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death and life ; for we are beyond both the old world 

 and the new ; and whether ever we shall see Europe, 

 God only knoweth. It is a kind of miracle hath 

 brought us hither : and it must be little less that shall 



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bring us hence. Therefore in regard of our deliver 

 ance past, and our danger present and to come, let us 

 look up to God, and every man reform his own ways. 

 Besides we are come here amongst a Christian people, 

 full of piety and humanity : let us. not bring that con 

 fusion of face upon ourselves, as to show our vices or 

 &quot;unworthiness before them. Yet there is more. For 

 they have by commandment (though in form of cour- 

 tesy) cloistered us within these walls for three days: 

 who knoweth whether it be not to take some taste of 

 our manners and conditions ? and if they find them 

 bad, to banish us straight ways ; if good, to give us 

 further time. For these men that they have given 

 us for attendance may withal have an eye upon us. 

 Therefore for God s love, and as we love the weal of 

 our souls and bodies, let us so behave ourselves as we 

 may be at peace with God, and may find grace in the 

 eyes of this people.&quot; Our company with one voice 1 

 thanked me for my good admonition, and promised me 

 to live soberly and civilly, and without giving any the 

 least occasion of offence. So we spent our three days 

 joyfully and without care, in expectation what would 

 be done with us when they were expired. During 

 which time, we had every hour joy of the amendment 

 of our sick ; who thought themselves cast into some 

 divine pool of healing, they mended so kindly and so 

 fast. 



The morrow after our three days were past, there 

 came to us a new man that we had not seen before, 



