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fifed ber companp before (bee toas maried, 
although (beetoas butpoung, tobicb is no 
toondcr in India : fo; it is tbeir common cu * 
(tome in tbofc countries to Doe it, toben tbep 
are but eight peres old,and baue tbe flight to 
bide it fo toell, that toben tbep are marieo, 
tbeir bufbands take tbe fo; berp geo maices. 
SCbis ojDer of life tbep continucb in that fo;te 
fo; tbe fpace of foure peaces, and alfo after 
that tbep bad taken a boufe, ano dtoellcd a? 
(one bp tbemfeluCS (fo; Antonio Fragofo 
kept bis old haunt) and altbougb Francis fi? 
fed continuallp to (but bis chamber do;c, pet 
tons tbis pojtingall oftentimes bidden,tber? 
in be not knofiring thereof, tobere bee toahe 
bisplcafure of bis toife. 
8 t tbe (alt, one Dirickc Gerritfon of 
Enchufonin Holland, baring Ctodfatber 
bnto Francis Kinges toife, comming netolp 
from China, defired the (aid Francis and bis 
toife to come and dine toitb btrti at bis boufe 
toitbouttbetotorte,tobere as then be otoelt* 
and among the reft bad nice, minding to bee 
merrie and made bs goodebearetbut becaufe 
tbeboneft SDamfell Francis Kinges toife, 
made her ercufe tbat (be might not toitb ber 
creditcome tobere Mcbelers toere, fo; that 
tbep bad no fucb bfe in India , be defired nub 
to bold him ercufed till another time • 2Cbep 
being there at this feaff, toitb tbe mother in 
(ato, and ber fonnc,$ tbeir boulbold of flaues 
that toaited fipon them, as the maner of In? 
dia fs. 3fter dinner toas ended,and tbep toell 
fit d;inke, tbep toent to toalke in the fieldes, 
tobere not far from thence there ft ©d a boufe 
ofpleaftire, that bad neptber do;e no; torn? 
doto,butalmoft fallen dotonefo; toantofre? 
parattons, bauing on tbe backc fide tberof a 
faire garden full of Indian trees and fruttes: 
the boufe and garden Francis Kinges father 
in lato bad bought in bis life time fo; a fmall 
pace of monp, fo; as I fap,it toas not much 
too;tb: tbetber tbep toent, and caufed tbeir 
pots and tbeir pans toitb meat and d;inhe to 
be b;ougbt toitb them, being minded all that 
dap to make merrie therein, as indeede tbep 
did, In the meane time it toas mp fortune 
toitb a friend of mine to toalke in tbe fieldes, 
and to paffe bp tbe boufe, toberein tbep toere, 
not tb inking anp companp bad bin there, % 
going bp, Francis King being allo;unhcn, 
camefo;tb and fato me, toberetoitb be ranne 
and caught me bp tbe cloke,i perfo;ce toould 
baue me in,$ made me leaue mp companion, 
<S fo b;ougbt me into the garden, tobere tbeir 
toiues and bis.motbermlato , toitb tbeir 
flaues fate plaping bpon certaine Indian In? 
ffruments, being berie merrie: but I toas 
no ftoner efpied bp them, but tbe poung too? 
man p;efentlp toent atoap to bide berfelfe fo; 
The i.Booke* 
ber credits fake, according to tbeir manner, 
as tbeir manner is toben anp ft ranger com? 
metb into tbe boufe * $of long after fupper 
toas made readp of fucb as tbep bad b; ought 
toitb them, altbougb tbe dap toas net fo far 
fpent, and tbe table cloth toas laidbppon a 
matte Iping on tbe ground: fo; tbat(as 31 faid 
befo;e)fbcrc toas neptber table, bench, tom? 
dotono;do;etottbtn tbe boufe. 2£bc meats 
being brought m,euerp man fate dotone, on? 
Ip Francis Kinges toife ejrcufco her felfe,that 
j bad Ibamed ber, and defired that ftje might 
not come in, (aping fo; that time (bee toould 
cate there toitb the flaues, and although ber 
buCband toould gladlp baue badbercomein 
among fis,tberebp to (beto that be toas not 
icalous of ber, pet Ibee toould not,fo that fee? 
tug ber ercufe be let ber reft, Taping it toere 
betttoletberftap there, becaufe (bee is a? 
ftjamed. nubile toe fate at topper tobere tbe 
flaues feruedfis, going and comming to and 
fro,and Ringing fucb tbinges as toe toanfed, 
out of the place tobere this boned toomata 
toas, ber bufband thinking (bee bad taken 
pains to make it readp, it toas nothing fo,fo£ 
tbattobile toe toere merrp together, not 
thinking anp burt,tn came Antonio Frago¬ 
fo toitb a naked Kaptec finder bio cloake, it 
being pet dap light, and in pjcfence of all tbe 
flaues, both tbeirs and mine, firitbout ante 
feare of bs lead ber atoap bp tbe band into 
one of tbe chambers of the boufe, bauing nep/ 
tber d©:e, flo;e no; toindoto, and there put? 
ting off tbe cloth that (be bad about her mid? 
dle,)tobicb be (aid fippon tbe ground to kap$ 
ber from fotoling of ber bodp) not being once 
albamed befo;e tbe flaues, neptber fearing a? 
npoanger,betGJke bisplcafure of her: but if 
anp mtfcbance bad bappened,tbat anp of tbe 
flaues bad marked it and beto;aied it, tbe 
faid Anthonie bad tenne o;ttoduefould!ers 
bis companions and friendes noHarrefcom 
tbence,tobicb toitb a tobiftle o; afip other to? 
ken toould baue come to help him, andfe 
toould baue flainefis all, and taken tbe too? 
man toitb bim,tobicb is tbeir daplp p;offit ill 
lndia,but toe bad better fo;tune: fo; that bee 
Oifpafcbcd bis affaires fo toell toitb ber, that 
tote kneto it not,and bad lepfure to depart as 
be came, firitbout anp trouble, and fl^e toell 
pleafed tbcrefiritb: and toben the flaues afked 
berboto (bee durft bee fo bold to doe fucb a 
thing, confioering tobat danger of life Ibee 
then toas in, (bee anftoered them that (bee 
cared not fo; ber life, fo(b© might baue ber 
pleafure, and Taping that ber bufband toas 
but a d;unkard, and not too;tbic of her, and 
that (be bad fifed tbe companp of that fine Its? 
ftiepoutb fo;tbe fpace of foure peres toge- 
tber* and fo; fake (be faid, (bee toould not 
•' refute 
