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him in the ſame Boat, aſter his Lord had ſpoken a little to him, ſaid aloud,
“My Lord, would have you know, that it is not of Pride or Greatneſs that
“he cometh not aboard your Ship; but for that, in your Anſwer, you de-
“clare, That you have many ſick amongſt you, he was warned by the Con-
“ſervator of Health of the City, that he ſhould keep a diſtance. VVe bowed
our ſelves towards him, and anſwered, “VVe were his humble Servants,
“and accounted for great Honor and ſingular Humanity to wards us, that
“which was already done; but hoped well, that the nature of the ſickneſs
“of our Men was not infectious. So he returned, and a while after came
the Notary to us aboard our Ship, holding in his hand a Fruit of that Coun-
trey like an Orenge, but of colour between Orenge-tawny and Scarlet, which caſt
a moſt excellent Odor: He uſed it (as it ſeemeth) for a Preſervative againſt
Infection. He gave us our Oath, By the Name of Jeſus, and his Merits; and
after told us, that the next day by ſix of the clock in the morning we ſhould
be ſent to, and brought to the Strangers Houſe, (ſo he called it) vvhere vve
ſhould be accommodated of things both for our vvhole and for our ſick.
So he left us; and vvhen vve offered him ſome Piſtolets, he ſmiling, ſaid,
He muſt not be twice paid for one labor, meaning (as I take it) that he had ſalary
ſufficient of the State for his ſervice; for (as I after learned) they call an
Officer that taketh revvards, Twice paid.
“My Lord, would have you know, that it is not of Pride or Greatneſs that
“he cometh not aboard your Ship; but for that, in your Anſwer, you de-
“clare, That you have many ſick amongſt you, he was warned by the Con-
“ſervator of Health of the City, that he ſhould keep a diſtance. VVe bowed
our ſelves towards him, and anſwered, “VVe were his humble Servants,
“and accounted for great Honor and ſingular Humanity to wards us, that
“which was already done; but hoped well, that the nature of the ſickneſs
“of our Men was not infectious. So he returned, and a while after came
the Notary to us aboard our Ship, holding in his hand a Fruit of that Coun-
trey like an Orenge, but of colour between Orenge-tawny and Scarlet, which caſt
a moſt excellent Odor: He uſed it (as it ſeemeth) for a Preſervative againſt
Infection. He gave us our Oath, By the Name of Jeſus, and his Merits; and
after told us, that the next day by ſix of the clock in the morning we ſhould
be ſent to, and brought to the Strangers Houſe, (ſo he called it) vvhere vve
ſhould be accommodated of things both for our vvhole and for our ſick.
So he left us; and vvhen vve offered him ſome Piſtolets, he ſmiling, ſaid,
He muſt not be twice paid for one labor, meaning (as I take it) that he had ſalary
ſufficient of the State for his ſervice; for (as I after learned) they call an
Officer that taketh revvards, Twice paid.
The next morning early, there came to us the ſame Officer that came to
us at firſt vvith his Cane, and told us, “He came to conduct us to the Strangers
“Houſe, and that he had prevented the hour becauſe we might have the whole
“day before us for our buſineſs: For (ſaid he) if you vvill follovv my ad-
“vice, there ſhall firſt go vvith me ſome fevv of you, and ſee the place, and
“hovv it may be made convenient for you; and then you may ſend for your
“ſick, and the reſt of your number which ye will bring on Land. VVethanked
him, and ſaid, “That this care vvhich he took of deſolate Strangers, Ged
“vvould revvard. And ſo ſix of us vvent on Land vvith him; and vvhen
vve vvere on Land, he vvent before us, and turned to us, and ſaid, He was
but our Servant, and our Guide. He led us through three fair streets, and all
the way we went there were gathered ſome people on both ſides, ſtanding
in a row, but in ſo civil a faſhion, as if it had been not to wonder at us,
but to welcome us; and divers of them, as we paſſed by them, put their
arms a little abroad, which is their geſture when they bid any welcome.
The Strangers Houſe is a fair and ſpacious Houſe, built of Brick, of ſome-
what a bluer colour then our Brick, and with handſome Windows, ſome
of Glaſs, ſome of a kinde of Cambrick oiled. He brought us firſt into a
fair Parlor above-ſtairs, and then asked us, “What number of perſons
“we were, and how many ſick. VVe anſwered, “We were in all (ſick and
“whole) One and fiſty perſons, whereof our ſick were ſeventeen. He
deſired us to have patience a little, and to ſtay till he came back to us,
which was about an hour after; and then he led us to ſee the Chambers
which were provided for us, being in number Nineteen. They having caſt
it (as it ſeemeth) that four of thoſe Chambers, vvhich vvere better then
the reſt, might receive four of the principal men of our company, and
lodge them alone by themſelves; and the other fifteen Chambers vvere to
lodge us, tvvo and tvvo together; the Chambers vvere handſome and
chearful Chambers, and furniſhed civilly. Then heled us to a long Gal-
lery, like a Dorture, vvhere he ſhevved us all along the one ſide (for the
other ſide vvas but Wall and Windovv) ſeventeen Cells, very neatones,
having Partitions of Cedar-vvood. VVhich Gallery and Cells, being
us at firſt vvith his Cane, and told us, “He came to conduct us to the Strangers
“Houſe, and that he had prevented the hour becauſe we might have the whole
“day before us for our buſineſs: For (ſaid he) if you vvill follovv my ad-
“vice, there ſhall firſt go vvith me ſome fevv of you, and ſee the place, and
“hovv it may be made convenient for you; and then you may ſend for your
“ſick, and the reſt of your number which ye will bring on Land. VVethanked
him, and ſaid, “That this care vvhich he took of deſolate Strangers, Ged
“vvould revvard. And ſo ſix of us vvent on Land vvith him; and vvhen
vve vvere on Land, he vvent before us, and turned to us, and ſaid, He was
but our Servant, and our Guide. He led us through three fair streets, and all
the way we went there were gathered ſome people on both ſides, ſtanding
in a row, but in ſo civil a faſhion, as if it had been not to wonder at us,
but to welcome us; and divers of them, as we paſſed by them, put their
arms a little abroad, which is their geſture when they bid any welcome.
The Strangers Houſe is a fair and ſpacious Houſe, built of Brick, of ſome-
what a bluer colour then our Brick, and with handſome Windows, ſome
of Glaſs, ſome of a kinde of Cambrick oiled. He brought us firſt into a
fair Parlor above-ſtairs, and then asked us, “What number of perſons
“we were, and how many ſick. VVe anſwered, “We were in all (ſick and
“whole) One and fiſty perſons, whereof our ſick were ſeventeen. He
deſired us to have patience a little, and to ſtay till he came back to us,
which was about an hour after; and then he led us to ſee the Chambers
which were provided for us, being in number Nineteen. They having caſt
it (as it ſeemeth) that four of thoſe Chambers, vvhich vvere better then
the reſt, might receive four of the principal men of our company, and
lodge them alone by themſelves; and the other fifteen Chambers vvere to
lodge us, tvvo and tvvo together; the Chambers vvere handſome and
chearful Chambers, and furniſhed civilly. Then heled us to a long Gal-
lery, like a Dorture, vvhere he ſhevved us all along the one ſide (for the
other ſide vvas but Wall and Windovv) ſeventeen Cells, very neatones,
having Partitions of Cedar-vvood. VVhich Gallery and Cells, being
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