SIR FRANCIS DRAKE a.d. 



1578. 



strive to behave themselves in their actions with 

 comelinesse. 



In the fore front was a man of a goodly personage, who 

 bare the scepter, or mace before the king, whereupon 

 hanged two crownes, a lesse and a bigger, with three 

 chaines of a merveilous length : the crownes were made of ^'^f ^ are like 

 knit work wrought artificially with feathers of divers Ysurmy in 

 colours ; the chaines were made of a bony substance and Canada and 

 few be the persons among them that are admitted to weare Hochelage. 

 them : and of that number also the persons are stinted, as 

 some ten, some twelve, &c. Next unto him which 

 bare the scepter, was the king himselfe, with his 

 Guarde about his person, clad with Conie skinnes, and 

 other skinnes : after them followed the naked common 

 sort of people, every one having his face p*ainted, some 

 with white, some with blacke, and other colours, and 

 having in their hands one thing or other for a present, 

 not so much as their children, but they also brought 

 their presents. 



In the meane time, our Generall gathered his men 

 together, and marched within his fenced place, making 

 against their approching, a very warlike shewe. They 

 being trooped together in their order, and a general 

 salutation being made, there was presently a generall 

 silence. Then he that bare the scepter before the king, 

 being informed by another, whome they assigned to 

 that office, with a manly and loftie voice, proclaimed 

 that which the other spake to him in secret, continuing 

 halfe an houre : which ended, and a generall Amen as 

 it were given, the king with the whole number of men, 

 and women (the children excepted) came downe without 

 any weapon, who descending to the foote of the hill, 

 set themselves in order. 



In comming towards our bulwarks and tents, the 

 scepter bearer began a song, observing his measures in a 

 dance, and that with a stately countenance, whom the 

 king with his Garde, and every degree of persons fol- 

 lowing, did in like maner sing and dance, saving onely 



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