The Whole and True Discouerye of Terra Florida by Jean Ribault
they had neither there wives nor childern in there
company.
After we had a good while lovengly intre-
tayned and presented them with littell* giftes of
haberdasherye wares, cutting hookes and hatch-
ettes, and clothed the king and his brethern with
like robes we had geven to them on the other
side, [we] enterd and veued the cuntry thera-
bowte, which is the fairest, frutefullest and ples-
antest of all the worlde, habonding in honney,
veneson, wildfoule, forrestes, woodes of all
sortes, palme trees, cipers, ceders, bayes, the hiest,
greatest and fairest vynes in all the wourld with
grapes accordingly, which naturally and withowt
mans helpe and tryming growe to the top of
okes and other trees that be of a wonderfull
greatnes and height. And the sight of the faire
medowes is a pleasure not able to be expressed
with tonge, full of herons, corleux, bitters, mal-
lardes, egertes, woodkockes, and of all other
kinde of smale birdes, with hartes, hyndes,
buckes, wild swyne, and sondery other f wild
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* P., lyke. f P., all other kyndes of.
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