The Whole and True Discouerye of Terra Florida by Jean Ribault
botes, meale, vyctualles, and smale howshold
stuf, as bothe in not taking awaye or touching
any part therof, and in leaving in the place where
the [y] dressed there meate, knyves, loking glasses
and littell beades of glasse, which they love and
esteme above gould and pearles for to hang them
at there eares and necke, and [to] give them to
there wives and childern, they were somewhate
emboldened; for some of them came to our
boate, of the which * we carriede two goodly and
strong abourd our shippes, clothing and using
them as gentlly and lovingly as yt was possible;
but they never ceassed day nor nyght to lament
and at lengh they scaped awaye. Wherfore, al-
beyt I was willing, according to your comaund-
ment and memoriall, to bring away withe us some
of that people, yet by thadviz of those that were
sent with us on the Princes behalf and youres,f
I forbare to do so for many considerations and
reasons that they tould me, and for that also we
were in doubte that, leving some of our men to
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* Indians.
f P., to br’tnge awaye some of them with vs, on the Princes behalf e
& yours.
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