of the Iland of Barbadoes. 
II 
every one a difhoffruit, fixinall;the. 
lef noch; ng more, thenholding faft by the pummel with both hands , 3 
’ 
was miraculoufly preferv'd. 
in this great difcompofure, he wastaken off by two Negroes, and fet 
oa his own legs: but in fuch atrance, as for fome minutes, he 
was not in a Condition to {peak to us + Sofenfible animpreffion had 
the fear of falling made in him. But being at la{tcome to himéelf , 
he made. his addrefs tous, and in his language bid us welcom, begin: 
ning to excufe his too long ftay : toredeem which fault, he had put 
himfel€ in {ach a hazard, asin his whole life he had not known the 
ike. - We anfwered, thatit argued a great refpect and civility tous, 
that he would expofe his gravity, which wasaccuftomed to a mode- 
| rate pace, ‘to fuch a fwiftne of motion, as might in any kind indan- 
ger hishealth, or hazard his perfon.. But he being a man much re- 
terv'd, and flow of language, faidno more ; but brought us into. his 
houlé5. which wasupona level atthe entrance, but the other fide 
| of the Rooms a {teep precipice, and fome of the rooms like galleries, 
fuch as are in the meaneft Ivvs upon Loxdon-way. There were 
not inthe honfe above four roomis,befides two galleriesand a Kitchin; 
and thofe all on a floor; and the floots of earth, not fo much as 
made Level, nor fo evenas to deferve fweeping; and the moft of 
them were juftly dealt withall : for they had nomore than they de- 
ferv'd; both above and below ;..for the Cobwebs ferv'd for hangings, 
and frying pans and grid-irons OSE girs sie se 
_ By this equipage, you may guefs what the trading tsof this Mand , 
when the Governour isthus accoutred ; but by and by , a Cloath was 
laid of Calico, with four or five Napkins. of the fame, to ferve adozen 
men. The firlt Courfe was fet on the table,ufher'd inby the Padre him-| 
(elf , (Bernardo, the Atolotto, and ogre following after, )_ with 
Pears, the fixch the Cuftard Apple: buttofill up the table,and make the 
feait yet more fumptuous, the Padre fent his Mollotto, mto his own 
fecond,the third Bonanos, the fourth of Guavers, the fifth of Prickled 
‘Ghamber, for a dith which he referv‘d for the Clofevof all the reft 5 
Three Pines in adifh, which were Hat ever feen, ‘and as 
far beyond the beft frit that grows in Exgland, as the beft Abricot 
isbeyond the worft Slow or Crab.» | , 
~ Having well tefrefh’d our. felves. with thefe excellent fruits , we 
dranka»giaf3 or two of Red Sack 5 a kind of wine growing in the 
Mdderws.; very ftrong, but notvery pleafant 5: for in this Ifland, there 
ismade no wine atall; nor asI thinkany of grapes, fo near the Line. 
upon Ifhndsin all the world. . Having made anend of our fruit, the 
difhes were taken away, and another Courfe fetchtin; which was 
of ficth, fith; and fallets ; the fallets being firft plac’d upon the table - 
whieh Jtook great heed of, beingall Novelties to me, but the beft 
|and ma‘t{avoury herbs that ever I tafted, very well feafoned with 
| falt, Oyle, andthe beft Vinegar. Several forts we had, but not muxt, 
| but in feveral dithes, all ftrange, and all excellent. The firft difh of] 
fleth, wasa leg of a young {turk, ora wild Calf, ofa year old 5 which 
was of the Colon of Stites fleth, and tafted very like it. full of Nerves 
| and finews, {trong meat, and very well Condited: boyl'd tender, and 
_ | the fauce of favoury herbs, with spanifh Vinaget. Turkics and Hens 
_ |wehad roafted; a gieget of young goats fifh in abundance apner | 
kinds 
was Millions, Plantines the } 
