3\feyt> Atlantis, 



lomc lew of us ; Whereupon fix of us only ftayed , andthe 

 avoid td the Room. He faid ; / am by Office GoVernourof 

 \this Houfe of Strangers , and by Vocation I am a Chriftian Prieft; 

 and therefore am come to you , tv offer you my/ervice, both asStran- 

 \gm y and ch'vfy as Chri fti ans . S ome things I way teBycu , "which 1 

 think you *toill not be unwilling to bear. The State hath given you 

 'Licence to Bay on Land for the /pace of fix weeks ; And let it not 

 'frmbk you, tf your occafions ask further time ,for the Law in this 

 point is not precife ; 2nd I do not douhl , but my [elf fiall be able 

 m obtain for you fuch further time as Jhall be convenient. Te jhall 

 \alfo under (land % that the Strangers Houfe, is at this time <%icb, and 

 much ^forehand- For it hath laid v.p%eVenew theft 37 years : For 

 m long it is fine any Stranger arived in this part A nd therefore take 

 \yt no care- t The State "frill defray you all the UmeyouBay : Neither 

 fhdl you flay one day leffe for that, Js for any Merchandise you 

 have brought , ye flwll be 'bell ufed, and have your return, either in 

 Merchandise , or in Gold* and Silver For to us it is all one. And 

 if ym have any other ^equefi to make, hide it not. Forye Jhall find, we 

 Ml not make your countenance to fall 9 by the anfwer ye Jhall receive. 

 Only this 1 mu@ tellyou , that none of you mufl go above a Karan, 

 ( that is with them a mile and an half ) from the Wails of the City, 

 without fpeciat leave- We anfwered, after we had looked a 

 while upon one another, admiring this gracious and Parent-like 

 ufage 5 That "toe could not tell Tbhat to Jay . For we wanted words to ex- 

 prrffe um Thanks '■> J nd his Noble free Offers left us nothing to ask. 

 It fumed to us , that Tfbe had before us a Titlure of our Salvation in 

 Heaven • For we that were a while fince in the Jaws of Death, loere 

 nolo brought into a piece, where we found nothing but ConfoUtions- 

 For the Cimmandiment laid upon us, "toe *%>ould not fail to obey it t 

 though it was tmpofsihle but our Hearts Jhould be en flamed to tread 

 further upon this happy and Holy Ground: We added ; 'lhatour 

 Tongues fhould firfl cleave to the ^oofes of our Mouths 3 ere we 

 fhould forget , either this Reverend per [on , or this tvbole Nation, in our 

 fwayers. We alfo mo ft humbly befought him to accept of us 

 1 as his c-rue fervants , by as jufta Right, as ever men on Earth 

 were bounden ; laying and prefenting,both our Perfons, and all 

 ]we had at his feet- He faid- He was a Triett, and looked for a Triefts | 

 [reward -, which was our Brotherly love , and the good, of our Souls and 

 ^Bodiej- So he went from us, not without Tears or TendernefTe 

 in his Eyes j And left us ahoconfufed with joy and ktndnefle, 

 faying amongft our felves ; %hat we were come into a Land of A ngels. 

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