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herts among them. Our circumftances are in Tome rc- 
fpefts very good, for we have advice by the way of 
Vortobelo , that there is a great Rebellion in Mexico^ 
and Captain D/e^<7 and, all the Indians about him are 
at prefent at War with the Spaniards. Captain Amhro- 
fio is going to his affiftance, and that will divert them 
on that fide 5 but which is better than all, that we are 
now in a pofture of defence againft all the Sfanijh 
force in America. I have feen already Dutch^ Frenchy 
and Englijh all at the (ame time in our Harbour, and 
all of them wonder what the reft of the world have 
been thinking on, when we came hither to the beft 
Havhour of A/nerica, in the beft place of it. Captain 
Long came in eight days after, and I believe we were a 
great eye-fore to him, tho he faid nothing. He com- 
manded the Rupert Prize^ a fmall EngliJIo Man of War, 
fitted out by the King, upon what defign we know not, 
but he pretends it was to fearch for a Silver Wrack 5 
he was on this coaft a month before founding it 5 and 
converfing with the Natives, he put aftiore men in 
fome places, to take pofleflion for the King of Great 
Britain^ but none of them within 15 leagues of us. 
Hearing by the Natives that we were here, he came in 
with his Long-Boat, as he faid to fee us, but I believe 
it was only to know the certainty of what he feared 
was too true. He had told all the Indian Captains 
that he came only to try their inclinations, and that 
there was a great Fleet coming with a great many peo- 
ple to fettle amongft them, and defend tbera againft 
their enemies, he meant Englifo that were to come by 
bis direction 5 but our Fleet coming within a month 
after, they all lookt upon us to be the people he fpokc 
of 5 fo that whatever prefents he made them before 
that time, was as much for our advantage, as if our - 
felves had given them. He pretends to be a Conjurer, 
and to foretell tilings 5 but that was the trueft Pro- 
phecy 
