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apprehended some of them: and therefore to 

 deceive the deceivers he wrought a pretty policy; 

 for knowing well how they greatly delighted in 

 our toys, and especially in bells, he rang a pretty 

 lowbell, making signs that he would give him the 

 same that would come and fetch it. And because 

 they would not come within his danger for fear, 

 he flung one bell unto them, which of purpose he 

 threw short, that it might fall into the sea and be 

 lost. And to make them more greedy of the 

 matter he rang a louder bell, so that in the end one 

 of them came near the ship s side to receive the 

 bell; which when he thought to take at the Cap 

 tain s hand, he was thereby taken himself: for the 

 Captain being readily provided, let the bell fall, 

 and caught the man fast, and plucked him with 

 main force boat and all into his bark out of the 

 sea. Whereupon, when he found himself in 

 captivity, for very choler and disdain he bit his 

 tongue in twain within his mouth: notwith 

 standing, he died not thereof, but lived until 

 he came in England, and then he died of cold 

 which he had taken at sea. 



&quot;Now with this new prey (which was a sufficient 



witness of the Captain s far and tedious travel 



towards the unknown parts of the world, as did 



well appear by this strange infidel, whose like was 



never seen, read, or heard of before, and whose 



EngYInd,Oct. language was neither known or understood of any) 



2nd, 1576 the gaid Q apta j n p ro bisher returned homeward, 



and arrived in England in Harwich the 2nd of 



October following, and thence came to London, 



