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1584, Signs, that he designed it for the twoShips equally, he departed.

Andtraffick T HE Natives, from the Continent,iuti t em . this, repaired to their Ships fre-

quently, and exchanged several Sorts ofSkins, white Coral, and some Pearls,for some Tin-Things, and other Baw-Yf jr in q hies, of an inferiour Value. The veryBrother next Day after they saw the first threecomes to Indians, several Boats appeared in View,them. j n one of which was the King of theCountry’s Brother, attended by forty orfifty Men, of a tollerable good Appear-ance. They made him, and four of hisChiefs, Presents, of several Toys,which he accepted of very kindly;Buthe took all himself, and gave themto understand, that none there had Rightto any thing but himself. Two Daysafterwards, they let him fee theirMerchandize, of which nothing seem-ed to please him more than a PewterDish ; For which he gave twentyDeer-Skins, and making a Hole in theRim of it, hung it over his Neck, fora Breast-plate ; making Signs that itwould defend him, against his EnemiesArrows. The next Thing he boughtwas a Copper Kettle, for which hegave fifty Skins. As long as he thoughtfit to traifick with them, none but suchas, like him, wore Plates of Gold, qrCopper, on their Heads, Were allowedeither to buy or fell; But as soon asthey had done, every Man had his Li-■ berry. They offer’d very good Ex-change for Hatchets, Axes and Knives;And would have given any thing inTruck for Swords; But the Englijhwould not part with any.

The King’s Brother came afterwardsfrequently on Board, and would eat,drink and be merry with them; Andonce he brought his Wife and Childrenwith him, who afterwards camefrequently, with their Followersonly.

They often trusted the King’s Bro-ther with Goods, upon his Word tobring the Value at a certain Time,which he never failed of Doing! He hada strong Inclination to have a Suit ofArmour, and a Sword, which he sawin one of the Ships; And would haveleft a large Box of Pearls in Pawn forthem : But they refused it, not to lethim know they set a Value upon them,’till they could discover whence he gotthem. They understood from the Na-tives, that their Country, which theyfound to be very fruitful, and produc-

tive of all Things in so very short aTime, as is hardly credible, was calledby the Name of IVingandacoa , and theirKing Wingina.

When they went on Shoar, theywere entertained with extraordinary Ci-vility, and once, in particular, by theKing’s Brother’s Wife, at a little Village^in Roannock. They were told of agreat City, where the King resided, sixDays Journy on the Continent, which,however, they did not see. They madeno long Stay here* nor proceeded anyfarther on Discovery, only just to theneighbouring Parts, in their Boats; Andbeing satisfied with what they had seen,returned to England, about the Middleof September,

Pleased with the Advantage theyhad made, in this short and prosperousVoyage, and with the Hopes of the fu-ture Advantage they should make oftheir Discovery, especially as they foundall Things here entirely new and sur-prizing, they gave a very advantageousAccount of Matters, by representing theCountry so delightful and desirable, sopleasant and so abounding with all theNecessaries of Life ; the Climate and Airso temperate, sweet and wholesome ;the Woods and Soil so charming andfruitful; and all other Things so agre-able, that Paradise itself seemed to bethere, in it’s first Native Lustre.

They gave particular Accounts ofthe Variety of good Fruits, some where-of they had never seen the like before ;Especially, that there were Grapes insuch Abundance, as was never anywhere known: Stately tall, large Oaks,and other Timber; Red Cedar, Cypress,Pines, and other Evergreens and Sweet-woods, for Tallness and Largeness ex-ceeding all they had ever heard of:Wild Fowl, Fish, Deer, and otherGame, in such Plenty and Variety, thatno Epicure could desire more than thisNew World did seem naturally to af-ford.

T o make it yet more desirable, theyreported, that the Native Indians ,who were then the only Inhabitants,were so affable, kind and good-natured,so uncultivated in Learning, Trades,and Fashions; so innocent, and ignorantof all Manner of Politicks, Tricks, andCunning; And so desirous of the Eng'HJh ; That they seemed rather to belike softWax, ready to take any Impres-

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