then showed him some fine laced clothes,
which were made a present of to him by the late king George of England
(meaning his late majesty king George the First); he expressed a great
affection for his brother kings of England, as he called them, and for
the English nation in general. Soon after came in the queen, dressed in
a short jacket, leading in her hand a young prince, who both repeated the
word runaway twice.

Next day the king presented him to the wisos, or chief men of the town,
who received him with a great deal of civility, and tokens of high
esteem. He ate every day at the king's table, and had a lodging assigned
to him in his wigwam, and grew every day more and more in esteem among
them, being consulted in all matters of difficulty. Thus sudden are the
scenes of life shifted and changed; for a brave man will never despair
under whatsoever misfortunes; for our hero, who but a few weeks before
was treated like a beast of burden, heavily loaded, cruelly whipped,
coarsely fed, and all by the insolence and inhumanity of his own
countrymen, is now seated, in a strange country, with kings and princes,
and consulted by a whole nation.

King Lillycraft, who was a man of very good natural sense, used to
discourse with, and ask Mr. Carew many questions of the customs and
manners of his brother kings in England. Being told one day that the
king of England never stirred abroad without being surrounded with a
great number of armed men, whom he paid for defending him, and fighting
for him, he very simply asked whom he was afraid of? or whether he was
constantly at war with any neighbouring king, who might fall upon him
unawares? Being told to the contrary, he expressed very great surprise,
and could not conceive of what use these armed men were, when the king
had no enemy, adding, when I am at war, my people are my guard, and fight
for me without being paid for it, and would each of them lay down his
life to defend mine; and when I am at peace, I can fear no evil from my
own people, therefore I have no need of armed men about me. Being told
another time that the king of England kept himself generally in his
wigwam, or palace, surrounded by certain officers, who permitted no one
to come near him but by their permission, which was the greatest
difficulty in the world to obtain, and that not a thousandth part of the
people, who lived in the town where the palace was, had ever seen him in
their lives, he turned away fr