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rancc of Land, all that night ; And in the Dawning of the 
next Day, wee might plainly difeerne that it was a Land, Flat 
to our fight, and full of Bofcage; which made it fhew the 
moreDarkc. And after an Houreandahalfcs Sayling, weecn- 
tred into a good Hauen , being the Port of a faire City - Not 
great indeed, but well built, and that gaue a plcafant view 
from the Sea : And wee thinking cuery Minute long, till wee 
were on Land, cameclofe to the Shore, and offered to land.But 
ftraightwayes wee faw diuersof the People, with Baftons in 
their Hands, (as it were) forbidding vs to land j Yet without 
any Cryes or Fiercenefle, but onely as warning vs off, by 
Signes that they made. Whereupon being not a little difeorn- 
forted, wee were aduifing with our (clues, what wee Ihould 
doe. During which time, there made forth to vs a final! Boat, 
withabout eight Perfons in it; whereof One of them had in 
his Hand a Tipftaffc of a yellow Cane, tipped at both ends 
with Blew, who made aboard our Ship, without any fhew 
of Diftruftat all. And when he (aw one of our Number, pre- 
(enthimfelfcfomewhat afore the reft, hec drew forth a little 
Scrouleof Parchment (fomewhac yellower than our Parch- 
menr, and (Lining like the Lcaues of Writing Tables, buto- 
therwife (oft and flexible,) and deliuered it to our formoft 
Man. In which Scroule were written in Ancient Hebrew, and 
in Ancient Greeke , and in goodie#*? of thcSchoole, and in 
Spanijh ,thcfe words; Land yee not , none of you, and prouideto 
be gone, from this Qoaji, withinfixteene dayes , except you bane fur¬ 
ther timegiuenyou :Meane -while jfyou want FrefbWater.or Vidu- jj 
aU, or helpeforyourSicke,or that your Ship needeth repaire, write., 
downeyour wants^andyou Jhall haue that which belongeth to Mercy .! 
This Scroule was figned with a Stampe of Cherubim Wings, not j 
fpred, but hanging downewards - } And by them a Qroffe. This 
being deliuered, the Officer returned, and left onely a Seruant 
with vs to rcceiuc our Anfwer. Confuting hereupon a- 
mongft our Sclucs, wee were much perplexed. The Denial! of 
Landing, and Hafty Warning vs away, troubled vs much ; On 
the other fide, to findc that the People had Languages, and 
were fo fall of Humanity, did comfort vs not alittle. And a-J 
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