The Whole and True Discouerye of Terra Florida by Jean Ribault
with there boates by rivers in xx tie dayes. Those
that have wrytten of this kingdom and towne of
Sevolla, and other towns and realmes* thera-
bowtes, say that ther is great aboundaunce of
gould and silver, precious stouns and other great
riches, and that the people hedd ther arrowes,
instedd of iron, with [sharpe] poynted tur-
queses.f Thus the night aproching, and that it
was conveynient for us to retire by daye to ship
bourd, we toke leve of them muche to their
greif and more to oures withowt comparison,
for that we had no meane to enter the river with
our shippes. And albeyt it was not ther custome
either to eate or drynke from sonne rising till his
goyng down, yet there kyng openly would nedes
drinke with us, praying us verry gentelly to give
him the cupp wherowt he|| had dronke. And so
makyng § him understand that we would see him
agen the next daye, we retired agayn to our
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* P., kingdoms,
f Lopez de Gomara, Istoria de las Indtas, fo. cxv, Zaragoca,
1552.
II P., we.
§ From P. The manuscript has make.
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