JOHN DAVIS ad. 



1586. 



and smal eyes, wide mouthes, the most part unbearded, The Tartars 



great lips, and close toothed. Their custome is as often and P eo P le °f 



as they go from us, still at their returne to make a new ri!?J!!?j 



truce, in this sort, holding his hand up to the Sun with 



a lowd voice he crieth Ylyaoute, and striketh his brest 



with like signes, being promised safety, he giveth credit. 



These people are much given to bleed, and therefore 



stop their noses with deeres haire, or the haire of an 



elan. They are idolaters and have images great store, 



which they weare about them, and in their boats, which 



we suppose they worship. They are witches, and have 



many kinds of inchantments, which they often used, but 



to small purpose, thankes be to God. 



Being among them at shore the fourth of July, one 



of them making a long oration, beganne to kindle a fire 



in this maner : he tooke a piece of a board wherein was 



a hole halfe thorow : into that hole he puts the end of 



a round stick like unto a bedstaffe, wetting the end 



thereof in Trane, and in fashion of a turner with a piece Their matter 



of lether, by his violent motion doeth very speedily ofkindBngfire 



produce fire : which done, with turfes he made a fire, .* e t° t eir ' 

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into which with many words and strange gestures, he a fire made of 



put diverse things, which wee supposed to be a sacrifice : turfes. 



my selfe and divers of my company standing by, they 



were desirous to have me go into the smoke, I willed 



them likewise to stand in the smoke, which they by no 



meanes would do. I then tooke one of them, and thrust 



him into the smoke, and willed one of my company to 



tread out the fire, & to spurne it into the sea, which was 



done to shew them that we did contemne their sorcery. 



These people are very simple in all their conversation, Great theeves. 



but marveilous theevish, especially for iron, which they 



have in great account. They began through our lenitie 



to shew their vile nature : they began to cut our cables : 



they cut away the Moonelights boat from her sterne, 



they cut our cloth where it lay to aire, though we did 



carefully looke unto it, they stole our oares, a caliver, a 



boare speare, a sword, with divers other things, wherat 



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