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me, saying that they were naughty men which I should 

 finde above ; but I would have none : neverthelesse 20. 

 of them went with me, which when I drew neere unto 

 those which were their enemies, they warned mee 

 thereof: and I found their centinels set upon their 

 guarde on their borders. On Saturday morning I 

 found a great squadron of people sitting under an ex- 

 ceeding great arbour, & another part of them without : 

 and when I saw that they rose not up, I passed along 

 on my voyage : when they beheld this, an old man 

 rose up which said unto me. Sir, why doe you not 

 receive victuals to eate of us, seeing you have taken 

 food of others ? I answered, that I tooke nothing but 

 that which was given me, & that I went to none but 

 to such as requested me. Here without any stay they 

 brought me victuals, saying unto me, that because I 

 entred not into their houses, and stayed all day and all 

 night in the river, and because I was the sonne of the 

 Sunne, all men were to receive me for their lord. I 

 made them signes to sit down, and called that old man 

 which mine interpreter understood, and asked him whose 

 that countrey was, and whether the lord thereof were 

 there, he said, yea : and 1 called him to me ; and when 

 he was come, I imbraced him, shewing him great love : 

 & when I saw that all of them tooke great pleasure at 

 the friendly interteinment which I gave him, I put a 

 shirt upon him, and gave him other trifles, and willed 

 mine interpreter to use the like speaches to that lord 

 which he had done to the rest ; and that done, I gave 

 him a crosse, which he received with a very good wil, 

 as the others did : and this lord went a great way with 

 me, untill I was called unto from the other side of 

 the river, where the former old man stood with much 

 people : to whom I gave another crosse, using the like 

 speach to them which I had unto the rest, to wit, how 

 they should use it. Then following my way, I mette 

 with another great company of people, with whom came 

 that very same olde man whom mine interpreter under- 



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