The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part IIIHakluyt, Richard
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 14: America, Part III
Hakluyt, Richard
Discoveries in geography -- English; Voyages and travels
Inquisitor, who shortly after maried them both to two of his Negro
women: Richard Williams maried a rich widow of Biskay with 4000 Pezos.
Paul Horsewell is maried to a Mestisa, as they name those whose fathers
were Spaniards, and their mothers Indians, and this woman which Paul
Horsewell hath maried, is sayd to be the daughter of one that came in
with Hernando Cortes the conquerour, who had with her in mariage foure
thousand Pezos, and a faire house: Iohn Storie is maried to a Negro
woman: William Lowe had leaue and licence to goe into Spaine where he is
now maried: for mine owne part I could neuer throughly settle my selfe
to marry in that countrey, although many faire offers were made vnto me
of such as were of great abilitie and wealth, but I could haue no liking
to liue in that place, where I must euery where see and know such
horrible idolatrie committed, and durst not once for my life speake
against it: and therefore I had alwayes a longing and desire to this my
natiue countrey: and, to returne and serue againe in the Mines where I
might haue gathered great riches and wealth, I very well saw that at one
time or another I should fall againe into the danger of that diuelish
Inquisition, and so be strip of all, with losse of life also, and
therefore I made my choice rather to learne to weaue Grogranes and
Taffaties, and so compounding with a Silke-weauer, I bound my selfe for
three yeeres to serue him, and gaue him an hundred and fiftie Pezos to
teach me the science, otherwise he would not haue taught mee vnder seuen
yeeres prentiship, and by this meanes I liued the more quiet, and free
from suspition. Howbeit I should many times be charged by familiars of
that diuelish house, that I had a meaning to runne away into England,
and to be an heretike Lutheran againe: To whom I would answere that they
had no neede to suspect any such thing in mee, for that they knew all
very well that it was impossible for me to escape by any maner of
meanes: yet notwithstanding I was called before the Inquisitor, and
demanded why I did not marrie: I answered that I had bound myselfe at
an occupation. Well said the Inquisitor, I knowe thou meanest to runne
away, and therefore I charge thee here vpon paine of burning as an
heretike relapsed, that thou depart not out of this citie, nor come
neere to the port of S. Iohn de Vllua, nor to any other port: To the
which I answered that I would willingly obey. Yea said he, see thou doe
so, and thy fellowes also, they shall haue the like charge.
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