The Discovery of Guiana

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And I further remember that Berreo confessed to me and others, which I
protest before the Majesty of God to be true, that there was found among
the prophecies in Peru, at such time as the empire was reduced to the
Spanish obedience, in their chiefest temples, amongst divers others
which foreshadowed the loss of the said empire, that from Inglatierra
those Ingas should be again in time to come restored, and delivered from
the servitude of the said conquerors. And I hope, as we with these few
hands have displanted the first garrison, and driven them out of the
said country, so her Majesty will give order for the rest, and either
defend it, and hold it as tributary, or conquer and keep it as empress
of the same. For whatsoever prince shall possess it, shall be greatest;
and if the king of Spain enjoy it, he will become unresistible. Her
Majesty hereby shall confirm and strengthen the opinions of all nations
as touching her great and princely actions. And where the south border
of Guiana reacheth to the dominion and empire of the Amazons, those
women shall hereby hear the name of a virgin, which is not only able to
defend her own territories and her neighbours, but also to invade and
conquer so great empires and so far removed.

To speak more at this time I fear would be but troublesome: I trust in
God, this being true, will suffice, and that he which is King of all
Kings, and Lord of Lords, will put it into her heart which is Lady of
Ladies to possess it. If not, I will judge those men worthy to be kings
thereof, that by her grace and leave will undertake it of themselves.