i3\[en> Atlantis, 

 were bis bumble Servants; And accounted for great Honour ,and fin- 

 gular Humanity toward us , that "which was already done- But hoped 

 well , that the Nature of the Sickneffe,of our Men, -was not mfeclious. 

 So he returned ; And a while after came the Notary to us aboard 

 our Ship - Holding in his hand a Fruit of that Country, like aq 

 Orenge /but of colour between Orenge-tawny and Scarlet : 

 which caft a mod excellent Odour. He ufed it ( as itfeemethj 

 for a Prefervati ve againft Infedion. He gave us our Oath; By 

 the Name of fefus and his Merits y And after told us, that the next 

 day by fix of the Clock in the Morning , we ftiould be fent to, 

 and brought to the Strangers Hou[e x ( fo he called it)where we 

 fhould be accommodated of things, both for our Whole, and 

 for our Sick. So he left us ; And when we offered him fome Pi- 

 ftolets , he fmiling , faid; He mujl not be twice paid for one Labour , 

 Meaning (as 1 take it) that he had Salary fufficient of the State 

 for his Service. For (as I after learned ) they call an Officer that 

 taketh Rewards, Twice-paid. 



The next Morning early, there came to us the fame Officer, 

 that came to us at firft with his Cane, and told us He came to 

 anduB us to the Strangers Houfe : And that he had prevented the 

 Hour,lecaufe we might have the -whole day before us 'for our <Bufu 

 neffe. For ( faid he ) If you will follow my Advice, there fhaQfirfl 

 go with me fome few cf yon, and fee the place , and h>w it may be made 

 convenient for you : And then you may fend for your S ick , and the reft 

 of your N umber t "which ye will bring on Land. We thanked him, 

 and faid : That this Care, which he took ofdejolate Strangers ,God 

 -would reward. And fo fix of us went on Land with him : And 

 when we were on Land, he went before us, and turned to us, 

 and faid ; He was but our Servant , and our Guide; He led us 

 through three fair Streets; And all the Way we went, there 

 w^ere gathered fome People on both fides, ftanding in a Row. 

 But in fo civil a fafhion , as if it had been , not to wonder at 

 us , but to welcom us ; And divers of them, as we palTed by 

 them, put their Armesa little abroad, which is their Geflure, 

 when they bid any welcom. The Strangers Houfe is a fair and 

 fpacicms Houfe , built of Brick, of fbmewhat a blewer Colour 

 than our Brick: And with handfome Windows , fome of 

 Giaffe, fome of a kind of Cambrick oyled. He brought us 

 firft into a fair Parlour above flairs, and then asked us.- What 

 number of perfons we were? And how manyficki weanfwered ,■ 

 We were m all (fick and whole ) one and fifty Perfons 7 whereof 



