a.d. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



c. 1380-90. 



men, they tolde us for conclusion that they would 



willingly receive one of our men, & preferre him to be one 



of the chiefe amongst them, onely to learne my language 



The people of the Italian tongue, and to be informed of our manners 



1 carta desirous anc j cus tomes, as they had already received those other 



tongue * ten °^ ten sun dry nations, that came into their Island. 



Ten men of To these things our Prince answered nothing at all, but 



ten sundry causing his men to seke some good harbrough, he made 



nations. signes as though he would depart, and sayling round 



about the Island, he espied at length a harbrough on the 



East side of the Island, where hee put in with all his 



Fleet : the mariners went on land to take in wood and 



water, which they did with as great speede as they could, 



doubting least they should be assaulted by the inhabitants, 



as it fell out in deed, for those that dwelt therabouts, 



making signes unto the other with fire and smoke, put 



Infinite multi- themselves presently in armes and the other comming to 



tudes of armed t \ iem t | ie y came a n running; downe to the sea side upon 



men in 1 carta. . 



our men, with bowes and arrowes, and other weapons, so 



that many were slaine and divers sore wounded. And 

 we made signes of peace unto them, but it was to no 

 purpose, for their rage increased more and more, as 

 though they had fought for land and living. Wherefore 

 Zichmni we we re forced to depart, and to sayle along in a great 



departed from c } rcu i te aDO ut the Islande, being alwayes accompanyed 

 wards. upon the hil tops & the sea coastes with an infinite 



number of armed men : and so doubling the Cape of 

 the Island towards the North, we found many great 

 sholdes, amongst the which for the space of ten dayes we 

 were in continuall danger of loosing our whole fleet, but 

 that it pleased God all that while to send us faire weather. 

 Wherefore proceeding on till we came to the East cape, 

 we saw the inhabitants still on the hill tops and by the 

 sea coast keepe with us, and in making great outcryes 

 and shooting at us a farre off, they uttered their old 

 spitefull affection towards us. Wherefore wee deter- 

 mined to stay in some safe harborough, and see if wee 

 might speake once againe with the Islander, but our 



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