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this point is notprecife 3 And 1 doe not doubt , but my (elfe Jhall be able 
to obtainefor youfuch farther time,as may be comenientXe (IjaH al - 
fo 'vnderftand, that the Strangers Houle, is at this time Richland 
much aforebandj For it hath laid<vp Reuenew thefe ^y.yeares: 
For fo long it is,fince any Stranger arriued in this part: And ther- 
fore takeyee no care-,The St ace will defray you all the time you ft ay: 
Neither JbaHyou flay one day the lejfefor that .Asfor any Merchan¬ 
dise ye home brought ye /ball be yell <vfed, and haueyour retmne/t- 
ther in Merchandise , or in Gold and Siluer: For to <vs it is all one. 
Andifyou baue any other Ppqueft to make, hide it not. Foryee /ball 
finde, Wee will not makeyeur Countenance to falljoy the anfwer ye 
/ball receiue. Onely this I muft telly ouyhat none of you mu ft goe a- 
boue a Karan, (that is with them a Mile and an halfej from the 
walks of the Citty,without efpeciallleaue. We anfwered, after we 
had looked a while vpon one another, admiring this graci-. 
ous and parent like vfagej That wee could not tell what to fay: 
For "free "Wanted "Words to expreffe our Thanks, And his Noble free 
Offers leftDs nothing to aske.lt feemed to rvs,that we had before ys 
a picture of our Saluation in Heaucn ; For we that were awhile 
fince in the laWes ofD rath, were now brought into a places here we 
found nothing but Confolations. For the Commandement layd <vpon 
•vs, wee would not faile to obey it though it was impoftiblebut our 
Hearts fhould be enftamed to tread further nopon this Happy and 
Holy Ground *Wee added; That our Tongues fhould fir ft cleans to 
the Roofes of our Moutbes,ere we fhouldforget either his Reuerend 
Per pm, or this whole Nation, in our Prayers. Wee alfo molt hum¬ 
bly bcloughc him to accept of vs as his true feruants, by as 
iuft a Right, as cuer Men on Earth were bounden; laying and 
prefenting, both ourPerfons, and all we had at his feerc. Hee 
faid ; He was a Prieft , and looked for a Priefts reward j which was 
our Brotherly loue, and the Good of our Soules and Bodies. So he 
wentfromvs, not without tcares of Tcndernefleinhis Eyes, 
And left vs alfo confufed with ioy and kindnefle, faying a- 
mongft our felues; That wee Were come into a Land of Angells, 
which did appeare to *vs dayly,andpreuent ys with Comforts {which 
we thought not of, much lejfe expetted. 
The next day about io. of the Clocke, the Gouernour 
came 
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