my armes I caste from me, till which none durst approch
me: being ceazed on me, they drew me out and led
me to the King, I presented him with a compasse diall,
describing by my best meanes the use thereof, whereat
he so amazedly admired, as he suffered me to proceed
in a discourse of the roundnes of the earth, the course
of the sunne, moone, starres and plannets, with kinde
speeches and bread he requited me, conducting me where
the canow lay and John Robinson slaine, with 20 or
30 arrowes in him. Emry I saw not, I perceived
by the abundance of fires all over the woods, at each
place I expected when they would execute me, yet they
used me with what kindnes they could: approaching
their Towne which was within 6 miles where I was taken,
onely made as arbors and covered with mats, which
they remove as occasion requires: all the women
and children, being advertised of this accident came
forth to meet, the King well guarded with 20 bow men
5 flanck and rear and each flanck before him a sword
and a peece, and after him the like, then a bowman,
then I on each hand a boweman, the rest in file in
the reare, which reare led forth amongst the trees
in a bishion, eache his bowe and a handfull of arrowes,
a quiver at his back grimly painted: on eache
flanck a sargeant, the one running alwaiss towards
the front the other towards the reare, each a true
pace and in exceeding good order, this being a good
time continued, they caste themselves in a ring with
a daunce, and so eache man departed to his lodging,
the captain conducting me to his lodging, a quarter
of Venison and some ten pound of bread I had for supper,
what I left was reserved for me, and sent with me
to my lodging: each morning three women presented
me three great platters of fine bread, more venison
than ten men could devour I had, my gowne, points
and garters, my compas and a tablet they gave me again,
though 8 ordinarily guarded me, I wanted not what
they could devise to content me: and still our
longer acquaintance increased our better affection:
much they threatened to assault our forte as they
were solicited by the King of Paspahegh, who shewed
at our fort great signs of sorrow for this mischance:
the King took great delight in understanding the manner
of our ships and sayling the seas, the earth and skies
and of our God: what he knew of the dominions
he spared not to acquaint me with, as of certaine men
cloathed at a place called Ocanahonun, cloathed like
me, the course of our river, and that within 4 or
5 daies journey of the falles, was a great turning
of salt water: I desired he would send a messenger
to Paspahegh, with a letter I would write, by which
they should understand, how kindly they used me, and
that I was well, lest they should revenge my death;
this he granted and sent three men, in such weather,
as in reason were unpossible, by any naked to be indured:
their cruell mindes towards the fort I had deverted,
in describing the ordinance and the mines in the fields,
as also the revenge Captain Newport would take of