A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1553- 



who had a greene cap, which was forbidden him to weare 



on the land. 



The 24. 25. and 26 we taryed in the shippe still look- 

 ing for the comming of the Padre guardian, and the 26 

 at night we had a storme which lasted all the next day. 

 The Guardian The 27 in the morning, came the Cadi, ye Subassi, 

 of Jerusalem ^ ^-^^ Meniwe, with the Padre guardian, but they could 

 emmet to ^^^ come at us by reason of the stormy weather : in 



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the Cady,a?id the atternoone we assayed to send the bote on land, 



Subassi. but the weather would not suffer us. Then againe 



toward night the bote went a shore, but it returned not 



that night. The same day in the afternoone we sawe in 



the element, a cloud with a long tayle, like unto the tayle 



A cloud called of a serpent, which cloud is called in Italian Cion, the 



of the Italians x.2iy\Q of this cloud did hang as it were into the sea : and 



loti most ^^ j.^ ^^^ ^^^ water under the sayde cloude ascend, as it 



dangerous. _, , 1 1 • 1 1 • /^- 1 



were like a smoke or myste, the which this Lion drew 



up to it. The Marriners reported to us that it had 

 this propertie, that if it should happen to have lighted on 

 any part of the shippe, that it would rent and wreth 

 sayles, mast, shroudes and shippe and all in manner like 

 a wyth : on the land, trees, houses, or whatsoever else 

 it lighteth on, it would rent and wreth. These mar- 

 J conjuration, riners did use a certaine conjuration to breake the sayd 

 [II. i. 107.] tayle, or cut it in two, which as they say doth prevaile. 

 They did take a blacke hafted knife, and with the edge 

 of the same did crosse the said taile as if they would cut 

 it in twain, saying these words. Hold thou Cion, eat 

 this, and then they stucke the knife on the ship side 

 with the edge towards the said cloude, and I saw it 

 therewith vanish in lesse then one quarter of an houre. 

 But whether it was then consumed, or whether by vertue 

 of the Inchantment it did vanish I knowe not, but it 

 was gone. Hereof let them judge that know more then 

 1. This afternoone we had no winde, but the Sea very 

 stormy, insomuch that neither cheste, pot, nor any thing 

 else could stand in the shippe, and wee were driven to 

 keepe our meate in one hand, and the pot in the other, 



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