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who defired to fpeak with one of us alone. Colonel Modiford^ being the 

 chief man in the Company, went with an Interpreter to meet him 5 

 and being at the diftance oflpeech, defired to know his pleafure^which 

 he told him was this. That he underftood divers of our women had 

 been aflioar, the day beforehand received (bme in jury, from the peo- 

 ple of the Ifland, and that it was conceiv'd, we were come Arm'dto 

 take revenge on thofe that did the affront. He therefore advifed us , 

 either to make fpeedy return to the boat that brought us ; or to fend 

 back ourfwords and piftols, and commit our (elves to his protection ^ 

 and. if one of thofe were not preientlyput in aCtj wefhould in a very 

 fliort time have all our throats Cut. 



We told him we had no intention of revenge for any wrong 

 done, and that the only caufe of our landing, was to fee the beauty 

 of the place we bad heard fo much Commended, by our people that 

 were afhoar, of which they had given a very large teflimony, both of 

 the pleafantneis and fruitfulnefs of it, and that our vifit was out of 

 love, both to the place and people. But for fending our weapons back 

 to the boat, we defired his pardon 5 for this reafon, that the Billows 

 going fo very high at that time, we could not fend them to the boat 

 without being dipt in the Sea water, which would fpoil them, and 

 the moft of them^being rich fwords and piftols,vve were loath to have 

 their beauty covered with ruft, which the fait water would be the 

 occafion of. We defired rather, that he would Command a Soldier 

 of his, to ftay with a man of ours, and keep them fafe, till our return j 

 which he being content to do, we committed our felve? to his prote- 

 ction, who put a guard upon us of 10 Soldiers, part Portugals^ part Ne- 

 groes 5 the moft part of either kind^ as proper men as I have feenjand as 

 handfomely cloathed. 



Their garments made with much Art, and all feem'd to be done 

 by the Tayler 5 the Coverings for their heads, were not unlike Hel- 

 mets j of blew and white ftrip'dfilk, fome tawny, and yellow, others 

 of other forts of Colours 3 but all ofonefafhion , their doublets clofe 

 to their bodies, v;ith Caflocks, made of the fafhion of the Kings guard : 

 loofe fleeves, which came to their elbows, but large and gathered fo 

 as to fit loofe from their arms 5 with four large skirts, reaching down 

 to the middle of their thighs , but thefe of a different colour from 

 their fuits, their breeches indifferently large, coming down below the 

 knee 5 and the upper part, fo wrought with Whalebones within, as to 

 keep them hollow,from touching their backs, to avoid heat,which they 

 were much troubled with 5 upon their legs, buskins of the colour of 

 their fuits, yet fome made a difference : their fhooes colour d for the 

 moft part 5 fome white, but very few black. Their weapons,as Swords, 

 Piftols,Mufquets,Pikes,and Partifans,kept very bright, and worn come- 

 lily and gracefully 5 which argued a decency in the Commander , as 

 their awful refped didofhisaufterity. 



j Being now under a Guard, we marcht into this valley, one of the 

 j delightfalleft places that I have ever feen, for befides the high and 

 lofty trees, as the Palmeto^ Royal^Coco^Cedar^Locufi^MaJijc^y Mangrave^ 

 Bully ^ Redwood^, Pickledyellovp wood^C^a^Fifhla, Calihap^ Cherry^ Fig- 

 tree^ whole body is large enough for Timhcv^Cinronsfujiard afplepna- 

 vcrsyMacow^Cjpres^ Oranges'-,Lemotts,LyMes^Tomegranat^ Aft otto. Prickled 

 afple^Prickled pear^Papa, thefe & more may be accounted wood:& yet a 



