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to shew them diverse of his marchandise. The Indians 

 as soone as he had layd those things on the ground, 

 and gone somewhat aside, came downe from the hill and 

 tooke them, and carried them up, for it seemed that their 

 Lord was among them, to whom they carried those trifles. 

 Trucks traf- Then they came downe againe, and layd to give unto 

 fique with the j^- ^^ -^^ ^^ g^jj place, an oyster of pearles, and two 

 ther ofpearle ^^^^hers like haukes feathers, making signes to Preciado 

 and other that he should come and take them ; which he did, and 

 things. againe layde there a string of belles, and a great fish- 



hooke, and certaine beades ; and they taking the same, 

 layd there againe another oyster of pearle, and certaine 

 feathers : and he layd downe other beads, two fishhookes, 

 and more comfits, and the Indians came to take them 

 up, and approched much neerer unto him, then at other 

 times, and so neere that a man might have touched them 

 with a pike, and then they began to talke together : and 

 7 or 8 more came downe, unto whom Francis Preciado 

 made signes, that they should come downe no lower, 

 and they incontinently layd their bowes and arrowes on 

 the ground, and having layd them downe came somewhat 

 lower, and there with signes, together with them which 

 came first, they began to parle with him, and required 

 mariners breeches & apparell of him, and above all things 

 a red hat pleased them highly, which the said Francis 

 ware on his head, and they prayed him to reach it unto 

 them, or to lay it in the place ; and after this certaine of 

 them made signes unto him to knowe whether he would 

 have a harlot, signifying with their fingers those villanies 

 and dishonest actions, and among the rest they set before 

 him an Indian of great stature dyed wholly with black, 

 with certaine shels of the mother of pearle at his necke, 

 and on his head, and speaking by signes to Francis 

 Preciado touching the foresaid act of fornication, 

 thrusting their finger through a hole, they said unto him, 

 that if hee would have a woman, they would bring him 

 one ; and he answered, that he liked well of it, and that 

 therfore they should bring him one. In the meane space 



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