The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part IHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12: America, Part I
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
[Sidenote: The people shew themselues againe on firme land.] An other time
as our said Generall was coasting the Countrey with two little Pinnesses,
whereby at our returne he might make the better relation thereof, three of
the crafty villans, with a white skin allured vs to them. [Sidenote: Their
first meanes to allure vs to shore.] Once again, our Generall, for that he
hoped to heare of his men, went towards them: at our comming neere the
shore whereon they were, we might perceiue a number of them lie hidden
behind great stones, and those 3. in sight labouring by all meanes possible
that some would come on land: and perceiuing we made no hast by words nor
friendly signes, which they vsed by clapping of their hands, and being
without weapon, and but 3. in sight, they sought further meanes to prouoke
vs therevnto. [Sidenote: Their second meanes.] One alone laid flesh on the
shore, which we tooke vp with the Boate hooke, as necessary victuals for
the relieuing of the man, woman, and child, whom we had taken: for that as
yet they could not digest our meat: whereby they perceiued themselues
deceiued of their expectation, for all their crafty allurements. [Sidenote:
Their third and craftiest allurement.] Yet once againe to make (as it were)
a full shew of their craftie natures, and subtile sleights, to the intent
thereby to haue intrapped and taken some of our men, one of them
counterfeited himselfe impotent and lame of his legs, who seemed to descend
to the water side, with great difficulty: and to couer his craft the more,
one of his fellowes came downe with him, and in such places where he seemed
vnable to passe, he tooke him on his shoulders, set him by the water side,
and departed from him, leauing him (as it should seeme) all alone, who
playing his counterfeit pageant very well, thought thereby to prouoke some
of vs to come on shore, not fearing, but that one of vs might make our
party good with a lame man.
[Sidenote: Compassion to cure a crafty lame man.] Our Generall hauing
compassion of his impotency, thought good (if it were possible) to cure him
thereof: wherefore he caused a souldier to shoote at him with his Caleeuer,
which grased before his face. The counterfeit villeine deliuerly fled,
without any impediment at all, and got him to his bow and arrowes, and the
rest from their lurking holes, with their weapons, bowes, arrowes, slings,
and darts. Our Generall caused some caleeuers to be shot off at them,
whereby some being hurt, they might hereafter stand in more feare of vs.
This was all the answere for this time we could haue of our men, or of our
Generals letter. Their crafty dealing at these three seuerall times being
thus manifest vnto vs, may plainely shew their disposition in other things
to be correspondent. We iudged that they vsed these stratagemes, thereby to
haue caught some of vs, for the deliuering of the man, woman and child whom
we had taken.
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