Bacon, Francis, Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries

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            him in the ſame Boat, aſter his Lord had ſpoken a little to him, ſaid aloud,
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            “My Lord, would have you know, that it is not of Pride or Greatneſs that
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            “he cometh not aboard your Ship; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12528" xml:space="preserve">but for that, in your Anſwer, you de-
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            “clare, That you have many ſick amongſt you, he was warned by the Con-
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            “ſervator of Health of the City, that he ſhould keep a diſtance. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12529" xml:space="preserve">VVe bowed
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            our ſelves towards him, and anſwered, “VVe were his humble Servants,
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            “and accounted for great Honor and ſingular Humanity to wards us, that
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            “which was already done; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12530" xml:space="preserve">but hoped well, that the nature of the ſickneſs
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            “of our Men was not infectious. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12531" xml:space="preserve">So he returned, and a while after came
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            the Notary to us aboard our Ship, holding in his hand a Fruit of that Coun-
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            trey like an Orenge, but of colour between Orenge-tawny and Scarlet, which caſt
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            a moſt excellent Odor: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12532" xml:space="preserve">He uſed it (as it ſeemeth) for a Preſervative againſt
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            Infection. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12533" xml:space="preserve">He gave us our Oath, By the Name of Jeſus, and his Merits; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12534" xml:space="preserve">and
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            after told us, that the next day by ſix of the clock in the morning we ſhould
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            be ſent to, and brought to the Strangers Houſe, (ſo he called it) vvhere vve
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            ſhould be accommodated of things both for our vvhole and for our ſick.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s12535" xml:space="preserve">So he left us; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12536" xml:space="preserve">and vvhen vve offered him ſome Piſtolets, he ſmiling, ſaid,
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            He muſt not be twice paid for one labor, meaning (as I take it) that he had ſalary
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            ſufficient of the State for his ſervice; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12537" xml:space="preserve">for (as I after learned) they call an
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            Officer that taketh revvards, Twice paid.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s12539" xml:space="preserve">The next morning early, there came to us the ſame Officer that came to
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            us at firſt vvith his Cane, and told us, “He came to conduct us to the Strangers
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            “Houſe, and that he had prevented the hour becauſe we might have the whole
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            “day before us for our buſineſs: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12540" xml:space="preserve">For (ſaid he) if you vvill follovv my ad-
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            “vice, there ſhall firſt go vvith me ſome fevv of you, and ſee the place, and
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            “hovv it may be made convenient for you; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12541" xml:space="preserve">and then you may ſend for your
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            “ſick, and the reſt of your number which ye will bring on Land. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12542" xml:space="preserve">VVethanked
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            him, and ſaid, “That this care vvhich he took of deſolate Strangers, Ged
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            “vvould revvard. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12543" xml:space="preserve">And ſo ſix of us vvent on Land vvith him; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12544" xml:space="preserve">and vvhen
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            vve vvere on Land, he vvent before us, and turned to us, and ſaid, He was
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            but our Servant, and our Guide. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12545" xml:space="preserve">He led us through three fair streets, and all
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            the way we went there were gathered ſome people on both ſides, ſtanding
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            in a row, but in ſo civil a faſhion, as if it had been not to wonder at us,
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            but to welcome us; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12546" xml:space="preserve">and divers of them, as we paſſed by them, put their
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            arms a little abroad, which is their geſture when they bid any welcome.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s12547" xml:space="preserve">The Strangers Houſe is a fair and ſpacious Houſe, built of Brick, of ſome-
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            what a bluer colour then our Brick, and with handſome Windows, ſome
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            of Glaſs, ſome of a kinde of Cambrick oiled. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12548" xml:space="preserve">He brought us firſt into a
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            fair Parlor above-ſtairs, and then asked us, “What number of perſons
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            “we were, and how many ſick. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12549" xml:space="preserve">VVe anſwered, “We were in all (ſick and
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            “whole) One and fiſty perſons, whereof our ſick were ſeventeen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12550" xml:space="preserve">He
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            deſired us to have patience a little, and to ſtay till he came back to us,
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            which was about an hour after; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12551" xml:space="preserve">and then he led us to ſee the Chambers
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            which were provided for us, being in number Nineteen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12552" xml:space="preserve">They having caſt
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            it (as it ſeemeth) that four of thoſe Chambers, vvhich vvere better then
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            the reſt, might receive four of the principal men of our company, and
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            lodge them alone by themſelves; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12553" xml:space="preserve">and the other fifteen Chambers vvere to
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            lodge us, tvvo and tvvo together; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12554" xml:space="preserve">the Chambers vvere handſome and
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            chearful Chambers, and furniſhed civilly. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12555" xml:space="preserve">Then heled us to a long Gal-
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            lery, like a Dorture, vvhere he ſhevved us all along the one ſide (for the
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            other ſide vvas but Wall and Windovv) ſeventeen Cells, very neatones,
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            having Partitions of Cedar-vvood. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s12556" xml:space="preserve">VVhich Gallery and Cells, being </s>
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