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of tue amcndment ot our fick, wno thought themlelves calt into fome di- 
vine Pool of Healing, they mended fo kindly and fo fait, 
ay The morrow after our three days wete palt,there came to usa new Man 
that we had not feen before, cloathed in blew asthe former was, fave that | 
his Turbant was white with a fmall Red Crofs onthe top; he had alfo a | 
| Tippet of fine Linnen., At his coming in he did bend tous a little,’ and put 
hisarmsabroad. We of our parts falured him in avery Jowly andfubmiflive 
manner, as looking, thar from him we fhould receive fentence of Life or 
Death. He defired to {pcak with fome few of us + whereupon fix cf us: 
onely ftaid, and thereft avoided theroom, He faid, “1 am by office Go- 
‘eyernor of this Houfe of Strangers, and by Vocation kam a Chriftian Pricft ; 
“and therefore am come toyou to offer you my fervice, both as Strangers, 
“ andchiefly as Chri/fians. Some things I may tell you, which Ithinkyou 
‘« willnot be unwilling cohear. The State hath given youlicenceto ftay on 
«‘Land forthe fpace of fix weeks; and let it pottrouble you, if your occas 
“ fions ask further time, for the Law in this Point is not precife; and I do 
«‘notdoubt, but my felf fhall be able toobrain foryou fuch further time as 
«fhallbe convenient. Ye fhall alfounderftand, that the Strangers Houfe is at 
‘«this timerich and much aforehand, for ithath laid up Revenue thefe Thir- 
*« ry feven years; for fo long itis fince any Stranger arrivedinthis parc : And | 
“therefore take ye no care, the State willdefray youall thetime youftay, | 
‘neither fhall you ftay one day lefs for that. As for any Merchandize you 
‘,ave brought; ye fhallbewell ufed, and have yourReturn, either in Mere | 
‘echandize, or in Goldand Silvers fortous itis alione, And if youhave | 
any other requeft to make, hideitnot, for ye fhall finde we will not make | 
“ your countenance to fali by the anfwer ye fhallreceive. Onely this Imuft } 
“ftellyou, thatnone of you muft go above a Karan (shatis with them a mile and | 
<< an ba'f) from the Walls of the City without fpecial leave. “Weantwered, 
after we had looked awhile upon one another, admiring this gracions and | 
parent-like ufage, ‘* [hat we could not tell what to fay, for we wanted | 
«¢ words to exprefs our thanks, and his noble free offers left us nothing to | 
“ask. It feemedtous, that we had before us a Pidture of our Salyationin | 
“ Heavens for we that were a while fince inthe Jaws of Death, were now 
‘“ bronght into a place where we found nothing bu: Confolations. For the | 
| ‘* Commandment laid upon us, we would not fail to obey it, though it | 
was impoffible but our hearts fhould be inflamed to tread further upon | 
‘«thishappy andholy Ground. We added, “That our Tongues fhould firft | 
«cleave tothe Roofs of our Mouths, ere we fhould forget either this Re- | 
*‘verend Perfon, or this whole Nation, in our Prayers. We alfo moft | 
humbly befought him toaccept of us as his true Servants, by as jufta right | 
as everMen on Earth were bounden, laying and prefenting both our per- | 
fonsand allwe hadathis feet. Hefaid, He was a Prieft, and looked fora Priefts | 
= reward, which wa our Brotherly love, and the good of our Souls and Bodies. So he | 
Went from us, not without tears of tendernefs in his eyes; and left usalfo | 
confufed with joy and kindne(s, faying amongft our felves, That vve vvere 
come intoa Landof Angels, which did appear to us daily, and prevent ws With comforts 
Which wetbought not of, much lef expected. 
The next day about ten of the clock the Governor came to us again, | 
and after falutations, faid familiarly, That be vpas come to vifites, and called for | 
aChair, and fate him down; and we beirg ometen.ot us (the reft were of 
the meaner fort, or elfe gone abroad) fate down with him: And when we 
were fet, he began thus, “ Weof this Ifland of Benfalems (for fo they call it in 
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