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rabble of the town. This was intended, 

 at prefent, for our prifon, till orders 

 were received from the governor, who 

 refided at Chaco, above thirty leagues 

 from this place. When we got to the 

 college, the corregidore defired the father 

 provincial, as they {tiled him, or head of 

 the jefuits here, to find out what reli- 

 gion we were of, or whether we had 

 any or not. He then retired, the gates 

 were fhut, and we were conducted to a 

 cell. We found in it fomething like 

 beds fpread on the floor, and an old rag- 

 ged fhirt apiece, but clean, which was of 

 infinite fervice to us ; nor did eating at 

 firft give me half the fatisfaftion this 

 treafure of an old fliirt did. Though 

 this college was large, there were but 

 four jefuits in ir, nor were there any 

 more of that order upon the ifland. In the 

 morning, captain Cheap was fent for by 

 the father provincial : their converfation 

 was carried on in Latin, perhaps not the 



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