The first ground of that opinion is taken from _2 Esdra._ 13. _v._ 40. &c. (which we quote as ancient, though it be Apocryphall) where it’s said, that the ten Tribes which _Salmanaster_ carried captive in the reigne of _Hoseas_, beyond _Euphrates_, determined to goe into Countries farre remote, in which none dwelt, whereby they might the better observe their Law. And as they passed over some branches of _Euphrates_, God wrought Miracles, stopping the course of the Floud, till they had passed over; and that Country is called _Arsareth_. From whence we may gather, that the ten Tribes went to _New-Spaine_, and _Peru_, and possessed those two Kingdoms, till then without Inhabitants. _Genebrardus_, quoting _Esdras_ concerning that wandring of the ten Tribes, saith, that _Arsareth_ is _Tartaria_ the greater, and from thence they went to _Greenland_, for that _America_ is lately found to be on that side farther from Sea, than it is upon other sides, being almost an Island, and they might passe from _Greenland_ by the streight of _Davis_ into the Country _Labrador_, which is now called _India_, being fifty miles distant from thence, as _Gomoras_ saith in his History. The same journying of the ten Tribes into _India_, is confirmed by that which _P. Malvenda_ reports, That _Arsareth_ is that Promontory which is neare to _Scythia_, or _Tartary_, neare the Sea, called by _Pliny_, _Tabis_, where _America_ is parted from the Country of _Anian_ by a narrow Sea; which also on that side parts _China_, or _Tartary_ from _America_; so that there might be an easie passage for the ten Tribes through _Arsareth_, or _Tartary_ into the Kingdomes of _Anian_, and _Quivira_; which in time might plant the new world, and firme land; which in bignesse equals _Europe_, _Asia_, and _Africa_ put together; _Alonsus Augustinianus_ counting from the shoare of the North Sea, from the Country of _Labrador_ 3928 miles, and from _Sur_ 3000. miles; but _Gomaras_ counts from _India_ by the South, and _Sur_, 9300. miles; which space is bigge enough for the ten Tribes, that they may there spread in places hitherto unknowne. _SECT. 4._