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gation m any Fart , that was not under his CroTbn , made weVer-l 

 [theleffe this Ordinarce h that iVcry twelve years there fhould hefet 

 \jorth , out of fits Kingdom , two Ships, appointed toftVeraWoya* 

 ||**; that in either c} the/e Ships, there Jhould be a 14 if sim of three 

 of the Fellows, tr Brethren of Sa'cmons Hcufe ; wkfe Errmd 

 was only to give us Kniwledge of the Affairs and State of thofe. 

 Countries, to which they were defined } And efpecially cf the Sci- 

 ences , Jrts, Mam ft times , and hvtntms of all the World - 3 And 

 Urithall to Irwg unto us , Hocks, Jnfinments, and Taterns J ineVe- 

 ry kind i That tie Ships, aftct they had landed the Brethren , 

 Jhould return; And that the Brethren JhcuU flay abroad till the 

 ww Mifsicn, The Ships are not ctbotvije fraught than withfloreof 

 ViBuals , and gcod Quantity <f Trcafure to remain with the Bre^ 

 thren, for the buying of fuihlhinys , and regarding cf fuehrer [ons , 

 as they fhould thnk fit. NoT* fir me to tell you ^ hew the Vulgar fort 

 of Mariners are contained from being difeoVered at Land^ And how 

 they that mujl be put cn ficre ftr atytime, colour tbemf elves un» 

 der the Names of other Nations ; Jnd to what places thefe Voyages have 

 been defined \ A f nd what places mf Rendezvous are appointed for 

 tie new Mifsicns; Aid the hke circumftances ojthe fratlique-, I 

 1Q0 not do it; Neither is it much to your de fire. 'But thus youfee 

 we maintain a Trade 3 net for Co ] d , Silver, or Jewels • Nor for 

 Silks. ^ Nor f<r Spices; Nor any ether Commodity of Matter ; But 

 only fir Gods firft Creature > tthich fas Light ; To have Light (/ 

 fay ) oj tlegrcmh of all farts of the World. And when he had 

 faid this } he was filent^And fo were we all.For indeed we were 

 all aftonifbed , to hear fo flrange things fo probably told. And 

 he perceiving that we were willing to (ay fomewhat, but had k 

 not ready, in great Gourtefie took us off, and defcended to ask 

 us Queftions of our Voyage and Fortunes • and in the end con-' 

 eluded that we mcught c'o well, to think with out felves 

 what time of flay we would demand of the State 5 And had us 

 not to (cant our felves : For he would procure fuch time as we < 

 defired. Whereupon we all rofe up and prefented our felves 

 to luiTe the skirt of his Tippet, but he would not fuffer us;and fo 

 took his leave. But when it came once amongft our People, 

 that the State ufed to offer Conditions to Strangers , that 

 would flay, we had work enough to get any of our Men to j 

 look to our Ship ; And to keep them from going prefently to 

 the Governor, to crave conditions. But with much ado we re 

 framed them, till we mought agree what courfe to take. 



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