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and we give counsel thereupon what the people shall 

 do for the prevention and remedy of them.&quot; 



And when he had said this, he stood up ; and I, 

 as I had been taught, kneeled down ; and he laid 

 his right hand upon my head, and said ; &quot; God bless 

 thee, my son, and God bless this relation which I have 

 made. I give thee leave to publish it for the good of 

 other nations ; for we here are in God s bosom, a land 

 unknown.&quot; And so he left me ; having assigned a 

 value of about two thousand ducats, for a bounty to 

 me and my fellows. For they give great largesses 

 where they come upon all occasions. 



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