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afterwarde their Captaine came downe and many men 



with him, and sate him downe by the shore under a tree : 



which when I perceived, I tooke things with me to give 



him : at last he sent a boat to call to us, which would not 



come neere us, but made us signes to come againe the 



next day : but in fine, I got them to come aboord in 



offering them things to give to their captaine, which were 



two elles of cloth, one latten bason, one white bason, a 



bottle, a great piece of beefe, and sixe bisket cakes, which 



they received making us signes to come againe the next 



day, saying, that their Captain was Grand Capitane as 



appeared by those that attended upon him with their darts 



and targets, and other weapons. 



Agreattowne. This towne is very great and stands upon a hill among 



trees, so that it cannot well be seene except a man be 



neere it : to the Eastward of it upon the hill hard by the 



towne stand 2. high trees, which is a good marke to 



knowe the towne. And under the towne lieth another 



hill lower then it, whereupon the sea beates : and that end 



next the sea is all great blacke rockes, and beyonde the 



towne in a bay lieth another small towne. 



The 13 day in the morning we tooke our boate and 



went to shoare, and stayed till ten a clocke and no man 



came to us : we went about therefore to returne aboord, 



and when the Negroes saw that, they came running 



downe with a nagge to wave us againe, so we ankered 



againe, and then one shewed us that the Captaine would 



come downe by and by : we saw a saile in the meane time 



passe by us but it was small, and we regarded it not. 



Being on shore wee made a tilt with our oares and sayle, 



and then there came a boate to us with five men in her, 



The like they who brought us againe our bottle, and brought me a hen, 



doe tn the making signes by the sunne, that within two houres 



tounttey of ^ marchants of the countrey would come downe and 

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buy all that we had : so 1 gave them sixe Manillios 



to carry to their Captaine, and they made signes to have 



a pledge of us, and they would leave us another man : 



and we willing to doe so, put one of our men in their 



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