The Whole and True Discouerye of Terra Florida by Jean Ribault
shipps, which laye abowt vj leages from the haven
to the sewarde.
The next day in the morning we retourned to
land agayne, accompaned with the captayns, gen-
tilmen, souldiers, and others of our smaie troup,
earring with us a piller or colume of hard stone,
our kinges armes graven therin, to plaint and sett
[the same] at the entrye of the porte in some
high place wher yt might be easelly sene. And
being come thither bifore the Indyans were as-
sembled, we espied on the southe side of the
river a place verry fyt for that purpose upon a
littell hill compassed with cipers, bayes, palmes,
and other trees, and swete pleasaunt smelling
shrubbes, in the mydell wherof we planted the
first bounde or lymete of his majestic Thus don,
perceving our first Indians assembled and lok-
ing for us we went first unto them according to
our promisse,* not withowt some mislyking of
those on the southe parte, wher we had sett the
said lymete, who tarried for us in the same place
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* P. omits all the words after assembled to the word promisse in-
clusive.
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