A.D. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1583. 



bene advertised of great summes of money which they 

 had about them, and sought to get the same into their 

 fingers, for that the first vowe and promise they make 

 at their entrance into their Order, is, to procure the 

 welfare of their sayd Order, by what meanes soever it be. 

 But although the English men denied them, and refused 

 the Order, saying, that they were unfit for such places, 

 neverthelesse they proceeded so farre, that one of them, 

 being a Painter (that came with the other three for 

 company, to see the countreys, and to seeke his fortune, 

 and was not sent thither by the English marchants) partly 

 for feare, and partly for want of meanes to relieve 

 himselfe, promised them to become a Jesuite : and 

 although they knew and well perceived he was not any of 

 those that had the treasure, yet because he was a Painter, 

 whereof there are but few in India, and that they had 

 great need of him to paint their Church, which otherwise 

 would cost them great charges, to bring one from Portu- 

 gall, they were very glad thereof, hoping in time to get 

 the rest of them with all their money into their felloship : 

 so that to conclude, they made this Painter a Jesuite, 

 where he continued certaine dayes, giving him good 

 store of worke to doe, and entertaining him with all the 

 favour and friendship they could devise, and all to winne 

 the rest, to be a pray for them : but the other three 

 continued still in prison, being in great feare, because 

 they understood no man that came to them, nor any man 

 almost knew what they sayd : till in the end it was 

 tolde them that certaine Dutch men dwelt in the Arch- 

 bishops house, and counsell given them to send unto 

 them, whereat they much rejoyced, and sent to me and 

 an other Dutch man, desiring us once to come and speake 

 with them, which we presently did, and they with teares 

 in their eyes made complaint unto us of their hard usage, 

 shewing us from point to point (as it is sayd before) why 

 [II. i. 267.] they were come into the countrey, withall desiring us 

 for Gods cause, if we might by any meanes, to helpe 

 them, that they might be set at liberty upon sureties, 



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