A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



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unto them, & imbraced them, giving them certain trifles, 

 commanding mine interpreter to speake unto them, for 

 I greatly desired to understand their maner of speech, 

 and the cry which they made at mee. And that I 

 might knowe what maner of foode they had, I made a 

 signe unto them, that wee would gladly eate, and they 

 brought mee certaine cakes of Maiz, and a loafe of 

 Mizquiqui, and they made signes unto mee that they 

 desired to see an harquebuse shotte off, which I caused 

 [III. 427.] to be discharged, and they were all wonderfully afraid, 

 except two or three olde men among them which were 

 not mooved at all, but rather cried out upon the rest, 

 because they were afrayd : and through the speach of 

 one of these olde men, they began to rise up from 

 the ground, and to lay hold on their weapons : whom 

 when I sought to appease, I would have given him a 

 silken girdle of divers colours, and hee in a great rage 

 bitte his nether lippe cruelly, and gave mee a thumpe 

 with his elbowe on the brest, and turned in a great furie 

 to speake unto his company. After that I saw them 

 advance their banners, I determined to returne my selfe 

 gently to my boates, and with a small gale of wind I 

 set sayle, whereby wee might breake the current which 

 was very great, although my company were not well 

 pleased to goe any farther. In the meane space the 

 Indians came following us along the shore of the river, 

 making signes that I should come on land, and that they 

 would give mee food to eate, some of them sucking 

 their fingers, and others entred into the water with 

 certaine cakes of Maiz, to give me them in my boate. 



Chap. 2. 



Of the habite, armour and stature of the Indians. A 

 relation of many others with whom he had by signes 

 traffique, victuals and many courtesies. 



N this sort we went up two leagues, and I arrived 



neere a cliffe of an hill, whereupon was an arbour 



made newly, where they made signes unto me, crying 



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