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(Azores), and whom it deeply pained to see me so maltreated. The 

 boy turning to me, told me to keep on straight for the mountains^ 

 which seemed to be about six leagues distant from there, that behind 

 these lay a good country belonging to a great and lordly native 

 (salvaje), a great friend of the king of Spain, that he protected and 

 was friendly to all the Spaniards who went to him, and that he had 

 in his Tillage more than 80 of those having escaped from the ships, 

 and who had reached him completely naked. Hearing this I plucked 

 up courage, and stick in hand commenced hobbling along as well as 

 I could, taking the northerly direction pointed out by the boy to me, 

 That night I reached some huts- where no harm was done me, there 

 happening to be there a person who knew Latin, and in the strait 

 in which I found myself, our Lord was pleased to enable us to under- 

 stand one the other ; in Latin I related to them my misfortunes, and 

 the Latinist for that night gave me the shelter of his hut, dressed my 

 wounds, gave me to eat, and a sleeping place on some straw. 

 Towards midnight his father and brothers arrived, loaded with spoil 

 and effects which had belonged to us, and it seemed in no ways 

 displeasing to the old man that they had given me shelter in his house, 

 and had treated me well. IText morning they gave me a horse and a 

 youth as guide to help me over a mile of bad road that lay before me, 

 it being there mud up to the bellyband, "When I had reached about 

 a cross-bow shot beyond that part, we heard a great noise and the 

 youth made signs to the effect ' let the Spaniard fly !' that manj 

 Sassenachs (Sasanas) on horseback were coming that way, and ' that 

 they will cut thee to pieces if thou gettest not into a hiding place, so 

 fly and be quick !' They call Sasanas, the English, so he hastened 

 to hide me in some hollows in the rocks, where we lay well hidden 

 away without our being seen by them. These people were making 

 the round of the coast,^ robbing and killing all the Spaniards they 

 could meet with. God delivered me from them, and going on our 

 way there came up with me some 40 natives (salvajes), on foot, who 

 threatened to cut me to pieces, they being all Lutherans. They 

 desisted however when the youth who accompanied me told them 

 that his master had made me prisoner, and had sent me on horseback 

 in order to be cured. Withall however, it sufficed not to cause them 

 to leave me go peaceably, since two of the ruffians drew near and 

 gave me six blows of sticks which almost broke my back and my 



1 See note 4, p. 179. 2 ggg note 5, p. 179. 



^ See note 5, p. 179. 



