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goe with me fame few of youfee the place,and how it may he made 
conmnientfor you,And then you may fendfor your Sick,and the reft 
of your Number-, whichyse will bring on Land, Wee thanked him, 
and hid- } Tbat tbij fare,which he tookeof defolate Strangers , God 
would rewarde . And (o fixe of vs went on Land with binr< 
And when wee were on Land, hec went before vs, and turned 
to vs, and (aid ; Hee was hut our Seruant , and our Guide . Hee led 
vs through three fairc Streets; And all the Way we went, there 
were gathered fome People on both Tides,(landing in a Row; 
But in fo ciuili a falhion, as ifichad beene, nocto wonder at 
vs, but to welcome vs : And diuers of them, as weepafled by 
them, puc their Armes a little abroad; which is their Gefture, 
when they bid any welcome. Th ^Strangers Houfe is afaivc 
,and fpacious Houle, builc of Brick, of fomewhac a blewer 
Colour than our Brick, And with handfbme Windcwes, 
Tome of Glafie, lome of a kinde of Cambricfe oyl d. Hee 
brought vsfirft into a fairc Parlour aboue ftaires, and then 
asked vs, What number of Perfons we were} And how many fick ? 
we anfwered, Wee were in all , {fick and whole) one and fifty Per - 
jons, whereof ourfick werefeuenfeene. Hec defired vs to haue pa : 
tience a little, and to ftay till he came backeco vs; which was 
about an Hourc after; And then heeled vs to fee the Cham¬ 
bers, whtch were prouidedfor vs, being in number nineteene. 
Theyhauingcaftit (as it feemeth) thatfourcof thole Cham- 
bers, which were better then the reft, might receiuefourc of 
the principal! Men of our Company; And lodge them alone 
by thcmfelues; And the other 15. Chambers were to lodge 
vs, two and two together. The Chambers were handforiK 
and chcarefull Chambers, and furnilhed ciuilly. Then hee 
led vs to a long Gallery, like a Dorture, where hee ftiewed 
vs all along the one fide (for the other fide was but wall and 
window,) feuentecnc Cells, very neat ones, hauing partitions 
of Cedar wood. Which Gallery, and Cells, being in all for-* 
ty,(many more then we needed,) were ioftitutedasan Infir¬ 
mary for fick Perfons. And hee told vs withall,thatas any of 
our Sick waxed well, hee might be remoued from his Cell, to 
a Chamber : For which purpofe, there were fee forth ten 
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