<p>Charles the fift of immortall fame, Empe- rour of Rome, expressing euer in all his acti- ons and exploites, a certeine maiestie and au- thoritie, manifisted his magnanimitie and va- liancie in two pillers, which our ancestors cal- led Hercules pillers, which are two promonto- ries or hilles distant one from an other 700. paces, the one being in Mauritania towardes Affrike, called Abila, the other in the coast of the kingdome of Granalia towardes Spaine, called Calpe, betwixt the which runneth a gulph of the sea, which men call Gibraltar, or the straight of Seuille or Hispalense. Poets faine, that in this straight sometime stood a great rocke of a maruellous hugenes, stopping the course of the sea for running that way, which being taken away by the strength and industry of Hercules, there was passage made to the Ocean sea. And for the remembrance of so worthie a benefite, they say two pillers were erected of him there, in the two chiefest partes of the world, Affricke and Europe. And truely as they in olde time had a great care to keepe from obliuion their noble gestes, &amp; va- liant deedes, recording them in their monu- ments, registers, and the like (as they write, A- lexander did his marshall exploites) so Hercu- les making and end there of his iournies and <pb n="embmne_pae1591_fac034"/> trauels, erected (as may be supposed) two me- morable pillers, which whither they were made by nature, by art, or by force, it is not thorowly knowne. But this is certaine that there stood a church there, wherein it is said, Hanniball offred sacrifice when he warred a- gainst Italy, where it is manifest, were two pil- lers of brasse, either of them eight cubits high, of an exellent fairenes. This place is called of the common fort the doore-threshald of the world, beyond which they say, neither anie man sailed, till the time of Charles the fifth, which being searched out by his nauy, togi- ther with the nauy of the Portugals, they found the fortunate iles, and sundrie rich nations both towardes the East, and West partes, for which cause, and to the end he might signifie to all posterities the exellency and greatnes of his actes, he vsed this pozie or Apothegme Plus Oultre, that is further or beyond, con- ceiuing great hope to goe forward further. </p>

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