Whereat Being Moved, I Changed My Courtesy And
Grew To Hatred; Myself In My Own Boat Well Manned With Shot, And The
Barques Boat Likewise Pursued Them, And Gave Them Divers Shot, But
To Small Purpose, By Reason Of Their Swift Rowing; So Small Content
We Returned.
The 11th of this month there came five of them to make a new truce;
the master of the
Admiral came to me to show me of their coming, and
desired to have them taken and kept as prisoners until we had his
anchor again; but when he saw that the chief ring-leader and master
of mischief was one of the five, then was vehement to execute his
purpose, so it was determined to take him; he came crying "Yliaout,"
and striking his breast offered a pair of gloves to sell; the master
offered him a knife for them: so two of them came to us; the one
was not touched, but the other was soon captive among us; then we
pointed to him and his fellows for our anchor, which being had we
made signs that he should he set at liberty within one hour that he
came aboard; the wind came fair, whereupon we weighed and set sail,
and so brought the fellow with us. One of his fellows still
following our ship close aboard, talked with him, and made a kind of
lamentation, we still using him well, with "Yliaout," which was the
common course of courtesy. At length this fellow aboard us spoke
four or five words unto the other and clapped his two hands upon his
face, whereupon the other doing the like, departed, as we supposed,
with heavy cheer.
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