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their painSjand faithful obedicncejtofcrve them in all jiift Conlmaads» 

 And both thefe, intcrcliangeably and mutually in love, which is the 

 Cord thut binds up all in perfect Harmony. And where thefe are 

 wanting, the roots dry, and leaves fall away^ and a general decay, 

 I and devaluation enfues. Witnels the woeful experience of thefe fad 

 times We live in. 



Being now come to the diftancc of two or three leagues, my firft 

 obfervation was, theform of the liland in general, which is higheft 

 in the middle 5 by which commodity of fituation , the Inhabitants 

 withinj have thefe advantages 5 a free profpeft to Sea, and a reception 

 of pure refrefhing air, and breezes that come from thence : the plan- 

 tations overlooking one another fb, as theniofl inland parts , are net 

 bar'd nor rcifrained the liberties of their vievv to fca^by thofc that dwell 

 between them and it. For as we pafl along near the (hoar, the Plan- 

 tations appear'd to us one above another ■• likefeveral flories inftately 

 buildings , which afforded us a large proportion of delight. So 

 that we begg'd of the Mafter, to take down thofe of his fails, that gave 

 the fhip the greateft motion, that we m.ight not be deprived on a fitd- 

 den, of a fight we all were fo much pleafed with. But our Cattle 

 and Horfes fwho were under hatches 5 and therefore no partners of 

 thisobjed,) having devoured all their fodder, and were now ready 

 to come to that neceirity, as the next thing to be thought on, was to 

 plain deal boards, and f^ed them with the fhavings ^ Which deadly 

 hunger, caufed luch lowing and bellovv ingofthe poor Cattle, as their 

 cry flopped the iVIaflers ears, fo as the fmootheft, and moft perfvvafive 

 language, we could ufe .• could not force a paffage, but with all the 

 hafte he could, ^'dt'mto Car i /Jk Baj which is the beft in the Ifland, 

 Vv' here we found riding at Anchor, 22 good fhips, with boats plying to 

 and fro, with Sails and Oars, which carried commodities from place to 

 place : fb quick ftirring, and numerous, as I have feen it below the 

 bridge at London. 



. Yet notwithftanding all this appearance of trade, the Inhabitants 

 ofthelflands, andlhipping too, were fb grievouily vifited with the 

 plague, (or as killing a difeafe,) that before a month was expired5after 

 our arrival, the living were hardly able to bury the dead. Whether it 

 were brought thither in fhipping .• (for in long voyages, difeafes grow 

 at Sea,and take away many paiiengers,and thofe difeafes prove conta- 

 gious, J or by the diflempers of the people of the Ifland : who by the 

 ill dyet they keep, and drinking ftrong waters, bring difeafes upon 

 themfelves, was dot certainly known. But I have this reafbn to beheve 

 the latter : becaufe for one woman that dyed^ there were ten men 5 

 and the men were the greater deboyfles. 



In this fad time,v/e arriv'd in thislOand^and it was a doubt whether 

 this difeafe, or famine threatned moft 5 There being a general fcarcity 

 of Viftuals throughout the whole Ifland. 



Our intention atfirfl, was not to ftay long there, but onely to fell 

 our Goods, Cattlej andHorfes^ and fo away to 5 where we 



intended to plant : but the fliips being ffor the mofl: part) infected 

 with this difeafe, and our felvcs being unprovided of hands for a 

 new Plantation (by reafbn of the ir ifcarryingofafhip, which let out 

 befbre us fi'om r/;w(?,7//), a month before, with men victuals, and all 

 iitcnfils fitted for a Plantation, we Were compelled to flay longer in the 



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