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The Empire of Guiana is directly East from Peru towards the Sea, and lieth under the Equinoctial line, and it hath more abundance of golde then any part of Peru, and as many or moe great Cities then ever Peru had when it flourished most.” (Hak. 3. 634.) Milton’s words, “yet unspoiled Guiana” suggest the following pa age in the narrative of Raleigh: “To conclude, Guiana is a countrey that hath yet her may den head, never sackt, turned, nor wrought; the face of the earth hath not bene torne, nor the vertue and salt of the soyle spent by manurance; the graves have not bene opened for golde, the mines not broken with sledges, nor their Images puld downe out of their temples. It hath never been entered by any armie of strength, and never conquered or po e ed by any christian Prince.” (Hak. 3. 661.) Compare the following from Spenser, probably also influenced by Raleigh: Rich Oranochy, though but knowen late; And that huge River, which doth beare his name Of warlike Amazons, which doe po e e the same. Joy on those warlike women, which so long Can from all men so rich a king do me hold! And shame on j’ou, O men! which boast your strong And valiant hearts, in thou.ghts le e hard and bold, Yet quaile in conquest of that land of gold. But this to you, O Britons! most pertaines, To whom the right hereof it selfe hath sold. The which, for sparing litle cost or paines, Loose so immortall glory, and so endle e gaines. {F. (2.4. 11. 21, 22.) ch129.xhtml g 149