They Did Not Permitt Me To Tarry Long With My Fellow Prisoner,
Least I Should Tell Him Any News, As I Imagine, But Sent Me To Another
Boat, Where I Remained The Rest Of The Voyage By Watter, Which Proved
Somewhat To My Disadvantage.
In this boat there was an old man, who having examined me, I answered him
as I could best;
Tould him how I was adopted by such an one by name, and as
I was a hunting with my companions that wildman that was killed came to us,
and after he had eaten went his way. In the evening [he] came back againe
and found us all a sleepe, tooke a hattchett and killed my 3 companions,
and awaked me, and so embarked me and brought me to this place. That old
man believed me in some measure, which I perceived in him by his kindnesse
towards me. But he was not able to protect me from those that [had] a will
to doe me mischief. Many slandred me, but I tooke no notice.
Some 4 leagues thence they erected cottages by a small river, very
difficult to gett to it, for that there is litle watter on a great sand
[bank] a league wide. To this very houre I tooke notice how they tyed their
captives, though att my owne cost. They planted severall poastes of the
bignesse of an arme, then layd us of a length, tyed us to the said poasts
far a sunder from one another.
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