. The general historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles; together with the true travels, adventures and observations, and a sea grammar. ning downe hercheekes, shee said shee durst not be seene to have any:for if Powhatan should know it, she were but dead, andso shee ranne away by her selfe as she came. Withinlesse then an hour came eight or ten lusty fellowes, withgraat platters of venison and other victuall, very impor-tunate to have us put out our matches (whose smoakemade them sicke) and sit down to our victuall. But theCaptaine made them taste every dish, which done heesent s
. The general historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles; together with the true travels, adventures and observations, and a sea grammar. ning downe hercheekes, shee said shee durst not be seene to have any:for if Powhatan should know it, she were but dead, andso shee ranne away by her selfe as she came. Withinlesse then an hour came eight or ten lusty fellowes, withgraat platters of venison and other victuall, very impor-tunate to have us put out our matches (whose smoakemade them sicke) and sit down to our victuall. But theCaptaine made them taste every dish, which done heesent some of them backe to Powhatan, to bid him makehaste for hee was prepared for his comming. As forthem hee knew they came to betray him at his supper:but hee would prevent them and all their other intendedvillanies: so that they might be gone. Not long aftercame more messengers, to see what newes; not long afterthem others. Thus wee spent the night as vigilantly asthey, till it was high-water, yet seemed to the salvages[III. 78.] as friendly as they to us: and that wee were so desirousto give Powhatan content, as hee requested, wee did leave 162. THE DUTCHMENS TREACHERY 1608. him Edward Brynton to kill him foule, and the Dutch-men to finish his house; thinking at our returne fromPamaunkee the frost would be gone, and then we mightfinde a better oportunity if necessity did occasion it, littledreaming yet of the Dutch-mens treachery, whose humorwell suted this verse: Is any free, that may not live as freely as he list ? Let us live so, then ware as free, and bruitish as the best. Chap. wee escaped surprising at Pamaunkee. E had no sooner set sayle but Powhatan The Dutchreturned, and sent Adam and Francis if ™?e(two stout Dutch-men) to James towne: who faining to Captaine Winne that allthings were well, and that Captaine Smithhad use of their armes, wherefore theyrequested new (the which were giventhem) they told him their comming was for someextraordinary tooles, and
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