AD. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1579- 



selves : where one appointed for speaker wearied him- 

 A long selfe with making a long oration, which done, they left 

 oration. their bowes upon the hill, and came downe with their 



presents. 



In the meane time the women remaining on the hill, 

 tormented themselves lamentably, tearing their flesh 

 from their cheekes, whereby we perceived that they 

 were about a sacrifice. In the meane time our Generall 

 with his company went to prayer, and to reading of 

 the Scriptures, at which exercise they were attentive, & 

 seemed greatly to be affected with it : but when they 

 were come unto us, they restored againe unto us those 

 things which before we bestowed upon them. 



The newes of our being there being spread through 

 the Countrey, the people that inhabited round about 

 came downe, and amongst them the King himselfe, a 

 man of a goodly stature, & comely personage, with 

 many other tall and warlike men : before whose comming 

 were sent two Ambassadors to our Generall, to signifie 

 that their King was comming, in doing of which message, 

 their speach was continued about halfe an houre. This 

 ended, they by signes requested our Generall to send 

 some thing by their hand to their king, as a token that 

 his comming might be in peace : wherein our Generall 

 having satisfied them, they returned with glad tidings 

 to their King, who marched to us with a princely 

 majestic, the people crying continually after their 

 manner, and as they drew neere unto us, so did they 

 strive to behave themselves in their actions with 

 comelinesse. 



In the fore-front was a man of a goodly personage, who 



bare the scepter or mace before the King, whereupon 



hanged two crownes, a lesse and a bigger, with three 



chaines of a marveilous length : the crownes were made 



of knit worke wrought artificially with fethers of divers 



Chaines like colours : the chaines were made of a bonie substance, and 



those of fe^ be the persons among them that are admitted to 



^^'^ ^' weare them : and of that number also the persons are 



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