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Ropes until! they were ftrangled, and then 

 flapped them naked, and made a greate 

 Hole in the Earth, and threwe them in all 

 together. Which done hee tooke from mee 

 my Horfe, and gave mee twoe of my dead 

 Companions Horfes ; hee tooke from mee 

 likewife eighty Rupias of the Companies 

 Moneyes, and foe fente mee and my Men, 

 with four of his Horiemen, to a Brother's of 

 his, which dwelte fome twentye 

 Courfes off the Place, upp to the ° r 30 %]cs; 

 Mountaynes, and foe aboute Midday di*» 

 fpeeded mee from him. Beeinge nowe on 

 the Way towards his Brother, a newe Feare 

 fell on mee, for that my Companions tould 

 mee, that the fourHorfemen, that wente with 

 mee, had order to kill us all when wee were 

 fome twoe or three Courfes off ; wheruppoii 

 they wept extreamlye, and asked one ano« 

 ther Forgiveneffe, making themfelyes reddye 

 to dye \ and the Countenance of my Guydes 

 prefaged little le0e,not once fpeaking to mcc ? 

 Soe with a wofull Harte, God knows, I rode 

 till an Hower within Night, at which Tyme 

 wee came to a little Village on the Topp of 

 a yerye heigh Hill, belonginge to the Ragee 9 



where 



