gallery. Wherein, upon one of the
walls, right over against you as you enter the said place, so as your
eye cannot escape the sight of it, there is described and painted in
a very large scutcheon the arms of the King of Spain; and in the
lower part of the said scutcheon there is likewise described a globe,
containing in it the whole circuit of the sea and the earth, whereupon
is a horse standing on his hinder part within the globe, and the other
forepart without the globe, lifted up as it were to leap, with a scroll
painted in his mouth, wherein was written these words in Latin, _NON
SUFFICIT ORBIS_, which is as much to say as, _The world sufficeth not_.
Whereof the meaning was required to be known of some of those of the
better sort that came in commission to treat upon the ransom of the
town; who would shake their heads and turn aside their countenance,
in some smiling sort, without answering anything, as greatly ashamed
thereof. For by some of our company it was told them, that if the Queen
of England would resolutely prosecute the wars against the King of
Spain, he should be forced to lay aside that proud and unreasonable
reaching vein of his; for he should find more than enough to do to keep
that which he had already, as by the present example of their lost town
they might for a beginning perceive well enough.

Now to the satisfying of some men, who marvel greatly that such a famous
and goodly-builded city, so well inhabited of gallant people, very
brave in their apparel (whereof our soldiers found good store for their
relief), should afford no greater riches than was found there. Herein
it is to be understood that the Indian people, which were the natives
of this whole island of Hispaniola (the same being near hand as great
as England), were many years since clean consumed by the tyranny of the
Spaniards; which was the cause that, for lack of people to work in the
mines, the gold and silver mines of this island are wholly given over.
And thereby they are fain in this island to use copper money, whereof
was found very great quantity. The chief trade of this place consisteth
of sugar and ginger, which groweth in the island, and of hides of oxen
and kine, which in this waste country of the island are bred in infinite
numbers, the soil being very fertile. And the said beasts are fed up
to a very large growth, and so killed for nothing so much as for their
hides aforesaid. We found here great store of strong wine, swee