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Spanijh Wine, whereof after the King had called , he likM fo well the rellifh, 

 that it rock'd him afleep, whilft Beun'mgen walk'd to the Sea-fide to refrefh him- 

 felf- but the Guineans coming about him, he was fore'd to return to the 

 King, who waking at the noife, appeared highly incens'd at his People, and 

 took Heuningen into his Houfe : However the Subjects , notwithftanding 

 the Kings Commands, when Beuningen was fent into a neighboring Hut, kept 

 Watch about it all Night : The next Morning early an old Woman entred, 

 muttering to her felf, and went out and in to (Beunihgen three times one after 

 another, knocking on a Box not unlike a Pair of Bellows, out of which flew 

 abundance of Duft about Seuningen, which caus'd a great Laughter amongft 

 the Guineans. The King alfo coming to him, prefented him with two Goats, 

 and four Hens, and fo conduced him back to the Ships. 



'Beuningen feeing that there was no good to be done, fet fail from thence,and 



pioody sea; my ftrange coming before the River La Plata in America, it appeared Blood-red. Out of 

 the Water which was taken up in Buckets, ftarted a fort of Infe&s like 

 Fleas, which caus'd a ftrange and fad Diftemper amongft the Sea*men, that 

 when any Meat was offcr'd to them, fo foon as ever they put it to their 

 Mouths, they would fall down backwards in a fwoon, foaming and frothing 

 at the Mouth, and turning up the White of their Eyes, die diftra&ed. Suffering 

 under this Difafter, they halted from thence with all fpeed, and failing into the 

 Straights of Magellan they kill'd above fourteen hundred Tenguyins, which is a 

 Bird that preys on Fifli, and lives in Holes under Ground - they fomewhat re- 

 femble a Goofe, onely they ftand more upright, and are double- crefted, with, 

 two plumy Combs. Coming to an Anchor in the Green-*Bay, there arofe a great 

 Storm, which continued feveral days, fo that they were fore'd to moor their 

 Veffels with four Anchors, extremely afflitted both with Hunger and Cold, 

 preferving themfelves alive by eating young Grout, at that time not above a 

 fpan high from the Ground • but this courfe Food bred an incurable Dropfie, 

 that ported them on to a fudden death. Afterwards, when the Weather grew 



Salvages in itestrngks more pleafant, the Inhabitants being Gyants, moft of them eleven Foot high,! 

 grew more troublefom, oftentimes affailing them, and throwing Darts point- 

 ed like Harping-Irons, at which they were very expert. Their Salvage Natures 

 may appear by their Dealings with the dead Hollanders, cutting off their Heads, 

 and bruifing them to pieces, fticking Darts through their Hearts, and cutting 

 off their Privities. 



At laft the Fleet getting into the South Sea y were by ftrefs of Weather fepa- 

 xated one from another: Two Ships, being the Faith, and the Good Tydings, 

 were driven back into the Straights of Magellan, where they fuffer'd the utter- 

 moft extremity of Hunger : Here they took a wild Woman, and two Chil- 

 dren, who being of a fallow Complexion, had a great hanging Belly, a wide 

 Mouth, crooked Legs, long Heels, and Breafts like Cows Udders . about her 

 Keck a String of Snail- (hells, and upon her Back a Beafts Skin, faftned about 

 her Neck with the Sinews of it ; her Food nought elfe but live Fowls : The 

 fame Diet the Children fed upon : The youngeft being but fix Months old, 

 had his Mouth full of Teeth, and ran without any help : The eldeft they car* 

 ried to Amjlerdam ; but having kept the Woman aboard two Nights, they gave 

 her feveral Trifles, and fet her afhore. Here they found old Ice in the middle 

 of Summer, four Foot thick, 



fBeuningen lingred in the Straights of Magellan , and being tired out with 

 Hunger, Cold, and Storms, return'd home 5 and had they not by accident 



taken 



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A vrild Woman. 



