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; co his Mouth ( which is the Gefture they vie, when they | 
chan'kc God J And then faid : Ifyee will [Wear e, (allofym t )M 
the Merits of the S a v i o v r .that ye are noFirates.Nor hms$bsd\ 
blond, lawfully,nor unlawfully, within forty day es pafl-, youmayl 
bane Licenfeto come on Land. Wc faid ; We were aft-ready to take 
that Oath. Whereupon one of thofethat were with bim s being 
(asitfeemed) a Notarie, made an Entry of this Ad. Which 
done, another of the Attendants of the Great Perfon, which 
was with him in the fame Boat, after his Lord had fpoken 
a little co him, (aid aloud ; My Lord would bane you know,that it 
is not of Pride , or Gfeatneffe ., that be commetb not aboardyour Ship$ 
But for that, inyour Anfwer, you declare, thatyouhaue many Sicke 
amonglt you , he was warned by the Confcruator o/Hcahh, of the 
City, that beefbould keepe a diflance. Wee bowed our (dues to¬ 
wards him, andanfwered; Weewere his humbleSeruants ; And 
accounted for great Honour, and lingular Humanity towards «w 5 
that which was already done \; But hoped well , that the Nature , of 
the Sicknejfe , of our Men, was not infectious. So he returned j And 
a while after came the Notary to vs aboard our Ship ; Holding 
in his hand a Fruit of thac Country, like an Orcnge, bur df co¬ 
lour betweene Orengc-cawncy and Scarlet ; which call a 
moft excellent Odour. He vied it (as it heraetb) fora Prcfer- 
uatiueagainft Infedion; Hegaucvsour Oath ; By the Name of 
leftss, and his Merits : And after told vs, chat the next day by 
fix of the Clocke in the Morning, wc (hould bcefent to, and 
brought to the Strangers Houfe, (fo hee called ir,) where we 
(hould be acommodated of things, both for our whole and 
for our Sicke. Sohelcfcvs; And when we offered him feme 
Piftolets, he Ending, faid ; Hee mufl not bee twice paid for onc^ 
' Labour : Meaning (as I take it) that hthad Salary (ufficienc of 
t\\c State for his Scruice. For (as I after learned) they call an 
Officer that taketh Rewards, Twice-paid . 
The next Morning early, there came to vs the famcOjf/w, 
that camero vs at firft with his Ganc, and cold vs; Hee came to 
conduct ys to the Strangers Houfe; And that he had preuented thc^ 
Houre, becaufe we might haue the whole day before ys, for our Bu- 
(inefte. For (faid he) IfyouwiUfollow my Aduice,there jhallfir ft 
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