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 *clared that they sailed aboue a thousand leagues without sight of land, on the one side nor yet on the other of the Equinoctiall. And in two degrees toward the north they discouered one Island named Asea, which seemeth to be one of the Islands of Cloues:

500. leagues little more or lesse as they sailed, they came to the sight of another which they named Isla de los Pescadores. Going still in this course they sawe another Island called Hayme towards the south, and another named Apia: and then they came to the sight of Seri: turning towards the north one degree, they came to anker at another Island named Coroa, and from thence they came to another vnder the Meousum, and from thence vnto Bufu standing in the same course.

The people of all these Islands are blacke, and haue their haire frisled, whom the people of Maluco do call Papuas. The most of them eate mans flesh, and are witches, so giuen to diuilishnes, that the diuels walk among them as companions. If these wicked spirits do finde one alone, they kill him with cruell blowes or smoother him. Therefore they vse not to goe, but when two or three may be in a companie.

There is heere a bird as bigge as a Crane: he flieth not, nor hath any wings wherewith to flee, he runneth on the ground like a Deere: of their small feathers they do make haire for their idols. There is also an herbe, which being washed in warme water, if the leafe thereof be laide on any member and licked with the toong, it will draw out all the blood of a mans body: and with this leafe they vse to let themselues blood.

From these Islands they came vnto others named the Guelles standing one degree towards the north, east, and west from the Isle Terenate, wherein the Portugals haue a fortresse: these men are haired like the people of the Malucoes.

These Islands stande 124. leagues from the Island named Moro; and from Terenate betweene 40. and 50. From whence they went to the Isle of Moro, and the Islands of Cloues, going from the one vnto the other.

But the people of the countrey would not suffer them to come on lande, saying vnto them: Go vnto the fortresse where the captain Antonie Galuano is, and we will receiue you with a good will: for they would not suffer them to come on land without his licence: for he was factor of the countrey as they named him. A thing worthie to be noted, that those of the