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*' I found occasions of staying in this place for two 

 causes : the one was to be reuenged of Berreo, who the 

 yeare before betraied 8 of Captaine Whiddons men 

 and toke them while he departed from them to seeke 

 the E. Bonauenture, which arriued at Trinedado the 

 day before from the East Indies : in whose absence 

 Berreo sent a Canoa abord the pinnace onely with 

 Indians and dogs inuiting the company to goe with 

 them into the wods to kil a deare, who like wise men in 

 the absence of their Captaine followed the Indians, but 

 were no sooner one harquebush shot from the shore, but 

 Berreos souldiers lying in ambush had them all, notwith- 

 standing that he had giuen his worde to Captaine Whid- 

 DON that they should take water and wood safelie : the 

 other cause of my stay was, for that by discourse with 

 the Spaniards I daily learned more and more of Guiana, 

 of the riuers and passageSj and of the enterprize of 

 Berreo, by what meanes or fault he failed, and how he 

 meant to prosecute the same. 



'* While we thus spent the time I was assured by another 

 Casique of the north side of the iland, that Berreo had 

 sent to Marguerita and to Cumaiia for souldiers, mean- 

 ing to have giuen me a Cassado at parting, if it had bin 

 possible. For although he had giuen order through ail 

 the iland that no Indian should come aborde to trade with 

 me vpon paine of hanging and quartering, (hauing exe- 

 cuted two of them for the same which I afterwardes 

 founde) yet euery night there came some with most 

 lamentable complaints of his cruelty, howhehad deuided 

 the iland and giuen to euery soldier a part, that he made 

 the ancient Casiqui which were Lordes of the country 

 to be their slaues, that he kept them in chains, and 



