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HISTORY OF THE ROSICRUCIANS.
the officer returned, and left onely a servant to receive our
answer. Consulting amongst ourselves, the denial of land-
ing, and hasty warning us away, troubled us much ;
on the
other side, to finde the people had languages, and were full
of humanity, did comfort us ; above all, the signe of the
crosse was to us a great rejoycing and a certain presage of
good. Our answer was in the Spanish tongue that our
ship was well, our sick many, and in very ill case, so that
if they were not permitted to land, they ran in danger of
their lives. Our other wants we set down in particular, add-
ing that we had some little merchandize, which, if it pleased
them to deale for, might supply our wants without being
chargable unto them. We offered some reward in pistolet
unto the servant, and a piece of crimson velvet for the officer,
but he took them not, nor would scarce look upon them,
and so left us in another boat which was sent for him.
About three hours after there came towards us a person
of place. He had a gown with wide sleaves of a kinde of
water chamolot, of an excellent green colour, farre more
glossie than ours. His under apparel was green azure, and
so was his hat, being in the form of a turban, daintily made
and not so large as Turkish turbans. The locks of his
haire came below the brims of it. A reverend man was he
to behold. He came in a boat partly gilt, with foure persons
more, and was followed by another boat, wherein were
some twenty. When he was within a flight-shot of our
ship, signes
were made that we should send some to meet
him, which we presently did in our ship boat, sending the
principall man amongst us, save one, and foure of our num-
ber with him. When [we were come within six yards of
their boat, they called to us to stay, and thereupon the man
whom I before described stood up, and with a loud voice,