantable
               Commodities
               ,
               enhanced
               for
               their
               singular
               use
               and
               delight
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               conclude
               with
               one
               rarity
               more
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               Iamaica
               is
               too
               great
               a
               plenty
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               the
               Alligator
               ,
               or
               
                 Indian
                 Crocodile
              
               ,
               an
               amphibious
               Creature
               ,
               that
               (
               like
               an
               Otter
               )
               haunts
               both
               the
               land
               and
               water
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               seen
               many
               of
               them
               upon
               Hispaniola
               ,
               but
               never
               any
               in
               the
               Chariby
               Islands
               ,
               nor
               in
               the
               Wind-ward
               Settlements
               upon
               the
               Main
               .
            
             
               It
               would
               be
               too
               long
               to
               tell
               what
               
               large
               feats
               are
               storied
               of
               this
               Beast
               ;
               as
               that
               he
               will
               pull
               the
               Bulls
               into
               the
               water
               ,
               (
               catching
               them
               like
               a
               keen
               Mastiffe
               by
               the
               cheek
               )
               when
               they
               come
               to
               drink
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               This
               is
               true
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               an
               incomparable
               strength
               in
               the
               water
               ,
               in
               which
               as
               their
               most
               friendly
               Element
               ,
               they
               do
               usually
               encounter
               the
               prey
               ,
               especially
               ,
               if
               the
               mastery
               ,
               will
               require
               their
               utmost
               strength
               in
               the
               grapple
               .
            
             
               But
               though
               he
               winnes
               the
               field
               in
               the
               water
               ,
               (
               with
               a
               Bull
               )
               yet
               he
               must
               share
               the
               Spoil
               on
               the
               shore
               ;
               for
               he
               cannot
               (
               without
               the
               danger
               of
               drowning
               )
               swallow
               his
               Booty
               ,
               through
               an
               impediment
               in
               his
               throat
               .
               Some
               of
               them
               (
               I
               have
               seen
               )
               six
               or
               seven
               yards
               long
               ,
               but
               their
               usual
               stretch
               ,
               may
               bate
               the
               half
               ;
               And
               indeed
               ,
               though
               they
               are
               fierce
               and
               ravenous
               ,
               yet
               at
               the
               approach
               of
               a
               man
               ,
               whilest
               they
               lie
               basking
               upon
               the
               Sands
               ,
               they
               betake
               themselves
               ,
               (
               though
               with
               no
               great
               
               haste
               )
               into
               the
               water
               ;
               yet
               is
               it
               not
               very
               safe
               sleeping
               near
               the
               shoar
               where
               they
               haunt
               ,
               lest
               they
               take
               you
               napping
               .
               Yet
               can
               they
               not
               prejudice
               a
               child
               that
               is
               but
               aware
               of
               them
               :
               For
               their
               motion
               is
               very
               slow
               ;
               neither
               can
               they
               turn
               the
               head
               ,
               but
               the
               whole
               bodie
               must
               wheel
               for
               company
               .
            
             
               
                 Dat
                 Deus
                 immiti
                 cornua
                 curta
              
               —
            
             
               There
               is
               as
               good
               Civet
               in
               the
               Cods
               of
               an
               old
               rammish
               Alligator
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Ginney
               Civet
               Cats
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               not
               mention
               here
               the
               plenty
               of
               all
               sorts
               of
               Fish
               ,
               and
               wild
               Fowl
               ,
               as
               Ginney
               Hens
               ,
               Ducks
               ,
               wild
               Pigeons
               ,
               &c.
               because
               these
               Collections
               shall
               take
               notice
               onely
               of
               what
               is
               singular
               in
               this
               Island
               ,
               without
               a
               Co
               partner
               ,
               or
               any
               Parallel
               in
               any
               other
               Settlements
               of
               our
               Countrey
               men
               .
            
             
               But
               possibly
               amongst
               these
               Rarities
               some
               will
               expect
               I
               should
               (
               as
               the
               most
               welcome
               Newes
               )
               discover
               some
               Mines
               of
               Silver
               or
               Gold
               ;
               as
               the
               most
               undoubted
               transcendency
               of
               a
               rich
               Land
               
               
                 
                   
                     Scilicet
                     uxorem
                     cum
                     dote
                     ,
                     fidemque
                     &
                     amicos
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Et
                     Genus
                     &
                     formam
                     ,
                     regina
                     pecunia
                     donat
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Ac
                     bene
                     nummatum
                     decorat
                     suadela
                     ,
                     Venusque
                     .
                  
                
              
               This
               
                 Auri
                 sacra
                 fames
              
               of
               the
               Lyrick
               ,
               is
               usually
               the
               Grand
               Inquest
               ;
               and
               without
               it
               other
               things
               seem
               to
               want
               their
               taste
               ,
               or
               relish
               but
               unsavourly
               ,
               especially
               to
               such
               an
               Epicurean
               as
               that
               was
               that
               charm'd
               his
               senses
               with
               this
               Lullabie
               ;
               
                 
                   Forbear
                   your
                   Stoick
                   Rules
                   ,
                   go
                   read
                
                 
                   To
                   bed-rid
                   Age
                   ;
                   for
                   I
                   'le
                   not
                   heed
                
                 
                   Your
                   peevish
                   morals
                   ,
                   till
                   dull
                   sense
                
                 
                   Despairs
                   to
                   have
                   concupiscence
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   (
                   whilst
                   my
                   spirits
                   are
                   young
                   &
                   good
                   ,
                
                 
                   Revelling
                   in
                   my
                   frolick
                   bloud
                   )
                
                 
                   Compar'd
                   to
                   me
                   old
                   Epicure
                   ,
                
                 
                   Shall
                   be
                   a
                   Puritan
                   demure
                   ,
                
                 
                   Each
                   sense
                   shall
                   play
                   the
                   Parasite
                   ,
                
                 
                   To
                   humour
                   my
                   coy
                   Appetite
                   ,
                
                 
                   Till
                   I
                   (
                   bidding
                   all
                   joyes
                   good-night
                   )
                
                 
                   Prove
                   the
                   
                     Nil
                     ultra
                  
                   a
                   of
                   delight
                   ,
                
                 
                   For
                   virtues
                   only
                   that
                   attend
                
                 
                   A
                   State
                   not
                   needy
                   I
                   commend
                   ;
                
                 
                   For
                   on
                   your
                   beggar-virtues
                   I
                
                 
                   Dote
                   not
                   (
                   except
                   integrity
                   ,
                   )
                
                 
                   Such
                   as
                   is
                   
                     Patience
                     per
                     force
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   A
                   virtue
                   practis'd
                   by
                   my
                   Horse
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   him
                   to
                   th'
                   Manger
                   I
                   do
                   tie
                
                 
                   From
                   meat
                   ,
                   long'd
                   for
                   with
                   leering
                   eye
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   And
                   let
                   humility
                   be
                   gone
                   ,
                
                 
                   When
                   I
                   have
                   nought
                   to
                   be
                   proud
                   on
                   .
                
                 
                   Rather
                   then
                   such
                   poor
                   virtues
                   have
                   ,
                
                 
                   Some
                   court
                   rich
                   vices
                   ,
                   or
                   a
                   grave
                   .
                
              
               Such
               is
               some
               mens
               prophane
               Boulimy
               and
               insatiable
               Poludipsie
               after
               Gold
               ,
               through
               the
               depravement
               of
               their
               canine
               and
               pical
               Appetites
               .
               
                 
                   —
                   nec
                
                 
                   
                     Terret
                     ambustus
                  
                   Phacthon
                   
                     avaras
                     spes
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Hor.
                   
                
              
               Neither
               heat
               nor
               cold
               can
               baracade
               the
               entratls
               and
               womb
               of
               the
               earth
               from
               the
               
                 Caesarean
                 Section
              
               ,
               and
               debauch'd
               midwifery
               of
               the
               greedy
               Miners
               ;
               which
               (
               as
               't
               is
               thought
               )
               would
               not
               in
               Iamaica
               ,
               prove
               labour
               in
               vain
               ;
               for
               some
               Melottoes
               and
               Negroes
               ,
               
               (
               that
               were
               lately
               Slaves
               to
               the
               Spaniards
               in
               this
               Isle
               )
               tell
               us
               ,
               that
               their
               Masters
               did
               certainly
               know
               of
               two
               Silver
               Mines
               ;
               yet
               are
               they
               not
               hitherto
               found
               by
               the
               English
               ;
               whose
               scrutiny
               therein
               is
               not
               very
               prying
               and
               exact
               ,
               the
               which
               ,
               though
               astured
               ,
               were
               no
               policy
               to
               divulge
               ,
               till
               their
               numbers
               be
               encreased
               ,
               and
               their
               foot
               hold
               secured
               ;
               Arguments
               ,
               that
               perswaded
               the
               Spaniard
               to
               reclose
               and
               dam
               up
               a
               rich
               Silver
               Vein
               in
               a
               Mountain
               near
               the
               Sea
               ,
               a
               few
               Leagues
               to
               the
               Norward
               of
               
                 Cape
                 St.
                 Nicholas
              
               ,
               at
               the
               west-end
               of
               Hispantola
               :
               not
               daring
               to
               present
               such
               a
               temptation
               to
               the
               Princes
               of
               Europe
               ,
               till
               his
               Mines
               in
               
                 Petozo
                 ,
                 Peru
              
               ,
               and
               new
               Spain
               be
               worn
               out
               ;
               that
               his
               spare
               hands
               then
               may
               not
               only
               extract
               ,
               but
               secure
               the
               Oare
               ;
               a
               prize
               ,
               which
               if
               now
               expos'd
               to
               publick
               notice
               )
               would
               create
               him
               many
               an
               unwelcome
               Rival
               ,
               that
               would
               not
               be
               to
               seek
               of
               pretences
               enough
               ,
               to
               further
               his
               suit
               :
               since
               our
               mother
               Earth
               doth
               indifferently
               
               prostrate
               her
               womb
               to
               the
               common
               embraces
               of
               any
               Ravisher
               ,
               that
               hath
               Arms
               strong
               enough
               to
               secure
               him
               ,
               in
               the
               Rape
               ;
               the
               only
               Patent
               that
               the
               Spaniard
               can
               show
               for
               his
               Indie-Mines
               .
            
             
               Which
               himself
               very
               well
               knows
               ,
               and
               is
               therefore
               very
               unwilling
               to
               dispute
               his
               Title
               ,
               but
               where
               he
               can
               empannell
               an
               Army
               ,
               instead
               of
               a
               Iury
               to
               make
               good
               the
               Claime
               ;
               the
               which
               he
               can
               hardly
               levie
               upon
               Hispaniola
               ;
               it
               being
               so
               thinly
               peopled
               ,
               that
               he
               can
               scarcely
               muster
               five
               hundred
               fighting
               men
               ,
               (
               in
               the
               whole
               Island
               )
               though
               he
               should
               put
               forth
               a
               general
               Presse
               (
               enforc'd
               with
               the
               strictest
               Commission
               of
               Aray
               ;
               )
               except
               only
               in
               the
               Town
               of
               St.
               Domingo
               ;
               which
               is
               distant
               above
               one
               hundred
               and
               fifty
               miles
               from
               the
               forementioned
               Mine
               ;
               and
               are
               not
               able
               with
               all
               their
               skill
               and
               strength
               to
               root
               out
               a
               few
               Buckaneers
               or
               Hunting
               French-men
               ,
               that
               follow
               their
               Game
               ,
               in
               despight
               of
               them
               ,
               though
               they
               cannot
               
               number
               three
               hundred
               at
               a
               general
               Rendezvouse
               :
               and
               those
               dispersed
               at
               three
               hundred
               miles
               distance
               from
               one
               another
               ,
               on
               the
               North
               and
               West
               sides
               of
               the
               Island
               ;
               of
               whom
               peradventure
               I
               may
               have
               hereafter
               more
               occasion
               to
               discourse
               .
            
             
               Therefore
               it
               is
               not
               much
               material
               ,
               whether
               or
               no
               ,
               Iamaica
               own
               any
               Silver
               Mines
               ,
               though
               it
               be
               more
               then
               probable
               that
               time
               will
               discover
               some
               :
               
                 
                   Quicquid
                   sub
                   terra
                   est
                   ,
                   in
                   apricum
                   proferet
                   aetas
                   .
                
              
            
             
               For
               if
               there
               were
               but
               strength
               of
               hands
               in
               Iamaica
               ,
               they
               might
               procure
               money
               with
               lesse
               labour
               then
               digging
               :
               except
               the
               Spaniard
               will
               quietly
               suffer
               them
               to
               reap
               the
               Fruits
               of
               the
               Common
               Earth
               .
               For
               the
               propriety
               whereof
               he
               can
               shew
               no
               
                 Bill
                 of
                 Sale
              
               but
               his
               Sword.
               
            
             
               Thus
               much
               in
               General
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               I
               shall
               novv
               give
               you
               a
               more
               particular
               Description
               of
               this
               Isle
               ,
               with
               it's
               Harbours
               ,
               Tovvns
               ,
               Ports
               ,
               Soundings
               ,
               exactly
               represented
               in
               this
            
             Map
             ,
             
               to
               your
               vievv
            
             .
          
           
             WHerein
             the
             chiese
             Harbour
             at
             Point
             Cagway
             merits
             Precedency
             ,
             lying
             North-West
             from
             the
             said
             Point
             in
             an
             Arme
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             that
             shoots
             in
             three
             or
             four
             Leagues
             within
             the
             Land.
             
          
           
             Where
             1000.
             tall
             ships
             may
             safely
             ride
             at
             one
             time
             ,
             and
             all
             sufficiently
             shelter'd
             from
             winds
             and
             waves
             ;
             and
             if
             they
             please
             ,
             close
             aboard
             the
             shore
             ,
             for
             an
             English
             mile
             in
             length
             ,
             incomparably
             convenient
             for
             careening
             ships
             of
             all
             Burthens
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             Point
             or
             sandy
             Bay
             is
             now
             built
             above
             five
             hundred
             houses
             ,
             
             by
             the
             English
             ,
             chiefly
             for
             the
             accommodation
             of
             Sea-men
             ,
             especially
             the
             Privateers
             ,
             who
             are
             their
             best
             Customers
             ;
             and
             sometimes
             ,
             as
             now
             it
             is
             ,
             the
             Residence
             of
             the
             General
             ,
             and
             some
             Merchants
             and
             Manufactures
             ;
             whose
             shares
             to
             build
             upon
             is
             measured
             out
             to
             them
             by
             the
             Foot
             ,
             and
             that
             immediately
             forfeited
             ,
             if
             not
             forthwith
             improv'd
             by
             Buildings
             ,
             which
             now
             almost
             cover
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Bay
             for
             a
             mile
             in
             length
             ;
             the
             breadth
             thereof
             being
             variable
             ,
             sometimes
             borrowing
             of
             the
             two
             Seas
             ,
             in
             whose
             Armes
             it
             lies
             ,
             and
             then
             repaying
             with
             unequal
             Interest
             ;
             so
             that
             about
             a
             mile
             from
             the
             Harbour's
             mouth
             ,
             it
             is
             almost
             Bankerupt
             .
          
           
             The
             Bank
             in
             that
             place
             not
             extending
             to
             above
             half
             a
             Cables
             length
             in
             bredth
             :
             where
             ,
             if
             cut
             through
             from
             Sea
             to
             Sea
             ,
             (
             which
             very
             little
             labour
             would
             effect
             .
             )
             This
             Isthmus
             would
             lose
             it's
             name
             in
             an
             Island
             ;
             And
             the
             Conversion
             conduce
             much
             to
             it's
             security
             .
          
           
           
             For
             there
             is
             no
             landing
             upon
             the
             South-side
             of
             the
             Bay
             (
             which
             is
             wash'd
             and
             Buts
             upon
             the
             main
             Seas
             )
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             fury
             of
             the
             waves
             (
             not
             pacified
             by
             any
             Breakers
             ,
             )
             even
             in
             the
             becalmest
             seasons
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             entrance
             into
             the
             Harbour
             is
             commanded
             with
             a
             Fort
             ,
             built
             by
             the
             English
             :
             wherein
             there
             are
             at
             this
             day
             ,
             some
             as
             good
             Canon
             planted
             ,
             as
             the
             Tower
             of
             London
             would
             afford
             ,
             yet
             the
             Bay
             ,
             (
             or
             said
             Town
             )
             consisting
             on
             nothing
             but
             loose
             sand
             (
             in
             most
             places
             whereof
             you
             have
             water
             ,
             in
             sinking
             but
             three
             or
             four
             foot
             )
             admits
             no
             sufficient
             defence
             in
             Teneable
             Bulworks
             ,
             without
             the
             Tribute
             of
             forreign
             Materials
             ;
             which
             are
             not
             far
             to
             seek
             .
          
           
             The
             worst
             is
             ,
             their
             water
             ,
             which
             is
             infected
             (
             by
             the
             intrusion
             of
             the
             Neighbour-seas
             )
             with
             a
             brackish
             taste
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             make
             use
             of
             none
             but
             what
             is
             fetch'd
             three
             or
             four
             leagues
             in
             Boats
             and
             Canoues
             .
          
           
           
             Which
             incovenience
             disswaded
             the
             Spaniards
             from
             gracing
             it
             with
             so
             much
             as
             one
             house
             ,
             seating
             themselves
             near
             a
             pleasant
             River
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             side
             of
             a
             most
             lovely
             Savana
             ,
             in
             the
             famous
             Town
             of
             
             St.
             Jago
             de
             la
             Vega.
             
          
           
             WHich
             was
             as
             well
             built
             ,
             and
             as
             large
             as
             any
             Town
             in
             England
             ;
             but
             now
             hast
             lost
             much
             of
             it's
             pristine
             lustre
             ,
             since
             the
             Landlords
             became
             English
             ;
             for
             it
             did
             contain
             two
             thoufand
             Houses
             ,
             and
             upwards
             ,
             with
             sixteen
             Churches
             and
             Chappell
             's
             ,
             when
             it
             was
             first
             seized
             upon
             by
             the
             Army
             conducted
             by
             Gen.
             Venables
             ;
             now
             there
             remains
             only
             the
             Skeletons
             of
             two
             Churches
             and
             an
             Abbey
             ,
             with
             about
             five
             or
             six
             hundred
             Houses
             ;
             some
             of
             which
             are
             yet
             very
             pleasant
             and
             habitable
             .
          
           
             This
             Town
             was
             first
             founded
             by
             Columbus
             ,
             to
             whose
             happy
             search
             ,
             the
             
             West-Indies
             first
             discovered
             it self
             ;
             (
             all
             former
             Commerce
             and
             Traffick
             thither
             being
             till
             then
             adjourn'd
             beyond
             the
             Records
             of
             Time
             and
             Memory
             )
             bur
             now
             by
             him
             reviv'd
             to
             Correspondency
             .
             He
             was
             the
             first
             Father
             and
             God-father
             to
             this
             Town
             ,
             giving
             it
             the
             name
             of
             
               St.
               Iago
               de
               la
               Vega
            
             ;
             which
             it
             reciprocally
             retorted
             to
             him
             in
             his
             ,
             and
             his
             yet
             remaining
             Families
             Title
             of
             Honour
             )
             by
             the
             good
             pleasure
             of
             the
             King
             of
             Castile
             ,
             created
             Duke
             
               de
               la
               Vega
            
             ;
             famous
             in
             Spain
             ,
             even
             to
             this
             day
             .
          
           
             Here
             is
             plenty
             of
             
               Cassta
               Ligrea
            
             ,
             and
             Oranges
             of
             excellent
             relish
             in
             abundance
             ,
             with
             some
             other
             choice
             Fruits
             ,
             the
             Fruits
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Industry
             .
          
           
             The
             mentioned
             Savana
             that
             faces
             this
             Town
             is
             now
             pretty
             well
             stockt
             with
             Sheep
             ,
             Goats
             ,
             Cowes
             ,
             and
             especially
             tame
             Horses
             .
             But
             it
             did
             contain
             many
             thousands
             of
             each
             whilest
             the
             Spaniard
             own'd
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             back-side
             of
             the
             Town
             is
             
             wash'd
             with
             a
             fair
             ,
             but
             unavigable
             River
             which
             buries
             it self
             in
             the
             Sea
             Passage-Fort
             .
          
           
             About
             twenty
             or
             thirty
             years
             agoe
             ,
             this
             Town
             was
             wonne
             by
             a
             little
             Fleet
             of
             
               English
               men
            
             ,
             fitted
             out
             from
             the
             Chariby
             Islands
             ,
             chiefly
             from
             Sr.
             Kits
             ,
             under
             the
             Command
             of
             Gen.
             Iackson
             ,
             who
             landed
             about
             five
             hundred
             men
             at
             Passage-Fort
             ,
             and
             fought
             his
             way
             up
             to
             the
             Town
             ,
             against
             two
             thousand
             Spaniards
             ,
             who
             still
             fled
             before
             him
             ;
             but
             some
             what
             retarded
             his
             Carcer
             ,
             by
             six
             or
             seven
             several
             Breast-works
             ,
             cast
             up
             athwart
             the
             Road
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             Bulwark
             this
             Town
             ,
             (
             the
             Jewell
             of
             this
             Isle
             )
             from
             such
             Inroades
             and
             sudden
             surprizals
             :
             For
             the
             prevention
             whereof
             they
             kept
             continual
             watch
             upon
             a
             great
             Hill
             that
             overlooks
             the
             Sea
             ,
             the
             Harbour
             ,
             and
             the
             Town
             ,
             from
             whence
             the
             Centinells
             ,
             in
             the
             twinkling
             of
             an
             eye
             by
             tokens
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             signified
             the
             imminency
             of
             approaching
             dangers
             ;
             As
             at
             this
             time
             
             when
             Gen.
             Iackson
             made
             the
             On-set
             ;
             the
             strength
             of
             the
             Isle
             being
             drawn
             up
             on
             the
             shore
             ,
             before
             he
             could
             land
             his
             men
             ;
             whom
             ,
             though
             the
             Spaniards
             some
             what
             resisted
             ,
             and
             at
             their
             several
             Brest-works
             caus'd
             them
             to
             make
             an
             unwilling
             Halt
             ;
             yet
             the
             fury
             of
             Iackson's
             men
             ,
             greedy
             of
             spoil
             ,
             overcame
             all
             difficulties
             ,
             neglecting
             dangers
             in
             comparison
             thereof
             :
             Thus
             with
             the
             losse
             of
             fourty
             men
             ,
             forcing
             to
             the
             Town
             ,
             plunder'd
             it
             ,
             to
             their
             no
             small
             enrichment
             .
             The
             booty
             likewise
             being
             advanced
             by
             a
             large
             Fine
             paid
             him
             by
             the
             Spaniard
             ,
             on
             condition
             the
             Town
             might
             be
             preserved
             from
             burning
             ;
             which
             was
             accordingly
             sav'd
             ,
             and
             their
             retreat
             to
             the
             Fleet
             undisturb'd
             .
          
           
             But
             when
             the
             swelling
             Armado
             with
             Gen.
             Venables
             ,
             attempted
             this
             Town
             ,
             (
             after
             their
             worse
             successe
             against
             
               St.
               Domingo
            
             )
             they
             beat
             the
             bush
             so
             long
             ,
             till
             the
             Bird
             was
             flown
             .
             For
             the
             subtle
             Spaniard
             ,
             belaying
             our
             men
             with
             parleys
             ,
             and
             fair
             words
             ,
             in
             the
             interim
             dispatches
             
             away
             Bag
             and
             Baggage
             ;
             sometimes
             sending
             Beeves
             to
             stay
             the
             stomacks
             of
             the
             hungry
             Soldiery
             ;
             and
             bearing
             Gen.
             Venables
             ,
             in
             hand
             with
             choice
             Viands
             ;
             and
             Spanish
             Dainties
             presented
             to
             his
             Lady
             ,
             who
             had
             more
             mind
             to
             eat
             then
             fight
             .
          
           
             Thus
             staving
             them
             off
             ,
             till
             their
             Train
             and
             best
             Movables
             had
             got
             so
             much
             Law
             ,
             that
             afterwards
             the
             swiftest
             pursuit
             could
             not
             give
             them
             a
             Turn
             ,
             before
             they
             had
             got
             Covert
             in
             their
             Fastnesse
             ,
             the
             Woods
             .
          
           
             And
             certainly
             ,
             the
             treasure
             they
             carried
             with
             them
             could
             not
             but
             be
             very
             considerable
             if
             we
             may
             guess
             at
             the
             worth
             of
             the
             Jewell
             by
             the
             splendor
             of
             the
             Cabinet
             ,
             that
             kept
             it
             :
             or
             estimate
             the
             largeness
             of
             the
             Bird
             by
             the
             Nest
             :
             the
             Town
             being
             then
             even
             to
             magnificence
             ,
             adorn'd
             with
             spatious
             Houses
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             safe-guard
             whereof
             the
             Spaniards
             never
             durst
             cope
             with
             our
             men
             in
             the
             plain
             field
             ;
             yet
             would
             
             sometimes
             gawl
             them
             ,
             when
             befriended
             with
             the
             treachery
             ,
             that
             night
             and
             the
             Woods
             do
             afford
             ;
             in
             which
             clandestine
             encounters
             ,
             though
             at
             first
             the
             Spanish
             successe
             was
             too
             fortunate
             ;
             yet
             dear
             bought
             experience
             did
             in
             a
             little
             time
             train
             up
             our
             men
             in
             the
             same
             Mysteries
             :
             in
             which
             now
             they
             are
             grown
             so
             perfect
             ,
             that
             they
             never
             ceast
             beating
             both
             Spaniard
             and
             Negro
             at
             their
             own
             Play
             ,
             and
             with
             their
             own
             weapons
             ,
             till
             they
             had
             cleared
             the
             Island
             of
             them
             ;
             In
             despair
             now
             of
             Recovery
             (
             being
             so
             often
             refrustrated
             in
             their
             reattempts
             ,
             )
             except
             by
             some
             invincible
             Armado
             ,
             which
             yet
             will
             find
             work
             enough
             ,
             e're
             they
             make
             the
             Island
             too
             hot
             for
             the
             English
             ,
             now
             naturaliz'd
             to
             the
             Countrey
             ,
             and
             can
             never
             want
             shelter
             nor
             victuals
             whilst
             they
             have
             the
             Woods
             to
             befriend
             ;
             with
             which
             now
             they
             are
             so
             well
             acquainted
             ,
             that
             the
             Molottoes
             and
             Negroes
             ,
             (
             which
             the
             Spaniards
             left
             behind
             them
             to
             keep
             possession
             of
             the
             
             Island
             ,
             therein
             reckoning
             without
             their
             Host
             ,
             presuming
             them
             unconquerable
             ,
             and
             past
             finding
             out
             )
             are
             now
             so
             overmatch'd
             in
             their
             own
             Arts
             ,
             that
             their
             Captain
             and
             the
             major
             part
             of
             them
             have
             submitted
             ;
             thereby
             lessening
             their
             master's
             Title
             by
             eleven
             Points
             of
             the
             Law
             ;
             and
             craving
             English
             protection
             ;
             into
             which
             ,
             they
             are
             upon
             submission
             received
             ,
             by
             the
             truly
             Honourable
             General
             Dawley
             ,
             and
             now
             authoriz'd
             to
             prey
             upon
             ,
             and
             hunt
             their
             fellows
             ,
             that
             in
             scattered
             Parties
             yet
             stand
             it
             out
             ,
             having
             already
             sealed
             their
             Allegiance
             with
             the
             bloud
             of
             their
             old
             Associates
             ,
             not
             without
             the
             dextrous
             contrivement
             of
             that
             Noble
             General
             ,
             whose
             happy
             policy
             in
             the
             wary
             preservation
             of
             this
             Forlorn
             in
             Iamaica
             ,
             hath
             already
             without
             the
             suspicion
             of
             flattery
             ,
             authoriz'd
             the
             style
             .
             To
             whom
             our
             Nation
             ,
             in
             some
             measures
             stands
             indebted
             for
             the
             Reprizal
             of
             that
             honour
             at
             Rio-Novo
             ,
             which
             was
             so
             shamely
             lost
             under
             
             the
             debauch'd
             conduct
             of
             Gen.
             Venables
             in
             Hispaniola
             :
             the
             Spaniards
             till
             then
             having
             so
             mean
             and
             despicable
             thoughts
             of
             English
             courage
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             On-set
             at
             Rio-Novo
             they
             upbraided
             our
             men
             with
             the
             opprobrious
             mention
             of
             
               Sancta
               Domingo
            
             ,
             till
             the
             repented
             assay
             of
             their
             valour
             ,
             disciplin'd
             them
             into
             better
             manners
             .
          
           
             For
             though
             the
             numbers
             of
             the
             Spanish
             Forces
             at
             Rio-Novo
             doubled
             the
             English
             (
             being
             sent
             from
             Cuba
             to
             reinforce
             and
             resettle
             the
             Island
             )
             and
             those
             strongly
             entrenched
             ;
             yet
             such
             was
             the
             enraged
             earnestnesse
             of
             the
             Souldiery
             to
             redeem
             their
             wounded
             Honours
             ,
             that
             (
             regardlesse
             of
             all
             odds
             and
             disadvantages
             )
             they
             storm'd
             them
             in
             their
             trenches
             with
             a
             resolution
             as
             undaunted
             as
             the
             successe
             was
             prosperous
             .
             Hereby
             not
             only
             retriving
             the
             Pristine
             same
             of
             their
             Countrey-men
             ;
             but
             also
             hitherto
             frustrating
             all
             hopes
             in
             the
             Spaniards
             of
             further
             attempts
             to
             regain
             the
             Island
             .
          
           
           
             Another
             Party
             of
             Spaniards
             reseating
             themselves
             at
             Point-Pedro
             ,
             being
             attended
             with
             a
             no
             lesse
             inauspicious
             fate
             .
          
           
             And
             the
             truth
             is
             ,
             the
             Island
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             lesse
             fruitfull
             ,
             is
             worth
             the
             fighting
             for
             ,
             thou
             it
             should
             cost
             the
             Spaniard
             some
             of
             his
             best
             bloud
             ;
             for
             it
             lies
             within
             his
             Bowels
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             heart
             of
             his
             Trade
             .
          
           
             For
             all
             the
             treasure
             that
             his
             Plate-Fleet
             brings
             home
             from
             Carthagina
             steer
             directly
             for
             St.
             Domingo
             in
             Hispaniola
             ,
             and
             from
             thence
             must
             pass
             by
             one
             of
             the
             ends
             of
             this
             Island
             to
             recover
             the
             Havana
             ,
             The
             common
             rendezvouse
             of
             this
             whole
             Armado
             ,
             before
             it
             returns
             home
             through
             the
             Gulf
             of
             Florida
             .
             Nor
             is
             there
             any
             other
             way
             (
             whereby
             to
             miss
             the
             Island
             of
             Iamaica
             )
             because
             he
             cannot
             in
             any
             reasonable
             time
             turn
             it
             up
             to
             the
             Windward
             of
             Hispaniola
             ;
             the
             which
             though
             he
             might
             with
             difficulty
             perform
             ,
             yet
             he
             would
             thereby
             loose
             the
             security
             of
             
             his
             united
             forces
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             Havana
             (
             from
             all
             the
             Parts
             of
             the
             Bay
             of
             
               Mexico
               ,
               New-Spain
            
             ,
             and
             the
             rich
             Merchandize
             that
             comes
             by
             
               Nombre
               de
               Dios
            
             ,
             from
             the
             South
             Seas
             ,
             )
             accompany
             each
             other
             home
             from
             the
             said
             general
             Rendezvouse
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             the
             Privateers
             from
             Iamaica
             are
             often
             fingering
             the
             Plate
             ,
             and
             other
             precious
             commodities
             ,
             that
             was
             never
             consign'd
             to
             them
             ;
             by
             picking
             up
             their
             single
             and
             stragling
             Vessels
             before
             they
             are
             ensur'd
             by
             their
             embodied
             Fleet.
             
          
           
             In
             which
             respects
             (
             as
             in
             many
             others
             )
             Necessity
             hath
             made
             a
             better
             choice
             of
             a
             seat
             for
             the
             English
             Dominions
             ,
             then
             their
             intended
             surprizal
             of
             Hispaniola
             ,
             though
             it
             had
             been
             atchieved
             :
             And
             their
             winnings
             ,
             (
             if
             the
             Game
             be
             followed
             )
             will
             unexpectedly
             outvie
             the
             stakes
             .
          
           
             And
             here
             I
             cannot
             but
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             many
             convenient
             Harbours
             ,
             adjudg'd
             by
             the
             most
             experienced
             Mariners
             
             to
             equal
             the
             best
             that
             they
             ever
             came
             to
             Anchor
             in
             .
             For
             besides
             that
             already
             mentioned
             at
             
               Point
               Cagg
               way
            
             .
             There
             is
             another
             (
             nothing
             inferiour
             )
             below
             it
             to
             Lee-ward
             at
             about
             four
             or
             five
             Leagues
             distance
             ;
             and
             may
             as
             conveniently
             serve
             the
             Town
             of
             St.
             Iago
             ,
             as
             that
             other
             at
             Cagg-way
             ;
             they
             being
             triangularly
             scituated
             :
             It
             is
             usually
             known
             by
             the
             name
             of
             
               Old
               Harbour
            
             ,
             where
             four
             hundred
             tall
             ships
             may
             ride
             together
             without
             danger
             of
             falling
             foul
             upon
             one
             another
             .
          
           
             And
             about
             fourteen
             Leagues
             to
             Wind-ward
             ,
             is
             another
             safe
             Port
             called
             by
             the
             
               Spaniards
               Porto
               Morant
            
             ,
             which
             yet
             retains
             the
             name
             .
             In
             the
             Confines
             whereof
             a
             Regiment
             is
             seated
             ;
             who
             with
             many
             other
             Planters
             ,
             have
             now
             made
             themselves
             considerable
             in
             the
             Produce
             of
             Sugar
             ,
             Tobacco
             ,
             Cotton
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             besides
             my
             scope
             to
             mention
             every
             Harbour
             on
             this
             and
             the
             North
             side
             of
             the
             Isle
             ,
             lest
             this
             Volume
             
             extend
             beyond
             the
             compendious
             Dimensions
             of
             Journal
             Notes
             ;
             calculated
             only
             for
             those
             that
             are
             most
             remarkable
             ,
             especially
             since
             the
             fore-inserted
             Plat
             may
             satisfie
             a
             more
             critical
             enquiry
             ;
             and
             be
             sufficiently
             Authenrick
             to
             confute
             those
             traditional
             Heterodoxes
             ,
             that
             some
             
             mens
             rashnesse
             hath
             published
             to
             the
             contrary
             upon
             bare
             report
             .
          
           
             But
             I
             shall
             adjourn
             a
             more
             plenary
             discovery
             to
             these
             ensuing
             Animadversions
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             REFLEXIONS
             Upon
             the
             present
             Affairs
             of
             JAMAICA
             ;
             And
             the
             Expedition
             against
             HISPANIOLA
             :
             Under
             the
             Conduct
             of
             GENERAL
             VENNABLES
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               THat
               Bulky
               Armadoes
               are
               many
               times
               sunk
               with
               their
               own
               weight
               ;
               which
               ,
               if
               parcell'd
               out
               into
               seasonable
               Recruits
               ,
               had
               signified
               more
               
               by
               each
               Retail
               ,
               then
               the
               prodigal
               waste
               of
               such
               whole-sale
               Adventures
               .
            
             
               The
               Dimensions
               of
               this
               great
               Preparation
               vastly
               exceeding
               the
               difficulties
               that
               could
               encounter
               them
               ,
               from
               all
               the
               united
               Forces
               in
               Hispaniola
               :
               and
               fitted
               out
               with
               strengths
               sufficient
               to
               make
               Prize
               of
               the
               whole
               Spanish
               Plate-Fleet
               ,
               rather
               then
               the
               sacking
               of
               a
               small
               Town
               ,
               or
               an
               unpeopled
               Land
               ,
               such
               as
               is
               St.
               Domingo
               ,
               and
               Hispantola
               ;
               who
               at
               the
               first
               brunt
               left
               this
               town
               to
               the
               Ransack
               of
               Gen.
               Iackson's
               men
               ;
               though
               timely
               Alarum'd
               by
               
                 Iackson's
                 Demurre
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Harbours
               mouth
               ,
               for
               four
               dayes
               space
               ;
               and
               then
               not
               able
               to
               land
               above
               five
               hundred
               men
               .
            
             
               A
               thousand
               English
               Souldiers
               being
               now
               an
               over-match
               to
               all
               the
               power
               ,
               that
               the
               Spaniards
               in
               Hispaniola
               ,
               can
               bring
               into
               the
               field
               ;
               unable
               at
               this
               day
               to
               serrit
               out
               a
               new
               
                 French
                 Buckaneers
              
               ,
               or
               Hunting
               Marownaes
               ,
               formerly
               mentioned
               ;
               who
               
                 live
                 by
                 killing
              
               
               the
               wild
               Beeves
               for
               their
               Hides
               ;
               and
               might
               grow
               rich
               by
               the
               Trade
               ,
               did
               not
               their
               lavish
               Riotings
               in
               expence
               (
               at
               the
               neighbour
               -
               Tortudoes
               )
               exceed
               the
               hardship
               of
               their
               Incomes
               .
               Their
               comfort
               is
               ,
               they
               can
               never
               be
               broke
               whilest
               they
               have
               a
               Dog
               and
               a
               Gun
               ;
               both
               which
               ,
               are
               more
               industriously
               tended
               then
               themselves
               .
            
             
               These
               Acteon-straglers
               (
               that
               seldome
               number
               above
               five
               or
               six
               in
               a
               company
               )
               are
               often
               affronted
               with
               the
               Spanish
               Rounds
               (
               consisting
               of
               about
               one
               hundred
               Fire-locks
               )
               that
               once
               a
               year
               compass
               the
               Island
               ,
               yet
               dare
               they
               never
               cope
               with
               these
               resolute
               Champions
               ,
               &
               wandring
               Knights
               ;
               who
               ,
               setting
               back
               to
               back
               ,
               would
               make
               sure
               to
               sell
               their
               lives
               at
               a
               double
               rate
               ,
               and
               in
               that
               posture
               bid
               defiance
               to
               the
               Enemy
               .
            
             
               The
               Grave
               Seignior
               scorning
               to
               barter
               a
               drop
               of
               Poenish
               bloud
               in
               exchange
               for
               an
               Ocean
               of
               such
               Rascal
               -
               Gaule
               .
            
             
             
               And
               I
               am
               very
               confident
               that
               the
               small
               Remnant
               left
               in
               Iamaica
               (
               knowing
               how
               to
               victual
               their
               Camps
               with
               what
               the
               Woods
               afford
               )
               will
               be
               able
               to
               disaray
               the
               Spaniards
               in
               Hispaniola
               or
               Cuba
               ,
               (
               even
               to
               admiration
               ,
               )
               and
               above
               what
               the
               most
               favouring
               presage
               can
               expect
               or
               Autume
               .
            
             
               And
               certainly
               this
               Foot-hold
               (
               yet
               secur'd
               ,
               maugre
               the
               Spanish
               craft
               and
               power
               ,
               )
               foiled
               twice
               by
               them
               in
               their
               reattempts
               doth
               open
               so
               fair
               a
               passage
               into
               the
               Indies
               ;
               that
               if
               His
               sacred
               Majesty
               ,
               our
               most
               excellent
               Prince
               do
               not
               in
               mercy
               balk
               the
               Spaniard
               ;
               a
               few
               years
               will
               immortalize
               Him
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               Emperours
               of
               the
               World
               :
               being
               happy
               ,
               and
               not
               onely
               in
               an
               invincible
               Navy
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               Dominion
               of
               Northern
               Kingdomes
               ,
               that
               are
               therefore
               so
               fruitfull
               ,
               that
               they
               store
               him
               with
               more
               men
               then
               Room
               :
               who
               are
               soonest
               likely
               to
               leave
               justling
               when
               they
               are
               parted
               with
               more
               elbow-room
               :
               The
               very
               Division
               of
               that
               
               united
               Abraham
               and
               Lot
               ,
               who
               by
               too
               near
               correspondence
               fell
               together
               by
               the
               ears
               .
               Thus
               too
               nigh
               neighbourhood
               begets
               contentions
               ,
               whilest
               distance
               and
               absence
               usually
               enhanceth
               the
               affections
               of
               near
               friends
               .
            
          
           
             
               Reflex
               .
               II.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               THat
               sudden
               surprizes
               from
               an
               Ambuscade
               ,
               usually
               prevailes
               more
               then
               open
               force
               .
               The
               whole
               strength
               of
               Hispaniola
               ,
               though
               embodied
               and
               in
               view
               ,
               not
               being
               able
               to
               strike
               that
               terrour
               ,
               and
               make
               such
               havock
               of
               our
               amazed
               Soldiers
               ,
               as
               fourty
               or
               fifty
               Negroes
               and
               Molettoes
               effected
               by
               an
               unlook'd
               for
               on-set
               .
            
             
               Gaining
               more
               by
               this
               jugling
               delusion
               then
               their
               whole
               Army
               could
               by
               Play
               above-board
               .
               The
               Spaniards
               (
               like
               Hannibal
               )
               obtaining
               conquest
               with
               their
               heads
               rather
               then
               their
               hands
               .
               
               Nor
               are
               they
               so
               usually
               foiled
               ,
               as
               when
               encountred
               with
               their
               own
               weapons
               :
               a
               wary
               plodding
               Fabius
               signifying
               more
               then
               a
               hot
               Spur
               Marcellus
               .
            
             
               To
               which
               squint-ey'd
               Mode
               in
               war
               Scanderbeg
               stands
               indebted
               for
               most
               of
               his
               Victories
               against
               the
               Ottomanes
               ;
               as
               also
               Ioshua
               ,
               though
               back'd
               with
               a
               Divine
               reserve
               ,
               for
               the
               defeat
               of
               Aj.
               
            
             
               Thus
               also
               do
               the
               Native
               Indians
               encounter
               their
               adverse
               Nations
               ,
               rather
               stealing
               upon
               them
               ,
               then
               assailing
               them
               ;
               especially
               ,
               practis'd
               by
               the
               Meridional
               ,
               and
               more
               oriental
               Americans
               ;
               whose
               diminitive
               statures
               call
               for
               the
               assistance
               of
               wily
               stratagems
               ;
               neglected
               by
               the
               more
               Northerly
               and
               armstrong
               Regions
               ,
               whose
               Character
               ,
               (
               according
               to
               mine
               own
               knowledge
               and
               experience
               )
               especially
               of
               those
               Guiana
               and
               
                 Char●by
                 Indians
              
               ,
               that
               cohabit
               with
               the
               English
               in
               Surinam
               ,
               I
               deem
               not
               much
               extravagant
               here
               to
               insert
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Under
                 the
                 Line
                 that
                 equal's
                 night
                 and
                 day
              
               
                 Guiana
                 stands
                 ,
                 part
                 of
                 America
                 :
              
               
                 On
                 whose
                 head
                 Phoebus
                 shoots
                 his
                 fiery
                 steams
                 ,
              
               
                 Twice
                 every
                 year
                 ,
                 with
                 down
                 right
                 darted
                 beams
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 his
                 
                   Twelve
                   Houses
                
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 travels
                 forth
              
               
                 Alongst
                 the
                 Zodiack
                 ,
                 'twixt
                 the
                 South
                 and
                 North.
              
               
                 Whose
                 Native
                 Indian
                 hath
                 not
                 ,
                 nor
                 needs
                 Art
              
               
                 To
                 clothe
                 himself
                 ,
                 Nature
                 supplies
                 that
                 Part.
              
               
                 They
                 're
                 true
                 Philosophers
                 ,
                 not
                 much
                 they
                 have
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 do
                 they
                 want
                 much
                 ,
                 nor
                 much
                 do
                 they
                 crave
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 care
                 not
                 for
                 to
                 morrow
                 ;
                 no
                 supply
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 just
                 from
                 hand
                 to
                 mouth
                 ,
                 no
                 Granary
                 :
              
               
                 If
                 they
                 want
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 they
                 take
                 their
                 bow
                 in
                 hand
                 .
              
               
               
                 And
                 then
                 for
                 Hare
                 or
                 Deer
                 ,
                 hunt
                 o're
                 the
                 Land.
              
               
                 For
                 all
                 Game
                 here
                 most
                 eas'ly
                 taken
                 be
                 ,
              
               
                 Since
                 they
                 take
                 Covert
                 in
                 some
                 hollow
                 tree
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 some
                 such
                 crazie
                 Refuge
                 ,
                 whence
                 they
                 are
              
               
                 Dig'd
                 forth
                 at
                 leisure
                 for
                 the
                 Hunter's
                 fare
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 if
                 the
                 stomack
                 do
                 in
                 Fish
                 delight
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 wily
                 feats
                 he
                 gluts
                 his
                 appetite
                 .
              
               
                 His
                 bread
                 &
                 drink
                 both
                 made
                 of
                 one
                 root
                 are
                 ,
              
               
                 Cassawder
                 call'd
                 ,
                 cook'd
                 by
                 the
                 Women's
                 care
                 ;
              
               
                 Who
                 shew
                 their
                 best
                 of
                 dutie
                 to
                 their
                 Home
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 their
                 Mates
                 wearied
                 with
                 their
                 Booties
                 come
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 every
                 man
                 in
                 's
                 house
                 is
                 Lord
                 and
                 King
                 ,
              
               
                 Hath
                 pow'r
                 of
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 thing
                 :
              
               
               
                 His
                 will
                 's
                 his
                 law
                 ,
                 from
                 him
                 there
                 's
                 no
                 appeal
                 ,
              
               
                 No
                 other
                 Monarchy
                 or
                 Common-weale
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 Wives
                 and
                 children
                 offenders
                 are
                 ,
              
               
                 His
                 will
                 's
                 the
                 Judge
                 ;
                 hand
                 ,
                 Executioner
                 :
              
               
                 To
                 none
                 but
                 to
                 their
                 Chief
                 ,
                 they
                 Homage
                 owe
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 's
                 th'
                 Eldest
                 Son
                 ,
                 when
                 marry'd
                 ,
                 t'
                 him
                 they
                 bowe
                 ,
              
               
                 His
                 Father
                 ,
                 Mother
                 ,
                 Brethren
                 ,
                 Nephews
                 ,
                 all
                 ;
              
               
                 Must
                 low'r
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 the
                 knee
                 must
                 fall
                 :
              
               
                 Till
                 his
                 first
                 Son
                 be
                 married
                 ,
                 then
                 he
              
               
                 (
                 Depos'd
                 )
                 must
                 to
                 his
                 own
                 Son
                 bend
                 the
                 knee
                 .
              
               
                 Thus
                 do
                 they
                 live
                 by
                 families
                 ,
                 thus
                 then
              
               
                 They
                 're
                 alwayes
                 govern'd
                 by
                 middle-ag'd
                 men
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 any
                 dyes
                 ,
                 into
                 his
                 Urne
                 is
                 hurl'd
              
               
                 All
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 ;
                 (
                 to
                 use
                 ;
                 i'
                 th'
                 other
                 world
                 :
                 )
              
               
               
                 His
                 Axe
                 ,
                 Bill
                 ,
                 Knife
                 ,
                 his
                 Bow
                 and
                 Hammock
                 too
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 this
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 service
                 they
                 can
                 doe
              
               
                 For
                 their
                 dead
                 Friend
                 .
                 If
                 he
                 a
                 Captain
                 be
                 ,
              
               
                 Then
                 if
                 he
                 have
                 a
                 Slave
                 ,
                 he
                 then
                 must
                 die
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 the
                 same
                 Roge
                 burn
                 both
                 ;
                 thus
                 is
                 supply'd
              
               
                 Each
                 one
                 i'
                 th'
                 other
                 world
                 ,
                 as
                 'fore
                 he
                 dy'd
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 usually
                 their
                 Slaves
                 ,
                 when
                 captive
                 ta'ne
                 ,
              
               
                 Are
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 sold
                 ;
                 and
                 some
                 are
                 slain
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 their
                 Flesh
                 forthwith
                 Barbacu'd
                 and
                 eat
              
               
                 By
                 them
                 ,
                 their
                 Wives
                 and
                 Children
                 as
                 choice
                 meat
                 .
              
               
                 Thence
                 are
                 they
                 call'd
                 Caribs
                 ,
                 or
                 Cannibals
                 ;
              
               
                 The
                 very
                 same
                 that
                 we
                 Man-eaters
                 call
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 yet
                 herein
                 lyes
                 not
                 their
                 chief
                 content
              
               
               
                 To
                 eat
                 for
                 food
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 a
                 Sacrament
                 ;
              
               
                 To
                 bind
                 them
                 and
                 their
                 Children
                 to
                 be
                 fierce
                 ,
              
               
                 And
                 into
                 th'
                 entrails
                 of
                 their
                 foes
                 to
                 pierce
                 .
              
               
                 Though
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 no
                 greater
                 Cowards
                 be
                 ,
              
               
                 Managing
                 all
                 their
                 Fights
                 with
                 treachery
                 ,
              
               
                 Most
                 of
                 their
                 feats
                 by
                 stealth
                 and
                 night
                 are
                 done
                 ,
              
               
                 If
                 once
                 it
                 come
                 to
                 handy-gripes
                 they
                 runne
                 .
              
               
                 Thus
                 much
                 I
                 'le
                 say
                 ;
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 wish
                 to
                 have
              
               
                 A
                 better
                 friend
                 ,
                 or
                 foe
                 ,
                 or
                 better
                 slave
              
               
                 Then
                 is
                 an
                 Indian
                 ;
                 where
                 he
                 once
                 affects
                 ,
              
               
                 In
                 love
                 and
                 service
                 shall
                 be
                 no
                 neglects
                 .
              
               
                 Command
                 him
                 as
                 your
                 slave
                 ,
                 his
                 life
                 ,
                 his
                 All
                 ,
              
               
                 If
                 he
                 do
                 once
                 you
                 but
                 Bone-aree
                 call
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 who
                 would
                 wish
                 an
                 easier
                 foe
                 then
                 he
                 ,
              
               
               
                 That
                 (
                 like
                 a
                 Buck
                 )
                 at
                 noise
                 of
                 Guns
                 will
                 flie
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 then
                 your
                 slave
                 if
                 that
                 an
                 Indian
                 be
                 ,
              
               
                 No
                 other
                 Caterer
                 you
                 need
                 but
                 he
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 plenty
                 shall
                 provide
                 for
                 yours
                 and
                 you
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 his
                 Dogs
                 only
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Bill
                 and
                 Bow
              
               
                 And
                 thus
                 much
                 for
                 their
                 Men.
                 Their
                 Women
                 are
              
               
                 Lovely
                 ,
                 though
                 brown
                 ;
                 modest
                 ,
                 hiding
                 their
                 Ware
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 several
                 colour'd
                 Beads
                 together
                 knit
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 Art
                 methodical
                 together
                 set
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 this
                 they
                 use
                 whilest
                 they
                 are
                 young
                 and
                 fair
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 when
                 they
                 're
                 old
                 ,
                 their
                 heedlesse
                 ,
                 all
                 is
                 bare
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 of
                 your
                 Wine
                 and
                 Brandee
                 ,
                 youl
                 'e
                 be
                 free
                 ,
              
               
                 They
                 'le
                 not
                 leave
                 till
                 they
                 drunk
                 as
                 beggars
                 be
                 .
              
               
                 They
                 call
                 the
                 Devil
                 Yerkin
                 ,
                 him
                 alone
              
               
               
                 They
                 worship
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 God
                 wills
                 harm
                 to
                 none
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 is
                 intirely
                 good
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 they
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 mercy
                 of
                 their
                 Yerkin
                 only
                 pray
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 they
                 are
                 sick
                 ,
                 Yerkin
                 doth
                 bear
                 the
                 blame
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 him
                 they
                 beg
                 deliverance
                 from
                 the
                 same
                 ,
              
               
                 The
                 Muses
                 and
                 their
                 Flamens
                 they
                 cashiere
                 ,
              
               
                 Only
                 Diana's
                 Troops
                 are
                 '
                 stablish'd
                 here
                 ,
              
               
                 Except
                 some
                 Priests
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 do
                 call
                 Peei
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 mumbling
                 charms
                 Yerkin
                 to
                 pacifie
                 .
              
               
                 (
                 In
                 summe
                 to
                 say
                 )
                 they
                 're
                 all
                 simplicity
                 ,
              
               
                 Almost
                 like
                 Adam
                 ,
                 in
                 's
                 innocency
                 .
              
               
                 Whatever
                 Nature
                 or
                 their
                 Appetite
              
               
                 Does
                 dictate
                 ,
                 they
                 do
                 follow
                 with
                 delight
                 ;
              
               
                 Not
                 once
                 with
                 conscience
                 check
                 embittered
                 ,
              
               
               
                 Being
                 by
                 the
                 law
                 of
                 Nature
                 only
                 led
                 .
              
               
                 Not
                 coveting
                 large
                 Barns
                 ,
                 with
                 hoards
                 to
                 stuffe
                 ,
              
               
                 When
                 once
                 their
                 belly
                 's
                 full
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 enough
                 ;
              
               
                 For
                 Avarice
                 ,
                 here
                 never
                 makes
                 them
                 jarre
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 warrants
                 ,
                 by
                 religion's
                 varnish
                 ,
                 warre
                 .
              
               
                 His
                 pride
                 so
                 natural
                 ,
                 (
                 if
                 't
                 be
                 a
                 vice
                 ,
                 )
              
               
                 Yet
                 costs
                 him
                 nothing
                 ,
                 or
                 but
                 little
                 Price
                 ;
              
               
                 It
                 never
                 makes
                 him
                 sell
                 his
                 land
                 ,
                 nor
                 shut
              
               
                 Shop-windows
                 up
                 ,
                 nor
                 a
                 spare
                 Jewel
                 put
              
               
                 To
                 trouble
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 Pawne
                 for
                 Cloak
                 or
                 Gown
                 .
              
               
                 His
                 onely
                 pride
                 's
                 a
                 Feather
                 on
                 his
                 Crown
                 :
              
               
                 The
                 cast-clothes
                 of
                 some
                 gaudy
                 Bird
                 fits
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 which
                 he
                 needs
                 not
                 venture
                 life
                 nor
                 limb
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 Hector
                 it
                 ,
                 nor
                 list
                 under
                 Sir
                 Hugh
                 ,
              
               
               
                 (
                 When
                 known
                 by
                 the
                 old
                 suit
                 ,
                 to
                 fish
                 for
                 new
                 ;
                 )
              
               
                 Nor
                 cringe
                 to
                 Velvet
                 Titles
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 gape
                 ,
              
               
                 Like
                 fawning
                 Cur
                 ,
                 or
                 mopping
                 Jack-an-Ape
                 :
              
               
                 Nor
                 need
                 to
                 be
                 light
                 finger'd
                 in
                 a
                 crowd
                 ;
              
               
                 Nor
                 light
                 heel'd
                 to
                 procure
                 a
                 Scarfe
                 or
                 Hood
                 ,
              
               
                 Nor
                 with
                 stretch'd
                 Fancies
                 beg
                 a
                 Ladies
                 smile
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 she
                 (
                 poor
                 soul
                 )
                 scarce
                 understands
                 the
                 while
                 ,
              
               
                 They
                 make
                 no
                 mintage
                 here
                 of
                 Brains
                 ,
                 nor
                 be
              
               
                 The
                 sterling
                 Pence
                 coyn'd
                 with
                 a
                 Comoedie
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 pomp
                 and
                 fine
                 clothes
                 only
                 are
                 the
                 cause
              
               
                 Of
                 all
                 our
                 shirking
                 Trades
                 ,
                 and
                 endlesse
                 lawes
                 .
              
               
                 Since
                 Nature
                 ne're
                 brought
                 forth
                 a
                 Creature
                 yet
                 ,
              
               
                 Unfurnish'd
                 ,
                 with
                 what
                 Coverlets
                 were
                 fit
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 Back
                 (
                 if
                 not
                 misus'd
                 )
                 in
                 coldest
                 Land
                 ,
              
               
                 Craving
                 no
                 waste
                 clothes
                 ,
                 more
                 then
                 face
                 or
                 hands
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               this
               Diversion
               is
               somewhat
               out
               of
               our
               way
               to
               Iamaica
               .
            
          
           
             
               Reflex
               .
               III.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               THough
               in
               multitude
               of
               Councellours
               there
               is
               safety
               ,
               yet
               multitude
               of
               Commanders
               equally
               sharing
               in
               power
               ,
               are
               usually
               attended
               with
               confusion
               .
               And
               therefore
               though
               the
               wary
               Romanes
               invested
               their
               Confuls
               with
               equal
               Authority
               ,
               (
               lest
               the
               unmated
               Interest
               of
               a
               single
               General
               should
               by
               happy
               Victories
               winne
               so
               much
               upon
               the
               affections
               of
               his
               concern'd
               Followers
               ,
               as
               to
               enfringe
               the
               Liberties
               ,
               with
               which
               they
               hugg'd
               themselves
               in
               their
               Aristocracy
               ;
               )
               yet
               
               the
               Consuls
               commanded
               by
               turns
               ,
               by
               intermitting
               dayes
               ;
               and
               very
               seldome
               in
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Province
               ;
            
             
               Counter
               to
               the
               Instructions
               in
               this
               Expedition
               ,
               which
               oblig'd
               the
               General
               to
               act
               nothing
               without
               the
               joint
               consent
               of
               Gown-Commissioners
               ,
               for
               that
               purpose
               constituted
               .
               Which
               ,
               though
               it
               pleads
               somewhat
               in
               Apologie
               for
               General
               Vennables
               ,
               yet
               neverthelesse
               it
               raseth
               out
               this
               Model
               from
               the
               more
               
                 Genuine
                 Maxims
              
               of
               Policy
               ;
               as
               invented
               only
               by
               the
               jealousies
               of
               Tyrants
               and
               Usurpers
               ;
               but
               found
               uselesse
               and
               prejudicial
               to
               more
               justly
               installed
               Princes
               ;
               whose
               undisputed
               Titles
               need
               not
               the
               broke-age
               of
               such
               shifting
               and
               by-way
               stratagems
               to
               ensure
               their
               Negotiations
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Reflex
               .
               IV.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               THat
               Souldiers
               wives
               are
               more
               properly
               seated
               in
               their
               husband's
               Kitchin
               ,
               then
               his
               Tent.
               General
               
                 Vennable's
                 Lady
              
               being
               not
               unjustly
               blamed
               ,
               both
               for
               his
               sluggish
               and
               listlesse
               Proceedings
               ,
               as
               also
               ,
               for
               his
               unlicens'd
               and
               immature
               Return
               ,
               further'd
               ,
               if
               not
               procur'd
               by
               her
               too
               opportune
               Inculcations
               .
               A
               Dalliance
               of
               so
               sad
               a
               consequence
               to
               the
               English
               Nation
               ,
               that
               zeal
               to
               my
               native
               Countrey
               whets
               my
               passions
               to
               so
               Satyrical
               an
               edge
               ,
               that
               I
               can
               scarce
               forbear
               ,
               here
               to
               lash
               out
               ,
               against
               her
               whole
               Sex
               ,
               did
               not
               the
               Virtues
               of
               some
               others
               interceed
               .
               However
               I
               must
               have
               a
               touch
               at
               the
               Martyred
               State
               ,
               that
               warrants
               such
               unseasonable
               Companions
               for
               the
               Warres
               ;
               wisely
               prevented
               by
               the
               Turks
               in
               their
               Eunuch-Generals
               .
            
             
               The
               best
               on
               't
               is
               I
               am
               not
               awed
               
               (
               thanks
               to
               my
               fates
               )
               with
               the
               dreadfull
               Catechisme
               of
               a
               Curtain
               Lecture
               .
            
             
               
                 I
                 cannot
                 think
                 on
                 wretched
                 Cleopatra
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 she
                 doth
                 move
                 my
                 spleen
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Bilis
                   atra
                
                 :
              
               
                 Who
                 caus'd
                 silly
                 
                   Mark
                   Anthony
                
                 to
                 smart
                 ;
              
               
                 Losing
                 his
                 head
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 gave
                 her
                 his
                 heart
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 first
                 embrac'd
                 the
                 Serpent
                 in
                 his
                 arm
                 ,
              
               
                 But
                 she
                 ,
                 long
                 after
                 ;
                 both
                 ,
                 with
                 equal
                 harm
                 .
              
               
                 How
                 call
                 you
                 those
                 who
                 fool'd
                 old
                 Solomon
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 shameless
                 put
                 the
                 Royal
                 Breeches
                 on
                 ?
              
               
                 What
                 can
                 secure
                 us
                 from
                 the
                 Petticoat
                 ?
              
               
                 When
                 wit
                 ,
                 nor
                 Samson's
                 strength
                 can
                 save
                 the
                 throat
                 ?
              
               
                 If
                 Pins
                 and
                 Laces
                 Emperours
                 enthral
                 ,
              
               
                 Wonder
                 not
                 at
                 a
                 puny
                 General
                 .
              
               
               
                 But
                 if
                 you
                 must
                 wed
                 ;
                 see
                 some
                 charm
                 you
                 get
                 ,
              
               
                 Inclose
                 i'
                 th'
                 wedding-Ring
                 an
                 Amulet
                 :
              
               
                 Nothing
                 can
                 be
                 too
                 safe
                 ;
                 we
                 thunder
                 fear
                 ,
              
               
                 A
                 toy
                 to
                 th'
                 Curtain-whisper
                 in
                 the
                 car
                 .
              
               
                 Thus
                 Socrates
                 curst
                 Zeno
                 ,
                 (
                 when
                 in
                 strife
                 ,
              
               
                 Vying
                 for
                 curses
                 ,
                 wish'd
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 Wife
                 .
              
               
                 Thus
                 the
                 grave
                 Judge
                 in
                 rigour
                 did
                 decree
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 him
                 that
                 had
                 two
                 Wives
                 ,
                 He
                 should
                 have
                 three
                 .
              
               
                 (
                 As
                 the
                 Monck
                 shriv'd
                 the
                 Drunkard
                 )
                 for
                 his
                 pain
                 ,
              
               
                 Ordaining
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 drunk
                 again
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 If
                 Expiations
                 merit
                 ,
                 none
                 's
                 more
                 meet
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 to
                 do
                 Penance
                 in
                 the
                 Nuptial
                 sheet
                 :
              
               
                 For
                 sure
                 they
                 need
                 not
                 Purgatory
                 fear
              
               
               
                 Hereafter
                 ,
                 that
                 (
                 poor
                 souls
                 )
                 endure
                 it
                 here
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 's
                 no
                 such
                 joy
                 in
                 this
                 betwin'd
                 State
                 then
                 ,
              
               
                 If
                 any
                 ,
                 th'
                 women
                 get
                 it
                 ,
                 not
                 the
                 men
                 .
              
               
                 Though
                 I
                 must
                 say
                 ,
                 those
                 pretty
                 sweet-meats
                 please
              
               
                 Sometime
                 ;
                 But
                 to
                 cloy'd
                 stomachs
                 a
                 Disease
                 .
              
               
                 Such
                 is
                 the
                 Nuptial
                 Surfeit
                 ,
                 a
                 mere
                 Glut
                 ,
              
               
                 Like
                 loathed
                 Baggage
                 to
                 the
                 nauseous
                 Gut.
              
               
                 Enough
                 is
                 better
                 then
                 a
                 feast
                 ,
                 each
                 one
                 ,
              
               
                 After
                 a
                 fast
                 does
                 fall
                 the
                 keener
                 on
                 ;
              
               
                 But
                 to
                 lie
                 wallowing
                 in
                 Cates
                 ,
                 though
                 rare
                 ,
              
               
                 Fie
                 on
                 't
                 ,
                 what
                 is
                 it
                 but
                 a
                 hoggish
                 fare
                 ?
              
               
                 If
                 then
                 at
                 best
                 no
                 better
                 Chear
                 you
                 meet
                 ,
              
               
                 How
                 doth
                 he
                 fare
                 that
                 's
                 lodg'd
                 i'
                 th'
                 loathed
                 Sheet
                 ?
              
               
                 If
                 the
                 most
                 stately
                 Prisons
                 cannot
                 please
                 ,
              
               
               
                 VVhat
                 shall
                 we
                 find
                 i'
                 th'
                 Jakes
                 and
                 Little-ease
                 ?
              
               
                 Is
                 there
                 no
                 Paradise
                 in
                 Cherry-cheek
                 ,
              
               
                 What
                 a
                 plague
                 is
                 that
                 then
                 ,
                 that
                 's
                 as
                 green
                 as
                 Leek
                 ?
              
               
                 If
                 that
                 your
                 pretty
                 Maids
                 be
                 things
                 ,
                 but
                 filly
                 ,
              
               
                 (
                 Compar'd
                 by
                 ancient
                 Bards
                 ,
                 to
                 Rose
                 and
                 Lilly
                 )
              
               
                 Then
                 sure
                 ,
                 that
                 look
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 out
                 of
                 date
                 ,
              
               
                 Bedaub'd
                 (
                 like
                 ulcers
                 )
                 with
                 Precipitate
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 Females
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 best
                 ,
                 but
                 pester
                 men
                 ,
              
               
                 He
                 's
                 Match'd
                 ,
                 that
                 hath
                 a
                 Leagure-Lady
                 then
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 I
                 'le
                 forbid
                 no
                 Banes
                 ;
                 nor
                 rouse
                 the
                 Nest
              
               
                 Of
                 little
                 angry
                 Wasps
                 :
                 I
                 'me
                 but
                 in
                 jest
                 ;
              
               
                 Though
                 ,
                 whil'st
                 some
                 read
                 these
                 lines
                 ,
                 their
                 Wives
                 in
                 view
                 ,
              
               
                 They
                 'le
                 whisper
                 to
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 say
                 ,
                 they
                 're
                 true
                 .
              
               
               
                 For
                 by
                 your
                 leave
                 ,
                 with
                 Venus
                 though
                 you
                 're
                 match't
                 ,
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 doubt
                 but
                 you
                 are
                 Coneycatch't
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               such
               poor
               men
               ,
               as
               this
               General
               Vennables
               ,
               (
               that
               are
               thus
               o're-mated
               )
               works
               my
               pity
               rather
               then
               scorn
               ,
               moving
               my
               bowels
               more
               then
               my
               spleen
               ;
               for
               though
               the
               Kingdome
               was
               the
               loser
               ,
               he
               is
               none
               of
               the
               gainers
               ,
               and
               the
               thraldome
               of
               his
               sheets
               out-vies
               the
               Halter
               ;
               furnishing
               us
               with
               this
               conclusion
               ,
               That
               he
               's
               unfit
               to
               be
               
                 Pater
                 Patriae
              
               that
               is
               not
               
                 Domt
                 Dominus
              
               ;
               nor
               to
               head
               an
               Army
               ,
               that
               must
               kneel
               at
               his
               own
               Fire
               side
               ;
               nor
               to
               ride
               Admiral
               of
               a
               Fleet
               ,
               that
               cannot
               carry
               the
               Flag
               at
               home
               ,
               but
               is
               forced
               to
               lowre
               his
               
                 Top
                 sail
              
               ,
               to
               a
               
                 Petty
                 coat
              
               .
               In
               defiance
               whereof
               ,
               I
               have
               here
               ,
               with
               their
               own
               worded
               weapon
               ,
               taken
               up
               the
               Gantlet
               ,
               to
               my
               no
               little
               hazard
               of
               a
               scolding
               :
               though
               if
               they
               knew
               the
               respect
               and
               honour
               I
               have
               for
               the
               worthy
               
               thy
               Ladies
               ;
               (
               as
               those
               that
               knows
               me
               ,
               know
               I
               am
               no
               
                 woman
                 hater
              
               ,
               )
               nor
               in
               this
               relation
               any
               thing
               of
               kin
               to
               the
               Noble
               Blake
               ,
               the
               nicest
               coynes
               would
               easily
               vouchsafe
               me
               an
               
                 Act
                 of
                 Grace
              
               .
               All
               my
               quarrell
               with
               their
               Sex
               consisting
               only
               in
               the
               defence
               of
               those
               poor
               men
               that
               stand
               in
               need
               of
               Abasuerus
               his
               Decree
               .
            
          
           
             
               Reflex
               .
               V.
               
            
             
               5.
               
               THat
               the
               most
               promising
               designs
               ,
               though
               launch'd
               out
               and
               promoted
               with
               all
               the
               appertinent
               utensills
               ,
               that
               policy
               can
               contrive
               ;
               are
               many
               times
               easily
               defeated
               by
               uncalculated
               Accidents
               :
               sometimes
               a
               mistaken
               letter
               ,
               in
               the
               sound
               of
               a
               word
               ,
               hath
               rooted
               great
               Armadoes
               :
               and
               the
               whistling
               of
               the
               wind
               in
               the
               Sicamour
               trees
               destroyed
               an
               Host
               .
               Thus
               Gideon
               
               founded
               the
               Midianites
               with
               the
               sudden
               surprizal
               of
               Trumpets
               ,
               Lamps
               ,
               and
               broken
               Pitchers
               .
               *
               The
               very
               looks
               of
               the
               Germanes
               affrighted
               the
               Gaules
               ;
               And
               the
               very
               flashes
               in
               the
               besmeared
               faces
               of
               the
               Picts
               ,
               did
               gawle
               the
               Saxons
               .
               Thus
               did
               the
               hellish
               visage
               of
               the
               grim
               Negroes
               and
               Molettoes
               beyond
               all
               imagination
               at
               the
               first
               assault
               nonplus
               our
               men
               at
               Hispaniola
               ;
               which
               yet
               had
               not
               signified
               so
               much
               ,
               if
               it
               had
               not
               been
               seconded
               with
               the
               unhappy
               Conduct
               of
               Gen.
               Venables
               ;
               whose
               crazy
               management
               of
               affairs
               shared
               so
               sinister
               an
               influence
               to
               his
               better
               deserving
               Followers
               .
            
             
               The
               Indulgent
               Heavens
               till
               now
               ,
               suspending
               the
               Award
               of
               any
               Damages
               to
               the
               English
               Nation
               ,
               in
               repair
               of
               the
               losse
               of
               that
               invincible
               Armado
               in
               Eighty
               Eight
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Reflex
               .
               VI.
               
            
             
               6.
               
               THat
               Necessity
               often
               trains
               up
               a
               Militia
               better
               then
               Plenty
               .
               For
               had
               not
               the
               Belly
               been
               
                 Magister
                 artis
              
               ,
               putting
               the
               Soldiers
               to
               their
               shifts
               ,
               to
               silence
               it's
               importunities
               ,
               they
               had
               never
               prov'd
               so
               good
               Marks-men
               ,
               nor
               had
               come
               so
               familiarly
               acquainted
               with
               the
               Woods
               :
               whose
               skill
               therein
               hath
               now
               stood
               them
               in
               so
               good
               stead
               ,
               for
               the
               stubbing
               up
               those
               
                 Spanish
                 Negroes
              
               ,
               that
               till
               then
               lay
               as
               thorns
               in
               their
               sides
               ,
               that
               they
               could
               scarce
               stir
               abroad
               without
               being
               prick'd
               .
            
             
               Thus
               the
               Alpes
               prov'd
               less
               fatal
               to
               Hannibal's
               Army
               ,
               then
               Capua
               ;
               and
               hunger
               &
               cold
               spur'd
               and
               egg'd
               on
               the
               weather-beaten
               Goths
               and
               Vandalls
               to
               better
               their
               Sun
               ,
               till
               they
               did
               Lord
               it
               in
               France
               and
               Italy
               .
            
             
               This
               only
               inconvenience
               attended
               the
               Soldiery
               of
               Iamaica
               ,
               that
               finding
               
               their
               leggs
               ,
               and
               able
               to
               stand
               by
               themselves
               without
               the
               assistance
               of
               a
               Providore
               ,
               they
               became
               more
               refractory
               ,
               and
               head-strong
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               lesse
               bounded
               discipline
               :
               acknowledging
               but
               small
               Homage
               where
               they
               received
               so
               small
               Pay
               ;
               which
               did
               the
               rather
               subject
               them
               to
               mutiny
               ,
               and
               easie
               to
               be
               wrought
               upon
               by
               more
               working
               Pates
               .
            
             
               Nor
               did
               this
               licentiousness
               long
               want
               the
               misimproved
               subtilty
               of
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               one
               Lieut.
               Col.
               Raymond
               ,
               a
               discontented
               Souldier
               ,
               that
               wanted
               nothing
               but
               a
               better
               Employ
               ,
               to
               set
               out
               his
               vast
               Parts
               :
               and
               had
               he
               not
               encountred
               with
               a
               General
               ,
               that
               is
               cunning
               enough
               ,
               and
               prov'd
               himself
               at
               all
               Machievilltan
               assayes
               ,
               his
               Match
               ;
               he
               had
               certainly
               reduc'd
               the
               Forces
               in
               Iamaica
               ,
               into
               a
               self-destroying
               Flame
               ;
               especially
               now
               their
               discontents
               had
               heated
               them
               to
               so
               (
               tinder-like
               )
               a
               touchinesse
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               ready
               to
               take
               fire
               on
               all
               occasions
               .
               Nor
               were
               these
               
               Incendiaries
               to
               seek
               of
               all
               plausible
               Pretexts
               that
               witty
               usurpation
               doth
               use
               to
               colour
               and
               gild
               blacker
               Designes
               .
               But
               what
               the
               aimes
               of
               Lieut.
               Col.
               Raymond
               were
               are
               not
               easily
               to
               be
               discovered
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               more
               then
               presum'd
               ,
               that
               his
               want
               of
               employment
               :
               (
               having
               never
               had
               any
               Charge
               in
               Iamaica
               )
               though
               not
               uncapable
               of
               the
               greatest
               ,
               that
               this
               Isle
               could
               afford
               )
               made
               him
               (
               unable
               to
               bear
               Neglects
               )
               thus
               over
               busie
               ;
               and
               too
               too
               active
               in
               moulding
               poor
               Lieut.
               Col.
               Tison
               to
               what
               shape
               he
               pleas'd
               ;
               his
               Heart
               being
               better
               then
               his
               Head
               ,
               and
               his
               Armoury
               better
               blazoned
               with
               the
               Dove
               then
               the
               Serpent
               ;
               and
               I
               am
               very
               confident
               did
               not
               foresee
               the
               evil
               and
               danger
               that
               those
               lawless
               Bandyings
               do
               incurre
               ,
               which
               Relation
               may
               admit
               the
               more
               credit
               in
               that
               I
               am
               altogether
               unconcerned
               in
               either
               Party
               ,
               and
               neither
               prejudic'd
               nor
               byassed
               with
               Partiality
               .
            
             
               Nor
               were
               those
               fickle-headed
               Souldiers
               
               so
               soon
               invited
               to
               rise
               in
               Arms
               with
               them
               ,
               but
               they
               sooner
               deserted
               them
               :
               leaving
               them
               to
               the
               Mercy
               of
               their
               Opponents
               Court-Mashalls
               ,
               who
               presently
               doom'd
               them
               ,
               to
               be
               shot
               to
               death
               .
               Lieut.
               Col.
               Tison
               died
               with
               some
               reluctancy
               and
               regret
               ;
               but
               Lieut.
               Col.
               Raymond
               ,
               like
               himself
               ;
               with
               an
               undismay'd
               Resolution
               answerable
               to
               his
               wonted
               Magnanimity
               on
               whose
               Interment
               a
               busie
               Wit
               threw
               this
               Epitaph
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   AT
                   thy
                   Nativity
                   the
                   Heaven's
                   have
                   worn
                
              
               
                 
                   Such
                   visage
                   as
                   when
                
                 Cataline
                 
                   was
                   born
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Your
                   Significators
                   sure
                   must
                   be
                   th'
                   same
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   And
                   Aspects
                   ;
                   since
                   you
                   differ
                   but
                   in
                   name
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   His
                   vaster
                   soul
                
                 Rome
                 
                   's
                   walls
                   could
                   not
                   confine
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Thine
                   daign'd
                   no
                   Pere
                   ,
                   scarce
                   that
                   of
                
                 Cataline
                 .
              
               
                 
                   His
                   stile
                   long-winded
                
                 Tully
                 
                   's
                   did
                   surpasse
                
                 ,
              
               
               
                 
                   And
                   thine
                   so
                   ravishing
                   ,
                   too
                   perswasive
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   He
                   knew
                   no
                   fear
                   ,
                   scarce
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   deem'd
                   Gods
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Oh
                   that
                   in
                   this
                   ,
                   of
                   thee
                   he
                   'd
                   had
                   the
                   odds
                   !
                
              
               
                 
                   His
                   soul
                   ,
                   engross'd
                   th'
                   Monopoly
                   of
                   Arts
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   And
                   thy
                   Orphaean
                   skill
                   could
                   ravish
                   Hearts
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   His
                   to
                   w'ring
                   Genius
                   could
                   not
                   bend
                   the
                   knee
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   And
                   thine
                   was
                   fitter
                   for
                   a
                   Throne
                   then
                   thee
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   King
                   of
                   Terrours
                   could
                   not
                   him
                   affright
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   And
                   thou
                   did'st
                   seem
                   to
                   court
                   eternal
                   might
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Not
                   un
                   bewail'd
                   was
                   his
                   Catastrophe
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   And
                   ev'n
                   thine
                   enemies
                   lamented
                   thee
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   He
                   lives
                   (
                   though
                   not
                   entomb'd
                   )
                   by'is
                   famous
                   facts
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   Thy
                   Grave
                   ,
                   scarce
                   known
                   ;
                   but
                   ,
                   well
                   enough
                   thine
                   Acts.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Reflex
               .
               VII
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               THat
               though
               Infant-Settlements
               ,
               like
               Infant-years
               ,
               are
               usually
               most
               fatal
               ;
               yet
               their
               Blossomes
               once
               Set
               ,
               are
               not
               so
               easily
               Blasted
               .
               Happily
               experimented
               in
               Iamaica
               ,
               whose
               Blooming
               hopes
               now
               thrive
               so
               well
               ,
               and
               their
               Stocks
               so
               well
               Rooted
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               not
               easily
               Routed
               .
               The
               Major
               part
               of
               the
               Inhabitants
               being
               old
               West-Indians
               ,
               who
               now
               Naturalized
               to
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               grow
               the
               better
               by
               their
               Transplantation
               ,
               and
               flourish
               in
               health
               equivalently
               comparable
               to
               that
               of
               their
               Mother-Sotl
               .
               For
               which
               I
               need
               not
               beg
               credit
               ,
               since
               there
               is
               no
               
                 Countrey
                 Disease
              
               (
               as
               at
               Virginia
               and
               Surinam
               )
               endemically
               raging
               throughout
               the
               Isle
               ;
               nor
               any
               new
               and
               unheard
               of
               distempers
               that
               want
               a
               name
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               a
               wise
               man
               needs
               no
               other
               Physick
               there
               but
               his
               Temperance
               ,
               
               scarcely
               craving
               Hospital
               assistance
               so
               much
               as
               we
               in
               England
               ,
               nor
               have
               any
               more
               reason
               to
               deify
               an
               Aesculapius
               .
            
             
               And
               therefore
               we
               consult
               our
               fears
               ,
               rather
               then
               the
               dangers
               ,
               when
               the
               very
               name
               of
               Travell
               into
               Foreign
               Parts
               ,
               doth
               so
               much
               affright
               us
               ,
               especially
               into
               so
               serene
               an
               Aire
               as
               breathes
               in
               Iamaica
               ,
               that
               owns
               nothing
               but
               it's
               distance
               to
               dismay
               us
               from
               it's
               visit
               ;
               The
               Indies
               being
               no
               such
               Bugbear
               as
               they
               are
               (
               usually
               pourtray'd
               .
               In
               vindication
               therefore
               ,
            
             
               
                 
                   For
                   Travel
                   ,
                   take
                   this
                
                 APOLOGY
                 .
              
               
                 PRithee
                 ,
                 perswade
                 me
                 not
                 ,
                 my
                 Dear
                 ,
              
               
                 You
                 do
                 mistake
                 my
                 Fates
                 ,
                 I
                 fear
                 .
              
               
               
                 My
                 Glass
                 will
                 run
                 no
                 sooner
                 out
                 ,
              
               
                 Though
                 I
                 do
                 range
                 the
                 World
                 about
                 .
              
               
                 Could
                 my
                 stay
                 here
                 ,
                 bribe
                 a
                 delay
                 ,
              
               
                 From
                 the
                 pale
                 Sisters
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 stay
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 't
                 is
                 too
                 true
                 (
                 though
                 't
                 be
                 a
                 Fable
                 )
              
               
                 The
                 Sisters
                 are
                 Inexorable
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 are
                 as
                 nimble
                 with
                 their
                 Knife
              
               
                 To
                 those
                 that
                 lead
                 a
                 Home-bred
                 life
                 .
              
               
                 Brave
                 Rawleigh
                 found
                 (
                 too
                 soon
                 )
                 a
                 Tomb
                 !
              
               
                 Not
                 in
                 the
                 Indies
                 ,
                 but
                 at
                 home
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Destinies
                 did
                 Drake
                 forbear
              
               
               
                 In
                 the
                 Antipodes
                 ,
                 not
                 here
                 ;
              
               
                 And
                 do
                 ,
                 like
                 Ladies
                 coy
                 ,
                 neglect
              
               
                 Those
                 most
                 ,
                 that
                 Court
                 them
                 with
                 respect
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 will
                 Embraces
                 beg
                 &
                 pray
              
               
                 Of
                 those
                 that
                 are
                 as
                 niceas
                 they
                 .
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 if
                 the
                 froward
                 Stars
                 dispence
              
               
                 With
                 their
                 Malignant
                 influence
                 ,
              
               
                 Adjourning
                 Plagues
                 they
                 use
                 to
                 bring
                 ,
              
               
                 In
                 peccant
                 Autumns
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Spring
                 :
              
               
                 Yet
                 a
                 Consumption
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Gout
                 ,
              
               
                 In
                 Chimney-corner
                 finds
                 us
                 out
                 :
              
               
                 Or
                 ,
                 (
                 what
                 is
                 worse
                 )
                 old
                 driveling
                 Age
                 ,
              
               
               
                 With
                 all
                 it's
                 loathed
                 Aequipage
                 ,
              
               
                 Arrests
                 us
                 ,
                 till
                 we
                 have
                 unsaid
              
               
                 The
                 Pray'rs
                 which
                 we
                 for
                 long
                 life
                 made
                 ;
              
               
                 Yet
                 ,
                 they
                 're
                 forc'd
                 soonest
                 to
                 recant
                 ,
              
               
                 That
                 fruits
                 of
                 youthful
                 Travel
                 want
                 :
              
               
                 For
                 knowledge
                 onely
                 doth
                 commend
              
               
                 Old
                 Age
                 ;
                 whilest
                 listening
                 Nephews'tend
              
               
                 With
                 greedy
                 ears
                 to
                 catch
                 up
                 all
              
               
                 Old
                 stories
                 ,
                 Grand-sires
                 does
                 let
                 fall
                 ;
              
               
                 (
                 Thus
                 shortening
                 long
                 Winters
                 Night
                 )
              
               
                 This
                 paliiates
                 Age
                 with
                 some
                 delight
                 ,
              
               
               
                 For
                 when
                 the
                 cold
                 Palsey
                 doth
                 seize
              
               
                 On
                 other
                 members
                 ,
                 Tongues
                 at
                 ease
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 is
                 the
                 old
                 man's
                 Commendamus
                 ,
              
               
                 Which
                 without
                 Travel
                 is
                 less
                 famous
                 .
              
               
                 Nay
                 damn'd
                 Exile
                 in
                 this
                 was
                 blest
                 ,
              
               
                 Of
                 Kings
                 ,
                 it
                 has
                 made
                 ours
                 the
                 best
                 :
              
               
                 Thus
                 Ioseph's
                 Brethrens
                 (
                 meant
                 )
                 Abuse
              
               
                 Rais'd
                 him
                 ,
                 the
                 Honour
                 of
                 his
                 House
                 .
              
               
                 Aeneas
                 thus
                 enhanc'd
                 his
                 fame
                 ,
              
               
                 From
                 Trojan
                 to
                 the
                 Roman
                 Name
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Reflex
               .
               VIII
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               THat
               an
               Army
               once
               cow'd
               ,
               especially
               in
               their
               first
               foreign
               attempt
               ,
               seldome
               bound
               their
               fear
               till
               it
               become
               altogether
               Panick
               :
               like
               that
               Punick
               amaze
               that
               epidemically
               invaded
               Carthage
               ,
               after
               the
               first
               defeat
               of
               Hannibal
               by
               the
               more
               thriving
               Genius
               of
               
                 Scipio
                 Africanus
              
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               certain
               ,
               that
               after
               the
               first
               check
               given
               to
               our
               Forces
               by
               the
               Negroes
               and
               Molettoes
               in
               Hispaniola
               ;
               The
               very
               mention
               of
               their
               coming
               ,
               (
               though
               bruted
               but
               for
               experiment
               )
               caus'd
               some
               to
               hasten
               their
               march
               ,
               beyond
               the
               pace
               of
               gravity
               and
               valour
               .
            
             
               Though
               
                 after
                 Tryals
              
               approv'd
               them
               to
               be
               English
               men
               ,
               rather
               then
               Normans
               ,
               daring
               ,
               to
               Rally
               defeated
               Courage
               .
               The
               truth
               whereof
               many
               an
               Aethiope
               hath
               now
               unwillingly
               asserted
               
               by
               the
               lavish
               expence
               of
               his
               sooty
               bloud
               .
               And
               here
               I
               intended
               to
               publish
               some
               Essayes
               touching
               the
               future
               Settlement
               of
               Iamaica
               ,
               which
               now
               are
               upon
               second
               thoughts
               condemn'd
               to
               privacy
               .
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A86321-e930
           
             *
             
               Amer.
               desc
               .
               p.
               ult
            
             .
             1655.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Caes
               .
               Com.
               de
               bell
               .
               Gallic
               .
            
          
        
      
    
  

