trecherie. 



ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1567. 



Captaine Haiward perceiving that our men had let the 

 Negros come a shore, asked what they meant, and doubt- 

 ing the worst began to drawe toward the boate, and 

 two or three of the Negros folowed him. And when 

 hee came to the boate they began to stay him, and he 

 made signes unto them that hee would fetch them more 

 drinke and bread : notwithstanding, when he was entering 

 into the boate, one of them caught him by the breeches 

 and would have staied him, but hee sprang from him 

 and leapt into the boate, and as soone as hee was in, 

 one of the Negros a shore beganne to blow a pipe, and 

 presently the other Negro that was in our boate sitting 

 on the boates side, and master Wormes sword by him, 

 The Negros suddenly drew the sword out of the scabberd, and cast 

 himselfe into the Sea and swamme a shore, and presently 

 the Negros laied handes on our men that were on shore, 

 and tooke three of them with great violence, and tore 

 all their apparell from their backes and left them 

 nothing to cover them, and many of them shot so 

 thicke at our men in our boates, that they could scarse 

 set hand to any Oare to rowe from the shore, yet (by 

 the helpe of God) they got from them with their 

 boates, although many of them were hurt with their 

 poysoned arrowes : and the poison is uncurable, if the 

 arrow enter within the skin and drawe blood, and 

 except the poison bee presently suckt out, or the place 

 where any man is hurt bee foorthwith cut away, hee 

 dieth within foure dayes, and within three houres after 

 they bee hurt or pricked, wheresoever it be, although 

 but at the litle toe, yet it striketh up to the heart, 

 and taketh away the stomacke, and causeth the partie 

 marveilously to vomite, being able to brooke neither 

 meat nor drinke. 



The Negros having used our men with such cruelty, 

 whose names were Nicholas Day, William Bats and John 

 Tomson, led them away to a towne which was within 

 a mile of the water side, or thereabout. 



The 20 day we sent to land a boate or skiffe wherein 



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