| 14 ~ AT rue and E:xaé Hiftory 
| who defired to {peak with one ofus alone. Colonel Afodiford, being the 
: | chief man in the Company, went with an Interpreter to meet him 5 
i and being at the diftance of{peech, defired to know his pleafure;which 
ea ihe told him was this. That he underftood divers of our women had 
| been athoar, the day before and received fome injury, from the peo- 
ple of the Ifland, and that it was conceiv'd, we were come Arm’dtd 
'take revenge on thofe that did the affront. Hethetefore advifed us, 
| | cither to make fpeedy return to the boat that brought us - or to fend |. 
| back our fwords and piftols, and commit our {elves to his proteCtidn 5 
_and-if one of thofe were not prefently put in a, wefhould ina very 
{hort time have all ourthroatsCut. 5 
We told him vve had ‘no intention of revenge for any wrong 
| | done, and that the only caufe of our Janding, was tofee the beauty 
= of the place vve had heard fa much Commended, by our people that 
wete afhoar, of vvhich they had givena Very large teftimony, both of 
the pleafantne(s and fruitfulnefs of it, and that our vifit was out of 
iove, both tothe place and people. But for fending our weapons back 
to the boat, we defired his pardon ; for thisreafon, that the Billovvs 
‘going fovety high atthat time, we could not fend them tothe boat 
| vvithout being dipt in the Sea water, which would: fpoil them; and 
| themoft of them,being rich {words and piftols,vve vvere loath to have 
their beauty covered vvith ruft, which the falt vvater would be the 
occafion of. We defired rather, that he would Command a Soldier | 
of his, to {tay with a man of ours, and’Keep themifafe; till our return; 
| which-he being contént to do, we committed our felves to his prote- 
| ct suard upon us of to Soldiers, part Portugals, part Ne- | 
ofeither kind, as proper men asI have feen,andas| 
elbows; but large and gathered (6 
i th fo 2 reachin joe 
} ; Fie thele OF d Gh eren r -olour TOT : 
4 their fuits, their breeches indifferently large; coming down below the 
ee | kieeagond d the upper part, fo wrought with Whalebones with thin, asto| 
ree pan hollow, rom touchit g their ba ks3to avoid heat,which the | 
: their legs,‘ buskins of the colour of 
eat 
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