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him certaine blowes, to amaze him, but nothing would 

 serve them ; for as they were about to lay handes 

 upon him hee still dived under water, and with his 

 hands and feete got neere to the shore : and as he 

 rose up above the water, hee called to his felowes 

 which stood on the shore to behold, crying Belen 

 with a loud voyce, and so they pursued him, and 

 strooke him sometimes being very neere the shore, 

 and he alwayes went calling the rest of his fellowes 

 to come and helpe him, whereupon within a short 

 while after three other Canoas came foorth to succour 

 him, being full of Indians with bowes and arrowes 

 in their handes, crying with a loude voyce, that wee 

 should come on shore : these Indians were of great 

 stature and salvage, fat also and well set, and of a 

 browne colour. Our Captaine perceiving this, least 

 they should wound any of our people with their 

 arrowes, returned backe, and commanded us immediately 

 to set sayle, and so foorthwith wee departed. 



This day the wind skanted, and we returned to anker 

 in the foresayd place, and our Admirall rode from the 

 firme land toward the Island, and wee which were in 

 the ship called The Trinitie lay neere unto the maine, 

 and before breake of day wee departed with a fresh gale. 

 And before we disemboqued out of that chanell we saw 

 certaine grasse very high and greene upon the maine : 

 whereupon a mariner, and the Pilot went up into the top, 

 and saw the mouth of a river which ranne through that 

 greene countrey into the sea. But because our Admirall 

 was under all her sayles farre from us, we could not tell 

 Port Belen a them of this river, where wee would have taken water, 

 very good whereof we had some neede, and because it was a very 

 aven. good haven to goe on shore to take it, and therefore 



without watering we followed our course. On munday 

 we departed from this haven which is like unto a lake, 

 for on all sides we were compassed with land, having 

 the continent before, behinde us, and on our right side, 

 and the Island on our left side, and we passed foorth 



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