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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20784	The vvorld encompassed by Sir Francis Drake being his next voyage to that to Nombre de Dios formerly imprinted; carefully collected out of the notes of Master Francis Fletcher preacher in this imployment, and diuers others his followers in the same: offered now at last to publique view, both for the honour of the actor, but especially for the stirring vp of herock spirits, to benefit their countrie, and eternize their names by like noble attempts.	Drake, Francis, Sir, d. 1637.; Vaughan, Robert, engraver.; Fletcher, Francis, 16th cent.	1628 (1628)	STC 7161; ESTC S105366	81,588	115

might chance against our safety our generall first of all landed his men with all necessary prouision to build tents and make a fort for the defence of our selues and goods and that wee might vnder the shelter of it with more safety what euer should befall end our businsse which when the people of the country perceiued vs doing as men set on fire to war in defence of their countrie in great hast and companies with such weapons as they had they came downe vnto vs and yet with no hostile meaning or intent to hurt vs standing when they drew neere as men rauished in their mindes with the sight of such things as they neuer had seene or heard of before that time their errand being rather with submission and feare to worship vs as Gods then to haue any warre with vs as with mortall men Which thing as it did partly shew it selfe at that instant so did it more and more manifest it selfe afterwards during the whole time of our abode amongst them At this time being willed by signes to lay from them their bowes and arrowes they did as they were directed and so did all the rest as they came more and more by companies vnto them growing in a little while to a great number both of men and women To the intent therefore that this peace which they themselues so willingly sought might without any cause of the breach thereof on our part giuen be continued and that wee might with more safety and expedition end our businesses in quiet our Generall with all his company vsed all meanes possible gently to intreate them bestowing vpon each of them liberally good and necessary things to couer their nakednesse withall signifying vnto them we were no Gods but men and had neede of such things to couer our owne shame teaching them to vse them to the same ends for which cause also wee did eate and drinke in their presence giuing them to vnderstand that without that wee could not liue and therefore were but men as well as they Notwithstanding nothing could perswade them nor remoue that opinion which they had conceiued of vs that wee should be Gods In recompence of those things which they had receiued of vs as shirts linnen cloth c. they bestowed vpon our generall and diuerse of our company diuerse things as feathers cawles of networke the quiuers of their arrowes made of fawne-skins and the very skins of beasts that their women wore vpon their bodies Hauing thus had their fill of this times visiting and beholding of vs they departed with ioy to their houses which houses are digged round within the earth and haue from the vppermost brimmes of the circle clefts of wood set vp and ioyned close together at the top like our spires on the steeple of a Church which being couered with earth suffer no water to enter and are very warme the doore in the most part of them performes the office also of a chimney to let out the smoake it s made in bignesse and fashion like to an ordinary scuttle in a ship and standing slopewise their beds are the hard ground onely with rushes strewed vpon it and lying round about the house haue their fire in the middest which by reason that the house is but low vaulted round and close giueth a maruelous reflexion to their bodies to heate the same Their men for the most part goe naked the women take akinde of bulrushes and kembing it after the manner of hempe make themselues thereof a loose garment which being knitte about their middles hanges downe about their hippes and so affordes to them a couering of that which nature teaches should be hidden about their shoulders they weare also the skin of a deere with the haire vpon it They are very obedient to their-husbands and exceeding ready in all seruices yet of themselues offring to do nothing without the consents or being called of the men As soone as they were returned to their houses they began amongst themselues a kind of most lamentable weeping crying out which they continued also a great while together in such sort that in the place where they left vs being neere about 3. quarters of an English mile distant from them we very plainely with wonder and admiration did heare the same the women especially extending their voices in a most miserable and dolefull manner of shreeking Notwithstanding this humble manner of presenting themselues and awfull demeanour vsed towards vs we thought it no wisedowe too farre to trust them our experience of former Infidels dealing with vs before made vs carefull to prouide against an alteration of their affections or breach of peace if it should happen and therefore with all expedition we set vp our tents and entrenched our selues with walls of stone that so being fortified within our selues we might be able to keepe off the enemie if they should so proue from comming amongst vs without our good wills this being quickly finished we went the more cheerefully and securely afterward about our other businesse Against the end of two daies during which time they had not againe beene with vs there was gathered together a great assembly of men women and children inuited by the report of them which first saw vs who as it seemes had in that time of purpose dispersed themselues into the country to make knowne the newes who came now the second time vnto vs bringing with them as before had beene done feathers and bagges of Tobàh for presents or rather indeed for sacrifices vpon this perswasion that we were Gods When they came to the top of the hill at the bottome whereof wee had built our fort they made a stand where one appointed as their chiefe speaker wearied both vs his hearers and himselfe too with a long and tedious oration deliuered with strange and violent gestures his voice being extended to the vttermost strength of nature and his words falling so thicke one in the neck of another that he could hardly fetch his breath againe as soone as he had concluded all the rest with a reuerend bowing of their bodies in a dreaming manner and long producing of the same cryed Oh thereby giuing their consents that all was very true which he had spoken and that they had vttered their minde by his mouth vnto vs which done the men laying downe their bowes vpon the hill and leauing their women and children behinde them came downe with their presents in such sort as if they had appeared before a God indeed thinking themselues happy that they might haue accesse vnto our generall but much more happy when they sawe that he would receiue at their hands those things which they so willingly had presented and no doubt they thought themselues neerest vnto God when they sate or stood next to him In the meane time the women as if they had beene desperate vsed vnnaturall violence against themselues crying and shreeking piteously tearing their flesh with their nailes from their cheekes in a

and in the hinder part spreading it selfe out very large sufficient being holden before him to hide the most part of the body of a man With this it seemeth they staulke driuing them into some straite or necke of land close to the sea side where spreading long and strong nets with their dogs which they haue in readinesse at all times they ouerthrow them and make a common quarry The countrey is very pleasant and seemeth to be a fruitfull soyle Being afterwards driuen to fall with this place againe we had great acquaintance and familiarity with the people who reioyced greatly in our comming and in our friendship in that wee had done them no harme But because this place was no fit or conuenient harbor for vs to do our necessary busines neither yet to make prouision of such things as we wanted as water wood and such like we departed thence the 15. of May. May 15 At our departure hence we held our course South and by VVest and made about 9. leagues in 24. houres bearing very little sayle that our fleet might the easier gett vp with vs Which by reason of the contrary windes were cast a sterne of vs. In 47. deg 30. min. we found a bay which was faire safe and beneficiall to vs very necessary for our vse into which we haled and anchored May 17 May 17. and the next day May 18 May 18. we came further into the same bay where we cast anchor and made our abode full fifteene dayes The very first day of our arriuall here our generall hauing set things in some order for the dispatch of our necessary busines being most carefull for his two ships which were wanting sent forth to the southward Captaine Winter in the Elizabeth viceadmiral himself in the admiral going forth northward into the sea to see if happily they might meete with either of them at which time by the good prouidence of God hee himselfe met with the Swanne formerly lost at our departure from the riuer of Plate and brought her into the same harbor the same day where being afterward vnloaden and discharged of her fraight shee was cast off and her iron worke and other necessaries being saued for the better prouision of the rest of the remainder was made fire wood and other implements which we wanted But all this while of the other ship which wee lost so lately in our extremitie we could haue no newes While we were thus employed after certaine dayes of our stay in this place being on shoare in an Iland nigh vnto the maine where at lowe water was free passage on foot from the one to the other the people of the country did shew themselues vnto vs with leaping dancing and holding vp their hands and making ourcries after their manner but being then high water we could not go ouer to them on foot Wherefore the Generall caused immediatly a boat to bee in readinesse and sent vnto them such things as he thought would delight them as kniues bells bugles c. whereupon they beeing assembled together vpon a hill halfe an English mile from the waters side sent downe two of their company running one after the other with a great grace trauersing their ground as it seemed after the manner of their warres by degrees descending towards the waters side very swiftly Notwithstanding drawing nigh vnto it they made a stay refusing to come neere our men which our men perceiuing sent such things as they had tyed with a string vpon a rod and stucke the same vp a reasonable distance from them where they might see it And assoone as our men were departed from the place they came and tooke those things leauing instead of them as in recompence such feathers as they vse to weare about their heads with a bone made in manner of a tooth-pick carued round about the top and in length about six inches being very smoothly burnished Whereupon our Generall with diuers of his gentlemen and companie at low water went ouer to them to the maine Against his comming they remained still vpon the hill and set themselues in a ranke one by one appointing one of their company to runne before them from the one end of the ranke to the other and so backe againe continually East and West with holding vp his hands ouer his head and yeelding forward his body in his running toward the rising and setting of the Sunne and at euery second or third turne at the most erected his body aginst the midst of the ranke of the people lifting himselfe vaulting-wise from the ground towards the Moone being then ouer our heads signifying thereby as we conceiued that they called the Sunne and Moone whom they serue for gods to witnesse that they meant nothing towards vs but peace But when they perceiued that we ascended the hill apace and drew nigh vnto them they seemed very fearefull of our comming Wherefore our Generall not willing to giue them any way any occasion to mislike or be discomfited ●etyred his company wherby they were so allured and did so therein confirme themselues of vs that we were no enemies neither meant them harm that without al feare diuers came down with great speed after vs presently entring into traffique with our men Notwithstanding they would receiue nothing at our hands but the same must be first cast vpon the ground vsing this word Zussus for exchange Tóytt to cast vpon the ground And if they misliked any thing they cryed Coróh Coróh speaking the same with ratling in the throat The wares we receiued from them were arrowes of reeds feathers and such bones as are afore described This people go naked except a skin of furre which they cast about their shoulders when they sit or lye in the cold but hauing any thing to do as going or any other labour they vse it as a girdle about their loynes They weare their haire very long but lest it might trouble them in their trauell they knit it vp with a roll of Ostrich feathers vsing the same rolls and haire together for a quiuer for their arrowes and for a store house in which they carry the most things which they carry about them Some of them within these rolls sticke on either side of their heads for a signe of honour in their persons a large and plaine feather shewing like hornes afarre off So that such a head vpon a naked body if diuels do appeare with hornes might very nigh resemble diuels Their whole brauery and setting out themselues standeth in painting their bodies with diuers colours and such workes as they can deuise Some wash their faces with sulphure or some such like substance some paint their whole bodies black leauing onely their neckes behind and before White much like our damosels that weare their squares their neckes and breasts naked Some paint one shoulder blacke another white and their sides and legs interchangeably with the same colours one still contrary to the other The black part hath set vpon