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 this he confirms from the late Instance of the Palme Island eighteen Leagues from Tenariffa, where a Volcanio was fired about twelve Years since; the Violence whereof made an Earthquake in this Island so great, that he and others ran out of their HonsesHouses [sic], fearing they would have fallen upon their Heads. They heard the Noise of the Torrents of flaming Brimstone like Thunder, and saw the Fire as plain by Night, for about six Weeks together, as a Candle in the Room: And so much of the Sand and Ashes, brought from thence by the Wind with Clouds, fell on his Hat, as fill'd a Sand Box for his Inkhorn.

In some Part of this Island there grows a crooked Shrub which they call Legnan, which they bring for England as a sweet Wood: There are likewise Apricots, Peaches, &c. in Standard, which bear twice a Year, Pear-trees also which are as pregnant: Almonds of a tender Shell; Palms, Plantains, Oranges and Limons, especially the Pregnadas which have small ones in their Bellies, from whence they are so denominated. Also they have Sugar-Canes, and a little Cotton. Colloquintida &c. The Roses blow at Christmas. There are good Carnations, and very large; but Tulips will not grow or thrive there: Sampier cloaths the Rocks in Abundance, and a kind of Clover the Ground. Another Grass growing near the Sea, which is of a broader Leaf, so luscious and rank, as it will kill a Horse that eats of it, but no other Cattle, Eighty Ears of Wheat have been found to spring from one Root, but it grows not very high. The Corn of this is transparent and bright like to the purest yellow Amber, and Rh