MARTIN FROBISHER a.d. 



, x 577- 

 by words nor friendly signes, which they used by clapping Their first 

 of their hands, and being without weapon, and but 3. ™ e n a ™ *° t0 

 in sight, they sought further meanes to provoke us shore ^ 

 thereunto. One alone laid flesh on the shore, which Their second 

 we tooke up with the Boat hooke, as necessary victuals meanes. 

 for the relieving of the man, woman, and child, whom 

 we had taken : for that as yet they could not digest our 

 meat : whereby they perceived themselves deceived of 

 their expectation, for all their crafty allurements. Yet 

 once againe to make (as it were) a full shew of their Their third 

 craftie natures, and subtile sleights, to the intent thereby ""fj^*"' 

 to have intrapped and taken some of our men, one of 

 them counterfeited himselfe impotent and lame of his 

 legs, who seemed to descend to the water side, with 

 great difficulty : and to cover his craft the more, one 

 of his fellowes came downe with him, and in such places 

 where he seemed unable to passe, he tooke him on his 

 shoulders, set him by the water side, and departed from 

 him, leaving him (as it should seeme) all alone, who 

 playing his counterfait pageant very well, thought thereby 

 to provoke some of us to come on shore, not fearing, 

 but that one of us might make our party good with a 

 lame man. 



Our Generall having compassion of his impotency, Compassion to 

 thought good (if it were possible) to cure him thereof: c f re a cra ^ 



1 r 1 it 1 • '1- ' amC man ' 



wherefore he caused a souldier to shoote at him with 

 his Caleever, which grased before his face. The counter- 

 feit villeine deliverly fled, without any impediment at 

 all, and got him to his bow and arrowes, and the rest 

 from their lurking holes, with their weapons, bowes, 

 arrowes, slings, and darts. Our Generall caused some 

 caleevers to be shot off at them, wherby some being 

 hurt, they might hereafter stand in more feare of us. 



This was all the answere for this time we could have [III. 37.] 

 of our men, or of our Generals letter. Their crafty 

 dealing at these three severall times being thus manifest 

 unto us, may plainely shew their disposition in other 

 things to be correspondent. We judged that they used 



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