in that countrey.] They go naked, onely that about their midles
they weare a cloth made of the barke of a tree, drawne in small threedes:
they make and use very fine Mats to sitte vppon: They haue no great store
of weapons, for that halfe of them are vnprouided, and that they vse is a
speare of nine ten foote long with a great wooden Target: They are very
fearefull of our Caliuers, for 5. or sixe men with Caliuers will cause
great numbers of them to flie away: We taught them what our peeces ment for
wee perceyued that they knew them not, before they had proued them: at the
first they thought they coulde carry no further then their owne lengthes,
for they knew not what they were: Their Kinges ornamentes were ten or
twelue Copper Rings about his armes: if we had had such Ringes with vs, wee
might haue sold them at what prices wee woulde. They likewise vse beades of
Glasse, which they weare about their armes and neckes, by them esteemed for
great ornaments: for a boxe of beades of small value, we had an Oxe, or
three or foure Sheepe; rounde about this Bay are townes and villages, where
you may haue of all things to refresh your selues, Lemons and Citrons are
there greater and better then in Portingall: Likewise Oringes, Ryce,
Hennes, Goats, Honie, and many other sortes of fruites, and to conclude it
is the best Bay in all the world to refresh ships. Being on land we were
wel entertayned, and must of force drink with them of their drinke made of
Hony and Ryce: There we trafiqued with them, and had sufficient of euery
thing, but euery night we went aborde our shippes.

The third of February we had so great a storme, that most of our ankers
were lost, and we ran vpon the land in great daunger to cast our ships
away, but God holpe vs, for the storme ceased, and then we went to hoyse vp
our lost ankers, and so againe went to anker vnder the Island, glad that we
had so well escaped that daunger. The fift of February we went to seeke for
our boats, but the wild men had smitten them in peeces, and taken out the
nailes, thinking likewise that our shippes woulde haue beene cast away vpon
the shore, which they still expected: and when we came thither, they stood
vpon the shore with their weapons in hand and threw stones at vs, and we
perceyuing them in that minde, made towardes our shippes, for we desired
not to reuenge our selues, nor once to fight with them without commission
from our Generall, whom we certified thereof. The eyght of