FERNANDO ALARCHON a.d. 



1540. 

 I was but yong hee sent me no sooner. And he 

 turning unto me sayd suddenly: Comest thou therefore 

 hither to bee our Lord, and that wee should serve 

 thee ? I supposing that I should not please him if I 

 should have said yea, answered him, not to be their 

 Lord, but rather to be their brother, and to give them 

 such things as I had. He asked me, whether the Sunne 

 had begotten me as he had begotten others, and whether 

 I was his kinsman or his sonne : I answered him that 

 I was his Sonne. He proceeded to aske me whether 

 the rest that were with me were also the children of the 

 Sunne, I answered him no, but that they were borne 

 all with me in one countrey, where I was brought up. 

 Then he cryed out with a loud voyce and sayd, seeing 

 thou doest us so much good, and wilt not have us to 

 make warre, and art the child of the Sunne, wee will 

 all receive thee for our Lord, and alwayes serve thee, 

 therefore wee pray thee that thou wilt not depart hence 

 nor leave us : and suddenly hee turned to the people, 

 and beganne to tell them, that I was the child of the 

 Sunne, and that therefore they should all chuse me for 

 their Lord. Those Indians hearing this, were astonied 

 beyond measure, and came neerer still more and more 

 to behold me. That Lidian also asked mee other 

 questions, which to avoyd tediousnesse I doe not recite : 

 and in this wise we passed the day, and seeing the night 

 approch, I began by all meanes I could devise to get 

 this fellow into our boat with us : and he refusing to 

 goe with us, the interpreter told him that wee would 

 put him on the other side of the river, and upon this 

 condition hee entred into our boate, and there I made 

 very much of him, and gave him the best entertayne- 

 ment I could, putting him alwayes in securitie, and when 

 I judged him to be out of all suspition, I thought it 

 good to aske him somewhat of that countrey. And among 

 the first things that I asked him this was one, whether 

 hee had ever seene any men like us, or had heard any 

 report of them. Hee answered mee no, saving that hee 



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